The news of three hundred alien races submitting to the human race spread rapidly in all directions.
These subservient races were henceforth known as human dependents.
They enjoyed a high degree of autonomy, but the human race could intervene in any of their internal affairs.
After the contracts were signed, the various races dispersed.
They needed to return and act according to the human race's instructions.
Meanwhile, the human race began its grand construction projects.
This was because the territories of these subservient races were mostly adjacent to the human race's territories.
Strictly speaking, they already belonged to the human race's domain.
Major corporations also kicked into gear, intending to build various human infrastructures within the dependent races' territories.
This would facilitate the human race's control over its dependents.
With the contracts in place, there was no fear of rebellion from the dependents, but garrisons were still necessary.
The human race's high command convened meetings almost daily, discussing how to develop the suddenly acquired land, which was over a hundred times larger.
As the human race became busy, so did the dependent races.
A new era was dawning in a corner of the East of the Blue Star, and everything here would influence the future trajectory of the Blue Star.
And even the direction of the myriad realms!
At this moment.
Lin Yu, who was hunting monsters in the East Sea, watched the entire broadcast.
He couldn't help but sigh internally, marveling at the immense influence he and Sword God wielded.
However, he was extremely curious about the "campaign" mentioned by the Grand Elder.
Who exactly were they going to fight?
The North, perhaps?
He mused.
Lin Fan chattered beside him, "Hey, we've done such great deeds, yet there are no rewards."
Lin Yu shot him a glance. "Aren't there any rewards?"
"How come I don't know? What rewards?" Lin Fan quickly pressed.
Lin Yu smiled. "A large amount of battle merit rewards!"
"Battle merit again! How boring. The items in the battle merit shop aren't very helpful to us anymore."
Indeed, he had already redeemed all the mystery-type skills from the battle merit shop.
He had also bought all the rare pill recipes he could, so battle merit was no longer as useful to him as it was initially.
In fact, it was practically useless.
"Our human race has only developed for a short time, only three hundred years, and our foundation is not deep enough. It's understandable!"
Lin Fan pouted, feeling quite dissatisfied.
They had solved a major crisis for the human race.
And all they received was a bit of battle merit.
"Alright, I'm also a demigod-level combatant now. The rulers of the human race are essentially me and Sword God. In the future, when there are treasures, we'll have priority selection."
"That's more like it, considering the human race's scale."
"Let's continue killing monsters! Today, we're going to clear out the entire sea area within a thousand-mile radius."
"Alright!"
"By the way, have you found the mermaid tribe's lair yet?"
"No!"
"Keep looking. They're in the deep sea, not easy to find. Don't rush."
Lin Yu, accompanied by his clones, continued hunting monsters in this area.
Killing too many sea beasts would provoke the anger of some Rank 9 sea beasts, but before they could cause any trouble, they were all slain by Lin Yu.
Lin Yu's experience points were increasing rapidly.
Unfortunately, the upgrade points required to raise his talent level to SSS-rank were ten times more than leveling from Rank 8 to Rank 9.
There was no hope of achieving it in the short term.
Let's keep killing monsters!
With the help of two thousand clones, his monster-killing speed in the sea was extremely fast.
Centered around a small island, the sea was calm on the surface, but turbulent beneath, with countless sea beasts falling to his clones.
The corpses floated on the sea, retrieved by Lin Yu's clones and brought to the island to be refined into elixirs.
The blue dragon lay weakly nearby. In a single day, its blood had been drawn three times.
If not for Lin Fan constantly feeding it Blood and Flesh Pills to replenish its vitality, it would have died from blood loss.
However, it didn't seem too resentful because, although these Blood and Flesh Pills couldn't enhance its power, they gave it hope.
Lin Fan patted its head and said earnestly,
"See, we can already refine Rank 5 elixirs. Will Rank 9 elixirs be far behind? Will divine-grade elixirs be far behind?"
The blue dragon nodded vigorously at this.
Lin Fan was quite pleased with its reaction and continued, "Come on, let's draw another bucket."
The blue dragon instantly looked at him with fear, but thinking of the allure of divine pills, it gritted its teeth and extended its thigh.
Lin Fan condensed a sword energy, pierced its skin, collected a bucket of dragon blood, and then threw over a hundred Rank 5 Blood and Flesh Pills.
"Eat these and replenish yourself."
The blue dragon's eyes lit up. It immediately swallowed the pills, feeling the surging warmth within its body as its stamina was rapidly restored.
On the island.
A hundred clones were divided into two teams. One team was refining Rank 5 Blood and Flesh Pills, and the other was refining Dragon Blood Pills.
As soon as the Dragon Blood Pills were made, they were brought to Lin Yu, who consumed them like candy.
The Dragon Blood Pills were not particularly effective, but they could be infinitely stacked.
After finishing the Dragon Blood Pills, he would use the Blood and Flesh Pills for Life Drain.
His strength was slowly increasing, and the accumulated gains were also a formidable number.
At this moment.
Lin Yu's mind stirred.
"Retrieve the mermaid demigod's corpse!"
In the next moment, his spatial bracelet flashed, and a mermaid corpse appeared on the ground.
"Since I have nothing else to do, I'll try Life Drain!"
He actually preferred to use his Soul Possession ability to take over the mermaid's corpse, which would give him a genuine demigod clone.
However, considering that his Soul Possession clone was still in the Wind God Dragon Realm, and the connection between the two realms was now severed,
He was reluctant to abandon that piece on the board in the Wind God Dragon Realm.
He had a premonition that the Soul Possession clone would bring him pleasant surprises.
Therefore, he could only let the mermaid demigod's corpse serve as sustenance for his growth.
"Life Drain!"
Instantly, a small black hole appeared in his hand, and immense devouring power emanated from his palm.
Immediately, he felt an intense craving for gluttony, a desire to devour everything.
Whoosh!
He took several deep breaths, suppressing this urge.
He gently placed his palm on the mermaid's corpse.
Ssss!
A strange friction sound was heard, and streams and wisps of power light were drawn from the mermaid's corpse.
This power light entered the black hole in his hand and then flowed into his body.
Instantly, warm currents flowed within him.
His physical body and soul were strengthening little by little.
Although it wasn't as fast or as much as when he devoured the corpse of a god, it was still not to be underestimated.
10%!
20%!
25%!
Finally, after his strength increased by twenty-five percent, it reached its limit.
Bang!
Suddenly, a crisp popping sound was heard.
He looked down and saw that the mermaid demigod's corpse had turned into a pile of ashes.
"Whew! One demigod corpse increased my strength by a quarter, equivalent to a month's worth of Blood and Flesh Pills!"
Lin Yu smiled, feeling the surge of power within him, and was very satisfied.
"It would be great if I could get another demigod corpse!"
After the experience of devouring the demigod's corpse, consuming Blood and Flesh Pills now felt like chewing on wax.
Suddenly!
Lin Fan shouted, "Brother, Brother, something's wrong!"
"What is it?"
"Something drastic has happened in Three Immortals City!"
"Elaborate?"
"A massive abyss has appeared in the center of Three Immortals City, bottomless, and countless dark creatures are pouring out of it. Let's go take a look quickly."
Lin Yu's heart stirred upon hearing this, filled with curiosity about this abyss.
He said, "Let's go take a look!!!"
Lin Fan shouted, "Blue Dragon!"
Roar!
The two of them rode the dragon away.