Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

"Good thing I have a B-level Strong Bow. Lured the enemy ashore and shot them dead. Still holding on for now, but I won’t last much longer. Fuck this man, under the wind and snow, this little boat’s like a lone leaf, so cold my hands can’t even move, I’m almost hallucinating!"

"Can’t do this anymore. If I keep pulling all-nighters, I’m gonna die! Screw it, three Celestial Dao Treasure Chests is three chests, that’s it! I’m heading back inside, by the fire. These water beasts won’t bother me anymore."

"Time to lie flat! Another hundred IDs just vanished from Area Sixty-Six. We gave it everything we had but couldn’t beat the water beasts. Not worth losing my life over this!"

"Unwilling, but nothing I can do!"

In the afternoon, Yi Tian lent Skage a Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle.

But the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle’s energy hit the water beast like it was just a shadow.

Water beasts, just like withered beasts, can immune themselves to these mechanism energy weapons.

Yi Tian could only lend them a few B-level bows and arrows—fish for an hour if you can, stretch it as long as possible.

The cold’s a major issue too.

Out on the lake, the boat tossed by wind, no way to start a fire. Wind whipped with snowflakes and ice crystals, constantly hitting his face. Freezing like a dog!

Yi Tian was about to freeze too, so he sent Little Kiddo under the Fire Tree and Silver Flower, and borrowed the Heavenless Bead for a bit.

Yi Tian knew after midnight, the temperature would drop another five degrees, to minus eighty Celsius.

After five days at that temp, it’ll keep dropping, down to minus a hundred Celsius.

Hell’s just starting!

"Open the Venerable Treasure Chest!"

After half an hour of training with the Demon Slaying Blade, Yi Tian took out the Venerable Treasure Chest and scanned it with a Celestial Dao Stone.

"Stone of Ultimate Venerability*5, Celestial Dao Coin*5 million, Dao Heart Bead*1, Imperial Palace Design Map*1, SSS-level Spirit Fruit Tree Primordial Spirit Jujube Tree, SSS-level Spirit Flower Thousand Qiankun Flower*4, SS-level Pill Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Pill*10, SS-level Pill Celestial Leopard Blood Rush Pill*100, Skill Grandmaster Upgrade Scroll*1, Top-level Fog Scroll*5, Five Elements Battle Soldiers Design Map*10, Five Elements Core*3."

No Bloodline Summoning Gate, but got a Dao Heart Bead.

Right now, only Earth Heaven Technique and Cyan Wood Revival Skill can upgrade.

Celestial Dao Coin +5 million. Current balance: 43 billion, 980 million. Sold 6,500 bottles of Cyan Ice Spirit Spring during the day.

Stone of Ultimate Venerability +5—this is Yi Tian’s eighth Venerable Treasure Chest, total forty stones now.

Imperial Palace Design Map, now two in hand. Used to care, now indifferent.

SSS-level Spirit Fruit Tree—Primordial Spirit Jujube Tree. Spirit Dates Tree gathering all Essence of Heaven and Earth.

Matures every thirty thousand months.

Bears nine fruits in total: Golden Spirit Date, Fire Spirit Date, Wood Spirit Date, Water Spirit Date, Earth Spirit Date, Thunder Spirit Date, Wind Spirit Date, Spirit Date, Ice Spirit Date.

Corresponds to Five Elements attribute, no attribute, ice attribute, wind attribute, thunder attribute.

Eat a Spirit Date—Elemental Mystical Technique LV.6 or below increases three levels; LV.10 or below increases two levels; LV.15 or below increases one level.

"That’s some good stuff!"

But thirty thousand months to mature, same maturing time as Enlightenment Tea, making Yi Tian ache a little.

He’s only got a little over two hundred thousand Wood Spirit Liquid now. If only he did, he’d mature a batch for sure.

With these Spirit Dates, Yi Tian can trade True Intent Stones with Lords. Push his Five Elements attribute up a big notch.

