The Trial Tower's floors were divided into three stages.
In the Trial Tower's first five floors, the difference between each stage was not particularly large. However, from the first to the fifth floor, every stage required a significant increase in combat power. Hence, players would have to train bitterly for a long time to clear each stage after the fifth floor, not to mention reaching the seventh floor.
Throughout the Divine Colosseum, only the experts who had reached the fourth floor knew how difficult it was to reach each stage. Not to mention, Fire Dance and Violet Cloud had only reached the seventh floor after reaching the sixth floor.
However, the person most shocked of all was Ghost Shadow himself.
Ghost Shadow's record was the seventh floor's middle stage. In other words, the two girls had reached the seventh floor's middle stage at the very least. Their performance was even better than his.
After fighting on the seventh floor, Shi Feng knew full well just how difficult it was. That wasn't a standard that ordinary players could reach. Not only did it have a relatively high requirement for Skill Completion Rates, but more importantly, it required players to utilize their techniques to a near-perfect degree. Using a Skill would be as natural as using a normal attack.
It was like comparing an ordinary person to a martial arts master. Although the weapons were the same, the difference between the two was massive. Similarly, the difference in combat power was also massive.
Meanwhile, Skill Completion Rate was the weapon itself. The higher the Skill Completion Rate, the more powerful the weapon would be. However, the extent to which one could utilize the weapon would depend on one's own standards.
Ghost Shadow considered himself one of the top experts in the virtual gaming world. His talent was not lacking. After coming into contact with God's Domain, he had continuously researched and explored how to better integrate his Skills into his normal attacks. He wanted to maximize the effectiveness of his Skills without becoming a burden.
Yet, these two little girls had surpassed him so quickly. It was simply unbelievable.
Could they have been holding back all this time? Ghost Shadow guessed.
In reality, Ghost Shadow wasn't the only one with such thoughts. Everyone else had the same thought. Otherwise, there was no way to explain this situation. Breaking through during a battle was simply a legend. It was impossible for two people to break through at the same time.
"The Hundred Berry Wine's effects are quite good. It's a pity that we have a limited supply right now. We can't even satisfy the Guild's core members." Shifeng nodded, smiling as he looked at the Trial Ranking List.
Everyone had reached the fourth floor. Shifeng was not particularly surprised by this result. After all, they were only ordinary experts recognized by God's Domain's system. In other words, they were only at the standard of third-rate experts.
After drinking the Hundred Berry Wine, Zhang Xuan's compatibility with it increased significantly. Normally, the Skill Completion Rate would increase a player's Skill Proficiency by around 10%. However, the Skill Completion Rate of Ling Yi and the others, who only had around 70% Skill Completion Rates, immediately increased their Skill Proficiency to 80% or above. Meanwhile, the standard for clearing the fourth floor was for players to maintain a 75% Skill Completion Rate. Naturally, they had cleared the fourth floor.
As for Fire Dance and Violet Cloud, their Skill Completion Rates had already reached 85%. After drinking the Hundred Berry Wine, their Skill Completion Rates had risen to 90%. Although it was only a 5% difference, the power of their Skills had increased by 20% to 30%.
The basic requirement to reach the seventh floor was an 85% Skill Completion Rate. In addition, if one could skillfully apply the skill's effects to normal attacks, they would generally be able to reach the Middle Stage through the Basic Stage.
Perhaps Fire Dance and Violet Cloud were still too inexperienced in combat, so they weren't proficient in using their Skills. However, with a Skill Completion Rate of 90%, they were more than enough to clear the seventh floor's middle stage and reach the late stage. Hence, it wasn't surprising that they had surpassed a veteran top-tier expert like Ghost Shadow.
If Ghost Shadow's Skill Completion Rate could reach 90%, he wouldn't have just cleared the seventh floor's middle stage. At the very least, he could reach the eighth floor.
