Zhang Yue received a message from Athena.
It turns out that since Athena stepped into the World 18, completed a world mission, and entered the Death Territory, she had started being targeted by professionals from the Cold Nation.
Obviously, they were seeking revenge for what happened yesterday in the World 17, where Athena led Bear Nation troops to protect someone from the Dragon Nation and resisted their Cold Nation forces. So they prepared in advance.
It's not just Athena.
All Bear Nation professionals in the World 18 were targeted.
As long as they entered the Death Territory and were discovered by Cold Nation professionals, a battle was inevitable.
And according to Athena, the core force stationed in the World 18 was the [Celebrities] Guild.
As one of the three major families of the Cold Nation, the Celebrities Guild was powerful, held high international status, and had countless strong professionals within its ranks, an elite pillar of the Cold Nation.
Its guild leader was the Cold Nation's number one expert, a level 500, Nine-Turn, Mythical-tier professional, the Frost Mage King, Kwon Ji-hyun… her little brother.
At this time, Li Yue, who was returning to the city with Zhang Yue, heard about this matter and asked with some confusion, "But there's one thing I don't quite understand."
"Bear Nation's international status is even higher than the Cold Nation's by two ranks. Their strength should not be inferior. Why are they being suppressed in the World 18 by the Cold Nation?"
Just as she finished speaking, Ouyang Ling'er, who was checking the data, spoke up, "The Celebrities Guild itself is not to be feared. Bear Nation has the Sabre Athena. Her own strength, combined with the guild forces under her command, is enough to counter the Cold Nation's Celebrities."
"It's just that the Cold Nation has many allied nations, ranked sixth in the world is the Sun Nation, ninth is Batan Nation, along with other powerful countries like the Oil Nation and the Beacon Empire."
"The Cold Nation proposed ceding 80% of the resources they obtained from the World 18's Death Territory to these allied nations, requesting their assistance to form the Seven Nation Allied Forces to fight Bear Nation together."
"And Bear Nation's only ally… is our Dragon Nation…"
"In recent years, Bear Nation has firmly maintained its friendship with the Dragon Nation. Because of this, many of Bear Nation's allied countries, under pressure from the Beacon Nation, Cold Nation, and the Eastern Nation, have severed alliances with Bear Nation."
"Even so, despite being isolated by the world, Bear Nation still firmly stands on our Dragon Nation's side."
According to historical records: if not for the suppression from multiple countries, the number one position in the world would have already been the Dragon Nation's.
In the era before the fall of the Asura God, he once used his power to create a massive advantage for the Dragon Nation, leading raids, securing resources, making the Dragon Nation number one in the world for a decade to come.
The Beacon Nation, Cold Nation, and Eastern Nation couldn't stand seeing the Dragon Nation prosper, so they continuously suppressed it, causing the Dragon Nation's national fortune to gradually decline.
Relying on its own strength and the long-term support of Bear Nation, the Dragon Nation has barely managed to remain within the world's top five during these chaotic times.
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell into silent contemplation.
Bear Nation, this close friend, stood against the world for the sake of the Dragon Nation.
They had sacrificed too much.
At this moment, Night Owl raised his longsword and shouted, "I'm going to the World 18 to support our allies and defeat the Seven Nation Allied Forces!"
"Count me in!", The Mage [Stars Spark Fire] followed up, "I'll go help our good buddies too. What's that saying again… someone gives us peaches, we give them pears in return!"
Li Yue rolled her eyes at Spark, "Did your PE teacher teach you words? It's 'return a favor with a plum when given a peach~'"
Just as everyone's blood was boiling, Overlord Blade dropped a cold splash of water on their excitement: "Did you finish the World 17's mission yet? Did you beat the World Boss?"
"Ah! Blade bro, you totally ruined the moment! So annoying~"
Since it was already late today, Zhang Yue didn't rush to advance into the World 18.
After all, the Death Territory wasn't something that could be cleared in just one night.
