Chapter 239: Taking In the Divine Turn, Creating a Fate Soul

The arrival of five hundred Dark Descendant warriors instantly drew the attention of nearby players.

Their appearance immediately reminded players of the Evil Armored Clan they had fought years ago, yet the evil aura radiating from them was even stronger.

At this moment, the pitch-black armor on each Dark Descendant warrior seemed to be devouring the surrounding light, while a chilling aura spread through the seawater like a solid substance.

The sharp blades in their hands trembled constantly, as if eager to drink blood and kill enemies.

The Zookeeper stepped forward once more, baring his teeth in a grin:

"It's my turn to show off."

Instantly, the five hundred Dark Descendant warriors behind him simultaneously stirred the blood and qi within their bodies, causing their forms to emit a roaring of blood and qi that made the nearby seawater churn violently.

Powerful waves of blood and qi energy spread out continuously, like a surging, turbulent tsunami.

At this moment, the Zookeeper raised his right hand and snapped his fingers in the water, producing no sound whatsoever.

Instantly, the five hundred Dark Descendant warriors behind him transformed into black lightning, scattering and shooting out in all directions, while the Zookeeper remained standing there, as if a black peacock's tail had unfurled behind him.

Before long, the Dark Descendant warriors behind him had all vanished.

Like evil beasts charging out of the abyss, the seawater wherever they went was churned into whirlpools.

The black-glowing sharp blades in their hands carved out deadly arcs in the seawater, each swing carrying the power of the Dark Descendants.

A massive Ghost Scorpion waved its thick pincers in an attempt to block, but a Dark Descendant warrior sliced off one of the pincers with a single blade strike; immediately after, the sharp blade thrust straight into its skull, piercing its head in an instant. Thick, pale blue blood spread through the seawater, then, drawn by the Dark Descendant warrior's power, merged back into its body.

Another Dark Descendant warrior flashed forward, charging into a group of Ghost Scorpions; his body suddenly spun, forming a black storm as his blade spun wildly, shredding the approaching Ghost Scorpions into pieces.

Ghost Scorpion tentacles and shell fragments drifted everywhere in the seawater, while cries of pain echoed through the seabed.

The Dark Descendant warriors in battle maintained eyes that were always cold and resolute, devoid of the slightest pity, every movement they made precise and lethal.

The leader, An Sui, was even more ferocious, suddenly closing in on the swarm of Ghost Scorpions.

The sharp blade in his hand slashed down from above, sending several black blade waves shooting out, instantly chopping the three Ghost Scorpions below into fragments.

Another Dark Descendant warrior wrapped the sharp blade in the blood and qi energy within his body and threw it; a flash of black light passed, and the blade, like a black meteor streaking across the seabed, instantly pierced through the bodies of multiple Ghost Scorpions.

In terms of combat ability, the Dark Descendant warriors were born warriors.

Even though they were now in dire straits, they had once been a cross-world plundering faction, and the development of their civilization had never suffered any disruption.

The Death Augmentation (Samsara) rules they mastered further endowed the Dark Descendant warriors with countless selectable combat talents.

Every Dark Descendant warrior possessed different abilities; they were warriors nurtured in slaughter, instantly seizing control of the battlefield rhythm upon entering the fray.

In terms of hunting level, An Sui's hunting level was 90+, while the levels of the other Dark Descendant warriors were all above 70+.

Whether in combat techniques, team coordination, or ability usage, the Dark Descendant warriors held an absolutely overwhelming advantage.

The battle continued.

The five hundred Dark Descendant warriors moved as one.

Their fluid movements seemed to have been rehearsed countless times, every step and every blade swing perfectly synchronized.

Even during combat, verbal communication was unnecessary; the bloodline resonance of the Dark Descendant warriors automatically activated.

From the synchronization of breathing rhythms, they gradually progressed to five hundred heartbeats pulsing at the same frequency, followed by five hundred pairs of eyes sharing a single field of vision.

When An Sui charged into the Ghost Scorpion swarm first, his movements acted like a signal, instantly igniting the combat rhythm of the Dark Descendant warriors.

The sharp blade in An Sui's hand cut through the seawater, heading straight for the head of a Ghost Scorpion.

Behind him, the second Dark Descendant warrior had already followed like a shadow; his blade swept horizontally, cutting a Ghost Scorpion that intended to attack An Sui in half at the waist.

The third warrior dove down from above, thrusting his blade straight through, precisely piercing the brain of a Ghost Scorpion in front of An Sui.

Then came the fourth, the fifth... like a whirlwind of death, they swept forward in an orderly fashion.

The coordination throughout was flawless, as if it were a meticulously choreographed dance of death.

Whenever one warrior swung his blade, another was already guarding his blind spot.

Whenever one warrior surged forward, another covered his flank.

