Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

The Half-Elf Thief also possessed cooking and servant talents; they were more suited than humans to be noble servants in castles.

The key was to find them a territory where they could settle and produce in peace, rather than letting them roam wildly across the wilderness.

As they cleared the way forward, they eradicated a large number of wandering monsters and dealt with two high-risk areas; Lin Rui's Spatial Treasure: Dimensional Tomb was nearly full.

He had no choice but to order, "Return to the territory, unload the personnel and materials, then come out to continue clearing."

The territorial soldiers cleaned up the battlefield and began to withdraw from the cave, but as soon as they stepped out of the entrance, monsters blanketing the sky swooped down, and the dense venom breath instantly dissolved and evaporated a great number of undead.

Audrey cried out in surprise, "Lord, my undead have been ambushed by a large number of Two-legged Flying Dragons."

Lin Rui looked outside and saw over forty Two-legged Flying Dragons circling in the sky.

Reya immediately said, "Lord, it's the same group of Two-legged Flying Dragons that pursued us earlier. They must have seen the light of the Extreme Cold Realm in the sky and set an ambush here for revenge."

Lin Rui nodded; in this world, Two-legged Flying Dragons were notorious. They were rotten, stinking, inherently malicious, sneaky, and vengeful.

The Beastman Leader had a famous saying: "Even if you can beat them, never turn your back on a Two-legged Flying Dragon. That thing will take a big chunk out of you the moment you do, or tear you apart and carry you away!"

Evidently, Lin Rui had beaten their leader before, and their vengeful trait led them here.

These Two-legged Flying Dragons were at least Tier Five units, and being Tier Five flying units with venom breath was very troublesome.

Even if the soldiers' shields were stacked to maximum, they couldn't withstand the simultaneous breath attack from over forty Tier Five flying dragons.

Lin Rui looked up at the sky; although these dragons were not as large as the Giant Dragons, more than forty of them still filled the sky.

[Ice Blade Frost Splendor!] Lin Rui decisively pointed to the sky, and ten azure ice spears with long fiery tails descended from above, crashing into the dense group of monsters, instantly knocking one of the flying dragons out of the dense spiral of the monster group.

This scene was so dazzling, ten Spiritual Energy luminous ice blades left ten bright fiery tails in the sky. The massive momentum dragged the dragon quickly down from the dark sky, finally crashing onto the ground with a huge plume of dust, pinning it completely to the ground.

The Tier Five flying dragon had formidable Life Force; pinned to the ground by the ten frosty ice spears, it hadn't yet died and was struggling with a desperate screech.

The next moment, twelve of Lin Rui's Mirror Images shot out of the cave, each wielding a sharp sword, spreading out and surrounding the grounded dragon from all angles.

A brilliant magic array shimmered as a swordsman, clad in heavy armor and holding a golden longsword, appeared above the magic array.

"The sword cuts the flesh, the heart cleaves the soul. The swordsman is at your service."

The swordsman transformed into thirteen streaks of golden light, shooting onto the wrists of Lin Rui and each Mirror Image.

[Destiny Card II: Long Sword Service: The sword cuts the flesh, the heart cleaves the soul! Increases base Physical Attack Power by 50%, Critical Strike Rate +15%, overall Attack Speed +15%, and attacks apply Spiritual Damage based on the soul as a coefficient, lasting 30 minutes.]

But it wasn't over yet; another figure, a nun in a white nun's robe with closed eyes, appeared above the magic array.

"Confession and redemption, wholeheartedly return. The Repentant Nun is at your service."

With the Repentant Nun also transforming into thirteen streaks of golden light, she shot onto the wrists of Lin Rui and each Mirror Image.

The third stage of the Destiny Card was activated.

[Destiny Card II: Repentant Nun: Confession and redemption, wholeheartedly return! The target takes an additional 10% True Damage of the last received damage with each hit. Lasts 30 minutes.]

It worked! The Repentant Nun is a golden card!

With this trait appearing, even Chaos Great Demons and Divine Venerable Unclean Ones couldn't withstand Lin Rui's repeated damage, compounding at 110% powers, becoming a terrifying figure in a dozen hits.

The Giant Dragons in the sky could see Lin Rui's intention on the ground: to rush over and hack the grounded dragon to pieces.

They frantically breathed at all the Mirror Images, but a terrible scene unfolded. The health bars of each Mirror Image weren't very depleted; the flying dragons couldn't distinguish which was the real one and which was the Mirror Image.

