After the supplies in the treasury were tallied, Xiao Mo ordered his immortal and demon troops to transport them all back to the Immortal and Demon Tribe through the spatial passage.
Following that, Xiao Mo was led by a pair of underground dwarves to the Dwarf Kingdom's warehouse.
The moment the warehouse door opened, Xiao Mo was stunned, his expression stiffening.
It wasn't that he encountered anything terrifying, but rather the sheer amount of supplies within was overwhelming!
The enormous warehouse was filled to the brim with various types of food.
There was meat, grains, fresh fruits, honey, and even aquatic products.
As for quantities, each type of food was piled up like a small mountain.
In total, there were at least two hundred thousand units.
However, upon further reflection, Xiao Mo found it perfectly normal.
After all, this was the warehouse of an entire royal city, not solely for the royal family.
The royal city housed nearly two hundred thousand residents, so stocking two to three hundred thousand units of food was not excessive.
Subsequently, Xiao Mo instructed the immortal and demon troops beside him to transport the grains, fresh fruits, honey, and aquatic products back to the Immortal and Demon Tribe.
The meat, however, was left to the dwarf elder to distribute.
With an abundance of food, variety was always appreciated; eating meat every day could become tiresome.
Once the food was moved, Xiao Mo turned his attention to the stored lumber, stone, and iron essence, among other territorial resources.
The quantities were equally staggering, making Xiao Mo's scalp tingle.
Lumber alone amounted to 1.7 million units, stone to 1.52 million units, and iron essence to 810,000 units.
Additionally, there were three hundred units of common iron ore.
Seeing these terrifying quantities of resources, Xiao Mo couldn't help but take a deep breath.
A kingdom with only a mid-to-upper-tier strength possessed such a formidable reserve of resources.
What about stronger kingdoms, or even empires?
Thinking of this, Xiao Mo felt his every cell vibrate.
A single kingdom's warehouse could store over seven hundred units of resources.
For Xiao Mo, who had been "poor" for so long, this was akin to instant wealth.
He even felt as though he had been a beggar one moment and a millionaire the next.
Without further thought, Xiao Mo first dealt with the three hundred units of common iron ore.
This iron ore needed to be given to the "little brat" to be smelted into iron essence before it could be used.
Although there would be some loss during the process, Xiao Mo didn't mind.
He was rich now, with plenty of common iron ore. Three hundred units alone would likely shock any lord.
While directing his troops to move the supplies, Xiao Mo mused inwardly.
Kingdoms were indeed wealthy; their resource reserves were enough to drive any lord mad.
With so many resources, upgrading the territory to a [High-Level Tribe] would definitely be sufficient.
Perhaps if all the equipment was sold, they might even be able to attempt an upgrade to a small city.
After a long while, Xiao Mo finally calmed his excited heart and trembling hands.
He then ordered his troops to pack all the iron ore and send it directly to the "little brat" in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Upon seeing such a large quantity of iron ore, the "little brat" was immensely shocked.
When he learned it was spoils of war from Xiao Mo's conquest of the Dwarf Kingdom, his admiration for Xiao Mo deepened.
...
After all matters concerning the Dwarf Kingdom were settled, Xiao Mo ordered Mo Wuxin to destroy the Dwarf Kingdom's Heart of the Kingdom.
Following this, Mo Wuxin, accompanied by a few immortal and demon troops, proceeded to the ancestral temple behind the royal palace.
As the name suggested, the ancestral temple was a place where the dwarf kingdom's ancestors were enshrined.
This had always been the most heavily guarded place in the Dwarf Kingdom.
However, after the royal army surrendered, there was no one left to guard it.
Mo Wuxin and the other immortals and demons soon found a crystal, about the size of two fists, emitting a yellow glow, at the top of the ancestral temple.
This was the Heart of the Dwarf Kingdom.
In the next moment, several immortal and demon troops attacked simultaneously. It took them three minutes to destroy the crystal.
With the shattering of the Heart of the Kingdom, almost all buildings in the royal city collapsed in an instant.
The entire royal city was reduced to ruins in a short period.
Immediately after, a destructive white light descended from the sky and flashed across the ruins of the royal city.
When the white light disappeared, the original royal city ruins were nowhere to be seen.
The ground was level, as if no buildings had ever stood there.
Tens of thousands of dwarf kingdom residents, witnessing this scene, all knelt in unison.
After all, this was the home they had lived in for many years, and its sudden disappearance brought them sadness.
However, they firmly believed that their Lord would rebuild their home and grant them a new future.
As the royal city vanished, a notification interface appeared before Xiao Mo.
[Congratulations, Lord! Your troops have successfully destroyed the Heart of the Dwarf Kingdom, and you have gained an additional 10000 Immortal Demon Stones and 100 Spirit Stones!]
[The Immortal and Demon Tribe has completely annihilated the Dwarf Kingdom, and you have received the following blueprint rewards: Twenty blueprints for Defensive Ballista, Two blueprints for Defensive Walls, One blueprint for Micro Spiritual Energy Cannon, Four blueprints for Smelting Furnace, Three blueprints for Forge Room, Four blueprints for Watchtower, One blueprint for Temple of Faith construction.]
[You have obtained one fragment of the Heart of the Empire!]
[The conquest and destruction of the Dwarf Kingdom have greatly enhanced the fame and cohesion of the Immortal and Demon Tribe on the Primordial Continent!]
[Friendly Tip: The entire dwarf race on the Primordial Continent now regards the Immortal and Demon Tribe as their number one enemy from another world, placing them at the top of their must-destroy list, with hatred value increased by twenty times!]
Looking at these notification messages, Xiao Mo, aside from his concern for the rewards, was accustomed to, and even numb to, the "friendly tips."
However, destroying the Heart of the Dwarf Kingdom and only receiving ten thousand Immortal Demon Stones still made Xiao Mo very happy.
This was considered an "official" bonus reward, unrelated to drop rates.
It seemed that destroying a kingdom-level faction yielded quite generous rewards.
Not only ten thousand Immortal Demon Stones but also so many blueprint rewards.
A total of thirty-five blueprints, all of which had been appraised.
What surprised Xiao Mo the most was the [Temple of Faith construction blueprint].
This was a high-level building blueprint, the same tier as the previous [Immortal Demon Temple].
Most importantly, this [Temple of Faith] blueprint could be used five times.
Its effects, besides increasing the loyalty and faith of the territory's residents, included two special functions.
Firstly, during combat, it could raise the morale of the territory's troops to its peak, with a chance to enter an outbreak state, directly tripling combat effectiveness with no side effects.
Secondly, it could significantly increase the Lord's faith power collection speed.
These last two functions were precisely what Xiao Mo desperately needed, especially the latter.
The speed of faith power collection directly impacted his future progress towards godhood.
Therefore, Xiao Mo highly valued this high-level building blueprint.
Just as Xiao Mo was immersed in the generous rewards obtained from destroying the Heart of the Dwarf Kingdom, the previously calmed [World Chat Channel] once again erupted in excitement.
This time, the uproar largely originated from the lords who remained in the Endless Abyss region...