Fast forward two years.
Although the Sid Empire and Omar, who were competing for hegemony among the princes, both implemented a "closed-door" policy to prevent the loss of their subjects. But even so, it still hasn't slowed down the development momentum of Black Dragon City much.
Black Dragon City is like a soaring dragon. Once it breaks free, no one can stop it.
The strong military power has created a stable living environment, and the new population in Black Dragon City has also entered a stage of explosive growth.
The residents have become wealthy and have enough spare money and supplies to feed their newborns and spend them on education and medical care.
Moreover, the city's policies also provide subsidies to encourage childbirth, and the cost of raising children is very low.
The popularization of modern medical care has also made the survival rate of young children even in ordinary people's homes extremely high.
The most obvious increase in number is the Coleman tribe. They initially arrived in Black Dragon City with less than 10,000 people, but now there are tens of thousands. When they first moved to the Kalatwa Basin, they were all the strongest tribesmen. Now that the city has given them a stable living environment, in addition to fighting, they also create people, and the population has naturally increased...
Moreover, because Black Dragon City is located to the west of the Alcoron Mountains where the black fog is thick, and there is a "toxin trouble" potion to eliminate the black fog, the new generation of citizens are obviously in better shape than the previous generation.
The number of people with resident rights in Black Dragon City now exceeds 50 million... plus temporary personnel, the number reaches hundreds of millions. ,
It is said to be a city, but this is already the population of a large kingdom.
In Black Dragon City, permanent residents will receive a free black iron potion when they reach the appropriate age.
This means that here, everyone can advance to the extraordinary level.
Even the boilermakers, masons, and plumbers in the city... are all extraordinary!
Of course, the vast majority of 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 future advancement to high-level transcendence.
Unlike those old noble territories, Black Dragon City's own "Black Dragon Potion Guild" has almost completely disclosed all silver and black iron quality potion formulas.
Formulas that are considered forbidden by the nobles in other noble territories are like the "Common Language Literacy Dictionary" here. Even potion apprentices can recite hundreds of recipes.
As a result, almost the entire potion market was disrupted.
The monopoly of the aristocracy was completely meaningless.
Those old players still couldn't figure out why the top management of Black Dragon City would make these "private treasures" public.
Things are more expensive when they are rare. The less they circulate, the easier it will be for prices to be exceeded. Wealth will always be concentrated in their small aristocracy that controls the resources.
Now that the formula has been announced, ordinary potion masters can refine various primary potions at will.
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 discovered that they had not only lost the most important "money tree" in thousands of years. And not only was there a loss of money, there was also a large loss of potion masters in the territory!
There was a wave of "escape" by mechanics because the inheritance of the top steam machinery in the Ice Ridge Wasteland of Black Dragon City...
But now, it was the potion master who was escaping from the frenzy. The reason is that there are countless free recipes and the most ideal potions learning environment in Black Dragon City, which also gives hope to potion masters who lack resources and flock in...
Before Black Dragon City, potion masters had their own systems, and most of the formulas and refining techniques were secretly taught.
Not open and transparent, many potion masters treat their own recipes as "unique family heirlooms."
Perhaps he will pass it on to his disciples when he is about to die.
This is also the most important reason that has led to the slow development of the entire potion industry and the increasing loss, incompleteness, and fallacies of formulas.
The nobles also use formulas and resources as conditions to win over potion masters to work for them.
Now, this balance is disturbed.
The formulas in the hands of the old nobles are no longer attractive, and they are available for free anywhere in Black Dragon City.
Potion talents from various territories are also constantly gathering towards Black Dragon City...
... ... .
The old nobles thought it was a "despicable means" by the top management of Black Dragon City to win over the potion master.
But in fact, they don't know that Rennes and others are truly far-sighted.
Maintaining the status quo, monopolizing potions can indeed bring astonishing wealth to Black Dragon City. But this also means that the extraordinary development of mankind in the Ice Ridge Wasteland will still be as slow as before, or even regress.
And they now know the existence of "outside the territory", and they also know that those enemies who are eyeing them will never make it easy for them, the "black devil clan".
The crisis is close at hand.
Becoming stronger is the only truth.
Now that the "Black Emperor's Treasure Map" has been circulated, the evil gods of the Three-Eyed Clan are also aware of the existence of the Ice Ridge Wasteland, and a large number of enemies may invade the Ice Ridge Wasteland at any time.
