Chapter 153: Newbie Firepower Deficiency Phobia
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall Training Ground.
“It’s actually a team transport supply mission, the contribution reward is huge.”
“The newbies really hit the jackpot this time. They can immediately head into the wilderness to earn points and contribution, and there are veteran players to lead them. Why didn’t I get this kind of treatment back then?”
“The elite disciples have it best. If they can bring five new disciples, they can earn two thousand contribution from a single transport supply mission. That contribution gain speed is several times faster than Crimson Moon Mountain. And this time we can also go to the new map, Maple Forest Town, to take a look. It’s just too good.”
Everyone looked at the latest announcement posted by Lin Qi. Whether newbies or veteran players, each of them was extremely excited.
With the limited-time event over, there was no longer any way to gain a large amount of points and contribution; they could only accumulate slowly by completing daily tasks.
But after a full day of daily tasks, even for veteran players, earning two hundred contribution was already pretty good. Most veteran players only earned a bit over one hundred contribution a day. Points were very important, but compared to contribution, they were still far inferior.
Especially since the new version had opened up the new core disciple status. Anyone who wasn’t stupid understood how important core disciple status was.
Once they obtained core disciple status, they could not only buy larger private land in Crimson Moon Mountain, but also gain Level One Wilderness Exploration Permission, allowing them to freely explore within a hundred-kilometer radius around Crimson Moon Mountain. The wealth and opportunities gained then would be on a completely different level from doing tasks in Crimson Moon Mountain and the martial arts hall.
However, the contribution required for core disciple status was far too high, a full five hundred thousand contribution. Even the top five from the last version event did not have that much contribution value.
If they only did daily tasks, they wouldn’t reach five hundred thousand contribution even in ten years. But this team transport supply mission was a great opportunity to earn a large amount of contribution. Although the points reward was small, the contribution reward was more than ten times that of daily tasks.
“This team transport mission is really strange.” At the announcement board, Twilight of the Gods rested his chin on his hand, staring intently at the notice Lin Qi had posted.
“What’s strange about it?” Saiwai Qiangke beside him examined the notice carefully and didn’t find any issues. It looked completely the same as the missions issued in the past.
“I mean this team mission actually has no player count limit or strength limit.” Twilight of the Gods pointed at the previous team mission announcements. “The team missions we took before were almost all limited by player count, or strength. But this time, this team mission only mentions extra rewards based on identity, and has absolutely no other restrictions. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
Saiwai Qiangke checked the previous mission notices and found it was indeed as Twilight of the Gods said.
“Could there be some trick to this team mission?” Saiwai Qiangke read the mission announcement again carefully.
“I suspect this mission is not simple,” Twilight of the Gods explained. “The Martial Artist Association specially sent people over before, and afterward the Master of the Pavilion issued this new notice. Plus, the contribution reward is so high. I estimate the difficulty of this mission is not low. This game developer is really mean. They don’t set any difficulty rating for the missions at all; we have to guess everything ourselves.”
“The last night raid on the Great Ape Gang headquarters was definitely the hardest mission since we entered the game. We almost got wiped. But it was treated just like other missions, only with a level restriction. This time there is no restriction on the team mission, so I guess the difficulty is probably even higher. It’s definitely not just a simple case of veterans carrying newbies.”
“I think next time we should give the game developer feedback and ask them to add a task difficulty rating. That would let us players be better prepared and also increase gameplay and challenge. Otherwise, if all missions are the same, doing too many of them gets boring.”
While Twilight of the Gods was speaking, Lin Qi, who had not yet left in the distance, also heard what Twilight of the Gods said.
“This suggestion is actually quite good. I’ll add this in the next version update.” Lin Qi nodded, very much agreeing with Twilight of the Gods.
And Lin Qi not only planned to set difficulty ratings for tasks, but also to define that different identities could access different task difficulties, further increasing the importance of martial arts hall identity. That way players would be more motivated to grind contribution.
“So that means this mission is going to be very hard?” Saiwai Qiangke said with delight.
Originally, Saiwai Qiangke was not particularly interested in this mission. Although it gave a lot of contribution, it could not compare to the importance of quickly advancing to a class change.
Now the top-tier experts in the first tier were all in the martial arts hall desperately pushing for class changes. If they did not catch up, the gap would only grow wider and wider in the future.
But after hearing Twilight of the Gods, he felt this mission was indeed worth doing.
In any game, difficulty and profit are proportional. That hardest night raid on the Great Ape Gang did almost wipe them out, but the profit was astonishing. It was thanks to that payout that they obtained good weapons, which made subsequent missions much less difficult.
Now that there was another highly difficult mission, they naturally could not miss it.
“I only said it should be. After all, this team mission has no restrictions and even encourages veteran players like us to participate. The task difficulty should not be low,” Twilight of the Gods said, not entirely certain.
This game, up to now, was definitely the most brain-burning, grind-intensive, and free game he had ever played. At the start, everything relied on analysis and guessing, everything had to be explored by themselves. It was hardcore beyond measure.
“With that from you, that’s enough. I believe you!” Saiwai Qiangke patted Twilight of the Gods on the shoulder and gave him an encouraging look.
The conversation between Twilight of the Gods and Saiwai Qiangke also left many nearby newbies stunned as they listened, shouting that Twilight of the Gods was a top player.
