There were several reasons for his decision.
Firstly, he didn't know where You Ji was on the Northern Divine Continent. He didn't know how long it would take to find her.
After coming to the Holy Continent, there was no way to use the game forums. Now, the communication between players had almost returned to the traditional game forums.
Now that the game had developed to this stage, even the less attentive players could sense that the game was unusual.
Currently, there were many rumors on the forums in the real world. However, without any evidence, most people didn't believe them.
So, Chen Mo could only rely on himself to find You Ji.
Secondly, the NPCs in the Northern Divine Continent were very strong. He might be at a disadvantage if he went there at Level 58.
Asura Kingdom was on the Sacred Central Continent. Chen Mo had to pass through the Central Continent to reach the Northern Divine Continent. Asura Kingdom was on the way.
In Asura Kingdom, he could enter the Ability Battle Tower and become stronger. He would have more capital to go to the Northern Divine Continent.
After considering all these factors, Chen Mo decided to go to Asura Kingdom in the Central Continent first. He would then go to the Northern Divine Continent.
However, before setting off, Chen Mo decided to raise his level to 60 first.
Once he reached Level 60, he would be able to equip the Great Shaman's Necklace and the Gray-feathered Crossbow. These two pieces of equipment were Divine Artifacts and Dark Gold. After equipping them, his strength would increase by another level.
The forest outside Catrin's territory had Level 60 monsters, so the experience was decent. If he didn't eat or drink, he could probably reach Level 60 in four to five days.
After Level 50, the experience required to level up was huge. It was already amazing if he could go from Level 58 to Level 60 in four to five days.
Over the next few days, Chen Mo leveled up in the forest outside Catrin's territory.
As for Catrin, it was beginning to develop again.
With the Aiqin Kingdom's recognition, Catrin didn't need to hide anymore. Many of the Aiqin Kingdom's residents knew about the existence of Catrin's territory.
There was no need to mention the decline of the Aiqin Kingdom. Apart from the Aiqin Kingdom, there wasn't a single decent city in the kingdom.
The residents of the Aiqin Kingdom who came to visit Catrin's territory were immediately attracted by the sturdy city walls.
Even the city walls of the Aegean Kingdom were only slightly better than Katrin's.
The territory did not prohibit anyone from entering. Most of the territory was still empty. However, due to the growth of the Sky Tree, some buildings could be built in Catrin's territory.
They could only construct a small number of buildings, and because they didn't rush the construction, the buildings they constructed were naturally incredibly beautiful. As soon as the Aiqin Kingdom's NPCs saw them, they didn't want to leave.
However, Chen Mo didn't want to recruit a large number of Aiqin Kingdom's residents here. According to the Aiqin Kingdom's situation, anyone could come, and Katrin would be overcrowded in a few days.
However, Katelyn didn't have that many houses to live in right now. Before the situation was completely clear, Chen Mo didn't plan to build a large number of buildings in Katelyn's territory.
Therefore, Chen Mo targeted the NPCs who were capable.
For the development of the territory, ordinary NPCs could only play the role of increasing the population and promoting the economy. Other than that, they had no other use.
There was no lack of such NPCs, so Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry at all. Taking advantage of the fact that Katelyn was popular in the Aiqin Kingdom, Chen Mo wanted to recruit more NPCs with various skills. This way, Katelyn's technical attributes wouldn't have to worry about in the future.
Chen Mo's idea was indeed good. In two or three days, Katelyn had recruited many NPCs with various abilities.
Tailors, blacksmiths, hunters, craftsmen, and so on. Although these NPCs' abilities were more primitive and couldn't be compared to Fatira's, there was no doubt that they could effectively improve Katelyn's technical attributes.
Originally, Fatira was the only one, so Katelyn's technical attributes could only barely exceed 100. However, with the addition of these NPCs, Katelyn's technical attributes quickly exceeded 150.
Even so, Chen Mo only managed to recruit around 200 NPCs before stopping his recruitment.
Katelyn's buildings could only accommodate this number of NPCs. Any more and she wouldn't be able to live in them.
Originally, after settling the Aiqin Kingdom, Chen Mo thought that he would be able to let Catelyn develop steadily.
However, due to the appearance of demons in the neighboring Gray Wing Kingdom, Chen Mo had no choice but to temporarily delay Katelyn's development progress.
In the Holy Continent, the appearance of Abyssal Demons was definitely a big deal.
Other than small kingdoms like the Aiqin Kingdom that couldn't even take care of themselves, all the kingdoms in the Holy Continent were paying attention to the Gray Wing Kingdom.
Not only were they paying attention, but many kingdoms had also begun to take action. They sent soldiers and spies to investigate the Gray Wing Kingdom.
The Gray Wing Kingdom was already sealed off, so it wasn't easy to enter the Gray Wing Kingdom. Moreover, the Gray Wing Kingdom had already issued a warning that anyone who dared to enter the Gray Wing Kingdom would most likely cause the appearance of Abyssal Demons.
