Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

However, he was in a stalemate with the Flame Demon. His long blade was scorched red by the Flame Demon, and he could barely hold onto it.

Could a slight difference in personality and willpower lead to such a significant disparity in combat strength?

Moments later, Su Xi decisively severed the Tier Six Flame Demon that had been in a fierce battle with Su Ye, sheathing her sword and frowning slightly at the panting Su Ye: "If you keep thinking only about women instead of honing your strength, you might die in the next battle."

Su Ye realized this issue too. If the Lord assigned combat tasks based on Su Xi's understanding of the Celestial Punishment Hunter's level, he might indeed get dragged to death in battle.

"Enhance! I'll enhance my strength right now. I'll put on the MK Thunderbolt Type mecha."

Lin Rui walked over and said mercilessly, "Stop daydreaming. Your willpower can't support the MKV Thunderbolt Type battle armor."

Upon hearing this, Su Ye's expression instantly fell.

No wonder Su Xi could charge out of the Ogre Camp alone while he ended up at the mercy of the Golden Balance in a sadomasochistic manner, pulled out by the Lord.

Even among Epic-level Celestial Punishment Hunters, the disparity in combat strength due to willpower was considerable.

"No! I want to rise, I want to strive! Lord, I want to make up for my deficiencies."

Su Dai threw him a Tier Six Demon Origin, then turned to Lin Rui and said efficiently, "Lord, I've slain many demons, and by the count of their bodies, there should be over a thousand. This situation is abnormal!"

"Oh? What's the issue?" Lin Rui was genuinely unaware.

Su Xi explained, "The bodies of demons are extremely important resources for them. They can devour each other to enhance their strength. More importantly, they can summon powerful high-tier Abyss Lords from the corpses of many demons."

"So when an army reaches a massive scale, there's usually a very powerful Great Demon in command. These Great Demons from the Blazing Abyss are the core of the Flame Demon Army. Not only can they open teleportation gates to transport troops, but they can also summon powerful demon reinforcements on the battlefield."

"But despite killing so many Flame Demons, the strongest I encountered was only at the Tier Six Disaster Level. No Tier Seven Great Demon has appeared. I suspect they have a bigger scheme at play."

A bigger scheme...

Lin Rui felt he had become indifferent.

In this terrifying world, it would be stranger for demons not to have some kind of wicked grand plan.

So Lin Rui said, "For now, don't worry about them. We should develop the territory quickly to build up our strength. The later their schemes erupt, the more composed we can be in dealing with them."

With the protection of the Goddess of Fortune, the Golden Pansy Domain could undergo earth-shattering changes every quarter-hour in strength.

In the morning, Su Xi and Su Ye's combat strengths were roughly equivalent, but by midday, a huge chasm had formed between them.

If Lin Rui didn't allocate some resources decisively to Su Ye, he would soon be left far behind.

Thus, Lin Rui said to him, "Use the Demon Origin, then bring a piece of it and follow me."

[Demon Origin: The power of origin from a Super-Tier Demon, an extremely precious sacrificial item]

[Using it on soldiers grants them the power of the Demon Origin, with all attacks inflicting 100 points of true damage]

[Gain 10*(Tier difference) points in the main attribute]

[Gain 5000 points in Spiritual Energy Value]

This is the Super-Tier Origin dropped by demons above Tier Six. After Su Ye absorbs it, he can enhance his Physique Value by 10 points, Spiritual Energy Value by 5000 points, and gain 100 permanent true damage points.

Su Ye, gleefully carrying a Demon Origin, followed behind Lin Rui, having guessed the Lord was going to boost his strength.

However, he couldn't think of how exactly he would be enhanced, so he excitedly asked, "Lord, where are we going, and what will we do?"

"Hatch an egg."

"Hatch an egg!? Hatch an egg, you should let Su Xi do it. Her legs are so long. Why would you have me do it? I'm a guy, how am I supposed to incubate an egg?" Su Ye exclaimed loudly in shock.