There was not the slightest hesitation in their movements during combat, as if they could foresee each other's next move.

At this moment, a massive Ghost Scorpion attempted to launch a surprise attack from the front-left of the Dark Descendant legion, its waving tentacles shooting out.

Before the tentacles could get close, three Dark Descendant warriors turned simultaneously, their crossed blades forming an insurmountable net of death.

The Ghost Scorpion's tentacles were instantly chopped into fragments by the three sharp blades.

Immediately after, a warrior flashed in from the other side; his blade thrust straight forward, shattering the Ghost Scorpion's skull.

The combat rhythm of the Dark Descendant warriors surged like the tide, one wave subsiding only as another rose.

Whenever the Ghost Scorpion swarm attempted to regroup and counterattack, the Dark Descendant warriors would split, surround, and annihilate them at even greater speed.

Their figures crisscrossed in the deep sea, carving out sharp trails through the dark seawater, like countless black lightning bolts raging across the seabed.

The intelligent Ghost Scorpions sensed something was wrong; raising their heads, they let out a scream, and instantly over a thousand Ghost Scorpions surged in from all directions, attempting to overwhelm the Dark Descendant warriors with numbers.

The five hundred Dark Descendant warriors once again displayed unparalleled synergy.

They quickly split into several small squads, each squad like a sharp dagger, thrusting straight into the core of the Ghost Scorpion swarm.

The squads responded to one another, sometimes scattering, sometimes converging, cutting the Ghost Scorpion swarm into pieces.

This synergy left the watching players in awe.

It was as if watching a perfectly synchronized ensemble performance, every note hitting just right, truly spectacular.

The battle lasted half an hour; when the last attacking Ghost Scorpion fell, the five hundred Dark Descendant warriors simultaneously sheathed their blades and stood on the seabed.

The pale blue blood in the seawater automatically converged toward them, and after being absorbed, became nourishment for their bodies.

After absorbing all the drifting blood, An Sui moved first; in a few flashes, he returned to stand behind the Zookeeper.

The other Dark Descendant warriors followed suit, gathering behind the Zookeeper like swallows returning to their nest, forming a silent army awaiting the next killing order.

The smile on the Zookeeper's face grew even brighter; he said proudly in the voice channel:

"Team rating, show-off score."

"One hundred points. Dog Zookeeper is too handsome; spending so much money on that costume back then was truly the right call. This is just too satisfying."

"A hundred points, way more handsome than Zui Nai, his is way too cringey."

"After seeing the Darkborn Warriors' performance, the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun suddenly doesn't seem so appealing anymore—the Divine Aspect Painful Painful Minghun is the real daddy."

Listening to his good brothers' praise, the Kindergarten Director's vanity was greatly satisfied.

At this moment, Hammer in the team suddenly asked curiously:

"Director, killing Darkborn Warriors doesn't give rewards, right? All the benefits go to the Darkborn Warriors themselves?"

Facing the question, the Kindergarten Director nodded:

"No way around it. Darkborn Warriors aren't part of our player system, so they can't feed back rewards like pets. Besides, Darkborn Warriors also need to devour qi and blood to grow—I definitely can't pocket that portion of the gains. But I can receive the blessing of faith power. Right now I get 1,280 points of faith energy per hour, which converts to about 600 Shou Shou Jili."

"There's still room for growth in the future. The Darkborn Legion has been recruiting warriors recently. As numbers and faith devotion increase, getting rich overnight isn't just a dream."

After hearing the Kindergarten Director's explanation, the Kindergarten Squad players' eyes could hardly hide their envy.

The Kindergarten Director, who had finally entered the game after many setbacks, had finally risen up.

With the Divine Aspect Painful Painful Minghun's blessing, the Kindergarten Director would surely stand at the very tip of the Jin Zita among the player faction in the future.

He imagined the Kindergarten Director standing on the battlefield, countless loyal Darkborn Warriors following behind—one man alone an entire legion.

And their group of brothers would clearly rise along with him.

"Director, is the death and resurrection problem solved yet?" Meng Wa poked her head out and asked curiously.

Facing the question, the Kindergarten Director nodded, then took out a black crystal from his personal pack:

"The boss of the Darkborn Legion has already croaked. Now part of the reincarnation rules the Darkborn Legion controls is in my hands. After Darkborn Warriors die, they'll also be resurrected under my guidance."

"Awesome!" Zui Nai decisively gave a thumbs-up.

Taking control of the rules meant the Kindergarten Director had truly mastered the Darkborn Legion.

In the future, if he wanted warriors, he could conjure infant-stage battle warriors out of thin air, becoming a true Kindergarten Director.

"There are downsides too. Darkborn Warriors' death and resurrection can't be lossless like us players—they all have to level up again. The cost of training these warriors isn't small. In the future, all the Divine Aspect's income will probably have to be poured into raising the Darkborn Legion. Right now I'm so poor I could cry."

