Audrey immediately nodded excitedly, taking out her Ring of Blood Soul, and said, "Pretty much. All the vampire sisters from Heilv Castle have been recruited by me. I'm here to ask whether we should continue recruiting, and... to make a deal with you, Father. Hehehe."

The reason Audrey asked this was, of course, because there were still constraints on the territory.

[Crimson Blood Moon: Strategic Treasure: Under the Blood Moon, the Crimson Mist spreads, but it only blocks our vision, unable to extinguish the inner fire and hope. The Crimson Mist is the vampire's stage; they trade death and seek eternal life in the night. Under its shroud, vampires showcase their Blood Race's power, making people unable to resist the allure of eternity. Each vampire soldier under the Commander's control enhances the Blood Moon's power, generating stronger Crimson Mist. Under the Crimson Mist, each vampire soldier increases its strength by +1. The recovery effect generated by vampire soldiers additionally includes the strength of the Crimson Mist and a crimson bleeding effect on enemy attacks, lasting for 3 seconds. The bleeding damage value depends on the strength of the Crimson Mist. Vampire soldiers attacking enemies with the crimson bleeding effect immediately recover (Crimson Mist Strength) life value. Non-vampire soldiers suffer corrosion from the Crimson Mist every second, with corrosion value being red mist strength *1‰]

With this strategic treasure, recruiting a large number of vampires for the territory enhances recovery abilities while also bringing constant corrosion to the soldiers.

This strategic treasure exists on Lin Rui, so it affects the entire army, and the current corrosion value has reached 8 points of damage per second.

If recruitment continues, this value will further increase.

If it reaches 10 points per second, even the soldiers of Golden Pansy Domain won't be able to endure.

600 points of damage per minute, without doing anything, would consume 3600 life value of soldiers in an hour.

This value is already beyond the soldiers' own recovery capabilities.

Lin Rui pondered for a moment, then turned to Violet and asked, "Have the World Tree Leaves been distributed?"

Violet calmly replied, "All Heroic Spirit level soldiers in the territory already carry them with them."

World Tree Leaves are Mythical materials, and they lean towards healing and recovery-type Mythical artifacts.

[Basic Trait 2: Healing Touch: Amid the world's wounds, the healing touch of the World Tree Leaves is a touch of recovery and hope. The holder may borrow the healing power of the World Tree to accelerate wound healing and physical recovery. Life and Spiritual Energy recovery speed +15/sec]

Carrying this artifact can greatly resist the erosion effect of [Crimson Blood Moon].

However, such a precious artifact cannot be distributed to all the troops.

After all, Lin Rui doesn't want to set a strange trait where any killed soldier will inevitably drop a Mythical artifact.

This would not only be extremely extravagant but also easily provoke envy from adversarial forces.

If a soldier of Rare or even Elite level from Golden Pansy Domain gets killed and drops a Mythical artifact, wouldn't other forces be envious?

Countless opportunists might hide in the wild, ambushing Golden Pansy Domain's patrol.

Just killing one Elite-level soldier would bring great profit; sacrificing hundreds of soldiers would be worthwhile.

After all, Mythical artifacts are always priced but not available in the market.

Aside from Heroic Spirit level soldiers, even Golden Pansy Domain has a large number of Elite-level and Rare level soldiers.

These soldiers need the healing effect of World Tree Leaves more than Heroic Spirit level soldiers.

At this point, Audrey joyfully said, "Father, Father, I have a way to solve this little problem."

Lin Rui easily guessed her little thought, asking, "Are you referring to your trade?"

Audrey beamed with a smile, taking out a large number of Super-Tier Spiritual Gems from her Ring of Blood Soul, and said, "Father, take a look at this! It's exactly what you need the most."

Super-Tier Spiritual Gems! It's the precious resource that the territory previously lacked a stable source of.

Lin Rui knew her intentions in presenting these, especially since the gift he just gave to Wutong was crafted from Super-Tier Spiritual Gems.

