Volume 19, Chapter 173: Tricked by Mother Earth

"Is this...?"

Before I could finish talking about Soul Tree, I said, "This is not what you think."

"You know what I'm thinking?"

"I guess you just thought of the demigod crystal."

I nodded and asked, "Isn't this right?"

"Do you think I have the ability to help you create a demigod?"

"Then this is...?"

"Power crystallization." The Soul Tree said: "You know that not all creatures in the underworld are just illusory spirits. There are also native hell creatures here, and they also have actual desires. I am almost invincible against souls. But when it comes to guys with strong **, I can’t do anything.”

"So you found a solution?"

"That's right. This method is to convert one's own energy into material form and give the excess energy to my transformed body so that it has super striking ability. This familiar of yours has the ability to convert matter. I Now I have given him my power crystallization ability, I believe it will be useful to you."

After the Soul Tree finished speaking, Phantom ran up to me and said, "Master, look."

What Phantom showed me was his attribute panel. I just read it briefly and understood the true meaning of the so-called power crystallization. The name Power Crystal actually has little to do with the actual effect of this attribute, which means that its effect cannot be inferred from the literal translation. Judging from the true ability of this power crystal, it may be more reliable that this skill should actually be called magic strike.

We all know that the attack methods used by players in battle are mainly divided into two types: physical damage and magic damage. As for other damage types, although they also exist, the number is very small. For example, soul attack, which is a relatively common type. Special attack methods. In fact, soul attacks are a relatively common type. The truly rare attack methods include curse killing and causal attacks. Those attack methods are simply unbelievable, and there is no way to calculate the damage value.

The ability that the Soul Tree gives Phantom is a skill that converts all attack methods, including rare attacks, into physical damage. This skill allows the person affected by the skill to convert his own magic damage or other special All physical damage is superimposed on one's own physical attack power, which can produce super high physical attack power.

In fact, if it is just Phantom who has acquired this ability, then it doesn't matter. After all, this skill only allows Phantom to convert his soul attacks into physical attacks. However, Phantom itself has the ability to materialize, which means that he has Physical attack power, although this skill can increase damage for him, it is somewhat repetitive and does not actually make much sense. However, what the Soul Tree gives to Phantom is not a simple ability that looks like the attributes of the body, but an active skill, an ability that needs to be used to take effect, and... this skill can be used on others. .

This last one is the key. Phantom is my familiar, and the fact that his skills can be used on others means that both me and my other familiars will gain this ability, and our physical attack capabilities will be doubled. This skill was originally created by Soul Tree to solve the problem of having no physical attack power. Therefore, for existences like Soul Tree that have no physical damage, this skill only gives them one more means of attack. . However, for those of us who already have physical attack capabilities, this skill is a bit abnormal.

Suppose there is a low-level spirit body. Because of its low level, it does not have physical attack power, but it has 500 points of soul attack power. If you use power crystal on him, he will gain the ability to convert special attacks into physical attacks, which means he will have 500 points of physical attack power. It can be seen from this process that this transformation ability has no special manifestation in a spirit body that has no physical attack power. However, when we change the target, the effect is completely different.

Suppose again that there is a low-level creature with a physical attack power of 400 and a magic attack power of 150. Normally, such a creature should not be able to defeat the low-level spirit body in front of it, because it can only use one kind at a time. Attack method, and his physical attacks are completely ineffective against spirits. With a magic attack power of 150 and a spirit body with 500 attacks fighting against each other, the outcome is obvious. But what would happen if he was now given the ability to crystallize power? After this low-level creature acquires the ability to crystallize power, its magic attacks will be converted into physical attacks, but it already has physical attack power, so these two attacks will... superimpose. That's right, it's superposition. The creature that originally had 400 physical attack power now has 550 attack power. Of course, he still can't defeat the spirit body because physical attacks are ineffective against the spirit body. But if they deal with the same two enemies that can be damaged by physical attacks, this creature, which is originally weaker than the spirit body, will exert a stronger combat power than the spirit body. It can be seen that although this skill was invented to serve spirits with no physical attack power, its truly abnormal effect can only be fully unleashed when it is used on creatures with both physical and demonic abilities.

