8 Wish Fragment

Phew. Looks like we can both be saved.

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief. The Wish Fragment could be used to give Wu Yuan an antidote to the poison and he decided to use the lord demon soul to raise the grade of his attributes. He had to do it because during the earlier battle, he realized just how crucial the soul strength was.

That said, if it weren't for his C+ soul strength, he would have been killed in the first place. Because who would have thought that those two spiders would sneak up on him with demonic spells?

He was simply scared to death.

After taking a look at Wu Yuan and finding that he could still hold on for a while, Zhang Yang took the time to check out the imperfect lord demon soul.

The imperfect lord demon soul was only worth 500 energy points on the golden scale.

But even if it was imperfect, it was still a lord-level demon soul, so it was still somewhat useful.

[Use the imperfect lord demon soul to raise powerful elite soldiers or promote elite soldiers to the rank of Captain. Currently, you only own 1 x Level 2 Imperfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul. You can use it to raise 5 elite spearmen/bowmen/shield soldiers, or promote 1 elite spearmen/bowmen/shield soldiers to the rank of Captain.

Note: The soldier type that personally killed the black spider will receive a 30 percent boost in training efficiency.

Note: An Imperfect Lord Demon Soul will have a 100 percent chance to strengthen the weapons of soldiers (Elite/Captain).

Requires 50 energy points, 5 Black Spider Silk Coil, and 5 Black Spider Venom. The success rate is 60 percent. For Elite upgrades, increase the success rate by 10% by consuming 5 energy points. For Captain upgrades, increase the success rate by 5% by consuming 20 energy points.]

"All settled!"

Zhang Yang slapped his thigh.

He decided to use the perfect lord demon soul on himself. He had to improve his overall strength and survivability. Although he was the holder of the Village Building Order, the problem was that this was a world of fantasy. He just couldn't afford to mess with it.

He left the imperfect lord demon soul for Wu Yuan to promote him to Captain. In that case, the poison in their bodies would naturally be eliminated through the upgrade within the system.

As for the Wish Fragment, it was better for him to keep it for now. He felt that it might have a greater use at some point. For instance, he might need a windproof lighter or some sort in the future.

BAM!

Wait, what?

What happened?

Zhang Yang was dumbfounded. The Wish Fragment had shattered and a windproof lighter appeared in his hand.

"W-What? Damn you, bast*rd!"

Zhang Yang was on the brink of tears. He no longer dared to commit another mistake. He hurriedly promoted Wu Yuan to Captain and fused himself with the perfect lord demon soul. He couldn't delay any longer, or else making another mistake would make him vomit out enough blood to cause his death.

A white brilliance flashed, enveloping both of them at the same time. The scene was like a dream. No one knew what emotions were going through Wu Yuan, but most importantly, Zhang Yang felt really comfortable.

He was as if he were soaking in a hot spring and countless gentle hands kneaded and massaged his body. The level of comfort was indescribable.

Five minutes passed. Zhang Yang opened his eyes. He felt that the surroundings had become incomparably quiet. He could hear his own heartbeat and the heartbeat of the soldiers around him, as well as the sounds of birds and insects in the distance.

The world seemed much clearer to his eyes. He could also see the distorted texture of a large tree 100 meters away. Yes, it was the equivalent of seeing a lighter 100 meters away with the naked eye.

And apart from feeling extra refreshed, that was all there was.

Opening the attribute panel mapped by the Village Building Order, he found that all of his attributes had indeed been raised by one grade.

[Strength: F+

Agility: F+

Defense: F+

Soul Strength: B-

Acquired Soul Feature: Sharpness (Passive. Able to detect some signs of danger in advance.)

Note: B-ranked soul strength comes with the feature, thus no energy consumption required.

Mastered Spell: Imprisonment (Consumes your energy to constantly imprison a slow-moving or stationary target. Maximum range: 200 meters. If the target is in a fast-moving state, there will be a high chance of failure.)

Note: Energy will slowly recover on its own. This skill cannot be cast on a target with a higher soul strength than the caster. Otherwise, it will fail and turn into a secondary mental attack.]

As for the description regarding the battle mark, it didn't show up.

At that moment, Wu Yuan had also been successfully promoted. The poisoned state of his body was automatically cured and not only that, but he also grew at least 10 centimeters taller. He looked even stronger and more powerful now, with muscular arms catching up to the size of Zhang Yang's upper thighs.

In addition, the reinforced spear in Wu Yuan's hand had also been further reinforced into a Captain-grade weapon.

The entire spear was black and had some silver stripes around its two-meter-long pole. The black iron tip of the spear was 50 centimeters and had six edges. Under the sunlight, it gave a dazzling reflection—it must have gotten even sharper.

As for Wu Yuan's attributes, they changed even more. That left Zhang Yang puzzled because he used a perfect lord demon soul on himself and his entire attributes were only improved by one grade.

On the other hand, as soon as these soldiers were upgraded, their attributes jumped in level.

When Wu Yuan upgraded from ordinary soldier to elite, his attributes of F+ became E+. And now that he was promoted to a captain, his attributes became D+, which was really unjustifiable.

But one thing for sure was that all of the soldiers' soul strengths were generally weak. Even Wu Yuan, who was already the captain of the spearmen, had only a soul strength of E+.

