Chapter 185: Activating the Human Emperor Physique! The Arena System Is About to Go Live!
Xinye City.
Several hundred players gathered together.
Before them was a newly activated Stars Blessing.
It had finally succeeded!
A trendous sense of accomplishnt and conquest filled everyone!
The territory had captured its first city within the Wan City region!
This was a crucial step in the territory’s expansion and conquest—
And the players present were both witnesses and participants!
Almost simultaneously—
【Ding! Mission completed. You obtained Essence 55000, Contribution Points 70000, Silver Treasure Chest 1!】
【Ding! Mission completed. You obtained Essence 52000, Contribution Points 65000, Silver Treasure Chest 1!】
【Ding! Mission completed. You obtained Essence 50000, Contribution Points 70000, Silver Treasure Chest 1!】
【……】
【Ding! Mission completed. You obtained Essence 30000, Contribution Points 60000, Bronze Treasure Chest 1!】
【Ding! Mission completed. You obtained Essence 10000, Contribution Points 20000!】
【……】
Hang Yu harvested players ruthlessly—
But he was equally generous when distributing rewards.
Although from an individual perspective—
The Xinye City mission rewards were similar to those from the Centipede Valley mission.
However, only 420 Calamity Army players participated in the Centipede Valley operation.
This ti, as many as eight hundred players participated in the Xinye City campaign.
The total scale was on an entirely different level.
This ti, a total of 15 million Essence and over 20 million Contribution Points were distributed.
Although the Lord’s Essence inco over the past one or two days had been enormous—
More than half was returned to the Calamity Army.
Among them—
The top one to two hundred players generally received forty to fifty thousand Essence each.
Even weaker players with smaller contributions still received at least several thousand or nearly ten thousand Essence.
There was no doubt about it.
For the Calamity Army—
This was an unprecedented feast.
After this mission ended—
The number of Tier-Two players would reach nearly six hundred.
The number of Level 15 and Level 16 players would double.
Roughly eight to ten players would be the first to reach Level 17.
Based on Legion contribution—
Hang Yu also rewarded the four major Legions with portions of Free Essence.
Freedom Wings received 200,000 Free Essence.
War God Hall received 110,000 Free Essence.
Divine Feather Palace received 90,000 Free Essence.
Undying Dragon Soul received 50,000 Free Essence.
What was Free Essence?
This was Essence stored within the Legion Essence Pool.
It could be understood as the Lord issuing an Essence check.
Although this Essence was likewise stored within the territory—
Legion Commanders could withdraw and use it at any ti.
It could be used on themselves or Legion mbers.
It could be used to level up or cultivate skills.
It was one of the Legion’s most important privileges.
There were two thods of obtaining Free Essence.
The first was through Legion mbers killing monsters.
The Legion could extract 1% of every Essence pickup for storage.
Although the ratio was not high—
It accumulated over ti.
The second thod was receiving rewards directly through collective missions.
The allocation of these Essence rewards primarily depended on the Legion’s contribution during missions and operations.
During the Xinye City operation—
Freedom Wings, War God Hall, and Divine Feather Palace contributed roughly similar amounts.
The reason Freedom Wings, led by Black-Eyed Rui Ge and Salted Fish Thrust, received 200,000 Essence—
Was mainly because their mbers were the first to locate and activate the Providence Divine Stone.
The scale of freely controlled Essence reserves was extrely important to Legion developnt.
Because the more Essence stored in the Legion Essence Pool—
The more capable the Legion was of cultivating elite experts.
Especially when breaking through the bottleneck between Tier Two and Tier Three.
Hang Yu delegated a portion of Essence control authority to the Legion leaders.
On the surface, this appeared to be decentralization of power.
But in reality—
It increased the efficiency of Essence usage.
Legion leaders would manage and allocate every bit of Essence much more carefully.
Moreover, Essence mainly ca from the Legion mbers’ own hunting and mission contributions.
Its impact on Hang Yu himself was minimal.
In the future—
Once there were enough Legions and enough Legion mbers—
The Legion Essence Pools would beco massive figures.
Under special circumstances, Hang Yu could even temporarily borrow portions of this Essence.
Of course—
That required maintaining sufficient “reserve funds” and ensuring no bank-run-like situations occurred.
Besides Essence, these tangible rewards—
The rankings of the major Legions on the Legion Contribution Leaderboard also changed.
War God Hall, originally ranked first, dropped to second place.
Freedom Wings, previously ranked second, climbed to first.
“Damn it!”
“We actually got surpassed by Freedom Wings!”
“It’s fine! Those bastards just got lucky!”
“As long as we work harder completing missions and conquering territory from now on, first place will definitely belong to War God Hall again!”
“The Xinye City mission is nothing. The Day of Ultimate Darkness campaign is about to begin soon!”
