Chapter 609: Families and Poisonous Mist

Zong Shen sighed as he put his hand into the small treasure box.

He took out the last item in the small treasure box with his backhand.

This is a fruit only the size of a fist.

The surface is as black as ink and the texture is as hard as stone.

The reason why Zong Shen firmly believed that it was a fruit was because it exuded a strange fruity fragrance. Looking at this dark and hard fruit, Zong Shen only hoped that it would gain some momentum.

His eyes stared at the fruit, and detailed attribute information about it appeared on the side.

【Dragon Vein Fruit (orange)】

[Quality: Legendary]

[It can be used on any riding beast or war pet of any level not exceeding the overlord level, so as to obtain dragon vein enhancement]

[Dragon Vein Fruit made by watering the Beast Fruit with a little dragon essence and blood]

[The strengthening effect of this fruit is not valid for dragon veins, dragon origins, and dragon creatures]

(The dragon vein fruit carefully collected by the little black dragon, for which it even paid some of its heart and blood

This fruit was originally intended to be used as a reward to the dragon-veined kobold chieftain Ulysses.

After receiving the blessing of dragon veins, you can increase part of the lifespan and attributes of the riding beast or war pet, and you will also randomly obtain some dragon characteristics)

According to the attribute information of this fruit, it should be a war pet strengthening item.

For most beasts and warcraft, obtaining the power of dragon veins is a kind of strengthening in itself.

In the territory, Yingjiang is an overlord-level dragon-veined griffon blessed by the power of dragon-vein.

This is why, even at the Overlord level, Ying Jiang can overwhelm Fei Hu.

Then this [Dragon Vein Fruit] can be considered to be given to Feihu.

Let it become a dominant dragon-veined scorpion-tailed tiger.

As for Bajie, its level is too low. Even if you use [Wild Seed (Blue)] on it, it will only advance to the Commander level 50% of the time, which is still a long way from the Overlord level.

Therefore, this [Dragon Vein Fruit] is most suitable to be given to Feihu.

After strengthening into a dragon-veined scorpion-tailed tiger, its strength can be improved to a certain extent.

Indirectly improve the combat power level of the territory.

All items in the small treasure chest have been checked.

Zong Shen looked inside again, and even reached out to take it out.

After making sure nothing was missing, he put the box away.

Take this box back and let the dwarf uncle smelt it, and you can also get some fine gold resources.

At this point, Xiao Heizi's dragon nest has been completely searched by him.

To be on the safe side, he backfilled the soil and stamped it hard.

Fill in the big hole he dug.

As long as you don't look closely, there shouldn't be any clues.

After a period of natural sedimentation, Xiao Heizi could not see anything strange.

Anyway, Zong Shen will never let it move freely in a short time.

"Then next, it's time to search the treasure chests scattered nearby."

"Although those servants have collected a lot of treasure boxes and placed them in the dragon's nest, there should be many boxes that have slipped through the net around."

"After all, this is a large-scale ruins, and it is blessed by the elements of the black dragon territory."

"Whether it's a monster territory or a ruins, they are places where treasure chests will be refreshed."

"Therefore, there must be many treasure chests out there that have not been discovered."

Zong Shen thought about it in his heart and quickly came to a conclusion.

"Please guide me to the location of the remaining treasure chests in the Poison Swamp!"

After thinking about it, a dozen golden circle marks suddenly appeared at different distances nearby.

The collection of the little black dragon's retinue, as well as the treasure chests discovered by Lord Poison Mist, have reduced the number of treasure chests originally scattered in the Poison Swamp a lot, and now there are only a dozen or so left.

If we add the treasure chest that Zong Shen found from the dragon's nest, then the treasure chest that can be harvested this time is considered very good.

Thinking of this, he immediately prepared to leave the dragon's nest and head to the nearest treasure chest.

When he just walked out of the dragon's nest, the air flow suddenly surged in the light green mist a hundred or two hundred meters away.

