Chapter 199: Weapon Concepts and Peak Rankings
[Number of Players: 568,392]
Online Players: 388,424.
Players in Death Cooldown: 179,968.
Number of Primordial Traits Contained: 48
Sacrificial Power Production per Hour (updated in real-time): 2,237,300 (up compared to the previous period)
Players' Highest Life Soul Average Level: 17 (decreased compared to the previous period).
Contained Resource Territories: 23
Contained Rule Territories: Imperial Tomb Village (Blood and Flesh Reshaping), Crystal Palace (Gathering), Wansen (Enlightenment).
Functional Buildings: Test Tower, Resurrection Point (Transmission Square), Guild Hall, Armed Vehicle Factory, Pet Store, Rule Divine Pillar, Cultivation Tower.
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Primordial Altar, a series of statistical feedback flashed through Qi Sheng's mind.
In recent days, two more Primordial Monsters have been successfully contained.
The number of Primordials within the containment wall has reached 48.
The first was the Second Generation Primordial: Thorny Puppet, contained by the player "One Hammer Eighty" in the Cave World.
Trait effect: Consume Qi-Blood or spiritual power (choose one) to quickly generate a plant-type summoned creature for combat support; Thorny Puppet reflects part of the physical damage when taking damage.
The appearance of the Thorny Puppet Life Soul sparked significant discussion on the forums.
Because this is the first truly summoning system Life Soul.
Unlike Controlled Life Soul, which controls the target, Thorny Puppet, due to its Life Soul trait, can utilize other Life Soul traits through Star Vein fusion.
A large number of interesting Star Vein Combination strategies quickly emerged on the forums.
The appearance of the Thorny Puppet also made many previously unpopular Life Souls become popular.
The two highest-liked Star Vein Combinations on the forums are as follows.
The top Star Vein Combination was proposed by the player "Dark Night Will Come" and named: Tank Puppet.
Star Vein Combination: Thorny Puppet (core), Energy Absorption, Taunt, Dull (Domain), Resistance, Roar, Blood Soul Traction, Binding.
The performance in the test video was to summon the Thorny Puppet and use it as a tank-type player to charge forward, activate Taunt, Dull Domain for area binding control, Resistance Soul increases damage absorption, Roar and Blood Soul Traction are used for targeted control.
The most interesting feature of the Thorny Puppet Life Soul is that the puppet's strength is influenced by the player's attributes.
If the player is a mage, then the puppet can also be a mage.
If the player is a warrior, then the puppet can also be a warrior.
The strength is affected by the player's own Qi Blood Strength and Spiritual Strength; the higher the player's Qi Blood Strength, the more health and defense the Thorny Puppet has.
The higher the player's Spiritual Strength, the higher the Thorny Puppet's Spiritual Strength and resistance.
This is also the first Life Soul trait perfectly suited for Dual Cultivation of Demon and Martial Arts, allowing players to mix and match various types of Life Souls.
After all, the summoning of the Thorny Puppet has no cooldown, not even a quantity limit.
As long as the player has enough Qi-Blood or spiritual power, it can be generated infinitely.
Therefore, the feature of the Tank Puppet stream is to send it into the enemy's ranks for cannon fodder in battles; if it dies, just summon another one.
The second Star Vein Combination was proposed by the player "One-Sided Expedition": Elemental Bombardment Flow.
Star Vein Combination: Thorny Puppet (core), Energy Absorption, Ink Flame, Rushing Thunder, Star Shifting, Dull (Domain), Mud Demon (Dissolve).
The idea behind this Star Vein Combination is similar to the one proposed by Dark Night Will Come.
It's just that the tank-type Ashen Puppet was changed to an Elemental Flow.
The feature is to replace your own tank through Star Shifting, then activate Dull Domain, unleashing Ink Flame, Rushing Thunder, and Dissolve's three elemental traits to bombard everything within the domain, making it a self-destruct Elemental Flow.
Damage performance in the test was excellent, the downside is the puppet summoned using spiritual power is physically frail and can be instantly killed if focused.
The advantage is that the Thorny Puppet can be summoned at any time, as long as there is enough spiritual power replenishment.
These two Star Vein Combinations have significantly increased the popularity of the "Dull" Domain-like Life Soul.
Before this, players had mixed opinions about the Dull Life Soul.
Especially teams, they were most afraid of Domain-type Life Souls.
The past Magic God Flow would open an Elemental Domain for indiscriminate bombing of everything within the domain, often affecting their own team members.
But the strength of Dull has always ranked at the top of the Life Soul list.
For example, Dull Life Soul + Binding Soul, the expanded domain can apply binding effects to all targets within its range.
But the game doesn't have a mechanism for teammate damage immunity.
As a result, Domain Flow has always been played by lone wolves; players in teams generally do not embed this Life Soul.
But the emergence of Puppet Stream changed the situation.
Ashen Puppets can freely unleash domains in places far from the team for elemental bombardment or replace tanks to take damage in the front.
This is another mix-and-match Life Soul, adaptable to both close combat and the magic system, following Energy Absorption.
The characteristic of a general Life Soul is that once it appears, it easily rises to the forefront of the Life Soul popularity chart, allowing for numerous innovative gameplay styles.
Besides these two sets of Star Vein Combinations, the forum also saw a large number of varied and characteristic combination gameplay styles emerge.
The second primordials is the Third Generation Primordial: Heavy Hammer, contained by the team of new player "Pink Furry Rabbit".
Trait effect: Consumes Qi-Blood to add effects to the next attack, causing a forced stun effect on the target (the specific effect is influenced by the Life Soul Level and the target's Spiritual Strength).
Consuming Qi-Blood to release, it was destined to be a Life Soul suitable for close combat usage.
Initially, many players thought it was just a common control skill, but during testing, an unexpected discovery was made.