004 Territory Upgrade
After capturing the Shadow Moon Panther, Karen’s first priority was to upgrade the level of the Bone Tower.
The condition for upgrading the territory was that once the final Whisper of the Dead flower matured, only the Bone Tower needed to reach level three. By upgrading it, Karen’s territory level could be increased.
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[Notification: You have consumed 100,000 territory energy and 100 third-tier corpses to successfully upgrade the Bone Tower to level 3!]
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Bone Tower
Building Level: 3
Description: A defensive and residential building that provides certain defensive capabilities along with special functions.
Effects: Basic Defense Level 3, Basic Cultivation Amplification Level 3
Basic Defense Level 3: The Bone Tower is immune to attacks below third-tier and has partial immunity to fourth-tier attacks. It can also automatically repair damage.
It can launch up to three selectable spell attacks per day (with power roughly equivalent to high-level fifth-tier).
Defense Attack Range: 1,500 meters
Basic Cultivation Amplification: Being inside the Bone Tower grants 50 personal energy points per hour automatically!
Capacity: 70 undead occupants
Upgrade Requirements: 500,000 territory energy, 10 fourth-tier energy cores!
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At level 3, the Bone Tower’s attributes improved notably—in defense, attack power, and cultivation amplification.
However, Karen paid little attention to the Bone Tower’s attributes at this moment because his focus was drawn by the system notification that immediately followed.
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[Notification: Territory level conditions met. Your territory level has been upgraded!]
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With this prompt, not only did the level of the Large Graveyard in Karen’s territory increase, but the strength of many beings within, including Karen himself, also began to rise.
In fact, the past three months hadn’t been idle for Karen and his undead forces.
Thanks to the territory’s nurturing environment and the aid of the Bone Tower, Karen underwent intense cultivation. After three months, he elevated his power from a third-tier elite to the pinnacle of third-tier. Once the territory leveled up, he could advance directly to fourth-tier.
Compared to Karen’s grueling cultivation, the undead under his command had it much easier. Karen didn’t observe how Little Green trained, but his strength steadily increased over the past three months, reaching the peak of third-tier excellence.
The most remarkable was Alice. This girl simply fed on things, and to Karen’s astonishment, her strength rose rapidly.
Her progress was terrifyingly fast. If she weren’t bound to Karen’s territory as an undead, with her level tied to the domain, she would have broken through to fourth-tier long ago.
Now that Karen’s territory level had increased, Karen, Little Green, and Alice all advanced to fourth-tier.
Their ascension experiences, however, differed slightly. As the lord, Karen’s progression was the quickest and smoothest. No strange phenomena occurred; he simply felt his power strengthen and sensed the surge of energy from his heart, signaling completion.
In contrast, Little Green and Alice’s advancements were far more spectacular.
During Little Green’s ascension, his body was enveloped by blood-red runes, radiating an aura both mysterious and terrifying.
Meanwhile, Alice immersed herself in profound darkness during her ascension. Her appearance even seemed to age slightly as she progressed.
What Karen did not know was that as Alice ascended, a distant being sensed her presence and began moving towards her location.
After a dozen minutes, all three completed their ascensions.
Karen examined the three fourth-tier attribute profiles. Skipping over himself and Little Green, who exhibited little change, he focused on Alice—more precisely, on her “Dark Plant Growth Aura,” which was currently the most vital skill in Karen’s domain.
And Alice did not disappoint.
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Dark Plant Growth Aura Level 5 (Active Skill): Increases the growth rate of dark attribute plants within 1,500 square meters by 50%, lasting ten days with a cooldown of one day.
Note: Enhances the growth of dark attribute plants and greatly increases the chance of producing premium-quality specimens!
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Alice’s skill had received a terrifying boost. Thanks to this skill, the planting cycle of Whisper of the Dead in Karen’s territory would be reduced to around two months.
Karen’s only regret was that, given the domain’s current scale, the flower fields could be expanded only up to level 150,000. Expanding beyond that might strain the territory’s resources.
Nonetheless, harvesting 150,000 Whisper of the Dead every two months already left Karen very satisfied.
After happily ruffling Alice’s small head, Karen finally turned his attention to the system notification following the territory upgrade.
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[Notification: Your territory level has increased to level 4. You have received the following territory upgrade rewards:
- Two opportunities for a random item catalog.
- Two guaranteed item draw chances.
- The level of your building “Large Graveyard” has been upgraded to “Giant Graveyard.”]
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Giant Graveyard
Building Level: 4
Description: The core building of the territory, crucial for its upgrade and operation.
Effects: Undead conversion, energy absorption, corpse fusion
Undead Conversion: Converts corpses within the graveyard into undead. Each conversion consumes a certain amount of energy.
Note: Remote undead conversion is possible up to 300 kilometers (consumes double territory energy).
Energy Absorption: Passive ability of the graveyard that automatically absorbs energy to supply the territory. A level 4 Giant Graveyard provides 1,000 territory energy points per day.
Corpse Fusion: Consumes territory energy to fuse corpses, enhancing their quality.
Upgrade Requirement: Conversion of 100 fourth-tier undead.
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Compared to the Large Graveyard, the Giant Graveyard gained a remote undead conversion capability. As for the extra 1,000 territory energy per day, Karen now ignored it completely—if he relied on the graveyard alone for energy, he would starve eventually.
After briefly reviewing the Giant Graveyard’s attributes, Karen immediately converted the three fourth-tier corpses in his territory into undead.
[Notification: You consumed 50,000 territory energy and successfully converted one ordinary fourth-tier undead (Goblin Skeleton Leader)!]
[Notification: You consumed 50,000 territory energy and successfully converted one ordinary fourth-tier undead (Resilient Goblin Warrior)!]
[Notification: You consumed 200,000 territory energy and successfully converted one excellent fourth-tier undead (Phantom Shadow Panther)!]
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