Chapter 45: Benign Competition

Bloodstained Plain.

Duan Xing sat on a twisted withered tree, gazing at the player groups fighting each other in the distance, his heart filled with immense confusion.

Through contact over these days, he discovered this group of mysterious creatures possessed the special ability to switch into monster forms to fight.

Although their bodies were weak, their abilities were not.

But he still could not understand the behavioral logic of this group of mysterious creatures.

Observation revealed that the mysterious creatures often gathered together to scour the mountains and fields searching for evil spirits and monsters, engaging in group brawls, their temper extremely warlike.

But doing so was not to fight for territory, nor to fight for resources; hunting monsters was even not for obtaining food, seeming only to be for the sake of a fight, then leaving with smiles on their faces.

Just today, he discovered an even stranger phenomenon.

This group of mysterious creatures had actually erupted into internal strife.

Internal strife within a race was not a problem in Duan Xing's view; even within the Retrograde Tide Legion he belonged to, there were ideological differences between various factions.

The problem was that this group of mysterious creatures had been queuing up orderly in front of the cave just a second ago, chatting and laughing during the process.

For some unknown reason, they suddenly started fighting fiercely, their methods extremely cruel, with the sole purpose of killing members of their own kind.

This behavior of erupting into a death match at the slightest disagreement left Duan Xing's mind full of question marks.

The last time he was saved at the cost of their lives was the same; before that, he had successively killed thousands of mysterious creatures, so logically, in the eyes of this group of mysterious creatures, he was an unforgivable enemy.

Yet this group of mysterious creatures risked their lives to rescue him when he was about to be killed, sacrificing the lives of a large number of their clansmen for this.

Duan Xing could not figure out the logic behind this series of behaviors.

"I don't understand."

Murmuring softly, Duan Xing looked down at the Fu Wen Yin in his hand, his expression instantly becoming dejected.

Came here just fine, but can't go back.

Without a shuttle to assist in sending signals, he could no longer find the way back, and was even unclear about where he currently was.

Thinking of this, Duan Xing ground his teeth in hatred.

The shuttle possessed rune armor resistant to destruction; theoretically, as long as it suffered external damage, the rune battle armor on his body would receive a signal, allowing him to rush over quickly.

Secondly, the shuttle also had a positioning function; even if stolen, he could quickly locate and lock onto its position.

But strangely, the shuttle vanished into thin air without being damaged and without being moved.

Except for the actions of this group of mysterious creatures, he could think of no other possibility.

This was also the reason he had been observing the movements of the mysterious creatures recently, attempting to find the whereabouts of the lost shuttle.

"Members of the Fan Zui Team, assemble at Di Zha Village; twist off the dog heads of those guys from the Divine Wing Guild; those who bully our people must pay the price."

"Boss, the Brick-Moving Team has been contacted; they are on their way and will assemble with us to charge soon."

"The Toddler Team has also been contacted; they are waiting at the Bloodstained Plain and will meet up with us when we arrive."

The battle for the Soul Crystals has continued until now; the two major guilds have fought with genuine anger and are gathering manpower to fight again.

Even Li Tie, who has always acted alone, has been recalled to participate in the battle.

After the forces led by the Fan Zui Team assembled at Di Zha Village, they marched in great numbers toward the Bloodstained Plain region, and a new round of chaotic warfare opened once more.

Besides the forces of both sides, there were also many onlookers in the chaotic battle.

They had no relationship with either of the two warring guilds and were purely there to watch the spectacle.

During the process, they also discussed the strength of both guilds on the forum.

Among them, the discussion with the highest heat was about Li Tie of the Fan Zui Team, also known as "Da Tie," who ranked first in body tempering level in the game.

At the current stage, there are not a few players who have opened a second Star Vein, but Li Tie is the only player with a body tempering level of 5; in human form, he can inherit all attributes of five monster Painful Painful Minghun.

His combat power shone brightly in this chaotic battle.

The battle axe after fusing five Weapon Spirit Painful Painful Minghun possessed immense power; in the chaotic battle, he was invincible, and no player from the Divine Wing Guild was a match for even a single clash.

The onlookers launched a heated discussion on this.

Long Night: This guy is really strong; his strength can absolutely rank in the top three among all players, or even first. The extreme output of the Weapon Spirit flow is too violent; watching it makes me shiver. Truly one slash, one kid; he's gone berserk.

Dark Land is Fun: The output is so ridiculous; I can only say he got lucky, entered the game before us, and the few Meng Yuan Chu monsters near Di Zha Village in the early days were very weak. He killed five of them alone; he truly made a killing.

Rise of the Human Race: Stop talking nonsense. If you really encountered a Meng Yuan Chu monster, you wouldn't have the strength to hunt it. I've seen this guy in other games; he is a gold-medal enforcer of the Fan Zui Team, very fierce. It is said he participated in the real-world war suppressing the alien races back then.

I Won the Lottery: His strength might be fierce in reality and in the game, but on the forum, he's still a bit lacking. The average person on the forum has Star Vein level 20 and body tempering level 20; the existing 13 Painful Painful Minghun are not enough to be inlaid and used (wink. jpg).

Besides the discussion, all players were full of interest in the Weapon Spirit flow opened by Li Tie.

This is the melee Star Vein flow with the most violent output among various existing Painful Painful Minghun combinations at the current stage.

After the battle axe in Li Tie's hand hit the target, it came with effects such as armor penetration, damage amplification, and mental shock; the lethality was astonishing.

Under Li Tie's charge, the Divine Wing Guild suffered a one-sided defeat.

The battle lasted for more than an hour before coming to an end, concluding with a crushing defeat for the Divine Wing Guild.

But this did not mean the hatred disappeared; all onlookers understood that these two guilds had thoroughly settled a grudge.

In the future, when players from both sides meet outside, there will inevitably be a battle.

Just as the onlooking players guessed, one hour later, members of the Divine Wing Guild logged on successively, but they did not directly launch a revenge action; instead, they chose to spam the purchase of Shou Shou Jili in the regional voice channel.

The intention was very clear: they wanted to increase their combat power and fight the Fan Zui Guild again.

This behavior caused the purchase price of Shou Shou Jili to surge once more.

The guild master of the Divine Wing Guild offered a Shou Shou Jili purchase price of 200:1 and stated that players willing to provide large amounts of Shou Shou Jili could be given an even higher price.

This behavior made the brick-moving players overjoyed, meaning the real-world income generated from killing a single monster increased.

Regarding the conflict between the two major guilds, the onlookers one and all expressed support.

The clash between the two major guilds was naturally known to Qi Sheng, who was observing in secret.

Regarding this, he had no intention of stopping it.

Before transmigrating and inheriting the Di Zhao's original source, he had also loved various types of games and was a loyal gamer.

From the very beginning of building the Challenger System, he had thought about the issue of competition among players.

In MMORPG-type games, there are many factors that stimulate players' desire for strength growth; one major factor is the conflict and competition between players.

To force players to spend money, many games deliberately set up resources that need to be fought over to trigger conflicts between players.

Some game companies even specially recruit a batch of "shills" to cause trouble in the game, or join different game guilds to incite fierce confrontation between players on both sides, increasing both sides' desire to spend money to become stronger.

Viewing the issue of players fighting each other from the perspective of strength growth, the incentive nature brought by competition far outweighs the revenue loss problem caused by internal friction.

With the pressure brought by external forces such as the subsequent Black Tide Legion, players of the same camp will inevitably choose to cooperate to face it.

(End of this chapter)