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"Princess, Princess, something bad has happened!"
A female mermaid with a body of a fish and a tail rushed into the hall, looking extremely anxious. She rushed to the mermaid princess with silver hair and golden tail, and without even bothering to follow the etiquette of the mermaid clan, she suddenly grabbed the princess' wrist and gasped.
Cadoline's heart suddenly jumped. She had already roughly guessed what her subordinate was going to report. She pulled her wrist away and patted his shoulder. "Beulah, is Shugeri going to launch a city war against us?"
Beulah was filled with righteous indignation. "Yes, Prince Shugeri has gone too far! And that Li Deluo of the Star Clan is no good either. He actually instigated Prince Shugeri to start a civil war!"
"Bah! If he really starts a city war, he will no longer be the prince of the mermaid clan in our eyes!"
Hearing this, layers of rage ignited in Cadoline's eyes, almost burning her entire pupils red, making her expression unprecedentedly solemn, no longer showing her previous weakness and luck, but adding an intimidating aura.
Previously, Cardolin led his three confidants to participate in the Grand Prix held by Lucibi, hoping to win the championship reward, the SS-level protective shield, to deal with the city war that the Shura tribe was about to launch.
But a little over a week ago, the Shura tribe was defeated in a city war with Player City No. 100. The Shura tribe king and tens of thousands of his followers died, and the remaining tens of thousands of tribe members were taken as prisoners of war. Player City No. 100 had helped them resolve their biggest crisis.
Unexpectedly, after her brother Shugeri saw that the crisis in her player city had been resolved, he suddenly had an idea and wanted to launch a city war directly against them.
The mermaids are now spread across two player cities—Player City 73 and Player City 74. To eliminate her as a contender for the throne, Shugerui has disregarded the lives of tens of thousands of his subjects and is determined to provoke a battle between the two cities!
Such a person is unworthy of inheriting the legacy of the Mermaid King! Unworthy of becoming the Lord of All Mermaids!
In the past, Cadoline had no intention of competing for the throne, but was forced to grow up bit by bit by Shugeri. Now, she has decided not to tolerate him anymore. She must snatch that position and inheritance from him!
Cadoline said sternly, "If he wants to fight, then let him fight. This time, I will not show mercy!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the system mechanical room sounded over the entire city:
[The merman tribe in Player City No. 73 has launched a city war against the merman tribe in Player City No. 74. The countdown will automatically start the battle after 100 seconds.]
[The city war lasts for 3 days, until one side's army is completely annihilated or the city lord surrenders.]
[The losing player's city will be reclaimed by the game system, and all resources will be used as spoils of war by the victor. At the same time, all players on the losing side will become prisoners of the victor, unconditionally obeying the victor's orders, and will be deprived of the right to enter the dungeon and their player status.]
[The player city change permission is temporarily enabled. Players can exit the current player city and join another player city at will. This permission will be disabled after the city battle countdown ends. Please try your best to survive!]
As soon as the system prompt came out, the unprepared mermaid players were all stunned.
"What's going on? Is there something wrong with my ears? Why are our fellow tribesmen going to war with us?"
"Could it be that Prince Shugeri accidentally clicked the city battle card? Quickly notify the prince and ask him to withdraw."
"He withdrew it, bullshit! Once a City Battle Initiation Card is used, how can it be withdrawn? And it's impossible for him to withdraw it, because he has been wanting to kill Princess Cadorin for a long time. His purpose this time is obvious."
"Ah, what should we do? We can change player cities now. Should we switch to the prince who has a better chance of winning?"
"Bah, I think your brain is clogged with shit. Since Xu Ge Rui dared to launch a city war this time, regardless of the wishes and lives of his subjects, he will definitely do more and more outrageous things in the future. You dare to follow such a leader? We respectfully refuse to follow him!"
The merman chat channel erupted in a commotion, with Prince Shugrie openly threatening: "Any merman who moves now or remains in Player City 74 will be deemed to have pledged allegiance to Cardolin. When the city war is over, you will be slaves to the victor forever, until your death."
Cadolin: "Xugri, don't go too far! Don't forget, if you want to inherit the merman heritage and become the king of the merman tribe, you must have the support of at least half of the mermen."
"Haha, Cadolin, your thinking is too rigid and inflexible. Do you think the mermen who have been enslaved are still eligible to vote?" Shugeri snorted coldly. "If you really care about the mermaids, you can just choose to surrender or commit suicide after the city war begins. Maybe I can even show some leniency to them for the sake of my fellow tribesmen."