Lin Rui glanced at him and asked indifferently, "Don't you want to be a Dragon Knight? If you don't, you can go back."

"Dragon Knight!" Su Ye immediately responded with conviction: "A man should be a Dragon Knight. Incubate the egg, let me do it personally. I want to hatch a little Dragon Maiden and become the one and only Dragon Knight!"

"You're not endearing to women. Already thinking of using your mount as a pawn?"

"You said it yourself, it's a mount. It can be used in any way."

"I..." Lin Rui truly wanted to push this guy's head into the Jilun Tower to cleanse it. The thoughts in his head could corrupt half of the Jilun Tower, and even with the Jilun Tower operating at full capacity, it would take several days and nights to purify him successfully.

Lin Rui somewhat understood why this dignified Tier Five expert had no women interested in him.

Even Lin Rui didn't want to deal with him now and instead led him directly to Titan Sky Mountain.

This is the most suitable place in the territory for giant beasts to live. The Natural Wonders not only boast vast mountains and spacious caves, but they also enhance the size of animals by 50%. Plus, the Power of Thunder spreads here, stimulating the activation of primal bloodlines in animals.

So far, the territory already has three Griffins that successfully triggered ancestral regression phenomena under the combined blessings of Titan Sky Mountain and the Lucky Coin, completing their advancement in talent.

The dragon egg was placed in a cave on Sky Mountain, guarded personally by Audrey along with the Undead Army.

Seeing Lin Rui arrive, she eagerly greeted him: "Father, you're finally here. I've already prepared the incubation process."

"Huh?" Lin Rui looked at her in surprise: "You know how to hatch a dragon egg?"

"Yes." Audrey was brimming with confidence: "Isn't it about heating? I've already had Silver Moon set up a big pot and put the egg in to boil it."

The little loli Silver Moon's beast ears perked up from under the big pot. Then she raised her head, revealing her face from beneath the pot: "Lord, I'm heating it vigorously. Today, we'll either successfully hatch it and gain a giant dragon or fail to hatch it but enjoy it as a delicacy."

"I really thank you both! You've thought it through so thoroughly. Even planned for the fallback of failure."

"Hehe, it's about maximizing use."

"But dragon eggs aren't hatched like this. Do you two think you're hatching chicks?" Lin Rui then turned to Su Ye and said, "Place the Demon Origin on it."

"Huh? Is it that simple?" Su Ye's eyes widened.

Lin Rui was amused by him: "Why do you look kind of disappointed? Did you really want to cuddle it to hatch it?"

Earlier, when waiting for Su Xi outside the Divine Throne Banquet, Lin Rui had already probed the attributes of this dragon egg.

It is the offspring of the Legendary Giant Dragon Presto and another Legendary Black Dragon. Besides waiting for it to slowly grow, the simplest method to hatch it is to supplement it with spiritually rich items to make it strong enough to break the dragon eggshell.

And the Demon Origin is undoubtedly one of the best supplements.

It can directly enhance the hatchling's Physique and Spiritual Energy values significantly.

These are exactly what it needs to break the eggshell. The Physique Value strengthens its body and the Spiritual Energy Value can combine with the innate Spiritual Energy of the dragon to help it breakthrough to Level 1 Spiritual Reaction, enhancing various attributes comprehensively.

The dragon egg, which had been motionless in the hot pot, seemed to awaken the hatchling inside as it absorbed the Demon Origin. Suddenly, the eggshell started to crack.

Audrey, seeing Lin Rui's arrival, greeted him enthusiastically: "Father, you've finally arrived. The dragon egg is cracking. Looks like our incubation is working. I'm just curious what tier the dragon will turn out to be?"

Generally speaking, a Legendary-level dragon born from the offspring of the Legendary Giant Dragon Presto and the Legendary Black Dragon..

But many weak dragons can't even say their true name, and they can't even be considered legitimate Giant Dragons, merely Dragon Beasts at most.

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