My talent is 1.

Under Zhong Wuyai's relentless attacks, the Demon Soul Defense Tower quickly collapsed.

[Ding! Destroyed the Demon Soul Defense Tower, gained 80000 Merit Points]

[Server-wide Announcement: Azure Dragon Empire's new recruit Zhong Wuyai has destroyed the Demon Soul Defense Tower, a border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire, for the first time. Reward: 5000 Reputation, 1 Merit Chest]

[Server-wide Announcement: The Dragon Empire's borders are under attack]

This level 8 Demon Soul Defense Tower, and it gives out so much...

Zhong Wuyai opened the panel and saw that a new military rank had been added.

After opening the military rank interface.

[New Recruit]

Merit Points: 212561/1000

Disarming level: 1

Rank suppression: 1

Military rank is upgraded using military merits, and can only be upgraded at NPCs. After all, we are now citizens of the Azure Dragon Empire, and can only upgrade our military rank at Azure Dragon Empire NPCs.

After glancing at the Dragon Empire fortress, Zhong Wuyai turned and left.

He is currently in the midst of a chaotic battlefield, with the Azure Dragon Empire's fortress to the east, the Holy Dragon Empire's fortress to the north, and the Flame Dragon Empire's fortress to the south.

Order of the Empire

Disarm +5

Military rank suppression +5

Merit points gained increase by 100%

There are only three attributes, but this medal is incredibly powerful.

Disarming, as the name suggests, means that during combat, the player's weapon will be confiscated and automatically placed into the target's inventory, not in the player's own possession.

The rank suppression is simple: it directly reduces damage by 5%, increases damage by 5%, and ignores 5% damage reduction.

If this is put after 5, then the disarmament of 51, even the Grand Marshal would be 100% disarmed.

The level is too high, and the probability is ridiculously high.

It's time to replace the Warrior's Medal, but not now. First, raise your military rank, then enhance, upgrade, and temper the Imperial Medal, and see what attributes you get in the end...

If the disarming level can be increased, using the talent skill too early would be a waste.

The enormous figure of the Divine Illusionary Azure Dragon made Zhong Wuyai somewhat itchy, but unfortunately he couldn't attack it.

If it weren't for the huge implications, Zhong Wuyai would have even considered using a collar to capture him and keep him as a pet.

Henrik St.

Imperial Legion Vice Commander

grade:???

Zhong Wuyai had barely greeted Henrist when a whole bunch of plot points came up.

Zhong Wuyai was promoted to a higher military rank only after the story ended...

[Honorary Guard Captain]

Merit Points: 150061/200000

Disarming level: 4

Rank suppression: 4

"This rank is really hard to climb!"

To reach the fourth rank of military officer, a guard captain would need 20 merits.

Who knows how many Legion Guards and Legion Royal Guards are needed behind them?

Zhong Wuyai's head displayed the title of Honorary Captain of the Azure Dragon Empire.

This made Zhong Wuyai extremely frustrated. This was something he couldn't hide. Although he didn't need it himself, it was different for others.

On the battlefield, this is not a sitting duck, but a well-deserved mini-boss.

"Little Bai, what can you get from the Merit Chest?"

"Rank equipment, you can equip rank equipment from the start of the Honor Guard, it's all true damage bonus."

"Is there a true damage immunity?"

"Yes, but only the clothes are available. There are a total of 5 pieces of rank equipment, which can also be exchanged with merit points. Just open these boxes as soon as you get them. No matter what level you are, you will get the Guard uniform, which can be upgraded with merit points. You can also break down excess rank equipment for merit points, but you will only get one-third of the merit points you would get from exchanging for it."

Open now? Are you crazy? Wouldn't it be better to save up ten or so and open over a hundred boxes directly?

However, the Demon Soul Defense Tower has already been given, so there probably won't be any more. I wonder if the fortress gate and city wall will be given, as well as buildings like barracks.

Then there's the first kill by officers at all levels; that might also...

"Is anyone playing in the arena?"

"It's all our own people fighting, but Chen Wenyu is too freakish. The arena seems to be set up specifically for him; his health keeps increasing!"

"Pass the word down: if any of our own men encounter Chen Wenyu, have him kill them."

"And what about you?... You'll be killed by him too?"

"He's too strong!"

