Chapter 53: Chapter 35: Building Fragments
’Building Fragments? These are actually Building Fragments?’
Lin Yu knew about Building Fragments. Among the entire community of lords, this item was renowned.
This was because Building Fragments were the only things that could be used to upgrade a Recruitment Office. Theoretically, with enough Building Fragments, a Recruitment Office could be upgraded from Excellent to God-tier.
Furthermore, every 100 Building Fragments could be synthesized into one Excellent-grade Recruitment Office.
However, Building Fragments were extremely rare, and they were always specific to a particular Recruitment Office.
For example, the fragments obtained from destroying this Wyite Bone Altar could only be used to upgrade the tier of other Wyite Bone Altars.
However, every 10 specific Building Fragments could be converted into one Universal Building Fragment. Universal Building Fragments could be used in the synthesis and upgrading of any type of Building Fragment.
And if one could gather 100 Universal Building Fragments, they could directly synthesize an Excellent-grade version of any Recruitment Office they already possessed.
This was perfect. Lin Yu had been debating whether or not to recruit these Energy Gathering Skeletons. They were quite strong in large numbers, but due to an attribute conflict, Lin Yu was reluctant to recruit them.
Now, being able to trade a Recruitment Office he didn’t want for one Universal Building Fragment made Lin Yu very happy.
"Destroy!"
Lin Yu chose to destroy the Wyite Bone Altar. It instantly turned into ashes. After Lin Yu landed, 10 points of light emerged from the ashes and drilled into his body, following a spiritual connection directly into his Lord’s Core.
"My Lord, we’ve discovered a new Wyite Bone Altar ahead. Should we proceed?" an Eagle Demon reported. The Shape-shifting Druids were currently resting, so reconnaissance had been handed over to the scouting team.
Lin Yu’s eyes lit up. "Let’s go, let’s go! Hurry!" Although the Skeleton Soldiers produced by the Wyite Bone Altar weren’t the type of unit he needed, dismantling it for Universal Building Fragments was a pretty good deal.
Besides, there were still plenty of guards around the Recruitment Office, which were perfect for leveling up.
The Shape-shifting Druids who had just fought had gained an average of 3 levels each, making the Elemental Druids and Healing Druids quite envious.
’As for another lord losing a Recruitment Office because I destroyed it... what’s that got to do with me?’
The main force surged toward the next Wyite Bone Altar.
As they neared the altar, over 800 Skeleton Soldiers burst from the ground around it, glaring menacingly at Lin Yu’s group of intruders.
Seeing so many Skeleton Soldiers, Lin Yu’s expression changed. He had witnessed how hard the Shape-shifting Druids had to fight just now. That was against only 500 Skeleton Monsters; this Wyite Bone Altar had over 800. They were bound to be even stronger.
So he commanded, "Meiying, I’m leaving this to you. No need to hold back this time. Full-scale assault, crush them!"
"Yes, Master!"
Meiying left a few members to protect Lin Yu and led the rest, along with the Shape-shifting Druids who had been resting, to advance.
Just before they reached the skeletons’ aggro range, Meiying raised his hand, signaling for everyone to stop. He then directed them to spread out and encircle the entire altar, following the edge of the Skeleton Soldiers’ alert perimeter.
"Everyone, wait a moment. Let me test the quality of these Skeleton Soldiers."
In the end, Meiying decided to go up and test them himself.
Ever since he successfully passed his Celestial Tribulation and became a Wolf Demon, he had been without a rival in the territory.
As for Chenxi, who was also a legendary hero, her level was too low for one thing. For another, her relationship with the Lord was anything but ordinary, so he would feel restrained fighting her. As a result, the two had never sparred.
Therefore, upon learning that the Skeleton Soldiers could unleash immense combat power against a single enemy due to their Resonance and Energy Gathering effect...
He was, on the contrary, thrilled by the prospect of a good hunt and wanted to test the true extent of his current combat power.
Meiying strode forward, stepping into the Skeleton Soldiers’ aggro range.
A faint, powerful wind swirled around him. Although extremely confident, Meiying was still cautious enough to cast "Wind Shelter" on himself first.
"Wind Shelter" was an enhanced version of "Wind Barrier." It had no cooldown and provided a 100% dodge effect. Each time he dodged a physical attack, it consumed some energy. As long as the attacks weren’t too frequent, he could keep the skill active until the end of time. It was the absolute king of one-on-one duels.
He held a steel saber, its blade gleaming with a faint green light that gave the ordinary weapon an unparalleled sharpness.
This was a skill he learned called "Wind Etch" after he became a Druid at the Jade Sanctuary. It allowed his attacks to ignore 30% of the enemy’s Defense Power.
After he stepped into the Skeleton Soldiers’ aggro range, the nearby skeletons immediately swung their blades at him. Meiying sidestepped and casually flicked out a Wind Blade.
The Wind Blade shot past the Skeleton Soldier in front of him, cut straight through the horde, and flew far off into the sky.
"CRACK!"
"CRACK!"
The Skeleton Soldier froze, split in two right down the middle. After it, every Skeleton Soldier in that line was also cleaved in half, their bony frames clattering motionlessly to the ground.
Meiying was stunned, his eyes wide. He looked at the saber in his hand, unable to believe how weak these skeletons were. They were utterly fragile. He didn’t even notice that a Skeleton Soldier at his side had slashed him twice, only to be knocked to the ground by the wind swirling around him.
"Huh? This weak?"
Meiying hadn’t expected that the horde of skeletons the Shape-shifting Druids had struggled so much against would be so pathetically weak in his hands.
He thought for a moment, then casually sent out three more Wind Blades. They sliced through the skeleton horde, leaving three new gaps filled with scattered bony remains.
Meiying found it completely boring. He curled his lip, turned, and walked back out of the Skeleton Soldiers’ aggro range.
"All units, attack directly."
Obviously, these Skeleton Soldiers were distinctly different from the previous batch.
Following the order, everyone unleashed their strongest attacks.
Under the barrage of powerful attacks, the 800 Skeleton Soldiers were instantly reduced to dust.
Seeing that all the Skeleton Soldier guards had been eliminated, Lin Yu walked straight forward from the rear.
"Meiying, why was that so easy?"
"Reporting to Master, I’m not sure either. But these Skeleton Soldiers were clearly much weaker than the previous batch."
Meiying didn’t understand the reason either. Seeing he couldn’t get a clear answer, Lin Yu led his people up to the Wyite Bone Altar to inspect its attributes.
[Name]: Wyite Bone Altar
[Category]: Undead Recruitment Office
[Grade]: Blue
[Description]: Can recruit Skeleton Soldiers. Skeleton Soldiers naturally possess a resonance effect, allowing them to slightly stack attributes when numerous kin are present.
[Recruitable]: 100 (White Bone Skeleton)
[Recruitment Cost]: 100 Ore, 10 Gold Coins
[Summon?]
[Destroyable. Receive 10 Building Fragments — Wyite Bone Altar upon destruction.]
[Destroy?]
Compared to the previous Wyite Bone Altar, this one was missing the "Energy Gathering" effect. Consequently, the Skeleton Soldiers it recruited were just ordinary White Bone Skeletons. Although "Resonance" improved their attributes, it was clearly far inferior to the "Resonance Energy Gathering" effect.
However, this was exactly what Lin Yu wanted. Not only were they easy to fight, but destroying the altar still gave him 1 Universal Building Fragment. The experience was about the same, too. Compared to the last Wyite Bone Altar, this one was far more cost-effective.
After dismantling this Wyite Bone Altar, Lin Yu waved his hand grandly and shouted, "Onward!"