Naturally, the Aiqin Kingdom, which was adjacent to the Gray Wing Kingdom and close to the sea, became a temporary base for these kingdoms.
The Aiqin Kingdom was too weak. Their people could move freely in the Aiqin Kingdom and didn't need to worry about anything else.
Hence, although there were several other kingdoms adjacent to the Gray Wing Kingdom, due to various reasons, the Aiqin Kingdom had the highest number of NPCs.
During the two days that Chen Mo had been leveling up, some NPCs had even come to Katelyn's territory. However, after seeing the sturdy walls of the territory, these foreign NPCs didn't dare to act recklessly. Instead, they only observed the several tall and powerful puppets guarding the entrance for a moment before leaving.
However, news of another powerful city appearing in the Aiqin Kingdom had also spread among the NPCs that had come to visit the God's Domain.
Moreover, aside from the Aiqin Kingdom's NPCs, nobody else had entered the Gray Wing Kingdom. This made the Gray Wing Kingdom even more mysterious among the NPCs.
Hence, Chen Mo didn't allow Katelyn to develop as she pleased. If something really happened, it would be easier for her to escape.
To ensure Katelyn's safety, Chen Mo even prohibited NPCs from other kingdoms from entering the Gray Wing Kingdom.
Not only that, but as a precaution, Chen Mo also had Enoch erect a tall wall around the Sky Tree, trapping it within and preventing others from approaching.
"I've finally reached Level 60!"
The Aiqin Kingdom was very lively during this period of time. However, Chen Mo was still immersed in leveling up. After fighting monsters for five consecutive days, he had finally reached Level 60.
"Time to change equipment!"
Chen Mo immediately took out the Great Shaman's Necklace and the Gray Feather Crossbow that he had prepared beforehand.
"So strong!"
After equipping the Great Shaman's Necklace, Chen Mo looked at his own attributes and couldn't help but laugh.
Previously, he had been wearing the Dazzling Gold Necklace. The Dazzling Gold Necklace only had a base Physical Magic Attack of 30 points, but the Great Shaman's Necklace's base Physical Magic Attack was as high as 220 points!
220 points of base Physical Magic Attack was very terrifying. The Executioner Dagger's base Physical Magic Attack was only slightly over 500 points. After equipping the Great Shaman's Necklace, Chen Mo's Physical Magic Attack suddenly increased by a large margin!
Apart from that, the Great Shaman's Necklace also added 60 points of Strength and a terrifying 15,000 Maximum HP!
Chen Mo originally had more than 50,000 HP. After equipping the Great Shaman's Necklace, his HP was close to 70,000 HP. He was comparable to some of the Shield Knights!
One should know that Chen Mo was a Hunter with low HP!
If the many Warriors in the game knew that a Hunter's HP was actually comparable to a Shield Knight's by a large margin, they would probably delete their accounts!
After reaching Level 60, according to the plan, Chen Mo should have set off for the Shura Kingdom in the Central Holy Continent. However, some things had happened recently that forced him to temporarily delay his journey.
In the past few days when he was madly leveling up, more and more NPCs from other countries appeared around Katarina. Although these NPCs couldn't enter Katarina, they didn't dare to cause trouble under the pressure of the tall Guardian Puppets. However, Chen Mo still had a bad feeling about this.
Chen Mo's premonition was very well-prepared. On the second evening after he reached Level 60, a large group of Knights arrived outside Katarina's territory.
"Who is the governor of this city? Come out immediately!"
A valiant silver-armored knight in the lead shouted loudly at the city gate.
"Master, this is bad. They are the Knights of the Holy Empire, the Silver Armor Knights. They are not people we can afford to offend!"
After the Aiqin Kingdom recognized Katarina's existence, Kent and a few other patrolling guards were naturally transferred to Katarina to guard it. When Kent saw the Knights, he immediately reported to Chen Mo in a panic.
"Holy Empire?" Chen Mo heard this and his heart trembled.
This continent was called the Holy Continent. Needless to say, he could roughly guess how powerful the Holy Empire was.
On the Holy Continent, there were big and small kingdoms. However, to be called an empire, it was definitely one of the strongest countries in terms of combat power!
"Yes!
They are the Knights of the Holy Empire. The Knights of the Holy Empire are divided into the Silver Armor Knights, the Gold Armor Knights, and the Holy Knights. Although these Silver Armor Knights are the lowest level in the Holy Empire, they are not people we can afford to offend. Even the Aiqin Royal Family doesn't dare to provoke them!
And anyone who provokes the Holy Empire will not have a good ending! "
Kent explained in fear. In his heart, the Holy Empire was a powerful existence that couldn't be offended.
Even the Aiqin Royal Family didn't dare to provoke them. Did this mean that these Silver Armor Knights from the Holy Empire were all Level 70?
The Gold Armor Knights and Holy Knights were at least Level 75 and Level 80!
Level 80 was the level of the third class advancement!
A third class advancement against a second class advancement was definitely a level of suppression. Their combat power was completely incomparable!
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The second one was even worse.