Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 292 - 134: Identity Vote, Rule Containment_6

Chapter 292: Chapter 134: Identity Vote, Rule Containment_6

During this time, some players suggested using coral tactics to lure shell teeth into the seabed coral clusters, limiting their attack efficiency and movement through the terrain.

However, shell teeth still didn’t fall for it and continuously guarded the vicinity of the domain node, preventing players from approaching.

This behavior caused confusion among the players of the two clans.

But they didn’t think much about it, as their current core objective was to kill shell teeth and occupy the domain node.

Through observing shell teeth’s combat methods, a player proposed a tactic in the voice channel.

Parasitic tactics.

This tactic was proposed by a Human Clan strategy party player called "Hot Spring Boiled Egg" in the forum.

In his post, Hot Spring Boiled Egg hypothesized a battle method usable under specific conditions, which he called the Parasitic Flow.

The prerequisites for using this tactic are threefold, all related to the enemy’s attributes: giant beast, strong self-healing ability, no aura, domain-type continuous damage ability.

The tactical plan involves players marked with the "Thirst for Blood" mark acting as parasites on the injured parts of the giant beast, using the mark’s continuous bleeding effect to prevent wound healing, thus causing sustained damage.

If possible, players can also combine other special effect flow Life Souls to enhance damage effects.

This tactic was just one of many put forth by Hot Spring Boiled Egg on the forum, which saw limited discussion and attention, quickly sinking into obscurity.

But present was a member of the Gills Fish Clan who had read the post.

He shared the link to the post in the voice channel, hoping everyone could try this tactic, suggesting it might curb shell teeth’s strong self-healing capabilities.

The Gills Fish Clan and Abyss Fish Clan commanders immediately took action upon understanding the tactical plan.

They grouped players with the "Thirst for Blood" Life Soul and launched a parasitic attack on shell teeth.

But the difficulty of attaching was extremely high, with many players falling in the approach, yet in the end, some managed to attach successfully.

They were like barnacles clinging to a whale’s skin, using bandages released from their Thirst for Blood Life Soul bodies to intertwine and fix their forms.

During this, the voice channel commanders began requesting two clans’ players to narrow their attack range to avoid killing their players in parasitic states.

The strategy indeed proved effective.

Although barely, shell teeth’s self-healing ability was severely hindered under the suppression of the Thirst for Blood mark.

The surface damage couldn’t heal, and the battle’s pace accelerated.

Finally, with less than 500 players remaining, the enormous shell teeth monster fell heavily.

The remaining players cheered joyously, celebrating this hard-won victory.

The Challenger Tips chimed in:

[Challenger Tips (All Channels): Congratulations to the player warband: Power of Gills, Abyss Fish Enter the Sea for successfully containing the Second Generation Primordial monster, sharing 20,000 sacrificial power rewards (shared among all players involved in the kill).]

Contained Primordial Traits: Control.

Trait Analysis: Utilizing spiritual shock to control creatures with weaker spiritual powers, control quantity affected by one’s own spiritual strength, target spiritual strength, Life Soul level.

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This containment set a new record for participation since the server opened.

Upon hearing the news, Human Clan players quickly accessed the Star Vein function, summoning the Life Soul Library to view information on the new Life Soul.

Upon seeing the Life Soul design, countless Monster Stream players rejoiced loudly in the voice channel.

"Hahaha, finally a Monster Stream Life Soul practical for sea battles! I really like shell teeth’s design, it carries the ferocity and domineering feel a Monster Stream should have."

"Land’s Black Armored Snake, sea battle’s shell teeth, now I just need a sky-type Monster Stream Life Soul to complete the terrestrial, marine, and aerial monster forms. brothers, let’s band together to quickly contain a sky battle Life Soul."

"Great, I’ll have my good brother switch to the shell teeth Life Soul, then we’ll ride the waves together—it’s wonderful just thinking about it."

"Wait, isn’t Monster Stream supposed to be a single Life Soul development model? How come you’ve started using multiple Life Souls too?"

"We Monster Stream primarily focus on Life Soul form combat; using multiple Life Souls is unrelated! Besides, we only cultivate up to three Life Souls. If we eventually contain enough Life Souls for a tri-habitat of terrestrial, marine, and aerial combat, we’ll definitely switch to single Life Souls, decomposing all others. Unlike your Mainstream Inheritance flow, you’ll ultimately have a bunch of Life Souls, making cultivation exhausting just thinking about it."

"Shell teeth is so handsome, you’ve now decided as my second Monster Life Soul!"

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The newly contained shell teeth (control) Life Soul sent Monster Stream players into glee.

Previously, the only Life Soul usable in sea battles was Extreme Speed, which had a monster form as a big black fish, but Extreme Speed didn’t meet the most crucial feature of Monster Stream.

That’s physical size.

Extreme Speed Life Soul’s level increase brought minimal growth in form.

Just due to this aspect, Extreme Speed was eliminated by Monster Stream choosing players.

However, the appearance of shell teeth this time was different; at level 52, it could grow to nearly 20 meters in length, its enormous size truly delivering the visual impact of a seabed fierce beast.

Coupled with the ferocious performance in shell teeth’s combat video, Monster Stream players fell in love at first sight.

While players were discussing the new Life Soul, remaining players in front of the Crystal Palace were excitedly picking up lobster and crab meat left from the big battle.

These were all spiritual ingredients, which could be listed in the Trading House for sale, or directly consumed to gain body refining experience.

These materials were additional gains from this seabed battle.

After collecting all spirit foods, they entered the Crystal Palace.

Inside stood a massive monster skeleton; analysis information showed it was the bones of a seabed fierce beast, its deceased owner’s treatment mentioning shell teeth’s upbringing.

This made the players realize that perhaps shell teeth’s control over seabed creatures and its protection of the Crystal Palace domain node were related to the skeleton’s owner.

This act was like guarding a tomb, allowing the bones to be preserved by nourishing energy, thus memorializing.

However, this was merely a conjecture based on fragmented clues; the specific reason was unknown to players.

The only certainty was that this towering skeleton’s owner was definitely not shell teeth’s mother.

Because as explained in the Guidance for Primordial Monsters, there are no blood ties in primordials; each is an independent entity without any bloodline connection to other living beings.

Continuing deeper into the palace, the two clan players finally encountered the floating node crystal.

As the leading player reached out to touch the node crystal, it instantly became enveloped from bottom to top by a crimson ability layer, transforming into a scarlet crystal.

A black dot formed above the crystal, rapidly rotating and expanding until it covered the entire Crystal Palace.

Simultaneously, Imperial Tomb Village space and Colorful Mist Coast space shook, their areas expanding visibly.

The ratio of expansion between the two spaces was 9:1.

Meaning each time a new domain node was contained, Imperial Tomb Village received 90% of the area and Colorful Mist Coast space received 10%.

This was a setting Qi Sheng considered for future development.

Imperial Tomb Village space is the core, while the Colorful Mist Coast space is merely a subsidiary branch, similar branches will be opened in the future.

Thus, allocating 10% to branch spaces already suffices; when they proliferate, even this allocation might be abolished.

As the new domain node integrated, an all-channel prompt also rang out:

[Challenger Tips (All Channels): Congratulations to the Player Corps for successfully containing the domain node "Crystal Palace," earning group-boosting domain rule support: Gathering.]