The twenty people from the Wushuang Sect had to match the cultivation levels of the disciples from the four Holy Lands, so everyone on the Wushuang Sect side rushed to screen candidates.
Originally, they just wanted to play around a little, but since Zhu Zhu had turned the whole thing into a full faction battle, they couldn't slack off anymore. No matter what, they couldn't embarrass the Wushuang Sect.
On the other hand, they also wanted to show the Elder Taishang how much they'd improved.
Wan Dao and the other two were the most relaxed, but they were still a little excited. A thousand years had already passed.
Had their old friends made progress?
How were the current Wushuang Sect disciples doing in their cultivation?
They wanted to test things out themselves and see.
Di Xiao led a group of spirit beasts into the game world ahead of time.
They started setting up their defensive strategies in advance.
"Heh, three factions?
No, there were clearly four.
Did anyone think the spirit beast faction was just here to sit around?"
Once the spirit beasts finished preparing, the Wushuang Sect also finished picking their participants.
The three sides entered the game.
Yun Jin was very interested in this faction battle.
Yuan Yuan put together a giant television screen and Yun Jin held a microphone, ready to start the commentary. As soon as the three factions got scattered across the game world, a voice boomed from the sky.
"Hey hey hey. Can you all hear me? Can you hear me?"
The three factions: …
This was her commentary style?
The contestants could hear everything?
Wasn't this going a little too far?
No matter how everyone felt, Yun Jin was already happily explaining. "Right now we're looking at the full map. Let's check out what the spirit beasts, who entered first, have prepared.
Look here. This game is a points match. Whichever faction gets the most points wins. You can earn points by winning battles, collecting treasures and gathering spiritual herbs. There are twenty five treasure points scattered across the map, containing items worth anywhere from one thousand to ten thousand points. Each treasure point has spirit beasts guarding the entrance. You can only get the entry token after defeating them.
Right now, the spirit beasts are fully prepared.
You can see that Di Xiao is guarding the central vault, worth ten thousand points. If you defeat Di Xiao, you also get ten thousand points. Just this one spot is worth twenty thousand total.
But according to the game rules, players must break through the other twenty four vaults before challenging the final one.
The twenty four vaults have ten Mahayana spirit beasts and fourteen Tribulation spirit beasts guarding them. Note this well. Mahayana players can only challenge Mahayana spirit beasts. They can't challenge Tribulation spirit beasts.
And another reminder. The treasures you take out of the vaults can be stolen. Hide your treasures well and don't let anyone see them.
Now then, the game officially begins!"
Yun Jin's voice suddenly shot up in volume.
Everyone who had been listening to the rules felt thunder explode beside their ears and instantly rubbed them like crazy.
Did her commentary really have to be this loud?
But that wasn't the main issue right now. Everyone quickly started strategizing.
"Our goal is to collect as many points as possible. Taking vaults is one part and defeating other factions is the other. We need to work both angles together," Qing Yun analyzed.
Ji Wusi grabbed his sword and rushed out immediately.
"Sect Master Ji, what are you doing?" disciples from the four Holy Lands grabbed him at once.
"I'm going to find Wan Dao for a duel. Do whatever you want," Ji Wusi said.
Everyone clung to him for dear life.
"Calm down. Sect Master Ji, please calm down. This is a team battle, not a duel," Qing Yun pleaded. "Let's collect points first. You'll have plenty of time to fight later."
Ji Wusi paused. "You make a good point. But I still want to find Wan Dao for a duel first."
Qing Yun: …
"Damn sword cultivators."
After a long round of persuasion, they finally forced down the raging battle intent in Ji Wusi's heart.
"The vaults are too far apart. The game limits our movement speed. If we want more vault points, we need to split up, but if the groups are too small, the other factions could wipe us out. We need balance. I think…" Everyone continued planning.
Ji Wusi sighed. "Why was it so hard to just get a fight?"
Wan Dao's group of three had the smallest numbers. Once they entered, they immediately hid.
Wan Dao smiled. "We're too few and the vaults are too far apart. We'll never win on vault points. But that's fine. Once they collect the treasures, we'll just ambush them and rob everything."
An Ying nodded. "We need to figure out who's carrying which treasures."
Wan Dao said calmly, "If we can't figure it out, we'll just rob all of them."
Heh.
An Ying and Ling Yun started cracking their knuckles. It was time to give everyone a nice surprise.
On the Wushuang Sect side, everyone instantly looked to Yue Zhao. His cultivation was only at the peak of Divine Transformation, but they still brought him for one reason.
This brat was a master at finding bugs.
Half of the best posts in the Celestial Divine Palace's game strategy forum were made by Yue Zhao. If a strategy looked suspicious or ridiculous at first glance, it was probably him. Bringing him along might create a miracle.
Even Zhu Zhu instantly gritted her teeth and stared at Yue Zhao. She still couldn't figure out how a perfectly normal game had ended up with so many bizarre bugs.
"All Yue Zhao's fault. He dragged the entire player base down such a terrible path."
She quadruple checked this new game. There was no way Yue Zhao could break it this time.
Qin Ping cleared his throat. "Alright, Yue Zhao won't find a bug that quickly. Let's start normally. I'm guessing the four Holy Lands will immediately target the vault points. The Mahayana vaults give more points than the Tribulation vaults, so they'll definitely go there first. But I suggest we target the Tribulation vaults first."
Everyone opened their maps.
In the center was the golden vault guarded by Di Xiao.
Ten dark blue vaults were guarded by Mahayana spirit beasts.
Fourteen orange yellow vaults were guarded by Tribulation spirit beasts.
"All fourteen orange yellow vaults combined still don't beat the ten dark blue ones in total points. But here's the problem. We can't see which spirit beast guards which vault. Out of the ten Mahayana vaults, three are guarded by the Sect Master's spirit beasts, and anything related to her shouldn't be judged with common sense. If we rush the blue vaults, we'll almost definitely run into her spirit beasts and we might not win. Among the orange yellow vaults, only Di Ying belongs to the Sect Master, so the chances of hitting her beasts are much lower," Qin Ping analyzed.
Everyone immediately agreed.
"The game time is only twenty four hours. Let's begin. I'll assign the teams now."
The Wushuang Sect made their decision quickly.
Each of the three factions moved according to their own plans.
Yun Jin watched with great interest.
She was curious to see how this battle between three factions that was actually four would turn out in the end.