At the third tier, Elijah solidified Be''s second-tier healing ability, granting her the power to heal others and an exceptionally strong self-healing capability.


    More crucially, it allowed the reproduction of spirit nts to no longer depend solely on Be, enhancing Azure Isle''s sustainability and security.


    Now, at the fourth tier, he could solidify another person''s ability, which, like before, would not be subject to further enhancement.


    This time, he was considering it from the perspective of enhancing himself.


    Currently, the only third-tier abilities avable were Fiona''s third-tier Telekinesis, Abigail''s third-tier defense, Kylie''s third-tier mental intimidation, and Elena''s third-tier ice abilities.


    From a practicalbat standpoint, Abigail''s ability could make him invincible, while Kylie''s ability could intimidate opponents, making them easier to deal with.


    However, Abigail and Kylie usually apanied him, so they could be temporarily disregarded.


    That left Telekinesis and ice abilities. Elijah leaned towards Telekinesis, which could supplement his long-range attack capabilities and, if necessary, allow him to fly!


    Elijah''s energy at the fourth tier was an order of magnitude greater than Fiona''s, enabling him to fly for a significantly longer period.


    Although flying might not be used daily, it was a lifesaving measure in special scenarios, such as a high-altitude fall.


    In the evening, all the women who had been out returned to the ind. They were all thrilled to hear that Elijah had advanced to the fourth tier.


    During dinner, Elijah took out the remaining Blood Spirit Grass and two zombie grasses that he hadn''t used and gave them to Lily.


    The Blood Spirit Grass had the property of greatly replenishing a person''s vital energy,parable to Crystal Grass for strength users


    Lily had consumed Blood Spirit Grass when she advanced to the second tier, greatly enhancing her body, making her seem far stronger than a typical newly advanced second-tier individual.


    Eating the Blood Spirit Grass again allowed her to break through to the third tier, bing a third-tier strength user without using the two backup zombie grasses.


    As a third-tier individual, Lily''s physique was notably enhanced, and her once self-conscious short legs now matched Sophia and Charlotte''s in stature.


    Moreover, her body didn''t growrger as it did with previous advancements; in fact, it seemed slightly slimmer.


    Her strength was less externally visible and more subdued.


    Her entire body, including muscles, tendons, and bones, wasprehensively strengthened, transforming her into a nearly superhuman form.


    While not as impervious as Abigail''s "bronze skin" defensive capabilities, her muscleyer could resist ordinary weapons and even small-caliber firearms.


    Lily, who had always been reserved, was overjoyed after advancing to the third tier and publicly embraced Elijah with enthusiastic kisses.


    That night, Elijah didn''t refuse Lily''s warm invitation and thoroughly examined the changes in her third-tier body.


    The experience was beyond description!


    With Elijah''s now formidable physiqueparable to a first-tier strength user, he was helpless against Lily, proving the phrase "iron is ground into a needle" true.


    The next day, Fiona gave the unused zombie grasses to Gabriel and Emily, helping them both advance to the second tier.


    Subsequently, Fiona, with Olivia''s cooperation, began increasing the manpower at the waterfront service area.


    At the same time, the service area started selling second-tier potions with the Seed of Consciousness to fully control several subordinate settlements.


    These settlements had already had some of their management consume the Seed of Consciousness awakening potions.


    However, just like the Quentin settlement, where the top leaders were originally awakened, Fiona used the advancement potions to fully control these leaders as well.


    Elijah was not idle either. He reserved ten slots for himself and began cultivating zombies again.


    This time, his goal was not to gain more abilities but to harvest third-tier zombies, collect third-tier corpse cores, and then use these cores to help Abigail and Kylie advance to the fourth tier.


    This was a long process, and Elijah was not in a hurry.


    After adapting to Lily''s third-tier strength abilities and passively boosting his own strength, Elijah personally took Fiona, Lily, Abigail, and Kylie—three third-tier ability users—aboard a boat heading to Neoville City International Port!


    The road from the southern suburbs to Neoville City International Port was about to be cleared, making it the right time to address the zombies there.


    Although the port was rtivelyrge, it had fewer inhabitantspared to the city center.


    The only major issue was a massive mutated zombie.


    Fiona had attempted to attack it before; her bone spikes could easily prate the zombie''s body, but the damage was minimal, akin to a mosquito bite.


    Even targeting its head was ineffective, leading Fiona to suspect that the zombie''s brain might have been relocated or significantly altered due to its mutation.


    Given its enormous size, it seemed imusible that such a creature could have evolved naturally.


    Upon seeing the giant zombie, Elijah understood Fiona''s concerns.


    The creature stood nearly five meters tall and was extraordinarily bulky.


    Its immense muscle strength and power were evident, making it nearly impervious to conventional weapons.


    Fiona''s bone spikes could only pierce its flesh due to their sharpness.


    However, the zombie''s head was disproportionately smallpared to its body, a stark contrast that hinted at its brain being inadequately sized.


    Elijah realized that the zombie''s brain might have been reced or severely altered in the mutation process.


    Despite Fiona''s struggles, the giant zombie was rtively easy for Elijah and Lily to handle with Kylie''s mental intimidation support.


    Using a streetmp post, they methodically subdued the giant zombie.


    The process was gruesome, and Fiona had to look away, but eventually, they found its weak spot: a vital organ resembling a heart, which was actually a third-tier corpse core.


    With the giant zombie defeated, the remaining ordinary and less formidable mutated zombies were quickly dealt with.


    The team spent half a day clearing out all the zombies from the port.


    For third-tier ability users, dispatching ordinary zombies was akin to slicing through vegetables.


    Kylie''s crowd control ensured that Abigail, Lily, and Elijah could focus onbat without worrying about threats.


    They wielded their weapons with relentless efficiency.


    Fiona''s role was to maintain Telekinesis shields around the team, not for defense but to prevent them from getting excessively bloodied during the ughter.


    By the time Quentin, along with several other small teams from various settlements, finished clearing the road from the southern suburbs to the port, the scene was one of utter carnage.


    The international port was now a grimndscape of severed limbs and torsos.


    Every zombie had been wiped out, leaving behind a grisly sight.


    Elijah and his team, however, remained pristine amidst the carnage, calmly enjoying snacks and replenishing their energy in the midst of the blood-soaked aftermath.