Even with the Five Elements, it would take Zhong Wuyai a long time to stand still and let Chen Wenyu hit him, while a single normal attack from him could kill Chen Wenyu. With hundreds of thousands of magic attack, plus Erosion and Annihilation, Chen Wenyu wouldn't be able to withstand it without a million health points.

If a critical hit occurs, that would be even worse; even with millions of HP, it's not guaranteed to survive.

The power of destruction grants a 100% magic attack bonus to basic attacks.

There's no rush to attack the fortress; we'll finish today's arena battles before heading to the chaotic battlefield.

Zhong Wuyai went directly to the arena for matchmaking.

In the first match, the people on the arena surrendered and withdrew from the battle as soon as they saw that it was Zhong Wuyai.

Zhong Wuyai was somewhat frustrated. What the hell was going on? Was he some kind of jinx? He wasn't losing any resurrection attempts, so he didn't even have the courage to make a move.

After ten consecutive matches, without exception, they all surrendered, and the last two were even from Xianyang Palace.

Zhong Wuyai's rank has reached Bronze, and his competitive points have reached 50.

The bronze rank was filled with players from Xianyang Palace, which made me even more frustrated. I couldn't very well bully my own underlings, but if I didn't match with them, I would be playing against my own people anyway, so I might as well continue.

Fortunately, players below the Gold rank don't lose points in the Arena, otherwise they would have quit the Arena long ago.

The arena is open at any time, but you can only match up to fifty times a day. You can challenge the top ten players three times and the top three players a maximum of once.

However, the challenge progresses from low to high. Each successful challenge grants one additional attempt, allowing you to continue challenging for higher rankings.

You cannot enter the arena from 22 PM to 4 AM the next day.

The top 100 players can receive 10 usable competition points every day, and the fifth and fourth place players can receive 20 points every day.

Third place: 50 points; Second place: 100 points; First place: 500 points.

After Zhong Wuyai used up his match attempts, he immediately took first place, followed by Shen Mengli in second, Chen Wenyu in third, Huangfu Liancheng in fourth, Shen Youchu in fifth, Xiang Yang in sixth, Qian Sanqiang in seventh, Xiahou Shen in eighth, Yang Yimu in ninth, and Gu Yangang in tenth.

Huangfu Liancheng was not weak, but he encountered Chen Wenyu, a freak with nearly 700,000 HP, which was going to kill him.

Moreover, when encountering other Xianyang Palace players, I almost lost several times if it weren't for their abnormally high talent.

First, Wei Xian, the necromancer, was able to take away half of his health. Then, Qian Laosan had high defense, high health, and also had damage reduction and immunity.

If it weren't for the triple damage reflection plus his own skills, Huangfu Liancheng might not have been able to defeat Qian Laosan, as the golden damage couldn't be reflected at all.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the players from Xianyang Palace were high-attack players who could directly reflect damage and kill him, Huangfu Liancheng really wouldn't have been confident of making it into the top ten.

Xiahou Shen was completely devastated; this entire guild was full of freaks.

No matter which Xianyang Palace player I encountered from beginning to end, I won by relying on the terrifying damage increase during my invincibility.

When he encountered Chen Wenyu, he lost his composure. Chen Wenyu stood there and let him hit him, even smiling at him.

Even so... during the invincibility period, I dealt nearly 300,000 damage, but I still couldn't take away half of his health.

Needless to say, Shen Youchu and Shen Mengli were also affected. Shen Mengli didn't even move; her summoned beast easily rendered her invincible in two hits.

And then, he didn't even manage to take away a third of a summon's health before he died.

Shen Mengli's ten summoned beasts spread the damage evenly, and she also had terrifying attribute bonuses and damage reduction bonuses. Xiahou Shen felt like he had become a shrimp monkey, and was directly played to death by Shen Mengli.

Shen Youchu then vanished in a single combo, leaving Xiahou Shen without even a trace; his invincibility had barely expired before he was gone.

Gu Yangang, this Holy Light Mage, is quite shameless. Besides Chen Wenyu, he is the second person to defeat Huangfu Liancheng.

The Holy Light Mage's physical attacks were practically nonexistent. He spent the entire time casting healing spells, causing his basic attacks to miss. He also didn't deal any true damage, so the reflection spells didn't trigger at all.

Each time he was healed, he lost 10,000 HP. Gu Yangang was shameless and didn't equip any magic attack items other than his staff. He even replaced his ten-star equipment, and the healing spell only restored a few hundred HP.