“War God Hall absolutely must perform brilliantly during the Day of Ultimate Darkness!”
“Let’s go!”
“We’re the strongest!”
“……”
After seeing the latest Legion rankings—
Although Ye Li ng, Mad Blade Old Wang, and the upper managent of War God Hall did not care too much—
Many mid- and lower-tier mbers felt deeply frustrated.
After all—
Before this, War God Hall had always ranked first among all Legions.
During this mission, their output and contributions were also sowhat higher than Freedom Wings.
Yet because the other side found and activated the Providence Divine Stone first—
They ended up one place behind on the leaderboard.
Everyone was holding back a competitive fire inside.
They decided they would work even harder from now on—
Completing missions, conquering territory, submitting equipnt and resources—
So they could reclaim the first-place throne they had lost!
Freedom Wings had already beco War God Hall’s greatest rival.
As for Divine Feather Palace and Undying Dragon Soul?
These two Legions were also major organizations with reputations.
However, Divine Feather Palace’s Legion Commander Little Bell and Vice Commanders Chira Wraith and Chen Xi were comparatively more laid-back.
They were not overly obsessed with fa and competition.
Still—
They could not be underestimated.
Because even if the leaders themselves did not care about rankings—
The mid- and lower-tier mbers certainly would.
Moreover, rankings directly affected Legion developnt.
Eventually, it would be impossible to avoid competition among Legions.
Little Bell was an obsessive fan of the Lord.
She would very likely frantically increase her legion contribution for the sake of raising the Lord’s favorability toward her.
And behind her stood the support of an enormous financial consortium.
If she crazily spent money and resources, using material submissions to gain contribution points—
She would beco a very formidable competitor.
As for Undying Dragon Soul……
This Legion was currently the weakest in overall strength.
However, its leader Raising Cup Toward the Moon was clearly no ordinary person.
They appeared mysterious and were still hiding their strength.
Their future potential likely would not lose to any other Legion.
Although the appearance of the Legion system—
Created factional divisions among players—
And in the future, Legions might beco hostile due to conflicts of interest—
Healthy internal competition could greatly improve the territory’s efficiency.
At this mont—
The Calamity Army players had already begun opening their reward treasure chests.
From them, they obtained many Advanced Recording Crystals and Advanced Essence Scrolls.
So luckier players even pulled more precious rewards like Skill Upgrade Cards or Skill Learning Cards.
Especially the Skill Learning Cards—
So skills were extrely difficult-to-obtain hidden skills.
For example—
Chen Xi and Midnight Butcher both obtained “Alchemy Learning Cards”!
Using these, they could schedule lessons with Zhang Zhongjing to learn skills.
Through this privilege, they could freely choose one Alchemy skill from Physician Zhang Zhongjing and reserve a free learning opportunity!
This was an extrely precious privilege.
Others could only envy them!
After all—
Each person could only teach one skill per day.
Both teacher and student consud Essence during the teaching process.
Additionally, the NPC’s labor and effort also required compensation.
The cost was extrely high.
Moreover—
There were far more monks than porridge.
Everyone wanted to learn top-tier hidden skills.
Yet there were only so many NPCs.
If you could not gain an NPC’s favorability—
Why would they choose to teach you among so many people?
Besides these items—
The reward chests also had a high probability of containing physical rewards.
Such as various equipnt pieces and attribute pills.
All of them effectively improved strength and granted the Calamity Army tangible benefits.
In short—
For the players—
This was a magnificent feast.
The Calamity Army felt that the suffering they endured inside the Xinye Nightmare Domain was insignificant.
Even if it beca ten tis or a hundred tis harder—
Even if they had to do it another ten or twenty tis—
They would still willingly endure such suffering and eagerly seek it out.
“Brothers!”
“Hurry and activate the resurrection point!”
“There are still quite a few Xinye Survivors and Roaring Giants wandering nearby!”
“They’re walking gift packages! Let’s hurry and hunt them so we can prepare for the upcoming Day of Ultimate Darkness!”
“Damn it!”
“War God Hall already went monster hunting!”
“Freedom Wings brothers, let’s move too!”
“……”
The players continued farming monsters.
After distributing the rewards—
Hang Yu also began reviewing his own gains.
This ti, the harvest was extrely substantial.
Especially the Talent Points and Xinye City itself.
The forr would allow Hang Yu to activate a Tier-Three Talent and drastically increase his strength.
The latter granted the territory its most important strategic foothold at this stage.
First, open the Providence Treasure Chest!
【You opened the Providence Treasure Chest. You obtained “Magic Crystals” 40000, “Forging Essence Crystals” 500, “Wailing Gems” 300, “Skill Stone: Fighting Spirit Ignition” 1, “Skill Stone: Shocking Roar” 1, “Construction Blueprint: Stars Arena” 1!】
The Xinye City Providence Treasure Chest truly carried weight!
