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In a quiet and dark palace, the game video of Princess Cardolin's team was being replayed. A pair of pale and thin hands cut through the battle scene of the four-person team and focused on Yan Yu's live broadcast.
"Your Majesty, this is the teammate that the mermaid princess was temporarily matched with. Her name is Yan Yu, she is level 28, has A-level blacksmith talent, her race is unknown, and her strength is unknown." A subordinate from the lower level leaned forward to report.
The king slowly placed his right leg on his left leg, shook the wine glass in his hand, sped up the video dozens of times, and then focused on the part where she was forging equipment with her back to the camera.
After pondering for a few seconds, he uttered a muffled sound, as hoarse as fingernails scraping against old tree bark: "This Yan Yu's talent is definitely more than A-level, at least above S-level."
"Your Majesty, would you like us to contact him privately and win him over?"
"No need. She/he will eventually be a variable. In a little over two months, my Shura army will assemble to attack the city. If she/he helps Cardolin win the championship and take down the SS-level city shield, it will inevitably affect the progress and even the outcome of the siege."
"Then do you want to..." The person below made a "click" gesture on his neck with his hand.
The Shura King's crimson eyes were deep, and his tone was sinister. "I remember you have a card that can force someone into a high-level dungeon. Use it on her/him."
The subordinate's eyes lit up. "Your Majesty is wise. Yan Yu is only level 28. At most, she's experienced four or five low-level dungeons. She wouldn't last more than half a day in a more dangerous high-level dungeon. Even if she/he survives, I will lead my subordinates to send her/him to the west. Let's see how she/he can affect your siege plan!"
"Then we'll just have to rely on that useless Mermaid Princess to see how she can defeat our 100,000-strong Shura army!"
After the excitement subsided, the lower leader began to think about which high-level copy to drag Yan Yu into. He only had three "keys" that led directly to high-level copies, two of which were B-level and one was A-level.
Soon, he had a target, and his eyes turned red with excitement.
Their Shura clan has unique racial talents, a murderous nature, and a bad personality. They like to kill talented geniuses and use this to improve their combat power.
To them, Yan Yu is like a rising star, and it is their evil taste to kill her/him halfway.
While the Shura Clan was planning to eliminate Yan Yu, there was also a group of people who saw her as a thorn in their side and secretly planned to kill her so that she could not continue to participate in subsequent Grand Prix.
"Waste! Waste! You are all waste!"
As the angry shouts hit the eardrums, the fragments of cups and plates flew all over the sky and attacked the vassals of Prince Shugri at high speed. The four mermaids who were in the team with the prince were all cut with countless wounds, but no one dared to wipe the wounds.
Xu Ge Rui's nails dug deep into the flesh, his sharp teeth made a "crunching" sound, and the viciousness in his pupils almost overflowed.
At this moment, no one in the Mermaid Hall dared to offend Shugeri.
The atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.
At this time, a man in a black hooded robe walked into the hall, as if he didn't notice the mess on the ground. "Your Highness, why are you so angry?"
Seeing that it was his staff member who arrived, Shugeri calmed down a bit and sat back in his chair. "Originally, this match was supposed to make Cardolin look bad, but I didn't expect them to steal the show and be admired by many of the tribe members. On the other hand, my team didn't even make it into the top ten, and was simply made a laughing stock by many people."
The staff member under the black hood smiled, his voice without any emotion: "In that case, just eliminate the variables."
"Excluding the variables... You're right, that fellow named Yan Yu must be eliminated." Xiu Ge Rui paused and frowned, "But there's no specific information about Yan Yu, and that old fellow Lu Xibi refuses to give up at all."
Yan Yu is now the supreme gold card member of the Lucibi Hotel. The confidentiality level has been raised to the highest level by Lucibi. No one can leak any information privately. Therefore, countless people who have tried to inquire about Yan Yu's news openly or secretly have all returned empty-handed.
To date, except for the names, levels and talents that must be announced to the public according to the competition regulations, all other items are kept highly confidential.
Staff: "I happen to have some props that can be used on her/him. I guarantee that she/he will disappear forever in the next instance."
Hearing this, Xu Gerui's eyes were inquiring and paused for a few seconds on the staff's tightly covered face.
"Tell me, what do you want?" The staff was so active in helping him clear the obstacles, it couldn't be that they wanted to do charity, and Xu Geli knew this very well.
The aide bowed respectfully, his tone unrecognizable, "You'll know when she/he dies."
Shugeri sneered, raised his chin proudly, and ran his fingers through the long silver hair that symbolized the royal family. "Alright, since you insist on keeping me in suspense, I'll wait here for your good news. I hope you won't disappoint me like those losers did."
"Yes, I believe the eldest prince will hear good news soon. Then I will come to collect my reward."
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure in the black hood turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared in the hall of the mermaid tribe in an instant, as if he had never been there.
Xu Ge Rui's face looked grim. Anyone who met this kind of guy who came and went without a trace would be more alert.
Tepes hesitated for a moment and said, "Prince, this Star tribe member is truly untrustworthy. It's best to be cautious."
"Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts."
