Chapter 128 Moon Phase Switching

Chapter 128 Moon Phase Switching

Chapter 128 Moon Phase Switching
Emperor's Tomb Mountains, Earth-shattering Furnace.

The endless volcanoes are like sleeping beasts, waking up and roaring from time to time.

Every time the energy that had been accumulated deep inside was released, the blazing lava broke through the earth's crust like an angry fire dragon. With a deafening roar, it rushed straight into the sky and then scattered, dyeing the earth a mixture of red and black.

At the foot of the mountain, the player army gathered and launched an offensive towards the Tianlan Pool domain node.

Ahead, thick black fog was surging violently, and new black evil spirits were being born like dumplings.

In the warband voice channel, the God King is commanding the players to fight.

During this period, he discovered that the intensity of the Kuroshio had increased significantly again.

The low-level Black Tide evil spirits that could once be easily killed like mowing the grass have disappeared. At this stage, the Black Tide has begun to breed various powerful system troops.

Natural disasters, death disasters, plagues, destruction... these types of troops all possess special abilities and are extremely difficult to deal with.

The Scourge troops, in particular, can be described as immortal meat shields, and can quickly repair their damaged bodies by absorbing the life of other Black Tide evil spirits.

The most terrifying thing is not the enhancement of the military forces, but the tactical changes of the Black Tide.

As long as it was a tactic he had used before, Kuroshio would never be fooled again. It seemed that he could learn war experience from every confrontation.

For example, the feint attack strategy he had used before was completely ineffective against the Black Tide.

This greatly increases the difficulty of command.

He was learning and improving through commanding operations, and Black Tide was also learning through fighting with their player legions and summarizing combat plans to deal with the players' tactics.

This discovery gave the God King a headache, but it also aroused his competitive spirit.

Through the perception perspective of the eagle-headed demon, he was constantly observing the direction of the black tide and the changes in the positions of the players in his own regiment.

Then, timely command and control are given according to changes in the battlefield situation.

During this period, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, was also paying attention to the direction of the war.

Through the feedback from the guidance, he can observe the direction of the battlefield situation from a more macro perspective.

It can be found that the evil spirits on the ground have already figured out the tactics of the player organization. In the process of responding, they use the perspective provided by the evil eye to control the direction of the black tide and the speed of breeding evil spirits.

Secondly, the black tide forces in other regions are also approaching the Earth Rift Furnace area.

The war was in a stalemate from the beginning.

If the trend continues, although players can obtain a large amount of sacrifice power and evolution points through this war, it will be impossible to take over the domain node.

Qi Sheng's gaze turned to a corner of the players' battle formation at this time.

You can see that the players in the hard-working group are pushing forward under the command of the God King.

They are embedded with the Gangqi Soul, and are surrounded by blood energy flames, which creates a considerable gap in combat power between them and the players around them.

The use of Gangqi in actual combat is like plasticine that can be kneaded at will. It can be condensed into a ferocious blood dragon that pounces forward with a punch, or it can be condensed on the body surface into a qi and blood shield to resist evil attacks, or it can be condensed under the feet to provide them with explosive power to move forward instantly... It can be called an all-round soul in close combat.

Switch your gaze to a subtle perspective.

During the battle, you can see wisps of golden mist being born from the bodies of the players in the Hardcore Group and merging into their limbs and bones.

The challenger's reminder also kept ringing in the minds of Li Zheng and other hardcore players:
[Challenger Tips: Absorb the power of war, gain body forging experience +2, war god seal soul experience +2. ]

After fighting for only a short while, the members of the Hardworking Group have already gained 128 points of body-building experience, and the level of the War Seal has also been upgraded to level 2.

This is just a small-scale war. One can imagine the growth rate of players with the War Seal in the war when a war of millions or even hundreds of millions of people begins.

If there is a racial war at the world battlefield level, perhaps every minute of body-building experience gained can allow the current players to increase one body-building level.

Increasing the level of body forging can also bring about an increase in all attributes.

It is no wonder that the guide said that after an epic war, the surviving warriors of the Counter Tide Legion can gain a combat power increase of dozens of times, or even more.

The power of the rules of the War Seal can be called a money-printing machine on the battlefield.

Without thinking about this question too much, Qi Sheng's eyes quickly moved around the battlefield.

But he already knew the outcome of the war.

Before the war begins, when players are gathering and waiting, the evil spirits of the earth have already begun to mobilize the black tide forces to prepare for the battle.

