Chapter 684 - 209: Flow of Wealth
Primordial Altar.
Qi Sheng’s mind raced through the latest influx of player-generated information.
He discovered a post on the forum, rapidly gaining traction.
The post described a bizarre phenomenon that appeared in the Ascension Sea.
The posting player indicated that it seems the Shuyan have reshuffled their books again, and the Cultivation System has vanished, replaced by a new combat system legion born within the Shuyan Domain.
Even more outrageous is that this time the Shuyan unexpectedly launched an offensive against the Ascension Clan.
This reversal of offense and defense sparked lively discussions among players, painting a picture of a changing world order watched with detached amusement.
The discussion primarily focused on why the Shuyan would take such actions.
Some players speculated that after reshuffling, the Shuyan launched a wildly popular new work, significantly boosting their legion’s combat power, giving them the confidence to strike proactively.
Others suggested that the Shuyan were mentally crushed and decided to fight the Ascension Clan to the death, going all out.
Various opinions sprang up like mushrooms after the rain, but generally, players maintained a spectator mentality.
Players didn’t care who would win, the Ascension Clan or the Shuyan Clan.
They only cared about how to reap some benefits from the chaotic war.
Amidst forum player discussions, players lurking in the Shuyan Domain’s mist were swept up in the Shuyan offensive.
When the Shuyan launched their proactive attack, these players, regarded as Outer Heaven Demon, also became targets.
During this time, a player noticed something strange.
The Shuyan Domain’s legion system could be switched at will, including a legion composed of spiritual body life forms.
Players viewed this special legion as tailor-made to target them.
Because spiritual body life forms have no "near-death" state.
Once the life structure collapses, they dissipate, meaning without sufficiently powerful spiritual attributes, players can’t capture Shuyan Warriors in spiritual body mode across dozens of levels.
If the Shuyan continue to construct their legion system with spiritual body life forms, the player’s route to quick wealth by capturing Shuyan Warriors is severed.
Unless they possess spiritual strength to suppress spiritual body life, allowing them to capture through attribute suppression.
But if they can already suppress the Shuyan Warriors, players likely have higher ambitions.
Qi Sheng scanned these discussions and paid them no further mind.
Having already understood the changes in the Shuyan Domain, he turned his attention to the revenue feedback data.
Currently, he’s primarily investing the earnings from sacrificial power into crafting the Weapon System.
Once the Weapon System is perfected, he plans to release a new round of player qualifications on the Monster World official website.
This time they plan to issue 500,000 qualification slots.
The speed at which qualifications are being issued increases with players’ revenue growth.
Recently, the number of captured Primordial Monsters has reached 51.
During this period, three new Primordial Monsters have been successfully captured.
The first monster, "Shark is a Little Nanliang," captured a Second Generation Primordial, Void Grip, in the Colorful Mist Coast region.
This is an output-type Life Soul suitable only for magic players.
The trait effect is to consume spiritual power to generate an arm made of void energy at the target location, which can perform actions like slapping, grabbing, crushing, etc.
Its strength showed remarkable results in tests by Strategy Guide Players.
The advantage is that it doesn’t have the flight trajectory of Life Soul traits like Ink Flame or Rushing Thunder, nor does it require throwing; it can directly generate near distant enemies without any delay in output.
It can also be combined with element-type output Life Souls, granting Void Grip elemental traits to enhance damage further.
The forum’s top-rated Star Vein Combination is: Void Grip, Scattered Arrow, Energy Absorption, Ink Flame, Rushing Thunder, Binding, Withering.
This Star Vein Combination leans towards functional output.
In a demonstration video, the Strategy Guide Player raises their right hand, generating dozens of void arms, cut by the Scattered Arrow trait, a hundred meters ahead.
The arms are surrounded by arcs and a fiercely burning ink-colored flame.
A single strike causes area bombardment plus elemental strike effects; all test monsters hit were immobilized by binding and suffered continuous damage from Withering.
It can provide group output and area attacks, showing excellent performance.
However, players who favor the "Void Grip" Life Soul typically care more about the instant casting effect than the output damage.
It can catch an enemy off guard.
The second is the Third Generation Primordial Monster, Suction Spear, captured by the player "Shiqi Ku" in the Artifact Spirit Valley.
This Third Generation Primordial, just captured, rapidly ascended to become one of the strongest of its version.
It is seen as an essential late-game Life Soul by many magic players.
The suction trait effect is: locking onto a perceived target, extracting the target’s spiritual power and converting it into one’s own spiritual power reserves (suction effect influenced by the target’s spiritual strength, one’s own spiritual strength, and Life Soul Level).
Suction, though not like Energy Absorption which can directly recover spiritual power, is one of the few Life Souls that can enhance the magic system’s sustainability.
Strategy Guide Players released test videos showcasing impressive results.
Especially after combining with the "Scattered Arrow" Life Soul, usually chosen by physical players, it can continuously siphon energy from multiple targets.
In the test video, the Strategy Guide Player adjusted the Life Soul level and attributes, attempting to siphon energy simultaneously from 100 targets, with the blue bar refilling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the drawbacks of the Suction Life Soul are also evident.
The trait effect is affected by the target’s spiritual strength.