But every time the healing spell triggered a basic attack, it carried elemental damage... Huangfu Liancheng almost went crazy. He was invincible in the Yanlong Empire, but here he was healed to death by a healer's healing spell.

Who the hell can I complain to about this?

Gu Yangang also lost more often. It was okay when he encountered other people, as he could just equip himself with ten-star gear. But when he encountered people from his own guild, the healer in the arena was just getting beaten up.

Huangfu Liancheng had one more chance to challenge, but he dared not use it.

Chen Wenyu has already taught him a lesson. He doesn't know much about Shen Mengli; perhaps there's a chance. But as for Zhong Wuyai, forget it...

He couldn't even handle Chen Wenyu and Shen Mengli, so he'd probably be no match for Zhong Wuyai.

The two top leaders of the Flame Dragon Empire felt uneasy looking at the arena rankings.

At first, he thought that even if he was no match for Zhong Wuyai, he would definitely be in the top three. However, Huangfu Liancheng was terrified all the way to fourth place and was even killed by a priest.

Xiahou Shen relies entirely on luck. If his opponent doesn't confront him head-on during his invincible period, he simply cannot win.

After Shen Mengli posted the two people's talents in the guild chat channel, a group of people regretted it.

"If I'd known he was invincible, I wouldn't have fought him in the first place. I really regret it!"

"Those with challenge attempts should take on Gu Yangang first. Yi Mu and Lao San should just hold back today and surrender when challenged by their own people. Let's push Xiahou Shen out of the top ten!"

"How do we fight Huangfu Liancheng? He's a veritable hedgehog!"

Gu Yangang then posted a video of himself dealing with Huangfu Liancheng, which immediately caused another uproar.

"Damn it... everything has its counter... hahaha!"

"SSS-level talent, killed by a healer... This Huangfu Liancheng... Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter!"

"The Five Elements attributes are amazing; they don't even rebound."

"His talent doesn't include the ability to reflect elemental damage."

"See all the tanks here? Don't bring any damage equipment or use any damage skills. Just wear all defensive gear and damage reduction. Kill him with basic attacks and kick him out. When did outsiders get a chance to show their faces on the leaderboard?"

"Yes, we have high HP and defense, while he's only level 30 and his equipment is so-so. Let's beat him hard before he gets stronger. Once he gets stronger, the others probably won't be able to beat him except for the leader."

"I still have a chance to challenge myself, but my injuries can't keep up."

When Gu Yangang saw that Yang Yimu was ninth, he actually had no intention of continuing the challenge.

But now that the chairman has spoken, it would be a shame not to give him a beating.

"I'll lend you my equipment, my defensive gear. You can wear it and heal yourself while Xiahou Shen is invincible."

"How many challenge attempts does Youchu have left?"

"It didn't work even after three tries!"

"Let the others take you down first, then let the tanks and priests take down Huangfu Liancheng before you come back up."

"That's right, then all ten spots are ours...!"

After discussing the matter, Gu Yangang and a tank began to put on the equipment of the others and enter the arena.

Although Yang Yimu could deal with Xiahou Shen, he really couldn't handle Huangfu Liancheng, who, like Shen Youchu, was an assassin.

You can only enter the arena after others have defeated Huangfu Liancheng; if you are challenged, you should surrender and leave immediately.

Not only Shen Youchu and Yang Yimu, but Xiang Yang also surrendered. Even if he changed all his protective gear, he would only perish together with Huangfu Liancheng.

Hidden classes deal true damage, so no matter how you calculate it, you can always leave yourself with low health. The opponent only needs a shield, and you're done for.

When Gu Yangang met Xiahou Shen, a dramatic scene unfolded.

With spell damage almost maxed out, and all four ten-star equipment pieces increasing spell damage, a single Holy Light Strike crippled Xiahou Shen, followed by a Healing Spell that shielded himself.

Xiahou Shen was a melee fighter, and he never expected to be beaten so badly by a priest.

What's most infuriating is that this priest's shield is unbreakable by either of my two skills. In his invincible state, his health is almost at its limit, and his damage and critical hits are almost maxed out.

Gu Yangang, on the other hand, would occasionally cast healing spells or shields on himself.

No matter how much health Xiahou Shen lost due to the extremely high magic damage, a single heal would restore it to full. Then, the shield skill would be used, and after the invincibility state ended, Gu Yangang would still be at full health.

