[Challenger Tips (All Channels): Triggered the group mission "Skyfire Descent."]
Skyfire Descent (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Scene - Group Mission)
Mission Introduction: Eliminate the incoming Skyfire Clan and collect the Energy Core stored in Skyfire City.
Mission Rewards: Players will receive a 20% reward enhancement for killing Skyfire Clan Warriors, which will be counted towards campaign contribution, and final rewards will be distributed according to campaign contribution ranking.
Guidance Tips: Campaign contributions include damage output, damage taken, buffs, etc., which will be calculated in real time based on combat conditions and cannot be accumulated through intentional damage-taking or similar means.
The sudden group mission has captured the attention of all players.
Players who were still in the Colorful Mist Coast Region also hurried back to Imperial Tomb Village.
Including many from the Exploration Faction.
Even for Exploration Faction players, they were well aware that their own strength was the foundation for venturing outward; a predecessor’s tragic experience proved that poetry and distance, without sufficient strength, would inevitably meet with obstruction.
The rewards for this mission are also quite substantial.
Apart from the 20% extra hunting feedback, players can also receive contributions similar to Domain Node Purification missions.
More importantly, the mode of reward distribution has been modified.
Functional players can also earn contributions and ranking rewards through supportive actions in combat.
For a time, Imperial Tomb Village was overcrowded.
Various voices flood the local area voice channel:
"Seven-player squad is searching for solo players, need a stone-statue ghost, join the group and we’ll leave immediately, no waiting needed."
"Does any team need a Fire Mage? I’ve unlocked 2 Star Vein Slots, my output is super strong."
"Looking for a brother who plays Monster Stream, preferably willing to be ridden as a mount, we cover all potion costs during battle, just apply and join the group, we’re waiting for you."
"Need a Flowing Shadow Clone mage, for a 15-person Independent Team to boost efficiency."
Independent Teams, lone wolf players, guild teams... Many players gathered in Imperial Tomb Village and then advanced towards the Ancient Battlefield.
At the end of the Ancient Battlefield area, a city made of flames had appeared.
To the north of the city, the Black Tide was raging, locked in fierce combat with numerous Flame Giants.
One could see that the Flame Giants, in battle formation, were spirited and continuously pushing northward against the Black Tide, seemingly having the upper hand.
However, Qi Sheng saw more profound shifts in the battle situation.
Whenever a Flame Giant fell, it would soon be covered by surging black fog and devoured, turning into energy that bolstered the Black Tide.
When Black Tide Demonic Spirits died, they could reintegrate into the black fog, needing only a minimal amount of energy to reconstitute new Black Tide Demonic Spirits.
What looked like a one-sided war was merely providing nourishment to the Black Tide.
If the war continued in this manner, Qi Sheng guessed that the Earth Thought Evil Spirit controlling the Black Tide might laugh out loud.
Such benefits were naturally not something Qi Sheng would let the Black Tide monopolize.
As the Player Corps approached the southern gate of Flame City, a large number of Flame Giants came out of the city to fight.
The average Hunting Level of Skyfire Clan Warriors is around 43, and at the beginning of contact, players’ conditions were not much better than the Black Tide, showing a one-sided disadvantage.
But players were already accustomed to such disadvantages.
Even feeling the pressure from the Flame Giants was far less intense than from the Black Tide and Insect Tide.
During this time, players who liked to show off their gains updated their income information on the voice channel, making others envious.
Unlike the Insect Tide and Black Tide, Skyfire Warriors have a guaranteed drop of two materials upon death, namely:
[Skyfire Rune Essence]:
Item Description: Rune imprints engraved on the bodies of Skyfire Clan Warriors since youth, refined and compressed to form this essence, can be offered to Emperor Zhao in exchange for sacrificial power rewards.
[Skyfire Demon Pattern]:
Item Description: Spiritual patterns traced on Skyfire Clan Warriors, a key component connecting Skyfire Runes, can be offered to Emperor Zhao in exchange for sacrificial power rewards.
These two guaranteed drops are more valuable than the sacrificial power feedback obtained from extracting the energy of the flesh of defeated Skyfire Clan Warriors.
That is to say, killing a Skyfire Warrior of the same level yields much higher rewards than killing an Insect Warrior or Black Tide Demonic Spirit.
Ever since establishing the front line at Colorful Mist Coast, the Player Forum had labelled the Insect Tide and Black Tide as "poor monsters."
Monsters in the Colorful Mist Coast Region could drop certain materials upon death, whereas materials dropped by Insect Warriors were generally low-priced, and to top it off, Black Tide Demonic Spirits dropped absolutely nothing, reaching extreme levels of stinginess.
The appearance of Skyfire Warriors showed players what "rich monsters" looked like.
Guaranteed double material drops, and some Skyfire Warriors even dropped Flame Weapons, combined with the 20% extra income and contribution rewards, Skyfire Warriors in the eyes of players were simply moving treasures.
At this moment in the regional voice channel:
"So thrilling, killing one gives rewards equivalent to 40 Demonic Spirits, brothers, let’s kill them fast."
"Which bastard took the materials, how could you be so despicable, fucking XXX."
"Brothers, be aware, there are unclean things stealing materials exploded on the battlefield, strike down on sight."
"Brothers, hear me out, I forgot to turn off auto-pickup mode, look at my hands now—they uncontrollably grab the materials exploded on the ground, completely out of control... I’m turning it off now, don’t hit me please."
Since materials directly drop and require players to pick them up,
there are always players who like to fish in troubled waters, suddenly making a move to scoop up gains after others have finished fierce battles.
These players often end up tragically, trapped by other players into solitary confinement for an hour, completely missing out on subsequent earnings.