Chapter 289: Six Ultimate Pinnacles, The Rise of Monsters (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Upon teleporting into the Tyrant Hall, the vision of Night Approaching was instantly shrouded in darkness.

Suddenly, the roar emitted simultaneously by countless behemoths shattered the darkness, and his vision abruptly cleared.

He saw a behemoth covered entirely in dark-colored scale armor appearing in his field of view; its body spanned heaven and earth, and dense crystallized bone spines grew along its ridge, which wound like a mountain range.

The behemoth suddenly turned its head to look at him; a terrifying oppressive force struck instantly, causing Night Approaching's heart to twitch.

The scale-armored behemoth slowly opened its mouth, tilted its head back, and let out a deafening roar, the sound waves tearing a rift across the sky through the cloud layer.

In the beast's eyes, which resembled molten gold, his reflection appeared as it slowly pressed down upon him.

Just as he was about to be swallowed by the behemoth, the scene suddenly switched.

Beneath his feet, a churning, furious sea arose; a creature resembling a giant whale rapidly expanded from beneath the surface, and when its spine, covered in inverted spikes, breached the waves, it unleashed ten thousand feet of wild waves, its gaping maw forming a rotating spatial vortex that swallowed the surrounding sea region along with over a hundred islands.

Boom!

The behemoth plunged into the sea again, and his vision was obscured by the endless surging waves it raised.

The scene continued to switch; this time, a crimson landscape dotted with volcanoes appeared before his eyes.

A giant dragon composed of fire and bones awakened from the magma.

Only then did he realize these were not volcanoes at all, but part of the behemoth's massive body; each vertebra was an erupting volcano, and liquid lava flowed between its wing bones.

When it spread its tattered bone wings, a sky-filling rain of fire poured down, burning the clouds within a radius of ten thousand li into a crimson red....

One behemoth after another flashed before his eyes.

When all the visions suddenly shattered, he saw a sun-obscuring claw tearing open the sky; merely a single scale on the tip of the claw was larger than any behemoth he had seen before, and when the vertical pupil, large enough to cover the entire sky, looked down, it resembled a falling star descending toward the earth.

A voice subsequently rang out in his mind:

"Those who are minute shall ultimately become dust; only those who are gigantic can touch the firmament. This is the Dao of Gigantification, and also the Dao of the Tyrant."

The entrance scene dissipated, and Night Approaching found himself already standing on a plaza cast in bronze.

Dozens of behemoth statues stood towering around the plaza, each emitting a suffocating pressure.

To the due east coiled a statue of a giant snake clad in black armor; its body wound around a broken giant pillar, every snake scale as thick as a shield, black poisonous mist constantly seeping from the gaps between the scales, its cold snake eyes shining like gems, and each vertebra rising like a mountain range.

To the due west stood a gargoyle statue, its body covered in skin as black as refined steel, gleaming with a metallic luster under the dim light; its knotted muscular body was covered in ferocious cracks resembling scars, within which flowed dark red energy meridians.

To the due south was a giant skeleton; its entire body burned with ink-colored nether fire, soul flames surged in its empty eye sockets, its jawbone slightly agape as if ready to spit out world-burning fire capable of scorching souls at any moment.

To the due north was a terrifying enraged bear standing on its hind legs; the posture of its bear paw striking the ground filled the entire statue with dynamism, every hair on its body resembled forged spikes, and within its gaping maw, one could see a rotating storm vortex.

These four were precisely the four most popular choices for Monster Stream players.

Black-Armored Snake, Gargoyle, Ink Flame, Roar.

The other statues also represented a type of Fate Soul form.

Glancing around, Night Approaching focused his gaze on a totem stone pillar not far in front of him, upon which were branded patterns of monster forms for different Fate Souls.

Standing before the totem stone pillar, he reached out and touched it; immediately, a function panel floated up in his mind.

[Tyrant Path]:

Introduction: After abandoning the Star Vein Path, the Star Vein will change its structure, opening a single Fate Soul growth path (after the Star Vein changes, it can no longer be compatible with other Fate Soul characteristics).

Note: The Tyrant growth path can be switched back to the Star Vein growth path at any time, returning all Sacrificial Power and Evolution Points (deducting 1% of total Sacrificial Power).

