National Fortune Golden Shovel: I Can See Hidden Bonds!

65: Chapter 66 A Storm is Brewing! The Second Rule Update for the Arena of Gods!Over the next few days, the leaders of various countries felt like their heads were about to explode!

There was no way around it!

Truly, no way at all!

The contestants on the field were their current trump cards, so external coaching was simply not feasible!

If their own people wouldn’t work, what about someone else’s? Well, they could... but the question was, why would they do that?

Shen Mo coaches smaller countries to pull the rug out from under us, breaking the status quo we’ve maintained for years by blocking their entry qualifications to the Gods Ladder! Are we supposed to learn from Shen Mo? Sabotage ourselves?

”Your Majesty, why are you rebelling!?” It makes no sense!

What else could they do? They had to swallow their pride and endure it!

Now that the Gods Arena is backing Shen Mo, he doesn’t care about your bullshit military threats. If pushed to the edge, he’d just as soon go down with everyone else. If you dare touch Shen Mo, never mind the reaction from the Dragon Country, even the gods wouldn’t let you off!

So, it could be said that Shen Mo is now like the whip on a carriage, constantly lashing them, forcing them to keep running forward. If they are even slightly careless, they will be overtaken by the small countries!

Who could stand that?

Furthermore, just one day after Shen Mo helped Persia win their match, the Gods Arena simultaneously released a rule update announcement!

[ Gods Arena 12.15 Rule Update Announcement! ]

[ 1. Ashe reworked and buffed; attacks can deal damage to a nearby enemy until the end of the battle, stackable! ]

[ 2. Jax damage nerfed... ]

[ 3. Nomsy buffed; excess damage will trigger a Luden’s effect. ]

[ 4. Ahri reworked; ability stacks infinitely and includes true damage; each cast grants an additional Foxfire. ]

[ 5. Jinx true damage removed; changed so that attacks can ignore a certain degree of enemy defense. ]

[ 6. Added Golden Frying Pan. ]

[ 7. Added usage limit to ’lineup shielding card’; changed from unlimited use to once per day! ]

[ ... ]

[ Finally: Regarding external assistance, the Gods Arena, after deliberation, has determined that Shen Mo of the Dragon Country does not have any violations. ]

The announcement was long and verbose with many updates!

But to summarize it in one sentence—keep the music playing and keep dancing, Shen Mo didn’t violate any rules, everyone can disperse.

Once this announcement came out, the leaders of various countries felt like they were about to have a cerebral hemorrhage!

At different times, in different places, the leaders of different countries all had the exact same thought at this moment!

”Fuck Shen Mo!!!”

...

Northern Plains, secret military base!

”Old Man Li, pour some water.”

”You brat, you’re rebelling against heaven, aren’t you! See if I don’t slap you!”

Old Man Li was furious.

This rascal, he was so cocky now that he dared to make him pour water for him?

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Zhang Zhiwei walked in with a smile on his face: ”Shen Mo, you’ve worked hard these past two days! Haha, you have to admit, although advertising after the match is a bit embarrassing, the effect is absolutely top-notch. I just received news that two more small countries have signed contracts with us!”

Shen Mo laughed: ”Oh? What package, and what are the requirements?”

Zhang Zhiwei also smiled and said: ”The basic package, but those two small countries said they wanted to get the lineup first. As for external coaching, they didn’t actually have any requirements, just saying that if you have time, you can coach them.”

”Isn’t that simple? Didn’t I leave a document file before?”

”I’ve already marked the strength of each lineup, T0, T1, and T2, three levels. Since it’s the basic package, just pick two from T2 and throw them their way.”

Shen Mo waved his hand casually; he was already well-versed in this routine.

And over the past two days, with the Gods Arena rule updates, the situation on the competition field had been turbulent, changing almost daily. The various countries were pulling out all the stops, throwing out their trump cards as if they were worthless.

The lineup shielding card was restricted.

Over in Oil Country, the Syndra lineup used by Hakin was finally exposed.

For a time, countries scrambled to imitate it; Demon Syndra, Heavy Armor Syndra, Shapeshifter Syndra—they all appeared!

Plus, the Arena rule update this time didn’t actually nerf Syndra.

This caused the toxicity of this lineup to rival that of Kassadin from half a month ago!

Small countries were ecstatic!

Major powers were miserable!

The strength of this lineup was just too high!

If small countries got it, they could potentially slay gods. No matter how strong the contestants from major powers were, they would still be helpless against a perfectly built Syndra. One careless move and they could capsize in the gutter, greatly reducing their ranking efficiency, and even leading to negative point growth at one point!

Voices condemning Shen Mo had already appeared online.

Led by the Korean country, the ’Suggestion Party’ strongly suggested deleting Shen Mo... If this guy isn’t nerfed, how can anyone play?

...

After chatting for a while, Zhang Zhiwei started talking about business.

He took out a document and handed it to Shen Mo, who opened it and was instantly stunned!

Whoa~ I saw three lines of text on the file, and every line was big news!

1. September 3rd, Gods Arena match 958, Chris from the USA successfully assembled the 9-lineup hidden attribute, officially named: Faerie! The Gods Arena had a referee descend, reward unknown!

2. September 4th, Gods Arena match 965, Hoshimi Sakura from Sakura Country successfully discovered the 9-lineup hidden attribute, officially named: Frost Giant! Gods Arena glow appeared, reward unknown!

3. September 5th, Gods Arena match 971, Xu Shijun from the Korean country successfully discovered the 7-lineup hidden attribute, officially named: Honeymancy Envoy! Gods Arena had no movement, no reward received, Xu Shijun left in anger.

”...” Shen Mo’s mouth twitched: ”Poor Xu Shijun.”

What’s wrong?

Honeymancy doesn’t deserve a reward, right!

”You brat, be serious. Is this about the reward? Aren’t you nervous at all?”

Zhang Zhiwei couldn’t help it anymore.

Shen Mo discovered Ten Dimensions and was noticed by the gods; the Dragon Country high-level officials were both happy and nervous. Now that various countries had played their trump cards and had successively activated the hidden attributes of their pieces, logically, shouldn’t Shen Mo feel a sense of urgency? What the hell was with this kid’s calm face?

”What’s there to be nervous about.” Shen Mo expressed calmness; wasn’t this thing just a matter of time?

There are only so many major Synergies. With so many countries researching for so many years, even if they couldn’t see the Synergies, logically they should have corresponding experience and know some patterns.

Finding them only now, in Shen Mo’s view, was already considered very late.

”You brat, you’re really not nervous?”

”I’m really not nervous!”

Shen Mo spread his hands: ”Old Man Li, just watch. These countries think discovering this stuff looks strong, but actually, it’s just so-so. Pieces of the same lineup can only guarantee a certain level of strength; combination and composition are the true way.”

”Does your Ten Dimensions count too?”

”Uh... Ten Dimensions is considered relatively strong, at least at the T0.5 level. However, a 10-population lineup is not that easy to discover. You two can set your hearts at ease. Even if, ten thousand steps back, they did discover it, I have a way to deal with it.”

Shen Mo said it with conviction.

Ahem, of course, if he weren’t wearing big shorts and flip-flops, he would actually have a little bit of credibility...