"Right, are we supposed to swim through this?"
Ye Yun had slain countless enemies in the air and on the ground, but when it came to the water, he had no other moves besides luring them out.
It seemed he could only take it one step at a time.
The most pressing matter was to pull Liu Sao out of the Sea of Suffering. He didn't want his subordinates to waste over ten days for nothing!
Ye Yun directly found the altar in 'Building Functional Operations,' used the player nickname search, and sent Liu Sao an invitation.
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, in a stretch of sea, the corpses of dozens of players bobbed with the waves. These were players who had died on the New Mortal Continent and randomly appeared here.
At this moment, a fierce light erupted from one of the corpses, scattering the skeletal remains beside it. Then, it disappeared.
"Where is this? What kind of invitation did I just accept?"
A white light shone from the octopus-shaped altar in the Dragon Palace territory, and Liu Sao's cursing voice echoed from it.
Ye Yun stepped out of his mansion and surveyed the empty territory. Finally, in a corner, on a flat, moss-covered patch of ground, he saw the distinctive light of a teleportation array, though it was so faint it was almost invisible. Ye Yun then turned towards the altar.
"Master? Why are you here? And where is this place?" Liu Sao, seeing Ye Yun also in this dim, sunless location, was greatly surprised.
"This is the seabed of the Sea of Suffering, Master's new territory!" Xiao Hei emerged from the darkness. Its presence was very low in this dim environment.
"Elder Brother Hei? You've completed your evolution? And this is Master's new territory? In the Sea of Suffering?" Liu Sao was also very familiar with Black Ant and expressed his shock upon hearing its words.
The Sea of Suffering had always been a forbidden zone for lifeforms. It wasn't until a few days ago that one of his clansmen mentioned discovering a wild beast of unknown level along the coast of the Sea of Suffering, one that could traverse land, sea, and air.
Wild beasts were already rare on the New Mortal Continent, let alone one capable of entering the Sea of Suffering.
This immediately caught his attention. He explained the situation to Yue Di and rushed to the location as quickly as possible.
Unexpectedly, he had ultimately flipped into a ditch, dying in an exceptionally ignominious way.
"Alright, this is the territory I established after killing that wild beast. If you're done, come out and take a look with me. Damn it, how are we supposed to kill these underwater monsters?"
Ye Yun, Xiao Hei, and Liu Sao wandered around the territory and discovered that the territory's teleportation array was located on a patch of moss-covered flat ground.
Without a word, Ye Yun stepped into it. He found that this teleportation array only had two destinations: Ye Yun's Yun Tian City and the Sea Arena. Only the lord could travel to Yun Tian City.
"That's not right, Master. Why does this teleportation array only have one entrance and exit? Can't we leave here and enter other cities?" Liu Sao complained, finding the territory too crude and the atmosphere suffocating.
"This territory is designed for players who die on the New Mortal Continent. As long as you become a resident of this territory, you will respawn here whenever you die on the New Mortal Continent."
"What? So that means we don't have to soak in the sea anymore? How can one become a resident of this territory?" Liu Sao was thrilled upon hearing this. It was fine to languish in the Sea of Suffering for a day or two, but to be stuck there for days would require immense mental fortitude.
"Didn't you just accept it? This territory can only accept residents for respawning here." As Ye Yun spoke, he asked Liu Sao to provide the nicknames of his clansmen who had also died, and then he searched and invited them one by one.
Soon, Liu Sao's clansmen emerged from the altar one by one. Seeing Liu Sao and Ye Yun there, they all came forward to pay their respects.
"Alright, Liu Sao, how do we fight these underwater monsters?" This was a serious question.
"That's simple, boss. Just build a mall and buy Water Repelling Pills from the mall. One Water Repelling Pill allows a player to stay underwater for half an hour."
Mall? Water Repelling Pills?
Ye Yun turned and walked into his City Lord's Mansion without a word. Soon, a building resembling a conch, with the words 'Mall' written crookedly on it in seal script, appeared.
Level 1 Mall, can sell 100 individual items, costs 100 Sea Palace Pearls.
Water Repelling Pill - Allows players to fight freely underwater for half an hour. After half an hour, players will be at risk of drowning. Price: 1 Spirit Stone, current remaining available quantity: 100.
Return to City Talisman - Unique to Dragon Palace territory. No matter where players are randomly teleported within the Sea of Suffering, using the Return to City Talisman will instantly bring them back to the Dragon Palace territory. Price: 1 Spirit Stone, current available quantity: 100.
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Looking at the items in the mall, both Ye Yun and Liu Sao were enlightened. One word described it: expensive!
A single Return to City Talisman cost 10 billion gold coins!
A Water Repelling Pill that lasted half an hour was priced at 10 billion!
Even Ye Yun, whose wealth was calculated in the tens of billions, felt the pinch. Half an hour – for most players now, it was questionable whether they could even defeat the level seven or eight beasts in the Sea of Suffering within that time!
Mall, mall, truly a place where merchants are unscrupulous. If other items were expensive, it would be acceptable, but these two items were essential for entering and exiting the Dragon Palace territory. And on top of that, they employed a limited-quantity, starvation marketing strategy!
"Boss, can the prices of items in your mall be adjusted? They're too expensive, I can't afford them," Liu Sao said with a dejected expression.
"No. If you think it's expensive, you can stay in the territory. When the New Mortal Continent refreshes for the next cycle, you'll naturally return."
It might have been acceptable to look after you on the New Mortal Continent, but here, he wouldn't cater to anyone!