Chapter 228: Chapter 209: Gathering of Celebrities (3K) _1
Translator: 549690339
Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, the wind hissed violently.
Seventeen, clad in armor but without a helmet, her hair flitted and danced in the wind.
Behind her, the space rippled like a curtain of water, spreading over ten meters wide. Within this region, ripples radiated like raindrops, as if creating numerous tiny creative disturbances.
From these ripples, one by one, arrowheads glowing softly with a starlike blue light slowly emerged.
This was the Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure!
“Explanation: An excellent archer is incomplete without meticulously crafted arrows, but arrows are also inconvenient. Historically, the first Arrow of the Polar Star created the unique ability of ‘Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure’, refining arrows best suited for oneself by channeling and utilizing starlight.” “The ability owner can continuously input their own energy to shape and enhance arrows. At the same time, external ‘arrow’ type objects can be integrated into the Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure to strengthen or duplicate them using the consumed energy.”
“The Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure can accommodate up to ten thousand arrows.”
Wasn’t she just deliberating over her arrows’ insufficient damage? Now, with the Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure, she no longer has such worries. All she needs to do is continuously refine and enhance her arrows by inputting energy during her leisure time.
This was a perfect Epic Ability suited for her.
And quite economical too.
Of course, like the ‘Wraith Sacred Mountain’ of Dead Bone, this Epic Skill also required its careful maintenance and continual management to truly fill the treasure space of the Ten Thousand Arrows Treasure.
Even now, with just the most rudimentary Starlight Arrows, Seventeen’s combat power had significantly increased.
This isn’t even accounting for the increase in her strength, mental power, and psychic power during this evolution.
“Although I am still far from being strong enough, I must live up to the name of being ‘Epic’.”
So thought Seventeen.
Two days later,
“God, are you ready? I’m all cleaned up, ready to get beat.”
“Hmm, we’ll see in the Secret Realm.”
Mu Yuan turned off the communication device to Jiang Luoxing and Liu Miumiu, checked his troops once more, then geared up to head off to the Land of Challenge, the Secret Realm.
Humming
After passing through the space curtain, a prompt appeared.
fPlease select the entrance point: Red Tower/Orange Tower?]
“Red!”
Mu Yuan stepped into the place he’d first logged in.
Not far away, the towering Red Tower stood majestically. Gazing past the tower, an equally grand Orange Tower could be seen in the distance.
Unlike its initial blurry view, he could now see the Orange Tower much more clearly.
He could go straight deep into it until he reached the Orange Tower area.
However, the gathering place was in the red region.
When he arrived, many Lords were already there, all looking at him.
“It’s Tianyuan!”
“Big Boss Tianyuan!”
“The Divine Yuan has arrived!”
Lord Wangba looked at him, eyes burning with intent to fight.
Lord Shen Lei also stared straight at him.
Shuang Tian, the rising star, tilted his chin at him with a provocative look on his face.
Only Lord Da Ri clenched his fist, having a hard time finding the resolve to challenge him.
After all, it was Tianyuan.
A name with a reputation as mighty as a towering tree!
Even though there hasn’t been a real full-on face-off among top-notch Lords yet, the majority of the Lords were still sure that Tianyuan was the strongest of them.
After all, Tianyuan demonstrated a ruling-level influence at the Festival Grounds.
Even though power was not the determining factor there, one could still glimpse his potential.
“However, today is not like the Festival Grounds, the main character is no longer Tianyuan.”
“Yes, I really want to see the power of Tianyuan, but unfortunately, the simulation training is not open to the public.”
“That’s understandable, after all, they need to prevent information leaks.”
“Oh, the main character of today is here!”
The Lord Wuji, dressed in a white robe, looking like an unsheathed razor-sharp sword.
There were also heavyweights like the Lord of Kong Ming City, Shen Mao, Ba Long, and others, who arrived one after another.
Jiang Luoxing, Wangba, and others were all under tremendous pressure.
Tianyuan was indeed a big name, but the records of these heavyweights were more awe-inspiring!
Jiang Luoxing whispered, “Ba Long once helped the Pioneer Group and breached a Monster Tribe city. In that battle, his hero, Chiyan Dragon Descendant, shattered the city gate with one blow, showing unparalleled strength.”
“And that ‘Lord of Youshan’, he’s not very famous, but it seems like he recruited a terrifying hero later on. Now, it is said that the Lord of Youshan has been able to venture into the second and third levels of the Orange Tower, undoubtedly a formidable enemy!”
Saying this, he slapped his own forehead.
“But it doesn’t have much to do with me, I’m only here to make up the numbers.”
Like Mu Yuan, there were dozens of beginner Lords present.
For the ones with a longer service history, there were more than twenty Lords on the field.
These were all the Lords participating in the military manoeuvres and fulfilling the quota for selection.
Soon, an old official arrived and opened a gate to space, “Follow me, I’ll lead you all to the simulation site.”
The simulation site was a special space temporarily created by one of the top Lords of Tai Xuan for transit purposes.
Several bigwigs were already seated here.
They were real powerhouses.
Even if Mu Yuan were not a second-generation lord with limited experience, he could affirm this point. Because there were many familiar faces that often appeared in the news on the Tai Xuan Forum.
