Chapter 50: Team System Activated?
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, training ground.
Although it was already past midnight, the training ground was surrounded by a large number of players, each of them excited, discussing today’s main quest battle team dungeon, with no intention of sleeping or resting.
“I wonder how many rewards we can get from this battle quest.”
“Since it is a main quest, it should be quite a lot, but the plot main quest usually depends on completion rate. The higher the completion rate, the higher the subsequent settlement rewards.”
“The combat system of High Martial Arts Descend is just too real. I got hit by several arrows in the previous battle and almost fainted from the pain. But it seems the game system has some protection. The arrows I took later felt much less painful. Could it be that the game system increased my pain resistance because I took so many arrows?”
“You know, that might actually be the case. As it kept hurting, I somehow got used to it. I guess my pain resistance increased. Otherwise, as afraid of pain as I am, I should have been screaming when I got stabbed by a spear, but it just felt so-so, not even as painful as my first time cultivating the breathing technique.”
Although many of the players present had taken part in large-scale battles in other virtual games, joining this High Martial Arts Descend dungeon group battle gave them an unprecedented sense of realism, something no other virtual game had ever had.
Especially during combat: the enemy’s fear, the enemy’s unwillingness, and the enemy’s desperate struggles. That will and emotion were clearly experienced through the battle.
It was as if they had truly taken part in a great war, so vivid that they still could not forget it.
There was also Luo Wu Shang and the others fighting the boss. It was like a small monster fighting a big monster. Because of their fight, the containers in the base were beaten full of holes, which was just insanely satisfying.
And that was only a battle against an intermediate apprentice. They did not dare imagine what it would be like in the future against limit apprentices or even martial artists.
“Yi Ye, you were impressive this time. You took the boss’s first blood directly. I bet your settlement rewards are going to be incredibly generous.” Fang Zhen looked at Yi Ye Fu Yun with some envy.
Although their mecha team had killed many White Feather Gang members, the small mobs could not compare to the boss. Unfortunately, the boss was wearing armor and had extremely fast reactions, so the arrows posed almost no threat.
In contrast, Yi Ye Fu Yun’s Spiral Demon Spear Kill, though it ruined himself in one move, took the boss down with him. It was simply a divine skill.
“Not really. I was just lucky to be the first to re-create a martial artist-level martial skill this time. Once all of you also re-create powerful martial skills, I will have no advantage.” Yi Ye Fu Yun was very modest, but the happiness in his eyes could not be hidden.
Through this battle, Yi Ye Fu Yun felt he had found a path to surpass professional experts. Although his true strength could not compare with a monster like Luo Wu Shang, with powerful burst-type martial skills, he could completely trade one for one.
You could say that as long as the martial skills he created in the future were strong enough, he could trade one for one with anyone. In future boss battles, their free player team might not lose to professional expert teams like Luo Wu Shang’s.
“What a pity.” Zhang Qing Wei glanced at the overjoyed Yi Ye Fu Yun and sighed lightly. “If my Rippling Wave Saber had risen by one more level, the boss’s first blood would have been ours.”
“Being able to accumulate so much boss battle experience this time is already pretty good.” Luo Wu Shang did not care much about it and quietly analyzed, “This battle made me realize how important weapons and armor are in this game, far more important than in other virtual games.”
“Indeed.” Zhao Hu at the side strongly agreed and took the initiative to say, “Back in Pilgrimage, all I needed were my iron fists. Even if others had divine weapons, I could block them with my fists. At most, their attack power was higher. As for equipment, as long as you wore it, it did the same damage no matter where you were hit. It only affected your actions a bit.”
“But this game is completely different, or rather, it is too realistic. When I used Crushing Stone Fist to pound those captains’ armor, not only did it not hurt them, they did not even bother to defend against it. But when those captains attacked, I had to evade. If I got stabbed or swept even once, I would be seriously injured.”
“Looks like in future battles, we have to purchase some armor first. Otherwise, it is way too disadvantageous for us.” Zhang Qing Wei also nodded.
Zhang Qing Wei felt the impact of armor the most. When she used Rippling Wave Saber, even when her strike landed on armor, it only caused light injuries. And when her many normal attacks could not be blocked by the enemy, they would just use their armor to block, leaving her with very few chances to actually harm them.
In contrast, when she took attacks, it was completely the opposite. Once she failed to block, it meant serious injury, even death.
While the players on the training ground were discussing and reflecting, Lin Qi walked up to the notice board with a sheet of A4 paper and stuck it on.
“For this extermination task, everyone performed very well. All disciples who participated in the task will be awarded 100 contribution value and 3000 points. For disciples with major contributions, additional rewards have already been posted on the notice board. You can check them yourselves.” Lin Qi looked at the expectant crowd, paused, and then said, “In addition, this hall master has decided to open the quotas for inner disciples and elite disciples as rewards for outstanding disciples. I hope you can bring more glory to the martial arts hall in the future!”
With Lin Qi’s announcement, the players present instantly boiled over.
“What is going on?”
“Are the rewards for this task really that generous?”
“Inner disciples? Elite disciples? Does that mean we can unlock more permissions inside the martial arts hall?”
“The game finally started opening system permissions. I wonder what permissions inner disciples and elite disciples get. And whether we can leave the martial arts hall in our daily time. If we can freely leave the hall, that would be great.”
“Unlikely. If we could freely leave the martial arts hall, that would mean fully unlocking free gameplay. If that permission really opens up, I will grind myself to death if I have to, just to become an elite disciple!”
Everyone looking at this task’s rewards felt that Lin Qi was being very generous. Not to mention how many special tasks it would take to earn 100 contribution value, just the 3000 points alone would require grinding hard for a month. The reward was undeniably generous.
Then everyone gathered around the notice board to check the system rewards and the details of the new identity permissions.
“Yi Ye! You really hit the jackpot this time. You got 300 contribution value straight away, and 5000 extra points. The others who joined in besieging and killing the captains only got 100 extra contribution and 2000 points at most.”
“Inner disciple requires 3000 contribution value, elite disciple requires 10,000 contribution value. That is so much contribution.”
“But inner disciples and elite disciples are awesome. Look at the inner disciple permissions: not only do they get a 5 percent discount on contribution consumption in the future, they can also lead up to twenty disciples to do inner disciple tasks. That is a proper team system!”
“Exactly! This system update is amazing! Inner disciples can directly rent a tricycle. That means a leader can take a team to accept mining transport tasks, and their earning speed will definitely increase a lot.”
“Not only that, look here, inner disciples can learn the upper volume of a martial artist-level palm technique, and elite disciples can learn the lower volume.”
“Oh my god! A martial artist-level palm technique! I remember Yi Ye Fu Yun used a half-finished martial artist-level martial skill to one-shot the boss with a single spear. We can directly learn something that strong now?”
“Look quickly at the elite disciple permissions. Are they trying to break the sky? Elite disciples can have independent rooms that are completely private. No one can enter without permission. Is that not insanely good?!”
For the information Lin Qi suddenly announced, every player present gasped.
Although they already knew this game manufacturer had huge ambition, they had not expected them to go this far this time.
Especially many expert players present, staring at the introduction of the martial artist-level Lightning Palm that only inner disciples could learn, their eyes went wide.
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