As more and more people grew stronger by means of the Demonic Shadow.
As the Demonic Shadow Squad, who understood the range and habits of the Demonic Shadows, their reputation naturally soared.
They directly became the undisputed leading team on the Water Blue Star.
Some individuals or groups who were originally opposed to them.
Seeing the other party leading countless players to become stronger effortlessly, their mindset gradually began to change.
Slowly, some players and small groups from Huaxia began to gravitate towards the Demonic Shadow Squad.
When they truly benefited from it and their strength greatly increased, their doubts were naturally dispelled.
They unhesitatingly threw themselves into the embrace of the other party.
In less than two months, almost 99% of the players on the Water Blue Star had improved their strength by killing and absorbing Demonic Shadows.
The strength of the entire Water Blue Star players had increased by more than one level compared to before.
It would not be an exaggeration to say it was a complete transformation.
The invasions from the other world all ended in failure.
Even.
Unless an expert at the level of a Heavenly Dao Saint intervened, ordinary saints.
Any group of over a hundred people on the Water Blue Star could now deal with them.
It could be described as a nation in arms.
This trend also began to make the remaining individuals waver.
"Brother Jun, we are still not absorbing Demonic Shadows. What exactly is the problem with this thing?"
"Can we ask Big Shot Yang Jian for a definitive answer? Otherwise, our strength will fall too far behind others."
The Huaxia players who still believed in the God of War Squad.
Were all awestruck by Yang Jian Qingming's strength in the game and placed absolute trust in him.
Or.
They had a better understanding of the God of War Squad's strength in reality.
Understanding the power they possessed behind the scenes, far surpassing the mere act of absorbing Demonic Shadows.
They felt that the God of War Squad, this powerful backing, was more reliable than the Demonic Shadow Squad.
However.
No matter how strong Yang Jian Qingming was.
Or how outstanding the overall strength of the God of War Squad was.
On the surface, they were already weaker than the Demonic Shadow Squad.
Even if they still had some advantage in high-end combat power.
The other party had too many people!
These people, who were once geniuses and prodigies both in games and reality.
In their respective fields.
And during certain periods.
They were also shining, dazzling figures.
It was only because Lin Feng's strength was too terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Powerful beyond their imagination.
That they firmly believed.
Only by following Lin Feng could they have the last laugh in the war against the other world.
For this.
They delayed their progress in the game.
They gradually fell behind others in reality.
Now.
Let alone comparing themselves to the top experts.
Their strength had even fallen below that of mid-tier players.
Relying solely on their deep accumulation in the game.
And.
The benefits gained from countless commercial collaborations and exchanges with the God of War Squad in the past.
Relying on their comprehensive strength, such as treasures and divine abilities, which were far superior to players of the same realm.
They could still be considered influential figures.
However.
If others continued to absorb Demonic Shadows like this.
One day.
Their strength would fall behind everyone else.
At that time.
It would no longer be a matter of who to believe.
Even.
Survival itself might become a challenge.
Let alone the enemies from the other world.
Just players from other servers that they had easily subdued before.
People from the Cherry Blossom Nation and the Beautiful Country.
Would they still be polite to them after becoming powerful?
Thinking of such a scene, they felt a sense of worry.
Even fear.
After several discussions, they could no longer hold back.
Yang Jun, naturally, would not sit idly by.
During this period.
He had also been observing the so-called Demonic Shadow Squad.
Researching this method of improving strength by killing Demonic Shadows.
Although.
Countless people had already successfully proven its feasibility.
He always felt that something was amiss.
How could it be so easy?
Were there no side effects or anything?
There's always a reason for something unusual.
He firmly believed this view.
Therefore.
He logged into the game every day to leave messages for Lin Feng.
However.
Despite sending countless messages, he never received a response.
Coupled with Lin Feng's previous words, he was deeply worried.
Was Brother Feng undertaking a special mission?
That it took so long and had such significant restrictions?
At the same time.
He felt a hint of excitement.
Lin Feng had always appeared as an invincible being on their journey.
Advancing through the game with overwhelming force.
Now he had been silent for so long, there must be some major move.
When Lin Feng finished his business and returned to reality.
What Heavenly Dao Saints of the other world, what Demonic Shadow Squad.
None of that would matter!
After seeing off the leaders of several major Huaxia guilds who came to negotiate.
Yang Jun entered the game again.
His conversation with them earlier had made him somewhat agitated.
Those leaders had said that if Big Shot Yang Jian still had no clear instructions, they would collectively start farming Demonic Shadows.
The temptation of easily increasing strength was too great.
He had already exceeded his expectations that they could hold out until now.
He had no reason to make them and their hundreds of thousands of players wait any longer.
He had to find a way to contact Lin Feng today.
