Cola Fanatic, Vivacious Core, and the professional players of Titan logged into Holy Ghost.
Before logging in, they all swore to walk hand in hand. Whoever drew their sword first would be the dog.
To put it simply, they were online this time to look at the scenery of Saint Spirit City. Whoever entered the battle would be kicked out by the coach of the team.
When the group of members rushed to the newly opened arena area of the Saint Spirit City, the first one to lose control of himself was Sweeping Scattered Cloud.
The Arena was the area with the most spectators in Holy City. After the Holy Challenge had been launched, the bubble had set up twelve arenas for the NPCs who had participated in the Challenge to use as a warm-up.
As luck would have it, Swirling Scattered Clouds saw Madam Calamity's figure in one of the arenas. Madam Calamity's opponent wasn't a player, but the Eternal One, Heuser, who was also known as the Thorne difficulty of the Holy Ghost Challenge.
Schuzell was no stranger to the Cola Fanatics and Pulsating Hardcore players who had just come online. As a newly added Eternal, he and Rose were called … the shady secrets of the Holy Spirit Challenge by the forum brothers!
This shady plot meant that the Holy Ghost officials had Rose and Heuzer participate in the Holy Ghost Challenge. They clearly didn't want players to take first place.
In the arena, Madam Calamity and Heuzer were actually fighting evenly against each other.
Heuzer wielded a longsword that emitted crimson flames, while Madam Calamity wielded a scimitar and a flintlock, a common weapon used by pirates. However, as the battle continued, Madam Calamity's HP began to fall, and a large number of wounds began to appear on her body.
This made Juan Remnant Cloud want to go up to Madam Calamity's stage, but Mo Shigui put his hand on his shoulder before he could do so.
"Little Wen, don't forget our agreement. Also … that might not be our guild's Madam Disaster," Mo Shigui reminded Spinning Cloud.
Tomorrow was the finals of the World War Tournament. As a coach, Mo Shigui knew the effect playing Holy Ghost would have on a player's state of mind. It would be fine if it was a weaker team than Vivacious Core.
However, Cola Mania was definitely a strong team that was evenly matched with Leaping Nuclei. Condition was often the deciding factor in a match.
"But coach, she is …" Of course, Swirling Cloud knew what Mo Shigui was talking about.
It was very common for NPCs to have many duplicates in the game, but the problem was that in the list of NPCs contracted by Sweeping Scattered Cloud, there was only one Madam Calamity who was' out '.
"Our foothold's Madam Calamity has been dragged into the Holy Spirit Challenge by the lousy producers?
Based on what?
Why not just get a new Madam Calamity? "
A player beside Remnant Cloud was puzzled. He felt like something was wrong with the player's words, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
This was because Madam Calamity was an NPC in the eyes of the players. An NPC should have many Madam Calamities, just like Freya.
The appearance of an NPC in the Holy Ghost Challenge was a very new setting. Therefore, to the players, Madam Calamity should be a "new" character!
"I don't know either."
Swirling Cloud looked at Madam Calamity, who was covered in wounds. He couldn't figure out why his own Madam Calamity would be standing in that arena.
Madam Calamity seemed to be deliberately ignoring Swirling Cloud. Her attention was completely focused on the battle before her.
"There are 24 NPCs participating in the Holy Ghost Challenge this time. Hey, there's another one." A player from Cola Mania was looking at the official Holy Ghost Challenge on the official website.
The official website had announced all the NPCs participating in the Holy Ghost Challenge. Not only that, but the difficulty of the NPCs was also indicated.
The Eternal siblings, Rose and Heuzer, were leading the way with Hell difficulty. Below them were one Hard difficulty and 21 Normal difficulty NPCs.
These two Hell difficulty NPCs were probably the reason why the players on the forums were cursing at them. However, while this player was looking at the official website, a new character had been updated.
"Who is it?" Caramel asked immediately.
Although his attention was on the Eternal, Heuzer, Caramel was also very concerned … Just which NPCs were participating in the Holy Ghost Challenge?
"It's … Freya's Incarnation, Hard difficulty," the player said.
"What did you say?"
Caramel was stunned when he heard the name of the character. He turned his head in surprise and looked at the interface in front of his teammate.
This interface really did have a new challenge character, "Freya's Incarnation."
