Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 73 - 25 - Strategic Treasure: Skull Sanctity_3

The men were even more so, almost turning into Lusen, each becoming a muscle bully, overflowing with hormones, showing a tendency to transform into Lusen.

The way they looked at Snow White was filled with fanaticism. Lin Rui was truly afraid they might not hold back and do something extreme, only to be whipped by Audrey one by one.

The territory urgently needed a hero with a strong presence to keep these jumpy and mischievous soldiers in check.

As Lin Rui thought about it, Audrey suddenly leapt over, hugging Lin Rui’s arm and swaying, saying, "Lord, are we continuing to advance to the fourth floor?"

Are other territories’ troops this close to their Lord?

With Audrey’s chest pressed against her arm and her cute head lifted to look at him, Lin Rui thought it best to leave the task of straightening up the army to a future hero.

Let others play the villain, while he only needed to play the hero, gaining the love and support of the people and army, and so he said, "Continue forward."

The third floor was quickly cleared, and everyone waited in front of the stairs as Lundestadte took the lead and entered the fourth floor.

Soon Lundestadte returned, his face serious, saying, "Lord, there aren’t a mass of enemies on the fourth floor, but the walls are severely damaged, indicating the presence of a giant beast. More critically, there is Chaos Corrosion on the fourth floor, causing the troops to take continuous corrosive damage upon entry. It seems that this place is periodically connected to the Demon Realm, allowing demonic energy from the Chaos Demon Realm to spread here, forming a corrosive zone."

For the time being, no enemy situation was found, so Lin Rui personally went down to take a look.

Descending the stairs, he was greeted by a scene of blood-red, the entire fourth floor corroded, even the walls showing disgusting warped shapes.

[Ding, Explorer has entered the Chaos Corrosion zone, taking 2 points of Chaos Corrosion damage per second.]

Two points per second, which means 120 points per minute.

Lin Rui could recover 86 Life Value each tick, recovering 888 Life Value in a minute.

This number was quite auspicious, appearing pleasing to the eye.

This meant that the Lake Maiden Brand Kidney Treasure could maintain Lin Rui’s spiritual energy stability, ensuring that 8.6 soldiers did not lose life.

But the knights had spiritual shields, and clearly, the corrosion wouldn’t deplete their shield value entirely. As long as they activated their shields, they could maintain them for 5 seconds. This meant that the knights were unaffected by corrosion over 60% of the time. The exact duration would depend on how much the Goddess of Fortune favored Lin Rui. If her love was overwhelming, the knights would constantly shine with spiritual shields upon entering, completely ignoring the corrosion.

However, Lin Rui thought such a low-probability event was unlikely to occur.

Estimating a 60% probability, he could bring along two-thirds more troops.

Bringing more would mean others couldn’t withstand the corrosion and would die in vain.

Lin Rui quickly returned to the third floor to select the people to go down, including himself and fifteen elites, with Lundestadte as a must-bring, being the core of the team, with the ability to tank, fight, and endure, truly an all-rounder.

Audrey also had to be taken along, as she was the primary output of the team. At critical moments, her elite-level trait, Key of the Spirit Realm, could bring forth forty undead soldiers of uncertain strength, enough to directly turn the tide. Furthermore, taking her meant getting five summoned creatures for free, a no-loss transaction.

Among the remaining thirteen, Lin Rui chose five knights and eight fanatics.

To withstand and to fight was the proper way; if all else failed, they could retreat to the third floor like a kite, trapping the enemy as they closed the gate.

Though there were supposed to be sixteen, counting Lin Rui and Audrey’s summoned creatures, the units continuing to explore the fourth floor already numbered twenty-two.

Lin Rui instructed the two Woodland Fairies and the remaining knights and fanatics, "Stay here and rest until we return."

Everyone replied, "Yes, Lord, we wish you martial success and a triumphant return."

The twenty-two (dogs?) entered the fourth floor, fewer in number, yet, in reality, their combat power enhanced, primarily reducing the ordinary-level undead soldiers, who were mere cannon fodder. The core troops were all upgraded to elite-level, doubling the number of elite troops compared to when they first entered the ruins.

Moreover, Lin Rui had obtained a strategic treasure, strengthening everyone, and even half of the soldiers’ Physique Value surpassed the current tier’s limit with the support of equipment and treasures.

Thus, Lin Rui had no fear, waving his hand and instructing everyone, "Stay alert all around, and find any hidden monsters."

The followers of Blood God Khorne all revered close-quarter combat, not the kind that hid in darkness for a sneak attack.

The Golden Pansy Army advanced while making noise, soon triggering a rumbling sound deep in the palace.

With the rumbling, it seemed the entire palace was shaking, with streams of dust falling from the walls.

Lin Rui immediately shouted, "At 11 o’clock, there is a giant beast tearing down walls, heading straight here."

Everyone quickly adjusted their formation, with knights at the forefront, Dawn Fanatics on the flanks.

The summoned creatures lined up, standing before the three casters, taken advantage of by Audrey’s Corpse Witch, which was a real asset. Makabaka, although an Excellence Level Troop, could still cast a Weakness Skill, reducing the target’s damage, attack speed, and movement speed by 10%.

A moment later, three massive war beasts smashed through the wall ahead, charging out amid flying debris.

Tier Two, Level 20 Elite Giant Beast, Gor Beasts!

These creatures resembled a combination of King Kong and Triceratops, with King Kong-like sturdy, robust forelimbs and a Triceratops-like skull, sporting three thick horns on its nose in descending order of size.

These beasts were over twenty meters tall, renowned for their violent nature.

The Golden Pansy Army would face these mighty war beasts, as brutal and strong as King Kong, head-on with their human bodies.

Lin Rui took a deep breath, immediately commanded, "Audrey, slow down the one on the far left, Makabaka, join me in weakening the one on the far right. These beasts aren’t very smart, Roger, Lusen, distract the two of them. The rest, confront the Gor Beast in the middle head-on. I want to crush this colossal creature with sheer power!"

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