Chapter 113 A Journey Until Death
Colorful fog coast, Cangxing sea area.
Crystal Palace Node.
The battle continued for four days.
The Shadow Scale Shrimp Guard, which grows by absorbing node energy, launches a counterattack in the face of player attacks.
Groups of shadow scale shrimp guards wear hard scale armor and are good at group combat. They use their numerical advantage and the ability to move quickly underwater to form impenetrable barriers. Their sharp pliers can easily cut off the player's body with every move. Make it return to Teizuka Village instantly.
It stands to reason that the player army can easily take down the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guard with an average level of about 25.
After all, the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guard does not have the terrifying talents of the Insect Tide and the Black Tide, which continuously create units.
However, without the help of life souls who are proficient in water, human players are completely unable to adapt to the rhythm of underwater combat. Several waves of joint offensives were easily defeated by the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards.
As for the alien players, the Gill Fish Tribe and the Deep Fish Tribe are proficient in water-based skills.
However, their average life soul level is low, and they do not have enough body forging levels to inherit the life soul attributes. In terms of strength, they are completely crushed by the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards.
The battle was completely conducted in a "blood-grinding" manner. Every time a Shadow Scale Shrimp Guard was killed, the opponent's strength was weakened by one point.
But in a short period of time, it was obviously impossible to win this node in the field.
At this time, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, roughly understood the rule characteristics and effects of nodes in this field through the analysis of the guidance.
When he first saw the analysis and introduction of "gathering the crowd", the effect he envisioned was that the more players gathered, the stronger the effect of the released abilities would be.
Just like a formation, each player can act as an energy node in the formation, connecting with each other to generate additional attribute bonuses.
But the guide shook his head and said that was not the case.
He knew the rules and characteristics of this domain node, and had also seen an overlord-level being who was pardoned by Emperor Zhao use it.
The so-called gathering of people does not mean the gathering of life.
It’s about the gathering of abilities.
According to the guidance, this feature can bring a superposition effect of ability characteristics to the player's legion.
Assuming that there are 100 players using the Black-armored Snake Soul, then after the "Gathering Rules" are embedded in Dizhong Village, all players using the Black-armored Snake Soul can obtain an additional +1% increase in the Black-armored Snake attribute.
The more players who use the Black-armored Snake Life Soul, the stronger the amplification effect will be, bringing about a crowd-building effect in terms of characteristics.
In addition to quantity, this conversion may also include calculation of life soul strength.
After listening to the explanation of the guide, Qi Sheng could already predict the player's behavior after containing the "gathering crowd" rule node.
There will inevitably be a large number of players on the forum shouting for others to follow their favorite genre.
The rules and characteristics of crowd gathering will allow the more players to use the life soul, the higher the additional bonus they will receive.
The more unpopular the soul is, the lower the bonus effect will be.
But what the specific bonus is, the guide cannot give a detailed explanation before there is a containment rule node.
But the characteristics of this rule made Qi Sheng strongly interested.
In the future, the number of players will continue to increase, and the bonus effects of the rules and characteristics of crowd gathering will also continue to increase.
It is simply a late-stage magical skill.
The priority of containing nodes in this field has been greatly improved in Qi Sheng's eyes.
As for when the containment would be completed, it was just a matter of time. He just needed to wait patiently.
Instead of continuing to pay attention to the inevitable war of attrition, Qi Sheng's consciousness began to switch frequently between the forum and the players.
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Just when the main player exploded at the crystal palace domain node.
Cangxing sea area.
As morning dawned, the sky turned orange and a layer of gauze mist hung over the sea.
Gu Chen sat on the edge of the homemade raft, holding the pole in one hand, lapping his feet in the cool water, and drifting with the waves, looking very comfortable.
Looking up at the golden wheel rising in the sky, he squinted his eyes and couldn't help but admire the beauty of the scenery.
In the past month, he followed the guild's friends and relatives in the Imperial Tomb Mountains to fight against the Black Tide and the Insect Tide. During this period, he also participated in the Skyfire Battle, and finally upgraded his body to Level 2.
Today, he is going to give himself a holiday.
Let’s go fishing until death.
To this end, he cut down trees near the coast half a day in advance, tied vines into rafts, and made a simple raft five meters long and three meters wide.
He had no intention of returning alive during this trip.
When you open the map, you can see that he is far away from the coast.
If you want to swim back this distance, it would be easier to die and go back.
Humming a little tune, browsing the forum, and fishing alone on the sea made Gu Chen extremely comfortable.
