Chapter 75: The Lord’s Entrance
"Everyone, look!"
"It’s the Lord!"
The Lord appeared, leading a well-equipped unit.
Hang Yu made a rare fully-armed appearance, wielding a warblade over three feet long, and wearing the six-piece Skeleton Wild Bull set; each piece of equipment emitted a faint white glow on the surface, a characteristic that only appeared after being enhanced to a very high level.
Twenty heavily armed soldiers with robotic, cold expressions accompanied him, including NPC soldiers like Zhang San and Li Si, who often interacted with players.
Just a moment ago.
The players still felt despair.
Now, seeing the Lord appear.
A sudden sense of security rose in everyone's hearts.
Before bringing out the troops, Hang Yu had further strengthened the Personal Guards, after all, the players had suffered heavy casualties this round, and the contributed essence reserves were no small amount.
A level 7 player’s death produced 1600 Essence Points.
A level 6 player’s death produced 1250 Essence Points.
A level 5 player’s death produced 900 Essence Points.
……
Ma Yuanyi was a good comrade.
He wiped out eighty members of the Fourth Calamity in one sweep.
In this process alone, he contributed 59,800 Essence Points to Hang Yu!
If one added the casualties from the burning of He Ting and the accidental deaths of players while farming monsters recently, within two or three days, about one hundred thousand Essence Points were collected, plus the previous reserve of twenty thousand, the total Essence Points had surpassed 120,000.
With a great battle imminent.
Wouldn’t it be a waste not to use the Essence Points?
Hang Yu decisively upgraded his soldiers.
Leveling from 1 to 2 required 100 Essence Points; 2 to 3 required 200; 3 to 4 required 400; 4 to 5 required 700; 5 to 6 required 1200; 6 to 7 needed 2000 Essence Points, and from 7 to 10, each level-up required an additional 1000 Essence Points fixedly.
He first consumed 24,000 Essence Points.
Raising eight level-7 Personal Guards to level 8.
These eight elite guards, clad in white equipment strengthened to levels 5-7, each mastered at least two skills, their strength far surpassed that of the current players.
As for the other twelve new soldiers, all of them uniformly reached level 7, with their initial skills maxed out and high-level reinforced equipment; their overall combat power would not lose to top players like Lone Boat and Ye Li Meng.
It could be said.
Just these twenty people.
Were enough to form a powerful force.
As for Hang Yu himself?
Although he had no way to break through to level 11 for now.
In these past two days, he had prepared a set of level-7 Skeleton Wild Bull armor for himself, and the Blood Shadow Blade he wielded was strengthened to level 9, significantly boosting his attack, defense, and attribute bonuses.
Hang Yu did not refrain from enhancing the equipment to even higher levels, but strengthening consumed far too much Material Essence; the higher the quality of the weapon, the higher the material quality needed.
For example.
Gray-quality equipment required Tier-One Normal Material Essence.
White-quality equipment required Tier-One Superior Material Essence.
The latter could be refined from the former, with ten Normal Materials refining into one Superior Material.
Regarding equipment strengthening, the first three enhancements were nearly 100% successful, requiring only one Material each time, but afterward, the success rate dropped dramatically, and the material cost doubled at each step, making the expense extremely high.
At the current stage, players’ white equipment could at most be strengthened to level 7.
Hang Yu now had a full set of level-7 Wild Bull gear and had strengthened his white-quality Blood Shadow Blade to level 9, consuming two thousand Materials, an achievement that normal players would need to spend twenty to thirty thousand Contribution Points to reach—something they couldn’t even dream of right now.
It should be known.
Hang Yu’s attributes were already extremely high.
He also had seven fully maxed-out skills.
With the Lord's talent enhancements and high-end equipment support, his combat strength was enough to contend with commanders of the same level, plus he had a super-elite troop assisting him; even if the worst happened, he could still secure the territory.
"Lord!"
"Greetings, my Lord!"
