Chapter 350: The World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament
Two years passed in a flash.
Although the Sid Empire and the Omar Empire, which was fighting for hegemony among the vassal states, had implemented a policy of "closing the country to the outside world" to prevent the loss of their subjects, it still did not slow down the momentum of Black Dragon City's development.
Black Dragon City is like a soaring dragon. Once it breaks free from its restraints, no one can stop it.
The powerful military force has created a stable living environment, and the newborn population in Black Dragon City has also entered a stage of explosive growth.
Residents have become wealthy and have enough spare money and supplies to feed newborns and spend on education and medical care.
Moreover, the city’s policies also provide subsidies to encourage childbirth, so the cost of raising children is very low.
The popularization of modern medical care has also made the survival rate of young children extremely high, even in ordinary people's homes.
The most obvious increase in numbers is in the Coleman tribe. They had less than 10,000 people when they first arrived at Black Dragon City, but now there are tens of thousands. The first people who migrated to the Karatwa Basin were the best and strongest in the tribe. Now that the city has given them a stable living environment, they are fighting and breeding, so the population has naturally increased dramatically...
Moreover, because Black Dragon City is located to the west of the Alcolon Mountains where black fog is thick, and there is a "toxic aftermath" potion that can eliminate the black fog, the new generation of citizens has obviously better physical fitness than the previous generation.
The number of people who have obtained residency rights in Black Dragon City has now exceeded 50 million...including temporary personnel, the total number is hundreds of millions.
It is called a city, but this is already the population of a large kingdom.
In Black Dragon City, permanent residents will receive a black iron potion for free when they reach the appropriate age.
This means that here, everyone can advance to the extraordinary level.
Even the boilermen, stonemasons, plumbers in the city... are extraordinary people!
Of course, most permanent residents have spare money to buy a better "silver" or "gold" potion to improve their quality of life and lay a better foundation for their future promotion to high-level extraordinary beings.
Unlike those old aristocratic territories, Black Dragon City’s own “Black Dragon Potion Guild” has almost completely disclosed all silver and black iron quality potion formulas.
Those recipes that were considered taboo by nobles in other aristocratic territories were like a "Common Language Literacy Dictionary" here, and even a potion apprentice could recite hundreds of recipes.
This almost disrupted the entire potion market.
The aristocracy's monopoly was completely meaningless.
Those old-timers could never understand why the top leaders of Black Dragon City would make these "private treasures" public.
Scarcity makes things valuable. Only when there is less circulation, the price will be easily controlled. Wealth will always be concentrated in the hands of a small group of nobles who control the resources.
Now that the formula has been published, ordinary potion masters can easily make various primary potions.
The price of the potion was instantly pushed down to near the cost line.
The potion monopoly has also become a joke.
This was a disaster for the nobles of the two empires.
Those old nobles found that they had not only lost the most important "cash cow" for thousands of years. And not only did they lose money, but they also lost a large number of potion masters in their territory!
Previously, there was a wave of mechanics "fleeing" because the top steam machinery inheritance in the Ice Ridge Wasteland of Black Dragon City...
Now, it was the turn of the exodus of potion masters. The reason was that Black Dragon City had countless free recipes and the most ideal environment for learning potions, which gave those potion masters who lacked resources hope and they flocked in...
Before Black Dragon City, each potion master had their own system, and the recipes and refining techniques were mostly unique and secret.
Because they are not public and transparent, many potion masters treat their recipes as "unique heirlooms".
Perhaps he will pass it on to his disciples only when he is about to die.
This is also the most important reason for the slow development of the entire potion industry, and the increasingly serious loss, incompleteness and errors of formulas.
The nobles also used formulas and resources as conditions to win over potion makers to work for them.
Now, this balance has been broken.
The recipes in the hands of the old nobles are no longer attractive and can be found for free in Black Dragon City.
Magical potion talents from various territories also flocked to Black Dragon City...
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The old nobles thought that it was a "despicable trick" used by the Black Dragon City leaders to win over the potion master.
But in fact, they don’t know that people like Ryan are the ones who have real foresight.
If the situation remains the same, the monopoly of magic potions can indeed bring tremendous wealth to Black Dragon City. But this also means that the extraordinary development of human beings in the Ice Ridge Wasteland will still be as slow as before, or even regress.
Now they know the existence of "outside the domain", and they also know that those enemies who are eyeing them will never let the "Dark Demon Clan" have an easy time.
The crisis is imminent.
Becoming stronger is the only truth.
Now that the "Black Emperor's Treasure Map" has spread, the evil god of the Three-Eyed Tribe has also learned of the existence of the Ice Ridge Wasteland. A large number of enemies may invade the Ice Ridge Wasteland at any time.
