Chapter 178: Ideological Conflicts in the Pirate World

"The Nine-Layer Trial Tower seals the limbs and five viscera of the Soul Snatcher respectively. For the Soul Snatcher to forcibly appear on the first layer now is an act that violates the rules of the game."

"To maintain the fairness of the game."

Fang Yi tapped his finger lightly, landing it on the center of Death Island.

The Soul Snatcher, whose momentum had originally climbed to its peak, saw his aura suddenly weaken.

Chains bound themselves onto the Soul Snatcher, suppressing his aura back to its initial level.

"In this way, the difficulty of Hunting Lord can return to the right track."

There are nine chains in total, signifying the restraints on the Soul Snatcher's limbs and five viscera.

Each time the Soul Snatcher is killed by a player, one chain will shatter, and the Soul Snatcher's strength will increase by one level, until he can unleash his full strength after eight times.

Furthermore, every time the Soul Snatcher dies, there will be rewards dropped.

This way, it gives the players sufficient time to grow.

A Fu asked in confusion: "But, in such a short amount of time, the players simply do not have enough time to grow."

Each time the Soul Snatcher dies, he can re-condense his Yin energy and resurrect in no more than two days.

In a mere two days, the players simply cannot manage to become stronger in time.

Fang Yi nodded in agreement and said: "The growth you speak of, do you mean hunting Yin spirits? That would indeed not be enough time to become stronger."

Trying to save up enough Reward Points to upgrade skills and perform Reinforcement on equipment by hunting Yin spirits within a short two days is indeed unrealistic.

But he never intended for these players to go hunt Yin spirits anyway.

After all, there are many ways to become stronger.

Pay-to-win!

It is undoubtedly a simple, easy-to-understand, low-difficulty, and fast-acting way to become stronger.

It just depends on how many assets the various factions in the Pirate World are willing to contribute to this Lord battle.

"The Lord Monster's aura has weakened. Is this the handiwork of the Game Merchant?"

Dragon's breathing was somewhat heavy.

Just a moment ago, being so close, he felt the terrifying pressure emitted by the Soul Snatcher and actually had the urge to kneel and bow.

At the critical moment, a roar of anger erupted from within his body, which allowed him to maintain a standing posture.

Such a terrifying monster was actually treated as a toy and a bet by the Game Merchant, imprisoned within the Trial Tower.

Moreover,

Being able to weaken the Soul Snatcher's aura in an instant is clearly different from the desperate, hard-fought battle the Navy had to imprison Jin Shi Zi.

"The Soul Snatcher has the polluted faction 【Underworld】 standing behind him; not only are there the Ten Yama Kings, but also the Four Direction Ghost Emperors and the Eighteen Levels of Hell Lord."

Fang Yi watched the Soul Snatcher, who was struggling violently but unable to break free from the restraints of the chains.

Both are Second-Tier Pollution Sources, but wanderers like Ghost Mage Sarina can be said to be in the weakest tier.

Someone like the Soul Snatcher, who relies on the Underworld, has strength far exceeding that of a Ghost Mage; his aura alone is enough to intimidate players whose game shells are only Tier 1.

Likewise,

If one can successfully hunt him, the origin one can obtain is also very abundant.

"So terrifying. Are we going to fight such a monster?"

There were already Navy and Pirates trembling under this aura, with thoughts of retreat appearing in their hearts.

This was an irresistible sense of fear.

Originating from the Underworld that controls Hell, it is naturally a form of deprivation for living beings—the purest Yin energy and the feeling of death.

Especially,

Most Pirate players are not yet familiar with the resurrection mechanism, unlike the players from the Ninja world who have been working hard in the game for many days and have completely trusted the game's resurrection ability.

This sense of death was extremely effective.

"A trap?"

The Soul Snatcher, bound by the chains, was first astonished, then an extremely cold killing intent erupted from his entire body.

"Daring to scheme against a Soul Snatcher of the Underworld—does this world wish to be destroyed?"

The Soul Snatcher has campaigned across countless worlds, all of which feared the Underworld, viewing it as a flood or a wild beast; some slightly weaker worlds didn't even dare to let the thought of resistance arise.

He did not expect that a low-tier world like the Pirate World would dare to actively lure him into making a move.

Looking around, his brows furrowed slightly.