Now that the war has reached a stalemate, it means the failure of the player's army.

In a short-term war of attrition, no force can be a match for the Black Tide.

The God King in charge of the command apparently realized that the joint operation was heading for failure, and began to change the combat strategy, changing the goal of continued advancement to killing more black tide evil spirits.

Failure is inevitable.

Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze at this time and switched to the direction of the underwater crystal palace in the Colorful Mist Coast area.

An underwater war is breaking out here.

But the vast majority of players participating in the underwater battle are from the Gillfish and Abyssal Fish tribes, and the number of human players is very small.

In the early days, many human players participated in the purification mission of the Crystal Palace, but they felt very uncomfortable fighting under the sea.

Without the ability to breathe underwater, they need to constantly float to the surface to breathe during the battle, which is very troublesome.

This also includes underwater movement efficiency, underwater vision, and other issues.

After many unsuccessful attempts, most human players chose to return to the coast to explore the dense forest behind, or return to the battlefield of the Emperor's Tomb Mountains.

But the players from the Gilled Fish and Abyssal Fish tribes did not give up.

For them, the human players giving up is a good thing.

This means that after successfully purifying the Crystal Palace domain node, they can obtain higher ranking rewards, reducing a large number of powerful competitors.

Underwater combat is the area where the Gilled Tribe and the Abyssal Fish Tribe are most adept.

Different from the low efficiency of human players when swimming, players of the Gilled Fish and Deep Fish tribes are as flexible as mermaids underwater. They can dodge, swim, and perform a series of detailed operations similar to those of human players in ground combat.

The war was still going on at this time.

In the thin light, coral reefs and seaweed intertwine into an intricate maze.

Players from the Abyssal Fish Tribe and the Gilled Fish Tribe shuttled through the coral reefs, engaging in a chase with the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards and Shadow Scale Crab Guards that were chasing them.

This is a set of tactics developed by players from the Deep Fish Clan and the Gilled Fish Clan.

Some players will lure the underwater creatures guarding the Crystal Palace into the coral reef and set up an ambush there.

The underwater guards, who are not very smart, will be fooled every time and chase into the coral reefs, entering the combat terrain that is advantageous for the gill fish and deep fish players.

The space here is narrow, and the huge bodies of the underwater guards make it difficult for them to move, so their lethality is greatly reduced.

The war lasted more than 2 hours.

After all the Deep Fish and Gill Fish players were killed in battle, the second round of attacks that were ready to go came.

During this period, the players of the two groups cooperated sincerely, trying to kill all the underwater guards in front of the Crystal Palace through a round-robin battle.

At this moment, Qi Sheng, who was paying attention to the direction of the war, received guidance indicating that abnormal changes had occurred in the Dizhong Mountains area.

Qi Sheng's consciousness instantly switched back to the Dizhong Mountains area.

The evil moon in the sky was seen fluctuating violently, and its surface seemed to be covered with a layer of blurry gauze, with an evil aura spreading throughout the air.

Seeing this scene, Qi Sheng suddenly realized that Xie Yue had once again entered an unstable stage of change.

He then asked aloud:
"Guide, can you tell which direction the moon phase change will go this time?"

[Boss, the evil moon is currently in a stage of violent energy fluctuations, and the results cannot be analyzed for the time being, but judging from the previous energy fluctuation trajectory, it is likely to switch to a waning moon.]

Hearing this, Qi Sheng felt a little regretful.

For him, the current waning moon is just the right strength.

The strength of the waning moon is too low.

If the moon phase switches to the waxing moon or full moon, it will be difficult for the player to contend with it at their current level.

Moreover, under these two moon phases, the intensity of the black tide controlled by the evil spirits of the earth will also increase significantly.

According to the guidance and analysis, there are three ways for the evil spirits of the earth to obtain nutrients for the growth of the black tide.

The first step is to absorb the energy produced by the occupied nodes, the second is the energy nutrients transferred from other Kuroshio nodes, and the last is to absorb the free energy particles in the air.

But the black tide absorbed not elemental particles, but the black tide energy particles released by the evil moon.

Therefore, the growth rate of the Kuroshio will vary significantly during different moon phases.

And after the scene switches, the intensity of the evil spirits bred by the Evil Moon will also change significantly.

下弦月的衍生邪祟强度在10多级，与残月强度孕育的咒兵强度差距在5-7倍。进入上弦月后，强度的增幅也是5-7倍左右。

In other words, a level 10 blood corpse will generate a large number of derivative evil spirits of more than level 50.