Only if everyone is extraordinary can more extraordinary people with amazing talents stand out. When disaster strikes in the Ice Ridge Wasteland one day in the future, they will have a better chance of winning.
However, it is naturally impossible for Ren and the others to tell everyone about their plans.
Things outside the territory are only known to the top management for the time being.
Otherwise, if the news is completely released, it will only bring turmoil and panic to the people at the bottom and will not have any effect.
... ... .
Although the residents of Black Dragon City don't know anything about "outside the territory", they only know that life is getting better day by day visibly. Inexplicably, they transformed from slave status to a prosperous and well-off life.
People also praised the great and selfless city lord "Ren Hermes" from the bottom of their hearts.
Because of Renn, there is Black Dragon City.
With Black Dragon City, everything is available for the people.
In major squares in the city, there is never a shortage of fresh bouquets of flowers under the statue of Rennes. Every morning and evening, large numbers of people spontaneously worship and pray.
They hope that the Lord of the City will always be healthy, and that this good life like a dream will never be shattered.
... ... .
Everything is developing for the better.
On this day, a piece of information spread throughout the entire Ice Ridge Wasteland through the channels of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, the underground black market, and intelligence merchants...
In the Sid Empire, there were more than a dozen guys in black tuxedos with abnormally pale faces gathered in the main hall of the palace.
This is a group of high-level vampires above the prince level.
The person sitting on the throne is not Emperor Dracula XIX, but a charming woman, [Blood Ancestor] Lilith Dracula.
Everyone was holding an emergency meeting with serious expressions.
"I didn't expect that Omar was destroyed, and now there is another serious problem that is more difficult than Omar..."
"Yes. In the past few years, Black Dragon City has been like a moth, sucking up the blood of our empire. If this continues, we may return to the poor and backward days of 10,000 years ago... "
"That guy named Ren in Black Dragon City came up with the idea of 'constitutional monarchy' out of nowhere, and he also made so many strange policies, gave up his nobility status, and talked about equality for everyone... It seems to be self-destructive. I thought it did not collapse, but became stronger and stronger..."
"Yes. I suddenly feel that the staff of our empire are all a bunch of idiots! They keep asserting that the bullshit system in Black Dragon City will collapse in three or two years. What now? Haha... People are living a good life, but we old guys are Our status 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... "
"..."
As soon as these vampire princes met, they complained and complained to each other.
The situation in everyone's territory is similar.
The current "closed-door" policy has indeed allowed them to slow down population loss, but it has also led to a sharp economic recession.
Moreover, the news from Black Dragon City cannot be suppressed. Everyone knows that there is a "City of Hope" to the west of the Alcoron Mountains.
If you press hard, it will turn into a slave uprising and a popular uprising.
Things are getting worse...
Hearing everyone's complaints, Emperor Rogier also had a gloomy face.
But at this time, the charming woman on the throne beside him spoke.
"I'm not calling you here today to talk about old issues."
Lilith glanced at her group of blood descendants in the hall with an indifferent expression, and scolded in an unceremonious tone: "Anyway, you idiots can't solve any problem except complaining!"
"..."
The blood clan princes, the youngest of whom had lived for a hundred years, were scolded and lost their temper at all. They lowered their heads and did not dare to refute.
At this time, Lilith threw out a newspaper and said, "This is the information that [Nightingale] recently found. Please take a good look at it."
After a pause, she continued: "In two days at most, this information will be circulated in any territory of the empire."
The blood princes looked at the information and looked at each other.
Their hearts thumped at the same time, and they thought to themselves: Could it be that Black Dragon City has done something wrong again
When they saw what was in the newspaper, they were all shocked!
"The best martial arts tournament in the world? Hey, this prize... how is it possible!"
"How did those guys in Black Dragon City get the 'Blood Demon Sequence Inheritance' secretly passed down by our Dracula family? Not only does it contain magic potion formulas, but it also has inherited techniques!"
"Did someone leak the secret?"
"..."
The princes looked at the contents of the intelligence and 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 it be that there was a mole among them
It's impossible. No one can violate the blood restrictions of the Vampire Clan and betray the great [Blood Ancestor] Lilith.
"No, you see, it's not just our Dracula family, but also the 'Golden Victory Sequence' of the Hemmerson family, the 'Death Ode Sequence' of the Kadar family, the 'Storm Sequence' of the Primo family... .What the hell is going on?”
