Mei Terumi reacted quickly, immediately saying, "Socia, I want to increase my stakes!"
"Miss Socia, I also want to increase my stakes."
"Me too."
The top players all spoke up.
Even Shanks and Whitebeard, who usually went with the flow, couldn't help but stare with bloodshot eyes at the black-haired young man who was displaying astonishing talent.
Increasing stakes.
This was an action where players who had already placed their bets would pay out of their own pockets to give benefits to the newcomers.
They could spend reward points to buy monsters and throw them near the new players. These monsters, purchased by players, were guaranteed to drop treasure chests.
After hunting, newcomers could grow faster.
It was considered a method to influence the leaderboard.
However,
Under normal circumstances, no player was willing to increase their stakes.
Because the cost was too high.
When buying Pollution Monsters to give to newcomers, the Reincarnation Game would not fluctuate the price according to the monster's strength, but would instead fix it based on the strongest monster matched to the newcomer in the current trial.
In other words,
Even if Mei Terumi wanted to buy the weakest Goblin, she would have to pay according to the price of the [Polluted GBL Cultist] matched to Ying Zheng.
No one with a sane mind would do something so disadvantageous.
But there were exceptions,
Just like now.
When encountering a newcomer with enough potential to impress everyone, it would cause top players from various forces to spare no effort in snatching them up, just to secure the right of first recruitment.
Mei Terumi increased her stakes because she wanted to ensure that Ying Zheng, on whom she had bet, could win the championship.
The others increased their stakes because they wanted to prevent Ying Zheng from winning the championship, which would cancel Mei Terumi's priority recruitment right.
Mei Terumi said with a cold voice, "Everyone, the black-haired young man is the newcomer I, Mei Terumi, bet on first. Are you all trying to make an enemy of Kirigakure?"
"Your Kirigakure isn't qualified to be an enemy of the Navy Alliance. If it weren't for maintaining the balance of various worlds, the Navy would have already executed Kirigakure."
In Akainu's eyes, Ying Zheng was already someone who would become a great weapon for the future Navy, and it was impossible to give him up.
Moreover, although the Navy Alliance had lost Aokiji, it still had the confidence to look down upon other forces.
Tsunade looked at the large-chested Mizukage and teased, "Is it wrong to just want to support the person you bet on?"
"Very well."
Mei Terumi was so angry her teeth ached, but she couldn't do anything.
This act of increasing stakes to snatch people was not prevented by the Reincarnation Game, meaning the Game Merchant tacitly approved it.
The money from players competing and buying monsters would all flow into the Game Merchant's wallet. Old players were well aware of the Reincarnation Game's money-grubbing style, and even appealing to Fang Yi would be useless.
Having finally encountered such a newcomer, Hidden Mist Village would never let go.
In that case, it would come down to who had more assets.
"The Hokage of Konoha broke the agreement, giving me the opportunity to shift the Ninja Clan conflicts within Hidden Mist Village to the front lines, completely taking control of the rear."
Mei Terumi was not afraid to compete in assets with these people.
During this time, with the assistance of Kanjuro, Haku, and Zabuza, Kirigakure had already been forged into an impenetrable fortress.
It was no longer the Hidden Mist Village that had to cater to the Elder Council and the Ninja Clan.
As for the other forces,
Although the Whitebeard Pirates and their subordinate Demon Slayer Corps were united, their overall assets were limited.
Shanks and Aokiji's adventure group was more like a nascent team, a sort of joint headquarters, formed in conjunction with various countries in the Pirate World, and their assets were also insufficient.
Konoha, which had the strength to compete, had strained relations between the Hokage faction, the Ninja Clan, and the Mobile Unit.
The Navy Alliance had the most abundant assets, but like Konoha, its various Navy commanders were not united.
Mei Terumi sneered inwardly, "Hmph, don't think only the Navy Alliance has an intelligence department. Our Kirigakure's Anbu isn't to be trifled with either."
However,
She soon stopped smiling.
