Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 195 - 108: Abstract Player Tactics (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 195: Chapter 108: Abstract Player Tactics (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Ancient Battlefield North.

A city formed of converging flames erupted in bright light against the night sky.

As Skyfire Clan Warriors flew out of the city and into the battlefield, their Spiritual Patterns interconnected, instantly transforming into meters-tall Fire Demons, capable of controlling endless fierce flames that swept across the area with a raise of their hands.

This is a racial force skilled in the use of Fire Element Energy.

Aside from the Combat Insect Clan that had already evolved the Skyfire trait, whether it was players or Black Tide Demonic Spirits, none could endure the scorching blaze for long.

But the battle continued into its fourth day.

The decline of the Skyfire Clan became increasingly apparent.

For the player faction, Insect Tide, and Black Tide, engaging the enemy in a prolonged battle meant victory.

With the Skyfire Clan unable to overcome the limitation of a "prolonged battle," they were doomed to see their strength eroded in the campaign, contributing to the overall combat potency of the three forces.

At this moment, as the great war reignited, Qi Sheng’s gaze swept across the land from high above, though his focus was not on the Skyfire Clan Warriors.

His eyes moved towards the violently churning Black Tide, where he could identify two new types of combat units emerging within.

The first nascent Black Tide Demonic Spirit resembled a cloud of mist, without a lower body, its thick arms conjuring lightning with each strike, unleashing an area thunderstorm attack. Neither purely physical nor purely illusory, it seemed an intersection of both, with a fiercely red eye visible at the center of the accumulating mist. Underneath that eye was a vast mouth composed of pitch-black electric arcs, each strike accompanied by an earth-shaking roar.

Analysis Ability activated, an influx of information poured into Qi Sheng’s mind.

[Black Tide·Cloud Storm]:

Hunting Level: 14

Target Description: Black Tide Demonic Spirit, a Death Disaster Series initial soldier capable of controlling thunderstorm area attacks. Targets hit suffer Black Tide Energy Corrosion, leading to nausea, vomiting, infection, and other negative effects (specific effects depend on the physical fitness of those in contact; the stronger the fitness, the lower the corrosion damage, with enough bodily strength, one can be completely immune to corrosion damage).

His sight shifted to the second nascent Evil Spirit, as analytical information began to unfold.

[Black Tide·Fierce Battle]:

Hunting Level: 18

Target Description: Black Tide Demonic Spirit, a Catastrophe Series initial soldier, attacks inflict dual damage of physical and magical nature and possess strong physical and magical defensive power. It can swiftly regenerate damaged bodies by devouring other Black Tide Demonic Spirits.

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The so-called Fierce Battle Black Tide Demonic Spirits featured in the analytical information were humanoid in shape, towering and muscular. Their muscles, under the light of the Evil Moon, were as hard as rock, each inch of skin engraved with Black Tide Runes echoing the moon, flickering with a faint red glow.

Its head was covered with a thick black keratin helmet, set with three gem-like Energy Barytes, and beneath the helmet were eyes deep as the Abyss, exuding coldness and ruthlessness. Clad in a suit of black armor forged by Black Tide Energy, its armor was studded with sharp spikes and twisted runes. In its hand was a giant black Battle Axe, and behind it grew a pair of black wings.

Nearly four days into the fierce battle, two special types of soldiers had been born among the Black Tide Demonic Spirits.

Presently, the special soldiers had branched off into three series: Plague Series, Death Disaster Series, and Catastrophe Series.

Especially the Catastrophe Series’ Fierce Battle, which shone on the battlefield, was very similar to the meat shield warrior faction constructed around the stone-statue ghost Life Soul core within the player faction.

After a brief observation, Qi Sheng’s gaze turned back to the Skyfire Clan.

Zooming in on the Skyfire Dharma King.

At this moment, he was seated on a throne constructed of flames, his curly red hair disheveled and messy, lacking the radiance and confidence he had upon descent.

It was evident that the relentless assaults of the tripartite forces had utterly defeated his confidence.

This was what Qi Sheng found most incomprehensible.

Such modest comprehensive strength, and yet they dared to break through space to descend into Monster World.

If descending was to be a choice, they made sure to do it with pomp and fanfare, heralding their arrival with Skyfire Descent.

A grand entrance was one thing, but to arrive and without investigating the nearby power dynamics, they immediately constructed Flame City on the spot.

Such behavior was nothing short of a disregard for the nearby forces.

The question was, with a force strength akin to that of the Mechanical Sovereign, whose weakest soldier type, "Iron Soul," boasted a Hunting Level of over 80, it could be understandable.

After all, in the Monster World, might makes right; with enough strength, dominance is a given.

Let alone descending near someone else’s territory, with sufficient strength, even direct descent into the skies above another’s clan land is no problem.

So the actions of the Skyfire Clan seemed bewildering, nothing short of self-destructive.

[Leader, this is the inexplicable confidence of small world powers. Many races from little worlds reign supreme in their space, even worshipped as gods by other races in their homeworlds. Such forces inevitably face a bottleneck in late-stage development when resources produced by their small worlds can no longer sustain the civilization’s growth. At the bottleneck, they commonly entertain the idea of breaking through world barriers to seek development in higher-level worlds. However, the long years of ruling a small world give them an illusory confidence, believing that their might is sufficient to thrive in the wider universe.]

[A severe misjudgement of higher worlds often leads to tragedy, and clearly, the Skyfire Clan belongs to such forces.]

[But one thing puzzles me – this minor power managed to embark on such good fortune by directly entering Monster World... Perhaps if they had reached another higher-level world, the Skyfire Clan might indeed have had the potential to gradually develop and grow stronger, overcoming the bottleneck for a golden era. Unfortunately for them, they descended into Monster World. Putting aside the Black Tide and Insect Tide, forces which are natural disasters spanning multiple worlds, if one were to randomly pick a minor force from the Monster World, it could easily crush the Skyfire Clan.]