MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1153 - Chapter 1153 Chapter 1153 Challenge Before the Formation

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1153: Challenge Before the Formation Chapter 1153: Chapter 1153: Challenge Before the Formation Lord Black Heart’s face showed confusion before he suddenly realized, “Nicholas’s little girl, it’s actually you, why are you here?”

Nicholas smiled, “Lord Black Heart, is my standing here not explanation enough?”

“Damn it, you actually betrayed the Dark Council, do you know the consequences of betraying the Dark Council?” Lord Black Heart flew into a rage.

Nicholas, unconcerned, chuckled, “Why the pretense, my lord? It’s not just me who’s betrayed the Dark Council. Besides, simply because I refused to be a breeding tool, you would have me walk into the Steel Alliance’s territory to die. Such a rotten council is not worthy of my loyalty.”

Lord Black Heart fell silent; he realized that his opponent knew his situation, just as Nicholas had said–the Dark Council, after ten thousand years, had indeed decayed.

And since the other party hadn’t completely exposed him, he certainly wasn’t going to foolishly reveal anything himself.

“I never expected that your power would nearly match mine. I truly see you in a new light. However, to pledge your loyalty to a mere junior leader, you’ve really debased yourself. Help me take him down, and I can let you go.”

Nicholas sneered, “Heh heh heh, it seems you’re looking at the sky from the bottom of a well, oblivious to the vastness of the main world.”

Li Yao waved his hand, and Nicholas once again saluted, retreating into the shadows.

“If a few words could turn one of my war generals against me, then I really must reassess your strength,” Li Yao said with a laugh. “My Legion numbers two hundred thousand, and you two together barely make up that number. Are you sure you want to help the people of the Steel Alliance take back their cities?”

“Gryphon Mountains does not welcome outsiders,” Lord Black Heart stated. “And you destroyed my city. I despise deceitful and cunning people. Compared to the likes of you, I much prefer the honest nature of gryphons.”

Li Yao nodded, “Fair point. But let me remind you, you’d best not provoke me, otherwise there’s nothing I wouldn’t do.”

“HAHAHAHA, what a joke! As long as I destroy you today, what can you do? You, too, are arrogant. You’ve overturned two cities in one night, but I imagine you’ve also suffered heavy losses. After destroying your army, what waves can you possibly make?” said the silently watching Gryphon Lord.

“Lord Black Heart it is, I’ve heard a story from a friend of mine,” Li Yao began with a smile. “One of his Legions was adept at digging tunnels. One day, they attacked a city but ended up trapped in a tunnel. Then the enemy detonated explosives they had laid out beforehand while they were clearing the tunnel. So, what do you think happened to that Legion in the end?”

Others listened, confused and foggy-headed, but Lord Black Heart’s complexion changed as he looked at Li Yao with an unsettled gaze. He instantly grasped what Li Yao meant; there was no need to think that the underworld’s Legion must be clearing the blasted tunnel. If the opponent had rigged explosives, collapsing a section could cause catastrophic damage to the Legion.

“Heh heh, what’s Prairie Fire to me? You might be formidable in a duel, but now it’s a matter of Legions. If you’ve got the guts, then face me in battle, and let’s see just how impressive your Legion really is,” one man called out mockingly.

Li Yao glanced at him and said dismissively, “Idiot, I’m right here. If you want to attack, go ahead. I don’t have time to play games with you dogs. If that were the case, I’d get nothing done, just waiting around for you fame-crazed fools to challenge me.”

The crowd burst into raucous laughter, many of them blushing, for as Li Yao had said, the quickest way to fame was to defeat someone of renown, becoming the new center of attention.

“Players now clearly think that Prairie Fire is only good in one-on-one duels, and that his legion is much weaker. Many people want to step on Prairie Fire to climb the ranks,” Xiao Ya said excitedly, “Because subconsciously, they believe that Prairie Fire is just a player, strong individually, but not necessarily with his legion. To become famous, they subconsciously ignore the fact that Prairie Fire wiped out two cities in one night.”

But the audience had their own opinions, some saying they were overestimating themselves, while others thought that even if Prairie Fire’s legion wasn’t weak, it might not be particularly strong.

Plus, legion confrontations also rely on luck, and if your own legion happens to counter the opponent’s, just win, and in front of so many people, you’ll surely become very famous.

Li Yao’s mind raced, then he suddenly continued, “Me, I especially like to see people’s unrealistic fantasies get shattered. I’ll give you the chance to duel, but there are too many here. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry could challenge me, then the battles would go on for a year without ending. I couldn’t care less, but the two lords would probably have something to say about that, so I will only accept challenges for three matches.”

“To pick out the strongest three, I’m setting some limitations. If you want to challenge me fine, but you must bet at least five Blue Quality troop construction blueprints. I assume anyone who could have five blueprints is not weak, and could barely manage to fight me.”

A player shouted, “What’s your bet then?”

“Idiot, it’s you who want to challenge me on the battlefield, not me wanting to fight you. To be honest, I really don’t want to play house with you. I’ve been waiting here for half a day already, why don’t you just come at me all at once to save the trouble,” Li Yao’s words brimmed with disdain.

The Gryphon Lord said with a dark face, “Whoever wins against Prairie Fire in a frontal challenge, I will gift them a 10,000-strong Mechanical Puppet legion.”

This time, the players went completely mad. The Mechanical Puppets offered by the Gryphon Lord might seem like the ones sold normally, but in fact, those were made from iron ores, either second or third-tier troops, definitely not comparable to the trashy first-tier ones.

But Prairie Fire also said, only those with more than five blueprints qualify to challenge, which made the majority of people hesitate. Though constructing troop buildings consumes a lot, being able to regularly recruit a certain type of troop is very lucrative.

So, even the crappiest blueprints are for personal use, or for their own guild. Who would sell them? Therefore, such blueprints had a price but no market. You couldn’t buy them even if you had money. They were already treated as strategic materials by various guilds.

You could only have a chance to get such rare items by completing war tasks or exterminating a certain type of troop. Having one blueprint in hand was already considered lucky for a player, but having several wasn’t just about luck, it was about strength.

Some who had blueprints also hesitated. There were rules to frontal challenges.

The two challengers could deploy up to three legions of ten thousand troops each, fighting to the death without giving up. Only when one side was completely wiped out would it end.

But this was a chance to defeat Prairie Fire, and many were confident, believing it was Prairie Fire who was feeling insecure.

“Just five blueprints, let me see what you’re made of,” a human male declared loudly.

“Idiot, I’m offering six. I’ll go first.”…