Summoning Players into My Game

Chasing Light City, Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

"Brother Zhen, we just exchanged all our points for land on Red Moon Mountain. Now we don't have enough points for everyone to exchange for smart watches." The Outer Gunman looked at the pile of A5-level weapons and A4-level armor obtained from killing bandits, feeling a bit troubled, "If we want to exchange for smart watches, we might have to sell these weapons and equipment to the Martial Arts Hall."

They initially thought they could make a fortune with so many weapons and equipment, but they forgot that new players can't afford them. Even with the half-price discount for joining the Dawn Squad, they still couldn't buy them, which meant they were left holding weapons and equipment without earning any points.

"Smart watches enable us to grasp the situation in the wild, so we must buy them." Fang Zhen thought for a moment, gritting his teeth, "Don't we have a batch of confiscated smart watches? Sell those unusable ones to the Martial Arts Hall, along with that jamming device we confiscated, which we also don't need. Sell that to the Martial Arts Hall too. For the remaining deficit, sell some weapon equipment. Everyone must have a smart watch before we head to Red Moon Mountain."

"Alright, I'll handle it right away." The Outer Gunman nodded, then ran to the warehouse carrying a metal box full of smart watches.

While the Dawn Squad was busy preparing for the big battle, a large number of new players in the Martial Arts Hall were cultivating the Shocking God Breathing Technique as if their lives depended on it, spitting mouthfuls of blood in the training ground, with insane looks in their eyes. Some players had even become blood-covered, barely breathing with more outflow than inflow, but their faces were full of joy.

"What on earth is going on with this Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall? Breaking through the breathing technique so crazily, have these members gone mad?" On the second floor, Yakro watched this scene, her three emerald green eyes wide open.

After Lin Qi openly announced the start of the battle, Yakro was not optimistic about Lin Qi's choice.

The Great Ape Gang, an old and powerful wild gang ranked in the top twenty, was not something that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could handle. The result of a hard confrontation would be heavy losses, and they might not even have the strength to retaliate.

Yakro even suspected that, after Lin Qi announced this result, many members of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would feel terrified and scared, since the vagabonds in Chasing Light City should know how powerful the Ape Race is in the city.

Yakro had seen in other cities that when a wild gang offended a powerful local clan, the gang leader of that wild gang directly crippled the high-ranking member involved and handed him over to the powerful clan. No member of that wild gang showed any regret or anger, only relief.

Now, with Lin Qi openly wanting to battle the Great Ape Gang, it would definitely cause unrest among all members of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

But what Yakro did not expect was that these members of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were not afraid; instead, they were extremely excited. Even more terrifying was that many members who hadn't even reached the Apprentice Level were desperately breaking through just to keep up with Lin Qi, the Hall Master. Such devotion left Yakro utterly confused about what Lin Qi had done to enchant these members.

Meanwhile, in the Hall Master's lounge, Lin Qi finished counting all the energy ores in the warehouse and used all the energy ores transported by Fang Zhen and others to transform the rest area, increasing the Martial Arts Hall by ten more rest areas.

"Next, we just need to wait another three days to have another hundred newcomers." Lin Qi looked at the system transformation countdown, mind made up to ensure Red Moon Mountain held for at least three days.

These hundred newcomers might not become fighting power but could guard the Martial Arts Hall, enabling the current newcomers and the fifty newcomers arriving in a day to fully support Red Moon Mountain.

By that time, Red Moon Mountain would have 160 individuals, even if it couldn't be defended, they could continuously attack and weaken the Great Ape Gang's current strength, plunging the Great Ape Gang into an endless war of attrition.

With players able to respawn indefinitely, he simply did not believe that the Great Ape Gang could outlast him.

Then Lin Qi headed to Red Moon Mountain overnight with ten B2-level standard weapons stored in the Martial Arts Hall and a B2-level longsword specially customized from Luo Qi.

The announcement of the big battle, to be honest, provided much support for player breakthroughs. In less than half an hour, more than ten players had become apprentices, rapidly increasing the number of new apprentices to twenty-eight, and they traveled towards Red Moon Mountain using two medium-sized transport vehicles.

It took nearly three hours for Lin Qi to reach Red Moon Mountain.

At this moment, although it was already midnight on Red Moon Mountain, the entire mountain was brightly lit, with a large number of players reinforcing defenses in front of the mountain gate, no longer wooden stakes but rather an iron wall made of containers, taking time even for an Extreme Apprentice to break through.

Additionally, two wooden watchtowers were built in front of the gate, with archers standing on top, each carrying an A5-level composite longbow, making the defensive level resemble a military outpost. Clearly, the players on Red Moon Mountain had also received the war-starting message.

"It's a pity that the materials on Red Moon Mountain are limited. If A6-level alloy was freely available, I could have built a steel fortress. Then forget a thousand people, even ten thousand apprentices couldn't break in." Twilight of the Gods regretfully regarded the two layers of barbed wire outside Red Moon Mountain.