Although it was the sa city-level stronghold as Shansang City—
Xinye was a Tier-Three stronghold while Shansang was only Tier Two.
Thus, the Magic Crystal output was eight tis greater than the Shansang City chest.
If this batch of Magic Crystals was included—
The Xinye operation produced over 100,000 Magic Crystals total.
That was even more than what Hang Yu earned selling dicine over the previous several days!
Of course—
Although this inco was not entirely a one-ti deal—
The Xinye Survivors would require at least ten days to respawn.
As for BOSSes like the Evil Infant—
They generally only had a chance to respawn during each Day of Ultimate Darkness and were highly unstable.
Industrial businesses, on the other hand—
As the variety of industries, market scale, and productivity increased—
Could theoretically generate stable and continuous profits forever.
Besides Magic Crystals, upgraded forging stones, and enhancent gems—
This ti there were also two Skill Stones and one blueprint.
【Skill Stone: Fighting Spirit Ignition】Green-quality skill. Learning Requirent: Total attributes 300 points.
【Skill Stone: Shocking Roar】Green-quality skill. Learning Requirent: Strength 70 points, Will 35 points.
These were two extrely high-quality skills!
Skill Stones did not distinguish between lower, middle, or upper quality.
However—
Generally speaking—
The higher a skill’s rank, the harsher its learning requirents.
And the stronger the skill likely was.
The two skills obtained this ti were clearly among the best green-quality skills.
Among them—
Fighting Spirit Ignition required not a single attribute, but the combined total of all four major attributes.
Skills like this typically possessed extrely broad compatibility.
Citizens of all classes and combat styles could use them.
And indeed, that was the case.
The effect of Fighting Spirit Ignition was very simple.
It consud a massive amount of Mana at once while temporarily reducing the user’s maximum Mana limit.
In exchange—
It greatly increased health regeneration speed and all attributes.
This allowed the user to unleash much more powerful combat ability for a short period.
As for the other skill, “Shocking Roar”—
It was a support-type skill.
This skill could dispel and remove negative spell effects from the user and nearby allies.
Although it lacked offensive power—
It effectively reduced the risk of being controlled by crowd-control skills or illusion-type abilities.
Thus, it increased combat effectiveness.
Both skills possessed extrely high practicality.
The territory’s Skill Tower also had enough skill slots available.
Hang Yu planned to imdiately embed them.
The pricing would naturally match the value of the skills.
This would allow him to siphon away another portion of the players’ Contribution Point circulation.
The final reward was a blueprint.
【Construction Blueprint: Stars Arena】Tier-Three Special Building…… Construction Cost: 100,000 Magic Crystals 10,000 portions of Tier-Three Material Essence!
An Arena!
Unexpectedly, this blueprint had dropped!
The Stars Arena was a Tier-Three building.
Even among Tier-Three buildings—
It was exceptionally rare and valuable.
It could only be obtained from Tier-Three Providence Treasure Chests with an extrely tiny probability.
When Hang Yu saw this blueprint—
His spirits imdiately rose.
Honestly speaking—
Common blueprints did not necessarily an low value.
For example, Spirit Field blueprints.
Likewise—
Rarity did not always an extrely high value.
The Arena blueprint was a perfect example.
The functionality of the Stars Arena was very simple.
Its primary purpose was allowing territory citizens to enter and participate in various battles.
It could even allow citizens to fight each other to the death.
Although the Arena could bring certain benefits to the territory—
From the perspective of most Stars Lords—
Every high-level troop and high-level citizen was cultivated through enormous resource expenditure.
Why would they allow them to be consud in a place like this?
The rewards clearly were not worth the losses.
However—
For Hang Yu—
The value of this blueprint might exceed all the other spoils from this operation combined.
How could a fun ga have only PVE—
Without PVP?
It seed the launch of the Three Kingdoms Arena System could officially be added to the schedule!
The appearance of the Arena blueprint—
Was wonderful news for players.
The building’s functionality could provide players with a legitimate and unrestricted PK environnt.
For other Lords—
Every advanced citizen was precious.
For Hang Yu—
Things were completely different.
He could utilize the Arena’s features and the players’ immortal nature to obtain benefits—
And even farm huge amounts of Essence.
It could beco an entirely new source of developnt for the territory.
Even from the perspective of a ga planner and developer—
Launching the Arena system could greatly improve player experience.
The Arena could even be transford into a super competitive platform.
Whether soone preferred the visceral impact of traditional boxing, sanda, or mixed martial arts—
Or preferred the technical execution, operations, and tactics of esports—
The Three Kingdoms competitive system could satisfy them all.
Once this Arena launched—
Once various PK services and tournants appeared—
Real-world sports and esports would likely lose most of their appeal overnight.
However—
This matter could not be rushed.
Having only the Arena itself was insufficient.
Because the building still possessed many flaws.