Below the Challenge Character Card was a "This character is currently accepting a challenge on Arena 12. Challenger: Eternal Rose.
"
Caramel wasn't very interested in this character. He glanced at Mo Shigui, who was next to the Jumping Nucleus. Mo Shigui appeared very calm, but his eyelids kept twitching.
He really wanted someone to remind him, "Coach Song!
There's still a match tomorrow! "
… …
Rose was nibbling on the hamburger the Holy Spirits had given her. Holy Spirits really were a group of strange creatures.
She looked at the group of Holy Spirits surrounding her. She had the illusion that she had become the leader of this group of Holy Spirits, or the big sister or something like that.
"Big sister Rose, your HP is back to full. Do you want to eat something else?"
"Today's performance was as strong as ever!"
It wasn't an illusion. She really had become the leader of a small group of Holy Spirits, or perhaps … an idol?
Rose had been fighting in the Holy Spirit City's arena for almost fifteen days. In these fifteen days, she had killed more than a hundred Holy Spirits …
If it were any other race, they would have already formed a blood feud with Rosh. However, many of these Holy Spirits had been killed by her three or four times, but after they were killed by her, not only did they not feel angry, but they even joined her backup team.
Her popularity in Holy Spirit City was also growing, and there were faint signs that she had established something like Rose's gang.
He didn't understand, but it was very useful.
In Holy Spirit City, Rose had also learned how to be a qualified NPC and a qualified and highly popular NPC. She would give these Holy Spirits missions with divine crystals as a reward.
With the help of these Holy Spirits, Rose had obtained a lot of information about Thorne. Unfortunately, she still lacked the last step … and that was to become the champion of this competition.
But if she continued to accumulate this popularity and gained more and more Holy Spirit supporters, perhaps … she wouldn't need to become the champion of this competition to find that guy Thorne?
When this strange thought appeared in Rose's mind, she finally got matched with a new opponent.
"Thank you for your help, everyone. It's time for me to go on stage."
Rose took out a silver coin used by Holy Spirits and gave it to the Holy Spirit who had helped her buy the hamburger. Then, she directly walked into the arena.
On the other side of the arena stood a figure that Rose found somewhat familiar. It was Freya.
Rose had occasionally heard about this character from the Holy Spirits. From the information she had gathered, Freya seemed to be another name for the spouse of many Holy Spirits.
"I didn't think you would also participate in this competition."
Rose didn't know what it meant to be lenient. The Freya standing in front of her was only wearing a grayish-white nun's robe. She didn't have any weapons in her hands and looked like a little kitten waiting to be trampled on.
"You know me?
I also didn't expect to meet you in the first competition. This makes me a little afraid. "Freya looked at Rose who was already prepared for battle.
"If you're afraid, you can forfeit."
What Rosh hated the most was bullying the weak. She swore that she would never shoot at an innocent weakling in her life, and Freya was definitely one of them.
But before Freya could say that she would forfeit, the Holy Spirits below suddenly became restless.
"It's really Freya!
It's not a player with the ID Freya! "
"F * ck!
Who's crazy enough to send their own Freya to the competition? "
"Big Sister Rose!
Don't!
I beg you, let her go … "
"Although it's not our Freya, but … isn't it a little too cruel?"
After the Holy Spirits confirmed that the figure standing on the stage was really Freya, they collectively entered a state of riot. This state of riot could be divided into those who begged Rose not to attack their own Freya, and those who threatened Rose that if she dared to attack Freya, she wouldn't have a good ending!
Rose glanced at the agitated Holy Spirits below and closed her eyes.
The mark on the back of Rose's left hand emitted a pale blue glow. When Rose opened her eyes again, she saw the number floating above Freya's head.
9999+
This number wasn't something like combat strength, but … the ranking of the Celestial Stairway Arena.
The ranking of the Holy Spirit Stairway Arena.
That's right … Rose had been slaughtering players in the arena not just to warm up, but to raise her ranking in the Holy Spirit Arena.
After she signed a contract with Jiang Qiao, she entered the Celestial Stairway Arena as an NPC.
When the Holy Ghost Challenge officially began, the 25 NPCs would be assigned to different groups based on their ranking in the arena.
If one wanted to use the simplest method to win the Holy Spirit Challenge, they would have to get as high a ranking as possible before the challenge began.
