"Tch."
Chen Fan suddenly shook his head and laughed. These people were calculating even in their gift-giving, but on second thought, it made sense. If he had been in their shoes, he wouldn't have brought particularly precious Extraordinary Treasures as gifts, either.
He certainly wouldn't give away the "Eerie Eyes."
In contrast, the Ravine Wang Clan was truly generous.
From the "opened" Extraordinary Treasures, he had actually found a few decent ones.
As for those two Building Blueprints, one for "Archery Tower" and one for "City Wall".
Though they were useless to him, he knew that for a force like the Wang Clan, such blueprints were lifeblood.
"Hmm..."
He paused thoughtfully. After this matter was settled, he'd have to have a good chat with this Wang Patriarch.
After checking all the gains.
Chen Fan waved his hand. "Store these unopened Extraordinary Treasures properly. We'll sell them later. Get some rest now."
...
After taking inventory of the warehouse.
Chen Fan walked out of the cave alone.
He arrived at Cave No. 2 and had the wall sink into the ground, and looked at the "Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage" parked in there. It was crafted from the Eerie King's corpse. He believed no force in all of Riversouth possessed one.
It was a rare vehicle.
Even with a Vehicle Workshop, they could never make one.
It had nine Flame Dragon-horses to pull it.
The Flame Dragon-horses had a larger frame than Skeleton Horses did, yet they weren't living beings, either. They seemed like remains of some exotic beast. Their flesh was not made of muscle fibers.
Instead, they had churning, thick, dark red magma all over them.
Underneath their semi-transparent skin, one could see the golden bloodstreams.
In a word: fantastic.
The horse heads were framed with thick, obsidian-like skeletons. Their eyes were two eternally burning white-hot flames—no pupils, only light and heat, making it difficult to hold their gaze.
They were three times as fast as Skeleton Horses.
Most importantly—
The carriage that the nine Flame Dragon-horses tugged had a base cast from an unknown dark golden metal as a single piece. The compartment was made from a mix of wood and bones. Nine pillars, each graced with a coiled dragon, supported the compartment. The carriage's railings were packed with irregular bone pieces, resembling dragon scales.
The color scheme was dominated by profound black, dark gold, and crimson red.
The appearance alone commanded a price of over 50,000 Eerie Stones.
Even without any special effects, he believed it could attract many buyers in Riversouth. This wasn't just a plaything for a profligate young master; it was a symbol of power for a force.
But!
It's just impossible that it had no effects.
"Rise."
Chen Fan looked at the "Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage" in the cave and gave a soft order. The nine Flame Dragon-horses began to gallop, pulling the carriage into the air in the blink of an eye, hovering above his head.
Yes.
The Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage could fly, but for at most one stick of incense's time(30 minutes), which consumed one Eerie Stone per second.
It wasn't meant as an aircraft. Even though it could achieve a brief flight, the rate at which it burned through Eerie Stones would be outrageous.
Just in this short while.
Several Eerie Stones had already been consumed.
He couldn't afford to delay any longer.
He issued another command.
"Manifest!"
The next moment—
As mechanical clicking sounds rang out from within, the Imperial Dragon-horse carriage's base and compartment began disassembling in no time, then transformed rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, the Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage had turned into a giant chessboard.
One that nearly covered the entire abyss pit underneath it.
Looking up, there was not even a shadow of the Flame Dragon-horses and the carriage.
There was only a chessboard of alternating black and white, with 361 intersection points. Each of them could be inset with a Cannon Tower.
Cannon Towers mounted on the Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage were free to attack targets outside camp range, but in turn would devour Eerie Stones way faster.
Without the slightest hesitation.
89,760 Eerie Stones shattered in the warehouse and melted into a stream that surged into the "Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage" suspended in midair. 187 white Mourning Lanterns followed closely.
In the blink of an eye.
187 Level 5 Cannon Towers had occupied these intersection points.
Their muzzles pointed down toward the ground.
Not only that—
14,000 Eerie Stones and the seven newly acquired "Eerie Eyes" broke into pieces as well.
One Level 6 Cannon Tower emerged at the centre of the chessboard, then six Level 6 Cannon Towers formed in the intersection points close by.
After completing all this.
He finally heaved a light breath and whispered, "Retract."
Accompanied by a click-clack tune, the enormous chessboard collapsed back into the Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage, landing from the air.
By now.
A weapon of mass destruction had been put together by him.
A total of 187 Level 5 Cannon Towers and 7 Level 6 Cannon Towers had been installed.
Theoretically, its firepower would be more ferocious even than the Meat Grinder, as its Cannon Towers not only outnumbered the latter's but were also more concentrated. The Meat Grinder had its Cannon Towers scattered across the cliffs, if you still remember.
...
"..."
The night was as dark as black ink; the camp was quiet.
Everyone was asleep.
Only Chen Fan stood alone in the abyss pit, admiring the "Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage" before his eyes. This was precisely the Pocket World waiting to be explored!
It was also what the carriage's name implied.
An emperor had to be well-protected on a journey.
The Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage provided that protection for him.
The camp still had 8,300 Eerie Stones.
300 would be left behind to keep the camp running; the remaining 8,000 would be taken to fuel the coming battle. It could be said that this was a struggle on which the Fan Realm had staked everything they had.
Next, he would wait for Crippled Monkey and the others to rest a bit more before setting off.
An Eerie Fire had been placed on the carriage; they would be traveling through the Perpetual Night.
The Imperial Dragon-horse Carriage had only one combat form---the gigantic chessboard. It couldn't attack while traveling on land, but it possessed the defense of a Level 2 city wall, and its speed was three times that of a Skeleton Horse.
Ordinary Eerie Creatures in the Perpetual Night couldn't catch up to it.
The rainy season had passed.
It was unlikely that there was any large-scale Eerie Tide.