This guy's way with words is really pretty rousing.

And what it's saying is exactly what Lin Rui has always valued most—or rather, what any Lord values most.

As long as your power base is solid and you don't get wiped out, any amount of wealth is just a matter of time.

With Trait Two: Divine Realm, which deals Divine Damage equal to 1% of the enemy's max Life Value per second, combined with the Ice and Snow Forbidden Area Trait once the Realm of Transformation is built, the territory would basically become an unfallen Divine Kingdom.

If an enemy army wants to attack this territory, they have to meet a few conditions.

First, all their troops need immunity to Ice and Snow Element damage, with Ice and Snow Magic Resistance maxed.

Second, they need over-the-top recovery ability or super high Divine Resistance.

Theoretically this is still achievable—the former can be obtained through specific potions to gain Ice and Snow Resistance, or via special unit types. For example, the Ice and Snow Royal Court's Guard series: they've lived in frozen lands since childhood, so their Resistance to extreme cold and ice is maxed, and they even gain extra combat power in ice and snow environments.

The latter can also be obtained by boosting the power of their unit types.

But Trait Six—that's basically irresistible.

In an ice and snow environment that's already the Lord of Golden Pansies' home field, everyone also gets the Divine Grace buff, granting them one Legendary Trait from Lin Rui; even a regular Soldier would have Pseudo-Legendary-level strength.

[Blazing Red Light Spear · Legendary Trait: Burn my heart, shine upon the undying, flame of the soul, burn without end, blazing red like fire; break the walls of the world for justice, pierce eternity for truth! Wisdom +10; Wisdom-to-Spiritual Energy Value conversion +150%; every 1000 Spiritual Energy Value increases Spiritual Strength by +5%; Spirit Magic can now Critically Strike, and when a Critical Strike is triggered, the excess damage gains a piercing effect, splitting to nearby enemy targets.]

[Storm Heart · Legendary Trait: Storm Heart, with heaven and earth as your bounds! Your rule reaches everywhere, your power spreads to all directions. Your frosty gaze sweeps across the land, cold and merciless, making enemies tremble in fear. The power of Storm Heart is like a raging tempest, ruthlessly destroying everything, leaving only terror and desolation. Your majesty is as steep as a mountain peak, towering above, overlooking all living things. Storm Heart's fury burns, the wind howls frostily, making the world shudder. Under your rule, the weak are crushed, the timid devoured. Heaven and earth are your bounds—Storm Heart rules all! Each time you cast a skill that consumes more than 10% of your Spiritual Energy, all enemy units currently in combat on the battlefield have a 30% chance to be affected by Storm Fury, taking extra damage equal to 3% of your Spiritual Strength and suffering 15% deceleration.]

Either of these Traits, if applied to an ordinary citizen, would have world-ending effects in large-scale battles.

The larger the scale, the more terrifying the result.

Hard to even imagine how horrific the scene would be if the entire army had both Traits.

The damage would probably just completely wipe the battlefield—massive overkill.

Especially when combined with the Aries Saint's Ultimate Skill; as long as you can drag the entire enemy force into the battle, you can basically annihilate them.

Mythical Artifacts are almost never "incompatible" with anyone.

While Lin Rui was still thinking, the Savage Blood Throne continued, "As long as you agree, besides the conditions I just offered, I'll give you another 11 billion Spirit Crystal Coins."

The Tyrannosaurus stared wide-eyed. "Don't even think about it. I'm not lending you 11 billion Spirit Crystal Coins. Killing one person is nowhere near enough!"

"Then kill two, and throw in one Divine Core Fragment!" The Savage Blood Throne cut off its complaints right there.

The Tyrannosaurus shook its head in shock. "You're insane. One Mythical Level Blueprint, three Mythical Material: Divine Fragment plus eleven billion Spirit Crystal Coins, just to trade for those two things?"