Hearing the Kindergarten Director's complaints, the Kindergarten Squad players collectively gave him the middle finger.

To their ears, this complaint sounded more like bragging.

Just then, the Ghost Scorpion Bugs launched a new wave of attacks.

The Kindergarten Director decisively used the faith connection method to issue combat orders to An Sui and the other Darkborn Warriors.

Instantly, the Darkborn Legion transformed into a black blade, sweeping across the seabed battlefield.

Seabed combat was rather unfamiliar to most players, but for the Darkborn Legion, which had invaded countless worlds, it was no problem at all.

Although rebirth came without the cognition of the previous life, the imprinted memories preserved combat insights.

These allowed them to quickly adapt to various combat environments.

Zui Nai, whose condition had recovered in the team, also re-entered Mage God Possession at this moment, unleashing elemental torrents to bulldoze through the dense Ghost Scorpion Bug battlefield.

Besides the Kindergarten Squad's battle line, three other battle lines had gained the upper hand.

The most brilliant performance belonged to the Divine Hall Guild led by the Divine King.

Life Link light bands swiftly weaved through the battle groups, helping the front line absorb damage and accelerating health bar recovery.

In the rear, a player had a Spirit Deer phantom appear on his forehead, quickly activating the second-tier Wish trait "Moonlight Cocoon Shield," precisely creating shields for the front-line tank players, and the shielded players could continuously recover from their injuries.

Beside the player wielding the Wish trait was a battery pack connected by the "Siphon" trait.

With potions constantly in hand, he ceaselessly restored spiritual power to the player embedded with the Wish Painful Painful Minghun.

This was a playstyle developed by forum meme players.

The Siphon trait, originally meant to absorb enemies' spiritual power, was now commonly used to drain teammates, accelerating spiritual power recovery.

Basically, all strong teams would bring a few battery packs as support.

After successive chaotic battles, although the Divine Hall Guild's top players still felt unfamiliar with seabed combat, they had gradually picked up some tricks.

With the Gang Qi Painful Painful Minghun boosting them, moving quickly was very convenient.

As for the rear spellcasters, as long as the front line held, even standing still in the back posed no problem at all.

Compared to loose-player squads or small groups, the Divine Hall Guild's coordination was very seamless.

Even if the defense line was violently torn apart by Ghost Scorpion Bugs, front-line warriors would use Star Shift to send them to the rear, rebuilding an unbreakable defense line.

And the most brilliant performer in the Divine Hall Guild was the Divine King.

Guided by Tourist No. 1, the Divine King's Star Vein combination had new changes again.

On the basis of Eagle Head Demon, Brain Overclock, Insight, Lord, and Qi Devouring, he additionally added the Siphon Painful Painful Minghun and Scatter Shot Painful Painful Minghun.

At this moment, the Divine King activated the Siphon trait to connect with three players behind him who were frantically gobbling spiritual recovery pills, while the Brain Overclock and Eagle Head Demon traits activated simultaneously.

Then the Divine King's forehead lit up with spirit patterns, switching to the Ice Plain Lord form.

The waters pointed to by his perception were instantly frozen and sealed, restricting the movement of large swaths of Ghost Scorpion Bugs.

Voice commanding combat, Eagle Head Demon observing the battlefield, Lord form joining the fight… relying on Brain Overclock's boost, the Divine King handled three tasks at once.

During this process, spiritual power drained away like water bursting through a breached dam.

Without the sustained support from the three players behind him, his spiritual power would be completely depleted before long.

In war mode, the Divine King was excited throughout.

As a commander, the environment he was least familiar with was sea combat.

Now that there was a rare chance to train troops, he naturally didn't want to miss it.

After all, the player faction wasn't the Black Tide—it couldn't adapt to any battlefield environment.

If the Earth-Think Bully were here, he could generate sea-domain evil spirits in the next second and instantly switch combat modes.

As players, they needed a process to adapt to new combat environments.

Now many new potential guilds were rapidly rising, and quite a few new player commanders were shining brilliantly in node battles across various regions. He had seen three players with very impressive commanding abilities on the forum.

This also stirred up his fighting spirit, making him feel he should work harder to learn and grow, ensuring his abilities always stayed in a leading position.

Future challenges will inevitably involve large-scale naval combat; now is the perfect time to learn.

"Group 3 retreat, Group 2 fill in, lock down the flanks!"

The God King's voice reached the ears of every player in the battle group.

From the initial long verbal commands, the God King's current commands are concise and powerful, without a single trace of hesitation.

He had already imprinted the detailed situation of his own battle group into his mind.

Hearing the God King's command, the players of Group 3 retreated rapidly, their movements perfectly synchronized.

At the same time, the players of Group 2 surged forward like a tide, quickly filling the gap left by Group 3.

