After a night of silence, Ren Qi woke up the next morning and saw Risa coming out of Tina’s room.

Upon seeing Ren Qi, her face immediately turned red. It was the kind of red that went straight to her neck.

Then, she left in a hurry without looking back.

Ren Qi shook his head. “Risa is getting more and more shy.”

At this moment, Tina walked out of the room. She looked at Ren Qi and winked at him.

“Master, I have prepared a very sweet gift for you. When you feel good, remember to thank me.”

Ren Qi frowned. “What sweet gift? What are you talking about?”

“Master will know when the time comes,”Tina said with a smile.

Ren Qi shook his head, feeling baffled.

When they came to the recruitment pool, Ren Qi began today’s recruitment.

The energy crystals were thrown into the recruitment pool, and soon, dozens of light balls came out of it.

Perhaps it was because they had used up too much luck yesterday, but this time, their luck was a little worse. Four Tier-5 mutated succubi appeared, and the rest were Tier-6 mutated succubi. None of them were Tier 8.

There was still some time before noon, but Ren Qi did not stop Elise. He continued to send the succubi out to hunt.

Ren Qi sent a private message to Luo Ming.

Ren Qi: “I have a set of Tier-8 armor here, a complete set. I will give it to you in a while, and you can accept it. The last time you told me that your territory has already advanced to Tier 4, I will confirm again. Is it true?”

Previously, the reason why the Five Element Teleportation Array and the Territory Upgrade Holy Scroll were not given to Luo Ming was because he had told Ren Qi that his territory had already advanced to Tier 4.

This fellow was silent and developed in a wretched manner, but his strength had advanced quite quickly.

Luo Ming replied, “Big Brother 77, don’t worry. My territory has really advanced to Tier 4. My troops are semi-mechanical, and their forging ability is very strong. In addition, my territory is rich in mineral resources, so it’s still relatively easy for my territory to advance to Tier 4.”

“My mithril mine is also in the process of being mined. The first batch of refined mithril can be sent over to you immediately.”

“Oh right, thank you for Big Boss 77’s armor. I only lack a set of high-tier armor now.”

Looking at Luo Ming’s private chat, Ren Qi shook his head.

Ren Qi had already told him his name, yet he was still calling him Big Boss 77.

However, since Luo Ming’s territory had risen to Tier 4, Ren Qi wasn’t too worried.

Moreover, his territory was relatively close to Xuan Ming’s group. Ren Qi had already told Xuan Ming and the others to take care of Luo Ming if anything happened.

With Zhao Yuheng’s Tier 9 undying blood phoenix around, Luo Ming shouldn’t have any problems.

After chatting with Luo Ming for a bit, Ren Qi opened the chat group.

At this moment, the group chat was filled with news of transactions and requests.

As the black fog’s attack time approached, all the new lords became more and more nervous.

In the group chat, the requests for defensive items had reached a peak.

Panic brought about the extreme demand for defensive items.

As for Ren Qi, panic brought endless business opportunities!

He still had two sets of Tier 8 defensive armor, which he didn’t really need.

He gave Luo Ming one. Li Tianlan had Li Linan, and she also had tier 8 armor.

As for Xuan Ming and the others, Ren Qi didn’t even consider them. With Zhao Yuheng around, it wasn’t his turn to care about Xuan Ming and Tian Jizi.

The time was almost up, so Ren Qi directly sent the attributes of the Tier 8 armor to the chat group.

[ Top-grade tier 8 defensive armor with weapons. A complete set. Now for auction. As long as it’s energy crystals, the highest bidder will get it! ]

Ren Qi did not lack anything at the moment, except for energy crystals.

Whether it was the Dwarf Heart, the Glazed Light Cannon, or the energy crystal cannons on the city walls, they all required a large amount of energy crystals.

Moreover, the daily maintenance of the territory also consumed a large amount of energy crystals.

Therefore, Ren Qi only needed energy crystals in exchange for this tier 8 defensive armor.

When Ren Qi’s message appeared in the chat group, it instantly caused a heated discussion.