"How on earth do those guys in Black Dragon City know about so many extraordinary inheritances?"
"What are they going to do?"
"..."
Before anyone could make any guesses, the Blood Ancestor spoke.
"In addition to this information, the Lord of Black Dragon City, Ren, also sent a separate invitation letter to our Dracula royal family, asking me to go to Black Dragon City to discuss matters related to 'outside the territory'."
Upon hearing this, all the princes started talking again.
"Invite us to discuss? Are you trying to do something evil?"
"Outside the territory? How can there be such a thing as outside the territory? I think it's probably the conspiracy of those guys in 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 who came to Glory City, we still don't know Where is it... I think those guys in Black Dragon City are being alarmist."
"Yes! Lady Lilith, I think there is something fishy about this matter."
"..."
With this said, almost everyone objected to the meeting.
How do they not know the current strength of Black Dragon City
Not to mention the invincible flying dragon army, the mechanic army... is simply invincible.
Even the high-end combat power may not be comparable to that of the two empires combined.
Kavo, Mafa, Habu, Ymir, Kanosha, Bazel, Guy... There are more than a dozen legendary-level combat powers alone.
The current Black Dragon City is the "Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den". Anyone who goes there will die!
What's more, during the battle of Omar Collapse, they also assassinated Renn in Usenbar. Although it was unsuccessful, the feud was forged.
No matter how you look at it, this invitation has "bad intentions"!
... ... .
Lilith frowned as she listened. She was also confused about the purpose of Black Dragon City's invitation.
After pondering for a moment, she continued: "The guys from Black Dragon City sent us an invitation, so they 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 above is not the incomplete legend and golden formula inherited by us. It is. The original 'epic formula' used by the seventy-two generals to advance! Of course, some key information is missing... "
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed drastically: "What!"
Original recipe? !
This is something that even their Dracula family doesn't have. How did those people in Black Dragon City get it
In an instant, they thought that Black Dragon City should have discovered some ancient ruins and found the inheritance of the seventy-two divine generals.
Therefore, Lilith said just now that the other party had determined that they would definitely go.
No one can resist this temptation.
By obtaining the original epic extraordinary sequence, maybe we can get a glimpse of the ultimate secret of the way that the great masters of the Munkel civilization became gods
At this time, Lilith said solemnly: "Moreover, not only our Dracula family, but also top-level inherited families in the empire, private masters, and Omar... will get the news within a few days. In other words, Black Dragon City's 'World Martial Arts Conference' will attract almost all the masters in the Ice Ridge Wasteland..."
After a pause, she said solemnly: "This is what I didn't think about."
Gather the world's extraordinary masters to go to Black Dragon City
And then catch them all in one fell swoop
No matter how rampant Black Dragon City is, they would not dare to do this.
And, they don’t have to at all.
If it is to weaken the two empires, if it continues like this, sooner or later their two old empires will be "sucked dry", and there is no need to use this method of provoking public anger.
At this time, Lilith sighed slightly and said: "Except for the crisis from 'outside the territory', I can't think of why they would do this."
Obviously, she had decided to go, squinting her eyes, "So, I must go. Let's go and see what An Xie guy's plan is. What's more, if there is an accident, they won't be able to keep me if I leave."
After hearing what the Blood Ancestor said, all the princes had nothing to say.
... ... .
Within a few days, the information spread throughout all the territories in the Ice Ridge Wasteland in various ways.
In the Aladdin Province in the south of Sid, a certain great knight lord looked at the newspaper in his hand and murmured: "The best martial arts tournament in the world? Hey, the prize actually contains the lost exclusive magical skill of my 'Storm Sequence' lineage." Those guys from Black Dragon City actually found..."
Somewhere in the wilderness, a lone hunter wearing animal skins got a newspaper from a passing caravan. After reading it, he looked to the west: "The epic potion of the 'Barbarian War Sequence Inheritance'? Black Dragon City, look at it. You have to go and see it.”
In the Black Witchcraft Guild, in a certain five-story magic tower, an old witch read the newspaper and said in high spirits: "The 'Famine Magic' has actually appeared..."
A troubadour hanging out in a tavern looked at the newspaper in the tavern and said, "Exclusive to the 'Law of Poetry'..."
Suddenly, because of the "World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference" with generous rewards, the high-level extraordinary people in the Ice Ridge Wasteland all set off towards Black Dragon City.