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

The council hall of the Twelve Dukes of Cloudcrown City.

Yang Lawei stood on the terrace, listening to the scout's report.

His expression was calm.

But the knuckles of his hand gripping the railing were white.

"Has the Sun Devourer already made its move?" he asked.

"Yes." The scout bowed his head. "The Demon Bear Clan army is gathering, heading straight for the Ratman capital."

Yang Lawei was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"interesting."

Behind him, an adjutant asked cautiously, "Your Grace, what should we do?"

Yang Lavi turned around and looked at his adjutant.

Why do you think the Dragonborn would destroy the main city?

The adjutant hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Because...they can't take it?"

"Yes." Yang Lavie nodded. "They couldn't take it over, so they just destroyed it. That way, the entire competition area is just us and the Demon Bear... What exactly are they planning..."

"Then we..."

"I need to speak with Sun Devourer." A cold glint flashed in Yang Lavie's eyes. "The situation is dire!"

The adjutant asked, "Should I inform the other dukes?"

"No need."

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Liu Nian was halfway there when Kal'tsit said that the person had been brought back, so he postponed his trip to the city lord's mansion and went back to the tower to wait.

Yun Xiangrong wore a simple silver-white light armor, which somehow gave her a dashing and heroic air. Her long hair was draped over her shoulders, and her eyes were smiling. The moment she saw Liu Nian, her eyes lit up.

Then her gaze swept between Liu Nian and Kal'tsit, her expression changing slightly.

"Liu Nian!!!"

She pounced on him and gave Liu Nian a tight bear hug.

Liu Nian rolled his eyes as she was being strangled, then patted her back: "Alright, alright, let go."

Kal'tsit, who was watching the two from the side, suddenly interjected, "You two have such a good relationship."

Yun Xiangrong clung to Liu Nian's arm, saying matter-of-factly, "Of course! We fought our way through the competition together!!"

Kal'tsit glanced at Liu Nian with a subtle look, but said nothing.

Liu Nian said to Kal'tsit, "Thank you for your hard work. We still have things to do, so you can go ahead and get back to work?"

Kal'tsit waved her hand: "Then I'll be going. Call me if you need anything!"

Yun Xiangrong watched the direction she left in, then suddenly leaned close to Liu Nian's ear and whispered, "Who's that elf girl? She's quite pretty."

Liu Nian casually said, "The director I just met has been a great help."

"Oh—" Yun Xiangrong drawled, "So you just sent her to pick me up?"

Liu Nian: "Otherwise what? If it were me, I probably wouldn't have found you by now."

Yun Xiangrong pursed her lips and said nothing more.

Liu Nian pushed open the door and led her into the tower.

"This will be our base for now."

Yun Xiangrong looked around.

The stone building, about 80 square meters in size, had only a table and a few chairs on each floor, a small teleportation array and a resurrection point in the corner, and was as rudimentary as it could be.

"It's alright, it's good to have a place to stay since we just arrived!" Yun Xiangrong thought the place was quite nice and cozy, and suitable for two people to live in.

Liu Nian shared all the information he knew with Yun Xiangrong, who listened attentively and nodded from time to time.

After listening, she asked, "So what's your plan now?"

Liu Nian leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers on the armrest.

"First, establish a guild."

"Didn't you say it takes 1000 crystal coins to create a guild? Do you have that?"

Liu Nian directly posted a screenshot of his backpack.

Yun Xiangrong stared at the string of numbers, her lips twitching. "So many? How did you get them? I thought you were poor!"

"I went down into the secret realm and made a small profit," Liu said casually.

Yun Xiangrong took a deep breath and decided not to ask for details.

"Second, recruit people."

Liu Nian continued, "We're short-handed. I originally planned to poach Kal'tsit; she's familiar with this place and is a good person, but unfortunately she didn't agree. She said she wanted to maintain an 'employment relationship,' meaning she'd only pay her for her services and didn't want to work for free."

Yun Xiangrong smiled: "This girl is quite smart."

"Yes." Liu Nian smiled and continued, "Regarding manpower, I will contact Wu Zhan to ask more players who have already changed their class to Dragonborn to join. So we need to prepare in advance."

He stood up and walked to the window.

As for why the Dragonborn were chosen, it's because even if the Abe Bees came up, they wouldn't be near Otavian, but rather in the Endless Wilderness.

Not only will they not be able to help him, but they will also need to distract him to bring the person over.

After thinking it over, Liu Nian felt it was still not a safe bet.

Who knows, one of the bees might suddenly break through to level 99 for some reason. To be on the safe side, Liu Nian thought it best to let Mosh come up first and let his trolls scout ahead and explore the area.

Since the Abe bees are their own people, like their own daughters, they definitely need to be protected. The trolls were just tools forcibly subdued; those with thick skin and tough flesh can be used for now.

Once they've familiarized themselves with the surrounding area, the Abe bee people will gradually ascend.

Liu Nian continued, "Third, explore the surrounding area."

He opened the map and pointed to a gray area.

"I've activated the teleportation point inside Ovitan City. There's only one nearby point outside the city, which I activated when I took on a bodyguard mission today, but unfortunately the mission failed, and I couldn't activate the Ironforge Town I wanted to go to." Liu Nian paused and continued:

"What we need to do next is activate all the surrounding teleportation points one by one. That way, we can quickly receive any new players who come up in the future."

Yun Xiangrong nodded: "Then when do we set off?"

Liu Nian thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, it's about time today. You can come with me to set up the guild first."

Yun Xiangrong had just been promoted and was still enjoying the new experience, so she originally planned to take a good look around.

But since she could stay here with Liu Nian for the night, she thought it sounded pretty good; it was a rare opportunity! Maybe... hehe~

The two tidied up and went out. On the way, Liu Nian briefly told Yun Xiangrong about the conflict that happened when he first arrived, and why he was more familiar with Kal'tsit.

Yun Xiangrong listened and nodded, then suddenly asked curiously, "That snake-man Lie Lin you mentioned, ranked fifth on the combat power list, how is this combat power list ranked?"

Liu Nian was taken aback upon hearing this.

He seemed genuinely hadn't considered this question, and after thinking for a moment, shook his head: "I really don't know. I even met someone named Night Owl who claimed to be number eighteen on some assassin list..."

Liu Nian couldn't help but contact Kal'tsit again to ask about the rankings.

"I have something to ask you."

Kal'tsit: "Huh?"

"I don't know much about the power rankings. Could you tell me about them?"

"Power Rankings? There are roughly two types. One is the power ranking for each class, such as the Assassin Ranking, Warrior Ranking, etc. These rankings are in the corresponding guilds, like the Assassin Guild, Warrior Guild, etc. Rankings are based on points earned through PvP. Each guild in the four main cities has its own ranking. As for the overall power ranking, that's the Void Arena's power ranking. This is the overall ranking for the entire Naraku Realm, held once a year in a tournament-like format, ranked according to tournament points. You can try participating too! I think with your strength, it's possible to get into the top 1000!"