The attributes of an 8th-tier Dragon Port are not only much higher than those of 7th-tier and 6th-tier ports.
Moreover, it has an outrageous characteristic.
—All attackers have a 30% chance of being blocked and a 20% chance of running aground. Special feature: Your territory cannot be breached by beach landings!
Every lord fears that his territory will be taken over by enemy forces. If a naval army suddenly enters the mudflats and attacks Canaan, it will be difficult for Su Yue to prepare quickly... But now?
The Devil Cult is located in "Bala Yamakan," and every enemy that comes runs aground and sinks.
How awesome is that?
Su Yue looked at Gu Longqing's message, "Boss, I've saved up 6 million gold coins..."
"You're an A-rank Plague Knight?"
"Yes!"
Long Qing said, "So it would be best to use cavalry..."
Su Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, but it has to be a 35% premium, because I also have an attribute called 'Soldier King': all Imperial units have +35% attack power. Imperial units are +35% in my hands. If you buy it, you'll need to pay the difference."
"..."
What else could Long Qing say?
Even if it's a 50% premium, he'd still kowtow to Su Yue. Who can recruit a Tier 5 unit now?
Moreover, Su Yue quickly sent a stat sheet: "Soldier King: All Imperial units' attack power +35%".
He was dumbfounded.
If it weren't for Su Yue being on the other end, he might have even thought he'd been scammed.
But... how did they obtain such abnormally powerful attribute bonuses?
The more Long Qing thought about it, the more terrifying Su Yue's strength seemed, so he stopped asking questions.
"Okay, boss."
Lord's Log: "Gu Longqing requests a trade with you, offering 6 million gold coins in exchange for 5 Tier 5 Imperial Guards of the Imperial Army and 20 Tier 4 Imperial Knights."
Su Yue previously defeated the Imperial rebel lord Webo Yang Dragimimir and obtained "36 Tier 5 Reik Imperial Guards, 1140 Tier 2 Free Militia, 432 Tier 4 Hawk Territory Longbow Riflemen, and 144 Tier 4 Imperial Knights..."
“Five Rick Guards… Zhou’s military expenses are over 40,000… Think about it carefully… This is a royal guard.”
"ah?!"
"'Royal'?"
"Yes, the military expenditure is about the same as that of artillery, and it comes with Tier 5 heavy armor."
Upon receiving the 6 million gold coins, Su Yue immediately sent the troops over through the trading forum of the Turin world. Troops between lords are naturally a type of trading resource.
It's just that very few people actually trade these things... Su Yue's approach is purely a case of using someone else's resources to offer something to someone else.
He now has over 5,000 soldiers and 6 million gold coins!
That's enough for him to build another Dragon Harbor... And right now he has the "Royal Building" Rick Guard Castle (Tier 5): a building in the Imperial Rick Guard Headquarters sequence. Don't underestimate this building just because it's only Tier 5. It's expensive, costing 14 million gold coins, more than twice the price of Dragon Harbor... Once he builds this building...
Rick's guards are as numerous as he needs.
And what about Long Qing?
He finally obtained the five Tier 5 advanced units he had always dreamed of... He exclaimed excitedly, "Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!!"
Su Yue even rounded down the price for him... Right now, let alone Tier 4 troops, even Tier 3 troops are rarely sold on the market, and the prices are astronomical... Su Yue's Tier 4 Imperial Knight and Tier 5 Rick Guard are enough for him to sweep around and be himself again starting from the fifth day of the Turin World!
Let alone 6 million, even if Su Yue asked for 10 million gold coins, Long Qing wouldn't blink or hesitate. It's the early game now; having a Tier 5 high-tier unit means you can start sweeping through the enemy lines.
"Seventh: Josiah (the U.S.), a fourth-tier Wood Spirit Venerable."
"Sixth: Zhou Zhuo (Dragon Kingdom), Fifth-Rank Halgan West Executioner."
"Fifth: William Abigail (Gentleman's Country), Tier 5 Unicorn Knight."
