Chapter 362: Brand New Challenge, World BOSS Arrival! (5800)

Chapter 362: Brand New Challenge, World BOSS Arrival! (5800)

Cao Xing's territory prosperity reached first place among over 900,000 people.

And prosperity actually indirectly reflected a territory's strength.

Taking a glance at the leaderboard.

[Zone 4 Territory Prosperity Leaderboard]

[First Place: Cao Xing 2116]

[Second Place: Bai Zhi 1132]

[Third Place: Wei Jianyi 724]

[Fourth Place: Wallace Bolt 653]

[Fifth Place: Cheng Lu 614]

[Sixth…]

[Eighth Place: Sebastian Taylor 532]

[Tenth Place: Wuxing Hu 457]

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On the leaderboard, there were still two familiar names.

They were Cao Xing and Wuxing Hu respectively.

Many Survivors opened the leaderboard at the first moment and immediately exclaimed, "Holy shit! Great Lord Cao Xing is first again, awesome!!!"

"Haha, I said that even after the server merger, with Great Lord Cao Xing's strength, he can still suppress all the heroes!"

"Indeed, this has directly widened the gap with the second and third places by more than double, truly ridiculous!"

Some Survivors who originally expected Cao Xing to suffer a setback after the server merger were instantly stunned.

"Damn, this guy hasn't said much all week. I thought he went off to do something, but it turns out he was quietly making a fortune and developing his territory!"

"Of course, this person has always been so low-key."

Generally speaking, those who could make it to the top ten of the leaderboard were ranked at least in the top three in their original zones.

And being able to make it to the top three among nearly 200,000 Survivors definitely meant they had their own unique abilities.

Before the server merger, these powerhouses carried a sense of arrogance, feeling that among other Survivors, it was impossible for anyone to surpass them.

And after this leaderboard was announced, it could be said to have dealt a blow to these people's self-confidence.

Except for Cao Xing and Wuxing Hu, the top ten on the leaderboard were all unfamiliar names, and there was a number behind each of their names.

However, what surprised him was that there were actually two Western names in here.

They seemed to both come from Zone 19.

"Huh? Wasn't this server merger supposed to merge the people from the original Hong Kong over together?"

"Why are there still some foreigners?"

Cao Xing was full of doubt.

Taking a look at the chat channel, he found that there were indeed many Westerners speaking in it.

Joshua: "Hahahaha, I didn't expect our birthplace to be right next to the territory of this group of Eastern Survivors. Things are getting interesting!"

Nix: "It really has gotten interesting. Let these Eastern Survivors feel what true survival is."

Dixon: "I agree. It's time to ramp up the intensity for these Eastern Survivors. There are only 150,000 people left in our zone. I didn't expect these guys to still have so many people left in each zone!"

"It seems their survival has been too comfortable!"

Chen Yu: "You guys upstairs, stop acting cool here. Your zone only has 150,000 people left, yet you act so proud. Doesn't this indirectly show that you are trash?"

Li Jie: "That's right, ramping up intensity for us? What a bunch of bafflingly confident idiots. Don't end up all dead within two days of the server merger."

As soon as both sides met, it looked quite gunpowder-laden.

Nix: "Heh… What do you know? In our Zone 19, everyone is a combatant. During the Ice Dragon challenge, all of us were frantically challenging."

"Although we paid the price with quite a few deaths and injuries, the people who survived saw their strength skyrocket."

"Now in our Zone 19, most have broken through to Tier 3, and weaklings at Tier 2 are rarely seen!"

Hearing this, everyone was also slightly startled.

After all, if it really was as this guy said, it was indeed quite ruthless.

Everyone challenging the Ice Dragon Horn at all costs meant those who survived were the elite among elites.

Of course, the opponent definitely had exaggerated components.

If these 150,000 people could all challenge the Ice Dragon Horn, their strength wouldn't be Tier 3, but everyone would be Tier 4.

And the Eastern Survivors also quickly counterattacked.

Du Jingpeng: "Trash is trash. Don't make excuses for your trashiness. This is a survival game, and the one who lives to the end is the winner."

Zhou Shui: "That's right, everyone challenging the Ice Dragon Horn at all costs? With that pitiful drop rate, your entire zone couldn't even drop over a hundred thousand of them. You really brag without drafting a script!"

"Haha! Brother upstairs, you've discovered the blind spot!"

Being directly exposed, these Western guys couldn't really save face.

Both sides began a fierce argument.

And after Cao Xing glanced at the chat on the chat channel, a look of sudden realization appeared in his eyes.

Just as he thought, there were many more Western names inside.

Including the world channel, many people were saying on it that this server merger also brought many people of other nationalities.

The corners of Cao Xing's mouth curled into a smile.

