Sacred Souls: Genesis - Chapter 400

Chapter 400: Chapter 386 High Cost Hero (Second Update) Chapter 400: Chapter 386 High Cost Hero (Second Update) “What does this have to do with completely destroying Black Tide Island?” Mo Shigui was more concerned with how to completely end Black Tide Island.

“You can’t kill Chaos, holy beings, you can only purify it,” said the Breeder’s mother in a gentle voice, and as she spoke, she reached out to help Medes, who had fallen to his knees. “The chaos you call Black Tide Island, because it has devoured too many destroyed civilizations, has accumulated too many evil thoughts. Only after uniting with the abyss do its offspring become so violent.”

“Can we skip this part? Just tell us where to go, what instance to tackle? What boss to kill?” Black Pot Stewed Meat said impatiently at the side.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than he was kicked to the ground by Lu Wei, who was behind him.

“Why play the game if you don’t care about the storyline, uncle? Shut up and listen,” Lu Wei said after kicking him, feeling it wasn’t enough and kicking him again in the stomach.

“Kids shouldn’t watch this.”

From inside the crowd, Qi Junzi noticed Juan Canyun looking at the scene with frightened eyes and thoughtfully covered his eyes for him.

“If you like that sort of thing, I can help you with it too.”

On the other side, the Lady of Calamity whispered in Juan Canyun’s ear, causing him to shiver and choose to hide beside his guild leader.

This minor episode ended quickly. The mother made a welcoming gesture and led the Beheading Squad reserve team towards the deeper parts of the Breeder’s main city.

The group arrived at an area covered with pale blue runes, in the center of which stood a mechanism like a teleportation circle, emitting a dim glow.

“This is what we used to use… to invade the core area of Black Tide Island; it can help you reach the core area of Black Tide Island,” the matriarch pointed out the teleportation circle and said.

“Is this the entrance to the instance? We’ve already found the entrance, why not just call all the players on the server to clear out all the monsters inside the instance?”

Lu Wei made a punching gesture. She was supposed to have flown back to Eagle Country to prepare for the battle yesterday; apart from her and two other team members, the Titan team had already flown back.

But Lu Wei chose to stay because, no matter what game she played, she always followed one goal–to leave her name in the game!

This standard could be being the creator of a speedrun record, or a member of a team making the first global kill in an instance, and best of all, a world championship winner.

The first global kill in an instance was what she was most obsessed with.

So, playing Spirit, she had to score a first kill in an instance! For that instance first kill, she had been online since logging into Spirit and had only logged out for less than ten hours.

Both the main map of Spirit and various first kills on Biland Island had already been snatched up by the eight major guilds; Lu Wei would not miss out on the instance first kill on Black Tide Island.

“Every instance on Black Tide Island is unique; once this one is completed, there won’t be another, so there’s no point in you aiming for the first kill,” said Mo Shigui, who obviously knew that the foreign Titans guild was a bunch of… first kill instance maniacs, and Lu Wei was the craziest among them.

“Every instance is unique? What are the Spirit game designers thinking? Don’t instance resources cost money? Or are the instances on Black Tide Island randomly generated?” Lu Wei was a bit distressed hearing Mo Shigui’s response because nobody had told her this before.

“Randomly generated, but very well-made.”

“Damn!”

“The global first kill of the Island Master of Black Tide Island, would that title satisfy you, Miss Lu Wei?”

Jiang Qiao, as the scheming designer, reluctantly spoke up from the side, noting that the relics on Black Tide Island did not spawn monsters–there wasn’t much Jiang Qiao could do about that.

“That’s fine, but is there official certification?” Lu Wei had always had official certification when she got first kills in instances while playing Dispute.

Jiang Qiao didn’t answer… When the matriarch activated the teleportation gate, an instance interface popped up in front of everyone.

[Black Tide Island Conscious Core Area
Difficulty: No One Survives
Level Requirement: Level 55
Instance Description: The most central area of the consciousness of Black Tide Island, solidifying all the emotions and streams of consciousness of the creatures on Black Tide Island, Spirit… you can’t even be sure what you will encounter in it.

Instance Output: ?

Teleportation Circle Energy: 100/100
First Kill Team: None
Speedrun Record: None
Current activations available: 1 (Players unlock endless mode after clearing, failure to clear requires recharging for 180 hours before reactivation).

