Serena's appearance in the sky immediately attracted the attention of every player on the World Summit.
In reality, it was difficult not to notice her.
As a Tier 5 Fallen Angel, Serena could immobilize current players even without restraining her aura, not to mention revealing her full strength. Even Shifeng felt a deep sense of fear when they looked at Serena from a distance. It was as if Serena were the master of this space.
"Since someone has obtained an Inferior Legendary Key, the Divine Staircase will now be activated!" Serena's voice echoed throughout the World Summit. Every player on the World Summit could hear her loud and clear. "If you wish to obtain power, display a feat that even Gods acknowledge!"
As soon as Serena finished speaking, the World Summit began to tremble. Mana began to surge in the air, forming pitch-black shrines around the World Summit one after another. These pitch-black shrines hovered in midair, and pitch-black stairs connected them all the way to the World Summit's summit.
The entire process lasted several minutes, but none of the players on the World Summit moved from their original positions. They all stared at the pitch-black shrines hovering in the sky.
"Why did an NPC suddenly appear?"
"What is this NPC trying to do?"
"Did she trigger some kind of event?"
"What's the Divine Staircase?"
When a pitch-black shrine appeared among the many Bronze Shrines, everyone could not help but discuss among themselves. They were all very curious about the Divine Staircase that Serena had announced.
Many players headed towards the pitch-black temple that had just appeared.
"An Inferior Legendary Shrine Key? Could Hidden Soul and the others have triggered the Divine Staircase?" Skyhawk, who was already halfway up the hill, turned to the pitch-black shrine, a hint of envy and shock flashing in his eyes. Not only had Shi Feng gained a lot of time, but he also had an Inferior Legendary Shrine Key that could open Inferior Legendary Shrines. Thinking up to this point, Skyhawk commanded, "Let's go and take a look at that pitch-black shrine!"
He had no idea what to do with the Inferior Legendary Shrine Key. It was an item that was bound to one's identity. The only thing he could do was figure out what this Divine Staircase was for.
As players approached the pitch-black shrine one after another, they couldn't help but reveal excited expressions as they read the rules on the stone stele beside the shrine.
"Awesome! This Divine Staircase is simply amazing! "
"Damn it! If only I had entered the World Summit a little later!"
When everyone saw the Divine Staircase's rules displayed on the stone stele, they all became excited. It was as if they had seen a peerless treasure.
"What extravagance!" Shifeng was inwardly shocked when he saw the Divine Staircase's rules.
This Divine Staircase was different from the Shrines that led to the top of the mountain. As long as one reached the area, one would have the qualifications to open the Shrines. After spending some time, one would be able to enter the Shrines and obtain benefits. Instead, it relied on one's own strength to obtain treasures.
As long as players had enough time remaining, they could remain inside the Divine Staircase. The only difference was the number of times players could enter the Divine Staircase.
There was only one chance to enter with the Bronze Key.
A Mysterious-Iron Key could be used twice.
Secret-Silver Key, three times.
Fine-Gold Key: Four uses.
Five Dark-Gold Keys.
Seven Epic Keys.
An Inferior Legendary Key, for example, gave players a total of ten challenges. If they used up all their challenges, they'd be sent out of the World Summit.
Every time players cleared a pitch-black shrine, they would earn a corresponding amount of Shrine Points. These Shrine Points could be used to purchase the various items available in the World Summit. There was no requirement for players to qualify.
If the Shrine Points were used to purchase top-tier weapons and equipment, or even Epic Weapons and Equipment, Shifeng wouldn't be particularly surprised. After all, there were plenty of Epic Shrines in the World Summit. As long as players passed the Epic test before the Shrine's entrance, it shouldn't be difficult to obtain an Epic item from one of the Shrines.
What truly surprised Shifeng was the fact that Shrine Points could increase one's Life Rating!
It was common knowledge in God's Domain that increasing one's Life Rating was extremely difficult. It wasn't just a matter of physique; it was also a matter of Life Rating. Compared to an Archaic Species, an Archaic Species' Basic Attributes were several times higher than an ordinary human's by at least a dozen times. This was the massive difference brought about by Life Ratings.
This was also why Archaic Species were more difficult to deal with as they reached higher tiers.
Although players could increase their Life Ratings by increasing their tiers, the main improvement was their physique. Meanwhile, Tier 5 players' Life Ratings weren't much higher than Tier 1 players'. This was also why Tier 5 players were far weaker than Tier 5 monsters.
During the early stages of the game, the difference in Attributes wasn't particularly large. Players could rely on top-tier weapons and equipment to make up for the difference, allowing them to easily kill monsters of a higher tier. However, as players continued to level up, especially after reaching Level 100, the difference in Life Rating would become more pronounced.
At that time, players might be able to kill other players of a higher tier, but soloing a monster of a higher tier was practically a dream.
Only after players reached Tier 6 would their Life Rating be considered a true Life Rating. The difference between Tier 6 and Tier 5 was like heaven and earth.
Why wouldn't Shifeng be shocked that the Shrine Points before him could increase a player's Life Rating?
As far as he knew, even after ten years in God's Domain, only one in ten thousand players had managed to improve their Life Ratings. Moreover, achieving such a feat was incredibly difficult. It required both luck and strength.
God's Domain's various superpowers had often fought over such opportunities. After all, obtaining such opportunities would be of great help to players when they reached Tier 6 in the future. Some Life Ratings were even more helpful than Legendary items.
Shifeng had never imagined that the Divine Staircase before him would actually provide such an opportunity to improve a player's Life Rating.
However, Shi Feng was astonished when he saw the exchange conditions for upgrading his Life Rating.
Even the cheapest bloodline required 100,000 Shrines points to complete a great deed.
After all, clearing the first pitch-black shrine only awarded 10 Shrine Points. Although players would receive more Shrine Points the further they cleared, they still needed to clear a considerable number of shrines to complete a Great Deed. Moreover, Shifeng was still clueless about the Great Deed mentioned in the Divine Staircase.
Even if they obtained 100,000 Shrine Points and failed to complete a Great Deed, they still wouldn't be able to exchange for a Bloodline to improve their Life Ratings.
Moreover, aside from the Bloodline, players could also exchange for many other items, including potions, designs, recipes, Mounts, siege weapons, Shenjing, and so on. The Divine Staircase was practically a treasure trove. One could even exchange for Fragmented Legendary items.
Only, Fragmented Legendary items were extremely expensive. The cheapest one required 70,000 Shrine Points, while the most expensive one required 240,000 Shrine Points. Players also needed to complete three Great Deeds.
Moreover, these Shrine Points and Great Deeds couldn't be accumulated. The next time players visited the Divine Staircase, they would be reset to zero. In other words, players had to accumulate a certain number of Shrine Points and Great Deeds before they could obtain the items listed in the Divine Staircase.
One could just imagine how difficult it was to obtain the items listed in the Divine Staircase.
But even so, everyone was still drooling when they saw it. It even caused a commotion.
After all, Fragmented Legendary items were simply too elusive to players at this stage of the game. Even Super Guilds had yet to obtain one. Meanwhile, Epic items were already considered godly items by players at this stage of the game.
Only, many players chose to enter the pitch-black shrine without hesitation.
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