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

Let's switch the perspective back to Liu Nian.

In just a few days, more than 3,300 people have become Liu Nian's vassals.

To be more precise, there are approximately 2,300 players from China, plus about 1,000 players from other countries.

This number is higher than expected.

When the statistics were first compiled, the total number of players from China was just over four thousand. After removing those with questionable stances and those who were excluded, and then removing a few tough nuts like that blond young man who chose "independence," almost all the rest are here.

As long as someone is genuinely loyal, willing to follow the rules, and aware of the consequences of "betrayal," they will not be refused entry into Liu Nian's camp.

In fact, after becoming a descendant of the dragon, there is no need for betrayal at all!

What was the reason for the betrayal?

Of course, it's for survival!

Charles, Matt, and the others initially switched sides because they believed that humans on Earth couldn't win the Ascension War.

Later, seeing the rise of Dragon Kingdom players, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and go down this path to the bitter end, otherwise they would be purged.

Now that the problem of survival has been solved, why would you still be a traitor? Are you some kind of born bastard?

Therefore, everyone now lives in Dragon City; some are helping with construction, some are teaming up to fight monsters, and some are researching skills and equipment...

The location of Dragon City is no longer a secret.

The reason is simple—back then, apart from the Dragon Abyss guild, which was a purely Dragon Kingdom player guild, the other Dragon-named guilds already had many non-Dragon Kingdom members. Some of these people did not choose to become vassals but left.

Liu Nian didn't care where the people who left went.

But the exact coordinates of Longcheng naturally spread throughout the entire competition area as they followed their footsteps.

Especially after Leon and his group became vassals of the pigmen, they reported the coordinates of Dragon City to their new masters in order to curry favor. It is said that Leon even drew a map with clear markings, including the only magic-suppressing passage.

Leon wasn't without his traitors; their motivations for betraying him were complex.

On the one hand, she was forced to be a dog for the pig-men to survive, but on the other hand, she despised Leon's actions, so she secretly exposed some of Leon's actions.

And sure enough, as many human players betrayed the Chaos Tribe, some information about the internal workings of the Chaos Tribe began to be known by other human players.

"Sold out really cleanly." Wu Zhan sneered after hearing this.

Liu Nian didn't seem to care.

It was only a matter of time before it was exposed.

He's not afraid of being exposed at all; come and fight if you dare!

Interestingly, after the three chaotic races learned the location of Dragon City, they did not attack.

The information they received was that the pigmen, ratmen, and goblins had held a meeting and decided to remain inactive. Their plan was simple—to monitor Dragon City but not to intervene. Once the thirty-day deadline was up, the human faction would lose their main city and be reduced to wild monsters. At that point, even the most powerful Dragon Kingdom players in Dragon City would be forcibly transformed into wild monsters by the system, at their mercy.

"That's wishful thinking." After hearing the report, Wang Mian curled his lip.

Wu Zhan scratched his chin: "Their logic is sound—under normal circumstances, that's indeed the case."

"Isn't this abnormal?" Wang Mian smiled and looked at Liu Nian.

Liu Nian is currently considering who should be the first to participate in the promotion trial.

According to Liu Nian's suggestion, the first person must meet several conditions: strong survivability, high attack power, diverse damage types, area-of-effect damage ability, and preferably invincibility skills.

To put it simply, it means being able to withstand attacks, fight, and run away. Even if it doesn't succeed, it will still buy more time and allow us to gather some useful information.

Several people gathered together and studied the matter for a long time before finally choosing one person.

Du Weize.

He's an arcane warrior, a melee mage tank. He's usually quiet, but in fights, he's like a leech—once he gets in, he's impossible to shake off, and his damage is incredibly high. He can deal arcane, physical, and elemental damage. He's fearless in one-on-one combat, fearless in group battles, and his survival skills are outrageously numerous.

"It's him," Liu Nian decided.

Upon receiving the notification, Du Weize didn't waste any words and followed Liu Nian into the dragon's corpse to begin the challenge.

He lasted fifteen minutes on his first try, and although he failed in the end, he was very confident that he would succeed on his second try.

He returned, changed his equipment, and obtained several potions from the beekeeper. The second time, he adjusted his strategy, taking a steady and methodical approach. Twenty-two minutes later, he successfully completed the challenge!

When Du Weize walked out of the training ground, he was surrounded by a faint golden light, and like Liu Nian, he had grown 10 centimeters taller.

"Did it work?" Liu Nian asked knowingly.

"It's done." Du Weize grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

The second player of the Divine Dragon lineage has been born.

The next steps are process organization, strategy review, and targeted research.

Wu Zhan, Wang Mian, Wang Mu, Jiang Yi, and Yun Xiangrong, these top players from Longyuan, are already quite strong. For them, this so-called "Mythical Trial," while difficult, is not insurmountable. Especially with Du Weize's experience as a foundation, their success rate in participating in the trial is almost 100%.

However, they have not yet conducted trials, because they still need to defend Dragon City and attack the three chaotic races. If they all ascend, who will fight them?

But for some people, it's not so easy.

For example, Lin Ying.

His profession is a silent assassin, with an extremely singular damage type—purely high armor-penetrating physical damage. He finds it quite difficult to deal with monsters in trials that require multiple damage types to break through their defenses.

Therefore, players of this type need to adjust their strategies and prepare in advance, learning new skills and changing equipment as needed.

In addition, there are players with extreme professional skills such as Yin Qianyu, Zhao Xinchun, and Su Wan, who all need to catch up on their studies.

The news of Du Zewei's successful promotion naturally caused a great stir.

Most players in Dragon City knew about the Ascension Trial, and now that Du Weize had succeeded, it was naturally a good thing for them.

This is an amazing perk!

But the human players outside Dragon City would be in for a world of trouble if they found out.

They hid in various dark corners, communicating with each other through faction channels. When the news that "the Dragon Kingdom people can upgrade and leave the human faction without having to fight the upgrade war" was confirmed, the evil of human nature began to be revealed, and the channels were filled with a barrage of curses.

What gives them the right? While we're here waiting to die, they're secretly getting promoted?

[The people of the Dragon Kingdom are truly selfish! They eat the meat themselves, leaving not a single drop of soup for anyone!]

I knew they had ulterior motives when they withdrew from the coalition! They already knew there were other ways to survive!

Why, why, why, why—