There were also nurous objective restrictions interfering with fair competitive battles.
Launching the Arena imdiately would not only provide poor user experience—
It could also negatively affect the Calamity Army’s developnt.
For example—
Calamity Army mbers entered Light Fatigue after dying three to five tis per day.
If players died excessively inside the Arena—
The territory’s expansion speed would suffer.
Hang Yu’s original intention for building the Arena system was to increase territorial inco and improve player experience.
He did not want too many players becoming addicted and ultimately dragging down overall efficiency.
Therefore—
He needed to find a way to resolve or at least alleviate the fatigue problem!
Besides that—
There was another restriction preventing Hang Yu from imdiately constructing the Arena.
That was—
The Arena was a Tier-Three Stars Building.
One prerequisite for construction was upgrading the main hall to Tier Three.
Additionally, the territory needed barracks equivalent to a population scale of 10,000 people.
The current territory did not yet et these requirents.
Not a major issue.
Everything could be solved.
It simply required ti.
Hang Yu temporarily stored away the blueprint.
Then he opened his personal attribute panel and focused his gaze on the three Tier-Three Talents.
These three Talents were respectively:
Human Emperor Physique (Inactive)
Human Emperor Will (Inactive)
Human Emperor Domain (Inactive)!
As Tier-Three Talents—
Each one was incredibly powerful!
Each one was highly practical!
Each one held imnse value for activation!
Being able to activate only one of them—
Was undoubtedly a difficult choice.
After brief hesitation—
Hang Yu ultimately chose to activate Human Emperor Physique.
This Talent resembled things like “Advanced Commander.”
It was an aptitude-type Talent capable of increasing growth coefficients.
Its effects on combat power were imdiate and obvious!
【You are activating the Tier-Three Lord Talent “Human Emperor Physique.” This activation will consu 10 Tier-Three Talent Points. Confirm activation? Yes/No!】
“Activate!”
【Ding! Successfully activated “Human Emperor Physique.” Health 2500, Mana 2500, Strength 250, Agility 250, Spirit 250, Will 250!】
The instant this Talent activated—
His attributes underwent explosive growth.
The four major attributes increased by a full thousand points at once!
Although Hang Yu’s level itself had not changed—
His strength increased imdiately and dramatically.
If the previous Hang Yu rely ranked among ordinary or lower-middle-tier Overlords—
Then the current Hang Yu had already entered the level of a quasi-first-rate Overlord-class powerhouse!
And this—
Was the terrifying power of Human Emperor Physique!
The effects of Human Emperor Physique were as follows.
【Human Emperor Physique】Tier-Three Lord Talent. Current Talent Level 1. Every level grants an additional base growth of Health/Mana 400 and 40 to all four core attributes.
Before obtaining Human Emperor Physique—
Hang Yu possessed only the standard Lord Template.
The growth coefficient of a Tier-Three Lord Template was 300 Health/Mana and 30 to all four major attributes per level.
After obtaining Human Emperor Physique—
He effectively gained an entirely new template.
An additional 100 Health and 10 attributes per level.
The higher the level—
The greater the amplification.
The basic Lord Template—
Only guaranteed Hang Yu’s minimum baseline.
Ensuring he possessed at least the strength of an Abyssal Commander.
Hang Yu had relied on learning vast quantities of skills, continuously gaining attributes through skill acquisition, high-quality and highly enhanced equipnt, and more and more Talent bonuses—
That was how he climbed into the Overlord tier.
From this point onward—
His growth potential was incomparable to before.
Reaching the Overlord tier would beco effortless.
Human Emperor Physique, as a Talent, could also be upgraded.
Theoretically—
As long as he possessed enough Contribution Points—
Hang Yu could elevate his existence several more levels higher without difficulty!
Hang Yu estimated that although he still remained weaker than Dian Wei—
At the very least, surviving the Day of Ultimate Darkness unscathed would no longer be a major problem.
And thus—
His final worries disappeared.
…………
New Wan City Region.
Zhang Xiu had already completed his defensive deploynts.
Han Ji approached him and said:
“City Lord!”
Zhang Xiu asked:
“Has there been a change in the Xinye direction?”
Han Ji nodded.
“Indeed. This old man sensed the abyssal aura enveloping Xinye City suddenly dissipate. Such a situation has never occurred before. The Stars Lord has likely defeated the Evil Infant. They successfully purified and occupied that region.”
“So even with the Lord personally taking action, it still took them an entire day and night to conquer Xinye City?”
Zhang Xiu appeared to relax slightly.
This Lord seed diocre after all.
Of course—
Precisely because of that—
He needed to eliminate him as quickly as possible and deny him any chance to continue growing.
Once the Day of Ultimate Darkness ended—
It would be ti to make a move.
Zhang Xiu absolutely would not allow such an uncontrollable force to exist within his territory!
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