"Unfortunately, increasing one's combat power is only temporary. How much one can comprehend and improve after that will depend on the individual. "Shifeng sighed ruefully as he looked at the remaining 110 bottles of Hundred Berry Wine in his bag.
The Hundred Berry Wine was truly a great tool for nurturing experts.
It was no wonder why the Fantasy Shrine had risen to prominence so quickly in the past. The Hundred Berry Wine had most likely played a huge part in this.
Shortly after Ling YI Society's main force members cleared the fourth floor, news of their success spread like wildfire. This news gave everyone a new understanding of Ling Yi's strength.
After receiving this news, many Guilds gave up on developing in White River City and shifted their focus to other cities. Now that Ling Yi Society's main force consisted of experts who had cleared the fourth floor, Guilds like theirs stood no chance against Ling Yi Society. They would be annihilated in the future. Rather than developing in other cities, they might have a higher chance of success.
Meanwhile, inside the Sky Burial Society's Residence:
"How did Ling Yi manage to recruit so many experts?" Flame Blood frowned when he received the news.
"Did something happen?" the pudgy, middle-aged man beside Flame Blood asked softly.
"The Ling YI Society has just sent people to challenge the Trial Tower. In the end, all of their main force members cleared the fourth floor. Among them, two have even surpassed Ghost Shadow." Flame Blood did not display any of the arrogance of a main force commander when facing this pudgy, middle-aged man. On the contrary, he lowered his stance.
Although the man before him was not proficient in virtual reality games, his position in the real world could easily expel him from the Sky Burial Society. Even the Sky Burial Society's Guild Leader, Singular Burial, was incomparably respectful of this man.
"This is quite interesting. It seems that we can't avoid the Ling YI Society if we want to obtain a treasure land like White River City," the pudgy, middle-aged man stroked his goatee as he stroked his beard. "Since we can't outnumber them in terms of experts, we can only focus on improving our Guild's overall strength."
"Flame Blood, notify Ghost Shadow. I'll have Daybreak Fog come over to help. We need to obtain the First Clear of a 100-man Dungeon as quickly as possible."
"Have Daybreak Fog come over?" Flame Blood could not help his surprise when he heard Shi Feng's words. "Are we going to ignore the Starmoon Kingdom?"
The Sky Burial Society was extremely ambitious. It wanted to control the entire Starmoon Kingdom. Meanwhile, the best way to do so was to take control of the Starmoon Kingdom's lifeline — player resources.
Meanwhile, Starmoon Kingdom's two most populous cities were Starmoon City and White River City. A large number of elite players were also gathered there. As long as Flame Blood captured these two cities, it would be much easier to take control of the entire Starmoon Kingdom in the future.
Among them, White River City was led by Flame Blood, while Star-Moon Kingdom was led by Daybreak Fog.
Between the two, Daybreak Fog was more famous. Flame Blood had only been one of the Top Ten Newcomers last year, while Daybreak Fog had been one of the Top Ten Newcomers of the virtual gaming world two years ago. Afterward, she had displayed her brilliance in many virtual reality games. Her fame was not inferior to that of the Snow Goddess, Gentle Snow. She had only debuted one or two years later.
In terms of strength, she was also one of the top three experts in the Sky Burial Society.
If Daybreak Fog came to White River City to help, with her strength and the team behind her, they might have a chance of clearing a 100-man Team Dungeon.
After all, during this time, everyone had more or less understood the difficulty of a 100-man Team Dungeon. With the experience they had gained from clearing a 50-man Team Dungeon, they had thought of many solutions.
"Now that White River City has become Star-Moon Kingdom's business center, it attracts more and more elite players every day. Star-Moon City is no match for the city. Naturally, we have to prioritize matters here. Moreover, when it comes to the difficulty of 100-man Dungeons, White River City is slightly easier. Naturally, we have to clear this place first. If we allow Zero Wing to continue developing without stopping, it will become even more impossible to capture White River City in the future."
Suddenly, the Shifeng received a call.
"Gentle Snow?"
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