Five days had passed in a flash since the news of the Hyuga Main Family young master's disappearance, escalating from a family matter to the Hokage Building.
Sarutobi Hiruzen promised to dispatch the Anbu to investigate.
However, nobles from various countries were waiting in the village to observe the Chunin Exams, making it impossible to launch a large-scale operation. A conclusion would likely only be reached after the Chunin Exams ended.
During this period,
Fang Yi spent reward points to recruit two thousand more players into the game.
Most were ordinary players with white and green potential, with only two players worth noting.
One was Yugito from Cloud Hidden Village, with the Two-Tails sealed within her, possessing purple-level soul potential.
The other was Karin, who possessed Uzumaki bloodline. When summoned, she was serving as a 'charging battery' in Grass Hidden Village, and also possessed purple-level soul potential.
Fang Yi sighed, "It's not very obvious when players are low-level, but later on, players with stronger soul potential will have higher combat power at the same level. Most players, if they don't have heaven-defying luck, can only become cannon fodder."
The White-haired Loli exclaimed in surprise, "Master, the players seem to be plotting something."
Fang Yi sat in the bumpy carriage, feeling very unaccustomed.
He spent five reward points to exchange for a special metal structure from the technology world, making the carriage ride smoothly.
As a renowned benevolent noble, he was invited to Wood Leaf Village to observe the Chunin Exams.
He was idle anyway,
and it was a good opportunity to collect a wave of reward points in a place where ninjas gathered.
"Villains call it plotting; we are righteous partners, so it's called being resourceful."
Fang Yi flicked her forehead and glanced at the players gathered together.
Led by the two major alliances and the Iwagakure forces, countless players gathered to discuss the plan to conquer Ghost Mage Salina.
The first wave of Ghost Beast army had been completely annihilated.
The subsequent Ghost Knight Order, though stronger than the Ghost Beasts, was also continuously revived by players, sacrificing themselves one after another until they were completely worn down.
Then,
the battle entered a stalemate.
Four Spectre Generals, leading their Ghost Soldiers, moved out together, dividing into four routes to surround the Newbie Village, causing player forces to scatter.
The city walls were also continuously chipped away by the Ghost Soldiers, their durability decreasing.
However, players were trapped in the Newbie Village, unable to go out and collect materials to repair the city walls. If this continued, the Newbie Village would likely be breached.
"We can't let this continue."
Mei Terumi said with a serious expression, "Everyone should be aware that when we leave the game, our game bodies will return to our houses in the Newbie Village. Once the Newbie Village is destroyed, all our previous efforts will be in vain."
The more well-equipped and high-level players were, the less they wanted the Newbie Village to be destroyed.
Because Fang Yi had issued a new announcement.
"If Ninja Newbie Village is breached, all player rewards will be reset to zero."
The assets invested by Hidden Mist Village in the game exceeded ten billion yen, a result Mei Terumi absolutely could not tolerate.
Cloud Hidden and Iwagakure were the same; large sums of money had flowed into the game. If it all disappeared, it would not only be an economic loss but also a significant blow to the Ninja Village's prestige.
"Bypass the Ghost Army and directly hunt the Ghost Mage!"
Mei Terumi glanced at the Cloud Hidden ninjas and said, "I'm just afraid of a repeat of what happened when we hunted the Spectre General. Our Kirigakure put in the most effort, but some people stole the credit."
Mabui replied indifferently, "If Cloud Hidden didn't make a move, Kirigakure probably wouldn't have been able to kill the Spectre General, right?"
"Stop arguing, let's discuss hunting the Ghost Mage first."
Kitsuchi from Iwagakure tapped the table and said, "You should have also noticed that Reincarnation Game has a first kill reward setting."
"After the first hunt of the Spectre General, the dropped equipment and reward points were very generous."
The Spectre General in the previous ruined castle was similar in strength to the several leader-level spectres currently appearing on the battlefield, but the former's output was much greater.
This was the first kill reward.
Chiyo Baa-baa, a veteran powerhouse from Sunagakure and current senior advisor, nodded, "That's right, if we can get the first kill on a lord-level Ghost Mage, the rewards will definitely be unprecedentedly generous."
Their Sunagakure was very short on funds, so there were fewer players willing to belong to the Sunagakure faction, and their levels were not high. If they fought alone, the probability of hunting a Ghost Mage was minuscule.
Therefore, cooperating with other forces was the best option.
Chiyo Baa-baa appeared elderly, but unlike ordinary ninjas, she specialized in poison and puppet jutsu, which did not require high physical capabilities, so she still maintained Kage-level combat power in reality.
After becoming a player, she relied on her keen combat intuition to secure a foothold for Sunagakure in the Newbie Village.
Furthermore, through the [Monster Siege] event, all Sunagakure players upgraded their gear, wearing complete blue sets and experiencing a surge in strength.
In contrast, the Wood Leaf forces were left behind Sunagakure, becoming the weakest Ninja Village faction in the game.
"I agree."
A woman wearing a Zhihua agreed to cooperate.
Even Mei Terumi, from Kirigakure, the largest force in the Newbie Village, looked warily at the woman who spoke.
She had been a player for a shorter time than everyone else present, but she had managed to catch up to Mei Terumi's game strength through insane spending.
This was very rare.
Because Reincarnation Game did not lack paying players, especially nobles.
However, even after spending money, nobles' combat abilities were not strong, not just in terms of combat intuition and combat awareness.
Many wealthy nobles could only awaken zero-tier [Mage Apprentice] and [Rogue] professions, and were unable to advance to stronger, higher-tier professions.
"Is it luck, or talent?"
Doubt flickered in Mei Terumi's exquisite emerald eyes.
As players leveled up, the hidden settings of Reincarnation Game were exposed.
Just like her,
after reaching level 10, a game prompt appeared, allowing her to advance to the first-tier profession of Fire Mage, [Blaze Mage]. If she wanted to advance to other professions, she needed to purchase profession change scrolls from the Store.
However, most players in the Mist Hidden Alliance did not receive a profession change prompt after reaching level 10; they could only purchase profession change scrolls from the Store.
The failure rate was very high.
Even if they successfully advanced to [Tier One], four empty skill slots would open. To learn professional skills, they needed to purchase different materials.
If the learning failed, the materials would be lost.
Mei Terumi herself easily learned two skills consecutively: [Blaze Earth Fire] and [Blaze Chain].
Ordinary players, however, failed repeatedly, requiring several, or even dozens of attempts, to learn a low-quality skill.
"To clear out low-quality skills, you also have to buy Forgetfulness River Drops, and then learn again…"
Mei Terumi felt her head was about to explode.
Talented players would quickly become stronger because upgrading professional skills in the skill bar did not require spending reward points; only proficiency was needed.
But for ordinary players, this continuous barrage of demands meant that not just Hidden Mist Village, but even the entire Ninja World, wouldn't have enough money.
In the future,
the gap between different players would grow wider and wider.
Paying players could barely keep up, using purple, or even silver equipment to forcibly boost some enhanced attributes with money.
The remaining majority of players would be limited by their talent. Although their levels were sufficient, their various attributes would be far behind those of talented players.
Just like those Pollution Monsters.
A level 15 leader-level monster, the [Spectre General], had far stronger attributes than a level 15 [Ghost Soldier].
It's likely that soon, all factions will change their strategies when recruiting players.
They will cast a wide net, then identify talented players for focused training, recruiting them as elite players, and providing generous compensation and rewards.
Hidden Mist Village absolutely cannot fall behind!
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