Monsters Are Coming

Spiritual shock also directly acts on the consciousness level of the target, aiming to destroy the opponent’s Sea of Consciousness, weaken their willpower, or even control them.

But the player told him that the attack method could also be "underhanded," directly hitting emotional pain points.

In order to apply this tactic to other battlefields.

It utilized the information processing power of the Evil Eye, delving through the interconnected database of all Black Tide Nodes to study those strong enemies that cannot be easily conquered by war in a short time.

It even attempted to decipher the mental communication network of adversarial forces, translating their language, collecting the culture, history, beliefs, taboos, and even popular jokes and embarrassing memories of the target group.

During this period, the Taunt database would be gradually perfected.

Then initially applied on the battlefield.

During this time, the Evil Spirit Army was no longer a silent killing machine. They would brandish their Sharp Claws while using the language they just learned, albeit crudely accented, to poke at the enemy.

Those words might have no lethality, even making the hostile creatures find it funny.

But the core of the mental taunt tactics is its growth potential.

During this period, the Evil Eye would collect every time a taunt was uttered, the expressions, and gazes of the opponent’s warrior, and other feedback in various aspects.

Constantly optimizing the content of the material library.

The lethality would gradually increase during this period.

The final result is filthy language, revealing short stories, spreading rumors, and fabricating gossip... spewing from the mouth of the Evil Spirit.

Although the physical damage is zero, the mental pollution is extremely strong.

Many proud and arrogant enemies were infuriated, their formations thrown into chaos, and their combat power greatly reduced.

The pinnacle of foul language brings the pinnacle of enjoyment.

At least for it and its allies, watching the opponent lose their sanity in anger was an innovative combat result.

Now, it has already significantly enhanced the essence of harassment the player brought.

Making the Evil Spirit Army a nightmare army that can physically mince, mentally taunt, and emotionally radiate pain as an "all-purpose" force.

This is undoubtedly another successful tactic after integrating resources.

During this period, the scale of the "Evil Spirit Alliance" led by it has expanded to 28 members.

The internal structure is clear, with it as the leader, Fuxin, Ghost Teeth, Iron Spine, and Blood Pattern, these four senior and powerful Evil Spirits at the second level, forming the core leadership.

The remaining members are all "newcomers" who recently descended into various regions of the Pale Continent.

Actively recruiting these newcomers was a strategic choice after careful consideration.

The newly arrived Evil Spirits have a shallow understanding of the Monster World and an even fuzzier perception of the situation on the Pale Continent, and they are in their weakest budding stage at the beginning.

As an insignificant drop of water in the Black Tide sweeping over the Monster World, they will not receive any help.

Many things need to be explored independently.

Just like when it first descended, it suffered greatly due to its shallow understanding.

At this time, extending a helping hand to newcomers, providing protection and some basic Black Tide Energy, they will develop a sense of belonging to the Alliance.

This is far simpler than persuading those already entrenched, each with their own plans, old Evil Spirits.

They have not yet established a self-development logic in the Monster World, so they are more likely to accept the alliance rules and strategic directions it sets.

Once the newcomers grow, they will become a solid force for the alliance.

A timely help in their most critical time far outweighs lavish compliments in prosperous times, and the help received early on will make them more willing to contribute to the overall interests of the Alliance in the future, with higher loyalty.

Just like Ghost Teeth and Blood Pattern initially allied with it, they would even be willing to secretly berate the king for it.

Though it was a covert berating, that already signifies a latent attitude.

Additionally, considering these newcomers are scattered in different regions of the Pale Continent, their strongholds naturally became the vanguard information nodes of the Evil Spirit Alliance.

Expanding the alliance’s territory range and intelligence source, laying the foundation for multi-directional development in future strategic layouts.

Now that the alliance has expanded, that means that in facing common enemies, especially the Player Clan and the Insect Race, it can better share the pressure.

For example, when it encounters an unexpected attack from players.

Reinforcements can arrive from multiple directions instead of relying solely on the limited support of the four core members as before.

If one of the four Evil Spirits cannot make it, its situation would be very precarious.

It understands deeply that in this world full of crises, fighting alone is bound to lead to a deadly end.

As Evil Spirits, their value in the Black Tide System is too low.

Only by banding together, building a tiered, interest-bound alliance system, can they obtain a slim chance of survival in the long confrontation with players, the Insect Race, and other native forces.

These newly established allies are the pieces it lays down for the future.

And they are crucial to whether the Evil Spirit Alliance can truly grow into a force to be reckoned with.

Just as the Earth Thought Evil Spirit silently calculated the future plan of the alliance, it suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky.

Only to see the moon in the sky, seemingly forever stained with a thick blood color, quivering slightly.

The originally stable blood-colored light began to flicker irregularly, like a beating heart, with the edges of the moon showing water-like rippling distortions.

An invisible energy fluctuation, centered on the Blood Moon, swiftly swept across the entire Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit felt a tightness in its heart:

The Moon Phase... is about to change!

...

Ten minutes later.

In front of the Evil Eye Tower, the player, Evil Spirit, and Insect factions arrayed in formation, confronting each other.

Yet, the three sides did not erupt into the usual slaughter, their gazes focused on the swaying Blood Moon in the sky.

Suddenly.

The player’s army, under the command of the Divine King, erupted in a mountain-crumbling and sea-crashing, synchronized roar, their voices shaking the skies:

"Waning Moon!"

The next moment, from the direction of the Evil Spirit Army, a deep and cold roar formed a torrent to counter it:

"Full Moon!"

From within the Insect Race battle formation, sharp and piercing hisses were not to be outdone, forming the third wave:

"Gee!"

"Waning Moon!" The second round of shouts from the players followed closely.

"Evil Moon!" The Evil Spirit Army promptly responded with a roar.

"Gee gee gee!"

Each well-matched cry from one side was followed by another, taking turns on the stage.

Waves upon waves of shouts thundered above the battlefield.

This is also the absurd spectacle which inevitably plays out with each Moon Phase change in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

And it is also known by forum players as: version start time.