The Body Sect taking the lead directly stirred the emotions on the scene.
The various forces almost immediately followed suit, charging toward the center of the plain.
However, they soon realized they didn't need to charge.
Because the Abyssal creatures falling from the spatial channel overhead were landing right on the plain. While the vertical drop zone was the central area of the plain, some Abyssal creatures surged out with momentum, so their landing points could be on the outskirts of the plain.
Therefore, they only needed to wait within their respective areas for the Abyssal creatures to fall.
At first, only the charging Body Sect disciples had enemies.
Soon, Abyssal creatures fell into the plain like dumplings dropping into a pot. The Spirit Masters who had been waiting for so long all had green lights shining in their eyes.
A significant portion of the Spirit Masters had learned the news yesterday. The message was spread to the continent by the Blacksmith Association. Apart from the news of the planar war, it also mentioned the rewards for this conflict.
Spirit Masters participating in the war would uniformly join the Douluo Legion, becoming members of the Douluo army. They would earn different Contribution Points based on the strength of the Abyssal creatures they killed'ssentially military merit. They could exchange Contribution Points for all kinds of heavenly treasures. Su Ming had listed many precious herbs from the Ice Fire Two Eyes among the rewards. Besides heavenly treasures, there were also Spirit Metals, including Battle Armor production services that could be exchanged with Contribution Points.
However, most Spirit Masters were currently caught up in the heat of the moment, focused only on killing the enemy, and temporarily forgot how merits were calculated.
Moreover, with the two sides clashing head-on and this being the first contact, how could one judge the strength of the Abyssal creatures? How could reasonable Contribution Points be assigned?
Naturally, some quick-witted Spirit Masters realized this and secretly glanced at Su Ming in the sky above.
For this first encounter, would there really be no benefits?
Soon, they discovered they were wrong.
These Abyssal creatures were too strong.
Abyssal creatures of the same rank were actually almost equivalent to elite Spirit Masters of the same level. Each was fearless of death and had its own distinct characteristics, with obvious and pronounced strengths.
On the Douluo army's side, it often took three to five people working together to easily suppress an Abyssal creature of the same level.
Since the targets were killed through multi-person cooperation, even without a well-established Contribution Point system yet, it would be possible to prevent false reporting during subsequent statistics.
Fixed teams didn't really exist either, because Abyssal creatures were falling like dumplings, potentially landing anywhere on the plain. Even if there were fixed teams, other Spirit Masters nearby might join in.
Or a fixed team might get entangled by two Abyssal creatures and be forced to split up.
Initially, the Abyssal creatures were all fearless of death, and each amplified their own advantages to the extreme. Those skilled in mental attacks madly howled; those strong in power ferociously fought, completely disregarding life or death.
They amplified their strengths to the limit, not considering survival at all.
Because they knew that after death, their power would return to the Abyss's embrace, and they would be revived anew.
However, the Abyssal side soon realized something was wrong.
The Abyssal Sage King's expression changed.
His perception, spreading along with the Abyssal energy, reached outside the channel exit on Douluo Star and sensed the aura of the Tree of Life.
"The Tree of Life!"
He was aghast.
This Douluo Star had actually even nurtured a Life Core?
A plane could have at most one Life Core, but that was the maximum; it didn't mean there was necessarily one.
Many planes were incapable of nurturing a Life Core.
The Abyssal Sage King hadn't expected Douluo Star to not only have a Lord of the Plane but also a Life Core.
He had a massive headache.
No wonder the God Realm said Douluo Star wanted a fair war with the Abyss.
With a Life Core present, even Abyssal energy would be devoured, and Abyssal creatures would truly die when killed.
He raised his hand and began controlling his army, stopping the meaningless charge into Douluo Star.
What was the difference between charging into Douluo Star and rushing to their deaths?
Even if Douluo Star's Spirit Master army couldn't kill his subordinates, could that Lord of the Plane not kill them either?
The dumplings stopped?
On the chaotic plain, a group of injured Spirit Masters looked up at the sky, anxiously staring at the spatial channel exit that resembled a vortex.
Su Ming found this scene amusing.
He also inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. From his observation, Douluo Star's Spirit Master army could handle the Abyssal creatures.
In the original storyline, the reason the Abyss was so difficult to resist was mainly because where the Abyssal energy permeated, Douluo's laws were suppressed. Spirit Masters struggled to mobilize Spirit Power, and inside the channel, they were completely unable to use Spirit Power at all.
Noticing the Abyssal army retreating, leaving a full twenty percent of the spatial channel empty, Su Ming reluctantly took action.
He reached out and tapped the vortex before him, restructuring it into a gateway. Then he looked down. There was a considerable distance to the ground. Spirit Masters below the rank of Spirit Sage couldn't fly and couldn't reach it; jumping was utterly impossible from this height.
He looked up again at the Tree of Life above, which had devoured much Abyssal energy.
He merged his spiritual power with the Tree of Life, using his will to control its growth, making it stretch its body and extend numerous roots downward, forming a structure akin to stairs.
This scene made the Spirit Masters below gaze with fervent eyes.
The Tree of Life's roots reached the ground but did not burrow into the soil, merely making contact with the surface.
These roots didn't seem to be for absorbing nutrients either.
Together, they supported the Tree of Life high in the air.
Su Ming flew out of the area covered by the Tree of Life's roots, glanced at the malformed Tree of Life, and muttered to himself.
"Tiny tree, massive roots."
The entire Tree of Life was currently only a little over five meters tall, but the roots below were dense and over two hundred meters long.
From a distance, one could only see the outline formed by the roots, unable to locate the trunk.
No, one wouldn't even realize it was a tree.
"Three hours of recovery time. Three hours later, enter the spatial channel and continue battling the Abyssal army."
As Su Ming's voice fell, the fervent hearts of the Spirit Masters below gradually cooled, realizing their own conditions were somewhat poor.
"The Contribution Point calculation system needs to be established. For now, we cannot calculate your Contribution Points. However, before the Contribution Point system is created, your Contribution Points will not be less."
Su Ming pointed at the Tree of Life above.
"For every Abyssal creature you kill, its energy will be devoured by the Tree of Life. I will use the Tree of Life's feedback to tally the total number of Abyssal creatures killed by everyone. Then, it will be converted into Contribution Points, and all Spirit Masters will share them equally."
Complete equal sharing was impossible. Su Ming explained in more detail.
The life essence left behind after the death of Abyssal creatures of each rank would be calculated separately. The life essence from a fifth-rank Abyssal creature was naturally different from that of a sixth-rank one.
Su Ming could still be tall these.
"Therefore, Spirit Masters of each rank only need to hunt Abyssal creatures corresponding to their own level. Don't recklessly show off. Also, supervise each other to avoid any Spirit Masters slacking off."
Su Ming knew that even among Spirit Masters of the same rank, there were strong and weak ones. Equal sharing was unfair to the outstanding ones.
But it didn't matter.
In the early stages of the war, the goal wasn't to kill many enemies, just a steady transition.
They needed to gradually figure out the types of Abyssal creatures, their respective strengths, methods, and weaknesses.
Su Ming could, of course, directly copy the information from Douluo 3, but with the God Realm watching, it would be hard to explain the source if he did, just adding unnecessary complications.
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