All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

"Tch! So what if I got beaten up by the guild leader? When we get back this time, the guild leader should be promoted to the Qi Refining Realm. I'm happy to have been beaten up by a cultivator before!" Old Zhang's hoarse voice rang out again, full of momentum, but the words he said were anything but flattering.

"Liu... Huh?" Xiao Yu, who was fuming, was about to subconsciously retort to the aunt who was speaking up for her when a light slowly appeared on her body, and a blue screen suddenly appeared.

"Merchant Xiaoyu, you have received a summons from a lord of another world. He summoned you using a slave trader token. You will soon be forcibly transported to his territory. You must take all your slaves with you. This will be the most helpful trade of your life. I hope you will not disappoint him."

"Huh?" Xiao Yu looked at the notification that suddenly appeared from the Supreme Will with a puzzled expression. What was this? She knew about the Lord of Another World, and she had heard everyone talk about the Merchant Token summoning, but this shouldn't be the case.

In their accepted understanding, the guidance of the supreme will is generally absolutely neutral and biased towards them, the native inhabitants. The lords from other worlds claim to be chosen ones, but to the native inhabitants, this is merely a euphemism for the supreme will exploring new worlds.

No matter how powerful the sky island or how great the lord, it is still subject to the rule of the supreme will and is a part of it. As long as one lives under its rule, no matter how strong anyone is, it is of little use. In the end, they are just ants that can be crushed at any time.

As for those people from other worlds, especially those from technological or magical worlds, what's most precious to the tower defense world isn't those people themselves, but the worlds they inhabit. Once those people from other worlds are made one of their own, the supreme will gains jurisdiction over those worlds.

It can completely devour those worlds that were originally in order, erase the world's will, and use it as nourishment to get closer to itself, accommodate more powerful beings and more laws, and more easily evolve itself, thus becoming a new myriad worlds, or even the World Tree.

Therefore, in the eyes of the original inhabitants of the tower defense world, those otherworldly lords are simply fools who exchange their own worlds full of future for a tiny speck of dust in the tower defense world, or even help it to continue to grow stronger. This world is endless, and there is no difference between a sky island and a continent.

Land area and living resources are meaningless to the tower defense world itself. The exclusive sky islands that supply hundreds of billions or trillions of otherworldly beings are nothing more than primitive fantasies of these people who have never been exposed to the great power of cultivation. For the supreme will, building them may only require a boring thought.

Therefore, the natives of the tower defense world generally look down on these self-proclaimed superior lords from other worlds. Didn't they see that even the supreme will of these lords has exiled them to the skies and the frontier?

The outer reaches of the Sky are not a good place. The reason for the Empire's strategy of developing in a lowly manner is simply that it looks down on these remote places with no strategic importance. Once these lords have developed on their own, the Supreme Will will have the Void Monsters completely crush them.

Then, powerful and promising lords from other worlds will be valued by neighboring empires, which will then intervene to help them submit and become part of the empire. At that time, those lords from other worlds will have the right to know all of this.

But why is the Supreme Will speaking in such a humble tone now, and even explicitly stating that this is the trade that will be of the greatest help to him in his life? This is somewhat illogical.

Although Xiaoyu is young and has a lively personality, she is not stupid. With the help of the uncles and aunts in the caravan, Xiaoyu is much more mature than her peers. Moreover, Xiaoyu is also a member of the caravan and is often taught profound principles by Sister Xu Yu, a quasi-cultivator. She knows a lot, but the more she knows, the less she understands the meaning of this hint.

"Zhang Shu, Aunt Liu, I've been chosen by the Merchant Token. I'll be right back. Could you please keep an eye on the Little Fish Ship for me?" Seeing that the light around her was getting brighter and brighter, Little Fish temporarily put aside some unrealistic ideas. Since the Supreme Will had said so, there was no reason not to go.

Xiao Yu brought the Little Fish directly close to the two void ships. Without waiting for their consent, she launched a grappling hook and hooked the two void ships. Then she stopped the energy crystal burning in the engine room, took out all the treasure chests she had stored, and put them into her storage bag one by one.

"Little Yu, keep your head up! Don't be polite to those fools. Just multiply the price tenfold and rip them off. Let's show off our merchant group's power! Such money-making opportunities are rare."

Uncle Zhang's hoarse voice sounded anxiously again. At the same time, a middle-aged man stepped out of a somewhat dilapidated wooden boat, removed the grappling hook that the small fishing boat had shot at him, and wrapped it around the fixed position on his own boat.

"Yes, don't be polite with those people. Ask for a price that's not too high. Anyway, those non-human slaves you have are worthless in the empire's direct jurisdiction. Only those people will treat them like treasures. You can easily increase the price tenfold." A middle-aged woman also took the grappling hook from her somewhat dilapidated boat and fixed it to a specific spot on her boat.

"Alright~" As soon as Xiaoyu finished speaking, the light completely enveloped her. Xiaoyu subconsciously closed her eyes, and a feeling of dizziness instantly rushed into her mind. When she came to her senses, her feet had already touched the ground.

Yang Fei looked at the still dazed little girl in front of him, then glanced at the merchant token which had entered its cooldown period, and couldn't help but feel speechless. This was a slave trader? Were you kidding me? A human little girl being sold into slavery? Was I crazy, or had this world gone mad?

Xiao Yu slowly recovered from her dizziness and saw a young man leaning against a black, pillar-like object that looked evil. Looking around at the space surrounded by city walls, she was a little stunned. Had she walked into the lion's den?

Remembering the stories Sister Xu had told her about the wicked deeds of those otherworldly lords, Xiao Yu couldn't help but shudder.

"This... Your Excellency, are you calling me?" Calming down and recalling the prompting from the Supreme Will, Xiao Yu took a deep breath and tried to speak slowly in a tone she would never normally express.

"Are you a slave trader?" Yang Fei heard the little girl's soft, sweet voice and couldn't help but sigh at the absurdity of this world. The person behind this world must have lost their mind and was definitely not serious. At least some of their reference materials were probably not legitimate.

"Yes, Your Excellency, would you like to purchase slaves?" Xiao Yu asked respectfully again. To be honest, she was a little uncomfortable with her current state. She was usually quite eloquent, so speaking like this was somewhat unacceptable.