Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1904 - 1062: The True Show Begins! (Part 2)
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
With the boon of immense fortune, even a freshly united species can halt the Heavenly Venerates right in their path!
Still, forming fortune, bestowing blessings, erecting luck barriers, and similar feats all demand enormous quantities of fortune.
Should a civilization's or empire's fortune get depleted to its limits, the strength of defensive military formations would diminish, and internal stability within the empire could falter.
Additionally, for typical exotic beasts, fortune blessings aid in faster breakthroughs past obstacles and limits, bestowing superior luck levels!
Such is the wondrous power of fortune.
It remains unseen, but its presence is undeniable.
Consequently, the Luck Stone serves as a vital hard currency!
Be it for restoring an empire's fortune reserves or for personal use by exotic species, vast amounts are expended daily.
Nevertheless, in the current Heavenly Abyss Civilization and Predator Federation, the Luck Stone has mysteriously dwindled by a staggering 80 to 90 percent,
Amid wild swings in prices over decades and market chaos spanning centuries, no one knows which shadowy giant hand has snatched them away!
For an instant, Luck Stone prices edged upward slightly due to the Heavenly Abyss Civilization's oversight,
Yet upon realizing the Luck Stone had truly disappeared from the markets of these two Star Nebula Great Clans, the prices rocketed like an untamed stallion, charging uncontrollably.
Keep in mind that every faction possesses fortune; with a Destiny Stone and sufficient species, fortune naturally emerges.
Hence, the sudden vanishing of almost 90 percent of Luck Stones caught every exotic beast and group off guard.
This ensured that even the Heavenly Abyss Civilization's curbs couldn't hold prices down for much time.
After all, the thoughts of various faction powers had descended into disorder,
Particularly as the Luck Stone slipped beyond official grasp, its value climbing erratically and fiercely!
Driven by extraordinary gains, the Heavenly Abyss Civilization's official restraints were disregarded once more, sparking fresh waves of Luck Stone speculation.
The slim 10 percent of Luck Stones left grew even scarcer!
As a result, Luck Stone prices skyrocketed further, jumping 50 percent in just one day.
In the span of time to sip a cup of tea, Luck Stone values shifted dramatically from their prior levels, driving speculating factions and powers to near madness.
Still, when it ballooned to tenfold the original cost, matching soul stones in worth, certain forces started dumping their stocks,
For after the earlier three surges, they dreaded ending up as the final owners.
Even so, despite these forces pushing near-liquidation sales, the price held firm like Mount Tai, merely pausing briefly before climbing anew.
On this occasion, the price leap nearly propelled Luck Stone values into the heavens.
Within mere months, Luck Stone hit thirty times its former price!
Practically, one Luck Stone could now trade for thirty Blood Stones!
Despite these lofty figures, demand outstripped availability,
For it stands as true hard currency, essential for some exotic beasts at all times.
Yet the Luck Stone appeared to have dissolved into nothingness!
Even the rare few that surfaced commanded exorbitant rates, leaving countless needy exotic beasts in agony.
Whispers spread widely beyond these circles,
Alleging fierce confrontations between the Undead Holy Sect, Dark Erosion Holy Hall, Sky-Cunning Beast, and other major clans, resulting in devastating losses on both sides and massive fortune drains, prompting covert hunts far and wide.
Moreover, tales claimed that Luck Stone prices in other Star Nebula Great Clans were exploding similarly.
Some asserted the Luck Stone held arcane properties capable of altering an exotic beast's fate path.
In truth, the Luck Stone embodies fortune; with fortune amassed sufficiently, one could ascend as the Son of Destiny, fated to climb to the summit.
Likewise, hearsay suggested the Luck Stone was crucial for surpassing barriers,
Without it, seamless power growth proved unattainable!
To sum up, what was once merely a sturdy currency, a plentiful resource that every exotic beast and force hoarded in abundance, abruptly turned into a frenzied pursuit.
