Driven out of my home in the apocalypse, I built a fortress in return.

Chapter 226 The insane Black Soil City!

Meanwhile, in the City Lord's Mansion, in the cultivation room.

"Sixth rank, finally done! Now I should be able to fully unleash the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, right?" Chu Ling Shuang finally opened her eyes, slowly stood up from the bathtub, revealing an even more stunning and perfect body than before.

She clenched her fist, feeling the powerful energy surging within her, and felt eager to try it out.

Previously... when she was practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, due to her limited strength, she could only unleash the second stage.

But now, her strength has increased several times over, and the power she unleashes next will also increase several times over.

"Finally out?" After she got dressed and walked out the door, she saw Xiao Yu and the other women waiting at the door. Liu Yue and Qi Sha had also completed their breakthroughs, and their auras were several times stronger.

Even the newly arrived maid, Xiao Zhuo, has been promoted to the first rank.

"Sister Ling Shuang, how are you doing now?" Xing Lan asked excitedly as she stepped forward.

"Now, a casual punch from me carries the force of ten thousand tons. Even a seventh-level expert wouldn't dare to take a punch head-on!"

"Hiss~" Upon hearing this, all the women showed surprise and delight.

Dragon City has gained another powerful fighter, who is also her good sister.

"elder brother!"

At this moment, Honglian walked in with light steps, holding a form and reporting to Xiao Yu, "Everyone who received the enhancement medicine today successfully completed the enhancement, and no one had any accidents!"

The enhancement medicine in Dragon City has undergone multiple improvements and optimizations.

However... there are still some side effects, and adverse reactions may occur.

Just like those medicines in my previous life, everyone's constitution is different, so problems are inevitable.

Fortunately, the people of Longcheng were physically strong enough that they never had any problems.

"This time, two people broke through to the sixth rank, six people broke through to the fifth rank! Six people broke through to the fourth rank, and there are eleven people at the third rank..." Honglian reported the details one by one, her eyes flashing with joy.

Although my brother is strong enough now, every single one of his pets is incredibly powerful.

There's also the seventh-tier Poison Frenzy, and one sixth-tier and two fifth-tier units controlled by the Queen Bee...

However, the important departments of Longcheng are managed by middle and senior-level officials such as Chu Ling Shuang and Chen Long Tie Nan. The development, growth and management of Longcheng mainly depend on them.

Only when they are all strong enough can Dragon City truly become powerful.

Now, it's starting to look like a powerful force.

"Very good! Now that our strength has improved, our treatment should also be improved!"

Xiao Yu glanced at the list, nodded in satisfaction, took the list, and wrote notes such as "50%" or "100%" after each person's name, asking Hong Lian to make the notes as well.

Different abilities lead to different treatment, it's the same everywhere.

Even if the pay is doubled or tripled, it will still be paid in merit points.

Merit points can only be used to buy things in the Hall of Merit.

Xiao Yu felt that he was now somewhat like the rogue state from his previous life.

He prints huge amounts of money, then gets people to spend it on him, and the most valuable energy stones end up in his hands.

As for vegetables and other inexpensive plants, leave them for others...

The next day, the sky was clear and there were hardly any clouds in sight.

However, Xiao Yu still did not remove the rain shelter covering the planting area.

Because... it rained acid again last night!

"Let's go!" With Xiao Yu's command, the Earth Dragon Turtle set off again.

Its massive body charged straight into the Beast Mountain Range.

That salt mine was located on the edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, a few hundred miles away.

At the speed of the earth dragon turtle, it will arrive in two or three hours.

"Four Joys, June, Seven Kills!" During the journey, Xiao Yu kept looking at the map. When he saw the phantom of mountains dozens of miles away, he ordered the Earth Dragon Turtle to stop and said to the three women, "Same as always, go scout ahead first, and take this map with you!"

"The inside is fraught with danger. If you spot the enemy, do not linger in battle. Return and report immediately!"

As he spoke, he handed the map of the bearded man to the rabbit-eared girl.

