Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 261 - 126: Change in Camp Style (10,000 Words, Request for Monthly Ticket)_6

Chapter 261: Chapter 126: Change in Camp Style (10,000 Words, Request for Monthly Ticket)_6

But the drawbacks of the soul shaping rule characteristics are also very evident.

Soul Beasts can only inherit strength and memory but cannot inherit the rule characteristics’ enhancements from other worlds.

For instance, a Soul Beast devouring Black Tide Demonic Spirits cannot inherit the devouring evolution ability of Black Tide Demonic Spirits, nor can it inherit the pheromone collection and transformation ability granted by the rule characteristics if it devours an Insect Race Mainbrain, including devouring Reverse Tide Army soldiers and cannot inherit the War God Seal.

Raising the intensity to the level of rule characteristics, the strength of the Soul Beast is severely limited.

However, the rule characteristics of soul shaping are also exceedingly powerful.

Guidance believes that the Soul Returning Clan is an almost invincible force when the tide is in their favor, and it’s tough for enemies to make a comeback in adverse conditions under the influence of the soul shaping rule characteristics.

The course of the war is inevitably that the Soul Returning Clan gradually learns the enemy forces’ intelligence, and the number of their top combat power increases as the battle progresses. In the latter stages, there are no secrets to the enemy forces in the eyes of the Soul Shaping Clan; all intelligence will be known through the memories acquired by the Soul Beasts.

Moreover, the Soul Returning Clan has a rather rogue tactic.

That is hoarding top combat power.

Reserve the Soul Beasts destined to become top combat power, continuously accumulating more strong fighters, and release them all at the time of the final battle.

Theoretically, the way the Soul Returning Clan creates strong fighters is simpler than any other race.

The strong fighters that the enemy painstakingly trains with resources and effort might become warriors of the Soul Returning Clan after a war.

Their painstakingly cultivated combat skills, seasoned with countless real battles, and a series of abilities will also become easy pickings for the Soul Returning Clan.

After carefully analyzing the characteristics of the "soul shaping" world rules, Qi Sheng felt a headache.

The headache is not from the capabilities of the Soul Returning Clan, after all, no matter how strong they are, they cannot possess players, posing little threat to him.

It can even be said that the player’s army perfectly counters the soul shaping rule characteristics of the Soul Returning Clan.

After all, each player is endowed with four supreme rule enhancements; even if they stand still for a Soul Beast to devour, not a trace of energy can be consumed.

His headache is that another powerful cheating force has emerged in the Monster World.

The threat of the Soul Returning Clan to players is limited, yet they can rapidly grow by devouring other races, turning into an extremely terrifying Catastrophe-Level force.

"The current Monster World is truly fascinating. Without some cheat, you’re just a weakling at the bottom, not even qualified to step onto the world battlefield."

Qi Sheng couldn’t help but sigh, and multiple factions flashed through his mind.

The horror Black Tide, fighting Insect Race, Mechanical Army, Reverse Tide Army, Soul Returning Clan, Ancient God Race... all these forces are absurdly strong, and parts of their strength, if pulled out individually, can snowball rapidly to grow and become a catastrophe in small worlds.

The Guiding Water Ball floating beside him heard this and displayed a mischievous smile on its surface:

[Boss, it’s not a big deal; they have cheats, so do we. With the current growth rate of the player corps, what is there to fear from these forces? Sooner or later, we will thoroughly beat them.]

Hearing this, Qi Sheng smiled and nodded.

The biggest gain recently is the gradual opening of the Ancient God Arena to players.

Every day, arena flying devices come to capture players in the Colorful Mist Coast Region, and each capture brings him considerable profit.

The soul balls won by players in the arena are not consumed by themselves; they are sacrificed in exchange for sacrificial power, from which he earns a 30% commission profit.

And the Ancient God Race can also obtain Fighting Soul Power from the combats players participate in.

Now this growth path of the arena has already entered the right track, giving Qi Sheng the feeling that he is sincerely farming with the Ancient Gods.

The Ancient God provides resources, and he provides warriors for the Ancient God to participate in combat, each taking what they need.

This action also reminded him of a game he used to play before crossing over to become Emperor Zhao.

In that game, there was a popular item called "Heart of Steel," which allowed stacking layers through attacking opponents, thus creating a form of honest layer-stacking gameplay, where players would amicably cooperate to stack layers and become stronger.

He and the Ancient God Race resembled this kind of honest mutual farming mode very much.

Without giving much thought to this issue, Qi Sheng’s gaze switched to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Region at this time.

The campaign organized by the Divine King is about to commence.

This time, they chose the target of the Domain Node "Tianlan Pond" north of the Earth Split Furnace Region.

At this moment, on the cusp of the great battle, Qi Sheng’s consciousness followed the guidance through layers of black fog, delving deeper and deeper.

After piercing the black fog, what appeared before him was a small pond, the water a viscous black color, covered by a layer of thick black fog overhead, constantly surging, sometimes gathering into a dense curtain, sometimes dispersing into a thin veil of mist, ever-changing.

The Node Crystal was suspended above the pond water.

With analysis ability activated, the information of the Node Crystal emerged in Qi Sheng’s mind.

[Tianlan Pond - Domain Node]

Domain Type: Resource Type

Territory Characteristics: Spiritual Energy Cultivation.

Characteristics Introduction: Continuously releases pure Spiritual Energy.

Domain State: Horror Black Tide (Occupied)

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"Guidance, what are your thoughts on this node integrating into Imperial Tomb Village?"

Faced with the inquiry, Guidance transformed into an arm propping up its chin, showing a contemplative expression.

[Thought of two usage methods, the first is to integrate it into Imperial Tomb Village to make Tianlan Pond a non-open area that continuously produces Spirit Stones, interrupting the rule production of Spiritual Energy into the world, significantly increasing our sacrificial power revenue; the second method is to allow the Spiritual Energy released from Tianlan Pond to be fully open after integrating, letting the Spiritual Energy diffuse into Imperial Tomb Village, transforming it into a space rich in Spiritual Energy.]

[If it’s the second plan, players operating inside the Imperial Tomb Village space would be nourished by pure Spiritual Energy, getting Body Refining Experience even without doing anything. For example, players mining in the village’s mining area would also gain Body Refining Experience over time.]

[I recommend the second plan: letting the Spiritual Energy spread freely, which is in line with the rules, will not affect the output of Spiritual Energy.]

"If it’s the second plan, how much Body Refining Experience can players gain within Imperial Tomb Village?"

Facing the question, Guidance briefly paused before answering:

[One hour can yield 1.8 Body Refining Experience, 43.2 in 24 hours. This value may not seem much now, but as the player base increases, the group strengthening effect will become apparent.]

"Alright, let’s go with the second plan."

After listening to Guidance’s analysis and judgment, Qi Sheng made the choice.

Additionally, he is also considering the "fully automated cultivation system" that will be launched in the future.

In his conception, this system, adaptable to all cultivation combat skills, also needs to function in an energy-rich environment, and Imperial Tomb Village is planned as the future main city for the player corps.

He finds it necessary to enhance the functionality and environmental strength of the main city.

However, how to utilize this ultimately remains a later discussion; whether the Joint Task Force initiated by the Divine King can capture this Domain Node is still uncertain.