Before opening the Tyrant Path, please choose your behemoth form (the behemoth form can be changed at any time by consuming Sacrificial Power).

Below the introduction content was the selectable Fate Soul library.

Night Approaching's gaze swept over the monster forms of various Fate Souls, finally focusing on the Black-Armored Snake Fate Soul, one of the initial three phantom gods.

The vertical pupils of the Black-Armored Snake in the icon suddenly constricted, reflecting his figure.

In an instant, a fishy wind struck his Iron Face; the toxic aura brought by the flickering snake tongue nearly scorched his skin, the thick snake body detached from the icon and enlarged before his eyes, coiling toward him.

Selection complete; the boundary between reality and the interface illusion shattered with a boom.

He immediately felt his bones twisting and deforming, emitting misaligned "crack-crack" sounds; black scales surfaced on his skin, followed by his spine stretching segment by segment, and tail vertebrae piercing through flesh and blood to grow a snake tail covered in bone armor.

When the final snake scale formed at his neck, he subconsciously let out a hiss:

"Hiss~"

"Hiss my hammer!" Under the trend of instinct, Night Approaching, who had involuntarily made a sound, decisively suppressed the desire to continue hissing.

At this moment, his newly born Black-Armored Snake body stretched out.

He could feel the venom glands swelling on both sides of his oral cavity, the muscle fibers inside his mouth tightening like steel cables, ready to eject venomous fangs and spit venom at any moment.

At this time, new information floated up in his mind.

[Completion of Tyrant Body selection, please choose your Tyrant Path]:

Titan Path: The Ultimate Pinnacle of Strength:

One claw collapses mountains, one foot splits the earth; wherever my body treads, all becomes ruins.

Those who choose this path turn their flesh and blood into a blazing furnace, their bones are cast like star-iron, their muscles surge like molten lava; every inch of their body bears the violence to crush ten thousand things; where strength points, heavenly punishment arrives.

Night Approaching focused his consciousness on the Titan Path, and immediately the illusory figure of the Divine Tiger from the Gigantification Domain battlefield appeared in his mind.

He saw on the Gigantification Domain battlefield the dying illusory Divine Tiger howling at the sky amidst a blood mist, every inch of its tiger body bursting with violence aesthetics that made one tremble.

Its spine was like a golden pillar piercing through heaven and earth, bending but not breaking under the players' elemental bombardment.

The ripples raised when its sharp claws tore open the battlefield churned patches of Black Black Tide evil entities into powder.

Even the aftermath of its tail swipe while near death carried the terrifying power of Mount Tai pressing down.

After watching the demonstration content, Night Approaching sighed with emotion in his heart.

In the battle of the Gigantification Domain, the Divine Tiger was undoubtedly the strongest individual combat power among the four factions; none of the three great calamities had a unit that could withstand even one move from the Divine Tiger.

Regrettably, the Divine Tiger encountered three legions that feared no death.

No matter how strong the individual power, if it could not win by sweeping away everything like rotten wood, then when its strength was exhausted, it was defeated.

He had participated in this entire battle, and when reviewing the battle with the God King, the God King mentioned a viewpoint he had seen while studying in the library.

It stated that individual mighty power, when confronting a flood of spawned troops, is forever fighting an energy account battle that is destined to be lost.

When the Divine Tiger struck out with one claw, it seemed to collapse mountains and split the earth, seemingly easily eliminating a large number of evil entities, but in reality, it was using gold to smash rubble.

The energy consumed was far greater than the energy required for the Black Black Tide to generate units.

If one added the Black Black Tide's death backlash characteristic, this palm strike was a guaranteed loss with no profit.

One could compare the Divine Tiger to a human and the Black Black Tide to ants capable of spawning troops.

The Divine Tiger could step on and kill dozens of ants with one foot, which seemed very violent, but the stamina consumed by this one step was enough for the ant colony to breed over a hundred new ants; the harder you try, the greater the loss.

But stepping with the foot was already the most ordinary attack method for powerful lifeforms; there was no way to fight in a lower-consumption manner.

Speaking to this point, the God King also mentioned another viewpoint.

It stated that one's own recovery ability must keep pace with one's own strength; otherwise, an individual's power is like a boss revealing its health bar, and will ultimately be worn down by a faction possessing troop-spawning capabilities.

