Jiang Qiao felt that he would not be able to sleep tonight.
The most important part of the construction of the Inner World was the gameplay of the Inner World. Jiang Qiao had already built the model of the Inner World. Now, what Jiang Qiao needed to perfect was the gameplay and rewards of the Inner World.
The rewards of the Inner World would be discussed later. Now, Jiang Qiao's priority was to complete the gameplay of the Inner World.
First of all, there would be monsters on the roadside of the Inner World. These monsters were monsters from the Holy Spirits. However, this was only the most basic gameplay of the Inner World.
Jiang Qiao wanted to expand the gameplay, just like the construction of the stronghold on Brandt Island.
The expanded gameplay of the Inner World was the NPC Challenge Tournament and the Regional Battle.
These two playstyles were combined.
Jiang Qiao would divide the Inner World into various regions and let the guilds fight for control of these regions.
The way to fight for control was to challenge the NPC Challenge Tournament and complete various competitive quests.
Now, Jiang Qiao wanted to perfect the content of the NPC Trial or NPC Duel.
But here was the problem … The Inner World was so big. Did Jiang Qiao have to create all the NPCs that the players challenged?
The answer was no. Jiang Qiao would create some 'Easy Difficulty' NPCs for casual players to challenge.
However, what about the Normal Difficulty, Expert Difficulty, and even the 'What are you playing with?
Can you beat these NPCs? 'difficulty NPCs Jiang Qiao could not create even if he wanted to.
The NPCs in the Inner World challenged Jiang Qiao. He wanted to make it into a type of … technical Instance Dungeon.
The players did not need to have bad equipment, but if they had good skills, they could still beat the NPCs. At the same time, it could also train the players' skills.
Therefore, the NPCs had to be very skillful.
Therefore, Jiang Qiao had to openly recruit the NPCs.
Fortunately, the gods of that world were very efficient. In less than two hours, they had recruited 12 Chosen Ones and 53 excellent believers in various combat fields.
Jiang Qiao also built an arena outside the Instance Dungeon Lord's Dormitory.
Jiang Qiao decided to let himself and the Five Knights examine the combat abilities of these sixty-five NPCs who were recruited as reserve NPCs.
That way, it would be easier to categorize them into easy, normal, difficult, expert, and 'what the f * ck?' difficulty. Err … Just kidding, the last difficulty was hell.
Before they were summoned by their gods, they already knew what they were going to do, so there was no need for Jiang Qiao to explain too much.
Jiang Qiao immediately divided the NPCs into six groups based on their HP. He was in charge of the NPCs with less than 50,000 HP, while the five Knights were in charge of the NPCs with more than 50,000 HP.
Of the 65 NPCs, only 17 had less than 50,000 HP, and their average level was 47.
"If I win, I can challenge those Holy Spirits?"
The first NPC walked into the arena that Jiang Qiao was in. It was a familiar face to Jiang Qiao … It was Prince Segman of the Flowing Water Country.
He was still holding the + 13 staff in his hand. What made Jiang Qiao happy was that after not seeing him for two months, Segman had already reached level 49. He had completely surpassed his mentor.
His God must have given him some sort of gift to level up to 49.
"Of course."
Jiang Qiao had now changed his clothes and looked like a mysterious person wearing a mask. Segman could not recognize Jiang Qiao.
Segman had been wandering around the Trial Tower for two months. Unfortunately … the Holy Spirit Fluffy Rabbit that he cared about had already gone to a higher-level map. The Holy Artifact in the Trial Tower had been handed over to the second echelon of Leaping Nucleus to respawn.
The moment Jiang Qiao announced the start of the duel, the + 13 staff in Segman's hand shone even brighter. Frost condensed around him.
The Fire Spirit, Wind Spirit, Earth Spirit, Water Spirit, Thunder Beast, Light Guardian, and many other summoned creatures gathered around Jiang Qiao.
After the Elemental Summoner's Awakening, the summoned creatures in battle would barely evolve from a two-headed body to a three-headed body. Jiang Qiao could summon twelve summoned creatures at once … Summoner players could forcefully turn the Holy Ghost game into a real-time strategy game.
Segman's Frost Spell had already engulfed Jiang Qiao's summoned creatures. The Fire Spirit's wall of flames could not withstand the cold wind.
The cold wind swept past the area where Jiang Qiao stood. Before Segman could remember to change the spell into a more destructive Blizzard, a cheetah made of thunder suddenly pounced on Segman.
The moment he saw the cheetah, he unsheathed the longsword at his waist. The longsword flashed with a bewitching red light … That's right, it was also a + 13 longsword.
The long sword cut through the Thunder Beast on the bridge in an instant. It was as smooth as a heated knife cutting through cheese.
Segman's performance was outstanding. He successfully withstood the ambush of Jiang Qiao's summoned creatures for a full three minutes. In the end, he was defeated by the Fire Spirit's self-destruct, which reduced his HP to less than 10%.
"Difficult." Jiang Qiao used an extremely small voice to give his evaluation.
Segman was worthy of this level. The Normal difficulty was a difficulty that normal players could beat with a bit of effort. The Difficult difficulty was a difficulty that normal players would need to spend a lot of time researching and practicing their combat skills to beat.