"Group 8 apply Blood Burn to Group 1, Group 1 charge, Group 4 shield with Light Shield, kill!"

The God King's order rang out again; the Stone Statue Flow players of Group 1 moved on command, with surging vital energy radiating from their bodies.

The support players of Group 8 targeted their marked Stone Statue Flow players and released the Blood Burn trait.

Instantly, the muscles of the Stone Statue Flow players swelled, and their power skyrocketed.

They struck the Ghost Scorpion swarm like a sharp dagger.

The players of Group 4 followed closely behind, releasing Light Shields intermittently to block the giant pincers of the Ghost Scorpions for the Stone Statue players.

"Starting from Group 6, release Life Link on Group 1; Groups 8, 10, 12... relay."

After the command was issued, the Life Link mode activated.

Life Link beams were released in an orderly fashion from the front line of the battle formation, like a wave of blood and qi, transmitting damage layer by layer to the rear; the final Group 32 drank potions on the spot to recover the health bar drop caused by the transmission.

The Ghost Scorpions' violent charge was held back solely by the Life Transmission tactic.

"Group 5 scatter, Group 5, coordinates 23923.18234, area-of-effect bombardment, quick!"

The Eagle-Headed Demon's perception was as sharp as a hawk's, quickly capturing the movements of the nearby Ghost Scorpion swarm.

Upon receiving the command, the players released the Painful Painful Minghun trait.

Void Grasp, Ink Flame Thunder Elemental Balls, Frost Breath coverage... various skills instantly covered the location marked by the God King; after several rounds of bombardment, the swarms of Ghost Scorpions attempting to attack from the flanks were blasted into powder.

The violent fluctuations of the seawater also caused changes in the battle formation.

The God King immediately requested adjustments, then continued to issue new combat commands.

"Group 1 retreat, Groups 2 and 3 advance, alternate suppression, don't give the bugs a chance to breathe!"

The exhausted damage-absorbing players of Group 1 retreated at high speed after receiving the command.

The melee players of Groups 2 and 3 moved quickly, alternating charges and thrusts; weapons in hand, they slashed forward, meeting the giant pincers of the Ghost Scorpion swarm and launching a frenzied push mode.

"Continue the previous grouping... Life Link, transmit to the rear."

The Life Wave activated again; the rapidly dropping health bars of the melee players were forcibly locked, and the damage received was transmitted sequentially to the rear via Life Link beams.

"Monster grouping, charge on both flanks."

Upon receiving the command, the Monster Flow players roared and launched a fierce charge alongside the battle formation.

Compared to the Earth-Grudge Bullies, this swarm of Ghost Scorpions was simply stupid in the God King's eyes; advantages could be achieved entirely through tactics.

In the underwater battle, besides the few top guilds that performed brilliantly.

There were also strong players among the independents.

The Artifact Spirit Great Array, which had shone brightly in several previous battles, made its appearance again in this round of underwater combat.

This time, the scale of the Artifact Spirits reached over three thousand players.

Many were volunteers who wanted to play the Artifact Spirit flow.

The scene of thousands of Artifact Spirits moving collectively was incredibly shocking; they cut through the water to advance, like ten thousand arrows fired at once.

The only drawback was that the general quality of the players was not high, making it difficult to deal effective damage to the Ghost Scorpions; the advantage was that their sustainability was very impressive.

Every Artifact Spirit player had embedded the Thirsting Blood Painful Painful Minghun, wandering the battlefield to continuously heal.

From the very beginning of this great battle, the players had no intention of retreating.

After dying and returning to the village, they watched the live broadcast on the forum; after resurrecting, they decisively went back out to sea to rejoin the battlefield.

As time passed, twelve waves of relay battle lines formed in the sea.

This great battle lasted for a full three days.

It ended with the total annihilation of the Ghost Scorpions.

Finally, a player playing the Extreme Speed Form Monster Flow crashed into the underwater ruins, becoming the first to touch the God-Transmutation Crystal.

Instantly, a constantly expanding black hole vortex formed at the bottom of the sea, swallowing vast amounts of seawater and land.

After the black hole swallowed nearly one-fifth of the land in the semi-independent space, it vanished into thin air.

At the same time, Di Zhong Village, Colorful Mist Coast, Di Ku Shi Jie, Sen Luo Forest Realm, and Winter Snow Plain, five spatial scenes, trembled simultaneously, their areas expanding rapidly.

In the direction of Di Zhong Village.

A Shi Zhu over ten meters high in the central square trembled violently; golden flowing light gathered in the fourth groove at the very top, finally condensing into a golden rule mark.

Following Flesh and Blood Reshaping, Gathering the Masses, and Enlightenment, a brand new rule rune appeared on the Rule God Pillar.

