Chapter 305: The Strongest Player on the Game Leaderboard

This time,

the update content is very extensive, and the changes it brings are particularly massive.

No matter which faction a player belongs to, they all understand that after a version update with such huge changes, there will be an inevitable major reshuffle.

"Master, after the version update, our game revenue will decrease."

A Fu reveals a puzzled look, especially regarding the deletion of 【Random Key】,

those players who constantly spend money just to randomly obtain a large number of compatible items will lose a major channel for spending.

"Your perspective is too shallow."

Fang Yi shakes his head and says: "Tier 2 items are simply not things that can be purchased through spending money."

Tier 1 items contain very little origin, so players buy them from game merchants at prices slightly higher than the origin they contain, and everyone gets what they want.

Everyone is happy.

However, the origin contained within Tier 2 items is extremely vast.

Let alone ordinary players, even the Celestial Dragon, who control most of the assets in the Pirate World, would have to go bankrupt to exchange for them.

For factions similar to Whitebeard and Shanks, or the Mist Village and Cloud Village in the ninja world, a relatively precious Tier 2 item is enough to hurt their foundations.

Therefore, even if Fang Yi lists Tier 2 items in the Game House, they are still items that are out of reach for them.

Draining the pond to catch fish is always the most inferior method.

The goal of collecting wealth on a large scale is to eliminate the Pollution Monster.

The current Fang Yi, sitting on most of the foundations of two worlds, is already capable enough to reach out and save those worlds that have been swallowed by pollution,

or are about to be swallowed.

The Game House will provide players with the most basic equipment and abilities,

and the Arad map will provide players with the assets to purchase these game abilities.

And if they want to become stronger after breaking through to Tier 2, they need to devote all their energy to the cause of clearing out the Pollution Monster.

It is to let players slowly realize their true identity: heroes who save the heavens and worlds.

A Fu nods as if he understands, and asks: "So, that is why you released the Counterattack Mission, Master?"

"Correct."

Fang Yi smiles and says: "The Leaderboard, Arena, and Killing System are all means to promote healthy competition and avoid the vicious cycle like the one the ninjas previously had, where they locked each other's paths to Reinforcement."

"They are all green leaves meant to set off the 【Counterattack Mission】 system."

Just as he said before, even those chosen by fate like Uzumaki Naruto and Caomao Lufei can at most break through to Tier 2 by borrowing the favor of the world.

This includes parasites like the Celestial Dragon, who are forcibly piled up to the point of transformation by massive assets.

Then,

all players will need to face the Pollution Source directly.

Higher quality equipment, more powerful game skills, and props and items with various functions can only be obtained through the Counterattack Mission.

After all, what Fang Yi needs are actual combatants who can fight against the Pollution Source, not spend-happy cash cows with no combat power.

A portion of players with insufficient willpower will be eliminated in the new version, reduced to weaklings who can only wander in low-tier maps.

Marine Headquarters,

Fleet Admiral Sengoku sits in the center, the four Admirals of the Navy sit on both sides, followed by the high-ranking officers of the headquarters.

"Orochimaru, the top of the Combat Power Ranking?"

Opening the Samsara Game panel, Sengoku's gaze is serious, staring tightly at the name at the very top of the Combat Power Ranking; it is the same ninja who killed Akainu earlier.

The Combat Power Ranking reflects a player's comprehensive combat power; to be precise, it is the sum of the ratings of all their skills, equipment, and props.

After the version update, every game item has a combat power rating in its suffix.

The higher the grade of the equipment, the higher the combat power value.

Therefore, Orochimaru at the top of the Combat Power Ranking means that his skills, props, and equipment are the most expensive and high-grade among all players.

Although high-grade skills and equipment cannot fully represent strength,

just like those good-for-nothing Celestial Dragon, after the God Clan was established, pirates and ambitious people have been secretly attacking Mariejois,

and some usually lazy Celestial Dragon, even with full sets of Purple Equipment, have been defeated several times in battle by pirates wearing low-grade equipment.

However,

this is, after all, a special situation in the Pirate World; under normal circumstances, the higher the combat power value, the stronger the strength naturally is.

"So that's how it is. Orochimaru's combat power value is actually the highest among players; no wonder I lost to him."

After Sakazuki was resurrected, his face had been gloomy,

but only after seeing the top of the Combat Power Ranking did it brighten slightly, regaining some face.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku takes a deep breath and expands the full Combat Power Ranking, 【Combat Power Ranking】

1st Place 【Ninja World】 Orochimaru: 1000 combat power points

2nd Place 【Pirate World】 Im: 960 combat power points

3rd Place 【Ninja World】 Terumi Mei: 910 combat power points

4th Place 【Pirate World】 Monkey D. Dragon: 900 combat power points

20th Place 【Ninja World】 Samui: 700 combat power points

Note: The Combat Power Ranking is a comprehensive rating of equipment, skills, and props, and does not represent true strength.