Shugerui's gaze fell on the direction where the staff member disappeared. "Now I need him to help me solve all the problems in secret. Once I become the new King of the Mermaids, inherit my father's Mermaid Pearl, and unlock my second talent, I will definitely not let him go."
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"A-choo!"
Yan Yu rubbed his nose and muttered softly, "Who is secretly plotting against me again?"
Since the last opening of the Jinyu Equipment Store, Yan Yu has not left the house for four or five days in a row. He stayed in the hotel room mainly to exercise, find time to forge equipment, and use up all the A-level equipment materials he bought in the copy material store. The rest of the time he spent watching live broadcasts and sleeping.
Yan Yu had three A-grade equipment blueprints, and was able to forge 26 A-grade, 4 S-grade Radiant Bracelets, 16 pairs of A-grade, 8 pairs of S-grade Cloud-walking Boots, and 76 pairs of A-grade, 22 pairs of S-grade, and 2 pairs of SS-grade Blade Blades. This consumed a total of 562 A-grade materials.
Almost all the A-grade materials in Player City No. 100 were bought by the Lucibi Group, and B-grade materials were also scarce, so Yan Yu no longer wasted energy looking for materials, but instead instructed Lan Niang to open an acquisition business in the Jinyu Equipment Store.
However, the Blue Star players had just passed a novice copy, and the materials they had were basically all below level D, and those above level C were rare, not to mention the A-level and B-level materials that Yan Yu needed.
Yan Yu sorted out the storage ring and put all the B-level eyebrow-tipped knives, armor, boots and other items in the small warehouse of the physical store. He also asked Lan Niang to put the newly forged A-level Brilliant Bracelet, A-level Cloud-walking Boots and A-level Flame Double Blades on the shelves, priced at 150 gold coins.
All the S-level and SS-level equipment were kept in the storage ring and were not ready to be sold for the time being.
After all, a tall tree attracts the wind. A small shop that has just opened in a novice player's city should not have rare items of too high a level, otherwise it will become the prey of many interested people, and Lan Niang cannot handle it alone.
Yan Yu himself hates trouble very much.
Before, she had just led people to destroy the Minglong Guild, but she was coveted by countless people, which made her very annoyed. Now there is another physical equipment store, which is bound to cause a wave of sensation and prying.
Therefore, Yan Yu chose to open the store secretly, and deliberately changed the name of the store so that people would never associate it with "Blue Star Equipment Store" to avoid more trouble.
After using a special upgrade card to upgrade the store to level 3 last time, an upgrade countdown still appeared. The countdown from level 3 to level 4 is 3 months, and it requires selling 10,000 B-level or above products and earning more than 100,000 gold coins. The difficulty of upgrading is increasing exponentially.
What's even more speechless is that because she directly used the special upgrade card to upgrade the Blue Star Equipment Store from Level 2 to Level 3 without completing the prerequisites, as a punishment, every subsequent upgrade must consume a special upgrade card after meeting the upgrade conditions.
It’s totally fucked!
At this moment, Yan Yu clicked on the store interface.
[Blue Star Equipment Store]
Shop owner: Yan Yu (anonymous)
Level: Level 3 (0/10000 B+ equipment, 16.9/100000 gold coins, 0/1 special upgrade card, countdown 84 days and 19 hours)
Current product: None
Total items sold: 11,289
Purchased goods: None
Physical store: Jinyu Equipment Store
Total items sold: 65
Total store turnover: 1859 gold coins and 64t silver coins (current balance: 16 gold coins and 90 silver coins)
The "online store" of the Blue Star Equipment Store can only be opened in the dungeon, and the selling and purchasing slots are all empty. The physical Gold and Jade Equipment Store is open, but it has only sold 65 items in four or five days, and none of them are equipment above level B, so it is not counted in the first upgrade condition.
It's really worrying.
More importantly, even if she could forge 10,000 pieces of B-level or higher equipment within three months, given the current purchasing power of Blue Star players, it would be difficult to achieve the requirements, not to mention earning over 100,000 gold coins...
Coupled with the extremely difficult-to-obtain special upgrade cards, the infinite survival game seemed to be deliberately pushing her into a dead end.
"Tsk!" Yan Yu grabbed her hair in annoyance, went downstairs to find Xiaohui, and asked about the progress of the acquisition.
Three days ago, Yan Yu asked Xiao Hui to help purchase B-level equipment blueprints and skill upgrade coupons. As a result, she suddenly asked for three days off from the hotel and no one knew where she went.
On the contrary, Mia, who had always looked down on Yan Yu, took advantage of Xiaohui's absence and ran to Yan Yu's room desperately, trying to show her courtesy in various ways, hoping to get some tips from her.
Yan Yu didn't bother to be polite with her and directly reported her to the person in charge of the hotel.
Now Yan Yu is the only gold card member of the 100th branch of the Lucibi Hotel Player City and is highly valued. After receiving the report, the branch manager fired Mia without saying a word and compensated Yan Yu for part of the mental damages.
After Mia left, Yan Yu's ears suddenly became much quieter.
"Do you know where Xiaohui went on leave?"
The branch manager said, "It seems something happened to her family, so she returned to our main city of Lunasi."
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