At the same time, a sharp whistle pierced the air.

"call out!"

A spear with a length of two meters was shot towards Zong Shen's face.

The speed was extremely fast, and he was already in front of him in the blink of an eye.

When Zong Shen captured the movement of this spear throwing, his defensive thoughts emerged.

The evil stain quickly gathered and blocked the door thirty centimeters in front of him.

The throwing spear hit the Evil Scale, and most of the power of the throwing was neutralized.

The remaining power caused the Kumu face to dent backwards. After only more than ten centimeters, the power of the war spear was completely removed, and it slipped away feebly and fell to the ground.

Zong Shen also took advantage of the situation and moved a few steps to the side.

The next moment, several large rocks from the mouth of the bowl were fired towards Zong Shen.

It was also easily blocked by the Evil Scale.

It's rude to come back without reciprocating. These attacks from near the dragon's nest are most likely from the dependent monsters that survived the chaos.

Their attacks basically pose no threat to Zong Shen.

If there are enough of these dependent monsters, they can be considered a good fighting force, especially when they form a group.

Those lords relied on the huge number of dependent monster servants to sweep across the four directions.

If the quality is not enough, use quantity to make up for it.

Monsters like kobolds and gnolls are extremely capable of reproducing.

It doesn't matter even if the degeneration rate of the population is high, the weak cubs are often killed for food.

Anyway, the fertility rate is high, so it doesn’t matter if some of the weak cubs are sacrificed.

Although this move is cruel, it can also be regarded as a means to proactively curb the degradation of the ethnic group.

As we all know, groups with high fertility tend to have high degeneration rates, such as goblins.

If they are not strengthened by blood, the strength of the goblins will become weaker with each generation.

Kobolds and gnolls have a very simple way to solve the problem of group degradation.

That is manual elimination, and the remaining cubs are often relatively strong.

Over time, after generations of reproduction, the degradation rate will not increase much.

In fact, goblins also behave similarly.

But their number of births per birth is not as exaggerated as that of jackals and kobolds.

That's why bloodline strengthening is needed.

As long as there is enough food and living space, after decades of cultivation, they can develop into a huge family clan, including the kobold miners Zong Shen conquered before.

As the large eggs are hatched, the number of kobolds is steadily increasing.

At the same time, new large eggs were also laid.

You Zongshen provides food and security for the kobolds, so they can reproduce as much as they like.

Therefore, Zong Shen did not want to kill these former dependents of Xiao Heizi.

No matter how bad it is, sending them for mining is still a good choice.

Controlling them indirectly through the little black dragon eliminates the need to occupy the control points.

Thinking about it this way, the kobold chief Dutra and the miner kobolds both have to occupy a certain amount of control, which is a bit uneconomical, although they all occupy Dutra's own control.

But as the number of kobold tribes increases in the long run, it will definitely not be able to continue like this.

Zong Shende tried to find a way to gain the loyalty of the kobolds in the mines through indirect control.

Yingjiang and Feihu are a good example.

They were originally the leaders of their respective groups. After being tamed by Zong Shen, the griffins and manticores also indirectly became Zong Shen's riding beasts and battle pets.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that indirect control is not as thorough as direct control.

Once Yingjiang or Feihu fails to return home for a long time, a new leader may be born among the other griffins and manticores. In addition, any orders given by Zong Shen need to be conveyed through the leader.

This is why Zong Shen takes turns riding Yingjiang and Feihu.

If you want to save the command value perfectly, you need to pay a certain price.

It was precisely because of the many reasons mentioned above regarding dependent tribes that Zong Shen did not fight back.

He just relied on the characteristics of the evil scale to effectively defend against those attacks.

After seeing that the attack was fruitless, the attack from the light mist also stopped.

After a while, kobolds and iguana figures appeared in the mist.

Most of them have scars all over their bodies, and many have broken limbs.

The total number is approximately between sixty and seventy.

In front of them, the dragon-veined kobold chief Ulysses and the iguana leader Douglas Rudstone also appeared at the front of the team.

