Chapter 579 - 344: The Great War Begins, Oasis in Crisis

Of course, even if they did betray him, it wouldn’t matter. Su Ze could kill them now, and it would only be easier to eliminate them in the future.

"There will inevitably be a great war between the humans of Blue Star and the Nian Race. When that time comes, I hope you will lead the evolutionaries of the Western Continent to actively join the fight," Su Ze said.

"It’s our duty as humans," Craig said hastily.

His words came from the heart. One couldn’t afford to be foolish when it came to such fundamental principles. If they didn’t want to see their people annihilated or enslaved, their only choice was to fight.

Frank and the others quickly chimed in as well.

Su Ze nodded and was about to leave.

Frank quickly asked, "Mr. Su... what should we do about the auction?"

Su Ze paused. "I’d forgotten all about it until you brought it up. Let’s just cancel it. Oh, and don’t forget to return the two vials of extract I left with your association."

He had organized the auction to draw out Baliss. Now that puzzle piece number four was in his hands, there was naturally no need to hold it.

Frank’s face fell. "But we’ve been advertising it for a long time, and the invitations to our VIP clients have already been sent out. If we cancel it now, the Stu Commerce Association’s reputation will be ruined!"

Su Ze thought for a moment. To be honest, he didn’t really care about the items he’d put up for auction. He just couldn’t be bothered with the hassle.

He said, "Let’s do this. The puzzle piece is definitely off the table for the auction. As for the other seventeen items, you can acquire them from me in trade, based on their market value. Whatever price they fetch at the auction, and however much profit is made, that’s all yours. I’ll stay out of it."

Frank agreed without a moment’s hesitation. The items Su Ze had provided were all high-tier resources that were hard to come by. Combined with all the recent publicity, the auction was set to be unprecedented in scale, with a huge number of attendees. The final sale prices were guaranteed to be well above market value.

The Stu Commerce Association was sure to make a fortune from this.

Craig, seeing the opportunity, interjected with envy, "If the Stu Commerce Association can’t handle all these treasures, the Wol Family can help take some off your hands."

"There’s no need for the Wol Family to concern itself..." Frank rejected him outright.

But Su Ze said, "That’s fine. Take me to see the vaults of both your families. If I see anything I like, we can use it to trade directly for my high-tier resources. Don’t worry, I won’t let you get a bad deal."

It wasn’t as if he’d take just any old thing. To be precise, there were very few resources left on Blue Star that could actually catch his eye.

He was mainly interested in seeing if the Western Continent had any rare, local specialties that the people around him might be able to use.

Since Su Ze himself had said so, Frank didn’t argue.

Next, Su Ze visited the vaults of the Stu Commerce Association and the Wol Family in succession.

The Western Continent did indeed have some local specialties that were rare or even unheard of on the Lin Hua Continent. Su Ze selected a few, and also traded for several vials of extract from fourth and fifth-tier exotic beasts unique to the Western Continent.

To Su Ze’s pleasant surprise, he even found several enhancement materials suitable for him in their vaults. Unfortunately, none of them could be used to enhance his "Furious Waves" skill.

After absorbing the materials, Su Ze’s Flying Skill, "Celestial Sea Wings," was unexpectedly upgraded to the sixth tier.

However, aside from another significant boost to his flight and Water Escape speed, the upgraded "Celestial Sea Wings" skill showed no other changes.

’It seems this skill will need to reach the seventh tier before it undergoes a fundamental transformation.’

Su Ze didn’t need much else, so he traded for more of the Western Continent’s local specialties, along with some resources that the Guardian Gods of Dongli could use.

Su Ze didn’t take much. All told, both the Stu Commerce Association and the Wol Family were set to make a massive profit.

After all, since the two families had just sworn fealty to him, it was only right to give them a little sweetener.

Back on the Magic Cube, Mr. Ya had already finished absorbing the Moon God-level Bloodline Crystal. The process had gone very smoothly.

’Just as I thought. He can only absorb escape and defense-type skills.’

Not lingering on the Western Continent, Su Ze piloted the Magic Cube and returned to the Lin Hua Continent in the blink of an eye.

...

The moment he reconnected to the network, Su Ze’s phone started buzzing incessantly with messages from all quarters.

Su Ze glanced at the notifications. There were messages from Chen Suifeng, Pulamon, the Guardian Gods of Dongli, Liou Wenxin, and others.

He began to go through them one by one.

First were Chen Suifeng’s messages. In them, he primarily described the current situation in Lin Hua Country and the ongoing conflict between the two parties. Chen Suifeng’s concern was palpable between the lines.

The conflict between the Blue Star Party and the Alien Party had intensified to the point where they were like fire and water. The Blue Star Party, knowing it was the weaker side, had consistently been taking a concessionary stance. However, the Alien Party was relentlessly aggressive, refusing to yield an inch and deliberately pushing the Blue Star Party’s limits.

The upper echelon of the Blue Star Party unanimously predicted that war was imminent!

The situation across the entire Lin Hua Continent grew tense as a result.

Recently, the Alien Party had organized a mission to retake Ancient An Country. They sent Deng Sui, armed with a god-level artifact, to carry out a decapitation strike against Pulamon.

They knew Pulamon was under Su Ze’s control and thus considered an asset of the Blue Star Party, so they planned to use this as an opportunity to weaken the party’s power.

However, thanks to a tip-off from Chen Suifeng, Pulamon went into hiding ahead of time, leaving Ancient An Country and saving his own life.

This was also confirmed in the messages from Pulamon.

Notably, while Deng Sui was stationed in Ancient An Country with the god-level artifact, Pulamon reported the situation to the leader of the Filth Earth Organization.

Not long after, a palace of shadows descended upon Lin Hua Country. The mysterious leader of the Filth Earth Organization appeared and engaged in a great battle with Jiang Pingle.