Fourth place: Long Qing (Dragon Kingdom), a fifth-tier Imperial Guard of Rick.
...
"First: Mysterious Man (Dragon Kingdom)."
Long Qing suddenly noticed that his ranking on the entire servant's leaderboard had risen two places... He was originally sixth, but Zhou Zhuo had pushed him down one place...
Even as the president, he felt a surge of excitement at that moment!
This is no longer just ordinary profit.
Rather, it was a matter of chance.
Following Su Yue, this top global tycoon, is indeed a case of one person achieving enlightenment and all their relatives and friends rising to prominence; even a small favor from the tycoon can make him ascend to heaven in broad daylight!
He didn't want to admit it, but it was true!
"Thank you, boss!"
Su Yue laughed and said, "It's just a matter of each getting what they need."
With 6 million gold coins, he could buy even more resources, making it a sure-fire way to make money. Long Qing also benefited, gaining an absolute advantage over the players in the early stages. Both sides got what they needed.
Turin World Forum:
"Holy crap, something's not right! Look at the subordinate rankings, Boss Long Qing's rank has gone up?"
"Zun Du is fake Du!?"
"Seriously, two people have risen directly, and the ones above them are both mysterious figures... He's one of the few Chinese players who has publicly revealed his name..."
"Holy crap, a Tier 5 Royal Guard of the Rick Empire? Wasn't he a Tier 4 Plague Knight Commander before?"
"Who knows!?"
"Damn it, the Rick Empire's Imperial Guard is a royal force!! 'Imperial Guard,' 'Imperial Guard,' as the name suggests, they're the imperial guard! How did he get them?"
"Holy crap, the Imperial Guard?!"
The Dragon Azure Guild was abuzz with discussion: "Congratulations! Congratulations!!"
Zhou Zhuo: "??? How did my ranking drop? Holy crap, did you make a deal with a big shot, President?"
He certainly believed that only this possibility could allow Long Qing to advance his subordinate rank! Otherwise, at this stage, on the fifth day's timeline, who the hell could obtain the Imperial Guard in the Turin world in just five days? Everyone here is a lord.
All that time was spent developing their territory. Recruiting Tier 5 troops requires Tier 5 buildings! Taverns, farmhouses, walls, farmland, refugees, and territory rules take up a huge amount of time. They haven't even built Tier 2 yet, and they want Tier 5 high-tier subordinates?!
Are you kidding me?
Stop messing around!
But Su Yue, that guy... he's different.
At this moment, Zhou Zhuo felt a surge of shock...
Long Qing said, "From this day forward, I hereby declare that Boss Su Yue is a strategic partner of our Long Qing Guild..."
His impassioned speech stunned everyone.
"The rankings have all changed..."
"Canaan's presence in the united front group is no secret. Should I also pledge allegiance to Su Yue?!"
"Damn it, following Boss Su Yue means there's plenty of meat to eat. Or maybe I should just die and start over next to his territory!"
"...Isn't this a bad idea? Are we just going to throw away the progress we made in the first four days?"
Su Yue hadn't joined the Dragon Azure Guild, so he naturally didn't know what they were talking about. However, the server-wide announcement of 10 free points brought Su Yue's free attribute points to a total of 31... This caused an uproar among countless players in the West!
"Damn Chinese!"
"Why should the Chinese get all the benefits?" roared a player from the United States.
High above a distant territory shrouded in dark mountains... a man accompanied by a small Behemoth said, "You have encountered an orc force, Swarm (large): 250-499..."
"Your Behemoth is wreaking havoc..."
A large number of English lords' logs appeared in his field of vision, but his attention had already drifted towards the Dragon Kingdom!
"Damn it, that damned lord named 'Suyue'!! Why does he get all the benefits?"
Skant, the former S-class Behemoth King, stared furiously toward the distant Dragon Kingdom.