"Interesting… Is this intended to let us contact and adapt to people from other countries in advance?"

As the system continuously merges servers, it will eventually merge all billions of Survivors in the world into the same zone.

And among this, it involves a total of 197 large and small countries.

Every country has huge cultural differences.

Therefore, this update is equivalent to letting everyone integrate in advance.

Of course, how well they integrate is not something the system can control.

After all, from the current chat channels of the four major zones, it can be seen that both sides are full of gunpowder the moment they meet!

And Cao Xing didn't care how strong these Western Survivors were; they were just some Tier 3 Survivors.

Speaking of base numbers, the Tier 3 Survivors in each zone were not much fewer than them.

Before they could continue arguing.

The update prompt continued to appear.

[Update Content ⑦: Survivor panels have changed. To protect the privacy of each Survivor Lord, without permission, Survivors cannot view the attribute panels of other Survivor Lords, nor the attribute panels of the territory's residents under the Lord.]

(Note: Survivors with certain special reconnaissance skills can forcibly view them.)

[Update Content ⑧: The Dragon Shop has added more exchange items. Now, you can use Ice Dragon Mark to exchange for Advanced Heart of Power, Expert-grade Frost City Wall blueprints, Expert-grade Frost Arrow Tower blueprints, and other items…]

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…

[Please note, the following is the most important update of this time.]

[Update Content ⑨: The second stage of the Dragon Challenge strikes! Zhuoma, the Ice Dragon of the Eternal Frozen Sea, has awakened, and its power is constantly strengthening!]

[Next, an army of Ice Nest Monsters led by 'Zhuo Mas Claw' will appear all over the world. By killing these Ice Nest Monsters and 'Zhuo Mas Claw', you will receive generous point rewards!]

[Attention! In each zone, 10,000 'Zhuo Mas Claw' will appear at 6:00 AM every day!]

[Where every 'Zhuo Mas Claw' is located, it will be accompanied by a large number of Ice Nest Monsters, Ice Nest Elementals, and even boss-level creatures like Ice Nest Evil Beasts and Ice Nest Giant Elephants. At the same time, the HP of all monsters will be massively increased by several times to dozens of times.]

[Once 'Zhuo Mas Claw' is discovered by a Survivor, if they choose to publish it, the discoverer will be rewarded with 100 points and marked on all Survivor zone maps. Only by cooperating with each other can they defeat these 'Zhuo Mas Claw'.]

(Note: This challenge is only aimed at Survivors. The dragon's power will not affect the indigenous people of this world who are non-territory members. Survivors who have already joined indigenous forces will not be able to participate in this challenge.)

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[Update Content ⑩: After all Survivors complete the 'Zhuo Mas Claw' challenge within the zone, 5 powerful 'Zorma Behemoth' will refresh at 17:00 sharp!]

['Zorma Behemoth' is a commander-level creature, and at the same time, its HP will be adjusted by the system to get hundreds of times of HP reinforcement. Only by working together with one heart can you defeat 'Zorma Behemoth'. After the campaign ends, generous point rewards will be given based on contribution value.]

[At the same time, the first place in output will be rewarded with gold point.]

…

Finally, the long system prompt ended!

However, all Survivors on the scene were in a state of shock!

Because this series of update contents carried too much information!

The chat channel instantly erupted in exclamations.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! So this is the new form of challenge. It's actually letting us go outside the territory to find those 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and then deal with these guys?"

"Each zone only has a fixed 10,000 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and 5 Ice Nest Behemoths every day. Divided up, that's 2,000 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and 1 'Ice Nest Behemoth' per zone. This is simply not enough to share, right?"

"+1, I feel like everyone is going to snatch monsters this time!"

"What are you guys upstairs thinking? Snatching monsters? Didn't you see the system said that 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and other monsters' HP have all been enhanced by dozens of times? Whether you can even deal with these monsters is uncertain!"

"That's right, and what we are dealing with is not just 'Zhuo Mas Claw', but also the army of Ice Nest Monsters it leads. The difficulty of the monsters in this challenge is probably going to exceed imagination!"

"What I care more about is what can be exchanged in the point shop?"

…

The Survivors launched a fierce discussion.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue were analyzing the update contents inside the Lords Cabin.

She said softly, "This time, it seems we have no way to use the Ice Nest to farm experience."

Cao Xing nodded, "Indeed, the challenge content has changed from defending the territory to going out to deal with these 'Zhuo Mas Claw'."

"In this way, those Survivors who don't want to take risks are in luck. They can continue to shrink in their territories and develop silently."

"However, increasing the monsters' HP by several times to dozens of times is still quite terrifying."