These two are the leaders of the little black dragon's subordinates.

All levels have reached the overlord level.

Just now, they personally led their respective tribes in a fierce battle with the lord who broke into the poisonous mist swamp.

This is also their home field, and the poisonous mist will not have any impact on them.

And they have long been accustomed to using fog to obscure the enemy's vision to launch surprise attacks.

After seeing that the attack was fruitless, they stopped their offensive.

They don't understand what's going on outside.

For these kobolds and iguanas, the little black dragon is their master and backbone.

Zong Shen silently looked at these dependent monsters who were fighting bloody battles.

Strictly speaking, they have reached the point of fighting to the death without retreating.

Such courage is worthy of admiration.

While Zong Shen was observing, the tall dragon-veined kobold chief among the red-scaled kobolds walked out.

Its face was stained with solidified blood stains, and its body was also covered with flesh foam and bone residue. It looked ferocious and terrifying.

After taking a few steps forward, he always kept a distance of about 100 meters from Zong Shen.

Said in mainland China's common language.

"Humanity…"

"My Lord is about to return, and you are seeking your own death!"

Its voice was hoarse and hoarse, and it was full of murderous intent. This was the momentum gained after a brutal and bloody fight. Compared with this guy, Dutra, the kobold chief in the mine, was far behind.

Those kobolds in the mines couldn't fight to the death without retreating.

Both are kobolds, but these red-scaled kobolds are much braver and more militant than the crypt kobolds.

Ulysses, the chief of the dragon-veined kobolds, threatened him as usual.

The bloody battle just now made it despise human beings from the bottom of its heart.

Even though the human in front of him seems a bit unpredictable and can perfectly resist the attack just now, this is the Poison Mist Swamp, a place they guard, and their owner is a real dragon.

The true pure-blooded black dragon is the absolute king whether in the swamp or the dark forest!

However, after it issued warnings and threats, the human did not show the slightest fear, and even showed an interesting smile.

Ulysses looked up at the iguana leader, and was about to attack the human at the same time.

Zong Shen, who was standing there, raised his hand, took out a rag bag, directly selected the little black dragon, and took it out of the storage space.

A brief space fluctuation appeared, and the little black dragon's thirteen- to four-meter-long body appeared with the fluctuation.

The passively released dragon power swept out mightily.

The dependent monsters that had been tamed by the little black dragon all trembled and knelt down on the ground.

Including the murderous-looking dragon-veined kobold chief Ulysses and the iguana commander, the ferocious flames in Gladstone suddenly stopped and they knelt down in confusion.

"king…"

"You and this human?"

Ulysses knelt on the ground, raised his head and asked doubtfully in dragon language.

It could see the king it admired so much, with something like a saddle installed behind him.

At this time, Xiao Heizi first turned his head and glanced at Zong Shen, and then glanced nervously at the Dragon Nest.

From this distance it could only see roughly.

It breathed a sigh of relief when it saw that the ground in the dragon's nest was relatively flat.

Only then did it have the mood to look at these dependents.

To be precise, it should be the former family members.

"These are good men of yours."

"Let them continue to be responsible for guarding the Poison Swamp."

"As assistance, I will send soldiers to patrol the outside of the Poison Swamp."

"In addition, let these guys not hinder my freedom of movement in the poisonous swamp."

"Gather up all the corpses left behind in the battle in the Poison Swamp. Whether they are your relatives, beasts like the Mire Crocodiles in the Poison Swamp, or those humans, I want them all!"

"As for what excuse to use, it's up to you to decide."

"In addition, I need to maintain the intensity of the poisonous mist. You should have a way to do it, right?"

Zong Shen said softly.

Hearing what Zong Shen said, Xiao Heizi gritted his teeth humanely.

Facing these relatives who worshiped it extremely, it really couldn't tell the truth.

You can't honestly tell them that you have become humans' battle pets, right?

