Chapter 972 - 555: A Boxer’s Dazzling Assault on the Flame Demon [Subscription Request][5K]

Early on, after the Newbie Stage ended.

Attacking unequipped monsters no longer drops recruitment vouchers or equipment and other items.

However, experience points can still be obtained normally!

Moreover, the "Manic Water Element" not only provides experience points but also drops items.

Inside them lies the "Magic Crystal".

This crystal’s effect is similar to a "Magic Recovery Potion" or "Magic Spring Water".

It can be used to quickly recover mana.

Back when Zong Shen and Jiang Yi were exploring Lake Heart Island, they eliminated quite a few water elements.

They obtained many "Magic Crystals".

These are actually the added value brought here by the Arcane Crystal Fragments.

If Zong Shen were to take it away, those "Manic Water Elements" would disappear.

They would lose the core energy that brings them forth.

Anyway, this place isn’t far from the territory.

If truly necessary, he can come at any time and take the fragments.

Apart from the reasons above, the most important point is that Zong Shen currently has many trump cards.

He doesn’t have an urgent need for this powerful energy-filled Arcane Crystal Fragment.

Thus, he chooses to let it remain in the lake.

While contemplating, he waits for the "Water Storage" to complete.

Seven to eight minutes of waiting seem incredibly long right now.

Fortunately, Zong Shen’s patience is quite good, waiting steadily.

As "Water Storage" nears completion, the waves rippling on the lake surface gradually calm down.

A full fifty tons of lake water are absorbed.

Zong Shen withdraws his hand clutching the "Condensed Water Treasure Pearl (Purple)".

Having solved the "Water Storage" issue, it’s now time to return.

This round trip combined with the "Water Storage" time consumes about twenty minutes.

It’s uncertain how much life the Flame Demon Boss has left.

When he left, the Flame Demon Boss had 83% of its life remaining.

Without the Frost Gemstone interference, nor Zong Shen’s strong intervention.

Just relying on the lords’ staggered attacks.

The Flame Demon Boss’s blood volume reduction speed remains stable.

No lord can maintain high-intensity attacks for too long.

However, the number of lords continues to accumulate.

As time progresses, more and more lords will arrive on the scene.

Thus, the Flame Demon Boss’s blood volume reduction speed will exhibit a slight upward trend overall.

However, this trend changes slowly within its duration.

Within these twenty minutes, there likely won’t be too outrageous fluctuations.

Riding the Flying Tiger, Zong Shen pats its fluffy head.

Guiding it to return to the Flame Demon Boss’s respawn location.

Despite looking like a fierce Brother Tai, the Flying Tiger is more docile than Eagle.

At least in front of Zong Shen, it is such.

Because of the way it was tamed, its loyalty to Zong Shen is much higher.

Unlike Eagle, which is so defiant and rebellious.

Flying Tiger roars thunderously, flaps its wings, and takes off into the sky.

Similarly, it only takes four or five minutes to return above the battle scene.

In the past twenty-odd minutes, the Flame Demon Boss’s life dropped by 2% or so.

Converted, about an hour now can lower the Boss’s life value limit by less than 8%.

If the Flame Demon Boss does not retaliate, based on this trend, it should take another ten hours or so to vanquish it.

However, as the Flame Demon Boss’s blood volume decreases, it will gradually enter a counterattack state.

Moreover, its attack intent will become increasingly intense.

This means the difficulty of everyone’s subsequent attacks will escalate.

In reality, if Zong Shen doesn’t intervene forcibly.

Relying solely on the lords in the area to completely destroy the Flame Demon.

It would take at least seventeen or eighteen hours, or even more.

The 24-hour duration defined by the Lord System is quite tight.

This standard is the result of the Lord System’s weighing.

Zong Shen can discern its intentions.

As the system managing the macro development progress of all lords.

It doesn’t intend for every area to successfully destroy the Flame Demon Boss.

Surely, some areas won’t resolve the Boss successfully within twenty-four hours.

The challenge event itself is challenge + experience + gain = growth.

It’s a composite activity.

The real purpose is to swiftly train the lords.

It is also a round of survival of the fittest.

This competition is relatively gentle.

Failure does not mean elimination.

If you don’t perform well in the challenge event, corresponding benefits will also be fewer.

This way, passive lords will diverge from aggressive lords.

This is undoubtedly a rapid training strategy.

Any area that can eliminate the Flame Demon Boss within the duration.

Would be considered areas with strong comprehensive strength across the domain.

As the price of failing to eliminate the Flame Demon Boss, the regular temperature within the area will rise by 10°C.

Life during the challenge period will become more difficult.

Every area’s initial descending population is ten thousand.

Inevitably, some will have high development progress and strong lords.

The so-called "one in ten thousand challenge" is just like this.

These powerful lords often have a considerable number of warriors.

They themselves possess some strong offensive means.

Why they lead in development is entirely because they’re smarter, braver, or luckier than other lords.

All in all, these lords surely have some shining points.