He even put another shield on himself...

Xiahou Shen has gone mad. What the hell is this priest?

Healing spell!

Xiahou Shen immediately knelt down.

He dropped from eighth to ninth, and then a tank challenged him again. Damn it, with six ten-star equipment, Xiahou Shen's attack damage was almost all below 100.

The opponent's two skills triggered invincibility.

What's most infuriating is that after you become invincible, the opponent runs away, doesn't fight you, and wanders around. Even if you use a skill to touch them, it only deals a few thousand points of damage.

Seeing that his health bar hadn't dropped much, Xiahou Shen gave up.

The invincibility period had just ended when the shield warrior used a support skill to reach Xiahou Shen's side, and then used a shield bash to send him away.

Xiahou Shen dropped to 11th on the leaderboard, while Gu Yangang continued his ascent, directly challenging Huangfu Liancheng.

I've replaced all my gear except for defensive gear, but I still can't deal any damage.

He cast a shield on himself and then used healing spells to slowly whittle down Huangfu Liancheng until he died.

The following shield warriors followed the same pattern.

It deals no damage, has full defense and damage reduction, and its health is almost as high as Chen Wenyu's.

I just used basic attacks to wear down Huangfu Liancheng. I only had a few hundred attacks in total, and Huangfu Liancheng had high defense, so I didn't do much damage when I hit him.

So what if the damage is tripled? The reflected damage is still less than 2,000. But the triggered elemental attack is 4,000 for ordinary members and 8,000 for elites.

Huangfu Liancheng was eliminated again, and so on, step by step, Huangfu Liancheng was eliminated.

Shen Mengli hadn't even started the challenge when Xiahou Shen walked in again; he was unwilling to give up...

At this point, none of the equipment had been returned yet, and Xiahou Shen, without exception, contributed another wave of points to everyone.

After the two were eliminated, Shen Youchu, Xiang Yang, and Yang Yimu re-entered the arena to challenge.

Shen Youchu ranked fourth, Xiang Yang fifth, Yang Yimu sixth, the three shield warriors ranked seventh, eighth, and ninth, and Gu Yangang ranked tenth.

With Gu Yangang blocking the way, Huangfu Liancheng had no chance to challenge upwards.

Xiahou Shen had run out of chances, and he even developed a psychological aversion to Gu Yangang.

Being nursed to death by a wet nurse once is humiliating enough, but being nursed to death twice in a row, how can one face anyone...?

The Holy Light Mage is capable of both attacking and healing, and with the addition of the Five Elements attribute, it's practically made for Huangfu Liancheng.

"Those with attack speed builds can deal with Huangfu Liancheng if they abandon true damage and main damage items and replace all their equipment with attack speed and health/defense items once they enter the arena."

……

Zhong Wuyai left the arena. Given the huge difference in levels and equipment, apart from a few with SSS-level talents, there was no need to consider the others at all.

Even Sikong Shen was rendered powerless by Wei Xian, let alone others.

Excluding those from Xianyang Palace, a total of six people with SSS-level talents made it into the top 100.

However, apart from Xiahou Shen and Huangfu Liancheng, the others posed no real threat.

How high can true damage be if you're 20 levels higher? What's the use of a thick mana bar and super fast mana regeneration if you can't even break through level 50 defense?

As for those with high attributes, they're not all that great in the early game.

In the Holy Dragon Empire, Thomson Ferdinand left the arena looking utterly dejected.

That's too brutal... The people in Xianyang Palace are simply a bunch of beasts.

The SSS-level talent was completely overwhelmed by an ordinary warrior.

Talent: Five-Dimensional Synchronization (SSS)

Talent Effect 1: All attribute growth is synchronized, and the growth value of all attributes is synchronized to the highest growth attribute.

Talent Effect 2: For every point gained in any attribute, all other attributes also increase by 1 point.

Talent Effect 3: Increases health by 3 times across all five attributes and increases mana by 3 times across all five attributes.

Talent Effect 4: Skill damage is increased by double the damage of the five-dimensional attributes.

Talent Effect 5: Normal attacks deal additional damage equal to the sum of the five main attributes.

This talent has maxed-out attributes and high damage, not to mention the skill damage.

He has a full set of equipment enhanced to +3 and two pieces enhanced to +5, and he is also a rare class, the Magic Archer.

Thomson Ferdinand's panel is luxurious.

