Imperial Tomb Village, in front of the Primordial Containnt Wall.
Qi Sheng stood with his eyes closed, his consciousness weaving through the networked world of reality, looking for suitable candidates to recruit.
Without exception, the mbers of several player groups he entered regarded him as a scam artist.
Most would choose to delete the link he sent, then kick him out of the group chat.
Qi Sheng had absolutely no desire to explain. He decisively switched to find new targets to recruit, adopting a scattergun approach.
The 50 spots were quickly distributed, snapped up by players across three groups.
At that mont, the Guiding Water Ball suddenly appeared:
[Big Boss, among the players recruited this ti, there's a tough one!]
"How tough?" Qi Sheng turned to the Guiding Water Ball and asked with a tinge of annoyance.
[Last ti, when players reported issues with the pain sensitivity setting, didn't you set the initial pain response for first-ti players in the ga to the lowest at 10%?]
Qi Sheng personally made these adjustnts and naturally would not forget.
Originally recruited players like Li Zheng had complained about the ga's pain feedback being too realistic, prompting him to realize the issue must be addressed.
One of the main reasons players feel empowered is their fearlessness, and excessively realistic pain feedback runs counter to this concept.
After careful consideration, he set the initial pain feedback at 10%.
The reason for not setting it at 0% was that pain is fundantally a feedback from the body's condition, and having so pain feedback allows players to tily notice changes in their condition, and hone their combat skills during the hunt, rather than acting rely as brutes.
[One of the players recruited this ti, after checking the ga's functions, voluntarily increased the pain feedback to 100%.]
"Then that truly is a tough one."
Curious, Qi Sheng's head suddenly turned into a mass of scarlet flas, with fire spreading from the top and enveloping him in a blaze.
After switching to the Emperor's On Form, his perspective shifted to the Guiding Avatar that followed the "tough player" ntioned by the Guiding Water Ball.
...
The sky seed stained with thick ink, having lost its usual brightness, leaving only an eerie Waning Moon hanging in the sky, casting mottled shadows.
A black wind howled across the earth, lifting clumps of ash resembling willow catkins into the air.
Crack!
The crisp sound of bone breaking could be heard as Li Tie broke the arm of the Curse Soldier in front of him, then decisively activated his Petrification Form. A layer of pitch-black substance imdiately coated his body, allowing him to withstand the attacks from two more Curse Soldiers from the left and right.
Throughout his journey, Li Tie was extrely satisfied with the realism of this ga.
The successive battles also allowed him to comprehend the proper use of the stone-statue ghost's Petrification Ability.
He discovered that in the ga, there were no so-called skill cooldown limitations, and the use of the Petrification Ability could be activated or deactivated at will.
The Guidance's explanation was that the ga had two types of energy bars, naly Life Force and spiritual power.
The use of active skills required the consumption of one of these energies.
For example, every use of the stone-statue ghost's Petrification Ability consud Life Force, while abilities like the Eagle-Headed Demon's Resentful Chant and Bone Fire's Ink Fla ability consud spiritual power.
Without skill cooldown limitations, the appropriate timing for skill deploynt beca especially critical.
Curse Soldiers beca the targets for Li Tie to train his skills on.
Petrification, release, counterattack... Every ti a Curse Soldier attacked, Li Tie would activate Petrification to endure the damage, then withdraw it during their attack intervals to counterattack, quickly becoming familiar with the rhythm of using the Petrification Ability.
After several rounds of attacks, the three Curse Soldiers that blocked his path were broken down into a pile of bones by his heavy fists.
After absorbing the energy condensed from the Curse Soldiers upon their death, he successfully leveled up to 4, clearly feeling a significant improvent in his physical fitness.
Picking up a broken Battle Axe left by the Curse Soldiers from the ground, Li Tie continued eastward.
Half an hour later.
Crossing over a hillside, the sight that unfolded before Li Tie's eyes was a valley covered with a thick layer of black ash, and the air carried an acrid sll of burnt earth.