In the past, he had always used normal methods to send messages.
In reality.
There was also a special agreed-upon method.
He had never used it for fear of affecting any of Lin Feng's progress in the game.
After all.
Lin Feng had mentioned last time that if he logged out of the game, he might not be able to log back in.
Losing the opportunity to improve in the game would undoubtedly cut off his retreat.
Yang Jun knew the priorities.
But now.
The situation on the entire Water Blue Star was somewhat beyond their expectations and control.
If it was absolutely necessary, he would have to force contact with Lin Feng.
He thought to himself.
As soon as he logged in.
He saw a golden light flashing in his friend list.
Yang Jun's eyes filled with excitement.
This was the special effect he had set for a particularly concerned friend's reply.
This meant.
Lin Feng had replied!
...
Eyes open.
Eyes closed.
Lin Feng repeated these actions.
He was not exercising his eyes.
But unleashing a special attack.
[Eternal Gaze] (Unique)
Tier: Combat Power Divine Ability (Special)
Type: Special
Your eyes hide immense terror. When facing an enemy with less than 100 times your combat power, you can directly inflict 10% of your maximum true damage upon them. If this damage exceeds the target's HP, it will result in an instant kill, and is immune to defense, damage absorption, damage reflection, invincibility, and resurrection effects.
Attack Range: 985 meters (Spirituality x 0.00001 meters)
Attack Count: 4 (Total Base Attribute Value / 100 Million)
The current effect of the divine ability was the result of his countless infusions of Dao Origin and Chaos Immortal Power for reinforcement.
Although the limitations were great.
He had to face targets with less than 100 times his combat power to take effect.
But in the past two months, during the endless battles in the outer celestial channel.
His accumulation was not small.
His four-dimensional attributes had all broken through 90 million.
Not far from 100 million.
This had also activated five layers of his combat power system.
"Current activated effects are as follows:"
"When your combat power is more than 10 times that of the opponent, a 10% constant bonus/reduction effect of various data types will be generated. This effect has priority over all other settings."
"Your Strength base attribute receives an additional 10.9% bonus to this effect."
"Your Agility base attribute receives an additional 10.9% bonus to this effect."
"Your Endurance base attribute receives an additional 10.9% bonus to this effect."
"Your Spirituality base attribute receives an additional..."
All five base attributes exceeding ten million gave him a cumulative 50% constant bonus.
The further amplification was a bit difficult.
The 90 million attribute points only increased by an additional 0.9%.
However.
Lin Feng was unlike other players who had a cap on attribute points.
And a focus on certain dimensions.
His five attributes were all developing synchronously.
With this accumulation.
He now possessed a full 64.5% constant bonus.
As for the combat power restriction?
Lin Feng smiled slightly.
A month ago, his system panel in the game no longer displayed specific combat power values.
He guessed.
It was due to the appearance of the combat power system, which caused the value to increase too much.
Far exceeding the system's maximum setting.
After all.
He could now trigger this constant bonus when facing existences at the level of Great Dao Saints.
This meant his combat power had surpassed theirs tenfold.
In the absence of encountering a more powerful boss,
He truly didn't know what kind of enemies could test his limits.
As his five major attributes approached 100 million, he looked forward to it.
Previously.
When his base attributes reached the unprecedented 10 million, this formidable combat power system was activated.
He wondered what new changes would occur when they reached 100 million.
In the past two months, watching his own strength improve every moment.
And the endless monsters in this outer celestial channel.
He had long been accustomed to continuous battles.
Shuttling, eyes closed, eyes open.
He even used the Zhuxian Sword Formation less often.
If not for the fact that [Eternal Gaze] required him to close and open his eyes to trigger once.
He could have pushed forward endlessly, like a perpetual motion machine.
During this period.
He had also indulged in the pleasure of constant improvement.
With no time to pay attention to anything else.
He rarely even checked messages in his friend list. However.
The recent messages seemed to have increased.
They seemed to be increasing every day.
However, he was not too worried.
If something truly major had happened, he had an agreement with his team members, a special contact method.
The fact that this method had not yet been triggered meant that something was going on, but it was not a matter of life and death.
Before setting off this time, he would check it.
He opened his message box.
Upon seeing the message from Zhan Shen Ba Dao, his heart stirred.
Demonic Shadow?
He hadn't heard of such a thing in his previous life.
Its effect seemed too heaven-defying!
There seemed to be some issues.
And.
Did the name of this thing have any connection to the demonized monsters he encountered in large numbers in the outer celestial channel?
Lin Feng's eyes flickered, deep in thought.
...
Thank you to Zhang Fan for the reminder with Guo Hu's催更符.
Thank you to Shi Luo Li Ming for the like, and to Lu Jia San Shao ccc for the love letter.