Applying this viewpoint to the warfare level, both the Black Black Tide and the Insect Black Tide followed a route of earning an "energy account."

If they could pile units to death the enemy, they would absolutely not consume excessive energy to generate a powerful unit, using the smallest price to exchange for the greatest result.

Night Approaching's gaze swept toward the other growth paths.

Golem Path · The Ultimate Pinnacle of Defense:

Ten thousand laws cannot invade, a thousand blades can hardly injure; standing on the battlefield, one becomes an impregnable city.

This path pursues the ultimate physical defense, turning flesh and blood into an indestructible barrier; your skin will gradually transform into crystal steel, your bones will be inscribed with the Ultimate Pinnacle of Defense within the Gigantification Rules, and upon completion, even if heaven and earth collapse, you will remain immovable.

Night Approaching's consciousness touched the demonstration content below the Golem Path, and immediately a moving mountain range of steel appeared before his eyes.

It looked like a creature resembling a mammoth, a behemoth covered entirely in crystallized armor, every step forward capable of triggering earthquakes and shaking mountains.

Countless elemental torrents bombarded its body, unable to leave even the slightest scratch.

Facing a fierce siege, the behemoth lifted its trunk and let out a long howl; tens of thousands of defensive runes surfaced on its body, covering an area of a thousand meters.

Just then, the countless figures besieging the behemoth formed a great formation in the sky, summoning a massive fireball falling like a meteor, but the behemoth endured this terrifying strike hard with its spine, its four feet crushing the continent yet remaining motionless.

The content in the scene vividly demonstrated the powerful performance when the physical body reached the realm where ten thousand laws could not invade.

After watching the demonstration content, Night Approaching suddenly thought.

Perhaps the Divine Tiger had not developed the Golem Path of the "Gigantification Rules"; while its killing power was astonishing, the Divine Tiger's defense was lacking by more than a star or two.

If it had possessed the defensive boost of the Golem Path at that time, the Divine Tiger could obviously have held out much longer.

From this, it was evident that possessing Rules and knowing how to use them were two completely different things.

Just like many Primordial Monsters; although they themselves mastered Rule powers, many Primordials still only used instinctual physical combat as their means of fighting.

His gaze turned toward the subsequent Tyrant Paths.

Mirage Path · The Ultimate Pinnacle of Speed:

The afterimage has not scattered, yet the true body has arrived; before sentient beings realize it, the slaughter is already over.

The path of ultimate speed; moving like a ghost, striking like sudden thunder; those who reach the peak of this path can stroll leisurely through elemental torrents, holding life and death in an instant.

This time, the demonstration scene was set on a vast battlefield.

A steel torrent composed of tens of millions of black-armored barbaric beasts was advancing; they wore heavy armor, and their formation, like a steel torrent, was sufficient to crush any defensive line.

Suddenly, a silver lightning bolt pierced through the military formation.

Time seemed to freeze in that second.

One saw silver light carving crisscrossing shuttle trajectories through the Black Black Tide army, instantly outlining a vast silver net.

The black-armored barbaric beasts froze neatly in place.

The next second, tens of millions of bodies simultaneously spurted blood pillars reaching the sky; the heavy armor shattered like paper, and the barbaric beast warriors did not even have time to let out a scream before being completely annihilated.

When the silver lightning stopped, one could clearly see it was a huge, slender silver giant wolf.

It elegantly flicked its tail, not a drop of blood staining its silver fur, while the barbaric beast army behind it fell in patches like dominoes.

But after watching the demonstration content, Night Approaching felt that the monster system fit better with the previous strength and defense paths, and had a low compatibility with speed.

But there were exceptions.

The monster form of the Extreme Speed Soul aligned perfectly with the Ultimate Mastery of Speed.

His gaze shifted to the fourth path.

Taotie Path · Ultimate Mastery of Life:

Rebirth from a drop of blood, fighting on with a remnant body, devouring the eight wastelands, undying and indestructible.

This path pursues the ultimate power of restoration; flesh and blood become a life furnace that never ceases, every drop of blood on the body a seed of rebirth. Even if shattered to pieces, one can return from destruction via nirvana. The larger the body, the faster the recovery, until achieving an eternal body that is undying and indestructible.

