239: Chapter 239 Dragon Capture

On the hilltop in front of the Mist Demon Forest dungeon.

Looking at the battlefield below, Shang Qingyun's expression was grim.

Because at this moment, Qingyun was enduring a joint attack from three major clubs: Great Qin, Prosperous Tang, and Northern Kingdom.

In addition, there were several overseas guilds taking the opportunity to join the siege against Qingyun.

Although Qingyun was powerful, the enemy's numbers were nearly five times theirs, and they had completely cut off the path from the camp to this location. As Qingyun players were killed, the difficulty of returning to defend grew greater and greater.

Zhi Zun Bao whispered from the side, "Boss, our right wing is about to collapse. Should the reserve regiment move in?"

Shang Qingyun shook his head. "No. The reserve regiment cannot move. Order the entire line to contract. Have the ten main regiments hold the high ground, and everyone else defend the valley entrance to the death."

Zhi Zun Bao smiled bitterly. "Boss, once we contract, the brothers outside won't be able to get in anymore. We'll probably have to fight until we're completely wiped out."

Shang Qingyun also laughed, but it was a crazed laugh.

"If we're wiped out, then we're wiped out."

"But before Qingyun is wiped out, not a single one of them will get near the Torch Dragon. We'll stall for as long as we can."

"Spread the word: tell everyone to try and snatch up all these Dragon Speakers slots."

"Perhaps the Mysterious Person will leave soon, and they'll have come for nothing today. We'll have won another day's time."

Only then did Zhi Zun Bao understand the boss's plan, and he immediately relayed the orders through the Ranks.

As soon as the Qingyun battle line contracted, the leadership of the three opposing guilds quickly saw through Shang Qingyun's intention.

Soon, the leaders of the three major guilds began to shout messages.

[Jin Ge Tie Ma: President Shang, just admit defeat when it's time. This kind of tactic is just being a rogue.]

[Tang Tianzi: President Shang, you can't always be this overbearing. Your Qingyun took the first clear of the dungeon, and over seven hundred people have joined the Dragon Speakers, giving you a huge head start. Why can't you let other guilds have a little taste of the soup?]

[Qin Ying: Brother Shang, why go this far? Must we make things so ugly?]

[Qing Di: Hahaha! You three cobblers conspired to attack me, and now you're the ones complaining first. How ungentlemanly.]

[Jin Ge Tie Ma: You're being unreasonable. The Dragon Speakers belong to all people of the Dragon Country, but you, President Shang, insist on monopolizing them and clearing the area whenever others come. Since Qingyun is so powerful now, what else can we do?]

[Qing Di: There are at least three Japanese guilds and one Thai guild helping you right now. I haven't even called you traitors yet, and you have the nerve to mention the Dragon Speakers?]

[Tang Tianzi: President Shang, are you really playing this game with such nationalistic sentiment? Can that NPC even tell who is from the Dragon Country? I heard you have overseas players in your guild too.]

[Qing Di: You wouldn't believe it, but the Torch Dragon boss is exactly that principled. I did have a Japanese player in my guild who reached the faction interview, but when the Torch Dragon found out, he slapped him to death on the spot. I was ashamed for a long time!]

[Qin Ying: Stop blocking the way and let me go see for myself.]

[Qing Di: A duel. If you win, you can see. If you lose, get lost!]

[Qin Ying: You're pushing me too far! Officers, kill him for me!]

Tang Long watched the fierce battle at the valley entrance, having no intention of leaving or intervening.

This battle, which had evolved into a hundred-thousand-player scale, fully demonstrated that his influence was growing day by day.

This was a good thing.

But some problems had also arisen.

First was the threshold for the Dragon Speakers.

As more and more Qingyun players reached the required favorability, the Dragon Speakers' activity was skyrocketing, and Tang Long had already upgraded the faction to Level 3.

But he had suddenly discovered earlier that a Japanese player had actually managed to sneak in.

Although he immediately served up a "one-shot kill + favorability reset" package, how to completely ban them became a major problem.

