novelraw Chapter 278: Xiao Wu's Judgment: A Great Battle is Imminent
Chapter 278: Xiao Wu's Judgment: A Great Battle is Imminent
"Rank 2470? How is that possible..." Looking at the ranking of Yu Yuan Shelter on the Shelter Leaderboard, Xiao Wu found it somewhat hard to believe.
"A jump of over two thousand places in one go, this..."
Xiao Wu didn't dare hesitate and immediately contacted his elder sister—Xiao Xi—to report the situation regarding Yu Yuan Shelter.
This Yu Yuan Shelter was just too bizarre.
Soon, Xiao Xi's message came through.
[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: To jump from over four thousand to over two thousand in one go... To improve that much at once, it's either because they developed a Title Path to its extreme, obtaining the ultimate title and special rewards.
Or they obtained civilization shards, enhancing the shelter's development potential... Or they transformed their race, changed their bloodline; that would also cause a significant ranking boost... What do you think it is? Go investigate.]
Looking at the information his sister sent, Xiao Wu also frowned in thought.
To develop a Title Path to its extreme, regardless of which path, the conditions are extremely demanding.
Even Xiao Wu himself had not developed a Title Path to its extreme. Putting himself in the other's shoes, he didn't believe Yu Yuan Shelter could achieve this in less than two months.No matter how much of a genius he was, it was impossible.
From what Xiao Wu knew, even his elder sister had only developed one Title Path to its extreme, and even that had already made her the youngest Reserve Elder among the Blood Clan.
This was enough to show the value of an ultimate title.
Since this possibility was ruled out, only the latter two remained.
Civilization shards and changing one's bloodline would indeed significantly boost the ranking; that's how he had improved his own rank back in the day.
Civilization shards can only be obtained by opening Golden Civilization Chests.
Xiao Wu opened the Chat Channel and carefully checked past records.
He took out a [War Token] and tried to launch an invasion against Yu Yuan Shelter, but all he got was...
[Target player is in a protected state, invasion war cannot be launched. Time remaining until protected period ends: 26 hours, 48 minutes.]
"There's no record of Yu Yuan Shelter invading other players. He's still in the protected period, so he hasn't had the chance to obtain a Golden Civilization Chest."
"Could it be that he obtained a Golden Civilization Chest earlier?" But soon, Xiao Wu dismissed this thought.
If Yu Yuan Shelter had obtained a Golden Civilization Chest long ago, he wouldn't have waited until now to open it.
In other words, no player would choose not to open a Golden Civilization Chest immediately upon obtaining it.
He had also considered whether Yu Yuan Shelter might have completed a Regional Event task reward, but after thinking about it, Xiao Wu felt it was possible, though the probability wasn't high.
By comparison, the possibility of transforming one's race seemed greater.
"Race transformation?" Xiao Wu narrowed his eyes, trying hard to recall all information related to Yu Yuan Shelter.
He couldn't afford to be careless.
After all, he planned to launch an invasion against Yu Yuan Shelter tomorrow to turn him into a Descendant. Now, the other party's ranking had suddenly surged so much.
He had to be careful!
Facing the current Yu Yuan Shelter, even he no longer had a hundred percent certainty.
Suddenly, a name appeared in his mind, and Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.
He thought of a possibility.
Immediately, he opened the [Social] page and sent a message to someone to verify.
[Moss Cottage Shelter: You said before that Stag joined the Wolf Clan? Is that true? What exactly happened? Tell me in detail.]
The message was sent, and soon the other party replied.
[Hive Shelter: That's right, Stag is already dead. I have no reason to lie to you. Before Stag invaded Yu Yuan, he mentioned this.
He chose to join the Wolf Clan, but needed to kill three players ranked higher than him. He said it was a test to join the Wolf Clan and said he could recommend me to join too, but I refused.]
Looking at the reply, Xiao Wu's speculation was basically confirmed.
[Moss Cottage Shelter: Smart move. Joining the Wolf Clan is suicide!]
After saying this, Xiao Wu directly opened his sister's chat window.
[Moss Cottage Shelter: Sis, I think he probably joined the Wolf Clan! From what I know, six days ago when that Stag invaded Yu Yuan, he had already joined the Wolf Clan. The invasion of Yu Yuan was him completing the Wolf Clan trial.
If Stag happened to have a Wolf Clan token on him at the time, allowing him to contact other Wolf Clan members, then these past few days could very well have been spent completing the bloodline transformation ritual... But there's still one puzzling point: he hasn't launched any invasion wars these past few days, so how did he complete the trial?]
Unexpectedly, Xiao Xi was dismissive of this.
[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: What's so hard to understand? The Wolf Clan's trial is just a screening method. Given that Yu Yuan's aptitude, directly recruiting him is entirely possible. Besides, have you forgotten he has a high-ranking backer? What if this backer is from the Wolf Clan?
Even if he's not from the Wolf Clan, it's possible his backer helped him improve his strength these past few days. Anyway, regardless, you must go all out in this invasion. Don't underestimate him.]
[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: Have you mastered the [Bat Shadow] skill I told you to learn a while ago?]
[Moss Cottage Shelter: I've mastered it, but this skill is way too costly. Using it once leaves me weakened for a long time.]
[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: Shut up! This is a life-saving divine skill many Blood Clan members want but can't get. If you weren't my brother, I wouldn't care if you lived or died. Also, dig more of that Underground Gloom Energy ore; the Duke uses a lot of it.]
[Moss Cottage Shelter: Got it, sis. Once I take down Yu Yuan, I can focus on searching for Gloom Energy ore.]
Xiao Wu closed the chat window, looked at the icon for Yu Yuan Shelter, and pondered quietly.
"Could it be transformation into another race?"
After a long while, he slowly shook his head, a look of confidence in his own judgment appearing in his eyes.
"No, the probability of it being the Wolf Clan is still the highest... What a hassle! This guy's strength is increasing too fast. Can't delay any longer this time."
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Yu Yuan took out the [Thunder's Secret Contract] flintlock pistol, loaded a [Silver Projectile] into the barrel, and revealed a smile.
"Not easy! That legendary-tier weapon can finally be used."
Just before the great battle was about to begin, the [Silver Projectile] was finally completed, adding another trump card to his arsenal.
Although the [Thunder's Breath] skill could be released without a projectile, facing ordinary enemies clearly didn't require using the ultimate move.
In Yu Yuan's view, even just the normal attacks from the [Thunder's Secret Contract] were powerful enough.
At this moment, Zhou Yuan also sent him a message.
[Zhou Yuan: Sir, the people from Humpback Whale have set off for the Northern Wilderness.]
"Oh, they're finally coming!"
Yu Yuan was currently hiding in the shadow beneath a large rock in the Northern Wilderness.
The Xianda Feed Factory was at the edge of his vision.
At the same time, Carmen had already led people to Johnck Zoo to assist in its defense. Mona had sent over the combat power configuration and deployment of Cold Crow and the other three.
Meanwhile, the [Jackal] team, led by Alpha, had already hidden themselves within one kilometer of the battlefield.
Eagle Eye was also in position at the commanding high ground.
Now, everything was ready.
Yu Yuan's gaze turned towards the direction of Green Forest City, his expression grave.
"The Orthodox Church? Heh... Ascetics... Let me see your combat power!"