"Cut the crap! Once I have this Semi-Divine Artifact, helping you kill someone will be a piece of cake!" The Savage Blood Throne turned to stare at Lin Rui and asked, "Well? You're not gonna find a better deal than this! If you still don't agree, I'll fight you to the death. Don't think your people can hide in the territory forever."

This bastard is truly cheap—begging someone to agree while still trying to threaten and intimidate them.

Fortunately, Lin Rui didn't really care about its tone and simply chose to agree.

If you throw in a Divine Core Fragment and eleven billion Spirit Crystal Coins on top of that, this deal is a win-win for both sides!

From Lin Rui's perspective, selling one Mythical Material: World Tree Branch for the sky-high price of 10 billion was already insane.

And that price only existed because the Holy Knight maliciously bid it up.

The rest is basically pure profit!

This Mythical Level Blueprint probably wouldn't be bought at auction in the Divine Realm for anything under several hundred billion.

Lin Rui might have more opportunities to get Mythical Artifacts, but he's not about to pass up on a steal like this.

After all, what's the point of "more opportunities" if not to get Mythical Artifacts at the lowest possible cost?

Right now one Mythical Material has been swapped for three Mythical Material: Divine Fragment, plus one Mythical Level Blueprint, and eleven billion Spirit Crystal Coins. That's already the optimal trade; as for the Semi-Divine Artifact: Netherworld Balancer, he'll just treat it as a gift to the Savage Blood Throne.

Of course, the best thing about business deals is that you can achieve a win-win! Both parties walk away feeling satisfied, convinced they absolutely scored.

That's what "each takes what they need" looks like.

From Lin Rui's point of view, he's basically Emperor Qin Shi Huang eating Sichuan pepper—won so hard he's gone numb.

But from the Savage Blood Throne's perspective, this is also practically flawless.

For a Lone Ranger, the Semi-Divine Artifact: Netherworld Balancer is far more meaningful than any Divine Artifact, let alone just a Mythical Level Blueprint.

That Blueprint is hugely impactful for a territory, but in its hands, it's just a sheet of scrap it can't use yet.

It has no idea how many years it would take to actually build this Divine Kingdom-level field.

Before that, it would have to keep living in fear, wanted by all the major forces, like a rat scurrying across the street—too scared to show its face in front of any powerful faction.

But with this Netherworld Balancer, even the strongest Duchy is something it dares to poke at.

For regional powers entrenched in dense forests like the Tyrannosaurus, it can come and go as it pleases. As long as the enemy doesn't have a single combatant stronger than it, it's basically invincible.

As for trading three Mythical Material: Divine Fragment for one Mythical Material: World Tree Branch—any man would find that totally acceptable.

The biggest "overpayment" is just the eleven billion Spirit Crystal Coins.

And even that isn't really its cost—it just has to kill two people for the Tyrannosaurus.

Once it has the Semi-Divine Artifact: Netherworld Balancer, killing two people will be utterly trivial.

What it used to fear was the enemy's numbers and big factions; now it has no reason to be afraid at all.

Once the deal was done, Presto sighed in genuine regret. "What a waste. If you hadn't sold it to it, it would definitely hover around our territory unable to resist. When the time came I could just blast it to death and still get everything. My respected Lord is just too kind, insisting on a fair trade with this kind of scum."

The Savage Blood Throne froze mid-ecstatic-cackle after receiving the items, its neck shrinking back a little as it cautiously glanced at Presto.

Just what kind of upgrades did this giant lizard get from the Golden Pansy Domain to be this fearless, practically begging it to come over?

It said warily, "Arrogant worm, just you wait till I fix all my flaws. We'll see each other again in the Plane Ranking Trial!"

Lin Rui had zero interest in their personal feud. He raised his hand, took out another Mythical Material shining emerald green, and said calmly, "I've still got a few Mythical Materials here. Any of you interested?"

Everyone's eyes bulged. Are you a dog or what? How many times are you going to pull the same trick?