They could only breathe frantically at the Mirror Images in front of them, enveloping them in dense venom. After enormous effort, they finally managed to destroy one of the Mirror Images.

Yet, as the Mirror Image shattered and disappeared, they were horrified to realize that the one they had expended so much effort on was just a Mirror Image.

Other Mirror Images had already neared the dragon on the ground, their sword light flashing across the night sky as the attacked dragon howled in agony.

This was when the dragons in the sky finally lost their composure and swooped down, attempting to sweep up the Mirror Images for strangulation.

Lin Rui waited for this moment and immediately ordered, "All troops, charge, use the human sea strategy to keep them grounded for me."

A group of Two-legged Flying Dragons found themselves in the Sea of the Dead, besieged from all sides, unable to take off, with their fate predictable.

Audrey was the first to cast a spell, directly opening her Key of the Spirit Realm among the monsters, from which countless undead emerged from the dark teleportation gate.

These monsters attacked the nearby grounded dragons the moment they appeared. Some undead clung directly to the dragons' massive bodies, frantically tearing at their wings and flesh.

Meanwhile, in the dense swarm of monsters, Lin Rui's Mirror Images were also fighting fiercely, their sword shadows bright as they slaughtered dragon after dragon.

The dragons soon felt the terror of being swamped by the Sea of the Dead, realizing their grave mistake of recklessly landing.

The Flying Dragon Leader let out a roar, and the remaining dragons, in fright, followed it in a charge in one direction, breaking through the skeletons blocking their path, with over twenty Two-legged Flying Dragons managing to take off with a few skeletons still clinging to them.

But over ten dragons were weighed down by undead and unable to fly, ultimately killed within the dense sea of troops.

The surviving dragons in the sky roared in fury, continually raining blood and falling undead onto the ground below.

Furious at the slaughter below them, they glared at Lin Rui with hatred in their eyes.

But recognizing the strength of the hero below, whose goal was to rush over and cut the grounded dragon to pieces, they frantically breathed onto all the Mirror Images. Yet, a terrible sight unfolded: each Mirror Image lost little health, leaving the dragons unable to discern the original from the images.

In their desperation, they kept breathing venom onto the Mirror Images, shrouding them in dense toxic liquid. After expending great effort, they were horrified to realize they had only managed to hit a single Mirror Image.

The remaining Mirror Images were already close to the grounded dragon as it realized the huge mistake of its reckless descent, and felt itself being overwhelmed by the stopless Sea of the Dead.

As the dragons in the sky became unsettled and swooped down in desperation, they were surrounded on all sides by the Sea of the Dead and were unable to take off, ultimately being killed in the dense sea of soldiers.

The dragons that returned to the sky screamed in rage, filled with fury over the slaughter on the ground, their eyes brimming with hatred as they looked at Lin Rui.

Reya said, "Lord, the Two-legged Flying Dragons are very vengeful. Although they have temporarily retreated, they will suffer losses every time they ambush us, and eventually, one day, they will all be defeated."

Lin Rui waved his hand indifferently and said, "No matter. We will only grow stronger, and with each ambush they attempt, they will continue to suffer losses. One day, I will be able to injure them so badly that they will stop coming to take revenge."

There was no use in despairing in this desolate world, full of such unexpected events; wallowing in self-pity was futile.

These malicious entities needed no self-reflection; the most appropriate strategy was not to reflect on oneself but to continue the fight, turning their hides into cloaks of honor for oneself.

"How's the blast fall situation?"

Audrey puffed up her cheeks, annoyed, and said, "It looks like they, just like the Divine Venerable Bloodsucker, are a single unit. The total wipeout will eventually provide us with strategic treasures such as the Strategic Treasure: Skull Sanctity."

Reya said, "Lord, the Two-legged Flying Dragons hold grudges. Although they've temporarily left, they'll suffer casualties every time they come after us, and one day, I'll have Hei Qi blast them with a Primordial Bomb the next time we meet them."

"It's the Black Magic Burst, not Primordial Bomb," replied Lin Rui with a spirited look in his eyes.

"It's the Primordial Bomb, powered by the energy provided by my soldiers!"

"It's the Black Magic Burst!"

"Primordial Bomb! And it's fueled by the Primordial Energy my soldiers provide!"

Lin Rui, however, felt that such liveliness was the essence of life itself. He paid no mind and happily waved his hand, ordering the whole army to advance.

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