"This shows that an Ice Nest Monster originally only had 10,000 HP. With this update, the minimum is 70,000 to 80,000 HP. Even some powerful legions have no way to quickly knock off so much HP."

And Cao Xing seemed to understand something.

"It looks like the system wants the Survivors to develop in the direction of teamwork, right?"

"Is this Zhuoma meant to let everyone cooperate first and get familiar with large-scale team combat modes?"

Of course, this was just a guess by Cao Xing.

After all, some people don't need cooperation to deal with 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and the legions it leads.

At least Cao Xing had full confidence.

Even if those monsters' HP increased by several times, he could still bulldoze right through!

His current territory combat power was already enough to bulldoze a 10,000-strong Tier 5 knighthood.

System challenges are very user-friendly; no matter what, it's impossible to adjust the strength of these monsters to Tier 5.

In this way, those Survivors have no way to participate at all.

And besides Cao Xing, there were also some people who similarly didn't need teamwork.

Such as those existences in the top ten of the prosperity leaderboard.

Although the troops they hoarded weren't as many as Cao Xing's, they had definitely reached a terrifying number.

Perhaps without coordinating with others, relying on their own strength, they could wipe out an army of Ice Nest Monsters led by a Zhuo Mas Claw.

However, as for the final Zorma Behemoth, it was somewhat intriguing.

It turned out to be a commander-grade creature, and judging by what the system said, this Ice Nest behemoth's health points would be boosted to a terrifying degree!

It was equivalent to a world BOSS, which wasn't something one or two territories could handle.

Wherever the Zorma Behemoth appeared, it would surely be packed with people!

Liu Muxue said softly, "A-Xing, only one Zorma Behemoth appears in a region per day, and only by dealing with this Zorma Behemoth will you be rewarded with gold points."

"There will definitely be many people fighting over this kind of monster."

Cao nodded, "That's right, but we have the Dragon Blood Warrior legion, and this legion has a high damage bonus when dealing with dragons and their minions."

"When it comes to competing for damage, we are certainly not bad at it."

Of course, doing so would expose a part of his territory's strength.

Yet Cao Xing didn't really care.

After all, in his territory, there wasn't just one powerful unit like the Dragon Blood Warrior.

Exposing it would only reveal a small portion anyway.

After analyzing this challenge's content, Cao Xing roughly had a good idea of what to expect.

At the same time, he also noticed some detailed system prompts.

'Indigenous people cannot participate in this challenge, and those Survivors who have joined indigenous factions (unless it is a faction built by themselves) are all unable to participate in this challenge.'

Obviously, this update was meant to restrict the Seed of Light and some opportunistic Survivors who joined indigenous factions.

After all, the power behind them was too terrifying.

Once they mobilized the forces behind them to snatch these 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and 'Zorma Behemoth', there would be nothing left for those ordinary Survivors.

However, the update's content didn't stop there.

There was also a Survivor privacy protection system.

Obviously, this was also a quite user-friendly feature.

There were quite a few Survivor lords in this world who, like him, had secrets.

Or rather, developing up to now, most Survivors had their own opportunities.

To avoid being discovered and coveted by others, the system launched this feature.

In this way, other people wouldn't be able to casually check someone else's panel.

Besides this, another relatively important update.

That was the [Dragon Shop] had new items!

Cao Xing glanced at it.

[Dragon Shop Exchange List]

[Advanced Heart of Power]: Requires 50,000 Ice Dragon Marks to exchange (unlimited quantity)

[Expert-grade Frost Arrow Tower Blueprint]: Requires 300,000 Ice Dragon Marks to exchange

[Expert-grade Frost City Wall Blueprint]: Requires 400,000 Ice Dragon Marks to exchange

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There weren't many items, only three kinds.

After all, this update's main focus wasn't the Dragon Shop, but the Points Shop, which was also normal.

Cao Xing exclaimed, "Tsk tsk, it actually takes 50,000 Ice Dragon Marks to exchange for an Advanced Heart of Power. This cost is much higher than breaking through at the Deity Altar!"

Although the price was quite expensive, Cao Xing really needed to buy quite a few [Advanced Heart of Power].

The last wave of enhancements didn't allow everyone to break through to Tier 4. There were still quite a few territory residents whose strength remained at Tier 3 at this time.

"I still have over a million Ice Dragon Marks in my backpack, which is enough to exchange for dozens of them, but it's still not enough."

"It seems I'll have to go to the market to trade for some Ice Dragon Marks in a moment."

…

Just when everyone thought the update content had ended here.

A new system prompt appeared.

[All Survivors please note! The second stage of the Ice Dragon Challenge lasts for 10 days. After 10 days, the points leaderboard list will be locked. The top 10,000 lords (including affiliated lords) will obtain a special quota.]