At this moment, the fishing rod in his hand sank suddenly.
Realizing that a fish had taken the bait, the arm holding the rod suddenly exerted force, and a light golden and light blue intertwined appeared on Gu Chen's body.
This is exactly the performance of the body's inherited power, the Brutal Ax and the Broken Knife.
The heartbeat speeds up.
It can be felt that the fish under the water is so powerful that it almost pulls him into the sea.
Gu Chen stood up decisively, quickly adjusted his posture, held the fishing rod tightly with both hands, and started a power game with this unknown marine creature.
The raft undulated in the waves, following the movement of the big fish and gliding through the waves.
Gu Chen was not in a hurry to use his strength, and planned to wait for the big fish to be exhausted before pulling it up, but his mind had already begun to imagine what kind of underwater creature it was.
This is the charm of fishing in the game.
Unlike the known fish species in reality, the ecosystem of the monster world is very complex.
There are many types of underwater life in the ocean, and you never know what type of marine life you will catch.
If you are lucky and catch a low-level Origin monster, this trip will be very profitable.
Although this probability is very small, it is not impossible.
Secondly, in addition to the original monsters, there are also many precious fish that can be sold at high prices in the trading house.
It can be said that every fishing trip is a lucky draw.
Good luck can bring huge wealth.
"Oh!"
The raft moved faster and faster through the waves, and even began to float on the sea. Gu Chen cheered excitedly, and the muscles in his arms tensed, with no intention of letting go.
In his eyes, playing games requires indulgence.
He is timid about catching fish, which is simply not a man.
Twenty minutes later, the raft, which was moving at high speed, was almost turned into a kite. Every time it fell into the water, it could fly more than ten meters away.
The big fish is still full of energy, but it has a tendency to slow down and does not continue to speed up.
Gu Chen finally started to take in the line, turning the homemade simple reel to shorten the fishing line little by little.
The game of strength officially began. The muscles on Gu Chen's arms condensed into blocks after exerting force, and the power of the Brutal Ax Life Soul and the Broken Blade Life Soul burst out in the body.
"Kick me up!"
The brute strength characteristic is released, and the strength suddenly increases.
Every time the fishing rod was raised, Gu Chen would quickly turn the reel.
Now he only worries about two problems.
How long can the bent homemade fishing rod last? Will the fishing line made of iron shell worm silk be broken?
But having entered the power game stage, Gu Chen didn't care so much anymore and planned to drag the fish onto the raft in one go.
Another 15 minutes passed.
Under the high-intensity strength game, Gu Chen was so tired that he was panting. The sweat on his body glistened in the sunlight, and his hands holding the pole trembled.
"Coming!"
With a loud roar, a water bag bulged from the sea surface, and a huge fish head broke through the water and flew into the air. Its black scales shone under the light of the golden wheel. Its huge body kept flicking in the air, and crystal water droplets splashed everywhere. Gu Chen subconsciously squinted his eyes.
But he reacted quickly and decisively changed his left hand to hold the pole, summoned a golden ax with his right hand, and flew towards the big black fish that was still in the air.
This blow was powerful and heavy, and coupled with the characteristics of the breaking knife, the fish head was broken and embedded in the meat with one blow.
But what surprised Gu Chen was that the big black fish didn't bleed and was still struggling with its mouth full of sharp teeth.
He fell into the water at the same time as the big fish, kicked his legs hard on the big black fish's head, used his strength to draw out the powerful ax, and then slashed at the big black fish's head. Gu Chen knew that he had no advantage in fighting underwater and had to fight quickly after falling into the water.
After several ax blows in succession, the already weak Big Black Fish completely stopped moving and turned into a black mist that swept toward him.
"Hey, where's the fish?"
After discovering that there was no decomposition prompt and no fish meat dropped after the big black fish died, Gu Chen was immediately stunned, and an incredible thought came to his mind.
Looking up suddenly, the guide beside him opened his mouth to absorb the black mist.
Then a challenger prompt sounded in his mind and on the regional voice channel:
[Challenger Tips (all channels): Congratulations to the player for killing the second-generation original monster in "The Endless Fight", receiving a 20,000 sacrificial power reward, and a star pulse slot level of +1. 】
[Extreme speed (the beginning of the second generation)]:
Origin Characteristics: Accelerates the efficiency of all actions by burning qi and blood. The specific acceleration effect is affected by the life soul level, and the duration is affected by the strength of the own qi and blood.