After Zhang Yue went offline—
Glory River yawned, "Got up early this morning, didn't sleep well. Let's log off early and sleep!"
"Sleep your chicken!" Glory Firmament grabbed Glory River and went off: "What kind of status does the guild leader have, and what kind of status do you have? Did you buy a house? Got a car? Saved enough bride price?"
"Think about that. Can you still sleep? If you don't work hard now, when the guild starts laying off people someday, you'll be the first one cut!"
Glory Firmament's words hit like a slap to the face, instantly waking Glory River, "Brothers, we're grinding all night!"
After Zhang Yue logged off, he suddenly received a call from the Ice Emperor.
On the phone, Ice Emperor sighed, "Seems like the opening of the Otherworld Channel wasn't a good thing after all."
"How so?"
"On the higher world side, the Death Territories of various major worlds basically have no place for our Dragon Nation to stand."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yue slightly frowned.
He specially looked up international information.
And what he found shocked him.
Turns out, in recent years, the Beacon Nation, Cold Nation, and Eastern Nation, along with other countries, had all been secretly squeezing the Dragon Nation.
Where did the Eastern Nation get the guts to constantly invade the Dragon Nation using spatial rifts? Where did they get the money to cultivate spies like Xu Aiguo and Qin Ye in the Dragon Nation, as well as fund those hidden dark forces?
The Eastern Nation alone couldn't possibly have that kind of capability.
It was all because of their second brother Cold Nation and big brother Beacon Nation covering them from above.
And their other "siblings."
They didn't make any major moves on the surface.
But everyone who's in the know understands. They had long since secretly formed alliances, trying to bring down the Dragon Nation.
The Beacon Nation's Mythical-tier [Ghost Swordsman · Alpha] claimed himself to be the world's strongest and hypocritically said he wanted to unify the world, to have all nations conquer the Otherworld together in pursuit of peace.
In truth, it was just to express their ambition to become the overlords of this world.
The Eastern Nation, Batan Nation, and the Sun Nation were all sucking up to the Beacon Nation.
During that World Conference, the Dragon Nation and Bear Nation clearly expressed their refusal to stand with the Beacon Nation.
Which brought on hatred.
Bear Nation, as the world's second strongest Nation, had the Mythical-tier professional [Hell Dragon Knight · Restiev] guarding it.
No countries dared to act rashly toward Bear Nation, so they turned their sights on the seemingly easier-to-bully Dragon Nation.
So in recent years, they had been squeezing the Dragon Nation both openly and secretly.
But before this, due to the lack of interconnection between countries, the ways they could suppress the Dragon Nation were limited to two methods.
First: the annual professional tournaments.
Second: cultivating rebel forces within the Dragon Nation to carry out assassinations and surprise attacks.
Now that the Otherworld Channel had opened, it was instead even more convenient for them to openly attack the Dragon Nation.
This was what the Ice Emperor meant.
The World 18 had the Seven Nation Allied Forces.
It meant the 19, 20, 21… all the worlds would too.
Unless Zhang Yue had cloning abilities and could appear in every world at once. Otherwise, with all those nations united, the Dragon Nation naturally wouldn't have the power to resist.
Having stumbled upon this information, Zhang Yue clenched his fist tightly, "Looks like I've slept for too long and made you all forget that the Dragon Nation still has one man… named Asura!"
Originally, Zhang Yue opened the international Otherworld portal to deal better with the Eastern Nation.
But now, this gate must be opened to the entire world!
"It's time to reestablish the Dragon Nation's position in the Otherworld's international arena."
As he spoke, Zhang Yue called Ice Emperor back, "There's something I'd like to trouble you with."
["Go ahead."]
Zhang Yue said, "Give me an international list of countries hostile to the Dragon Nation."
[T/N: I don't really support this all country V/s country fiasco but have to admit, this arc is surely interesting. Just think like it's not our world so it doesn't matter which country fights whom. Read with a peace of mind]
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