This demonstration scene took place on a blood-soaked battlefield, where a nine-headed giant python was engaged in combat with countless equally towering behemoths.

What was displayed was a powerful life-healing ability.

During the fight, the flesh buds on the severed stump of a chopped-off head grew wildly, sprouting a new python head in the blink of an eye.

Even when blasted by other behemoths until only a skeleton remained, the bloody bones greedily sucked energy from the earth and air, regenerating flesh and blood in an instant.

Finally, the scene froze: the besieging behemoths collapsed one by one from exhaustion, while the nine-headed python still stood proudly on the battlefield, roaring at the sky.

Spirit Venerable Path · Ultimate Mastery of Divinity:

One thought creates ten thousand phenomena; divine might like a prison; controlling the heavens with the soul; shattering the dome with the mind.

This path pursues the ultimate power of the spirit; flesh and blood resonate with the divine soul, becoming a mobile source of calamitous arts.

Those who choose this path will have every inch of their bodies inscribed with the giantized "Ultimate Mastery of Divinity" path curse mark. With every breath, they stir elemental tides; with every roar, they unleash elemental heavenly punishment. When this path reaches its peak, a mere gaze can decompose all things, and a fluctuation of thought can rewrite reality.

Entering the demonstration scene, Nightfall saw a crystal-spirit dragon turtle, its entire body transparent, appear before his eyes.

Countless dense runes flowed across its shell, each scale reflecting the glow of different elements. When it raised its head and roared, the elemental energy drifting in the air boiled and went berserk; lightning split down from the clear sky, magma spewed from fissures in the earth, and blizzards raged simultaneously with raging flames.

When countless races assembled into an army and charged forward, the dragon turtle merely opened its eyes slightly. All enemies floated in midair like marionettes, their flesh and bones then dismantled and reassembled by an invisible force, transforming into a dense, exploding mist of blood that filled the sky like fireworks.

Chaos Path · Ultimate Mastery of Domination:

Strength breaks ten thousand laws; the mind commands heavenly might; undying and indestructible; flawless and impregnable.

This path pursues absolute perfect balance: strength, defense, speed, recovery, and spirit. All five dimensional values reach the realm of perfection. Though it lacks a single extreme peak, it also has no shortcomings. Those who choose this path will unlock all-attribute growth, crushing all powerful enemies with the most domineering posture.

In the final path demonstration, the scene showed a monster that constantly twisted and changed.

At times it resembled a divine tiger; when charging, its muscles bulged like a Titan's; when under attack, scales instantly formed like a golem's; when ambushing, layers of afterimages appeared like a mirage; when injured, its flesh writhed like a Taotie; and when releasing an elemental torrent, its momentum resembled that of a Spirit Venerable.

When all the path demonstrations ended, Nightfall understood what the core of the Tyrant Path's growth was.

Compared to the myriad transformations of the Star Vein combinations, the Monster Flow gameplay specialized in tempering the flesh.

As to which was stronger, there was no doubt: the Star Vein system was superior.

Not to mention the infinitely expandable skill options, the mutual buffs among traits far exceeded those of the Monster Flow by a wide margin.

Many Soul traits calculated their effects via multiplication.

It was easy to assemble broken combinations, granting players unimaginable amplification of their power.

For example, the output multiplier bonus of the Savage Axe + the armor-piercing bonus of Shatter + the critical hit multiplier bonus + the morale multiplier bonus... The feature of this combination was multiplying the base value four times, not by fourfold.

The strength of the Monster Flow was exactly the opposite; it followed a route of base value amplification.

Regrettably, it could not receive bonuses from other Souls. If it could combine bonuses like the Star Vein, the high base values would produce absurdly exaggerated numerical effects.

But the Monster Flow was not without advantages; compared to the Star Vein system's numerous and complex growth paths,

the Monster Flow had only six specialized growth routes.

What puzzled him was what the specific amplification multipliers were for these six Monster Flow routes.

When in doubt, ask the Guide. He turned his head to look at the Guide and voiced his confusion:

"Brother Guide, if the all-attribute amplification bonus for the Monster Flow is gaining 1% all-attribute increase for every 1% increase in body size, then do the different growth paths of the Tyrant Path grant additional bonuses on top of this basis?"