It morphed into an enigma they had overlooked until now.
The Luck Stone does offer certain benefits, though nowhere near this inflated.
Through eons, myriad exotic beasts have advanced in cultivation sans any Luck Stone reliance?
Indeed, the soaring Luck Stone cost elevated it beyond many species' reach, evolving into a hallmark of affluent lineages!
Vanity, avarice, crowd sentiment, and more,
In essence, the Wolf Lord mastered this speculative frenzy to its utmost!
And amid the price frenzy, scant batches of Luck Stones surfaced sporadically, yet at outrageous premiums.
Briefly, these premiums nearly wrought havoc across the Heavenly Abyss Civilization and Predator Federation.
Especially in the Predator Federation, facing such brutal extraction and official apathy, masses fled in droves.
Both Star Nebula Great Clans teetered on the brink of profound economic slumps.
No one retained resources; they felt drained away by this Luck Stone mania!
Countless rentier elites plummeted overnight to common species status,
Minor forces and squads swiftly crumbled.
Established trade networks and market frameworks, once solid, now shattered beneath the weight of tripartite gambles and this celestial Luck Stone valuation.
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Before Meng Hu stood the wolf, eyeing him with a gaze as if beholding a lifeless husk, icy and merciless, devoid of any sentiment.
A surge of peril instantly shrouded the Invincible Fierce Tiger entirely, causing Meng Hu's already shallow breaths to hitch sharply, as though in this instant he lay as mere prey on the White Wolf’s cutting board, this sensation almost shattered Meng Hu’s resolve. The Invincible Fierce Tiger failed to grasp why the White Wolf hadn’t ended him outright but instead expended effort hauling him from the frozen wastes into the Land of Adventure. This dread of the unforeseen welled up in Meng Hu’s core, yet the feeble him possessed zero means to fight back; even with a racing heart, within the Land of Adventure—this White Wolf domain—it proved futile.
Su Lin examined the Meng Hu ahead, resembling a supreme overlord appraising a captive he had retrieved, his look detached and aloof.
"Awoo—" With a subdued howl directed at the nearby Wolf Clan, Su Lin indicated they should haul away this fading Siberia Tiger and watch over him closely.
The attending Wolf Clan members swiftly responded, with a few jointly pulling Meng Hu off; his injuries scraped against the terrain, already suppurating, kept oozing blood, leaving thin crimson streaks from beneath Su Lin’s paws stretching beyond the cavern, apparently interminable.
Su Lin observed this trail of blood, his eyes serene and unmoving like the depths of an ancient well.
Regarding the leftover Variant Species Flesh, Su Lin planned to allocate portions by achievement next, a ritual the entire Wolf Clan anticipated eagerly, for to them, sustenance outweighed all else.
A handful of Wolf Clan started salivating over the nearby Variant Species Flesh, their gazes gleaming with hunger, poised to heed their instincts and charge at the meat the instant Su Lin commanded.
Su Lin’s attention shifted to the pair of imposing silhouettes close by; Xiao Hui caught the Wolf King’s weighty stare and promptly straightened up, whereas Little Lone Wolf maintained his deferential posture with head lowered, which pleased Su Lin greatly.
Though Little Lone Wolf, as Lead Wolf, wielded significant authority, he approached Su Lin with profound respect.
Xiao Hui remained true to form, his mischievous streak keeping him, despite heightened intellect, as whimsical as a young pup, fixated solely on trailing Su Lin into combats across the lands, proclaiming the Wolf Clan’s might throughout the Arctic.
To these two white wolves who had loyally accompanied him and shone in the fray, Su Lin bestowed lavishly three hundred pounds of flesh each; the lavish bounty prompted Xiao Hui to yelp in delight right then, while Little Lone Wolf concealed his thrill, yet a lone enthusiastic howl revealed the duo’s immense elation to Su Lin at that juncture.
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