“Why are there official records? Isn’t this just like the instances in the Spirit’s real world? This is an instance that can be cleared repeatedly… right?” someone in the team asked.

“Not the same, the real world’s instance has a player count requirement, but this one uses teleportation energy?”

Mo Shigui immediately identified the differences between this instance and the ones in the Spirit’s real world. Firstly, this instance was unique; it only opened the mode for repeated clearing after players had cleared it. Secondly, it did not have any player count requirements but instead restricted the number of players entering the instance through the energy of the teleportation gate.

“What is teleportation gate energy?” Mo Shigui directly asked the matron standing beside.

“This teleportation matrix transports you into the spirit world of Black Tide Island. It’s the core of consciousness. There, you need to purge the negative emotions and malice accumulated by the Island Master of Black Tide Island. The more powerful the spirit, the more energy it requires,” the matron explained.

“How do we confirm the cost for each spirit?” Mo Shigui directly pointed to the options in front of the matron.

“Please place your hand on this crystal.”

The matron brought out a crystal emanating pure white radiance, and Mo Shigui immediately touched the tip of his finger to the crystal.

A number ‘5’ appeared on the explanation above.

“You need to spend five points of teleportation energy to enter the consciousness core of Black Tide Island, Spirit,” the matron said.

“Let me try!” Lu Wei squeezed from behind the matron and placed her hand on the core, and the number displayed was ‘7’.

The other members of the Beheading Squad reserves directly chose to touch the crystal in the matron’s hand one by one.

Mo Shigui watched as the thirty-five reserve members selected by Silver touched the crystal in sequence.

The final conclusion was that most professional player-level gamers needed to spend six points of teleportation energy, and peak players like Caramel, Juan Canyun, and Feng Yi even required seven points.

Mo Shigui, Fluffy Rabbit, and Mac Coffee, these second-tier expert players, required five points of energy.

“Who hasn’t tested yet? Post your points in the chat group after you’re done,” Mo Shigui said as… a figure who should not have been there approached the crystal.

That was Zhao Mingwei.

“Mingwei, you… escaped the hospital again?” The moment Mo Shigui saw Zhao Mingwei, he genuinely wanted to restrain him in a straitjacket to the hospital bed.

“The doctor said my hand has recovered, it’s okay, and seeing the chat say we’re tackling such a difficult instance, I couldn’t sit still,” Zhao Mingwei said while flexing his left hand to demonstrate that he could move it freely now.

Mo Shigui didn’t say a word but walked up and grasped Zhao Mingwei’s left hand… In the instant when Mo Shigui’s gaze met Zhao Mingwei’s, Mo Shigui suddenly gripped the arm of Zhao Mingwei’s left hand tightly.

Zhao Mingwei’s brows furrowed slightly, but his facial expression remained normal.

Seeing this scene, Fluffy Rabbit’s eyes suddenly sparkled with little stars.

“Go test it,” Mo Shigui sighed lightly and let go of Zhao Mingwei’s left hand, allowing his left arm to touch the crystal in the matron’s hand.

A number ‘9’ appeared on the crystal.

“Nine cost? Why is he a nine-cost hero? Does he have some powerful effect? My job can possibly blow up the entire instance, you know?” Lu Wei, seeing that Zhao Mingwei cost more than her, let out an annoyed rant fueled by a bit of competitive spirit.

“Because he has beaten you in world competitions,” Qi Junzi said coldly.

“Fight another round in the arena then! See who beats who!” Lu Wei retorted discontentedly.

“Team cooperation is a concern,” Jiang Qiao said, observing the exchange between Lu Wei and Qi Junzi. This player from Titan Team had also switched jobs to become a demolition expert.

This job completely abandoned the portability of the Bombardier, focusing all skill points on creating bigger and more spectacular explosions, especially since Lu Wei’s life profession was a goblin engineer.

Jiang Qiao was genuinely worried about this girl’s talent for making bombs.

She had developed several game-unbalancing bombs using her life profession in less than five days of playing Spirit.

But since the main task of this instance was destruction, Lu Wei was an indispensable seven-cost hero.

So, the question arises, how to strategically arrange the lineup to utilize all 100 points of energy cost?