Purchase cost: 3000 sacrificial power.
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"Oh my God!"
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
The reminder in his mind confused Gu Chen.
Fishing is just a leisure hobby for him, not like fishing party players who fish day and night.
But he didn't expect that the achievement of "catching Yuanchu" that no fishing party player had achieved could be achieved by him, a casual passerby.
It's like a group of professional lottery players who buy lottery tickets every day but can't win the prize.
He just passed by a lottery shop and bought a lottery ticket, but he got a rich bonus.
This surprise came too suddenly, and Gu Chen was completely unprepared.
At this time, the chat channel of Gu Chen’s guild also exploded:
"Dog Zhan, you deserve to die. I was just saying that you were going to the Caiwu Coast for a vacation today. We were still fighting in the Imperial Tomb Mountains. You and we are gradually widening the gap in combat power. But what are you doing? I asked What are you doing...ah, it’s worse than killing me.”
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Hurry up and send out red envelopes. I received this unlucky reminder so early in the morning. Although I feel uncomfortable when I see other players getting the Yuanchu rewards, I can only get over it with a few curses. After all, we don’t know them, but It’s different when you get a reward. I couldn’t sleep for at least three days. It was so uncomfortable.”
"Everyone is very poor, why do you want to get rich first? When you become rich, doesn't it break the balance between us? Aren't we happy in the days when we all struggled together in poverty? How did you become rich alone? I suggest Donate all this money. If you don’t donate, I will suffer from angina. You can choose one, good brother or Ji Li. You can only choose one.”
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After looking at the wails of relatives and friends in the voice channel, Gu Chen burst into laughter.
Although it is a small guild, the members in the guild are all his old friends for more than five years. They have had many offline gatherings, and he even served as the best man when several old players got married.
Compared with income, what he cares more about is the friendship between relatives and friends.
When he was happy, he sent a lucky red envelope worth 3,000 sacrificial power to the guild group chat channel, and the wails in the guild chat channel suddenly turned into congratulations and blessings.
Calling up the regional voice channel, just as he expected, the screen was filled with cordial and friendly greetings.
“It’s cool!”
The sudden wealth made Gu Chen feel happy, and then he turned to look at the raft, ready to continue fishing happily until death.
But he was shocked to find that the raft was moving away with the waves.
Realizing that the situation was not good, he swam decisively towards the retreating raft, trying to close the distance.
But without the blessing of the swimming speed soul, the raft was getting further and further away from him with the double boost of sea wind and waves, shrinking in sight, until it completely disappeared from the end of sight.
At this moment, the smile on Gu Chen's face disappeared.
"Damn it, how should I go back?"
As he said that, Gu Chen, who was floating on the water, subconsciously looked at the guidance water ball floating beside him.
Their eyes met, and the clone transformed into two arms with a bored look on his face, spreading his hands and saying:
[Look at what I’m doing, do you still want me to carry you back? Of course, swim back, or hold your breath and drown yourself. If you die, go back. Don't ask me such idiotic questions next time. 】
Gu Chen:......
Looking around, he couldn't see the shadow of land. Gu Chen knew that he was in for something big.
Calling up the map function, I found that the straight-line distance between my location and the Caiwu Coast reached 27 kilometers. It would take more than half a day to swim back against the wind, which might not be enough.
As for holding himself back to death, he felt it was really not easy to do.
The only more reliable way to die is that a ferocious sea life passes by and sends his soul back to Dizhong Village.
But the question is, where can he find the ferocious big fish?
"Forget it, let's try it first."
With that said, Gu Chen took a deep breath and dived into the water.
The guide suspended on the side also followed him into the underwater world.
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An hour later, the player forum.
[Version T0 level life soul +1, preliminary evaluation display of extremely fast life soul, and suggestions on life soul matching]:
Posted by: The night is coming
Content: Finally, a new Yuanchu was taken into custody. After seeing the prompt, he decisively went to the test tower for a matching test.
Judging from the name of the original characteristic, this seems to be a characteristic that improves action efficiency, but in fact it is not.
After the extreme speed characteristic is turned on, in addition to instantly speeding up movement, using it with other life souls can also produce unimaginable effects.
Here is the first test video, which is paired with: Bone Fire (Ink Flame) Life Soul + Extreme Speed Life Soul.
