The roars of beasts shook the heavens.
With a wave of her hand, Jin Zhiyuan conjured a giant flying beast beneath her, carrying her towards the aerial enemy. Before her, over eighty war beasts charged headfirst into the multitude of Dark Tribe forces.
Jin Zhiyuan's innate skill was 'Beast Emperor.' For every level she gained, she acquired a position for a war beast. Previously, Ye Yun had gifted her a 'Beast God Soul,' which doubled her available war beast slots. This meant each level-up now granted her two slots for war beasts.
Currently at level 42, Jin Zhiyuan could summon a formidable eighty-four war beasts!
Combined with Jin Zhiyuan's stat bonuses, this force alone rivaled an army of thousands.
Aside from Jin Zhiyuan, Mu Ziming also earned Ye Yun’s admiration. This individual, who typically appeared as a simple, honest, and well-behaved boy next door, transformed into someone more ferocious than anyone else once combat began, to the point of appearing almost sinister to onlookers.
"The heavens are dead, the Yellow Turbans shall rise! Yellow Turban Banner!" Mu Ziming's eyes were bloodshot, as if on the verge of weeping tears of blood.
He formed hand seals, and phantom images of yellow banners materialized in the void before embedding themselves into the surrounding ground, disappearing. Soon after, a thousand-meter-tall phantom banner towered over the entire battlefield. Concurrently, faint yellow halos rippled outward from the banner like sound waves.
Even having witnessed this skill countless times in his previous life, Ye Yun still felt a chill.
Wherever the halos passed, spectral figures emerged from the places where players and city guards had fallen on the city walls. These phantoms rapidly solidified, transforming into warriors with Yellow Turban headbands and steel blades. Their eyes blazed like those of ferocious wolves, fixated on the Dark Tribe and Demonic Immortal Tribe forces below.
Upon closer inspection, the faces of these resurrected soldiers were identical to the players or city guards who had just been killed. Their aura, however, was far more ferocious and bloodthirsty.
"His current strength far surpasses his past self! I never expected this innate skill to be so terrifying; it's practically tailor-made for large-scale warfare!" Ye Yun couldn't help but praise as he watched the fearless Yellow Turban army charge into battle.
In his past life, Mu Ziming's phantom banner was only three hundred meters tall. Now, at a thousand meters, it indicated that Mu Ziming's current stats were at least thirty times greater than in his previous life.
The strength of the Yellow Turban warriors was a reflection of Mu Ziming's own stats. The more numerous they were, the more his attributes were mapped onto them. This meant that the more allies died, the greater the number and strength of the Yellow Turban army summoned by Mu Ziming.
This completely defied the game's supposed proportionality; instead, it operated in reverse.
It was a shame that innate skills couldn't manifest in the real world. Otherwise, this individual would undoubtedly become an absolute overlord of a universe.
"Fengle City Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Wise Socialite' of our faction for defeating the Level 118 Dark Tribe 'Dark Soldier' ranked soldier. Received 500 billion experience points, 5 Dark God Stones, equipment - Shadow Moon, Battle Power Manifestation Card *1, Skill Manifestation Card *1..."
"Fengle City Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Mumu' of our faction for defeating the Level 122 Demonic Immortal Tribe 'Demonic Origin' ranked soldier. Received..."
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Countless messages instantly flooded the system, erupting amongst the residents of Fengle City.
Previously, invading city defenders were killed by city defenses, and only the high-ranking officials of Fengle City could see such information. This time, however, it was due to players defeating enemies far above their level, directly broadcast on the "television," allowing all residents to witness their valiant deeds.
"Monsters over level one hundred? What the hell is that!"
"Over level one hundred? My brother is fighting them! I worked hard for a year to reach level 37! Now they're telling me monsters over level one hundred are attacking us? Is this for real?"
"Can you guys focus on the important part? The important part, you know? It's that monsters over level one hundred were killed by our Dragon Palace members defending the city. Just how strong must these guys be?"
In the central plaza, the formerly boisterous crowd fell into an eerie silence. More than eighty percent of those present were leaders of major factions registered in Fengle City. Now, their leaders listened intently to each system announcement, their faces pale and devoid of strength.
They had initially believed that the Dragon Palace, with its hundreds of thousands of members, wouldn't have exceptionally high overall strength. Thus, they had focused on an elite strategy: fewer members, but each possessing formidable innate skills.
Before today, they believed their teams could rival the Dragon Palace's top-tier members. Some had even become complacent, reveling in their ability to team up and clear level 60 dungeons.
But now, listening to the announcements, they realized the vast gulf that separated them from the Dragon Palace's official members.
Dragon shadows ascended across the battlefield. Almost every Dragon Palace member's level increased within minutes!
This was why Ye Yun dared to have them face an army of millions. After all, the Dragon Palace members were players, capable of leveling up. Upon leveling up, they were fully resurrected with all negative status effects cleared.
However, the Dark Tribe and Demonic Immortal Tribe possessed a 5x defense buff from lingering formations. It was impossible for ordinary Dragon Palace members to quickly kill an enemy. But these individuals were adept at picking their targets, specifically going for enemies weakened by city defenses.
Unlike Ye Yun, who gained exponentially more experience, their levels were generally in the early forties. Under these circumstances of fighting enemies far above their level and a 2x experience bonus, their leveling speed was akin to a rocket launch.