Of course...
Li Yunque only thought that in his heart.
The one truly facing off was Chen Yu, and how to proceed was also Chen Yu's decision.
Chen Yu told him to scout out the opponent's intentions.
Then he would just do it.
Although he was the esteemed Adventurer's Guild President, it felt a little strange to be working for a Dungeon Lord. But Li Yunque knew very well why his current life was so comfortable.
So, let alone arranging such a small matter.
He would personally step onto the field and argue with the Adventurers on the other side without hesitation.
However...
The process of selecting challengers was random; even if he wanted to go, he'd have to be chosen first.
For now, he could only stay behind the scenes.
Giving advice to the chosen children and overseeing the command.
...
Dark World.
In a certain area, a massive castle stood.
At this moment.
The lord of this castle, Luo Zhengwei, was sitting on the throne in the castle.
Looking at the system panel.
He had a look of surprise.
"The opponent matched this time is actually a Dungeon Lord from an Lv1 area?"
"Interesting..."
After a few seconds of surprise, Luo Zhengwei revealed a cold smile.
"Presumably, Tide Town is unwilling to remain a nascent town, so it gathered the strength of the entire town, hoping to cultivate a passable Dungeon Lord to cope with the arrival of the next Dark Tide, and seize this opportunity to pass the area rating and be promoted to a normal town."
Thinking of this possibility.
Luo Zhengwei couldn't help but laugh out loud, "How adorably foolish, it's killing me with laughter..."
"Isn't this sending population to our Light Feather Town?"
"What kind of interesting Dungeon could a nascent town like yours have? It has no foundation at all. When those challengers on the other side play my Dungeon, they will definitely experience the difference between one Dungeon and another. At that time, won't they be scrambling to move their household registrations to our Light Feather Town?"
Luo Zhengwei shook his head while laughing.
"It's just a pity, the other side only has over 8,000 people, and the number of challengers selected at one time is only a mere 87. Such a small number is not worth my effort."
In an excellent town with a population of over 40,000, 87 challengers were indeed nothing.
Even if the migration conversion rate reached half, it would only bring over 40 people.
With so many Dungeon Lords in Light Feather Town, 40 Adventurers would only have 200 challenge attempts per day, which was not enough to go around.
"Forget it!"
Luo Zhengwei shook his head and chuckled, "Even a mosquito's leg is meat. Let's just consider this an eye-opener for these inexperienced fellows, to show them what a top-tier Dungeon of an excellent town truly is!"
Luo Zhengwei was still lamenting.
Regretting that he couldn't plunder more soul crystals and population from the opposing town this time.
Suddenly.
On his system interface, a button suddenly lit up.
This button was:
【Increase Bid!】
A question mark slowly appeared in Luo Zhengwei's mind.
"?"
One must know that the weaker side in terms of population had to propose the bid increase first.
Only then could the stronger side in terms of population follow suit.
Before, this 【Increase Bid】 button had always been black.
Luo Zhengwei subconsciously felt that a Dungeon Lord from a nascent town, how could he have the courage to increase the bid?
After all, increasing the bid was not without any cost.
Increasing one challenger cost 10 soul crystals.
For a Dungeon Lord from a nascent town, 10 soul crystals was already a large sum of money.
To increase the bid casually.
Was he not afraid that his underwear would fly off from the losses later?
Perhaps he pressed the wrong button?
Luo Zhengwei sneered, thinking the other side had pressed it by mistake, only increasing by one or two.
He clicked to check.
The result was that the other party had actually increased the bid by 100%, directly maxing it out.
"? ?"
Two question marks appeared in Luo Zhengwei's mind again.
No...
Are you serious, buddy?
100%!
That's 870 soul crystals! You, a lord of a nascent town, actually dare to spend such a large sum of money to increase the bid?
Luo Zhengwei was somewhat disbelieving.
But the system would not lie.
This made him stunned, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
..."It's killing me with laughter, could he be some clueless hothead? Don't they teach him this kind of knowledge in school?"
"Forget it, since the other side is sending me money, there's no way I wouldn't accept it. These 870 soul crystals will be a lesson for you."
Luo Zhengwei sneered and clicked to increase the bid.
He also spent 870 soul crystals, increasing the number of challengers by 87.
Generally speaking.
If the population-disadvantaged side increased the bid.
Then the population-advantaged side also had to follow suit.
Otherwise, if the opposing Dungeon had more challengers than you, it would be easy for things to go wrong. After all, when calculating wins and losses, it was based on the number of souls obtained by the Dungeons in the duel.
So, since the other side increased it.
No matter what, he also had to add on.
"A 100% increase right away, you really have guts. I'll make sure you lose everything then."
As long as he won.
The soul crystals from both sides' bids would all belong to the winner, so Luo Zhengwei was not worried about losing this money.
Quite the opposite.
This sum of soul crystals would return to his hands in double.
"Kid, you're too green to play with me. If you have the guts, keep increasing the bid."
Luo Zhengwei sneered.
But the next second.
His 【Increase Bid】 icon lit up again.
The other party increased the bid again.
Also by 100% of the original base, which meant another 870 soul crystals were spent.
This made Luo Zhengwei laugh.
"Oh, you really dare, are you trying to win against me with a population tactic?"
"But you're just a lord of a nascent town, how many soul crystals can you have? Besides, even if you keep adding, it will stop when it reaches the 5% limit."
"The population difference between the two sides can't be widened at all, how will you win?"
Luo Zhengwei followed suit without a word.
"If you have the guts, add more!"
But before he could even finish that sentence, Luo Zhengwei saw the increase bid button light up again.
"Hey!"
"If I don't follow, wouldn't it seem like I'm backing down?"
Luo Zhengwei felt he had no reason not to follow. Could a nascent town really turn the tables? He had carved out a path among countless Dungeon Lords, it wasn't for nothing. You, a new lord, not only do you not have as many soul crystals as I do, but the time you've spent building your Dungeon is also shorter than mine. You have no foundation whatsoever, how can you compare to my many years of accumulated experience?