(Attachment: Recording video)
It can be seen that it originally takes several seconds to accumulate energy to condense a fireball, but after matching with the extremely fast life soul, the energy storage is instantly shortened to 1.5 seconds. This is not the limit. If I choose to speed up the burning of energy and blood, I can instantly burn my energy. When the health bar and blue bar are empty, it shows the super explosive performance of the continuous fireball technique in the video.
The strength of this life soul is T0 level in the current version of burst flow, which is better than the effect of Liuying clone.
Next, we provide several combination ideas.
The first combination: Bone Fire, Flowing Shadow Clone, Extreme Speed, and Breath-eating.
This configuration can empty the blue and blood bars within 10 seconds, causing horrific damage in an instant. However, the shortcomings are also very obvious. It consumes too much, and even the breath cannot make up for the lack of energy, blood and mental power. It is a type of attack. The star pulse combination will slump after it explodes.
The second combination: gargoyle, soul-removing gun, black-armored snake (poisonous), and extreme speed.
This is the most perfect combination in my eyes.
The characteristic of extreme speed is that it consumes qi and blood to release. This restriction destined the melee style with strong qi and blood to be the most suitable for the speed soul.
I named this combination "High-speed Special Effects Flow".
The main focus is to cause damage through special effects. At level 1, Life Soul can activate 1.5 times the movement speed and attack speed. It has both tankiness and output, and its overall strength is very high.
The third combination: Dusk Shadow, Brutal Axe, Broken Knife, Extreme Speed.
Also a close combat combination, this Star Pulse combination belongs to the assassin burst style.
After getting close, it activates extreme speed and bursts out ultra-high output in a short period of time. However, it is only recommended for skilled players. It is difficult for ordinary players to wander among the monsters.
The above are the Xingmai matching ideas given in this evaluation. If you have better ideas, you can post them in the comment area.
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Comment area:
Raging Chicken: So the assassin style is on the rise again?
Is this a beaver: In fact, the performance of the assassin style is quite strong. In the Skyfire battle, many assassins went to the Black Tide and the Insect Tide to steal last-minute hits, which really made them a lot of money. The only drawback is that the technical requirements are too high, and they cannot play well. Assassin players and those who don't know how to play are completely two different schools, but to say that the strongest assassin currently has to be the veteran member of our guild led by Tie Ye: Ashes.
Sea Walker: There are a lot of people here. I want to ask if there are any human brothers who want to sacrifice their strength. Please give me 25 points of sacrifice strength.
The Dark Land is so fun: The first demonstration video of the Star Pulse combination made me laugh to death. It emptied the health bar and blue bar in 10 seconds, and it was immediately sluggish. This genre is also too impractical. It is only suitable for some powerful teams to use one at critical times. If you pull it out for a burst, you can forget about individual players and individual teams. Choosing this is equivalent to bringing a burden.
Shadows Travel:
This set is more useful than the previous assassin style. The previous set was mainly for special effects and required stacking poisons and curse seals. This set is mainly focused on burst output, but Brother Heiye did not consider one problem. The assassin went deep behind enemy lines. Weapons such as the Broken Knife and the Brutal Ax are not suitable for use. The Forbidden Blade, a dagger-type weapon that can be used quickly in a small space, is the most suitable option.
So you need to add another Cursed Blade Life Soul to your set of Life Souls, but the training level required to inherit all five Life Souls is too far away. I will try to get it done within the next two months. Recently, my strength has improved, and my efficiency in killing monsters has increased, and my income has increased. It's soaring, and I feel like it's growing a lot faster.
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The appearance of the Speed Soul caused heated discussion in the forum.
After the evaluation, many Raiders players ranked this life soul in the T0 position of version.
After turning on the special effects ability, the player seems to have activated acceleration.
Any action can be accelerated, including movement, spellcasting, physical attack frequency, etc., including underwater action efficiency.
This allows the Xingmai combination to have more powerful combinations.
Subsequently, some players developed a set of functional streams, which combined restraint, light shield, extreme speed, and breath-taking, focusing on second control and second shield. The functionality was greatly improved. There are many players who mainly play functional streams. After reading the guide content, I decisively changed the new star pulse combination.
The subsequent actual combat performance against the insect tide and the black tide in the Imperial Tomb Mountains proved that the suggestions put forward by the players of the Raiders Party were feasible.
It has brought a considerable increase in combat power to both individuals and teams.
This is also the charm of this game’s setting in the eyes of many players.
Every time a life soul is contained, all players benefit.
The addition of a high-strength life soul can also bring a considerable improvement to the overall strength of the player's camp.
(End of chapter)