Only when everyone is extraordinary can more talented extraordinary people stand out. When the disaster of the Ice Ridge Wasteland comes one day in the future, they will have a better chance of winning.
However, it is impossible for Ryan and his team to tell everyone about their plans.
For now, only high-level officials can know about things outside the domain.
Otherwise, if the news is completely released, it will only cause unrest and panic among the lower-level people and will not have any effect.
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Although the people of Black Dragon City didn't know what "outside the domain" was, they only knew that their lives were getting better day by day. They had inexplicably gone from being slaves to having a prosperous life.
People also praise the great and selfless city lord "Ryan Hermes" from the bottom of their hearts.
Black Dragon City existed because of Ryan.
Only with Black Dragon City can we have everything for our people.
There is always a fresh bouquet of flowers under the statue of Ryan in the major squares of the city. Every morning and evening, large groups of people spontaneously come to worship and pray.
They hope that the city lord will always be healthy and that these good days that are like a beautiful dream will never be shattered.
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Everything is moving in a good direction.
On this day, a piece of information was spread throughout all the territories of the Ice Ridge Wasteland through the channels of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, through the underground black market, through intelligence dealers...
In the palace of Theed Empire, more than a dozen guys wearing black tuxedos and with extremely pale faces gathered in the hall.
This is a group of high-level vampires above the prince level.
The person sitting on the throne was not Emperor Dracula XIX, but a beautiful woman, the [Blood Ancestor] Lilith Dracula.
Everyone was holding an emergency meeting with serious expressions .
"I didn't expect that after Omar was destroyed, a bigger problem has appeared that is even more troublesome than Omar..."
"Yes. In the past few years, Black Dragon City has been like a termite, sucking the blood of our empire. If this continues, I'm afraid we will return to the poor and backward days of ten thousand years ago..."
"I don't know where that fellow named Ryan from Black Dragon City came up with the idea of 'constitutional monarchy'. He also came up with so many weird policies, giving up the status of nobles and promoting equality for all... It seemed like he was harming his own interests, but I didn't expect that he didn't collapse, but instead became stronger and stronger..."
"Yeah. I suddenly feel that our empire's staff are all a bunch of idiots! They keep asserting that the shitty system of Black Dragon City will collapse in two or three years, but what about now? Haha... They are living well, but the status of us old guys is unstable. Anyway, there has been a slave uprising in my territory in the past six months. If this continues, sooner or later everyone will be finished..."
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Whenever these vampire princes met, they started to complain and vent their grievances to each other.
The situation in everyone's territory is similar.
The current policy of "closing the country to the outside world" has indeed slowed down their population loss, but it has also led to a sharp economic recession.
Moreover, the news of Black Dragon City could not be suppressed. Everyone knew that there was a "City of Hope" west of the Alcolon Mountains.
If you suppress it too hard, it will turn into a slave uprising and a civil uprising.
It's getting worse...
Hearing everyone complaining, Emperor Roger also had a gloomy face.
At this time, the charming woman on the throne beside him spoke.
"I am not calling you today to discuss those old issues."
Lilith glanced at her bloodline in the hall with a cold expression, and said in a blunt tone, "Anyway, you idiots can't solve any problems except complaining!"
“…”
The blood princes, the youngest of whom had lived for a hundred years, were scolded, but they had no temper at all and lowered their heads, not daring to refute.
At this time, Lilith threw out a newspaper and said, "This is the information that Nightingale has recently found. Please take a good look at it."
After a pause, she continued, "In two days at most, this information will spread throughout every territory of the empire."
The blood princes looked at the information and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Their hearts skipped a beat at the same time, and they thought to themselves: Could it be that Black Dragon City has done something weird again?
When they saw the contents of the newspaper, they were all shocked!
"The world's number one martial arts tournament? Hey, this prize... How is it possible!"
"How did those guys in Black Dragon City get the secret 'Blood Demon Sequence Inheritance' of our Dracula clan? Not only does it contain the magic potion formula, but also the inherited skills!"
"Did someone leak the secret?"
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When the princes looked at the contents of the intelligence, they immediately realized that something was wrong.
Although there were only some incomplete fragments in the intelligence, they immediately recognized that it was the exclusive extraordinary sequence of their Dracula clan!
Suddenly, I thought, could there be a traitor among them?
It's impossible... No one can violate the bloodline restrictions of the vampires and betray the great [Blood Ancestor] Lady Lilith.
"No, you see, it's not just our Dracula family, there's also the 'Golden Victory Sequence' of the Heimerson family, the 'Death Ode Sequence' of the Kadar family, the 'Storm Sequence' of the Primo family... What's going on?"
"How on earth did those guys in Black Dragon City know about so many extraordinary inheritances?"