As a beast tamer, my magic attack power is actually far less powerful than physical attacks, but compared to ordinary players, my magic attack power is actually very strong. Now that my magic attack is suddenly superimposed on my physical attack, the actual attack power... must be very abnormal anyway.

"Thank you so much. This skill is very good." After reading the attributes, I immediately thanked the Soul Tree excitedly. After all, the effect of this skill is too strong, especially for a double attack of monsters and monsters like me. For people who are very tall, this skill is simply abnormal.

Of course, this skill also has shortcomings. For example, when the enemy I am dealing with is not afraid of physical damage, this skill is completely useless. However, there are not many creatures in the game that are not afraid of physical damage, so this skill is quite useful in most cases.

After completing the task of the Soul Tree, I took back my familiars and returned to Essinger. I threw the spirit body that the Soul Tree asked me to capture to the research unit. After confirming that they understood what I wanted them to study, I The research institute immediately transferred directly to the Mother Earth.

"Why are you back so soon?" Seeing me walking into her temple, Mother Earth looked at me in surprise and asked, "You haven't finished running yet, have you?"

"Can't I finish it quickly?" This time I was surprised. But I have never heard that the person who posted the task has no time for others to complete it too quickly.

Mother Earth said with some embarrassment: "It's not that you finished it too quickly, it's just that you haven't caught the mission reward I prepared for you yet!"

"What do you mean I haven't caught the reward yet? Is the mission reward a living creature?" I looked at Mother Earth in confusion and asked.

Mother Earth nodded directly and said: "I have prepared a very good magic pet for you this time. It is a very popular pet even in our upper god realm, but this thing is very cunning and difficult to catch. I used to I asked someone to catch it for me, but I didn’t expect that you would come and hand in the task before that guy caught him. After all, according to your habits, I thought you would have to wait at least a few months before handing in this task. Woolen cloth."

"I happen to be free recently, why don't I just finish it by the way." I said and handed the World Tree sapling directly to Mother Earth, and at the same time said: "I will hand over the task first, you can give me the reward later, I am not afraid You defaulted."

Mother Earth smiled and took the World Tree sapling and thought for a while: "How about this? In fact, I know that there is another ready-made thing like that, and it is of a very high level. Even in the tribe of that thing, it belongs to A rare treasured individual, but that thing is not with me. However, I can come forward and make a bet with the owner of the other party. If you win the bet, the ready-made magic pet will be yours. If you lose, I will be responsible for paying the bet. But your prize is gone. You can make your own choice. Should you wait for a while and let my people help you catch an ordinary one, or take a risk and see if you can win back this super strong individual? "

“What is gambling about?”

"Fighting."

"Are there any restrictive rules?"

"You can use any skills and equipment you have, but you cannot summon any type of helpers, and you cannot use any one-time items, including any kind of medicine and scrolls."

"What about my opponent? Where is the venue? Is there a time limit or something? What are the victory rules? Kill them all or are there other requirements?"

"Your opponent will be chosen from the same adventurers as you. The number is temporarily undetermined. After all, there are many adventurers involved. We don't know how many people are willing to participate, but in the end we will decide the victory conditions of the game based on the situation. If If the opponents are rarely very weak, then the victory condition may be to kill the target without damage. If there are many strong opponents, the victory condition may be that you win as long as you persist without dying. In short, we will give you a fair decision based on the strength of both of you. Victory conditions. After all, we are superior gods and will not trick you."

I nodded and said: "In terms of credibility, you are much more reliable than those low-level gods, so I trust your guarantee. So when will the gambling start?"

"It will probably be arranged tonight. You can go about your business first."

"Okay, I'll go now. Let me know when you're ready."