"Well, Cadoline, this shouldn't be a difficult choice, right?"
There was malice between the lines of Shugeri's words, and he directly put Cadoline on the fire.
Cadolin: "It was you who started the city war, deliberately provoking civil war among the mermaids for the throne. You are the eternal sinner who deserves death as an atonement! If someone like you becomes the mermaid king, the future of the mermaids will be doomed."
"Since you refuse to die obediently, don't blame me for being ruthless. Everyone, come on, whoever kills Cardolin will be rewarded handsomely!" Xu Ge Rui's eyes were vicious, he drew out his weapon in an instant, and waited for the countdown to end before entering Player City No. 74 to kill everyone.
The confidants who followed him also raised their ferocious smiles, waiting to rob the other side clean.
In their eyes, the so-called kinship is bullshit. Only the spoils of war are the most practical things.
Afterwards, the two mermaid cities started a civil war that lasted for three days. The forces representing the two candidates for the throne fought each other fiercely.
But Prince Shugri had accumulated great prestige, and most of those who joined him were brave and warlike advocates of war. Soon, Cadoline and her subordinates gradually fell into a disadvantage, and Player City No. 74 was devastated.
After using her atomization talent to avoid a fatal blow, Beulah worked with Hill to kill the attacker. Then, she anxiously approached Princess Cadoline and said, "Princess, this isn't a solution. Sooner or later, we're going to be wiped out by Shugri and the others!"
Hill: "We've suffered heavy casualties and the situation is extremely critical. Princess, I remember you drew a foreign aid card in the last dungeon. Can you invite a strong foreign aid?"
Princess Cadoline's eyes lit up for a moment, then quickly dimmed. "Yes, there is a foreign aid card, but that foreign aid card can only invite one player..."
After hearing what the mermaid princess said, Beulah and Hill also couldn't hide their disappointment.
"Is this all we can do now, to admit defeat or wait for death?"
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Yan Yu has had a busy and fulfilling life these days.
He trained his mental strength every day, and compressed and condensed nearly 500 points of it, refining it into the same light golden orange color as the previous 10,000 points. He then sorted, integrated, and forged the high-level materials he had recently harvested, forging a total of thousands of new equipment.
Among them, the equipment drawings of the S-level clone belt included 8 pieces of SS level and 2 pieces of SSS level.
[Doppelganger Belt]
Quality: SS grade
Basic Attributes: Attack +1300 Defense +1250
Additional attributes: Strength +600 Constitution +620 Agility +600 Spirit +480
Special effect: Can create 5 clones of the wearer, with attributes of the clone being 1/3 of the main body's attributes, lasting 30 minutes (can be timed separately), cooldown time 240 minutes
[Doppelganger Belt]
Quality: SSS
Basic Attributes: Attack +2000 Defense +2200
Additional Attributes: Strength +880 Constitution +920 Agility +900 Spirit +780
Special effect: Can create 8 clones of the wearer, with attributes of 2/3 of the main body, lasting 45 minutes (can be timed separately), cooldown time 200 minutes
This time, there are quite a few Tianhe gemstones in the S-level materials, which are just right for forging the Baoling Necklace.
She had forged S-grade and SS-grade Baoling necklaces before, and this time she would definitely be able to forge an SSS-grade one.
It takes 2 Tianhe gems to forge a Baoling necklace, and Yan Yu has a total of 80, so he can forge a total of 40.
It took four or five hours for Yan Yu to forge a total of 30 S-level Baoling necklaces, 9 SS-level ones and 1 SSS-level one, which did not disappoint Yan Yu.
Yan Yu clicked on the attribute panel of the SSS-level Baoling necklace to check:
[Boling Necklace]
Quality: SSS
Basic Attributes: Attack +1900 Defense +1900
Additional Attributes: Strength +770 Constitution +840 Agility +820 Spirit +800
Special Effect 1: After casting, all friendly forces within 25*25 square can obtain 75% of the wearer's total attribute bonus (equipment bonus is not included), lasting 40 minutes, cooldown 70 minutes
Special effect 2: After casting, there is a 60% chance of receiving the blessing of the Treasure Spirit God, and your luck value is doubled.
Apart from these, she primarily used A-level equipment blueprints, forging a total of 820 A-level equipment, 220 S-level equipment, and 20 SS-level equipment. These included swords, spears, halberds, accessories, armor, boots, and more, with a rich variety.