Channel-wide notifications rang out consecutively in the players' minds:

【Challenger Notification (All Channels): Congratulations to the player legion for successfully containing the rule domain land: God-Transmutation. Rewards are distributed according to the shared ranking as follows】:

First Place: God King (Command, Combat, Support, Defense... comprehensive score).

Reward: Eighty thousand Shou Shou Jili.

Second Place:...

【Challenger Notification (All Channels): Rule God Pillar adds new faction buff effect: God-Transmutation】:

God-Transmutation Rule Introduction:

Function 1: Players can adjust the growth ratio of Painful Painful Minghun attributes at the Rule God Pillar in Di Zhong Village (adjustment only possible in Di Zhong Village).

Example: The growth attributes of the Eagle-Headed Demon Painful Painful Minghun can be set to 100% physical constitution attribute growth and 0% spiritual power attribute growth.

(Note: The Eagle-Headed Demon's trait effect is still influenced by Mental Strength and cannot be modified.)

Cost: 100 points of Shou Shou Jili.

Function 2: Players can freely convert Physical Strength and Mental Strength (adjustable only within the Emperor's Tomb).

Cost: 100 points of Shou Shou Jili.

With the clear effects of Divine Transformation revealed, players sparked heated discussion on the forum.

Before long, an analysis post by "Night Will Fall" surged to the top of the trending list.

【Detailed Interpretation of Divine Transformation Rules, Everyone Come In and Read.】

Poster: Night Will Fall.

Content:

This post references part of the guide's explanation; next, I will provide a detailed interpretation to help everyone better understand the functions of the Divine Transformation rules.

First, I can clearly tell everyone that the idea of magic-type players using their Mana Bar as a Health Bar in combat is shattered.

Because attribute modification must be performed by spending Shou Shou Jili within the Emperor's Tomb Village.

Magic-type players can only convert their Mana Bar into a Health Bar inside the Emperor's Tomb Village before heading out, thereby obtaining a Health Bar thicker than that of Damage-Taking Style players.

But doing so means losing the identity of a magic-type player; without Mental Strength, there is no damage output.

Next, let's discuss the buffs brought by the Divine Transformation rules.

Previous forum speculation that Divine Transformation might allow modifying the ratio of a Painful Painful Minghun's main attributes has been confirmed (Applause. jpg).

This means many Painful Painful Minghun can be used universally, whether for melee or magic types, but only for a portion of them.

For example, Wither and Ink Flame; besides the Painful Painful Minghun's trait effects, these are also influenced by Mental Strength, so melee players embedding them cannot unleash their power, rendering them meaningless.

Similarly, for traits influenced by Physical Strength like Forceful Axe and Black-Armored Snake, magic types still cannot use them.

The only thing that changes is the attribute point distribution ratio after leveling up; whether a Painful Painful Minghun's trait effect is influenced by Mental Strength or Physical Strength will not change at all.

But what is certain is that the era of freely combining Painful Painful Minghun has officially arrived.

Scattered Arrows, Flowing Shadow Clones, Extreme Speed, Blood Ignition... these types of Painful Painful Minghun will become universal Painful Painful Minghun; even if they only offer level-up bonuses, many players will be willing to embed them.

Secondly, the positioning of future Liu Pai Wan Fa will become clearer.

I will use Breath of Qi as an example.

Breath of Qi, always T0 tier, has been pursued by countless players, especially after the cultivation combat skill function appeared, continuing to dominate the number one spot on the Painful Painful Minghun popularity list.

But even such an excellent Breath of Qi Painful Painful Minghun has drawbacks.

The main attribute growth ratio of Breath of Qi is very balanced: Mental Strength (52%), Physical Constitution (48%).

But the problem is that melee combatants simply do not need this 52% Mental Strength buff.

Melee-style players fight using Physical Strength as their energy.

The attributes gained from leveling up Breath of Qi have 52% allocated to Mental Strength, which is meaningless; it is like a dead pool of water, bringing no buff effect whatsoever.

With Divine Transformation, this problem can be solved; melee players can adjust all Painful Painful Minghun to 100% Physical Constitution buff, and combat power is about to skyrocket.

And magic-type players can also adjust the main growth attribute of Breath of Qi and other Painful Painful Minghun to 100% Mental Strength buff, causing their damage output power to explode.

But here I must mention one thing: I do not recommend magic-type players do this.

Melee-style players don't care, but magic-type players already have fragile bodies; on a large battlefield, without Physical Constitution buffs, a single wave of energy impact could shake you to death. My suggestion is to keep the Physical Constitution ratio at around 10%-15%.

Having a fragile body is fine, but at the very least, you must be able to withstand the aftermath of war.

If the front-line Stone Golem-style players taking the main damage don't die, but the back-line magic-type players are shaken to death in droves by the aftermath, they will have to take the blame for the failure.

Therefore, magic-type players cannot perform single-stat maxed-out extreme attribute distribution like melee-style players.