He was beaten so badly by an ordinary soldier that he couldn't even lift his head.

They dominated from start to finish.

He was killed as soon as the assassins from Xianyang Palace appeared.

A single surprise attack deals a massive amount of damage, leaving you with less than enough health to sustain the damage. Is this the kind of damage a human could inflict?

What's even more infuriating is that the necromancer was talking nonsense, summoning skeletons with a hammer.

He even used a skill to control himself at the last moment, then used a hammer to hammer himself to death from behind...

That's so damn insulting...

He finally understood why Bond had lost so badly.

These are just ordinary players in Xianyang Palace; there are over a hundred such players in Xianyang Palace...

Thomson then remembered Bond's advice...

If you face Xianyang Palace, just surrender. You can't do anything but get beaten up.

Perhaps that guy could give it a try... but he's from China.

Although the Holy Dragon Empire did not wage war as fiercely as other empires, the power of the Dragon Kingdom was evenly matched with that of other nations, and on the surface, everything was harmonious.

But when the Holy Lord Guild was disbanded, this harmony was already gone.

Conflicts break out from time to time.

Gongsun Yuanshan felt a pang of anxiety looking at his ranking.

89 people... This is heartbreaking...

It was especially heartbreaking to see my own talent.

His talent was monstrous enough, yet he was utterly humiliated in the arena...

Talent: Steel Body (SSS)

Talent Effect 1: Reduces physical attacks by 80%, but negates the user's own physical damage reduction.

Talent Effect 2: Reduces magic attack by 80%, but self-magic damage reduction is ineffective.

Talent Effect 3: Grants 50% immunity to true damage; the maximum true damage immunity is increased to 65%.

Talent Effect 4: Reduces critical hit damage by 50%, mechanical damage by 30%, and building damage by 30%.

Talent Effect 5: Your attacks deal 30% damage to building units and 50% damage to mechanical units.

Despite all those reductions, he still got hammered. Aside from the first few wins, he was constantly getting beaten after encountering the people from Xianyang Palace.

Every time you go in, you get a severe beating.

What's even more infuriating is that after each fight, the other person would say, "Not bad, you can take a lot of damage!"

This is outrageous! We're all Chinese, and they don't give us any respect at all! How can they bully us like this?!

After Zhong Wuyai ran out of match attempts, he left the arena and went to the capital.

There won't be anyone challenging me in the arena anytime soon, so I should focus on getting the Imperial Medal first.

Seven Azure Dragon Seals don't seem like enough.

If other equipment appears later, especially better costumes or the like, I'll definitely use them again.

Especially for rank-based equipment, if you enhance and refine 5 pieces of rank-based equipment, you'll need 10.

Shen Mengli didn't know how she obtained the Demon Dragon Seal, the Flame Dragon Seal, and the Holy Dragon Seal, but she was sure they would be obtained after conquering the palace, provided that other players hadn't taken them yet.

But if we destroy a country now, we won't be able to rebuild one. There are only a hundred and fifty level people, each with a city. Are we just going to give up all those cities?

Only players level 50 and above can become city lords. Even if you want to lead people, you can't give them experience scrolls that are 510% higher.

This is a big problem; without the five-times experience bonus, it's difficult to carry someone who's over level 40.

"Alright, let's get the medal sorted out first, we'll deal with the rest later."

The Order of the Empire is no ordinary medal.

Regular medals can be enhanced with scrolls, but there are only four Imperial Medals, which drop from Border Bosses.

There is no way to obtain the medals unless you build your own new country, defeat the border boss, and then get the medals from him.

Moreover, the attributes of the Imperial Medal are unique, including rank suppression and disarming. There is no way to improve it except through rank level, and even rank equipment cannot be improved.

Therefore, it cannot be strengthened at all; the only solution is to use the Azure Dragon Seal.

After strengthening, you still have to do refining and tempering. If you want a gem, you'll need to use another one. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

After using the Azure Dragon Seal, I dragged the enhancement scroll onto the medal...

[Imperial Medal +1]

Health +1000

Disarm +5

Military rank suppression +5

Merit points gained increase by 100%

"Damn it, it only added a thousand lives."

Whatever, let's see what attributes we get after reaching 9 stars...

I got +9 using a low-level scroll, and then...

"Holy crap... I forgot to ask for it, we're out of premium scrolls!"

"Zhang Haitao, get some reinforced rollers!"...