It would be very difficult for players to fight against evil spirits of this strength. Even dozens of players with souls at level 30 or above would find it difficult to kill a derivative evil spirit at level 50 or above.

If it is a full moon, the player army can temporarily abandon the development of the Tezuka Mountains area and move fully to the Colorful Mist Coast.

The strength is at the full moon level, it can be described as a riot of demons.

The ordinary evil spirits derived from it can be a destructive existence if placed in a small world.

In the hundreds of years since entering the monster world, Qi Sheng has only experienced a full moon scene once.

At that time, there were no evil spirits in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains, but there were evil figures everywhere.

One day, the moon phase suddenly switched from a waning moon to a full moon at the fourth intensity stage. After the scene switched, countless terrifying and evil figures emerged.

Abyss Demon, Void Worm, Touch of Fear... At a glance, you can see a large number of super evil creatures with hunting levels exceeding 100.

The evil figures that covered the sky and the sun ravaged the Emperor's Tomb Mountains area like a swarm of locusts, and no life could survive wherever they passed.

During this process, the energy intensity released by Xie Yue increased significantly.

As for the fifth strength "Great Evil Moon" in its ultimate state, Qi Sheng had never seen it. Only the Guide and three other servants had seen it during the Catastrophe War.

In this state, the evil moon turned into a burning black sun.

Everything illuminated by the Great Evil Moon will be distorted, and each derived evil spirit will be of calamity-level strength.

According to the analysis and judgment of the guidance, the Xieyue entity is a world-class rule.

It is a super rule that is not weaker than the supreme rule of the monster world. It can deteriorate the scene within the irradiation range, generate corrosion cores and derivative evil spirits, and provide sufficient growth energy for the Black Tide.

The switching of moon phases can be understood as the flow of evil moon energy.

Move the existing scene to a new scene, and then move the new scene as a whole.

For example, the Evil Moon scene at the end of the Colorful Mist Coast will be switched to the Emperor's Tomb Mountains area for scene coverage, and the Evil Moon scene in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains area will be switched to cover other Evil Moon scenes, but in this process, everything belonging to the monster world will not change.

It can be found that this process is not controlled by ordinary evil spirits.

As for the meaning behind the switching of the strength of the Evil Moon, the analysis given in the guide is.

The life activities of the evil month.

The Evil Moon can be understood as a gigantic super life form, whose tentacles extend over multiple areas of the Monster World, forming countless Evil Moon scenes.

During this process, the Evil Moon will continue to grow new tentacles, which are new Evil Moon scenes.

The emergence of a large number of new Evil Moon scenes will cause the order of the tentacles to change. In order to sort out the tentacles, Evil Moon will automatically adjust the area covered by energy and exchange the order of the tentacles to prevent the tentacles from getting tangled.

Simply put, nodes are organized and reordered for better energy circulation.

But this is just a guess by the guide, and the specific reason is not yet known. Analyzing the supreme rules requires extremely terrifying sacrificial energy.

The only ones who can control the supreme rule of the Evil Moon are the demon-level evil spirits and the Evil Lord who has never appeared. Other evil spirits cannot affect the changes of the Evil Moon.

The guide stated that after the Black Tide's demon-level combat power appeared on the scene, the Evil Moon scene in the Monster World began to shrink, and the range of radiation covered was completely transformed into a Large Evil Moon scene, preparing to launch a corrupt occupation of the Monster World.

This completely angered the four gods who ruled the monster world.

The demolition and reconstruction behavior of the demon-level combat power also triggered the most intense battle in the history of the monster world.

The four gods and the Black Tide Demon God engaged in a peak battle, which was referred to as the "Battle of Cataclysm" by the Evil Eye.

The Black Tide forces that participated in the battle were all annihilated, and countless powerful tribes that followed the Four Gods were also killed in this battle. The Four Gods almost fell. Apart from the supreme rules that they controlled, the remaining strength could not even maintain the operation of their divine bodies.

The aftereffects of this war on the Four Gods have not yet disappeared.

Thinking of this, Qi Sheng looked at the guidance floating beside him.

It is said that Guidance once had two forms, one was a humanoid form, and the other was a super golden wheel form that released thousands of golden lights.

The war with the Black Tide Demon had turned the Guidance into its current form of a water ball, and it could no longer be switched back to its original form.

There are ways to recover, but the energy required is beyond his ability to bear at this stage.