At this moment, the Guide's water sphere opened its eyes:

[Correct. Every Tyrant Path represents an additional bonus, refining the utilization efficiency of flesh and blood toward one specific path. Suppose you choose the Titan Path: for every 1% increase in body size, your other attributes still gain a 1% increase, but your Strength attribute growth becomes 2%. The Monster Flow is a path that grows stronger via attribute values; there are no true shortcomings in attribute values.]

Hearing the Guide's answer, he immediately understood the significance of the upcoming event.

The essence of this event was to let players explore which Tyrant Path best suited the monster forms of different Souls, thereby allowing players to find the strongest monster path.

For example, the Black Armored Snake form he had currently chosen was clearly unsuited for the "Spirit Venerable Path," which granted additional bonuses to spirit attributes.

And Mo Yan's Bone Fire monster form was clearly unsuited for the Titan route, which granted additional strength bonuses, or even the Mirage Path, which focused on speed bonuses.

But as to which specific combination was stronger, one had to test it personally to know the answer.

As time passed, Nightfall began switching between different monster forms, trying to feel the effects under the enhancements of different Tyrant Paths.

Five hours after the update went live, he published a detailed strategy guide interpreting the Monster Flow gameplay.

Subsequently, he chose to remain inside the Tyrant Main Hall building to carry out more detailed testing and adjustments.

Later, he also tested the Tyrant Dharma Aspect function and discovered that the Dharma Aspect system was simply a bottomless pit for Sacrificial Power.

Activating it cost 1 million Sacrificial Power, and its subsequent growth paths were even more complex than the six Tyrant Paths of the Monster Flow. The Sacrificial Power required would increase progressively with the Dharma Aspect's growth. At the current stage, even top-tier players of the Divine Hall Society would find it difficult to afford such gameplay.

Therefore, "Tyrant Dharma Aspect" could be categorized as future gameplay.

After a simple test, he gave up on in-depth research and devoted more energy to the detailed evaluation of the Monster Flow's six major Tyrant Paths.

Time flew by during testing until the notification for the event's launch rang in his mind:

[Challenger Notification (All Channels): The Tyrant Battlefield event has officially begun. Players can enter the scene via the Tyrant Main Hall to participate.]

Event Gameplay Introduction: For this event, all players' levels are set to 100. All functions outside the Monster Flow system cannot be used. Participation is in the form of matched duels. Killing a matched opponent counts as a successful advancement, granting one-tenth of the opponent's points (initial points are 10). Five losses count as elimination (eliminated players retain their points and can participate in the event rankings).

Note: The Tyrant Dharma Aspect function does not participate in this event.

With the event launched, he decisively clicked the previously dim "Tyrant Battlefield" function on the interface.

Immediately, an event interface popped up in his mind. In the center was "Enter Matchmaking," on the left was the leaderboard list (currently with no players on it), and below were the Soul form and Tyrant Path he had selected.

The current Soul library contained 85 Souls, each with six Tyrant Paths, meaning every player effectively had 510 selectable monster forms for the competition.

After pondering for a few seconds, a smile appeared on Nightfall's Iron Face.

He had thought of a fun tactic; it might just produce a miraculous effect.

After resetting the monster form to its initial state, he began reconfiguring his setup.

For the initial Soul, he chose the Qi-Eating form.

Immediately, his body began to twist, finally transforming into a form resembling a salamander.

For the Tyrant Path selection, he decisively chose the "Taotie Path," the Ultimate Mastery of Life that best suited Qi-Eating.

As for which Soul form was strongest in the Monster Flow gameplay, he, a Star Vein faction player, truly couldn't test that out in the short term.

But during testing, he had found a Monster Flow combination that required the least combat skill.

Qi-Eating + Taotie Path.

Qi-Eating, which already possessed powerful recovery abilities, paired with the flesh self-healing brought by the Ultimate Mastery of Life, was akin to an unkillable cockroach. It could completely win victories by wearing down the opponent's vitality.

His chat with the God King had given him much inspiration.

Especially the concept of the "Energy Account": when both sides were of similar strength, the party stronger in a prolonged battle would most likely win.

Qi-Eating, this Soul that had occupied the top spot on the leaderboard since server launch, might perhaps also be the T0-tier choice for the Monster Flow system.

After completing the selection and switching his body to the Qi-Eating form, he used his consciousness to tap "Enter Matchmaking."