Once Celestial Dao Fortune ends, Yi Tian will make a plan. See if he can snag some Wood Spirit Liquid.

SSS-level Qiankun Flower, four in total, all mature already.

This flower’s not great—eat it and SSS-level or below Body Refiners restore all stamina.

Body Refiners only need it in a long battle. Yi Tian’s never fought a single prolonged war yet.

Just feels meh!

SS-level Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Pills, eat and three-dimensional stats +50, ten pills total.

SS-level Celestial Leopard Blood Rush Pills, eat and three-dimensional stats +20, one hundred pills.

Yi Tian’s familiar with that pill, it’s potent, but can only be used once.

He’s already tried it, but lots of his territory members haven’t. Toss them in the Points Tower, speed up their cultivation.

Skill Grandmaster Upgrade Scroll—never say no. Yi Tian still needs a lot of upgrades.

Top-level Fog Scroll, five rolls, total now seventy-three.

Five Elements Battle Soldiers Design Map, ten sheets—now forty total.

Five Elements Core, count now nineteen.

Dao Heart Bead, time to upgrade Earth Heaven Technique!

Almost midnight, time to rally a wave of A-level Lords, otherwise won’t have any energy to fish later in the night.

When Earth Heaven Technique rises to SSS-level, Yi Tian can rely on Level 14 Mysteries of Earth, Fourfold Earth True Intent, and have a turtle-shell defense.

Same level—besides the Unparalleled Celestial Pride, no one can break his defense.

He sat cross-legged in the Martial Arts Arena, gripping the Dao Heart Bead, ready to study the mysteries of Earth Heaven Technique.

Soon, Yi Tian entered the state of Dao-I Unity.

Earth is the strongest defense among Five Elements.

Earth Heaven Technique is top-tier among SS-level Shield Martial Skills.

Yi Tian’s mind simulated the moment of activating the Defense Shield.

And the countless variations of Earth Heaven Technique.

Dantian, meridians—over and over, testing different energy routes.

If too much, reduce; too little, supplement.

The mysteries gave Yi Tian boundless imagination.

In the end, it transformed in Yi Tian’s mind into the strongest shield...

"Congratulations, Lord has comprehended SSS-level Martial Skill, Earth Heaven Technique—Great Success. Activate Earth Heaven Technique: Spiritual Defense Power increases by 150%!"

Earth Heaven Technique, each level increases by 50%.

Now, when Yi Tian activates Earth Heaven Technique, the shield can resist 17,000 Attack Power on the surface.

But with Fourfold Earth True Intent, even 20,000 Attack Power can’t break Yi Tian’s shield.

Earth attribute Qi Refiners and Elemental Masters don’t typically have strong attack, but their defense makes countless living creatures helpless.

And Earth Heaven Technique is close to perfect mastery!

Wait a few days until Misty Step Technique reaches perfection, and Yi Tian will start refining Earth Heaven Technique fully.

Skill Grandmaster Upgrade Scroll—Yi Tian hasn’t used it yet.

Yi Tian wants to find the chance to upgrade Five Elements Mystical Technique.

Combat Power Golden List refreshed!

After Yi Tian’s defense upgrade, Divine Tianqiong dropped in ranking again.

Even with Celestial Dao Fish, Divine Tianqiong’s three-dimensional stats and spiritual power are already 2,900+.

If he’s not careful, he’ll break into S-level.

Surpassing Yi Tian is hopeless now. He just wants to make progress once.

But as the second in the world, he’s flawless and unbeatable.

He doesn’t use many tricks in the Arena. If you think he’s only got those attacks, you’re seriously underestimating the second in the world.

Divine Tianqiong dropped fifty ranks in combat power. For the Lords below him, you can guess their feelings.

They all hope Celestial Dao Fish will hurry up and push the second in the world into S-level, so he stops wrecking their self-confidence.

Winter nights—already exhausted!