“Brothers, anyone want to form a party together? I heard this mission is super difficult, it’s hard to complete solo.”
“A super rich player boss is forming a group, all experts welcome. The newbies are already geared up, uniform A6-grade battle armor. Any newbie who wants to join will also be given A6-grade battle armor for free by the boss, but during the mission, eighty percent of all gains must be handed over.”
“A quasi-martial artist level expert is forming a group, calling for powerful newbies, preferably those who have learned Lightning Palm. I will teach you all night for free and help you learn to hand-craft super electromagnetic cannon. If you haven’t learned it yet, no problem. I can lend you points; you just need to hand over sixty percent of your mission gains.”
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In no time, the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Hall Training Ground was on the verge of turning into a trading market. Newbies were looking for parties, veteran players were recruiting, and the lively scene left Lin Qi stunned.
He did not understand what this batch of newbies thought about this mission. None of them looked like they were preparing for a transport mission; it felt more like they were about to fight a world boss.
Right from the start, a bunch of super rich players fully equipped themselves with A6-grade battle armor, and then even planned to fully equip other newbies with A6-grade battle armor as well. They were clearly planning to field a hundred-person A6-grade battle armor team to do a transport mission.
If wilderness bandits saw this, they would definitely think the convoy was transporting not supplies, but a king on tour.
And that was not even the end of it.
Because of the veterans’ reminders, these newbies went crazy borrowing to learn Lightning Palm, even ignoring Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps. Everyone focused on playing with the coilgun, afraid their attack power was not enough to kill the enemy.
If Lin Qi had not forbidden players from damaging any buildings in the martial arts hall and required all players learning Lightning Palm to train in the underground caverns, he would have suspected the entire martial arts hall would be destroyed.
Two hundred people all hand-charging coilguns at the same time was an outrageously grand sight.
If the new players weren’t so weak, not even apprentices yet, then with each of them firing once, half of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall might have turned into ruins.
But precisely because of their constant practice, the caves under the hall became much brighter, saving on electric lights.
Beams of light would flare up from time to time in various parts of the underground, and every so often a player would collapse, blood spraying everywhere. Their blood soaked into the land and made the blood essence rice grow abnormally well.
Underground beneath Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, deep in the maze tunnels.
“Vice President, I’ve brought all the newbies.” Lin Xinyao came to Lu Fanchen, who had been cultivating deep in the tunnels, and pointed at the guild members who had entered High Martial Arts Descend this time, as well as some newcomers who had joined Mythical Paradise.
At this moment, Lu Fanchen’s entire body seemed somewhat swollen. Compared to before, his frame was clearly larger by more than two sizes, and his height had reached just over two meters, already comparable to natives of the High Martial Arts World. The qi and blood on him, however, were incomparably dense.
They were so dense that the seventeen newbies present could not help feeling fear and an urge to retreat, as if the figure standing before them was not a person but a demon king with slightly reddened skin.
“Good, not bad, there are quite a few people this time.” Lu Fanchen looked at the seventeen newbies present with great satisfaction. “I don’t care whether you were originally members of Mythical Paradise or joined today. You are all very lucky. Tonight I will use one night to teach you abilities that no other teams have mastered. Once you learn them, you will be one step ahead of other players in the future.”
“Especially for tomorrow’s team transport mission. As long as you learn, the effect will be far better than those coilguns that everyone is spamming.”
The seventeen newbies present could not help getting excited, especially those who had only joined the game today. They never expected that joining Mythical Paradise would allow them to learn skills even stronger than the coilgun.
In an instant, the seventeen newbies stood up straighter, and their gazes toward Lu Fanchen became much more serious.
“Very good. Next, you will first cultivate the First Level Breathing Technique and Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique here. The few of us will teach you step by step. As long as you learn according to our instructions, tomorrow you will become the envy of all newbies.” Lu Fanchen nodded, giving them a morale boost to fire them up.
Seeing that all the newbies were ready, Lu Fanchen and the others began formal instruction.
Thunderfire Self-detonation Method was not difficult to grasp. As long as players reached entry-level in Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique and allowed the violent energy in the tunnel to continuously wash through their bodies, then mastered control over their internal force, they could drag quasi-martial artists down with them in minutes.
It could be called an invincible martial skill beneath martial artist level.
This was also the method Lu Fanchen believed could help Mythical Paradise catch up with Heavenly Might.
The coilgun was indeed a very versatile attack method, and as lightning force grew stronger, its power grew as well. It could truly be called a divine skill for fighting above one’s level.
But the Thunderfire Self-detonation Method that Mythical Paradise had mastered was even more powerful, and as their own internal force improved, its power increased too. While it wasn’t very useful against full martial artists for now, it could instantly kill any opponent below martial artist level.
Once all seventeen newbies mastered it, Mythical Paradise’s team battles in the future would definitely surpass Heavenly Might.
Time passed, and before they knew it, night was over.
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall second floor elite disciple lounge.
Boom!
Qi and blood erupted like a volcano, and waves of heat pounded against the surrounding walls, making the entire lounge tremble.
“I did it!”
Luo Wu Shang opened her eyes, joy filling her beautiful gaze. After spending most of the day and dying nine times, she had finally achieved entry-level in the Second Level of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique, completing her final advancement to martial artist.
