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

Liu Nian messaged Kal'tsit: "There's something I'd like to ask you."

Kal'tsit: "What is it?"

Liu Nian sent Yun Xiangrong's coordinates: "A friend of mine just got promoted to this location. Do you have time to go there? I'll pay you."

Kal'tsit was silent for a few seconds, seemingly checking the target location, before replying a moment later: "There's a teleportation point nearby. I can go there quickly! As for the reward... 5 crystal coins?"

Without hesitation, Liu Nian transferred 10 crystal coins.

Wow! That's generous! Deal!

Kal'tsit happily accepted the money: "Wait here, I'll go pick them up."

Liu Nian leaned back in his chair and continued chatting with Kal'tsit in a casual manner.

As they chatted, he began to tentatively steer the conversation toward the main topic.

"Kal'tsit, why don't you join my guild?"

Kal'tsit sent a question mark.

"Huh? I was thinking of recruiting you into our guild, but instead you're trying to recruit me?"

Liu Nian smiled and said, "Excuse me for being blunt, but your little lousy guild has no future."

Kal'tsit immediately bristled: "It's Dawnbreaker! Not Little Broken! Our guild may not have many members, but the atmosphere is great!"

"What's the use of a good atmosphere?" Liu Nian continued, "Can you get paid? Can you get equipment? Can you take people to high-level dungeons?"

Kal'tsit: "...Why are you so materialistic! Besides, have you even started a guild yet?"

"Creating a guild is easy, a piece of cake."

Kal'tsit was even more suspicious: "In a minute? Do you know how many crystals it takes to create a cross-regional guild? 1000! Do you have that?"

Liu Nian didn't say anything, but directly sent a screenshot of a backpack.

In the screenshot, the Crystal Coins column clearly shows: 28450.

Kal'tsit remained silent.

Liu Nian continued typing: "Let me tell you, I have tens of thousands of men under my command, and many of them possess extraordinary combat power and talent. Their development prospects are definitely much better than your Dawnbreaker."

Kal'tsit remained silent for a long time.

Then a string of ellipses came through.

"...Tens of thousands of people? Really?"

You'll find out later.

Liu Nian paused, then added, "When the time is right, I will establish my own main city. I brought you in because you're a good person, and also because you're more familiar with this place than we are. In the future, when my people are promoted, I'll inevitably need your help to pick them up. So why don't you just join my guild and we can cooperate long-term?"

Kal'tsit fell silent again.

Then she sent a message, her tone sly:

"You wish!"

Liu Nian: ?

Kal'tsit continued, "If I don't join your guild, you'll have to pay me every time you contact me! If I join your guild, I'll become a free laborer! I'm not stupid!"

Liu Nian: "..."

It seems... that's indeed the case.

He rubbed his temples and smiled helplessly.

This girl... you really can't fool her!

After finishing his conversation with Kal'tsit, Liu Nian got up and left.

He sent Yun Xiangrong a message, saying that he had sent a Sun Elf named Kal'tsit to pick her up and that she should wait where she was.

Then he went to deal with the spoils of the trip himself.

First, I went to browse through the various shops and checked the prices of the items. In the end, I found that the Adventurers' Guild offered more.

After dealing with the items in his backpack, Liu Nian found the window for posting tasks.

Behind the window sat a rabbit-girl with long ears and big eyes. She smiled sweetly when she saw Liu Nian come in.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

"Please post a task for me."

"Please speak!"

"Find the Boundary Tree—100 Crystal Coins will be awarded upon verification of accurate clues. 500 Crystal Coins will be awarded upon taking the poster to the correct coordinates!"

Her ears perked up immediately, and her eyes widened.

"Sir, are you sure about this price? 100 crystal coins per clue, isn't that too high?"

Liu Nian shook his head: "Not high. Just send it like this."

The girl with bunny ears nodded and began entering the information into the system.

Liu Nian stood to the side waiting.

The Netherworld is so vast, and there are so many players; who knows, maybe one of them just happens to know about the Boundary Tree?

Even if only one person knows, the money was well spent.

[Task successfully posted. 650 Crystal Coins deducted. (Including deposit, refundable if canceled)]

Liu Nian turned and left the guild hall. Next, he was going to the city lord's mansion to apply to establish his own guild.

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Ascalon Ruins: Dragon City.

Wu Zhan stood on the city wall, his expression extremely solemn.

Behind him, Wang Mian was discussing something with several centaurs.

Since Liu Nian's ascension, more and more players in the Dragon Kingdom have passed the ascension trial.

There are now over a hundred players of the Divine Dragon lineage in Dragon City, all at level 99.

Since they would ascend to immortality once they reached level 99, they dared not make a move easily, so they brought in a large number of centaur players to participate in the battle.

"What's the situation with the ratmen now?" Wang Mian asked.

"They're still hiding," Wu Zhan said. "Their main city is deep underground, so it's not easy to attack."

Wang Mian nodded, his eyes gleaming.

He suddenly asked, "What do you think the Demon Bear and the Eagle Clan are thinking right now?"

Wu Zhan paused for a moment, then laughed.

"They must be thinking—what exactly are these Dragonborn lunatics up to?"

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Frosthowl Fortress, the main city of the Demon Bear Clan.

Sun Eater sat on the chieftain's throne, with three clan leaders standing before him: Rock, Thunderclaw, and Blaze.

"Are you sure?" Shi Ri's voice was deep, like muffled thunder rolling across the sky.

Thunderclaw nodded: "Confirmed. The goblin capital city is completely destroyed; its foundations collapsed, and the entire city has sunk underground."

Sun Devourer fell silent, then Blazing Fire spoke up: "Great Chieftain, what are the humans... no, the Dragonborn doing? With their strength, why don't they occupy and annex cities? Why do they destroy them instead?"

Shi Ri raised his head, a flash of understanding appearing in his eyes.

"Because they're not in the promotion battle!"

The clan leaders were taken aback.

The Sun Devourer slowly said, "The descendants of the Divine Dragons have already broken away from the human camp; they are an independent race. The Ascension War is a six-race war, and they are not part of it, so—"

"So they can't take over the main city!" Rock exclaimed.

"Yes." Devourer of the Sun stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the gray sky in the distance. "They destroyed the goblin capital, destroyed the pigman capital, and next will be the ratmen. Once the capitals of the three chaotic races are all destroyed, only the Demon Bears and Eagleborn will be left in this region."

The elder's expression changed.

"Then...then does that mean we'll never be able to get promoted?!"

The Sun Devourer did not answer.

But silence itself is the answer.

He turned around, his voice suddenly sharp:

"Send the order: Assemble all the people! Target—the Skaven capital! We must take down the Skaven before the Dragonborn!"