Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Is what Matt said reasonable? Absolutely!

Now, whether it's the Speaker of the Azure Council, the strongest players, the top-ranked guilds, the top-ranked pets, weapons, equipment, etc... they're all from the Dragon Kingdom! Plus, the Banner of Exile is also in the hands of Dragon Kingdom players. If they were to completely seize control of the discourse, their advantage would be enormous! These Western players will never be able to turn the tables!

Just imagine, in the future, if players from the Dragon Kingdom dislike a certain player and want to get rid of him, they only need to initiate a vote!

If this power is not checked, wouldn't the players from the Dragon Kingdom be lawless?

These people were persuaded by Matt's "concerns" and "the idea of ​​checks and balances" and tacitly approved of some of Matt and others' activities in the city, unaware that this tacit approval was pushing them and the entire Blue Town into great danger!

And they will eventually reap what they sow!

Of course, these players are different from Matt and his group; they never intended to destroy their own city or betray the human faction.

They were dissatisfied with the fact that the Chinese players had taken a dominant position in every aspect. Their original intention was to use this alliance to gain more say and resource allocation in the upcoming war, to counterbalance the Chinese players, and not let them have the final say.

The banner of exile was so intimidating that it aroused their deep fear.

It would be best if this kind of thing were in the hands of players in the Western camp!

But that was obviously impossible, so they settled for second best. They could at least win over a third of the players, which would allow them to contend with the Dragon Kingdom players and Liu Nian's Banner of Exile.

It is precisely because of this that Matt and the others are temporarily unafraid of the Banishment Banner's sanctions and can move around in Azure Town with peace of mind.

Of course, they also need the Eye of Truth to cover for them.

Leon and the others thought they were using these druids, but little did they know that the other party was using them in return!

The moment they chose to help conceal Matt and his group's movements in the city, the course of events became beyond their control.

Ultimately, they were too arrogant and conceited, always believing that they could control and manipulate everything with their abilities.

To this day, they are unaware that after Charles went to prison, these people tricked the second Speaker, Bob, into the pigmen's ambush. Bob is still imprisoned in the pigmen's prison, waiting to be sacrificed.

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Liu Nian withdrew his connection with Xiao Lan and slowly exhaled.

In one morning, with the help of Xiao Lan's almost ubiquitous water element penetration ability, he turned the area within a radius of tens of kilometers around the Azure Town and several kilometers underground almost upside down.

No signs of ratman activity were found.

They discovered several noteworthy locations: several shallowly buried metal-rich veins, a rare crystal cluster located in an underground cave that exuded a faint chill, and even a faint spatial fluctuation was sensed beneath a hidden crack in a valley in the southeast, which further investigation revealed to be the entrance to a small secret realm.

Unfortunately, it was just a low-level dungeon suitable for newbies around level 15 to explore, and the rewards from such a dungeon were worthless to him.

"There aren't any large-scale ratman underground tunnels within a radius of tens of kilometers..." Liu Nian stroked his chin, lost in thought. "Am I overthinking it? Maybe the ratmen never intended to use such a time-consuming and laborious method as 'blowing up the city'? Or... is their target not even Azure Town?"

But Liu Nian had a lingering unease. Perhaps the rat people had adopted a more covert strategy?

"Forget it, guessing won't help." Liu Nian shook his head. The continuous high-intensity, precise perception throughout the morning, even with Xiao Lan as the main source of power, was a burden on his mental strength and was indeed getting a bit annoying. He put away Xiao Lan and teleported back to the floating city.

On the way to the second level of the floating city, watching the busy and orderly bee people and spider elves, Liu Nian suddenly had a thought: "Right, why can't I make something that can blow up the main city and bury it under the pigman, goblin, or ratman main city? There's no reason why they're the only ones who can do that, right?"

This idea excited him a little.

He still remembered that the last time a cataclysmic event occurred in the molten lava vein, it was thanks to the [High-Energy Geological Shock Bomb] provided by the gnomes.

He had witnessed the power of that thing firsthand; it caused mountains to collapse and the earth to crack, and magma to erupt, directly changing the landscape and ecology of an area. Using it to deal with the main city would probably be no less effective than the troll's ley line bomb.

Without hesitation, Liu Nian returned to the teleportation array halfway through his journey and teleported directly to the Heart of the Gear to find Prince Gelbin.

The dwarf prince looked at Liu Nian and laughed, "Ah! It's City Lord Liu Nian! What a rare guest! Is there anything I can do for you? Do you need to order another batch of precision parts or special alloys?"

"Your Highness, excuse me. I'd like to ask if you still have any 'high-energy seismic shock bombs' in stock? Or similar large-scale explosive devices capable of causing devastating damage to the main city's defenses and foundations?" Liu Nian got straight to the point.

Prince Gerbin was silent for a few seconds, then his voice came with a hint of regret: "Lord Liu Nian, high-energy geological shock bombs are not something a city of our level can research. In fact, I took it with me when I left the Dwarf Kingdom. It's the only one, there are no other backups. Moreover, we don't have the technology and materials to make this kind of bomb."

The answer was as expected, and Liu Nian wasn't too disappointed. He hadn't held out much hope of obtaining such a strategic weapon so easily: "Understood, thank you for informing me, Your Highness."

Liu Nian had no choice but to return to the floating city, thinking of asking Arachne if there was anything that could be used as a substitute.

Arachne is still repairing the portal on the second level. According to her, she has received help from the Silverscale Naga and is now merging into the portal's baseplate. The final spatial calibration and stability tests will take approximately two hours. After two hours, the stable teleportation channel to the Abyss will be open.

As for that level of bomb, Arachne didn't know where to get it, but he suggested that Liu Nian go to the other side to take a look after the Demon Abyss portal was repaired.

Since the Troll King Mankor previously destroyed two major cities, there might be some of those cities among the supplies he transferred there.

Liu Nian thought that made sense, so he stopped dwelling on the matter.

Two hours... Liu Nian thought for a moment. Going to cause trouble in the territory of other hostile races would be a bit tight. There might not even be enough time to travel back and forth.

So what should he do for the next two hours? He paced back and forth, recalling the series of battles that had begun since the start of the Ascension War.

He recalled how, during his battles with Zul'jin yesterday, and later with the Crimson Demon Lord and the Thunderspear Beast, he had seized an opportunity to stack Heart Steel twice. Those two strikes directly increased his maximum health by 4800 million!

"It's been a long time since I've focused on improving my stats..." Liu Nian said with some emotion.

Since his health points exceeded 100 million, neither players nor monsters at level 99 could defeat him. Farming him was inefficient, so you should find a place with higher-level monsters to farm!

But where in their "newbie village" can you find such a place?