What surprised him was that several floating weapons were hanging in the air in front of the valley, wandering around as if they had a life of their own.
As he continued downhill, entering the valley, a string of text floated before him.
[Challenger Tips: Domain Node scene "Artifact Spirit Valley" discovered.]
With the prompt, the map popped up automatically, dispersing the fog at his location and revealing the golden lettering "Artifact Spirit Valley."
Continuing forward for a distance, his gaze focused on a battle axe ahead with a flow of crimson energy on its surface.
[Power Barbarian (First Generation Origin)]:
Hunting Level: 10
Guidance Analysis: A special monster that holds Primordial Power, evolved from a portion of Emperor Zhao's power of slaughter, it has gained rudintary intelligence and craves for battle and killing.
His gaze turned to the cyan sword floating beside the battle axe, and the analysis information surfaced again:
[Shattering (First Generation Origin)]
Hunting Level: 10
Guidance Analysis: A special monster that holds Primordial Power, evolved from a portion of Emperor Zhao's power of slaughter, it has gained rudintary intelligence and craves for battle and killing.
...
Having checked the attributes of the weapons floating ahead, Li Tie was surprised to find that these weapons were all highly prized First Generation Origin as ntioned by the Guidance.
Although their hunting level had reached level 10, Li Tie did not retreat. Instead, he advanced towards Artifact Spirit Valley.
The floating Artifact Spirits reacted at this ti, shooting towards him rapidly and surrounding him, then hovering in place.
Li Tie thought he would be attacked, but he found that the Artifact Spirits did not do so.
The leading crimson battle axe trembled lightly as it floated in front of him, and the other four Artifact Spirits surrounding Li Tie scattered, clearing an open space.
"What does this an, Guidance?"
[My analysis is, it's challenging you, wanting to have a one-on-one true man's collision with you.]
"Interesting!"
At that mont, Li Tie gripped the broken Tie Chui in his hand, stepped forward, and swung the warhamr down heavily towards the battle axe.
After the clashing of tals, sparks flew, Li Tie's warhamr in hand shattered, tal fragnts flying everywhere, while the surface of the Artifact Spirit's battle axe remained unblemished.
Boom!
The offensive of the battle axe also unfolded at this ti, a violent crimson airflow rushing forth, the battle axe raised high, and chopping down heavily towards Li Tie's head.
Crack!
The half of the warhamr that Li Tie had raised was instantly shattered, leaving only the handle, and the battle axe continued its descent without losing montum.
Petrification!
Li Tie shifted his body to the right, decisively activating his Petrification Ability.
Ding!
He sidestepped with his shoulder to take the strike of the axe, domineering energy perating his body, causing intense pain which brought a ferocious smile to Li Tie's face and an undeniable excitent to his eyes.
The pain instead roused the fierceness in his heart.
He released the broken hamr handle and, after deactivating the Petrification Ability, he punched the battle axe with all his might.
But to Li Tie's surprise, the other four weapons that had been observing suddenly shot towards him, piercing through his body in an instant.
[Challenger Tips: Player death, 10 points of sacrificial power deducted, entering one-hour Resurrection Cooldown!]
The prompt information appeared, and the scene before Li Tie turned into a grayscale hue.
...
An hour later, Li Tie reappeared at the Resurrection Point in Imperial Tomb Village.
"Guidance, wasn't it supposed to be a one-on-one duel? Why did the other Artifact Spirits suddenly attack ?"
In response to his inquiry, after a short silence, Guidance provided an analysis:
[At the ti, you had dropped the shattered warhamr in your hand, and then you were attacked by the other Artifact Spirits. Therefore, the one-on-one duel likely requires you to be ard. Once you discarded your weapon, you were no longer the target of the Artifact Spirit's challenge.]
"I see."
Understanding the reason, Li Tie had the idea of returning to Artifact Spirit Valley for another battle.
But the weapons on the Ancient Battlefield were all in a state of disrepair, not able to withstand a single onslaught from the Artifact Spirits. He now needed a high-quality weapon.
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