Chapter 46 - Chapter 46: Chapter 45 Charge Forward, Duo Lai (Revised)

Chapter 46: Chapter 45 Charge Forward, Duo Lai (Revised)

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As Mu Yuan began implementing large-scale construction and development with a significant amount of supplies he received, other rookie lords-in-waiting were doing the same.

They didn’t have the additional three thousand contribution points that Mu Yuan had, but some rookies received not only equivalent but even more supplies than him.

“Young man, choosing to cooperate with us, White Shark Group, will be the smartest choice you ever make. Our White Shark Group not only has a remarkable influence in the domestic market but even more so in the Eternal World. We have a cross-regional large-scale chamber of commerce under our name, own multiple medicinal herb planting zones and have trade dealings with numerous lords.

“In short, by choosing our White Shark Group, we can provide you with a free villa and a batch of currently indispensable supplies. Not only will you be able to sail smoothly through the Lord’s Trial, but even competing on the Natural Gift List isn’t impossible.”

A common player, looking at the expensive items and luxuriously decorated villa listed in the contract, didn’t hesitate to sign his name eagerly.

“Our Red Lotus Group operates in various fields like medicinal herb planting, potion refining, equipment manufacturing, and many more. In Eternal World, we even own 12 territories and partner with 128 territories. Those of you invited by us naturally stand out amongst the rookie lords.

“For this, our Red Lotus Group has introduced contracts A and B. You can browse through and choose the most suitable method of collaboration. With the support of our Red Lotus Group, your territory will certainly develop rapidly and achieve high rankings in the trials.”

On the day the resource assessment ended, all the outstanding rookies started receiving invitations from the big groups.

After all, unlike the rookies with uncertain futures, these rookies who had already been acknowledged by the officials stood a high chance of passing the Lord’s Trial, representing promising potential.

The chances of making a loss by investing in these rookies were quite small.

If the number of investments was large enough to spread the risks, there wouldn’t be any losses at all.

Naturally, different groups could offer varying amounts of supplies to the rookies and had different demands.

Some groups’ Investments were just to earn soul sand returns, but most groups aimed to tie the lords into collaborations, making them prioritize providing certain raw materials to them in the future or allotting a piece of land in their territory for the group to set up their planting zones.

Mu Yuan didn’t know much about the specifics because he directly rejected the representative of XX Group who called up with the sequence: “Not interested, No need, Goodbye”.

Investment? Hmph, a real man should rely on his own strength.

However, not only these ‘Group Lords’ who had accepted investments were intensely focusing on their development, but Official Lords were also doing the same.

Baijiang City, Vice president’s office.

“Among the players who chose to take the Official Lord route in the Four Baijiang Cities, four have already reported.”

The person in charge reported.

Jiang Cheng glanced over it a few times and slightly nodded, not saying much.

To the side, a tall and slim old man with a goatee took a look and exclaimed, “That young man called Mu Yuan isn’t on the list. You didn’t extend an invitation to him?”

These outstanding rookie commoners usually received the highest scramble from all forces.

“I asked him personally, that kid wants to take the Individual Lord route,” Jiang Cheng said.

“The Individual route?” The goatee old man’s eyes widened, “This is too overconfident. Many rookies tried to take the Individual route and failed, ending up compelled to accept the groups’ investments. But by then, they would have already lost the most precious initial development period, and the contract conditions would be even more stringent, causing many excellent rookies to falter and even perish in the Eternal World.”

“I actually agree.”

Jiang Cheng’s response made the goatee old man speechless; his eyes widened in surprise.

“While the Individual Lord’s path is indeed fraught with difficulties, a real man should forge ahead and not surrender early. Moreover…”

Mu Yuan, this young man, had talent, ambition and the luck of opportune timing. Despite possessing these strengths, there’s no guarantee of him going far in this road, but Jiang Cheng felt that it was worth a try.

Just endure the initial hardship, and he could go further in the future.

Most importantly, this kid was extremely determined to take the Individual Lord route.

The strong are always firm and independent.

He admired this.

Given so, Jiang Cheng also gave him a push and blocked off many invitations from the big groups for Mu Yuan. If not, their invitations wouldn’t just stop at harassing calls but would involve trying all means to visit him personally.

As others sped into a rapid development phase, Mu Yuan couldn’t relax either.

“I heard that the Liver Emperor guy got an investment from a big group with a great reputation; he’s currently having the time of his life.”

“I heard some lord and top prodigies didn’t participate in the resource assessment since they weren’t keen on the batch of supplies and couldn’t bring themselves to compete for it. However, these prodigies are the genuine strong rookies and powerful competitors for the trial list.”

“I heard the eight southern provinces of Xuan Country jointly operate in the “Twilight Plains’ area, so the Lord’s Trial takes place simultaneously for all. We are all competitors.”

“I heard….”

Mu Yuan reviewed the trial data details and combined it with some news he heard from Old Brother Mai Wa, suddenly feeling a surge of pressure.

He couldn’t waste time on his mobile phone or forum anymore. As the treasures he had exchanged hadn’t arrived yet and time couldn’t be wasted, Mu Yuan teamed up with his forces and headed out of his territory.

He had to hunt, he had to work hard to make milk powder money.