But the appearance of Divine Transformation can also significantly improve the damage output efficiency of magic-type players.

Scattered Arrows and Extreme Speed, these two Painful Painful Minghun, have finally been implemented for the magic-type player community (I have already embedded them).

Here, I mention a potential hidden danger that might arise for melee players in the future.

If melee players adopt a 100% Physical Constitution point distribution mode, it is recommended to equip an Unyielding Painful Painful Minghun.

Mental Strength affects not only casting efficiency and Mental Strength recovery, but also a player's resistance to Mental Damage.

Without Mental Strength, it means facing no resistance to mental-level damage, directly taking true damage strikes.

At the current stage, monsters that use mental attacks are rarely encountered, but after future battlefield expansion, they will definitely be encountered frequently.

Just like the Touch of Pain used by the Painful Brothers, or the Mental Shock in the Painful Painful Minghun Library; these are all mental-type damages that bypass the body to directly injure consciousness.

Therefore, one must equip an Unyielding Painful Painful Minghun to quickly dispel mental shocks, mental disturbances, and other negative status effects.

The popularity of the Unyielding Painful Painful Minghun is about to see an explosive rise.

Finally, I provide everyone with a new train of thought for Painful Painful Minghun combinations.

The attribute growth after each Painful Painful Minghun levels up is actually completely different.

Let's take the initial Three Illusion Gods as an example.

When first entering the game, everyone must have had doubts: why do the Three Illusion Gods at initial level 1 provide different attribute bonuses?

Among the Three Illusion Gods, the one with the lowest base attributes is the Eagle-Headed Demon, followed by the Black-Armored Snake; the one with the highest base values is the Stone Golem.

Now that Divine Transformation Painful Painful Minghun have appeared, when everyone combines Xing Mai, they can also consider the attribute growth values.

Those Painful Painful Minghun with solid base attributes gain several more attribute points per level than other Painful Painful Minghun.

But the core still lies in matching Painful Painful Minghun traits; everyone should not get the core of the game's Liu Pai Wan Fa wrong just for a few attribute points.

Although attributes are important, what we players are strongest at is Painful Painful Minghun traits.

Therefore, traits first, attributes second; using this method to combine Xing Mai is definitely correct.

The above is my interpretation of the Divine Transformation rules, and also the reason why I said the positioning of every Liu Pai Wan Fa will become clearer.

If you discover any errors in my interpretation, feel free to reply and explain; I will edit and modify it.

Class dismissed!

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The post "Night Is Coming" gave a very detailed explanation of how to use the Divine Reincarnation Rule.

Large numbers of players swarmed toward the Rule God Pillar of Imperial Tomb Village, preparing to modify the growth attribute ratios of their Painful Painful Minghun.

Among them, the most excited were the melee-combat players.

The appearance of the Divine Reincarnation Rule meant they could discard the Spirit Strength attribute and convert more attributes into boosts to physical quality.

The spell-type players' excitement lay elsewhere; there wasn't much room to modify attribute ratios.

The key point was that many powerful melee Painful Painful Minghun could finally be inlaid and used.

The successful containment of this Rule Divine Reincarnation allowed the overall strength of the player legion to improve significantly.

At the same time, a corner of the Colorful Mist Coast.

Hearing Tong Xin (the Garden Master) sat on a shallow reef, taking out a Darkkin Space crystal stone from his personal pack.

In the great undersea battle, the Darkkin Legion was ultimately wiped out.

He himself had died four times in a row.

Now he needed to revive the Darkkin warriors from their death state.

But this was no small expenditure.

It wasn't that there was no energy for revival.

The Darkkin Space stored quite a few Qi-Blood orbs absorbed by Darkkin warriors from killing monsters, as well as Darkkin Power crystal stones sent by Dark Star before his death.

But the problem was that this method of revival consumed too much Darkkin Power.

If every revival in the future consumed Darkkin Power, the stock of Darkkin crystal stones simply wouldn't be enough.

He now understood why the Darkkin Legion couldn't survive in Monster World.

All the cheat-level factions produced resources at the rule level, but Darkkin Legion warriors started from zero after death, fundamentally unable to contend with those top-tier factions.

Take Black Tide, for example — it could grow stronger by devouring through war; and the Evil Spirits could still counter-devour after death.

For Black Tide, war was never an obstacle, only nourishment for growth.

The Darkkin Legion was different — war wasn't growth, but consumption.

The Darkkin Legion's death-and-allocate-points talent would inevitably be a protagonist-tier cheat in a small world, but placed in Monster World — a super world where all factions warred — the consumption was too high, making every step difficult.

So, what exactly could solve this problem?

Through contact over this period, he already understood the Darkkin Legion's structure very well.

The energy needed for Darkkin warrior growth mainly came in three types.