[ F*ck! A tier 8 defensive armor. Moreover, it’s a complete set. It was forged by a master forger from the Lanhai Exchange. It’s really top-grade! ]

[ F*ck, don’t try to be strong with me. I didn’t buy any defensive items. This is my last hope. ]

[Boss 77 is no longer a profiteer this time. He doesn’t require any rare items anymore. Instead, he uses the common currency, energy crystals. ]

[ What are you thinking about? If Boss 77 was really no longer a profiteer, he wouldn’t have waited until now to auction this armor. ]

[10,000 Energy Crystals! I bid 10,000 Energy Crystals! Boss, sell it to me! ]

The chat group instantly went into a frenzy.

At this moment, the full set of Tier 8 defensive armor was like the last straw they could grab.

Some people even directly bid 10,000 Energy Crystals!

And this number was also rapidly increasing.

In the black fog, obtaining energy crystals was easy, and the amount was much higher than outside. Many new lords started to store a lot of energy crystals.

Moreover, even the new lords with Tier 8 soldiers were very tempted by the tier 8 weapons and armor.

As for their energy crystals, they had even more.

In just ten minutes, the price in the chat group had soared to 20,000 energy crystals.

Normally, a set of Tier 8 armor would not be sold for such a high price, even if it was produced by the forging masters of the Lanhai Exchange.

But now, this set’s price was still rising, even though it was starting to show signs of slowing down.

This made some of the new lords with Tier 8 defensive armor in their drop boxes very tempted. They almost took off their Tier 8 armor and put it on sale in the chat group.

However, most of them only obtained one drop box, and only one set of Tier 8 defensive armor.

Under such circumstances, it was obvious that wearing a Tier 8 defensive armor was better.

In the end, the final bid in the chat group reached 30,500 energy crystals.

Just the price of a Tier 8 defensive armor was almost enough to upgrade the recruitment pool.

Ren Qi even wanted to give the Tier 8 defensive armor to Luo Ming.

Of course, this was just a joke.

After confirming the deal, Ren Qi didn’t hesitate and immediately put up another Tier 8 armor.

[Everyone, this is the final set of top-tier Tier 8 armor. It’s now or never!]

When the news reached the chat group, it caused another frenzied bidding war.

Some of the new lords even started borrowing energy crystals to bid.

The price of this Tier 8 defensive armor skyrocketed, reaching over 30,000 energy crystals.

When many people heard that it was the last set, they were all red-eyed. They kept increasing the price, as if they were determined to get it.

In the end, the price of this Tier 8 defensive armor was set at 52,000 energy crystals.

Ren Qi was stunned. He had never thought that it would sell for such a high price.

After confirming the price, Ren Qi decided to trade directly.

Seeing the large amount of energy crystals being transported to the territory, Ren Qi finally let out a sigh of relief.

Previously, he was in a shortage of energy crystals, which made him feel uneasy.

Now that he had so many energy crystals, he could fulfill all the needs of the territory.

Although he had so many energy crystals, Ren Qi did not choose to upgrade the recruitment pool.

After all, upgrading the recruitment pool required 60,000 energy crystals. After the upgrade, the energy crystals would be reduced by more than half, and the ability to deal with the black fog’s mutation would be reduced.

It was better to wait until the attack on the black fog from the outside disappeared before proceeding with the recruitment pool upgrade.

After moving all the energy crystals back to the territory, Ren Qi raised his head and looked at the sky.

The sky that was covered by the black fog became a little more sunny. This was the time of day when the black fog was the thinnest.

Because it was almost noon.

Ren Qi let Elise return with the hunting squad. He tightly closed the territory and began to prepare for the sudden change that would arrive soon.

…

Outside the black fog.

The representatives of the five great nations had already arrived in the sky outside the black fog. They were assembled in airships.

Around the black fog, all kinds of high-level soldiers were densely gathered, almost all of them were Tier 9.

The Eastern Divine Dragon, the Golden Dragon, the Emerald Knights…

All the soldiers were ready, ready to listen to their masters’ orders and attack the black fog.

“Time’s up!”

The representative of the Dragon Kingdom looked at the time and raised his eyebrows.

The order had been given long ago. When the time was up, the surrounding soldiers would all launch their attacks towards the black fog.