It greatly enriched her arsenal of weapons and equipment.
Add to that the black feather bow and arrow, the Fire God Sword, the Fire God Crown, the Fire God Armor, the Void Sky Robe, etc. that she had previously made, and she is now even richer than the arms and fire merchants of the past.
As for Song Fa and his men, after they led their teams to help their compatriots win city battles and destroyed the invaders in several cities, they made the players of other races very wary and dared not to easily provoke city battles against the player cities of Blue Star. For a while, everything was calm.
So Song Fa and his friends had some free time and resumed their daily training and queuing up to enter the virtual space to fight.
Two days ago, the time for the Nine Refining Tower Secret Realm dungeon was refreshed. The guild's operations director Liu Zhi led the guild members into the dungeon, but Song Fa did not follow.
His level had reached 70, and he would not be able to gain any experience points or decent rewards by entering the A-level dungeon. So he simply let Liuzhi and the others train on their own, while he stayed in the hotel and began to practice thunder-based skills.
This set of skills was a thank-you gift from the SSS-rank Fate Master from the previous dungeon. It was specially selected for him, and when used with any lightning-type equipment, it offers unexpected bonus effects. Yan Yu was given the S-rank Spirit Cores she needed—500 of them.
Just when Song Fa was fully devoted to the practice of thunder-based skills, Yan Yu, who was enjoying a feast, suddenly received an invitation.
[Mermaid Cadolin is using the "Foreign Aid Card" on you. Do you accept the invitation?]
Cadoline?
Yan Yu swallowed the grape light milk tea in her mouth and glanced at her friend system curiously. Only then did she realize that Cadoline had sent her several messages in a row, but she just didn't notice.
After checking this information, Yan Yu realized that Cadoline was in trouble. Her brother wanted to kill her and was willing to launch a city war against the player city where she was.
Perhaps worried that Yan Yu wouldn't agree, Cadolin emphasized in her message, "Don't worry, the foreign aid personnel won't actually die in the city battle. Even if we lose, you won't be taken prisoner like us. I just hope you can come and help us forge some equipment. During the city battle, all shops will be closed, and we don't have any preparations..."
Cardolin possesses an S-level perception talent. In her sixth sense, Yan Yu is even more powerful than Tepes, the highest S-level equipment engineer of their mermaid tribe. Moreover, she has a strange premonition that with Yan Yu as external aid this time, they will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.
That's why she ignored the objections of Beulah, Hill and others and insisted on inviting Yan Yu as external aid instead of inviting her father's former close friend, who was also a big shot in the top ten of the overall ranking list.
Since Cadoline had said this much, Yan Yu couldn't possibly disagree.
After she said the word "accept", her body instantly felt a pulling sensation, her eyes blurred, and when she opened her eyes again, she had changed her position.
The architectural style of the mermaids is very different from that of their Blue Planet. The buildings have semi-circular domes and smooth lines, and are embellished with pearls, shells, fish bones, corals, etc. At first glance, it is very consistent with human fantasies about Atlantis.
However, many beautiful houses had long been destroyed by humans, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood. The mermaids were killing each other, creating a desolate and absurd scene.
Yan Yu appeared very close to Cardolin.
At this moment, Cadolin was facing off with Shugeri, both of them equally powerful. No one noticed Yan Yu's sudden appearance.
Xu Ge Rui sneered, "I want to see who you can invite with your foreign aid card. I hope it's not Old York. After all, Old York has always supported me in inheriting the throne. If the foreign aid card invites my supporters, you will have no place to cry."
Old York was their father's only close friend during his lifetime, and he was also the tenth-highest player in the overall ranking. Although he was not a mermaid, he had always been very optimistic about Shugri.
Hearing what Shugeri said, Beulah, Hill and the others immediately broke out in cold sweats.
Fortunately, the princess did not listen to their advice and invited Old York to be the foreign aid of Player City No. 74. Otherwise, she would be simply looking for helpers for the enemy. They really think their lives are too long.
Cadoline clenched her weapon tightly. "You know the person I invited. After all, it was she who helped me win the first stage of the Grand Prix."
"Tsk! Is that the one hiding behind closed doors and not daring to reveal her true identity? If I remember correctly, she seems to be only around level 20. By picking on such a low-level person, who are you looking down on?"
【Author’s words】
There will be another update in the evening.
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 2 bottles of Yue No Hen; 1 bottle of Duan
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