The players quickly saluted Hang Yu.
Chimera Wraith said, "I’m sorry, my Lord. Ma Yuanyi is too strong. We still can’t defeat him."
Black-Eyed Rui Ge also looked guilty and said, "We suffered a crushing defeat, not only failing to defeat Ma Yuanyi but also unable to weaken his troops before the Day of Ultimate Darkness arrived."
"We have failed the Lord's expectations!"
"We are still too weak!"
"……"
Hang Yu’s gaze swept over everyone.
Each person looked both frustrated and unwilling.
This defeat was a heavy blow, yet it also stirred a burning fire in their hearts.
Hang Yu secretly nodded; as the saying went, knowing shame brought courage, and as long as they could turn the tide next, not only would players' gaming experience not be harmed, it would be a setback-and-rise strengthening opportunity.
What he needed to do now was awaken the players’ fighting spirit.
So they would continue charging forward in the upcoming battles, undaunted by death.
Thus, Hang Yu said, "Your performance this time truly disappointed me, your Lord!"
The players all bowed their heads in shame.
Hang Yu continued, "The Abyss World is treacherous and dangerous; victories and defeats are common. The reason for my disappointment is not a temporary defeat, but that such a minor failure caused you to lose the courage to fight again!"
The players looked at each other.
What did he mean by a minor failure?
This was complete bloody abuse by Ma Yuanyi, wasn’t it!
"I created the Fourth Calamity Army and granted you immortal bodies, hoping that you would not fear suffering and would challenge seemingly invincible enemies!"
"Ma Yuanyi is but a minor character."
"Compared to the other terrifying existences of this world, he is insignificant!"
"If a mere Ma Yuanyi could destroy your will, how will you face those future beings blessed with great fortune in the Abyss, transforming into Evil Gods, becoming the Unnamable? Weaklings are unworthy of being the Fourth Calamity of the Stars!"
Hang Yu scolded the players sternly.
The dozens of members of the Fourth Calamity looked ashamed upon hearing this.
Street Slayer said, "Damn it, the Lord is right! What are we afraid of anyway?"
Salted Fish Thrust said, "We have no retreat now anyway. There’s no choice but to fight to the bitter end!"
Ye Li Meng also grew hot-blooded: "We are the Fourth Calamity of the Stars, we will never bow to the Abyss!"
"I am willing to fight for the territory and the Lord until the very end!"
"No matter how difficult, we must defend the territory!"
"Live and die with the territory!"
"……"
With Hang Yu’s encouragement.
The players’ fighting spirit was reignited.
Hang Yu was very satisfied to see this, because, for players, this was ultimately just a game—though it was highly immersive, it was still just a game; they had nothing to fear.
The reason morale fell so low this time.
Was purely because it was the first time they had encountered a commander-level Abyss unit.
They were cruelly crushed, felt they had no chance of winning, and thus faltered.
How could the Fourth Calamity retreat? If the players retreated, who would contribute Essence Energy? How would the territory develop!
Hang Yu naturally would not agree, thus he stepped forward immediately, using words to reignite the players’ courage to die gloriously, while also preparing to take action himself to help players through the challenge.
Everyone, get yourselves together!
Continue to carry forward the spirit of players suffering and savoring it sweetly!
"The Abyss Army is about to arrive! The territory is about to face a survival trial!"
Hang Yu continued to shout: "This time, I, your Lord, will personally fight. This battle is not just to defend the territory under the Abyss Army’s assault but to take the opportunity to eliminate Ma Yuanyi’s threat once and for all, liberating this nightmare-cursed land!"
The Lord’s appearance.
Restored the Fourth Calamity’s fighting spirit!
The polluted regions and distorted timespaces of this world were endless.
The boundless and splendid worlds still awaited exploration, and the mysterious world behind the Twisted Three Kingdoms had yet to be unveiled—how could they fall in the very first region?
At this point, there was no retreat, only a battle to the death to defend their homeland together!