Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 216 - 190: Super God Football Field

’This Southern King is no ordinary person,’ Wang Yi thought. ’He really knows how to play the game, managing to assemble a team of 66 Players.’

’It would actually be great if Players could truly work together for mutual benefit.’

’But Players are the most unstable factor!’

’You can’t say every one of them wants to be the main character blessed by fate, but at the very least, no one would be willing to be a selflessly devoted side character.’

’Even a simp believes they’re the main character deep down.’

’From my perspective, if I really had to lead a group of Players to develop, how much would I have to worry? How much risk would I have to bear? If one of them backstabbed me, it would be incredibly frustrating!’

’It’s better to avoid it all from the start! I’ll just be a free Lord, comfortable and at ease. I can open blind boxes, place buildings, recruit soldiers when I feel like it, and hatch pet eggs when I want. Keeping life simple is the way to go.’

’The key is that I’m strong enough on my own. I don’t need any gaming buddies!’

Tong Yuanhai seemed somewhat disappointed. He spoke again, "Since the Great Saint is unwilling to be the Alliance Leader, we naturally cannot force you. We only ask that the Great Saint refrains from bullying us lesser Players!"

"Your Highness is too humble. I’m the real lesser Player!"

"Haha, who doesn’t know of the Great Saint’s glorious deeds? If you’re a lesser Player, then we must truly be nothing more than ants!"

As Tong Yuanhai spoke, he took out a map and continued, "To avoid conflicts over resources, I hereby promise the Great Saint that from now on, our Southern Heaven Alliance will not enter the East Sea or the Eastern Domain. We wish to coexist peacefully with you, Great Saint, without war or aggression! This map shows our Southern Heaven Alliance’s military deployments. The territories, strongholds, and operational areas of our brothers are all marked on it. My Southern King’s Mansion is serving as the temporary headquarters for the Southern Heaven Alliance. Should the Great Saint need to operate in the Southern Domain, just let us know."

"How thoughtful of you!"

Wang Yi took the map and glanced at it casually. ’This Tong Yuanhai seems humble,’ he thought, ’but he’s definitely no simple man. He’s so insistent on peace, openly ceding the entire Eastern Domain. It feels like a strategic retreat—he’s trying to get me to give up any ideas about the Southern Domain.’

’But in reality, I don’t give a damn about the Southern Domain. The guy is just shadowboxing.’

’I haven’t even finished exploring Yamero Star, and there’s also World of Suffering #356. I have no desire to fight for territory right now. Forget the Southern Domain, I wouldn’t even attack Kaiyuan County, and it’s right on my doorstep.’

"In that case, we shall disturb you no longer!" As he spoke, Tong Yuanhai touched the Storage Waistband at his waist, produced a Treasure Chest, and said, "We came in a hurry, but we prepared a humble gift for you, Great Saint. Please don’t think it beneath you. Great Saint, we shall take our leave now."

"Oh, you shouldn’t have brought a gift. You’re too kind..."

Wang Yi’s eyes lit up. The lid of the Treasure Chest Tong Yuanhai had produced was already open, revealing it was filled to the brim with Gold Coins, along with two Purple Blind Boxes and two Purple Chaos Eggs!

This was no small gift!

’Ah, the complexities of social etiquette.’

Wang Yi considered this silently. Seeing Tong Yuanhai and the others cup their fists to bid farewell, he quickly said, "You’ve all come from so far, there’s no need to leave in such a hurry. Allow me to fulfill my duties as a host and treat you to a meal! Someone, go and order Hai Shen to prepare a feast!"

"Yes!"

Hai Zhongxian quickly cupped his fists in acknowledgment.

"That won’t be necessary, truly! The Ogre turmoil in the Southern Domain has just been quelled. We have to resettle the victims, rebuild the old cities, and there are many other matters to attend to. We mustn’t impose any further!"

"No rush, no rush. By the way, Brother Tong, I’d like to ask you about someone. Your primary daughter, how is she doing these days?"

"My primary daughter? Oh, you mean that Player. She was quite arrogant and willful, as I recall. She executed two maidservants over some trivial matter and was about to execute a third when she was killed in retaliation. She later revived at Luoyun Beach and tried to return to the Prince Mansion, causing a scene at the front gates. In the end, my mansion guards just cut her down."

"And that was it? She’s dead?"

"Yes, that was it. She’s dead. Why do you ask about her, Great Saint...?"

"Let’s not talk about it. Come! I’ll treat you to a drink!"

"Really, there’s no need, Great Saint. We must be going!"

Tong Yuanhai waved his hands in refusal again and again.

After another round of pleasantries, Wang Yi ultimately did not insist on the meal. Instead, he gave them a return gift of ten thousand Fasting Pills, along with some spicy crab meat sticks and Crispy Fried Small Fish.

All in all, the meeting had been quite harmonious.

As the black airship soared high into the sky, Wang Yi squinted after it and whispered, "Notify Eggshell Castle. Have them bring Miss Zhao Xiyu of the Jinyuan County Zhao Family here."

"Yes!"

Hai Zhongxian bowed in acknowledgment.

During the exchange of pleasantries, Wang Yi had inspected the identity information of Tong Yuanhai’s entire group. Among the Adventurers, a few seemed to have decent classes. There were only ten Chaos Lords, and of those, only Shen Badada and Xu Bingce had A-rank Lord Talents; the rest were B-rank.

Identities aside, the group’s overall Talent composition seemed rather mediocre.

However, Tong Yuanhai’s insight was anything but ordinary. He had mentioned a novice protection period, ancient Players, and an enemy from the Starry Sky who would destroy this world when the protection ended, turning it into a World of Suffering...

This was not information an ordinary Player would have access to. Wang Yi himself had only learned a few things about the ancient Players after defeating the Eco-Dominator and traversing a World Line.

He suspected that Tong Yuanhai might have also traversed a World Line.

And yet, his Lord Talent was just a B-rank "Navigator." Zhao Mei from Jinyuan County also seemed to possess this Talent, which was why Wang Yi wanted to ask her about its specific effects.

「A moment later」

Wang Yi began to take stock of the gift from Tong Yuanhai.

There were 20,000 Gold Coins in total!

That was a considerable sum.

The two Purple Blind Boxes were standard, nothing much to say about them. As for the two Purple Chaos Eggs, they had clearly been hand-picked.