Several cavalrymen beside him, bathed in the morning light, charged toward him:
“Mr. Skant, we’ve obtained the Tier 3 building blueprints for the Dark Beast Tide Base… This is a special building, but…”
"How many resources are needed?!"
"A lot, maybe 2 million gold coins..."
"What?!!"
"The wealth rankings have been updated! The number one spot belongs to Su Yue, who now possesses 25.36 million gold coins! The second place, however, only has 2.1 million gold coins! That's more than ten times less than his..."
"Economically and militarily, he is ahead... and even politically he has become the baron of the baronies... He is a very formidable opponent, and we must take him seriously."
Skant listened to the analysis from the American player beside him, and the more he listened, the more his head throbbed with pain... He was about to explode. "And in terms of free attribute points... according to his calculations, he is already close to 100 points ahead of us. Of course, it hasn't reached 100 points yet, but rounding up, it should be around 70 or 80 points. So his army, the development of the people in his territory, and his strength should be much stronger than ours!"
"..."
It's important for people to have self-awareness. The players in the US haven't been blinded by Su Yue's strength at all; on the contrary, they've begun to face reality...
If you're a little better than them, they'll be jealous.
They were twice as strong as them, and their hearts trembled with shock.
When you're ten times stronger than them, they start to feel fear, even a sense of powerlessness and reality, and are forced to acknowledge the cruelty of reality!
"This world is too cruel. Under his leadership, players from the Dragon Kingdom are also beginning to rise... If we, the Eagle Kingdom, want to keep up with the progress, all high-ranking lords must unite, target Su Yue, and attack and defeat him!"
"Have the European players made any moves?" Scant asked.
"The dwarf players have been utterly demoralized by Su Yue and have developed 'White Horse Lord phobia'..."
"Damn it!! What should we do?"
"Are we just going to watch it continue like this?"
"We also have people in the Bato Empire. After all, the US has a population of hundreds of millions, and many allies... We have started spreading rumors within the Empire, claiming that this Canaanite lord is the incarnation of a demon... Since we are no match for him and are completely crushed on the starting line at the same level... why don't we use the Empire... use that Lord Joanna to slander, frame, and attack him politically?"
"...What about force?"
"It's difficult... He can now rout an Imperial force of +1, do you know what that means?!"
"..."
Skant's pupils dilated violently. He knew, of course, what the server-wide broadcast had said: the construction of some special port building, which meant he would have control of the seas!
But now, he was shocked to discover that he could only attack Swarm (large): 250-499 troops!
But Su Yue?!?!
He actually managed to rout over 10,000 elite Imperial troops!?
That was the entire army of the Bato Empire.
It was like encountering a terrifying orc tribe; the gap between them wasn't just vast, it was almost boundless. Right now, even the word "despair" felt like a luxury to him…
"His growth rate must be curbed... Once a guy like him reaches a high position and establishes a reputation for humanity in the Bato Empire, other Dragon Kingdom players will flock to him like magnets, reaping massive benefits from him... This is something that absolutely cannot be allowed to happen!"
"clear!"
The Americans have made their move; they intend to use all political means to slander and vilify the Canaanite territory of the Soviet Union.
Many special American players without their own territories have even established connections with the upper echelons of the Batho Empire's nobility, including several American socialites...
They sold their bodies in exchange for the pleasures of the nobility and the life of socialites.
Riding in a carriage, watching imperial operas every day, attending various banquets of imperial nobles... In a short time, in the Bato Empire, due to the influence of the US and Europe's jealousy of the Soviet and Yue players, the news that Canaan was a land of evil, chaos, and destruction spread like wildfire!
Even many lords and nobles of the empire were incited and began to harbor ill will towards the Canaanite territory.
The Holy See needs no further explanation.
In the sanctuary of Heaven, an angelic oracle has been issued to Pope Benedict IV, demanding the conquest of the Canaanite territories. However, the problem now is that the empire itself is preoccupied with its own internal conflict, and the Holy See's power is mostly scattered across various strategic passes.
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