The next second, darkness enveloped his vision.

After a brief sensation of weightlessness, his vision cleared again.

He found himself standing in an open canyon area; icy mountain winds, carrying the scent of blood, swept over his body surface.

At level 100, the Qi-Eating form's body length had already approached eighty meters.

From a bird's-eye view, the towering ancient trees in the canyon looked like toy models, and the surging rivers of magma appeared as thin as threads.

Directly ahead, a green-scaled giant lizard over a hundred meters long was raising its head to look at him, its thick tail slapping the ground again and again, kicking up rolling clouds of dust.

[Challenger Notification (Event): Matchmaking complete. Battle begins. Death of one side counts as defeat. Battle duration: 1 hour (When battle time ends, the side with the highest health percentage wins. If health percentages are equal, the side dealing the highest damage wins).]

After the notification, the player who had chosen the Tear Soul form attacked first. Its thick hind legs kicked off the ground violently, causing the earth to tremble.

Its massive body shot forward like a cannonball, and its spine-covered tail swept out horizontally, striking his flank with tremendous force.

Boom!

The muffled sound of exploding flesh and blood echoed through the canyon.

A horrifying wound tore open across the abdomen of Nightfall's Qi-Eating body; dark green mucus mixed with fragments of flesh and blood sprayed out.

However, before the giant lizard could press its advantage, he decisively inhaled.

Immediately, the energy particles in the canyon, filtered by his Soul trait, gathered into a white current like swallows returning to their nests, pouring into his mouth. Once inside his body, they transformed into vibrant vitality that surged to his limbs and hundreds of bones.

He felt an unbearable itch at the wound site.

Within a single breath, the ruptured wound had healed as good as new.

Seeing this scene, the player who had chosen the Tear Soul and transformed into a green giant lizard was also stunned, before speaking in human language:

"Damn, you can play like this?"

But his attack did not stop; he pounced and bit again, his sharp teeth embedding into his back as he shook his head frantically.

"Bro, sorry about this. Death Roll!"

The player transformed into the green giant lizard suddenly began to rotate his body.

Using the force generated by the rotation, he instantly tore a large chunk of flesh and blood from his back.

But the frenzied recovery ability brought by Qi-Eating + Taotie Path activated once again.

Flesh-bud tentacles grew from the torn wound, expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state. After shaking his body, he shed a layer of white skin.

At this moment, Nightfall's heart was also incredibly bitter.

The recovery intensity was indeed top-tier, just as he had expected.

But, it really hurt!

In order to win this battle, he also launched a counterattack at this moment, opening his mouth full of sharp teeth and viciously pouncing at the player in the Tear Soul form.

However, the base attributes of the Qi-Devouring Soul were relatively low; whether in terms of strength or defense, it was no match for this Tearing Giant Lizard.

The opponent had likely chosen the Strength Path, making a direct confrontation completely unwinnable.

The battle sank into the most primitive stage of savage slaughter.

Every bite from the Giant Lizard player tore off large chunks of flesh and blood from him, the pain making him want to burst into tears.

Fortunately, every one of his bites and claw strikes left scars on the opponent.

As time passed, the Black Tide of battle gradually tilted.

His wounds could always heal rapidly, while the Giant Lizard player's injuries kept accumulating.

Looking at the Giant Lizard player covered in blood, Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise:

"Buddy, just surrender; you can't win."

"No way, die!" The exhausted Giant Lizard player had no intention of giving up whatsoever.

Feeling helpless, Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise had no choice but to continue attacking.

When only five minutes remained, a swipe of its tail knocked down the Giant Lizard player, whose stamina was completely drained.

This time, the Giant Lizard player lacked the strength to stand up again, and his life value dropped to zero at that moment.

[Challenger Notification: Congratulations on winning this matched battle, receiving Event Points +10.]

Feeling sore all over, Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise plopped down on the ground, feeling he had probably chosen the wrong monster form.

Playing the Qi-Devouring plus Taotie monster form tortured the opponent while also torturing himself.

After the sensation of weightlessness passed, Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise returned to the Bronze Plaza where the colossal beast statues stood.

For the second round, he had no intention of starting again.

He was never skilled at the Monster Stream gameplay style, and the gap between him and those players specializing in the Monster Stream was considerable.