Because the other top players surprisingly put aside their grievances temporarily and united, simultaneously increasing their stakes for one newcomer and sending monsters into the arena.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
Clearly, the shocking impact brought by Ying Zheng had allowed the various forces to temporarily abandon their animosity.
"Poison Fang Pierce…"
Lai Pi She bit through a demon's throat, injecting venom in a brutal manner.
The demon's body fell heavily to the ground, and a treasure chest appeared.
"Another treasure chest?"
Lai Pi She was overjoyed, wondering why the drop rate of treasure chests had suddenly increased.
Previously, killing several, or even more than ten, demons might only yield a low-grade white treasure chest.
But now, it was almost like an insider buying a lottery ticket; every demon could drop a treasure chest.
"Could it be that even the fallen True Dragon is favoring me, knowing that I, Lai Pi She, am the future ruler of the Sea Clan?"
Sucking in the Dragon Qi from the opened treasure chest, Lai Pi She felt comfortable all over.
Suddenly,
A thick scale the size of a fingernail appeared on his soul-state snake tail.
Lai Pi She immediately roared to the sky in excitement.
His original body was a snake; even if he cultivated for a thousand years, he could not cross the life-grade barrier. This was the rule of the Sea Clan world; only by crossing the Dragon Gate could he become a True Dragon.
But now, his snake body had actually grown a scale by absorbing Dragon Qi.
Dragon Scale!
Every True Dragon possessed its unique Dragon Scale.
Just like Lai Pi She's former superior, the fallen True Dragon, it had five Dragon Scales.
Bubble's golden Dragon Scale, Seahorse's sapphire blue scale, Jellyfish's emerald Dragon Scale, the traitor Green-haired Turtle's flame Dragon Scale, and Vine Dragon's life Dragon Scale…
They corresponded to the True Dragon's strength, agility, spirit, fire, and vitality, respectively.
As for the Dragon Scale that grew on Lai Pi She's tail,
For now, it could only be described as an ordinary scale containing Dragon Qi. To grow into a true Dragon Scale, it would require more Dragon Qi.
But it already indicated that if Lai Pi She could evolve into a True Dragon, this Dragon Scale of his would have the attribute [Poison].
"A Poison Dragon is also a Dragon, a True Dragon! You didn't choose me to be your successor back then, but one day you will regret it!"
Lai Pi She twisted his body frantically, swimming deeper into the lava hell.
His craving for Dragon Qi had reached its peak.
This time,
Lai Pi She encountered a Commander-level Demon Captain and was almost split in half by the demon's axe, but Lai Pi She, driven by his desire to become a dragon, counter-killed the Commander-level Demon Captain.
Buzz.
A treasure chest emitting a blue glow dropped.
Lai Pi She impatiently opened it. Inside wasn't Dragon Qi, but a broken Dragon Crystal.
[Second-Tier Poison Dragon's Dragon Crystal (Broken)] : The essence of Dragon Qi from a fallen Poison Dragon condensed into a Dragon Crystal after its death. Fusion has a chance to grant Poison Dragon bloodline.
"Poison Dragon… with wings and a big belly, does it even deserve to be called a dragon?"
Lai Pi She's excited expression came to an abrupt halt the moment he touched the Poison Dragon Dragon Crystal.
He looked at the precious Poison Dragon Dragon Crystal with disdain.
In Lai Pi She's eyes, a Dragon Crystal emanating the aura of a Western Dragon could only be called a large lizard. Only dragons with a snake body like his own could be called True Dragons.
Although he yearned to become a dragon, he wouldn't accept some weak, smelly fish.
In his opinion,
Western Dragons were just like the old Vine Dragon who stole True Dragon scales—mixed-blood dragons, unworthy of his acceptance.
Bang.
Lai Pi She swung his tail, smashing the Dragon Crystal with his whip-like tail.
He chose not to fuse with it, but simply absorbed the Dragon Qi and venom within.
[Venom Dragon Scale (Lv.1)] : A core that has barely transformed into a Dragon Scale, capable of bestowing the power of venom upon its owner.
"It's done!"
Lai Pi She roared frantically.
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