Chapter 1118 - 203: A Frenzied Setup, Plummeting Market Share

Chapter 1118: Chapter 203: A Frenzied Setup, Plummeting Market Share

But it’s also said that the Black Tortoise Race has a very different train of thought.

The four Divine Beasts each have their own personality flaws; their characters are slow to start, dull, and lazy.

No need to work, just sleep straight away, sleep in a blacksmith’s shop—could there actually be such a good thing?

That’s probably what these blacksmiths call winning lying down, right?

Recently, he has been exhibiting in various regions, and he saw those Heaven’s Chosen scrambling for a mission to hammer themselves, going to the blacksmith’s shop as materials, crazily jumping into the Forging Furnace!

With someone leading, he didn’t feel that it damaged his self-esteem.

The Black Tortoise Emperor couldn’t help but say, "Great, thanks to the Xi Rong Race, our race has over a hundred with Perfection in the Self-Transformation Realm, and several hundred in the One Heart Realm, with many more left."

"I will have them register a small Profound Turtle with Black Tortoise bloodline, sleep for a few hundred years in a small world, and return to the blacksmith’s shop to continuously shine for our ’Sword Casting Manor’."

This?

Next to him, the Nine-headed Dragon Emperor’s expression slightly changed instantly.

This old turtle is a bit devious.

So many clansmen hidden in the background?

Although our Dragon Race is known for being prolific, we also have high mortality; a big tree attracts the wind.

But the Black Tortoise Race reproduces slowly, yet they have long lifespans, and the clansmen are almost undying. Historically, they have rarely shown up in battles, spending most of their time sleeping, sleeping to grow stronger.

And the White Tiger Emperor’s expression also slightly changed; he didn’t expect his old friend to hide over a hundred shields from him.

Jiucai Rong chuckled and cupped his hands, "Black Tortoise Emperor, you are indeed the biggest help among the four Divine Beasts to us; after all, our main business is blacksmithing, isn’t it?"

"Moreover, other races won’t forge tens of thousands of turtle shells to refine Divine Techniques; this method is exclusive to your Black Tortoise Race!"

Ning Zheng nodded slightly at this.

Jiucai Rong did very well.

I, as the old manager, am not suited to say this, so Jiucai Rong had to play the bad guy.

After all, this guy has already hung on street lamps often, so he’s not afraid of some more notoriety now.

Jiucai Rong is indeed useful, sensible, emotionally intelligent, and actively takes the blame.

He has good self-awareness; I am the old manager, and he is the scapegoat manager.

Ning Zheng thought to himself: The Black Tortoise Race’s joining substantially bolsters our Xi Rong foundation. Someday, I’ll ask Jian Xin and others to adjust the Black Tortoise Race’s structure with the Life Country citizens, making it more convenient for this race to forge iron.

Black Tortoise, if you are to forge iron, it’s better to upgrade; cost-effectiveness will be higher.

At this time, the largest force in the Nine-State I recruited, the four Divine Beasts, has also received their tasks.

And Xin Xichen, upon discovering he can log into a Pseudo-Pseudo-Person character, is now assembling a Pseudo-Pseudo-Person army, dealing with the remnants of the Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate’s troops.

Ning Zheng’s gaze fell on the last person: "Cursed Old Man, what do you think you should be responsible for?"

The Cursed Old Man thought for a moment, "I still think I should be responsible as an Auspicious Beast to suppress our gradually massive force."

"Oh?" Ning Zheng was surprised.

The Cursed one said, "I also count as an Auspicious Beast, but I am a Tribulation Beast, cultivating black Tribulation Qi."

Ning Zheng understood in his heart.

How to put it, the Cursed one is not a [Disaster Beast], because Disaster Beasts arise from unpaid causal debts.

They are all unconscious, irrational natural phenomena.

The ability and Divine Technique of the Cursed one is storing black Tribulation Qi for attack purposes.

He is essentially different from the incarnations of Tribulation Qi, Disaster Beasts.

He is like a human Poison Master, cautiously hiding a super poison in a jar, but if he is even slightly careless, he might poison himself to death.

But isn’t Ning Zheng the same?

He himself uses a large amount of Luck to suppress Tribulation Qi; otherwise, he would suffer a backlash.

However, Tribulation Qi is indeed quite useful.

Surrounding oneself can prevent divination on you.

Surrounding this grave world can further prevent divination on this world.

Ning Zheng laughed, "I’ve heard that the End of Dharma Domain is full of lunatics, cultivating Tribulation Qi, liking to play with such dangerous calamities, often injuring themselves and others... high casualties."

Immortal Vein Domain, End of Dharma Domain, Refining Cauldron Domain.

Zhongluan Domain, Holy Spirit Domain, Ten Thousand Beasts Domain.

These six are the true giants of the True Immortal Realm.

The remaining seven Yin Yang Five Elements Immortal Domains?

They just suppress the civilization of attributes in the Immortal Realm; although there are Immortal Venerates, they are all at the ordinary Immortal Venerate level.

The kind that can be beaten by top-tier Immortal Venerates dozens at a time.

Does this seem exaggerated?

It’s not exaggerated! Otherwise, how could mere six giant civilizations suppress group fights in All Heavens and Myriad Realms?

Ning Zheng, a True Immortal of the Second Layer, can now also fight with the stance of dozens of Immortal Venerates, passing through seven or eight calamities, the monstrous Saint Child of a major sect in the Second Layer of the True Immortal Realm.

Ning Zheng thought for a moment, "The End of Dharma Domain is one of the six giants, so this must be very promising. You can serve as our Xi Rong’s Auspicious Beast, responsible for security."