In these three minutes, Segman's combat skills were undoubtedly much better than normal players. Even if there was a six level difference, he had a certain chance of winning against normal players.
"Next," Jiang Qiao said to the other 16 people below the stage after he had fully recovered his HP and mana.
The remaining people were not as shocked as when Jiang Qiao fought Segman. Most of them were rated as Normal by Jiang Qiao, with the highest being Gold Normal. There were even three people who were rated as Easy by Jiang Qiao because their levels were too low.
Those … newbie killers.
Finally, when the second-to-last person stepped onto the stage, Jiang Qiao finally felt a little pressure.
The name of the second-to-last Chosen One was Thorne the Eternal.
There's a prefix?
When Jiang Qiao saw his name, he immediately went into a state of alert. NPCs with a prefix were not simple NPCs. Just like the Chosen Ones, they were … NPCs related to the gods.
This was the first time Jiang Qiao had seen the prefix "Immortal", but his HP was nowhere near that of an Immortal.
He only had 30,000 HP, which was lower than even Segman, whom Jiang Qiao had challenged. At the current stage, a Holy Spirit could easily kill him with an Awakening.
However, he was Level 65, which was the highest level Chosen One that Jiang Qiao had fought so far. At the same time, he exuded an aura that said, "That's right!
I'm the hidden expert. If you underestimate me, I'll teach you a lot of life lessons after I defeat you and then accept you as my disciple! "
He was only wearing a worn-out robe. It was obvious that this robe was worn by someone who had been through hundreds of battles and had seen many things. Furthermore, the weapon in his hand was a tree branch …
Jiang Qiao looked at him for three seconds. After a short moment of silence, he said, "You're … very strong?"
"I guess you … should be very strong?" Jiang Qiao asked with some apprehension.
"Yes."
Immortal Thorne's appearance was very much in line with the Holy Spirit's setting of the Easternmost people. This setting corresponded to the Chinese people in real life. His appearance should be around 60 years old.
Jiang Qiao did not know if Thorne was his name, or if his surname was Thorne, but no matter what … Jiang Qiao still had to continue with his review.
"Before we fight, I have something to ask. If you beat me, I won't go to your dojo to practice sword skills, right?" Jiang Qiao asked nervously.
"This year's God Eater God is really an interesting person."
He stroked his stubble with his hand, then shook his head and said, "I haven't accepted disciples for many years."
"That's good. I don't have any talent related to swordsmanship in my talent list."
Jiang Qiao exercised his wrist. When Jiang Qiao announced the start of the duel … it took less than three seconds for Jiang Qiao to understand.
The role of the Eternal Thorne was f * cking difficult to play, to the point of "beating your mother".
The moment the battle began, Thorne rushed straight at Jiang Qiao. His speed was not fast, at least not like the speed of the Dragon Ball, where he disappeared in the blink of an eye and was punched hundreds of times by the time he came back to his senses.
Jiang Qiao was able to capture his movement speed. Just when Jiang Qiao thought that he could have a good fight with him, Thorne easily broke through the wall of the Forbidden Army formed by Jiang Qiao's summoned beasts.
The attacks of the twelve summoned beasts were all predicted by Thorne, so in the eyes of outsiders, Thorne rushed straight at Jiang Qiao without stopping.
Jiang Qiao instantly withdrew his Earth Spirit, and an Earth Spirit holding a longsword appeared in his left hand. Jiang Qiao wanted to swing it at Thorne, but the branch in Thorne's hand was already swung at Jiang Qiao's heart.
Without feeling any pain, Jiang Qiao's HP dropped at an alarming rate. Each of Thorne's attacks was a fatal blow.
This was the first time Jiang Qiao felt powerless. Obviously, Jiang Qiao's thoughts could keep up with Thorne's attacks, but he was unable to resist the brandishing of the branch in Thorne's hand.
In less than ten seconds of confrontation, Jiang Qiao experienced the difference between a modern otaku and a master swordsman.
"It's a bit embarrassing."
Jiang Qiao sat on the ground of the arena with 20% of his HP remaining. He looked at Thorne and asked, "I guess … you came here to find a stronger opponent?"
"Opponent?
No, it's just that fighting with the followers of the God Eater God is interesting. "
Thorne glanced at the burn marks on his hand. That was an opening that he had deliberately exposed during the fight with Jiang Qiao, allowing Jiang Qiao's Fire Spirit to touch him and deal 130 damage.
"Interesting?"
Jiang Qiao immediately used Detection to search for the Immortal's entry.
The Eternals were once allies of the God Eater God. This race was very rare, and they only had one special characteristic: Health Lock. Even time could not take away their Health Points. Only the God Eater God and the owners of his Divinity could deal with this race that had unlocked their Health Lock.
"It must be very boring to play the game with an invincible hack," Jiang Qiao suddenly said.
Thorne was stunned when he heard Jiang Qiao's words. He didn't reply to Jiang Qiao …
"Did I pass your test?" Thorne asked.
You've passed my test, but the problem is whether other players can pass your test.
"You passed. Go to the back and wait." Jiang Qiao directly put him into the "Beat You Up" difficulty.