The desecration of a True God statue would provoke the anger of the True God, thereby igniting the power of faith within the statue and destroying everything around it...
When a group of players was wiped out because of this, it beca a newly recognized taboo.
Even Eve thought the sa.
However, just when she thought no one would be foolish enough to try, soon after, she sensed successive divine punishnts from Uller...
"Why is it still happening?"
She was sowhat stunned.
And when she cast her gaze over and saw who triggered the divine punishnt, she couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.
A red afro and a face full of a mischievous grin.
It was Demacia, the recognized number one reckless player in "Elf Kingdom," the bottom line of NPC favorability, the creator of Amway Chamber of Comrce, and the pioneer of group missionary strategy.
In the scene replay, this guy, who because of another incident, had been set by Eve to draw only whiteboard equipnt once a lifeti in the lottery, was enthusiastically peeing on Uller’s statue... stark naked...
Of course, then a bolt of lightning returned his consciousness to the World Tree.
Eve: ...
"Why is it him again?"
*Her head ached.*
Although historically, people have desecrated statues, and other True Gods didn’t show discontent towards Eve due to players desecrating their statues. At most, Uller beca increasingly hostile towards Eve, but doing it this way constantly... the cost of their resurrection would skyrocket.
Soon, though, Eve understood Demacia’s purpose.
Because he posted on the forum.
The post’s title was as straightforward and brutal as ever—"Demacia Teaches You How to Properly Desecrate Statues."
The content read—
"Hello everyone! I’m Demacia, hehehe, today I’m going to teach you a new little trick."
"I believe everyone has heard about the Black Cat rcenary Corps guild wipe a few days ago. Yep, it’s that guild that didn’t follow Little Xian Miao’s guide and directly desecrated the true statues, resulting in a wipe. Because of this, we all realized that True God statues in ’Elf Kingdom’ cannot be desecrated..."
"However, after learning about all these incidents, I had so new thoughts."
"Actually, this was sothing I had long been inspired by—the past Fengye City mission."
"Everyone knows, back in Fengye City, to attract the attention of the Eternal Lord, we infiltrated the Eternal Church as Desperate Believers and sared filth on Yiteo’s statue. This directly triggered a divine punishnt, destroying the entire temple and, by chance, splashing the filth onto the Dragon of Despair lurking in Fengye City, leading to a battle among True Gods..."
"From that incident, I noticed just how powerful divine punishnt is in this ga. It’s indeed a true divine punishnt. I still have the screenshots from back then, and that scene, tsk tsk... it was like dropping a strategic missile..."
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"Look at this destruction? It was terrifying... At the ti, the entire temple turned into ashes."
"After that incident, I beca sowhat interested in desecrating statues, but unfortunately, there hasn’t been an opportunity since then, and I didn’t dare to desecrate the Goddess’s statue, so I’ve been holding off."
"Until a few days ago!"
"After the Black Cat rcenary Corps desecrated a statue and wiped out, I had another idea and tried a few more tis after that."
"And, like them, I also triggered divine punishnt, nearly obliterating the entire oasis at the ti..."
"Here, soone I asked captured this screenshot, the scene was brutal... I heard there wasn’t even any ash left of ."
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"After that, I tried a few more tis and discovered that the divine punishnts from different tribes were also distinct, seemingly related to the tribe’s size... though I speculate it might be due to the power of faith contained within the statues."
"This is a comparison of the power of divine punishnt elicited after desecrating statues according to tribe size from small to large..."
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"I must say, the divine punishnt in this ga is indeed too powerful."
"Although Uller’s divine punishnt is different from that directly descended by the Eternal Lord, instead directly detonating the power of faith within the statue, transforming into a thunderbolt that blows up a vast area, its power remains fearso..."
"Especially as the tribe size grows, the power of divine punishnt also increases."
"In a large tribe, I reckon even the Black Dragon Mairrel couldn’t withstand it, perhaps not even the leader could."
"Friends familiar with my operations must already know what I’m hinting at by now?"
"Is this divine punishnt? No... this is basically an indiscriminate AOE attack! A devastating one..."
"In that case, we can completely reverse this divine punishnt chanic!"
"Friends who have entered the Death Desert should know that the Half-Beasts there live in tribes, typically classified as large, dium, and small."