The first type of energy was called Darkkin War Merit.

This was energy created by the Reincarnation Rule, requiring Darkkin warriors to generate it through killing, plundering, and similar acts.

It was somewhat similar to the Fighting Soul Power of the Ancient God Arena and the War Power of the Reverse Tide Legion — all generated by certain acts aligning with rule logic, then nurturing energy.

Darkkin War Merit couldn't be extracted for use; it would be recorded within the Reincarnation Rule.

Whenever a Darkkin warrior died, its consciousness would be guided back by the Reincarnation Rule, where life would be reshaped.

At that point, the Darkkin warrior could use "War Merit" to exchange for the next life's attributes, talents, skills, and so on.

Each Darkkin warrior's War Merit from the previous life determined the starting point of the next.

After the selection was complete, consciousness would enter a chaotic state, waiting for enough energy to complete reincarnation and reshaping.

The second type of energy was called Darkkin Energy.

This was a special energy extracted and crafted from various resources like spiritual materials and spiritual ores, and was also the cornerstone of the Darkkin Space's architecture.

It could also be used to craft weapons and equipment.

Darkkin Energy was also the energy that drove the Reincarnation Rule's operation, bringing dead warriors back from reincarnation to reshape their physical bodies — but it could be replaced by other energies.

The third type of energy was Qi-Blood Energy.

After a Darkkin warrior died and was reborn, it needed to grow rapidly by devouring Qi-Blood Energy.

Without enough Qi-Blood, it could only remain in infant form.

If infused with sufficient Qi-Blood, a Darkkin warrior's growth would be extremely swift, rapidly maturing into a youthful state like an inflating balloon.

But this growth was not without an upper limit.

Every reincarnation brought new growth bottlenecks.

This was completely different from the players' life structure.

Players' growth had no upper limit at all — as long as there was Shou Shou Jili, they could improve without restriction.

But Darkkin warriors' growth had bottlenecks.

For example, if one climbed to level 100 in the previous life and then couldn't break through level 100 no matter what, they would need to self-dissolve reincarnation, using stockpiled War Merit to raise the life-growth ceiling for the next life.

After restarting in the next life, perhaps at level 105, or 110, they would hit a bottleneck again.

At that point, they'd have to reincarnate all over again.

In essence, the Darkkin race wasn't strong at all — they completely relied on long-term possession of the Reincarnation Rule, growing through rule-based point allocation, ultimately becoming a plundering faction that spanned Cross Multiple Worlds.

The situation Hearing Tong Xin now faced was that Darkkin Energy might not be sufficient.

Qi-Blood Energy was manageable — he could lead the Darkkin warriors to grow quickly through hunting.

Although troublesome, at least hunting was free.

Moreover, Darkkin warriors weren't picky about Qi-Blood Energy — whatever impurities in the blood were sent into the body, all could become part of their own strength.

Whereas their players were Pure Bodies — the energy gained from hunting was all absorbed after purification.

This point had been analyzed and explained by players on the forum.

The current problem was how to obtain Darkkin Energy — he couldn't exactly go to the Trading Post to buy large batches of spiritual materials every time he revived Darkkin warriors.

More importantly, he still had to master the method of crafting Darkkin energy.

This was truly too troublesome.

But if he didn't do this, the stockpiled Darkkin energy would eventually be exhausted by him.

After all, exploring and fighting outside was too frequent.

Even if he didn't actively take part in high-intensity warfare, he might still run into hundred-level monsters during exploration and get wiped in one wave.

So how to obtain Darkkin energy became the top priority.

"Sigh, if only I could revive without loss like us players."

While sighing, Hearing Tong Xin suddenly turned his head to look at the guiding water orb floating beside him.

He had almost forgotten about this portable cheat code called Guidance.

Perhaps it had a way to solve this problem.

"Brother Guidance."

【Speak.】Guidance listlessly opened its eyes.

"Do you have any way to quickly manufacture Darkkin energy? Preferably something cheap — if it's too expensive I can't afford to make it either. Or something that lets Darkkin warriors revive without consumption… best would be letting Darkkin warriors preserve their qi and blood intensity, a true lossless revive — whatever hunting level they were when they died, that's the level they revive at, saving the trouble of regrinding. Only then would the Darkkin Legion truly have combat power; otherwise regrinding every time is just too much hassle."

After hearing Hearing Tong Xin's explanation, Guidance said helplessly:

【Didn't I tell you last time, the faith power produced by the Painful Painful Minghun can substitute for Darkkin energy — just pour it directly into the Reincarnation Rule, and it can fully be used to revive Darkkin warriors.】

"But this method costs a lot too. The wartime death rate of Darkkin warriors is way too high. My faith connection with the Darkkin warriors is only at the first stage, so the faith power produced isn't nearly enough… I originally planned to earn Shou Shou Jili through the Darkkin warriors, but now all the faith power produced by the Painful Painful Minghun poured in isn't enough, and I still have to chip in extra Shou Shou Jili."