Next, he decided to watch live streams to understand which monster from the various schools was truly the strongest.

Half an hour later, Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise returned to the Colorful Mist Coast.

Lying comfortably on the beach, he held a cup of fruit wine made by a Spirit Chef player in his left hand and a skewer of delicious Silver-Tail Grilled Fish in his right.

In his field of vision, besides the starry sky dotting the night, there were four shrinking live stream windows.

After the event began, the number of player figures on the beach decreased significantly, as most had gone to participate in the event.

While enjoying the food, he was also recording the characteristics of different Monster Stream gameplay styles.

During this period, the live stream screens Nightfall Could Not Help But Advise opened kept switching.

After several hours of observation, he already had a preliminary ranking in his mind regarding the strength of different Monster Stream gameplay styles.

The gameplay style he ranked first used a Critical Hit Soul; the monster form was a saber-toothed tiger resembling a human standing upright, covered in pale golden scale armor, with muscle lines as distinct as forged steel, standing on the earth like an unsheathed giant blade.

The characteristic of the Monster Stream is extremely high base stats; with the boost of the Critical Hit trait and the secondary enhancement of the Titan Path, the killing power was astonishing.

Among the top 30 on the leaderboard, six players had chosen the Critical Hit plus Titan Path combination.

Ranking second was the Accumulation plus Golem Path; while maximizing defense, once enough strength was accumulated, the final result was basically a violent one-hit instant kill.

Both defense and damage output were astonishing; it could basically be determined that this would be one of the mainstream choices for the Monster Stream in the future.

Ranking third was the Roar plus Spirit Lord Path; the feature of this combination was possessing both the terrifying physique for close-quarters slaughter and control plus mental damage, making it a good choice for players who liked mixed damage.

Furthermore, he discovered that different monsters also had counter relationships, and there was no absolute strongest form.

For example, the Qi-Devouring plus Taotie Path he had used earlier had very high strength; several players were streaming with this combination, and basically, anyone who encountered them would curse out "disgusting."

Yet, it was perfectly countered by the Wither Soul plus Spirit Lord Path.

The effect of the Wither trait was to continuously stack Wither damage.

In the late game, the healing speed of Qi-Devouring could not keep up with the continuous damage value of Wither at all; the final result was getting beaten up thoroughly and still losing the fight.

Or take the Critical Hit plus Titan Path; if it encountered a Heavy Hammer Soul plus Golem, it would be completely hard-countered.

With the Critical Hit build's relatively weak constitution, once entering the stun state applied by the Heavy Hammer trait, it was very easy to get killed.

Ranking third were Roar plus Spirit Lord, or Ink Flame plus Spirit Lord; when encountering a Resistance Soul plus Golem combination, they basically only had the option of getting beaten, with their damage being like scratching an itch.

Although the Resistance Soul did not deal high damage, it could easily wear down magic-based monsters to death.

The only one temporarily without shortcomings was the Crimson Gang Qi plus Chaos Path, which followed a route of comprehensive amplification.

It could go fifty-fifty with anyone, with only the Critical Hit plus Titan Path combination having some slight advantage over it.

Other powerful combinations were constantly emerging.

For instance, the Ink Flame plus Golem spell-tank monster, the Ice Mist Breath plus Spirit Lord semi-control combination... among them, the Thirsty Blood Brand (Mummy Form) plus Golem combination truly opened his eyes.

It possessed high defense, and as long as it inflicted injuries on the opponent during battle, it could activate continuous blood draining.

As one grew and the other diminished, it became braver the more it fought.

As for exactly which Monster Stream combination would reach the summit, the players on the forum were arguing endlessly.

This event essentially handed the Monster Stream players an encyclopedia-style reference answer.

How to choose could be entirely decided by selecting from the leaderboard and the Monster Stream schools hotly discussed on the forum.

What could be foreseen was that the Monster Stream was about to rise in this version.

Many "old monsters" who had already switched to the Star Vein gameplay style were about to return to their beloved Tyrant Path.

The large number of recruitment posts flooding the forum was proof of this.

These veteran players, returning to their old trade, began preaching a long-silenced and vanished truth to the newcomers on the forum:

Big is strong, heavy is reason, flesh and blood is the truth!

(End of Chapter)