The scorching dragon breath, the sword Qi that cut through the fierce wind, and the powerful body of the ninth-tier soldiers directly charged towards the black fog. The surrounding ninth-tier soldiers immediately began to attack!

At the same time, the airships floating in front of the black fog also began to condense light beams and suddenly shot towards the black fog.

The light beam cannons on these airships were as powerful as the attack of a Tier-9 soldier.

A large number of attacks fell into the black fog, causing a series of explosions when they entered the black fog.

A huge explosion sounded. The black fog seemed to be lifted by this power and began to surge.

However, the black fog did not disappear. Instead, it seemed to become much more active because of these attacks.

“Roar!”

The roars of the monsters began to rise in the black fog in front of them, directly reverberating.

And the shadows of the monsters began to appear and disappear in the black fog, as if they would rush out of the black fog in the next moment.

Then, a change that no one had expected happened.

The black fog that was slowly spreading out before seemed to have been stimulated. It began to expand abruptly and spread out rapidly in all directions. Its speed was ten times faster than before!

As for the troops that had charged in earlier, as well as the troops that were quickly enveloped by the black fog, they had all disappeared into the black fog. It was as if they had been directly swallowed up.

The airship that the representatives of the five nations were on quickly retreated. The expressions of the representatives of the five nations were extremely unsightly.

They had expected the consequences of attacking the black fog. However, they had not expected such a terrible outcome.

The black fog did not dissipate because of their attack. Instead, it spread more rapidly.

“Ah!”

“Spatial turbulence! There’s spatial turbulence in the black fog. Retreat quickly, ah!”

“I saw that the monsters in the black fog looked like phantoms from outside, but as the black fog spread, the phantoms began to solidify, as if they had materialized.”

“It’s materialized! I saw many new land surfaces materializing inside the black fog. There were all kinds of terrain, as if a territory had materialized!”

“Report, the space inside the black fog is much larger than the outside. My troops are perceptive type. After a rough perception, the land inside the black fog changed again. The space expanded, the terrain expanded. From the outside, it only looks like the border of the five kingdoms, but the inside is now equivalent to the size of a hemisphere…”

Screams rose from the airship. These were the messages sent back by the Tier 9 lords that were sucked into the black fog.

However, without exception, after the last message was sent back, all the lords had encountered spatial turbulence and died tragically.

No one knew what had happened inside the black fog and what kind of changes had occurred.

Just like when the black fog appeared a hundred years ago, people could only passively accept it.

The current lords could only passively accept everything.

“Retreat!”

“Quickly retreat!”

“Retreat from the area of the black fog as quickly as possible!”

The representatives of the five countries all began to pass down orders, telling all the lords to retreat and stay away from the black fog.

The black fog continued to spread for ten minutes before it slowly stopped and continued to spread at a slower speed than before.

Only at this moment did the lords of the five nations heave a sigh of relief.

However, the expressions of the representatives of the five nations were still gloomy.

No one knew what was happening inside the black fog.

Materialization!

A new terrain appeared!

The space inside the black fog was much larger than the outside!

The news of the lords dying in the black fog made everyone’s hearts heavy.

The current black fog had doubled in size compared to before.

And if the space inside the black fog was equivalent to the size of a hemisphere when the last lord died, wouldn’t the area inside the black fog now be equivalent to the size of the entire world?

And the monsters that were originally phantoms were now materializing?

What was the meaning of this? And what was the situation?

Layers of shadows shrouded the hearts of the representatives of the five great nations and all the lords.

There was spatial turbulence in the black fog, and all the lords and troops that were swallowed had died.

Although the speed of the black fog’s spread was beginning to slow to the extreme, according to this trend, one day, the black fog would envelop the entire earth.

At that time, other than the new lords in the black fog, would all the lords and troops outside be crushed by the spatial turbulence in the black fog?

The representatives of the five great countries were not sure.

However, they understood that they could not rashly attack the black fog.

“Investigate! Continue to investigate the black fog. We must understand the black fog. Before that, we can not rashly attack the black fog.”

“Also, those new lords in the black fog can be considered our hope. Give them more resources and let them help us investigate the truth of the black fog!”

The representative of the Dragon Kingdom slammed the table and said anxiously!