"What on earth are they going to do?"
“…”
Before everyone could make wild guesses, the Blood Ancestor spoke.
"In addition to this information, the Lord of Black Dragon City, Ryan, also sent a separate invitation letter to our Dracula royal family, asking me to go to Black Dragon City to discuss matters related to the 'outside the domain'."
Upon hearing this, the princes began to discuss again.
"Inviting us to discuss the matter? Are you planning something bad?"
"Outside the Territory? There is no such thing as outside the Territory... I think it's probably a conspiracy by those guys from Black Dragon City. We have been exploring for so many years, but we haven't found any way to the outside the Territory. As for the will of the three-eyed evil god that descended on Glory City, we still don't know where it came from... I think those guys from Black Dragon City are exaggerating."
"Yes! Lady Lilith, I think there is something fishy about this matter."
“…”
After hearing this, almost everyone was against going to the meeting.
How could they not know the current strength of Black Dragon City?
Not to mention the invincible flying dragon army, the mechanic army... is simply unmatched.
Even in terms of high-end combat power, the two empires combined may not be able to match it.
Kavo, Mafa, Habu, Ymir, Canossa, Bazel, Guy... There are more than a dozen legendary fighters alone.
The current Black Dragon City is a "dragon's den and tiger's lair", anyone who goes there will die!
Moreover, they had also tried to assassinate Ryan in Usenbar during the Battle of Omar. Although they had failed, the hatred was forged.
No matter how you look at it, this invitation has "ill intentions"!
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Lilith frowned as she listened. She was also confused about the purpose of Black Dragon City's invitation.
After a moment's silence, she continued, "The guy from Black Dragon City sent us an invitation, so he naturally expected us to go back."
"ah?"
Everyone was puzzled.
At this time, Lilith took out the invitation letter again and said, "This invitation letter also contains the exclusive inheritance of our 'Blood Demon Sequence'. Moreover, the inheritance on it is not the incomplete legend and golden formula that we inherited. It is the original 'epic formula' that the 72 generals used to advance! Of course, some key information is missing..."
When everyone heard this, their faces changed drastically: "What!"
Original recipe?!
This is something that even the Dracula family doesn’t have. How did those people in Black Dragon City get it?
In a flash, they realized that Black Dragon City must have discovered some ancient relics and found the inheritance of the seventy-two divine generals.
That's why Lilith said just now that the other party had predicted that they would definitely go.
No one can resist this temptation.
By obtaining the original epic extraordinary sequence, perhaps we can get a glimpse of the ultimate secret of how the great men of the Monkr civilization became gods?
At this time, Lilith said solemnly: "Moreover, it is not just our Dracula family. The top families in the empire, the masters among the people, and Omar... will all get the news within a few days. In other words, the "World Martial Arts Conference" held by Black Dragon City will attract almost all the masters in the Ice Ridge Wasteland..."
After a pause, she said solemnly, "This is what I haven't figured out."
Gather the world's extraordinary masters to go to Black Dragon City?
And then catch them all in one swoop?
No matter how rampant Black Dragon City is, it wouldn't dare to do this.
Besides, they don't have to.
If the purpose is to weaken the two empires, in fact, if things continue like this, sooner or later the two old empires will be "sucked dry", and there is no need to use this method that will provoke public outrage.
At this time, Lilith sighed slightly and said, "Except for the crisis from the 'outside the domain', I can't think of any reason why they would do this."
Obviously, she had already decided to go. She narrowed her eyes and said, "So, I have to go. I want to see what An Xie is planning. Besides, if something unexpected happens, I want to leave and they can't stop me."
After hearing what Blood Ancestor said, the princes had nothing to say.
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Within a few days, the information spread to all territories in the Ice Ridge Wasteland in various ways.
In the province of Aladdin in southern Theed, a great knight lord was looking at the newspaper in his hand, muttering, "The world's best martial arts tournament? Hey, among the prizes there is actually the lost exclusive skill of my Storm Sequence lineage. Those guys in Black Dragon City actually found it..."
In a wasteland somewhere, a lone hunter wearing animal skins received a newspaper from a passing caravan. After reading it, he looked to the west: "The epic potion of the 'Barbarian Warfare Sequence Inheritance'? Black Dragon City... I have to go check it out."
In a five-story magic tower in the Black Magic Guild, an old witch read the newspaper with great enthusiasm: "The 'Famine Magic' has actually appeared in the world..."
A bard who was hanging around in a tavern was looking at the newspaper in the tavern, "The exclusive article of 'Poetry Law'..."
For a time, because of a "World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference" with rich rewards, high-level extraordinary people in the Ice Ridge Wasteland all set out for Black Dragon City.