After reading the Combat Power Ranking,

Fleet Admiral Sengoku sighs deeply and says: "Thirteen people from the Ninja World are on the Combat Power Ranking, while the Pirate World only has seven." The God Clan's Im naturally needs no mention,

as she has been silent and without any news, yet she is right behind the strongest player, becoming the one with the highest combat power in the Pirate World.

I fear she is relying on the assets accumulated by the Celestial Dragon over eight hundred years.

This is something no one can envy.

Then there is the mortal enemy of the Marine Headquarters, the Revolutionary Army Leader Dragon; as one of the first to become a player in the Pirate World and someone willing to trust the Samsara Game, placing heavy bets early on, it is no surprise his strength ranks at the top.

Then there is Whitebeard,

ranked seventeenth on the Combat Power Ranking, the Whitebeard Pirates with the Scarlet Troll ability are stirring up trouble on the Arad Continent, and with the logistical support of the New World in the Pirate World, they barely made the list.

The most embarrassing thing is that the Navy, which claims to uphold justice in the Pirate World, actually has no one on the Combat Power Ranking.

Before there was a Combat Power Ranking, there was no consensus on who was strong or weak,

unless one could have a solid fight.

But now, the glaring Combat Power Ranking is right before everyone's eyes, and the Marine Headquarters, which has always taken patrolling the Si Hai as its duty,

never mind not being able to compare to the Five Elders with their deep foundations like Im, they are not even as good as the Pirates and the Revolutionary Army.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's face is as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the atmosphere in the entire conference room is frighteningly silent.

In the oppressive atmosphere, Vice Admiral Tsuru asked: "Smoker, what is your combat power?"

Poison Dragon Smoker.

He should be considered the strongest combat power in the Marine Headquarters at present, even faintly stronger than the original three Admirals.

Smoker sighed upon hearing this: "Six hundred and seventy combat power points."

Vice Admiral Tsuru turned her head and continued to ask: "What about Kuzan, Akainu, and Kizaru?"

"Six hundred and thirty points."

"Six hundred and twenty points."

"I only have six hundred points; the three Admirals are truly too terrifying."

Kizaru is the lowest, and the others are generally at the level of six hundred combat power points or above.

Vice Admiral Tsuru calmly analyzed: "There is no need to place too much importance on the ranking of the Combat Power Ranking."

"Even the strongest player, Orochimaru, cannot withstand the joint efforts of several players; this is a fact that has been proven in actual combat."

Previously, when challenging the Dragon Person Leader, Orochimaru was surrounded and hunted by multiple players after failing, and could only flee in a sorry state.

In that situation, if Akainu had Kuzan's help by his side, Orochimaru would not even have had the chance to escape, let alone counter-kill.

"Therefore, when the combat power gap is not large, one must still consider strategy and tactics."

Vice Admiral Tsuru said words to stabilize the morale of the troops: "Looking at the current situation, although no one from the Navy is on the list, we are the strongest force in terms of overall comprehensive strength."

This is both to stabilize morale and a fact.

The situation on the Ninja World side is still unclear for now,

but in the Pirate World, even the Revolutionary Army and Whitebeard who are on the Combat Power Ranking would still be suppressed by the Navy.

The Samsara Game is not a world for lone wolves; the Marine Headquarters has five experts with over six hundred combat power points, and double-digit high-level officers with five hundred combat power points,

they could pile up and kill even the strongest player, Orochimaru.

"Although that is so."

Fleet Admiral Sengoku sighed slightly and said: "Justice needs a banner; justice that cannot be seen is easily slandered by those evil people and ambitious schemers."

For a massive player group like the Marine Headquarters,

there must be a player who can make it onto the list to prove the Navy's strength, so that a steady stream of justice-minded players will flock in.

Justice must never be tarnished.

"That is correct."

Vice Admiral Tsuru did not deny Fleet Admiral Sengoku's words, because the Navy indeed needs a benchmark.

She thought for a moment and said: "Five days from now, we will hold a Navy Grand Tournament. Any Navy member can participate. Whoever can take first place will be able to obtain the resources tilted by the Marine Headquarters for cultivation. How about it?"

"Agreed."

"I approve."

"I second that."

The high-level Navy officers did not object and looked tacitly at the leaders of their respective factions.

The focus gathered on five figures.

The four Navy Admirals, as well as Hero Garp who still clings to the title of Vice Admiral, are all the Navy's top-tier players in reality.

"Where is Garp?"

The meeting was about to end when Fleet Admiral Sengoku realized belatedly that he did not see his old friend.

Beside him, a Navy member reported: "Report, Vice Admiral Garp said he is supervising the construction status of the Life Transformation Device and has no time to attend the meeting."

"That damn guy, he is clearly slacking off again!"

Veins bulged on Fleet Admiral Sengoku's forehead.

That is the work of the Navy logistics department; what does it have to do with you, Iron Fist Garp?

On the other side, Hawkeye, who serves as the Vice President of the Adventurer Guild, stared straight at the Equipment Ranking in front of him,

lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)