Upon hearing this, Guidance nodded in understanding:

【I've analyzed your current situation. All 500 Darkkin warriors' faith in you is at the first faith stage, so the daily faith power produced can only revive 8 warriors. Assuming they all die once every 10 days, you can support at most 80 Darkkin warriors. Yet you went and got 500 Darkkin warriors at once — of course it's not enough. The Darkkin warriors grew too fast, but their faith devotion didn't keep up.】

"Is there any way to solve this problem?" Hearing Tong Xin asked expectantly.

【Naturally there is. Perhaps you could learn from the Painful Brothers — take the portion of the Reincarnation Rule given by the Dark Star and craft it into a special Painful Painful Minghun for embedding. Darkkin warriors bound to the Reincarnation Rule will also be bound to you, and from then on you can revive Darkkin warriors by consuming Shou Shou Jili or faith power.】

【And the qi and blood of each warrior after death will be purified of impurities and preserved — roughly 50% or more can be kept. After you revive a Darkkin warrior, you can directly use the remaining qi and blood to raise the warrior's hunting level, helping them grow quickly.】

"It really works!" The Kindergarten Director instantly got excited.

But then he curiously asked:

"Brother Guidance, why can only a little over 50% of the qi and blood be preserved? Why not all of it?"

【The player system doesn't accept impurities or waste. The qi and blood energy absorbed by Darkkin warriors only undergoes a simple conversion, with too many impurities. When this energy is extracted by the player system, a portion gets filtered out and broken down. Being able to preserve over 50% is already very impressive… In fact, for Darkkin warriors this is purely a benefit with no downside. Pure qi and blood lets them have a higher ceiling — although in their future growth they'll still end up eating a lot of junk.】

"It is pretty good, but if they could revive without loss like us players, that would be even better."

【Darkkin warriors don't qualify to enter the player system. Even a growth-type pet is far stronger than a Darkkin warrior.】

Kindergarten Director: …

In fact, there was another reason Guidance didn't say out loud.

The Darkkin warriors were already bound to the Reincarnation Rule. To make them interface with the Challenger System like players would mean their life form had to be completely reshaped.

They'd have to start from level 1, discarding everything they originally had.

But Darkkin warriors' initial life potential wasn't high to begin with — recruiting 500 Darkkin warriors wasn't even as good as recruiting 500 newbie players on Earth.

More importantly, each Darkkin warrior had gone through hundreds or thousands of reincarnations through the Reincarnation Rule, accumulating quite a few skills, talents, and attribute potential through battle merits.

A direct reshape would undoubtedly waste the rule energy accumulated in the early stages.

Professor Tian's idea was simple: this system could continue to exist, but it could only exist as a Painful Painful Minghun.

It couldn't be like the "War" rule the Reverse Tide Legion bestowed upon the Liver Emperor Group — directly entering the Challenger system and becoming an independent system within the Challenger framework.

It could only become a dependent system within the Challenger system framework.

Having understood the reason through Guidance's explanation, Hearing Tong Xin asked expectantly:

"Brother Guidance, so how do I craft the incomplete Reincarnation Rule into a Painful Painful Minghun?"

【With your ability you definitely can't craft it. I can help with this part, but you have to cover the cost.】

Hearing Guidance say it was willing to help, Hearing Tong Xin was overjoyed:

"Brother Guidance, how much Shou Shou Jili does it cost to craft?"

【Not much, just 1.2 million Shou Shou Jili.】

Hearing the price, Hearing Tong Xin's eyes instantly went wide — he even suspected he'd misheard:

"1.2 million?!"

"Brother Guidance, did you add an extra ten-thousand by mistake?"

Guidance didn't answer, just looked at Hearing Tong Xin with a gaze that said "what an idiot."

"Last time I heard the Painful Brothers say imprinting that whatever Painful Painful Minghun only cost 300,000 Shou Shou Jili, right?"

【The Painful Painful Minghun isn't essentially a rule imprint — it's just a pseudo-rule. What you have is a fully formed rule. The reason it costs 1.2 million is because this is only a portion of the Reincarnation Rule. If it were a complete Reincarnation Rule, want to guess how much?】

"How much?"

【Before the Dark Star died, it split the Reincarnation Rule into 100 portions, with each Darkkin Legion Commander getting one. What you have is one of them. How much a complete rule costs, you do the math yourself.】

After mentally calculating the price, Hearing Tong Xin sucked in a cold breath.

Looking at it this way, 1.2 million Shou Shou Jili really wasn't expensive.

But what he was curious about was whether the incomplete Reincarnation Rule, once crafted into a Painful Painful Minghun, would have any functional deficiencies.

(End of chapter)