Chapter 680 - 208: Climbing the Peak, Shifting Offense and Defense_3
In the mist surrounding the Shuyan Domain.
The players lie in wait at the edge of the domain’s mist, their eager voices filling the regional voice channel:
"Brother Di Zhao, grant me your blessing, let a near-dead Shuyan Warrior come my way, I beg you."
"Fight, I want to witness an intense war, I want to see rivers of blood, give me more near-dead Shuyan Warriors."
"If I don’t get a Shuyan Warrior, I won’t be coming back tomorrow. I’m so annoyed, why is it never my turn?"
"You guys are just too dull. While I’m waiting for a Shuyan Warrior, I hang the fishing line outside the domain mist, fishing and waiting at the same time, it’s delightful... hey, a fish is biting, hope it’s a Primordial Monster."
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Amidst the players’ anticipation and discussions, the round of confrontation between the Ascension Clan and Shuyan comes to an end.
This batch of Ascension Clan warriors, exhausted of energy, chooses to retreat from the Shuyan Domain.
In the domain world governed by Shuyan’s rules, they can only launch attacks by using the elemental energy stored within their bodies; they can’t absorb energy from the air to replenish themselves.
Thus, after a period of war, they withdraw from the domain space to the outside world to replenish their energy.
In the eyes of the Ascension Clan warriors, the outcome of the war is already determined.
Though Shuyan has the ability to change the world rules of the domain, its reserve of energy is ultimately limited.
Simply exhausting Shuyan’s energy would bring victory.
As the Ascension Clan retreats, the brutal battle draws to a close.
Shuyan, hiding in a secluded space, watches the Ascension Clan warriors pass through the domain mist, their backs receding as they leave.
With the end of this battle, Shuyan realizes a problem.
It might lose.
Recently, the invasion frequency of the Ascension Clan has increased, and its pressure is mounting.
According to the original plan, although facing a temporary disadvantage against the Ascension Clan, the influence of the "Ascension Scam" spreading in the Small World would eventually cause the power-deprived Ascension Clan to fall at its hands.
Until the appearance of the "Outer Heaven Demons."
This group of relentless evil beings hides in the domain mist, watching its every battle with the Ascension Clan intently.
Often, they strike when the Ascension Clan warriors are extremely weak, extracting Shuyan Warriors condensed with Ink Power from its created domain, causing irreparable Ink Power losses.
It has tried various methods to cope, but no matter what it does, this group of Outer Heaven Demons always returns.
They continue to hide in the domain mist, greedily eyeing the Shuyan Warriors it creates, waiting for the right moment.
Several times even, key supporting characters and almost even the main character were almost taken out of the Shuyan Domain.
If these Outer Heaven Demons truly succeeded, the entire story system would completely collapse, unable to stand against the Ascension Clan.
Two paths lie before it.
Abandon the fight and leave, forsaking its early investment, and prematurely ending the war by cutting the story.
Or, create a stronger and more logical story system, elevating the efficiency of Ink Power resource utilization by one more level.
In how to choose, Shuyan already has a clear answer in its heart.
It believes it’s time to use its previously set aside trump card.
In a flash of thought, the holds, pen, and book suspended in the secluded space start simultaneously.
The pages gently turn, emitting a crisp sound, breaking an invisible barrier.
The consciousness of Shuyan is instantly drawn by an invisible force, entering a space transmission mode.
The consciousness traverses through the spatial tunnel, countless world images flashing before its eyes.
The Cultivation World under control of the Ascension Clan, the Low Martial World Youlan Realm, the Sword Sound World... the stories it created are circulated in these worlds, continually producing Ink Power output.
It divides these small worlds into three levels.
If an event impacting stability occurs in a first-level world, it intervenes depending on circumstances to ensure the world continues to develop in a relatively stable stage.
Only in a peaceful environment can Ink Power be better produced.
The consciousness continues to traverse and arrives at a golden light shadow, Shuyan’s consciousness suddenly passing through it.
Its perceptive sight pierces into the thick clouds, penetrating layers of hazy veils.
Below the clouds, the vast land gradually becomes clear.
Mountains and rivers unfold like a scroll, verdant forests cover the rolling hills, winding rivers glisten with silver light under the sun.
Majestic cities stand tall on the land, city walls rising high.
Shuyan’s consciousness continues to descend, glancing over fields and villages.
In the fields, farmers bend over as they work, golden waves of wheat sway in the wind.
In the villages, smoke curls upwards, and children chase each other in the alleys, their laughter crisp and pleasant.
Finally, Shuyan’s consciousness lands in the central area of a bustling city.
This is the core world in Shuyan’s eyes, which it refers to as the "inspiration world," a special existence surpassing the first-level worlds.
The entire world, from nothing to something, was constructed by it personally, including the power system affecting this world was also created by it.
In the power system settings, it is defined as "Book Realm Power."
The beings of the inspiration world acquire power by writing novels.
Every being can create its own "Book Realm" through novel creation, with the creatures, rules, and power systems within the Book Realm all set by the author.
Moreover, the depth of the novel’s creation, the rigor of its logic, and the completeness of its worldview directly determine the strength of the Book Realm, also deciding how much power the author can obtain. Under this set-up’s enhancement, this world has formed a unique "Scholar’s Ascendance Cultivation System."