But one day in the future, when he inherits and achieves the true body of Emperor Omen, he will restore the four gods who follow him to their peak state.

The thought was a bit far-fetched. Qi Sheng laughed in silence and turned his gaze to the evil moon hanging high in the Dizhong Mountains.

The evil moon is still twisting and changing, and its fluctuation state has not yet stabilized.

……

Tianyuan domain node.

On the platform at the top of the Evil Eye Tower.

The evil spirit of earth opened his arms and looked at Xie Yue's changes with excitement.

"Dinian, I can feel that your emotions are changing a lot. Can you tell the direction of Xie Yue's changes?"

Facing the question from the evil eye, the evil spirit grinned, revealing its sharp teeth:
"I learned how to judge the fluctuations in the intensity of the Evil Moon during the Abyss Trial. If I'm not mistaken, the Evil Moon will most likely switch to a full moon this time."

"I'm very curious about what the criteria for this judgment are. I have never learned any knowledge in this area. Can you teach it to me?" The Evil Eye blinked curiously and humbly asked the evil spirit of the ground.

Faced with the question, the evil spirit of the ground thought did not intend to hide and gave an answer immediately:
"Look carefully at the frequency of the distorted changes in the moon phases. The arc of the waning moon is gradually decreasing, and the evil light it releases is increasing. Try to sense the rhythm of the frequency of the moon's ability release, and you will find that the energy fluctuation frequency of the moon's surface is combining into a gradually clear outline pattern. This is the evil moon whispering, and it is about to enter the full moon stage."

"By then, my Black Tide will gain a huge amount of nutrients, and I can finally escape!"

Thinking of the scene after the full moon, the evil spirit of the earth couldn't help but laugh.

"Players, Zerg... your doomsday is here!"

Hearing this, Evil Eye tried to use the method told by the evil spirit to record every change in the distortion of Evil Moon.

Sure enough, I saw a complex energy wave pattern emerging on the surface of the moon.

Although it could not understand the meaning of this pattern, it still recorded the information said by the evil spirit into the node information database and shared it with other nodes.

During this process, Qi Sheng was also listening and reading the analysis of the evil spirit.

Knowing that the moon phase was about to enter a full moon, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"It seems that the Tezuka Mountain Range area cannot be opened for the time being."

If it is the third stage waxing moon scene, players can still play as souls and kill barely derived evil spirits through group combat.

However, if the derived evil level reaches over 100, the fourth stage full moon strength, players going out will be seeking death, even if they organize a battle group of tens of thousands of people, they will still be vulnerable.

They have no advantage in numbers, and are completely crushed in strength. At this time, they only have the sacrificial power consumed by resurrection, but no benefits from hunting.

Therefore, he would never open the Tezuka Mountains area to players.

[Yes, the strength of the waxing moon is too much for players at this stage to bear. Small groups of players have to switch from war mode to survival mode. If it is a full moon with a higher level of strength, players will face doomsday mode. Going out means death, and there is no possibility of survival.]

The guide also nodded in agreement at this time.

"We'll make an announcement after the moon phase stabilizes. The Tezuka Mountains area will not be open for the time being. The direction of player development will be changed to the Colorful Mist Coast area. We'll consider opening it again when the moon phase switches back in the future."

【Understood.】 The guide nodded.

At the node of the Tianyuan Realm, the evil spirit of earth thought stood on the edge of the high tower platform with his arms outstretched, gazing up at the evil moon that was rapidly twisting and changing, and breathing in the gradually increasing black tide energy particles in the air with a comfortable expression.

At this moment, the changes in the moon phases suddenly intensified, and a hideous smile appeared on the face of the evil spirit:

"coming!"

The distorted moon phases began to gradually stabilize, the waning moon dissipated, and the condensed dark red light finally turned into a thin dark red line on the horizon, flickering tenaciously in the darkness.

When he saw the moon suddenly freeze into a waning moon, the smile on the evil spirit's face came to an abrupt end.

The evil eye behind the evil spirit floating on the ground did not speak, but silently shared the record with other nodes and deleted the information.

On the other hand, the guidance also decisively deleted the edited announcement content.

【It’s simply a scam! 】

At this moment, both the evil spirit of the earth and Qi Sheng and the guide who were observing secretly were stunned by the sudden change of the moon phase to the waning moon.

What followed was the hysterical roar of the evil spirit.

"Dinian, you need to calm down!" Xieyan said soothingly.

"I calm your dad."

(End of this chapter)