[Survivors who obtain this quota will all be teleported into a special scenario—Oracle War: Crystal Bloom.]

[Within this special scenario, you will bring all heroes and warriors within your territory and be teleported into a special plane.]

[Within this plane, you can choose different factions, kill more enemies, obtain generous point rewards, as well as gold point rewards, and exchange them for rewards.]

[Within this scenario, if a unit dies, you can spend corresponding points to resurrect them. If a Survivor lord dies, the first time is a free resurrection, and the second time will result in being eliminated.]

[Oracle War: Crystal Bloom lasts for one month. Selected Survivor lords can choose to refuse entry. If you agree, your territory will be enveloped by a protective shield. Before you return, no creature will be able to attack your territory.]

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This update contained even more system prompts!

The chat channel instantly exploded.

Qin Shiliang: "Holy shit!! Special scenario, Oracle War, awesome!"

Cui Si: "It looks very high-end, and you can even choose factions. It should be very interesting."

You Zhiwen: "Indeed, but there are only 10,000 quotas per region. I fucking need to work hard!"

Sebastian Taylor: "Hmph! As for the quotas of the four major regions this time, our Starving Vortex legion must take at least five hundred!"

Voris Bolt: "Taylor, our Gluttonous Journey legion also wants a few hundred quotas."

Sebastian Taylor: "Bolt, why don't we directly unite all legions in District 19 and snatch the quotas of the four major regions this time, making the top 100 on the leaderboard all our names!"

"My thoughts exactly!"

These two legion commanders from District 19 were discussing monopolizing the leaderboard on their own.

The Survivors were instantly displeased.

Guan Liu: "You guys sure talk big. Before it even starts, you're already bragging about dominating the top 100. Did you ask Goddess Bai Zhi from our District 16?"

Fan Youjun: "Exactly, the little sword saint from our District 18, Great Lord Wei Jianyi hasn't spoken yet!"

Wang Xin: "These guys are always like this. A dog can't change its habit of eating shit. No matter where they go, they think they are number one in the world and naturally superior to us Chinese players."

Zheng Xuetao: "They'll quiet down when they can't even make it into the top 100."

Western Survivors from District 19 immediately counterattacked.

Jackson: "A bunch of cowardly fellows! When we challenged the Ice Dragon Horn, you guys didn't even know which corner you were cowering in shivering!"

Caden: "That's right! We are strong ones forged through blood and slaughter! In our eyes, you are just a bunch of little lambs!"

Survivors from other districts, however, looked down on them with disdain.

"You talk a big game, yet you feel so glorious when almost all your people are dead."

"That's right. Just look at what rank your district's proud legion commander is on the Prosperity Leaderboard. They can't even make it into the top three, and you still have the nerve to speak?"

"Hahaha, swelling one's face to look imposing is just like that!"

Hearing these Chinese Survivors bring up the Prosperity Leaderboard, this group of Western Survivors was equally unconvinced.

"So what? Prosperity cannot completely represent territory strength. Our Starving Vortex legion and Gluttonous Journey legion barely develop our territories; we use all our resources to enhance our own strength!"

"That's right! We made it onto the leaderboard purely based on combat power!"

"You Eastern guys are too weak!"

The two sides once again engaged in a fierce argument, which could be said to be full of gunpowder smoke.

…

Meanwhile, Cao Xing wasn't paying attention to the argument between both sides in the chat channel.

Instead, he continued analyzing with Liu Muxue.

"Territories in the top 10,000 of each region? Calculated based on 1 to 4 Survivors per territory, that means at least over 20,000 people in each region will be selected."

"There are still over 4,000 regions left. Adding them all up across the whole server, nearly hundreds of millions of Survivors will be selected!"

"Coupled with the fact that these are still the top 10,000 strongest territories in each region, there will definitely be many soldiers and combat personnel within these territories!"

"In other words, this time at least tens of billions of people will be teleported into that special scenario!"

Arriving at this conclusion, Cao Xing was slightly startled in his heart.

"This scale is truly massive!"

After all, tens of billions of people were teleported into the same scenario, and then they could choose different factions, and there seemed to be many monsters inside.

Moreover, the most crucial thing was that one didn't need to worry about dying inside.

If subordinates' warriors died, they could spend points to resurrect them.

It was equivalent to being able to let loose and slaughter without restraint!

Just this point alone made people extremely look forward to it!

Besides this, the lord themselves also had a free resurrection chance.

However, if killed a second time, they would be eliminated.

What made Cao Xing somewhat confused was how his numerous resurrection items on hand would be judged?

Would it consume the resurrection chance first, or consume these items first?

Shaking his head, those were things to consider later.

Their goal right now was still to try their best to secure a ranking on the points leaderboard!

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