Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 209 - 112: A Journey That Ends Only in Death_3

Chapter 209: Chapter 112: A Journey That Ends Only in Death_3

He opened the regional voice chat channel and, just as he expected, the screen was filled with warm and friendly greetings.

"Cool!"

Gu Chen felt elated due to his sudden wealth, then turned to look at the raft, ready to continue his relentless and joyful fishing to the death.

However, he was shocked to find that the raft was drifting away with the waves.

Realizing that things were not good, he decisively swam towards the drifting raft, trying to close the distance.

But without any Extreme Speed Soul to boost his swimming, the raft grew further and further away with the help of the wind and waves, shrinking in his sight until it completely disappeared at the end of his vision.

At that moment, the smile on Gu Chen’s face vanished.

"F*ck, how am I supposed to get back?"

While saying this, Gu Chen, who was floating on the water’s surface, subconsciously looked towards the Guiding Water Ball hovering beside him.

His gaze met with the Guiding Avatar, who with a bored face formed two arms out of thin air and spread his hands as if saying:

[Why are you looking at me? You think I should carry you back? Of course you should swim back, or just hold your breath until you drown. You’ll go back when you’re dead. Don’t ask me such a stupid question next time.]

Gu Chen:...

Looking around, there was no sign of land in sight, Gu Chen knew he was in big trouble.

He opened the map function and found that he was 27 kilometers away in a straight line from the Colorful Mist Coast. Swimming back against the wind would take at least half a day, and that might not even be enough.

As for holding his breath until death, he felt it would not be easy to achieve.

The only more reliable way to die would be if a ferocious marine life happened to pass by and sent his soul back to the Imperial Tomb Village.

But the problem was, where to find such a ferocious fish.

"Forget it, let’s give it a try."

Saying that, Gu Chen took a deep breath and dived into the water.

The Guiding Avatar floating beside him also followed him into the underwater world.

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An hour later, on the Player Forum.

[Initial evaluation of the version’s T0 level Extreme Speed Soul, demonstration of its effects, and suggestions for combination with other abilities]:

Poster: Dark Night Will Come

Content: A new Primordial Trait has finally been discovered, and I went straight to the test tower to do some combination testing when I saw the prompt.

From the name of the Primordial Trait, it seems like it’s something that increases action efficiency, but that’s not quite true.

After activating the Extreme Speed Trait, not only can you instantly speed up your movement, but combining it with other Souls can produce effects beyond imagination.

Here is the first test video, featuring a combination of: Bone Fire (Ink Flame) Soul + Extreme Speed Soul.

(Attachment: Recorded Video)

As you can see, what originally took several seconds to conjure a Fireball has now had the charging time reduced to 1.5 seconds with the addition of the Extreme Speed Soul, and that’s not the limit. By choosing to burn Qi-Blood rapidly, I can instantly empty my HP and mana, resulting in the continuous high burst performance of the Fireball Technique as seen in the video.

This Soul is a T0 level in the current version within the burst category, better than the effects of the Flowing Shadow Clone.

Here are a few conceptual combinations.

First combination: Bone Fire, Flowing Shadow Clone, Extreme Speed, Energy Absorption.

This combination can exhaust mana and HP in 10 seconds, causing terrifying damage, but the drawback is also very clear: the consumption is too fierce, and even Energy Absorption has difficulty in replenishing the depletion of Qi-Blood and spiritual power, belonging to the type of Star Vein Combination that becomes feeble after an outburst.

Second combination: stone-statue ghost, Soul Detachment Spear, Black Armored Snake (Fierce Poison), Extreme Speed.

This is the most perfect combination in my eyes.

The feature of Extreme Speed is to consume Qi-Blood to release, and this restriction means that Melee Schools with abundant Qi-Blood are the best match for Extreme Speed Soul.

I named this combination ’High-Efficiency Special Effects Stream’.

It’s based on the idea of inflicting damage through special effects, a level 1 Soul can activate 1.5 times movement and attack speed, and it has both defense and offense, overall very strong.

The third combination: Dusk Shadow, Power Barbarian Axe, Shattering Blade, Extreme Speed.

Another melee combination, this set of Star Vein Combination belongs to the Assassin Burst Stream.

After getting close, activate Extreme Speed for a short burst of high damage, but I would only recommend it to Technical Stream players; ordinary players would find it difficult to navigate in a crowd of monsters.

The above are the Star Vein Combination ideas given out from this evaluation. Everyone is welcome to post their own thoughts in the comments section.

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Comment section:

Fierce Chicken: Does this mean the assassin stream is rising again?

Beaver: Actually, the performance of the assassin stream is pretty strong. In the Skyfire Battle, a lot of assassins were sneak-killing in the Black Tide and Insect Tides, seriously let them rake in the dough. The only downside is that the technique requirement is too high; an assassin player who knows what they’re doing and one who doesn’t are completely different factions, but if we talk about the strongest current assassin, it’s still our guild’s Master Tie and the members from the Old Army Group: Ash.

Sea Walker: There are many people here, so I’m asking, does any Human Clan brother want to trade sacrificial power, offering 25 points.

Dark Lands is really fun: The first Star Vein Combination demo video killed me, 10 seconds to empty HP and mana bars, directly became feeble, this stream is too impractical, only suitable for some powerful teams to bring one out for a burst at critical moments. Solo players and Independent Teams should forget it, choosing this is like bringing a burden.

Shadow Accompanying:

This is even better than that previous assassin stream. The previous one was based on stacking special effects, needing to stack poison, curse marks, this one is just about exploding with burst damage. But Brother Hei Ye hasn’t considered one thing, assassins diving deep into the enemy aren’t suited for using a Shattering Blade or Power Barbarian Axe, Forbidden Blade, a dagger-type weapon that can strike quickly in tight spaces, is the best fit.

So your Soul set needs another Curse Blade Soul, but inheriting all five Souls requires a Body Refining Level that’s just too far off. I’ll strive to accomplish it in the next two months, recently my strength has increased along with my efficiency in killing monsters, and my income soared, feeling like my growth speed has sped up a lot.

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The appearance of the Extreme Speed Soul caused a heated discussion on the forum.

After the evaluation, many Strategy Party players ranked this Soul at the T0 level of the current version.

Once activated, players are like using a speed hack.

Any action can be accelerated, including moving, casting spells, frequency of physical attacks, etc., and this includes underwater action efficiency too.

This made Star Vein Combinations have even more powerful potential combinations.

Subsequently, some players developed a functional stream combining Shu Fu, Light Shield, Extreme Speed, and Consume Energy, focusing on instant control and shielding, greatly enhancing functionality. Many players who primarily play the functional stream switched to new Star Vein Combinations after reading the strategy.

Later in the actual battles of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range and with the Insect Tide, Black Tide, it was proven that the suggestions made by the Strategy Party players had their feasibility.

It brought significant improvement in strength to individuals and teams.

This is also exactly what many players see as the charm of the game setting.

Each time a Soul is contained, all players benefit.

And the addition of a high-intensity Soul can bring a significant increase in the overall strength of the Player Faction.

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