After thinking for a while, Xiao Heizi finally spoke.

"Ulysses, you did a great job."

"I have reached an agreement with this human being and will be going out for a while."

"If this human comes to Poison Swamp, you are not allowed to attack him."

"During this period, he will send people to patrol outside the Poison Swamp to help you protect the swamp."

"And all you have to do is speed up the breeding."

"Besides, go collect all the bodies in the swamp and bring them here."

"do you understand?"

Xiao Heizi said in dragon language, his voice rumbled, causing the faint green mist in front of him to be blown away.

Rather than directly answering Ulysses' doubts, it makes an excuse.

With its accumulated power over the past few decades, as long as it never returns, dies on the spot, or other more powerful black dragons forcibly annex the Poison Swamp, these dependents will usually not betray it.

"I understand, Wang..."

"In this battle, both the Red Scale and Iguana tribes suffered heavy losses."

"We need more fresh blood to add in. Please go to Wuyu Forest in the east or Nova Mountain Ridge in the north to recruit more dependents."

…

Before Ulysses finished speaking, Xiao Heizi impatiently gave him a plan.

It opened its mouth and blew out a stream of air, and the sound echoed through the poisonous swamp like muffled thunder.

"Do as I tell you."

"I have my own arrangements for these things!"

As soon as these words came out, Ulysses did not dare to say anything anymore, but just lowered his head respectfully.

On the contrary, Zong Shen's eyes lit up as he stood behind Xiao Heizi.

"Just let them disperse."

"I want to ask you something."

Hearing Zong Shen speak to it in such a commanding tone, Xiao Heizi subconsciously wanted to have another attack.

But think about the shadowy woman with the scythe, and Zong Shen transformed into a Holy Spirit Warrior.

Xiao Heizi couldn't help but trembled.

It still hasn't figured out what happened in the outside world, and it always feels like times have changed.

I actually met so many strong human beings in this remote place...

"snort!"

The arrogant snort is its last bit of stubbornness.

"Okay, you all go and collect the corpses."

As Xiao Heizi gave the order, all the dependent monsters respectfully went to collect the corpses everywhere.

In front of the dragon's nest, only one person and one dragon were left staring with big eyes.

"That big kobold just now said you could recruit dependents?"

Zong Shen licked his lips and stared at the little black dragon and asked.

"snort!!"

"It's not so much a conscription as a conquest!"

"As a noble dragon, many races worship us!"

"It's just that you often need to fight to prove your strength."

"Now that my injury has not healed, I am not suitable to conquer the dependent tribe!"

Xiao Heizi said reluctantly, with a hint of complaint in his words.

"okay, I get it."

Zong Shen looked at Xiao Heizi with more and more eager eyes.

"So how do we need to restore the poisonous fog here?"

He raised the second doubt in his mind.

"You took away my treasure."

"There are several high-level poison quenching beads among those dinars."

"As long as those poison quenching beads are taken out and placed, the intensity of the poisonous mist here will slowly increase."

"As for maintaining the fog concentration, you need to use the fifth-level dragon language to diffuse the water."

"Normally speaking, one use can maintain the fog concentration for several months."

Xiao Heizi rolled his eyes and turned his head to the side arrogantly.

Zong Shen understood immediately after hearing this.

With a flick of his wrist, he took out the high-level poison quenching beads that he had taken away before.

Just now he just collected them wholeheartedly and didn't even have time to take a closer look.

Now after taking them out, I discovered that these extraction beads are legendary items.

[Advanced poison quenching beads (orange)]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Effect: Toxic bomb (releases all the toxicity at once, creating a toxic area with a radius of 200 meters, lasting for 12 hours, the area will be covered by fifth-level poisonous gas)]

[Passive effect: Toxic release (slowly releasing toxicity into the surrounding air)]

(Advanced poison quenching beads contain powerful toxicity and can be used as magic energy forging materials. They can also be used to make magic disks or magic arrays. Long-term placement can change the nearby environment.)