When I left Mother Earth, I had no idea that a simple bet would turn into a global sex event, and by the time I found out, nothing would change.

"Ziri, why did you suddenly think of accepting the joint challenge from players all over the world?" I was shocked when I suddenly saw Rose teleporting directly in front of me with the ring of love, but Rose's words made me even more excited. be surprised. This time was exactly two hours after I promised Mother Earth to participate in the gambling battle.

"What are you talking about?" I asked looking at Rose in surprise.

After hearing my words, Rose was stunned for a moment, and then said directly: "You will know immediately after you log off and connect to the forum."

Looking at Rose's expression, I knew it was no small matter, so I quickly connected to the forum and started reading. After a few minutes, I knew what Rose was talking about. "Don't worry, I'll go find Mother Earth and find out. She made an agreement with me. I didn't expect it to develop like this."

When I found Mother Earth again, she was manipulating a pile of soil to form equations in the air and calculating something. When she saw me, she immediately smiled and said, "I knew you were coming to find me."

"What's going on with that challenge?"

"It's like this." Mother Earth explained: "We used our ability to issue notices in all large cities where adventurers appeared, and the content was to recruit volunteers to participate in the inspection of your combat effectiveness. Originally, we planned to recruit three or five people. Ten people came to fight you, but I didn’t expect your influence in the world to be so great. Within two hours of the news being sent out, more than 100 million people signed up. It’s such an unprecedented event!”

"You won't accept them all, right? There are more than 100 million people, let alone beating them. If they all rush over and squeeze me, I will be squeezed to death! Even if they don't rush over and they all raise their necks for me to kill, it will be enough to kill all 100 million people. I'm exhausted. Are you trying to kill me?"

Mother Earth smiled and said: "We are not stupid, how can we let you challenge 100 million people? However, there are too many people who signed up, and we can no longer maintain the original plan. Finally, I discussed it with several other high-ranking gods. , decided to set the challenge number into two options. The first option is to have 10,000 people participating in the battle. The failure condition is that you are killed. The victory condition is to kill more than 80% of the enemies, which means killing at least 8,000 people."

"Eight thousand? One cut per second would take more than two hours. Are you correct?"

"Don't worry! There is a second option, which is to have a thousand enemies. The condition for failure is that you are killed, and the condition for victory is to kill all the enemies."

"One thousand is too much!"

"Actually, you have no way of deciding which plan to use." Mother Earth continued after I finished speaking: "We have already announced that you will draw lots at the beginning of the game to determine the number of opponents and the combat environment."

"Has every law been changed?"

"How to change it after it has been announced? But don't worry, with your combat power, both options have a chance of winning. After all, even if a hundred thousand people attack you, only eight people can really attack you at the same time. Personally, your chances of winning are actually very good."

"Well, can I ask what the other party's restrictions are? They won't have no restrictions at all and can use all their moves, right?"

"That's not true." I just took a breath after hearing this, but I didn't expect Mother Earth's next words to raise my heart again. "Their restriction is that all medicines of the same kind can only be used once, and scrolls and guild-level war weapons are not allowed. Everything else is casual."

"So they can summon magic pets and hire NPC bodyguards?"

"certainly."

"Damn, doesn't that mean there are more than a thousand or ten thousand people?"

"I am very sure of that."

"Oh my god! You can just kill me!"

"Don't be discouraged. Believe me, the magic pet I prepared for you will definitely be worth your efforts."

"I hope so." I sat helplessly on the ground and asked, "When will the game start?"

"Forty minutes left."

"Damn it!"

In fact, I can understand that Mother Earth arranged the challenge time after forty minutes, because that time happens to be the time period with the highest online rate, but for me, this time is too tight. If Rose hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known that I would have to fight more than a thousand or even ten thousand creatures. But luckily there are still forty minutes.

Because of the rules, I can't bring any other helpers, but the rules don't restrict me from brushing my attributes in advance.