The 【Fear Aura】 he released is the mark of an Underworld Official and the greatest means the Ghost Emperors have bestowed upon these Yin Generals.

Once released,

All life will fall into fear, unless one has a stubborn will, only then can they overcome the fear of death.

However,

Most of these ant-like humans before him actually neutralized the ability of the Fear Aura; although a sense of fear appeared, their minds remained clear.

"Could it be another faction? But there is absolutely no Pollution Aura on them..."

The Soul Snatcher was completely baffled.

"The biggest reason the Samsara Game can resist the Polluted World is its absolutely real origin creations."

Fang Yi sat on the rocking chair in the Game House, swaying gently, feeling very comfortable.

In most worlds,

If one wants to firmly control the origin, all creations are castrated versions; they are very powerful when placed in their own world, but after going to an alien world, they will be suppressed by the different rules of that alien world, resulting in a weakened state.

This can ensure that at any time, the World Consciousness can quickly retract the origin it has disseminated.

Avoiding being swallowed and plundered by alien worlds.

Too small-minded!

All of Fang Yi's exchanged items, props, equipment, and skills are absolute, perfect primordial creations; they are not subject to the interference of any world's rules and are the strongest versions under any conditions.

The 【Fear Aura】 obtained by the Soul Snatcher is clearly a castrated version of the skill.

Therefore, it is fundamentally unable to cause a crushing effect on the players.

"System prompt: Every time you Hunting Lord a monster, you can obtain a reward."

Smoker recovered from the fear, his expression extremely grave.

The sense of oppression the Soul Snatcher gave him even exceeded that of a Marine Admiral at full power; it was a pressure that transcended the level of life.

This feeling was very uncomfortable.

"Vice Admiral Garp."

Smoker turned his head to look at the highest combat power currently among the Navy forces on Death Island and said, "I will lead the Navy from the four branches to intercept the Revolutionary Army; you go first to test the strength of this Lord Monster."

Taking advantage of the moment the Soul Snatcher is weakened by the chains, this is a critical opportunity for the Navy.

They absolutely must not let the Revolutionary Army get there first.

"To block me, I wonder if you have enough strength?"

The Revolutionary Army, eyeing them like tigers, was not afraid of the Navy at all.

Ivankov and Inazuma stepped forward voluntarily, leading a team of the Revolutionary Army to clash with Smoker's Navy.

Poison mist filled the air.

It was instantly dispersed by holy light, followed by the collision of sharp Scissors and Poison Shadow Needle.

Before the Soul Snatcher could even make a move, the players had already begun a great battle.

It was not just the Navy and the Revolutionary Army; the Nobles and Pirates also did not want to let the other side get close to the Lord Monster, the Soul Snatcher.

"Master, what should we do in this situation?"

A Fu looked at the intense battlefield, his face full of helplessness.

"It seems that the contradictions and conflicts between the factions of the Pirate World are sharper and more irreconcilable than those of the Ninja World."

Fang Yi watched the players brawling and sighed: "In the Ninja World, when all is said and done, it is war caused by resource scarcity; although the various Ninja Villages have hatred, if there is an opportunity to compete for resources, they can temporarily set aside their differences and cooperate with each other."

Just like the Mist Village, Cloud Village, and Konoha when they were Hunting Lord the Ghost General.

Although the Five Great Ninja Villages are in constant war, they also have the Chunin Exams where they unite, as well as cooperation on mission requests.

But the Pirate World is different.

World Noble, kingdom nobles, Navy, Pirate, Revolutionary Army, commoners, slaves.

They do not lack resources at all, so what has always led to conflicts and disputes are ideologies.

The Celestial Dragon hegemony ideology of the World Noble, the justice ideology of the Navy, the Revolutionary Army's ideology of attempting to overthrow the world, the ambition of the Pirate, the desire of the slave to survive...

These are conflicts that fundamentally cannot be resolved.

Unless the other side is killed, they will absolutely never stop; even with the Soul Snatcher as a great enemy before them, they must resolve the conflict with the other side first.

"However, it doesn't matter; as long as this kind of conflict is slightly guided, it can turn into the motivation for spending money!"

Fang Yi's eyes held a smile.

His gaze landed on Doflamingo, who had just taken all the assets of the Dressrosa Kingdom to purchase fate commodities, while incidentally unsealing all his reality-based power.

(End of this chapter)