"Small tribes might have just over a thousand inhabitants; a large guild could handle them through sneak attacks. But dium-sized tribes consist of a few thousand, and without cooperation among large guilds, they’re tough to take down. For those large tribes with ten thousand mbers, I’d estimate everyone would need to unite to defeat them; otherwise, you’d have to gradually harass from the outskirts..."
"However, with divine punishnt now available, I had a flash of insight and another idea."
"Divine punishnt is indiscriminate and, the larger the tribe, the more potent the statue’s power, making divine punishnt more fierce. So... we can infiltrate the tribes we can’t overpower and desecrate statues to trigger divine punishnt!"
"It’s best to lure those Half-Beast leaders there too so everyone can self-destruct together! Once those Silver Upper, or even Golden Rank high-level professionals are gone, even with many Half-Beasts left, we can slowly grind them down!"
"Sacrifice a little, and you can reap huge rewards... hehehe, isn’t this a new strategy technique?"
"Of course, with the NPCs killed by divine punishnt, we can’t gain experience. But considering how wealthy dium and large tribes are, even if we earn less experience, devouring other Half-Beasts and resources would be hugely profitable!"
"Furthermore, if any high-level Half-Beast professionals survive divine punishnt but are gravely wounded, we might even have a chance to scavenge!"
"Hehe, this new playstyle, I call it the Divine Punishnt Flow!"
"Of course, players should definitely strip off all their gear before doing anything reckless; otherwise, it won’t be Divine Punishnt Flow but Bankruptcy Flow."
The post ended here.
And in the comnts section, there was naturally a frenzy of onlookers, and the replies from two players Eve was relatively familiar with were upvoted to the top...
Li Mu:
"This is impressive..."
Optimist:
"Damn! Why didn’t I think of this? Demacia, you’re always coming up with new tricks."
My Wife is Eve:
"Hahahaha, is this an upgraded version of the sacrificial flow? Desecrating statues to trigger divine punishnt, taking down Half-Beasts... hahahaha..."
Study Hard Every Day Lunchti:
"Uller is so unlucky! Your divine punishnt is being freeloaded."
The comnt section was filled with a lively atmosphere and an eagerness to try.
And watching the excited players, Eve opened her mouth, speechless.
*She really found she had underestimated the players...*
*Underestimated their reckless spirit, and their creative gaplay.*
In fact, recalling the formation of previous recognized taboos, one would know how so players displayed their manipulative skills...
"Don’t joke about the Goddess in front of NPCs," because doing so would lower the Goddess’s favorability.
So among players, there were people who deliberately spread false rumors about competitors in front of simple-minded NPCs, directly leading to a series of system ssages like "××’s favorability towards you decreased by such and such" leaving their opposition confused...
"Don’t ask the Earth Cave Spider to mine," because the Earth Cave Spider loves to eat those two minerals the most.
However, with the advent of the Magic Gun, the prices of Mithril and Magic Stones skyrocketed, and competition over mining them among major guilds erged, making it standard practice to exploit Earth Cave Spiders’ preferences by tossing little Earth Cave Spiders and big Earth Cave Spiders into opponents’ mines unnoticed during disputes...
"Don’t call Mairrel the Black Dragon," because Mairrel hates nothing more than being called a Black Dragon.
So among players, there were those who did the opposite, lavishly praising the Little Black Dragon’s benevolence and nobility, comparing it to the most righteous Silver Dragon in the world, and smoothly fooling the not-so-bright Little Black Dragon into a dizzy stupor, freeloading many private quests and dragon scales and Dragon Saliva...
Of course, eventually, even Little Xian Miao couldn’t bear to watch and subtly reminded Mairrel, finally waking up the Little Black Dragon.
So on and so forth, various operations, even a universally acknowledged taboo, could be creatively played by the players.
This ti was no different.
Thus, after Demacia’s post, not only did the players desecrating statues not decrease, but they increased instead...
Along with it, Eve’s cost of resurrecting them rose significantly.
However, even though the resurrection cost increased, Eve received more life force feedback in return.
Because, as Demacia said, the players weren’t entirely reckless, but rather freeloaded divine punishnt from Uller to attack Half-Beast tribes...
Eve found herself sowhat at a loss with the outco.
Players enjoyed their fun, and Eve reveled in the life energy gained.
But so poor True God being targeted surely would fall into depression...
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