"In terms of resources, I can provide them to you, but you need to go to those four explosive points of space bombs, study black Tribulation Qi, and bring back the black Tribulation Qi for absorption and research, even discovering a Magical Treasure for storing Tribulation Qi."

This is a research mission, asking the Cursed one to research his own Tribulation Qi Divine Technique and patrol the battlefield.

Those four space bombs exploded with a large amount of black Tribulation Qi, which is now still permeating various battlefields in the Immortal Realm.

Everyone else has an Auspicious Beast for suppression, how could Xi Rong not have one?

Let’s cultivate one.

I can’t always rely on my Qi Fortune Gambling Table; do you really think my money keeps coming endlessly?

The drawback of Ning Zheng’s Qi Fortune Bar is very obvious; it is a one-time consumable.

In contrast, the Qi Fortune Bar of a traditional Auspicious Beast, like its Health Bar and Soul Bar, can recover itself, actively "regenerating mana".

Once Cursed rises, even if it’s only at the True Immortal Level, the auto-recovering full Qi Fortune Bar will help counter a wave of the enemy’s divination attacks.

Moreover, it can store Tribulation Qi, which is extremely useful for defense.

Xi Rong’s mountain-protecting Auspicious Beast, the first generation Sun Moon, Cursed, it’s up to you!

Cursed hesitated for a moment, "Thanks for the favor from Xi Rong’s forces. If I encounter some innocent Embers along the way, I would like to help them."

Ning Zheng was a bit startled, "You want to establish your refugee camp again?"

Unlike others, this old man Cursed is practically a genuinely good person.

Historically, he was the first to become a Divine Beast that cleansed the world’s Muddy Qi, becoming the Sun Moon, Yin Crow.

He established the Embers Kingdom behind the Nursery, allowing some innocent Embers who didn’t want their ancestral graves disturbed to rest peacefully after death.

But Cursed is not a Holy Mother; he only helps when he can without harming his own interests.

Historically, he helped many founding emperors, even extending a hand to the pitiful Mother of Non-Life.

Even Ning Zheng suspects that being a good person is his hobby over his fifteen million year-long life.

"Forget it, you can bring them back depending on the situation, and root them outside the walls of Chongshan Town."

Ning Zheng instructed: "Just don’t cause trouble, doing a bit of good can also earn Xi Rong a good reputation."

"Alright." Cursed smiled, the other party has given him enough respect and allocated him the most suitable tasks: research, traveling around, and rescuing the unfortunate...

At this point, the six cultivators of the Nine-State also officially have businesses tailored for them.

Ning Zheng, the rebellious force from the Nine-State, no, a neutral force, has formed the prototype of a team!

Together, they strive for the rise of the Nine-State.

...

Three days later.

Everything was on the right track.

The huge Nine-State civilization force was completely operational, with every cog, screw, and shop having its own position.

Although there are two major platforms competing for business, the number of Heaven’s Chosen coming in is actually increasing.

Because the imitation by the two Immortal Venerate forces essentially served as huge publicity for Ning Zheng.

Moreover, Ning Zheng offers more benefits than others, and now the difference between genuine and fake is obvious at a glance.

None of these immortals are foolish; they speak with their actions.

With the massive base, Ning Zheng’s login rate was once again maxed out, with a million people online simultaneously, directly hitting the capacity limit of this Immortal Artifact Magical Treasure!

A platform at the million-level.

Yet the platforms in Netherworld and Immortal Realm reached populations of over a hundred million!

Because they have also started madly perfecting their prototype Immortal Item.

Even treating it as a Supreme Treasure to suppress their respective forces, using it as a Divine Artifact connecting medium for "Embers".

This made Ning Zheng want to complain that his platform’s population limit was low.

The foundational depths of these Immortal Venerates are too strong, and he still needs to acquire a few more Life Immortal Venerate’s tomb Tao Fruit...

Just how many Life Tao Fruits do they have in their pockets?

Unfortunately, Ning Zheng won’t be able to get more Life Tao Fruits in a short period.

In this round of business warfare, Ning Zheng’s foundations were directly exposed as a little gecko among two giant commercial crocodiles, unable to withstand the impact.

Even though they can’t produce the "Life Country Immortal Venerate character creation" or "Embers duplication" features, they introduced entirely new functionalities.

Reproduction functionality, cultivation speed functionality...

Which are also their exclusive abilities.

They update at a daily pace, adding features.

The facts show, the predictions discussed in taverns and tea houses were spot on.

Xi Rong, Netherworld, Immortal Realm, the tripod power structure only held for three days.

The masses have keen eyes.

After three days of business warfare, Xi Rong was directly eliminated.

Becoming the first defeated small force, its market share dropped from 30% to around 5%.

And as the giants of the two Immortal Venerate forces entered, using this War Immortal Artifact, they thoroughly influenced the war situation across countless worlds.

"Oh my dear mother, we’re finished as blacksmiths! In every novel, isn’t the biggest advantage of the Fourth Calamity in games resurrection, and rapid troop expansion?"

"Those Immortal Venerates are despicable! Just because they glanced at our players in the crowd, the second glance led them to copy our players’ [Resurrection Point], a bunch of beasts! That’s the trait of the Fourth Calamity... that’s just gone!"

Jiucai Rong continued to send reports, constantly lamenting, "Fight infringement, protect the original, even the players’ resurrection points are copied, you’re simply inhuman."

Ning Zheng felt speechless, what did you take Immortal Venerates for?

Fools?

If their deep foundations couldn’t achieve similar War Immortal Artifacts, that would be truly foolish.