To increase efficiency, Mu Yuan had split his forces into two teams. One was led by Dead Bone, and he personally led the other… this was only possible because his territory was gradually becoming more powerful, allowing him to split troops.

In his team were the three generals – ‘Bone Two’, ‘Bone Three’, and ‘Bone Four’, who had just evolved into Skeleton Warriors, along with Duo Lai and other Big Slimes, three Watchmen, three Archers, eight Skeleton Soldiers, and a Battle Falcon. His team was very luxurious indeed.

They swept away all obstacles on their route.

This was an advantage that Lord Players had. When they set out, they had an escort at the front and back, strong and secure. Unlike Ranger Players who could only command a few kinds of troops and might suffer a big loss if they weren’t careful…

“Woosh—”

All of a sudden, a sharp noise shattered the serenity, accompanied by the rustling of distant jungle.

A thick wooden spear pierced through the air, narrowly missing a few skeleton soldiers and sentinels, and headed straight towards Mu Yuan.

The attack was too sudden!

After all, Mu Yuan was just an ordinary person. His mental reflexes weren’t quick enough, and even though he managed to react, his in-game character could only lean to one side as per his instinct. But he was still too slow.

Who could blame him for merely possessing the strength of one skeleton.

Fortunately, three sentinels, guarding him closely, shielded him. Even though they were taken by surprise, their large shields were still intact and deviated just slightly enough to block the path of the incoming spear.

Boom !

In Mu Yuan’s suddenly contracted pupils, the wooden spear pierced right through the shield, its rapid impact force causing the sentinels to stumble backwards. The debris from the shattered spear and the broken shield scattered like knife blades, cutting the parts of the sentinels’ bodies not protected by armour and drawing fresh blood.

Some of the fragments hurtled towards Mu Yuan; he had a specially made light player armour on him that blocked them, but a shard was about to scar his handsome chiseled face.

He was about to be disfigured!

Clank     !

An ellipsoidal pale white light appeared suddenly, blocking the flying debris.

Mu Yuan was still positioned as if ready to fall, his heart started to beat faster, but his brain was exceptionally calm at this moment.

He quickly directed the three sentinels to closely align their shields, leaving no gaps between them and had Duo Lai along with some other Big Slimes guard the outer areas, forming a shielded wall.

Only at that moment did he get the chance to think over other matters.

“Was the white light just now the amulet?”

Sure enough, the amulet he was wearing around his neck had a faint line of crack. It had borne the impact of the hit that could have disfigured him.

But the question remained, who was laying an ambush for him, a greenhand who had been in the game for just seven or eight days, who was it?

There was rustling in the distant bushes, and one after another, green-skinned Goblins with faces full of fangs jumped out. A majority of them were ordinary Goblins, but they were much taller and burlier than the usual wild Goblins; they wore leather armour, carried long spears, and looked dangerously armed.

Among them was an extremely burly Big Goblin, clad in a thick heavy armour, bearing green skin and fangs.

Yet, all this while, they had been lying low in the distant bushes without making any sound, enough so that the battle falcon flying in the sky did not notice anything unusual.

They had come prepared.

Was the danger facing him, a newbie lord, seriously exceeding the limits?!

Bone Two, the vanguard general, rushed forward, picked up a broken thick trunk, which started emanating black rays. It swung hard, hitting forcefully.

Boom !

The earth trembled, and even though the ordinary Goblins wore leather armour, they were turned into splatters by Bone Two’s hit.

Mu Yuan had no time to marvel at Bone Two’s outbreak, he had to direct the plan immediately.

The archers started shooting, and the skeleton soldiers intercepted the enemy.

However, the guards and archers were only of level two and weren’t of much use.

The enemy Goblins outnumbered them, possibly around twenty to thirty elites. The Big Goblin wearing plate armour was not to be underestimated either; it punched a skeleton soldier, flinging it several meters away. Mu Yuan identified it as level seven or eight.

“These Goblins are moving in an orderly manner, their formation needs to be broken first.”

“Big Slimes, use your mountain-toppling skill.”

Two giant blobs of jelly, number two and three, immediately used their leap skill, bounding into the air. The next moment, a huge shadow cast over the Goblins.

Boom !

The Big Slimes sat down with a thud.

Smoke and dust filled the air, with ferns and greenery flying around.

This attack did not cause much harm, but the momentum was undoubtedly impressive.

Duo Lai widened its eyes and mimicking other companions, elongated its body like a spring, and then sprung up high.

It jumped one and a half meter high, and then fell down with a thud.

Duo Lai: “O-O”-

Mu Yuan: ”…”, he thought Duo Lai would have a sudden realization like Dead Bone, apparently he was just indulging in wishful thinking.

Hold on, he had just received a shipment of slimes yesterday, and he had accumulated some more previously. It was time to calculate their progress.

He mumbled under his breath.

“Slime evolution point: 5.11”.

Outside, the clang of metal resounded, spears tore through the sky, stone and wood chips flew around, and deafening roars exploded in succession.

Mu Yuan looked at Duo Lai standing beside him, “It’s time for you to awaken your power, Duo Lai.”

“Glug?”

It did not understand, but the next second, it was engulfed by a dazzling white light that drove away the mist..