"Quick, quick, prepare all the auxiliary skills you have for me. Give them to me before I go on the field. At least let me kill a few more people after the start to reduce the number of enemies."

For this bet, I summoned all the people in the guild who practice auxiliary skills. Of course, I couldn't let go of my magic pet and several great masters in the guild, especially Starfire and Peacock. Xinghuo used to be a Guanshiyin when she was in Buddhism, and her auxiliary skills were well-known. If she didn't make good use of them, it would be a waste. As for Peacock, she doesn't have many auxiliary skills, but she has a particularly practical skill called Colorful Rays of Light. This skill can turn my whole body into a human-shaped neon light, but a hundred thousand watt kind. When I stand there, my whole body will shine like a silver mirror under the scorching sun at noon. Although others can see where I am, But he couldn't look at me directly because I was too bright. Although this skill seems simple, the effect is surprisingly good. Unless your opponent is wearing sunglasses, don't expect to see anything. Moreover, even if he has filtered sunglasses that can block the dazzling light, it can only partially weaken the effect of this skill, because this skill does not make my whole body shine, but makes many alternating shining points appear on my body. If the other party wears sunglasses, then although he is not afraid of the flash, he may not be able to see my movements clearly, and the result is not much different from being unable to look directly at me.

Although I have summoned a large number of helpers with auxiliary skills to help, I still have to wait to refresh my status before going on the field. After all, most auxiliary skills are not effective for too long, and even if I am lucky enough to draw one, I can only deal with a thousand people. , that little time is definitely not enough to play the whole game. Therefore, I have to refresh the skill at the last second so that I can use it for as long as possible.

It took half an hour to gather the crowd and prepare some auxiliary equipment needed for the battle. After I was all ready, I was transferred directly to the temporarily opened competition field by the system. Looking around from where I am, this place is like an ancient Roman Colosseum. However, I know that the final battle is unlikely to take place here. After all, given the size of this place, let alone 10,000 people, even if a thousand people are crammed into it, People will also be squeezed into a sardine can, so there is no need to fight, just use a skill to clear the screen and that's it.

As I was teleported to this Colosseum-like area, a burst of cheers instantly erupted from the surrounding stands, but I always felt that there seemed to be more people booing. I have always understood this situation, after all, human nature is like this. It doesn't matter whether the other person is kind or evil, tolerant or petty, as long as the other person is rich or powerful, he is an object of hatred. As for why you hate the other person, is it possible that you can’t find a reason to hate someone? Hatred of the strong and the rich is a very popular human trait. As the number one in the world's combat power rankings, I am very happy that no one throws rotten eggs or rotten persimmons on the stage. Although no one dares to offend me in front of me, no one will miss this opportunity where I cannot retaliate. After all, this kind of opportunity is rare.

After I showed up, a host who set up the system came to my side and announced the competition arrangements. According to the supporter's introduction, I first selected the number of people to fight, and the result was quite lucky. I got a thousand people to challenge instead of ten thousand. Of course, this result drew boos from the outside.

Under the arrangement of the host, I then drew a list of contestants. Because I didn’t know that I would fight against so many people at the beginning, the system initially selected 10,000 top candidates as candidates. Later, after I was selected to fight against only 1,000 people, these 10,000 people were chosen as candidates. The people were randomly divided into ten groups by the system, and I drew lots to decide which group of people to fight. But because the grouping of people is random, it doesn’t matter which group I draw.

After selecting the combatants, the thousand people appeared directly in the Colosseum. The effect was exactly as I thought before. The entire venue was so packed that there was almost no gap. Fortunately, I was standing on a floating platform. It's on an empty platform, so there's no need for them to squeeze in.

After these people showed up, the host asked me to draw lots to decide the battle venue. As a result, the venue I drew was a city. Although the area of ​​​​this city is not as large as Essinger, it is definitely considered a very large city, and the buildings in it are also quite beautiful. However, this system-generated city specifically for our competition is actually an empty city. Although the buildings in the city and all kinds of debris in the buildings are complete, there is not a single living thing here. Not to mention the citizens, there is not even a mouse or cockroach.