“President of Baiyun State Association, Wu Qingyun!”
“Vice Chairman of Chaoyang Association, Huang Longjun!”
“Deputy Chairman of Tai Xuan Astronomical Association, Weixingzi!”
“One of the Four Beasts of the Tai Xuan Liangyi Department, Twilight Elephant City Lord!”
“Tai Xuan Pioneer Group, Exploration generals, Lord of Han Yue City!”
“Tai Xuan Pioneer Group, Exploration generals, Lord Qjng Xin!”
“Vice Chairman of the Players Association of Tai Xuan, Dragon Spine Great Wall Defender, one of Tai Xuan Liangyi, Lord of Luo Fu Mountain.”
All of these are heavyweight figures.
Many top-tier second-generation lords could not help but hold their breath. They have never seen so many big shots in the same frame before.
Even if many of the bigwigs present here were not their actual selves.
In a place where bigwigs gathered, even the young leading figure, the most brilliant moon in Tai Xuan, the Lord of Han Yue City, seemed less conspicuous. There are quite a few people here whose status are even higher than hers.
The presence of so many big shots also demonstrated Tai Xuan’s emphasis on the Dragon Court competition.
“This Dragon Court competition selection battle will be presided over by me, Lord of Luo Fu Mountain.”
The Lord of Luo Fu Mountain is a spirited old man.
His hair and beard were all white, his shoulders wide, his physique was sturdy and burly, and he stood there like a towering mountain.
Mu Yuan seemed to see a peak shrouded in clouds and fog, propping up the sky.
He knew this was not an illusion.
This was because the realm of the Lord of Luo Fu Mountain had already reached a profound level that influenced the world.
Lord Luo Fu Mountain waved his hand.
In front of Mu Yuan, Jiang Luoxing, Wuji and other lords, a light screen appeared, with lines of text appearing on it.
Lord Luo Fu Mountain began to speak:
“The rules of this simulation battle are simple, it is a completely realistic military exercise, and the number of troops that each lord can deploy is not limited in anyway.”
“By defeating monster tribes, monster cities, and powerful wandering monsters within the simulation battlefield, you can earn combat points, but at the same time, if you lose the territory you are defending, a large number of combat points will be deducted.”
“If the combat points become zero, or if the lord himself is killed, it is considered as being eliminated.”
“When the simulation battle ends, the top six with the highest scores will represent Tai Xuan in the battle.”
“In addition, the way to earn combat points in the battlefield is not only by annihilating monsters. We have placed some lords in the battlefield to act as examiners…”
This was actually because Tai Xuan’s authority was not high enough to freely set all sorts of examination rules, so they had to reserve some lords in the simulation battlefield to carry out manual operations.
Lord Luo Fu Mountain said, “In a nutshell, what our simulation battle tests is your troop strength, reconnaissance ability, and command ability, and not everything is about combat power.”
It’s like a chess duel.
Being down by two chariots, two cannons, and two horses does not necessarily mean that one will definitely lose.
Anything could happen…
“Young ones, strive hard, fight hard, and seize the highest position.”
“I will be waiting for you in the place of glory.”
“So now…”
Lord Luo Fu Mountain waved his hand.
Swoosh All the forty-plus competitors on the field disappeared.
At the same time, a vast simulation battlefield like a chessboard appeared, with towns twinkling and lighting up splendor all over it.
Many big shots leaned forward and began to gaze downward.
The reason why so many heavyweight figures came to this selection match was firstly because the higher-ups valued it and needed multiple supervision to ensure absolute fairness. Secondly, and most importantly, all the big shots were representatives of their respective ‘factions’.
Tai Xuan Liangyi, Pioneer Group, Players Association, Astronomical Society and so on, all wanted to pull potential new stars to their side.
After all, there is a shortage of people everywhere! Especially talented and capable people!
Even within the Pioneer Group, they wished that their exploration army could have more power.
Although many new promising lords and new star lords have been targeted, but…
“The corner of the wall is meant to be pulled down after all.” A woman with a lazy temperament, playing with a cat in her hand, said lazily, “Don’t you think so, Little Han Yue?”
Little Han Yue raised her eyebrows.
“What are you doing!”
Cold! Weightless!
It felt as if he was falling from a high altitude, and his heart even missed half a beat, but in the next instant, Mu Yuan was standing on solid ground, facing the warm sunlight and the breeze.
He was standing on the towering city wall.
“This is…”
He looked down, the city wall was grey and about twenty meters high. He tried knocking and piercing it with energy, and the conclusion was, “It’s just an ordinary city wall, but the twenty-meter height is enough to give the defenders a significant advantage.”
And the whole city was not large.
Or rather, this was just a fortress suitable for military garrisoning.
The area in front was quite vast and flat, with few obstacles and covers, while the rear and both sides were surrounded by steep cliffs.
“This geographical advantage is too great? In real environment city defense battles, most of the time it’s a situation of being surrounded on all sides. This simulation battle is not realistic.”
“Or could it be that they are giving preferential treatment to us new lords?”
While pondering, Mu Yuan slowly raised his right hand.
He snapped his fingers.
His troops then descended upon this place.