The game System was somewhat rigid after all; as long as the quest was completed, they could pass. Tang Long had racked his brains to increase the faction entrance test questions to dozens, making them increasingly tricky, but it was still impossible to eliminate the issue entirely.

The infiltration of Japanese people in the Dragon Country was serious, and some were almost indistinguishable from real Dragon Country people. It was hard to tell even on the real Earth, let alone in a game.

There was no good solution for this at the moment.

Then there was the issue of monopoly.

It wasn't surprising that Shang Qingyun had such thoughts because Tang Long was giving out far too much.

Today, nearly 500 million had been handed out, and most of it had fallen into Qingyun's pockets.

After all, after Level 20, the required experience points increased more and more. Although it didn't double every level like the first ten levels, the increment per level was as much as 50 million.

So the total experience requirement from Level 20 to 30 was as high as 3.25 billion!

If he relied only on one guild, with Qingyun's ten thousand-plus people, he would have to fleece nearly 200,000 experience points from each person on average to make up the number.

This amount of experience was a massive sum for players.

The total experience of a Level 10 player added together wouldn't even reach 100,000. Only players above Level 12 could scrape together enough.

But if they handed it all over, they would turn into low-level characters below Level 10.

Furthermore, the maximum number of quests he could issue per day was only 5,000.

If the leeks aren't strong enough, he could only fertilize them.

So the quest setting was 200,000 experience in exchange for 100,000 blue sea coins, plus 5 favorability points.

Even so, the players' enthusiasm couldn't be called very high at the beginning.

Only after Shang Qingyun did the math was the entire Qingyun mobilized.

They earned a large amount of funds, but their average Rank saw a significant drop; for Qingyun, there were gains and losses.

However, Tang Long's level progress was still relatively slow.

He could only put a new batch of Super Red Potions on the shelves and set them to be purchased with experience; only then did he barely reach Level 26.

Tang Long wasn't actually afraid of their monopoly; since obtaining the Clone Technique, this was no longer an issue.

The Dragon Speakers had also been upgraded to a Level 3 faction, with a member limit of a thousand. Even if Qingyun temporarily filled it up, it could quickly be upgraded to Level 4.

The key was that Qingyun was currently the most powerful guild.

So, let it be for now.

Having leveled up another six times, he could just upgrade the Spirit Summoning Incantation to Level 7, and then he dumped all 30 attribute points into Spirituality!

Tang Long glanced at Luo Xin in the distance. Seeing that he still had no intention of coming over, he could only continue to sit and cultivate.

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The players' war was in full swing.

Meanwhile, the heads of three major Japanese clubs were gathered together, quietly negotiating.

"Anbei-kun, Meichuan-kun, Shang-san's legion is about to be wiped out. Are you still hesitating?"

"Okamoto-kun, your strategy is too aggressive. Even if our three companies unite, our scale cannot compare to any single Dragon Country guild. Once the assassination of that NPC fails, we will surely face the wrath of the Dragon Country people."

"So what? This NPC is clearly biased towards the Dragon Country and hostile towards us! His existence has made the Dragon Country people too powerful. We must take this opportunity to kill him as soon as possible!"

"I heard this NPC is also a BOSS with very powerful combat strength. As soon as we make a move, we will also face attacks from all the Dragon Country guilds. The chance of success is too small."

"For the rise of Japan! Even if there's only a one percent chance, it's completely worth a gamble!"

"I still think it's more cost-effective to blend in with the Dragon Country people and secretly buy equipment."

"Anbei-kun, neither of us can convince the other. Tell us what you think!"

"Well, both of you have a point, but I support what Okamoto-kun said more. If left alone, the advantage of the Dragon Country people will snowball more and more. By the time they are so powerful that no one dares to interfere, it will be too late."

"Yoshi! Anbei-kun is indeed a descendant of a famous family; you've hit the nail on the head! Then it's decided?"

"Although I still think this move is inappropriate, since both of you share this opinion, our Black Snake Society will certainly accompany you!"

"Good! Then let our Paihe Society, Black Snake Society, and Boar Charge Biker Gang cause a great scene!"