"Freely use A6-level alloy? You dare to think so." One Leaf Floating Cloud gave Twilight of the Gods a sideways glance, "Do you know how much that stuff costs? With that much A6-level alloy, you could arm ten thousand people."

"I was just saying." Twilight of the Gods pouted, looking enviously at Fang Zhen and the others walking with Lin Qi, "I really don't know what kind of luck old Zhen had. Just transporting energy, and he got to encounter robbers. This time he really hit the jackpot; these weapons and equipment must be worth millions of points."

"I should have taken that transportation job; now old Zhen and the others have made a killing. I definitely need to rob him of an A6-level weapon this time." One Leaf Floating Cloud also nodded, showing a face of great regret.

Meanwhile, as Twilight of the Gods and One Leaf Floating Cloud chatted, Fang Zhen and others who followed Lin Qi up the mountain were fully armed, holding A6-level weapons. At least A5-level armor clad them, and the dozen people walking together completely made the players on Red Moon Mountain envious.

However, before everyone could envy for a moment, Lin Qi also gathered all the players on Red Moon Mountain.

"Our war with the Great Ape Gang is about to begin. To protect our Red Moon Mountain and to uphold the honor of our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, for this battle, as long as any disciple accepts the mission, the martial arts hall will only take half of the spoils of war."

"Killing apprentices at advanced levels or higher will be rewarded with 5,000 points and 500 contributions, killing a prospective martial artist will earn you 30,000 points and 1,000 contributions, and slaying the gang leader Watu of the Great Ape Gang will bring a reward of 200,000 points and 5,000 contributions!"

As Lin Qi's words fell, the entire crowd was in an uproar. Especially those players who originally envied Fang Zhen no longer did, looking at Lin Qi with fervent eyes.

"Hail to the Hall Master!"

"The Hall Master finally decided to be generous!"

"Half of the spoils of war? Could the Hall Master's system have malfunctioned to be this generous?"

Regarding this war triggered by the hidden plot, everyone thought that getting some points and contributions would be very satisfying. Such thousand-player wars are rare in many virtual games, with most battles involving tens of thousands of players in virtual epics, often suffering severe frame drops, greatly affecting the experience.

However, the Descent of High Martial is different, even with thousands of people together, there's no frame drop, allowing one to experience a war most authentically, which is worth more than gold.

Now that Lin Qi is willing to give up half of the spoils of war, it is something everyone dared not imagine in their wildest dreams.

For a time, everyone rushed to sign up, afraid that the slots would be filled.

"Silence! Silence!" Lin Qi looked at the crowd who had signed up, took a deep breath, and loudly said again, "This war is very unfavorable to us. The Great Ape Gang, as an old wilderness gang, numbers more than two thousand and is equipped with A6-level battle armor. Our chances in a direct confrontation are slim. I plan to organize a surprise attack squad to launch a nighttime raid on the great ape gang's wilderness main camp. Apprentices at advanced levels or higher can sign up with me."

"Let me make it clear, this is likely a mission with no return, offering only blood and honor!"

"Is there really such a good deal?" One Leaf Floating Cloud immediately became excited, "Hall Master, we of the Wind and Cloud Squad are signing up; we don't want points, we just want honor!"

As One Leaf Floating Cloud was the first to register, the advanced apprentices present hurriedly signed up, afraid this surprise attack mission would be like the death battle, truly limiting the number of participants.

Under the count of places, Lin Qi was somewhat surprised that in just two days, there were already many more advanced apprentices. Even someone like Xiaoyuan, who only entered the apprentice level in the last death battle, had now reached the advanced apprentice level, showcasing talent in learning the Shocking God Breathing Technique that was beyond average.

After three minutes of counting, there were no less than nineteen advanced apprentices in the entire Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, of which Luo Wushang had even reached the extreme apprentice level. As for Zhang Qingwei, she was only about ten kilograms of strength away from the extreme apprentice level, with her speed fully meeting the criteria.

"Damn! This is so unfair! Why do these advanced apprentices get to experience it first!"

"Damn it! Why do I never get any of the good stuff?"

"Hall Master, is there any room for discussion? I'm just a step away from being an advanced apprentice. I don't want anything, I'm best at risking my life."

"Damn it! You guys, for half of the spoils, have you no shame? Hall Master, don't choose them, I'll settle for just twenty percent of the spoils."

Many intermediate apprentices present watched the registered advanced apprentices, their eyes turning red with envy.

This surprise attack mission, though said to be suicidal, clearly offers immense benefits. Attacking the enemy's main camp itself is the biggest advantage, especially seeing people like Fang Zhen, who profited greatly just from encountering a group of poor bandits. Raiding the main camp of the Great Ape Gang, even for half the gains, is simply unimaginable.

"Alright! I understand everyone is fearless of life and death in defense of the martial arts hall's honor." Lin Qi continued in an NPC tone, "But this task is special and requires reaching the advanced apprentice level. Now, those who registered, you have five minutes to prepare, after which you'll all board the transport vehicle."

"Yes!"

The nineteen advanced apprentices present showed cheerful expressions and quickly began preparing.

What a benefit!

This is the benefit of being an advanced apprentice!