[Glory Type Golden Pansy Emblem (Tier Twelve): The clan emblem is every soldier's devout belief, the home of the heart, the booster of morale. Seeing the emblem becomes the source of pride and motivation to fight. Willpower +3, Loyalty +15, Morale +15, Resilience +15%, Endurance +15%. Trait acquired: Clan Glory. Tier Twelve Spiritual Gem effect Tier Five Spiritual Gem effect: Life Value +60000, Spiritual Energy Value +75000, Physical Defense +11500, Spiritual Defense +12000, Divine Resistance +2000, True Damage fixed -1000, evade the opponent's first attack in every battle (immune attack level granted by the trait level), when Life Value is below 12%, immediately recover 20% life value, cooldown time of this effect is 24 hours.]

[Clan Glory: Under the clan's glory, soldiers never back down in loyalty. Willpower determination correction +230%, corrosive damage -2/sec. 100 emblems, all-member damage +2%, damage reduction +2%. 1000 emblems, all-member damage +5%, damage reduction +5%. 10000 emblems, all-member damage +10%, damage reduction +10%. (Active)]

This brilliant emblem hangs before Wutong's luxurious Twelve Flower Goddess Palace Attire, Life Value +60000!

This is simply terrifying.

Wutong's traits don't include life value addition.

So Tier Four Wutong's Life Value is less than 10000 points.

She is the standard noble Empress, not renowned for defense, a strong and noble Summoner.

This emblem directly increases her Life Value by 60000 points, nearly boosting her life by 800%. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Other features also include Spiritual Energy Value +75000, Physical Defense +11500, Spiritual Defense +12000, Divine Resistance +2000, True Damage fixed -1000, and more terrifying effects, greatly enhancing Wutong's Basic Attributes.

Of course, the Super-Tier Gems Audrey presented mainly focus on Tier Six and Tier Seven and aren't as terrifying.

The trait of [Clan Glory] is fixed, her solution is reducing corrosive damage -2/sec.

If corrosive damage reduces from 8 points per second to 6 points per second, the threat significantly diminishes.

Before, on the Colonization Star, Golden Pansy Domain's army sustained themselves despite 6 points of damage per second.

So Lin Rui turned to Audrey and said, "Are you thinking of exchanging Super-Tier Spiritual Gems for Spirit Crystal Coins?"

Audrey immediately nodded happily, saying, "Wise as always, Father. Your insight is like a torch."

She indeed wants Spirit Crystal Coins. Now with the intense battles in the territory, there are many corpses, it's the ideal time for her Undead expansion.

She uses Spirit Crystal Coins to erase the Command Value of new Undead, enabling her to command more Undead army, relying on the Twilight Highlands trait, each squad she commands produces 10 Spiritual Gems corresponding to soldier tier per cycle.

She sells these Spiritual Gems, then exchanges them for more Spirit Crystal Coins to further expand her commanded army size, producing even more Spiritual Gems.

This is a process of continuous investment, expanding returns, and cyclic growth.

Especially now the territory is investing in Territorial Essence, rapidly accelerating her progress.

Her trait distinctly benefits from the [Historically Significant] trait.

She brightly looks at Lin Rui and says, "Father, can we split the Spiritual Gems from Twilight Highlands between us? You take ninety percent, the remaining ten percent for our trade."

In other words, ninety percent of Twilight Highlands-generated Spiritual Gems are contributed to the territory, ten percent count as her assets.

Lin Rui waved his hand, saying, "This is the army you tirelessly built with medicine, your contribution deserves reward, let's do fifty-fifty."

Audrey immediately jumped up excitedly, waving her pink fists and cheering, "Father is generous, hooray for father!"

The main idea is that the more investment Audrey gets, the stronger the territory becomes. In the end, the money remains within the territory, enhancing Golden Pansy Domain's army combat power.