After the Battle of Blacktide Island mission came to an end, the players began to explore the island freely.
Be it the Pantheon Alliance camp, the Planar Pirates camp, or the Breeders camp, they all took a break and began to look for side quests in their respective main cities.
The members of Viking Core, however, did not look for side quests. This time, all of them were holding their breaths. Both Mo Shigui and Mr. Yin felt that the atmosphere in the guild was a little strange.
Viking Core had been established for so many years. The club was still fine, but in Mr. Yin's impression, it was easy for a guild to be wiped out twenty to thirty times in a dungeon.
Most of the elite clearers were veteran players from Strife. They were not angry because they were wiped out by the boss. The reason they were angry was because … after playing for so long, this was the first time they were fooled by the boss!
That's right … they were fooled by the boss. No matter how good Strife and the Holy Spirit Boss was, it would only have a few different attack patterns.
But what about the Spell Stealers on Blacktide Island?
Not only did they have a lot of attack patterns, but they would also run after killing someone and summon a Lord-tier dragon to save them when they were surrounded by other players!
This shameless and cheat-like way of fighting was the biggest reason why the members of Viking Core were holding their breaths.
"Err … I'm guessing you're going to shout at the Spell Stealers to stand up and face me?"
Jiang Qiao also participated in the discussion at the Viking Core base. The reason was that Zhao Mingwei had been dragged in by Mo Shigui to participate in the discussion on kidnapping the Spell Stealers.
"But the Spell Stealers are hiding in Blacktide Island. How are we going to find them?" Fluffy Rabbit asked deliberately and glanced at Mo Shigui who was standing at the front of the table.
"We'll rely on the pirates' intelligence system."
As usual, Mo Shigui introduced the discovery of the new patch. "On the Pirates' City's bulletin board, the Holy Spirits can accept pirate raiding missions to earn Reputation and Contribution Points. These can be used to purchase information on the Spell Stealers and some special monsters on the Blacktide Island map."
This was also one of the conditions that Jiang Qiao had proposed. At the same time, it was also one of the benefits of joining the three major factions, which was that the three major factions would disclose their intelligence systems to the Holy Spirits.
The pirates had a special power of marking. They could sense the location of the Spell Stealers that they had harmed. The range of detection varied according to the strength of the pirates.
The pirates could use tokens, equipment, and other rewards to hire players to follow them to plunder the ruins of the Spellstealer all over Blacktide Island. At the same time, players could also hire them with contribution points, turning the pirates into hounds to track down the Spellstealer that the players wanted to hunt.
This was a mutually beneficial employment system. The Pantheon Alliance also had such a system, just in a different form.
"After capturing them, I'll use this net to drag them to … the Inner World?" Little Feather fiddled with the Web of Plunder that was the reward of the battlefield mission.
The net had durability, but it was so low that it was only fifty. Even the cloth armor he was wearing had a durability of two hundred and fifty.
Little Feather was sure that the Web of Plunder was a single-use item. It would be useless after one use and would need to be exchanged again.
"Here's the plan. In the Inner World, they won't be able to rely on the Lord-tier dragons to help them escape."
Mo Shigui had already discussed this with Mr. Yin. Mo Shigui also thought that Mr. Yin's plan was feasible.
"Then shall we go to the New World Plaza and set up a trap?" Little Feather was so excited that he could not sleep.
As he spoke, he had already thought of countless traps to trap the Spellstealers!
"We're not going to the New World Plaza to set up a trap." Mr. Yin shook his head and rejected his previous suggestion.
"Where … where are we going?" Little Feather asked anxiously.
"The Uptown Sports Center." Mr. Yin mentioned a map that was recently updated in the Inner World.
Recently, when Jiang Qiao was updating the Inner World, he no longer chose a single street or block as the region. Instead, he tried to include as many landmark buildings or lively areas as possible in the Inner World.
Two days before Kuroshio Island went online, Jiang Qiao updated three regions. They were the Eagle's Nest in North City, the Uptown Sports Center, and the Zhongyun Sports Center in Shencheng.
This was a themed update. If players wanted to visit the three famous sports buildings in the Inner World, they only needed to spend less than an hour on their mounts to see them all.
"You … what are you planning?" Mo Shigui raised an eyebrow when he heard Mr. Yin mention the place. He had a bad feeling about it.
"The finals of the Dispute seems to be … I remember it being played here." Black Pot Boiled Meat also had a bad feeling about it.
"It shouldn't be called the finals of the Dispute. It should be called the World Electronic Holographic Projection Conference. The finals of the Dispute are the most important program," Mr. Yin said.
Holographic projection technology developed rapidly after its release. Major game manufacturers also began to introduce various holographic projector related equipment. Among them, the game manufacturers of the Dispute and other Esports games were the most active.
That was because watching the competition through holographic projection was much more enjoyable than watching it on the big screen.
In the past, only a small portion of the finals of the Dispute would be held in such a large stadium. At most, they would only be able to watch the big screen. But now, sitting in the audience seats … they could already see the game characters running on the field in the form of holographic projection!
"I remember the Holy Spirit isn't on the invitation list," Mo Shigui said.
"There are still three weeks until the finals. The invitation list might not be out yet.
It's always good to prepare in advance. "
Mr. Yin had a smile on his face that made Mo Shigui a little … uneasy.
Prepare for what?
Mo Shigui wanted to ask his boss directly. If they took down the Uptown Stadium in the Inner World, would the things they built in the Inner World Stadium be projected into the real world?
Mo Shigui wasn't sure. There were too many unknowns in the Holy Spirit game. So, Mo Shigui didn't refute what Mr. Yin said. He just felt that they had to take time out to participate in the battle for the Uptown Stadium in addition to the Kuroshio Island campaign.
Jumping Nucleus had already occupied two areas in the Inner World. This meant that they needed to give up one of the areas that they had already occupied …
But since the boss had given the order, as employees, they could only do as he said.
Jiang Qiao quietly listened to the discussion of Jumping Nucleus and felt that things seemed to be getting interesting.
At first, Jiang Hashimoto didn't want to cause trouble at the World Holographic Projection Conference, but the Heavenly Palace officials had requested Number 13 of the Heavenly Palace countless times to … perform the one that was performed on the Huangpu River again.
Jiang Qiao didn't respond to them. Jiang Qiao made No.13 appear very docile. Apart from the fact that they couldn't modify the game, No.13 would try his best to cooperate with them in whatever official activities they wanted the Holy Spirit to participate in.
Now it seemed that … No.13 could only continue to perform that one more time at the World Holographic Projection Conference?
But the question was, who were the actors?
The elite clearers of Jumping Nucleus?
"Ugh … Leader, I know it's not right to say such discouraging words, but what if we can't win?"
Fluffy Rabbit was very guilty. The reason for her guilty conscience was that the Spell Stealer's combat skills were really strong, so strong that she felt a little weak. Maybe only retired players and active professional players like Mo Shigui could fight the Spell Stealer with ease.
But for a PVE player like Fluffy Rabbit, no matter how good her PVE skills were, when faced with the Spell Stealer who knew all kinds of Holy Spirit skills, she would still seem … a little weak.
Just as Mo Shigui was about to ask why she couldn't win, Mr. Yin said directly, "Just get the players from the other clubs to come."
"Is … is that possible?"
Black Pot Boiling Meat indicated that getting the players from the other clubs to help clear the dungeon wasn't something that could be easily solved by Mr. Yin's reputation.
Just the appearance fee alone was not a small expense, and there were many complicated factors involved.
"I'm just kidding. Let's find those Spell Stealers first," Mr. Yin said.