Xiao Yu took the second route to find out the hiding place in Black Soil City.

Black Earth City wanted him to fight the orcs so they could reap the benefits.

If that's the case, why doesn't he follow the same method and first go around to the back of Black Soil City?

After Black Earth City and the orcs are both weakened, he can take advantage of the situation and seize the salt mine.

"Yes! Lord City Lord!"

The three mounted their phoenix-tailed pheasant mounts and sped off.

Although the sixth-tier Phoenix-tailed Chicken has undergone some transformation.

However, it is still bulky and has short wings, making it unable to fly long distances.

But being a sixth-tier aircraft, its flight speed is still much faster than most seventh-tier aircraft.

Soon, the three pheasants disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"Screech!" At this moment, three screams rang out one after another.

All three phoenix-tailed chickens shook their heads, their bodies becoming somewhat unsteady.

"Be careful! The black aura here is too thick! Beasts have sensitive senses and are very easily affected!" The wolf girl frowned as soon as they entered the forest.

Her senses were the most acute among the trio, and she immediately alerted her two best friends.

"Yes, let's fly slower and avoid areas with dense black energy!" Sixi said seriously.

Whether it's a person or an animal, inhaling this black gas will cause dizziness.

Once you inhale too much black energy, your mind will be destroyed and you will never be able to get out!

They had been to many ferocious beast forests, but this was the first time they had seen such dense black energy.

The three of them each took out two mulberries, one to eat themselves and the other to put into the chicken's beak.

It's too dangerous here. If we don't replenish our energy, we won't be able to escape if danger strikes.

Then, they continued to explore cautiously, trying to move towards areas where the black energy was thinner.

"Awooo..."

Just then, a strange cry came from deep within the forest.

At the same time... an extremely strong, pungent smell of blood wafted over, making one feel nauseous.

"This is coming from a human?" The three women exchanged glances, their pupils shrinking.

You can tell at a glance that it's a human voice!

But... the sound was extremely painful, and it was terrifying!

"Go check it out, everyone be careful!"

The three women hesitated slightly, but still approached cautiously.

only...

The closer you get, the denser the black aura becomes.

After a while.

The three women could vaguely see a black vortex in the air ahead.

The surrounding area was raging with strong winds, lightning, and thunder, as if it could rain at any moment.

"what is that..."

Upon seeing the scene below, the three women's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and their eyes widened in horror.

Below the black vortex, there is a circular pool with a diameter of over a hundred meters, filled with a large amount of dark red, thick blood. The blood flows along mysterious patterns.

And in this pool of blood, there were hundreds of living people bound by iron chains.

It seems someone below did something.

Then... the mysterious patterns lit up with streaks of dark light.

The blood in the pool disappeared instantly.

The pitch-black vortex that had been slowly emanating black energy suddenly expanded several times over, like the Yellow River bursting its banks. The black energy surged out wildly as if it were free, several times, even ten times, more than before.

It turned directly into streams of black liquid, which then surged wildly into the mouths, eyes, and noses of hundreds of people.

Those people struggled violently and screamed in pain.

However... they were completely unable to break free from the chains that bound them.

As the black energy surged into his body.

The auras of those people were rising rapidly, and ordinary people were turning into first and second-tier powerhouses.

Humans who were originally only at the second or third level broke through to the third or fourth level in a short period of time.

But at the same time, their eyes also quickly turned pitch black!

"These beasts! I must kill them all!"

The wolf girl's eyes instantly turned red upon seeing this scene.

This scene is so similar to what they experienced back then.

However, they were used as vessels to merge with ferocious beasts.

Although it has become a monster that is neither human nor ghost, at least... it still retains a trace of humanity.

However, the people below were bound and forced to frantically absorb the black energy.

Look at the pupils of those people below; they have turned completely black, and can only let out beast-like roars.

It was obvious that their minds had been completely destroyed, turning them into walking corpses!

"Calm down! We must go back immediately and report everything to the city lord!"

"Damn it! There's an eighth-level expert below! We've been discovered! Run!"