Currently, Rosh was ranked 17th on the Celestial Stairway, while Freya was ranked over 10,000.
After fighting in the Celestial Stairway Arena for 15 consecutive days, Rose learned about the concept of eating points. If she defeated a player with a similar ranking, the more points she got, the faster her ranking would rise.
For a player like Freya who was ranked below 10,000, if Rose defeated her, she wouldn't be able to gain many points, and if she lost, she would lose even more points.
But the problem was … She couldn't kill Freya.
Rose had a vague feeling that if she did anything to the puppet in front of her, the connections she had accumulated in the Holy Spirit Challenge would be destroyed.
"I forfeit."
In the end, Rosh uttered those three words in front of a large group of restless Holy Spirits.
The Holy Spirits let out a sigh of relief. After Rose decided to forfeit, even when Freya shouted, "Wait!", she walked down the stage without looking back.
However, Freya was still standing in this arena. She was the champion of this arena, waiting for the other Holy Spirits to challenge her.
But no Holy Spirit came up for a while.
"Hurry up!
Whoever lost Freya, bring her back! "
"Could it be a bug in the system?"
"Bug my ass. Freya's avatar is listed as hard on the official website. Who wants to go up and try?"
"Are you still a man if you hit Freya?
Crawl! "
But there was never a lack of busybodies among the players … Freya stood quietly in the arena, waiting for a challenger.
This challenger was a burly Grappler. His ID was Feng Lin's No Fire, and he belonged to an unknown guild called "We Will Always Like Freya".
This character with a face full of stubbles used his guild's name to express his thoughts as soon as he entered the arena.
"You're that player's Freya?
Do you remember the name of your Holy Spirit?
Maybe we can bring you back? "
Although that was what Feng Lin said, he applied a violent grabbing battle mode on himself as soon as he got on the stage.
He was the same as the other players … They all hoped that this Freya had some kind of bug in the system, which was why she ran up the stage.
Because of the cola craze, many players used Freya's Guide Stone to bring their own Freya to the arena to watch.
Perhaps … this Freya just got lost in the crowd?
In any case, almost 99% of maxed out Holy Ghost players were Freya fanatics. Even if it was someone else's Freya … as long as she had that face, there was no way they could lay their hands on her.
"I know … Holy Spirit." Suddenly, the arena began to overflow with a chilly aura.
"F * ck!
Who has a hot drink? Give me a bottle!
I'm losing my temperature! "
"Me too … What happened?"
Under the influence of the cold air, the spectating players instantly fell into a state of constant HP loss. Meanwhile, Feng Lin, who stood in the arena, lost 50 HP per second.
"You will find it hard to accept that I will appear here as your enemy."
Freya slowly walked towards Feng Lin Wuhuo, who was on the other side of the arena. When she was halfway there, the frost scythe named Frost Heaven appeared in Freya's hand.
Freya stretched out her hand and slid it across the scythe's blade …
What the hell?
Feng Lin Wuhuo looked at Freya who was walking towards him. He was a little dumbfounded, but he still instinctively pressed the button to take a screenshot.
However, the moment he finished taking the screenshot, Freya suddenly swung the scythe in her hand, and a large amount of white frost completely covered his vision … The white frost cut off his vision, and Freya's figure also disappeared in the white frost.
When Feng Lin Wuhuo wanted to use a skill to counterattack, he found that he had been hit by a throwing skill, a fatal throwing skill.
He directly knelt on the ground. In that instant, the white fog that blocked the vision of the spectators disappeared, and the Holy Spirits who were watching from below saw the frozen scene in the arena.
For some reason, Feng Lin Wuhuo had knelt on the ground, and Freya was standing behind him, the huge scythe pressed against Feng Lin Wuhuo's neck.
"Have a good sleep, Holy Spirit."
Freya's gentle and healing voice rang out, but what came in return was the sound of the scythe cutting through flesh.
The scythe condensed from frost cut through Feng Lin Wuhuo's neck from bottom to top, and directly cut off his head. Blood gushed out from his neck until it was frozen by the frost, and Feng Lin Wuhuo's head fell to the other side of the arena.
But his vision was still there, and he saw his headless body fall in front of Freya, and he also became a seal tombstone.
Decapitation!