After I finished drawing the battle map, the host began to read out the rules. According to the rules, after the game starts, the thousand people and I will be randomly teleported to any location in the city. After the teleportation is completed, the battle can begin immediately. The city wall outside the city belongs to the isolation zone, and the competition range is the part inside the city wall. The top of the city wall cannot be climbed at all and cannot be destroyed at all. The restrictions in the game are similar to what Mother Earth said. I can't use medicine, bring magic pets, use disposable equipment, and there are no restrictions on other things, but my enemies have looser restrictions than me. There are many, they can summon magic pets and even bring NPC bodyguards. The most important thing is that they can use medicines. Fortunately, each medicine can only be used once, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

After reading out the rules, the host gave us a minute to prepare. Of course, I immediately asked everyone to max out all the auxiliary skills they had prepared for me. In an instant, I felt like I had turned into a little sun. All kinds of lights flashed randomly, and finally I returned to the playing field like a big lightbulb in the eyes of the audience with great surprise.

Compared with my preparations, the preparations for a thousand people are much simpler. In fact, it was not that they were not prepared, but that they had been prepared for a long time. This minute was nothing more than holding on to the equipment for the first time.

As the system confirmation time expired, the thousand people disappeared into the Colosseum together with me in an instant, and the Colosseum turned into a huge holographic projection showing the situation in the combat city. Of course, the camera is displayed with me as the center. As I move, the camera will move, and its display range is the entire area of ​​the Colosseum. For surrounding players, this area is enough to see my entire battle process. .

"What do you think the president's chances of winning are?" Da Guofan asked after seeing us all entering the city.

Hongyue, Rose and Sumei said almost in unison: "We must win."

The big pot rice asked in surprise: "How can you be so sure? Although the boss is very good, he can't summon magic pets, and he can't use medicine, and his opponent is one thousand of the ten thousand strongest people selected from all over the world. People, even if not all the masters on the combat power list have signed up, there must be many masters among them. If the boss picks a thousand by himself, the chance of winning should be very slim, right?"

Su Mei glanced at the big pot of rice with an expression like you are an idiot and said: "If it is a fight on a flat arena, even if the number of people is reduced by half, Brother Ziri's chance of winning is only 50%, but what he draws is the city. Map. In such a complex environment, it is difficult for the opponent to form an encirclement. With Ziri's combat power, less than a hundred people can only be massacred. As long as the opponent cannot gather, they will be killed sooner or later. Therefore, Ziri will win, even if there is an accident It’s a draw at best.”

"Why can it only be a draw if there is an accident? Wouldn't it be a loss?"

Rose looked at the big pot of rice and explained before she could react: "Ziri has a self-destruction skill, leaving no grass within a two-kilometer radius. If it really doesn't work, he will definitely choose to self-destruct."

"Wouldn't the skill drop a hundred levels once it's used? Isn't it worthwhile to self-destruct for a demon pet?"

"It's not cost-effective if it's just for a magic pet, but now players all over the world are watching, and even if he wants to maintain his deterrence in the minds of players around the world, he absolutely cannot lose."

"That's it."

While they were discussing my chances of winning, I had already appeared in the city. However, what made me more depressed was that the location where I appeared was really awkward, because I actually fell into the central pool of the city square, and the entire square There were at least a hundred people on board, and they all obviously discovered my existence.

"Damn it, isn't this clearly trying to trick me? In such a big city, one tenth of the population is randomly placed in a square. Isn't this cheating too much?"

The players who are watching the excitement will not agree with my complaints, and those who challenge me will not agree either. A player who was relatively close to me said excitedly as soon as he saw me: "Haha, Ziri, it seems that even the system doesn't like you, and actually threw you into our crowd. This time, I will look at you." How to die."

"Idiot, even if they could kill me, you would be the first to die." I said and walked directly towards the guy.