Chapter 605: Chapter 605: The Madness of the Players
“We’re at this point now, is anyone still hiding their abilities? If we continue like this and wait for this so-called god to descend, no one will end up benefiting.” A guild with a large investment here said aloud.
Then, as if injected with a shot of adrenaline, the players began battling the ogres with a frenzy.
From the main quests they had been on, they all knew how formidable the Nightmare God was, with a fear-inspiring level of power.
If he descends, it’s likely everyone present will perish in battle.
“A bunch of fools, they don’t realize that the Nightmare God needs their souls.” Li Yao shook his head, but did not stop shooting. Of course, he did not want the Nightmare God to descend, it would require more effort on his part, but he had no control over it under these circumstances.
Tell them to stop fighting because the Nightmare God is using the power of their flesh and souls to descend.
Who would listen to him? The Divine Artifact is right before their eyes, who wouldn’t be tempted?
Of course, if these players stopped their assault, he wouldn’t be able to obtain the Dark Touch either.
“There’s no such thing as a perfect situation in this world.” Li Yao sighed and thought: “No, I absolutely cannot let the Nightmare God descend, otherwise, I would be utterly helpless. I definitely can’t proceed according to the Nightmare God’s plans.”
As the players and ogres battled, the sight was visible to the naked eye. Countless amounts of blood were converging on the Dark Touch, flowing like numerous arteries. The aura of the Dark Touch was constantly churning, dispersing and absorbing the blood from all around.
The other side of the ogres had accumulated a great number of Devil Tyrannosaurus corpses. As the ogres in the distance worshiped, countless ancient runes flashed, a strange array was slowly operating.
Whether it was the players’ or the ogres’ souls, after death, their souls all drifted towards the eye of the array in the sky.
You should know, ordinary people cannot see souls, but this time they could clearly see the ascension and struggle of souls. However, it was of no avail.
The eye, a manifestation of the Nightmare God’s power, was absorbing soul power like an endless vortex.
“So delicious, I haven’t enjoyed such fresh souls in so many years, absolutely incomparable to dream creatures.” The intoxicated voice of the Nightmare God echoed in everyone’s ears, sending a chill down their spines.
It wasn’t the fear, this business was simply too disgusting, hair-raising…
“It’s not good, my attributes are decreasing. Dammit!”
“My attributes are also decreasing, my level didn’t drop but why did my attributes decrease by one level?”
“Me too, it feels terrible, feels like my blood is being drained constantly.”
“Someone save me, I feel awful.”
The ogres’ souls were in a haze, floating around aimlessly. However, the souls trying to save themselves were a complete mess, creating a ruckus.
Especially when they heard that attributes would decrease after death, it made the players shiver.
“Check the battle information quickly, see what the System says.” a composed guild leader said.
“System notice: You have been killed, your blood absorbed by the ancient god, and your soul devoured by the nightmare, with your soul suffering double damage. Your attributes have been permanently reduced by one level, but your level will not decline. Once the ceremony is over, your soul will return to the graveyard.”
Seeing this message, the faces of all the players turned quite ugly.
When they say their level won’t decrease, it means not right now. Once the ceremony ends and they return to the graveyard, according to normal death rules, they will still lose levels.
But that’s beside the point, the key issue is that the lost attributes will never be restored, not even if the level increases.
“System notice: Your soul is damaged and requires something special to recover.”
While the second notice gave the players a glimmer of hope that they could restore their attributes, you didn’t have it and they didn’t say what could restore it, isn’t this like looking for a needle in a haystack?
If it’s a common item, it’s ok, but what if the item is too rare? Then this loss of a level is a total waste.
The players became even more cautious. Dying and losing a level is one thing, but if they permanently lose attributes, that’s a major loss, especially for the teams made up of casual players. After some chaos, they only calmed down after a while, barely keeping the front line from being broken by the ogres.
But now, asking them to retreat is absolutely impossible. Although the loss is great and the danger too high.
But who doesn’t want to be awesome in a game? Everyone believes in their own luck.
Who hasn’t died before? At worst, they’ll spend more time leveling up, but what if they get lucky and obtain a Divine Artifact? Thinking about this possibility, everyone was filled with enthusiasm.
This is a Divine Artifact we’re talking about. It’s been so long, and the number of Golden Weapons can be counted on one hand, not to mention that they’ve never seen a golden dress, let alone a Divine Artifact which surpasses a golden dress in terms of power.
Li Yao, of course, sneers at their constitution. Every Divine Artifact is unique, how could there possibly be any Divine Artifacts appearing so early on.
Even if a Divine Artifact were to appear, the current players do not possess divine power. They would not be able to control it.
As the name implies, Divine Artifacts require divine power to operate. Without divine power, even if you were given a Divine Artifact, it would be of no use.
Of course, to the ordinary players, any items possessing a special signature, which are in fact golden equipment, are considered as Divine Artifacts.
As for real Divine Artifacts, they are not common goods. Each unique artifact is not much different from very high quality golden metal.
True Divine Artifacts that go against the heavens are even more rare. Not to mention the players, even when you count all the Divine Artifacts owned by the three factions combined, it wouldn’t exceed three, and they can’t be used anyway.
In Li Yao’s previous life, he had seen quite a few Divine Artifacts, but each one had heaven-destroying and earth-shattering powers.
For instance, the Soul of the Giant Dragon, a legendary artifact born from the evolution of the powers bestowed upon the five dragon kings by the Titans. The Black Dragon King, using this artifact, was invincible in the Ancient God World thousands of years ago. But the Soul of the Giant Dragon has disappeared now. Everyone doesn’t know where it is, of course, Li Yao in his second life does know.
However, he hadn’t planned on owning it at this stage. Even if he could get it, he wouldn’t be able to use or safeguard it.
There’s another artifact known as the Focusing Rainbow, reportedly created by the Titans, it is the core of the Magic Net in the Ancient God World.
This is controlled by the Blue Dragon King, but this item definitely won’t show up. It’s said that it can imprison all elemental beings, enhancing magic power by dozens to hundreds of times. Even demigod-level Elemental Lords can’t escape its confinement.
Li Yao cast aside these chaotic thoughts and looked at the Dark Touch. The Dark Touch was proving to be too powerful. In his previous life, no one was able to assemble a complete Dark Touch. Li Yao didn’t know what the outcome and quality would be if all parts of the Dark Touch were assembled.
“No, I cannot let this fellow gather them, I have to take a risk.” Li Yao saw more and more soul energy gathering. If it continues like this, the players won’t be able to reach the altar before the Nightmare God descends. If the Dark Touch is either absorbed or taken over, everything will be over.
“The time to use the Attribute Bullets has come.” Li Yao set his mind on leveling, directly loaded the exploding bullet, then aimed at the Eye of Nightmare in the sky…