Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Chapter 517 - 347: The special character who ranks second in the power rankings—Liu Yiqing!_2

Looking at the instance’s space gate deep in the water, Zi Liyuan casually summoned over a thousand skeleton subjects and then commanded them to jump into the water and head towards the space gate.

Approaching, they were sucked into the green vortex in an instant, and in just a fleeting moment, Lord Zi sensed that the skeletons he had just summoned had lost contact with him.

"Did the instance’s rules sever the perception link, or did they just die upon entering the instance?"

All the thousand-plus skeletons were sucked into the instance, and all connections were cleanly severed, causing Zi Liyuan’s brows to furrow slightly.

He was just testing the waters, but didn’t manage to probe anything and instead lost over a thousand cannon-fodder skeletons.

"What a hassle, never mind, it’s getting late now, time to head back to my territory, hoping there will still be benefits distributed at midnight."

Yesterday evening’s haul was fat, gaining a great deal of resources. That kind of effortless bounty was too addictive. How could he not vigorously grab what he could to honor the lucky goddess behind him?

With a bunch of spoils in tow, he returned to his territory by six in the evening, just as the sun was nearing its set.

Having thrown the crocodile carcass into the slaughterhouse, Zi Liyuan began checking the trading market.

Various materials on the shelves had sold quite a bit, but not much was purchased. Early-stage blueprints and props were very important. Unless absolutely necessary, no idiot would put them up for sale.

Of course, there were also many excellent items up for grabs in the store, but the required materials for exchange were excessive—anyone buying would be a sucker.

For example, the exquisite blueprint for a field (blue), which upon use would provide an acre of premium farmland capable of maturing any ordinary crop within ten days.

Under the Sea of Realms rules, normal crops take a month from planting to harvest.

This one plot could be harvested three times a month, its usefulness self-evident.

But the materials needed to trade for this building blueprint were too much even for Lord Zi—he could only say he was incapable of it.

A list of fine-quality materials, each amounting to thousands, given enough base materials, was enough to raise the level of the Lord’s Mansion by two or three!

After browsing through the market store and spotting a few items that could help him, but with prices too steep, he could only note down the seller’s contact information to consider trading later on.

Shutting down the trading market, this guy then looked towards the gambling house.

A Level 4 Lord’s Mansion was required to build it, and for now, it looked slick and unused, as if not yet open for business.

This made Lord Zi somewhat speechless, doubting the quality of this batch of lords.

He shook his head and opened the chat channel, starting naturally with the largest—the Channel of New World No. 99.

An enlarged, bold, blood-red post was pinned at the top.

Undoubtedly, the post revealed detailed information about Zi Liyuan.

From his birth on Blue Star, it detailed everything, his experiences throughout his life, his awakening to professional status, the major events he was involved in, especially the final act of genocide.

It was clear to Lord Zi that if this wasn’t the work of Blue Star’s major families, he wouldn’t believe it!

A regular professional simply wouldn’t have the prowess to unearth such comprehensive details about him.

Obviously, this was the Blue Star Humans causing trouble intentionally, or perhaps, it was a deliberate move to make him a target, drawing fire away so they could develop swiftly and securely.

"As expected, heavy is the head that wears the crown. The targeting has started already."

But it didn’t matter, what was it to him to be the enemy of all?

He dared to wield the butcher’s knife on Blue Star, slaughtering the little devils and the Coalition of Nations. Now, having entered the Sea of Realms, there was no way he would lay down his knife, was there?

"Those who obstruct me, shall meet their end, be they gods or demons. Those who kneel may live, those who stand defiant shall die!"

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He refused to believe that he, Lord Zi, couldn’t seize the position of a great lord in this clear and boundless world!

He noted the poster’s lord number in a specially prepared notebook.

Anyone with ill intentions towards him could not be spared. They would either die or be banished from the Sea of Realms—there was no third option!

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Switching from the chat channel of New World No. 99, he looked toward the town regional channel No. 10086.

The other channels were even busier, but they too shared his detailed information posting from the world channel.

"Good, there will always be some who are not afraid to die. Lord Zi guarantees, you’ll be the first batch to die!"

He noted down the numbers of the forwarding lords before he began to check the chat messages in the regional channel.

Besides discussing his information, the topic was about the rankings, especially the battle strength rankings.

The rules of the Sea of Realms would display the top hundred strongest fighters in New World No. 99, starting from the one hundredth and broadcasting every second, showing directly in the system alerts of all lords, wanderers, and mercenaries.

Yes, this was displayed for all professionals who entered the Sea of Realms.

What interested Zi Liyuan was that he still topped the current battle strength rankings, but the second place was taken by a surprisingly unexpected name.

[Ding, Announcement from New World No. 99: 2nd place in battle strength, Liu Yiqing (Wanderer), Blue Star Human Race!]

Wanderer!!!

Those professionals who entered the Sea of Realms without using a [Heart of the Lord] could choose to be either wanderers or mercenaries.

The former, with no fixed abode, fend for themselves with a high mortality rate!

The latter, group together for survival, living like monsters, with not a low mortality rate!

Basically, only those who are very confident in their own strength would choose to become wanderers.

The former has a higher chance of becoming a hero unit.

The latter has a higher chance of becoming a troop unit.

Zi Liyuan never anticipated that the second name on the battle strength rankings would be a wanderer, and moreover, from the Blue Star Human Race.

This person was definitely talented. If he didn’t fall quickly, he might be a potential ally worthy of being courted.

"Wait until I upgrade the Lord’s Mansion to Level 10. If you’re still not dead by then, I’ll send an invitation letter."

After upgrading the Lord’s Mansion to Level 10, Taverns would offer a special service of communicating with heroes.

You could send invitation letters to rogue hero units, and whether they would come to see your territory depended on if your prestige was high enough.

Prestige would not just decide the position of the great lord but also attract rogue heroes or monsters in New World No. 99.

They might even come over to pledge allegiance and serve you, depending entirely on the charm and personality of the lord.

Liyuan scanned down the list of the top hundred in battle strength. Aside from the one unexpected wanderer, the rest were occupied by lords.

Many familiar names shocked him as they appeared on the list. The most eye-catching were the four descendants of the royal bloodlines of the Ancient Empire.

These guys were no easy opponents. Once they were on the rankings, they could create a biography to attract professionals.

These guys had boldly highlighted their identities as direct descendants of the four royal bloodlines of the Ancient Empires of the Blue Star Human Race with thick, bold, and red letters.

With such identities out in the open, about one-tenth of the lords from the Blue Star Humans would want to join them.

Of course, anyone entering the Sea of Realms pursuing the lordship did so with the ambition to become the great lord. They would definitely not give up directly until they clearly understood their own position at the end.

Liyuan himself also had supporters. Those who entered the Sea of Realms from common professional backgrounds were quite optimistic about him becoming the ultimate winner.

But his main support base was those wanderers and mercenaries who had not used a [Lord’s Heart] to enter the Sea of Realms and strove for a glimmer of hope for the future.

Most of these wanderers and mercenaries were of common professional backgrounds and knew everything there was to know about Li Yuan on Blue Star.

The true rise of a common professional, the head of the Dragon Academy, the Gravedigger of the Coalition of Nations, and the peerless Human Butcher who annihilated the little devils.

Indeed, by exterminating the little devils’ race, he maxed out his popularity within the Great Xia Empire, and the common professionals adored him immensely.

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