A one-hit kill!
The crowd of onlookers fell into a collective state of shock …
"I don't dare to tease my Freya anymore."
"What's going on with this Freya?"
"…"
Mo Shigui looked at Freya from below the arena. Although there were many Freya, and this Freya was wearing different clothes, Mo Shigui felt that it had something to do with his own Freya.
But Mo Shigui could guess the original intention of this character design. It was to increase the popularity of Freya … From the feedback of the players, there was no doubt that it was a success.
If all the NPCs were to vote for popularity, once the records of the battle in the arena were released, the popularity of this Freya avatar would definitely be in the top three.
Compared to popularity, Mo Shigui was more concerned about …
"Fan Xing, are you at Cola Mania's base?" Mo Shigui opened his friend list and sent a private message to Fan Xing.
"Yes, yes, yes!
The new character design is simply … awesome. I also want to try and see what it feels like to be beheaded by Freya! "
"I'll try it later. I want to know if this character has a background story or a completely empty character!"
And a completely empty role!? "Mo Shigui asked.
Most NPCs in the Holy Spirits had a background story and history. There were very few NPCs that were purely made up. This Freya avatar should also have a background story.
"I'm still analyzing this, but do you know what the reward for this Holy Spirit Challenge is?" Fan Xing suddenly asked.
"Legendary equipment and special equipment?" This was the most useful reward in Mo Shigui's opinion. There was also an exclusive title.
"No!
It's a wish. You can make a wish to the God Eater … I've gathered materials from most of the participating NPCs in the past fifteen days and realized that they all came for this wish. After the avatar of Freya is done, I'll see if I can ask her. Anyway, don't worry, even if I have to risk being cut in half, I'll dig out this character's background story, "Fan Xing replied.
Wish …
Mo Shigui looked at Freya, who was facing the second challenger in the arena, and Madam Calamity, who was defeated by the Eternal Heuzer on the other side.
If the players won, of course, they would receive the wish as a reward.
But from the perspective of a pure player like Mo Shigui, this wish was nothing more than getting a specific piece of equipment, going to the Holy Spirit headquarters, or getting the signature of the Holy Spirit producer.
Just the last sentence of the event, "All interpretation rights of this event belong to the Holy Spirit officials", showed that the officials would definitely do something shady with the wishes.
After all, the officials would never agree to a wish like "I want to be the Holy Spirit GM", which would ruin the game.
What about the NPCs?
What wishes would the NPCs make?
Mo Shigui couldn't guess.
At that moment, Mo Shigui happened to see a message in the Holy Spirit Quarrel Group … This message was sent by Remnant Heart, who had shamelessly tagged all the members.
"Remnant Heart: God damn it!
The NPC Stairway Points are about to reach the top!
Air Bubble Guild Master, your Caramel is about to explode!
Full Member "
There was also a Stairway Points ranking attached to this message. The first place was still Caramel of Cola Fanaticism, but the second place was not a name that the players were familiar with, but Heuzer the Eternal.
He was ranked second on the Stairway Points ranking with a record of 73 consecutive victories. From the looks of it, if Heuzer won another match, he would be able to take first place.
After seeing this message, Mo Shigui looked at the Cola Fanaticism professional team.
Caramel had already slowly pulled out his Moonlight Sword, but the other team members seemed to have gone crazy, hugging his legs and waist.
"Captain, calm down!
The World Championship is tomorrow! "
"What tomorrow?
It's going to start this afternoon!
It's already past midnight! "
"That's right!"
The NPCs had also entered the Holy Spirit Stairway Points ranking … and they had even threatened to take first place. Mo Shigui looked at the NPCs occupying the top few positions on the Stairway Points ranking. This made him feel like the World Championship … In terms of competition, it was not even as good as the Holy Spirit Challenge, which was organized by the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit Challenge did not garner a lot of attention. Basically, it was just a small competition among the Holy Spirits. There were far fewer people watching than the World War. Moreover, it was not organized in a formal manner. It was completely an official event, not a professional competition.
However, after the appearance of Freya's avatar, the Holy Spirit players who did not pay much attention to the competition, and the group of Cloud Players unexpectedly began to discuss this topic.
This game … How many years could it last?
Seeing this, this question suddenly appeared in Mo Shigui's mind.