The good thing was that this didn't affect his combat power because Wu Yuan also gained one more skill.

His usual skill, Wind Piercing, had been improved to Triple Wind Piercing, which meant that his damage output was instantly increased by three times.

The additional skill he learned was Soul Breaker. It could instantly increase the damage by five times and inflict a stun effect on the target.

In Zhang Yang's estimation, just Wu Yuan alone could challenge 10 green wolves (level 1), three black bears (level 2), and one red eagle (level 5) at the same time. But of course, against the spider lords earlier, he would surely die against even one of them. Just their demonic spells alone—imprisonment and detention—were enough to make him suffer.

"This world sure is dangerous and amazing!" Zhang Yang lamented. He decided to count the number of remaining soldiers, have them cut some more wood to light torches, and began to thoroughly search the spider nest.

This process wasn't difficult. Dozens of torches illuminated the spider nest as if it were daylight. Wu Yuan led the way and slaughtered his way through; none of the black spiders were spared. As for whether there was another spider lord in the nest, it was impossible.

Half an hour later, the entire spider nest had been searched. All the remaining black spiders were killed, while spider eggs, webs, and whatnot were burned in flames. Zhang Yang didn't attempt to capture and raise any spiders as pets. Although he heard that this was the most standard routine in the fantasy world, he still felt disinterested since spiders weren't his kind!

In the end, he didn't find any secret treasures, precious mineral deposits, human skeletons, and whatnot. There was nothing valuable. All he found was a semi-enclosed underground space. After blocking its entrance, it would be the best place to spend the night.

Zhang Yang had the impulse to abandon the Village Building Order here. But in the end, his rationality stopped him. He was almost at his limit. He had a captain spearman, three elite bowmen, 21 bowmen, 45 shield soldiers, and 12 spearmen. His recruitment quota was left with only 9 spots. Even if he wanted to farm or cut wood, there weren't a lot of farmers and lumberjacks available for him to recruit.

All in all, he, the village chief, was basically ruined.

If he were in a game, he could have called himself Little Zhang and applied to the palace to serve the Empress. But fortunately, this was the fantasy world, so as long as he was still alive, everything was possible.

Now I finally have the time and safety to take a closer look at them, as well as figure out more about the background of this world.

Zhang Yang sat relaxedly on a large stone and thought. There were many spoils of war from the earlier battle, and he didn't have time to pay attention to some of the details.

The golden scale emerged before his eyes, one end was the Imperfect Village Building Order, which was similar to the Village Building Order in his hand. However, the font on it was different and unrecognizable. Perhaps it was some kind of spider script?

And at the other end of the golden scale was exactly 300 energy points. It seemed that the value of this Imperfect Village Building Order wasn't as high as an imperfect lord demon soul or a perfect level 5 demon soul.

So what's its function?

[Use an Imperfect Village Building Order to upgrade the quality and level of the Village Building Order. Currently, you have only 1 x Imperfect Village Building Order. There is a 55 percent success rate of upgrading the Village Building Order in your possession.

Note: You can use 100 energy points to increase the chance of success by 5 percent.]

Zhang Yang curled his lips and put this matter aside for now. He wasn't ready to shell out 1100 energy points to upgrade the Village Building Order. Not to mention, he didn't have enough energy points for it with only 650 energy points remaining.

He looked at the next item.

Black Spider Nest Civilization Code Drawing, huh? It sounds so high and mighty, but it's worth even less; only 100 energy points after selling it.

As for its purpose, well… Increase the chance of upgrading the Village Building Order by 10 percent? Hmm, that's decent.

Next.

50 coils of Black Spider Silk is worth 200 energy points.

It can be used to make three enchanted bowstrings, which requires an archery workshop, a master craftsman, and 100 energy points.

Next.

50 units of Spider Venom is worth 200 energy points.

It can be applied directly to weapons. The negative effect of that is that the meat of the demon killed by the venom will not be edible.

Looking at all the spoils of war, Zhang Yang's excitement gradually died down. He knew that what he was going to face in the future might be a more complex and dangerous world than he had imagined.

The reason for all that lay in the fact that the two spider lords, who actually possessed a similar Village Building Order to his, had actually established a spider nest.

So in a sense, wouldn't that mean that he wasn't different from those two spider lords?

So what the heck is this Village Building Order? Who is playing a prank on me? What exactly is this world like?

No one could answer him, and he also wasn't about to look for an answer because he had to find a way to survive first.

Those two spider lords were really strong. The reason why they failed was because of their terrible luck—encountering me who had a more powerful soul strength.

Another reason was that their minions were all killed by me in advance. Otherwise, we would have lost. The problem was that the spider lords didn't look foolish, so why didn't they let their minions swarm us at once?

Perhaps the answer to that is that they were scared to go into the middle of the forest, where there is a presence they are more afraid of.

Or, again, it was that they had to guard their nest because there is something important there.

Perhaps the real truth is that they didn't realize my presence in the first place, just like how I didn't discover them with the Level 1 Vision.

Forget it, they are already dead. What am I doing thinking so much, anyway? I'm not going to leave the Village Building Order.

I'm gonna head out and become stronger!