"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for killing 216,498 foreign players above the Sealed Emperor realm, destroying 17,641 player cities, gaining 16,376.8 billion experience points (double), 215.2 billion gold coins, 95,624 spirit stones, and reducing the cooldown of the 'Golden Touch' skill by 4,532 hours."
"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for killing a total of 527,456 Hong Beasts of various levels, gaining 95,421.8 billion experience points (double), 872,965 spirit stones, 56,432 drops of Hong Beast essence blood, 74,352 Myriad Elephant Stones, fragments of the Great Yan Zen Blade..., reducing the cooldown of the 'Golden Touch' skill by 3,689 hours, with a remaining 'Golden Touch' cooldown of 214,133 hours."
"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for leveling up to level 51, rewarding 30,720 billion free attribute points!"
...
In the evening, as he watched the territory and personal leaderboards about to be updated, Ye Yun, despite his personal and territory scores being far ahead, couldn't help but use a skill to incinerate one-third of the New Mortal Continent.
"It's true that you need to refresh to kill more," Ye Yun shook his head, expressing dissatisfaction with the harvest. However, he also knew that after more than ten days of competition among players from various races, the number of Hong Beasts and players had decreased by more than tenfold compared to the first day.
After once again acquiring nearly a million spirit stones, Ye Yun stood on the ground beneath Cloud Sky City, awaiting the next cycle of the New Mortal Continent! Behind Ye Yun stood six hundred warriors from various races who had surrendered to him, now regarding him with awe akin to a god!
"System prompt: A new round of the New Mortal Continent is about to begin. All creatures will be refreshed and revived in five minutes. Players lost in the Sea of Bitterness will also be randomly redeployed to various corners of the New Mortal Continent. The statistics for the sixty-sixth personal and territory rankings of the New Mortal Continent are being compiled..."
Suddenly, a voice echoed across the entire continent, clearly audible even to the nearly two million players lost in the Sea of Bitterness.
"New Mortal Continent Announcement: Congratulations to the Dark Wing race player 'Tian An' for achieving third place this round, earning 37,843 points and rewards..."
"New Mortal Continent Announcement: Congratulations to the Wood Sprite race player 'Yi Ye Gu Zhou' for achieving second place, earning 49,529 points and rewards..."
"New Mortal Continent Announcement: Congratulations to the Human race player 'Jie Ming' for achieving first place this round, earning 7,724,958 points, and rewards including one legendary equipment of your choice, one hundred thousand spirit stones, 88 Godhead Fragments, 1 Combat Power Manifestation Card, 1 Skill Manifestation Card, 1 Physical Manifestation Card, and 1 Dragon Pill!"
Upon the announcement, the entire continent fell silent. Then, a wave of opposition erupted.
"What a joke! This guy definitely cheated! Over seven million points? Are you sure the system didn't make a mistake?"
"I remember this guy got over two million points last round too. I just want to know how he did it."
"Over seven million seven hundred thousand points in fifteen days is equivalent to killing seven million seven hundred thousand level one Hong Beasts! Even if they were delivered to our doorstep, we couldn't kill them all in fifteen days."
In a swampy area, a group of over a dozen people cautiously moved forward, their discussion filled with shock upon hearing the system announcement.
Meanwhile, in the lord's mansion of an underground city spanning over a hundred square kilometers, a bare-chested man sat at the head of the table. Unconcerned about his subordinates present, he immediately erupted in a tirade.
"Damn it all! This guy did the same thing last time! This time, I lowered the collection standards and mobilized the entire city's players, and everyone worked themselves to death to get over 3 million points. Tell me, how are we supposed to play now?"
"Lord, I think we can destroy his territory while he hasn't developed yet. This way, we can maintain our leading position. Haven't we always done it like this before?" a creature covered in fish scales tapped the table with three fingers.
"Yu Ge, are you out of your mind! Attack his territory? His personal score is higher than our entire city's score. Do you think you can take his territory?"
"Then what do you suggest? Continue being second best? With our city's scale, we're destined to lose population. Without a massive foundation of spirit stones, how can we sustain ourselves?"
Soon, the entire mansion was filled with the sounds of their bickering.
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"How exactly did that guy do it?" a tiger-headed man sat blankly on a stone, his gaze somewhat unfocused.
"Lu Jie, stop worrying about how he did it! Focus on being able to independently kill a level one Hong Beast first!" a massive stone was hurled at the person who had just spoken.
"Alright, Le Mi Deng. Lu Jie has been trying his best recently. A new cycle is about to begin. Given that person's personality, he'll definitely use his forbidden arts immediately. So, an hour after the new round updates, we'll head to the predetermined coordinates and try to reach Cloud Sky City within ten days to join it!"
A dry branch blocked Le Mi Deng's stone fist again as a young Wood Sprite youth appeared before them. These were Mu Tuo and others whom Ye Yun had met.
Although they had been killed by Ye Yun once, thinking of the opportunity to latch onto a powerful figure, Mu Tuo and the others couldn't help but feel excited.
...
The New Mortal Continent's announcements continued, with everyone's attention focused on Ye Yun's territory, Cloud Sky City.
"New Mortal Continent Announcement: Congratulations to the Human race player 'Jie Ming's' territory 'Cloud Sky City' for achieving first place, earning 7,854,358 points, and rewards including ten territory guards with ten billion points in various attributes, 5,000 spirit stones per resident player, 1,000,000 spirit stones for the lord, and 1 Sky Martial Celestial Stone."
"System prompt: The 67th ranking of the New Mortal Continent has officially concluded. The 68th round has officially begun. All creatures in the New Mortal Continent will be refreshed in five minutes, and players in the Sea of Bitterness will also be returned to their respective race maps."
Ye Yun simply found a relatively flat giant rock and sat down, simultaneously checking the guard panel of Cloud Sky City.
Cloud Sky City only had ten guards. It wasn't that he couldn't recruit more, but Ye Yun pursued an elite path. As long as the territory maintained first place each time, all ten guards would receive attribute points. However, if the number increased, there would be more randomness.
Guard: Cloud Sky Italian Cannon
Health: 100e
Attack (Physical): 624e
Defense: 20e
Attack Speed: 1.08s
Attack Range (Vision): 57km
Skills:
1. Scatter - Deals 80% attack damage to 20 enemies within a 120-degree field of vision in front. Cooldown - 5s
2. Rapid Fire (Passive): +20% normal shooting speed.
Remarks: The four-dimensional attributes of guards can be strengthened by players using their own free attribute points, with a reinforcement ratio of 1:1.
Among all the guards, the Italian Cannon had the highest attributes. Compared to the current average level of the New Mortal Continent, it was quite good, but it still fell short of Ye Yun's expectations.
Ye Yun's own strength had reached the pinnacle of the New Mortal Continent. It could be said that as long as Ye Yun consistently secured first place three or more times, and with Ye Yun's vast financial operations, Cloud Sky City could operate independently. However, currently, Cloud Sky City was managed by the races under its command, but it lacked a powerful guardian. Yue Di and others, once they reached a certain stage of growth, would definitely leave here and enter higher-level maps.
It would take at least another year for Ye Yun's friends like Zhou Ningdong from Blue Star to reach this level, even with Ye Yun's help! In one year, how much wealth could be accumulated here?
Thinking this, Ye Yun suddenly understood. At this moment, Ye Yun noticed red dots appearing around his map; the monsters in the New Mortal Continent had been reset again!