Zhutian: From Douluo, the illusion becomes real

Chapter 705, Section 704: The Bizarre Situation of Douluo Continent (Part 3)

Everyone here is intelligent.

Even the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, ​​who was taking notes in a small notebook, and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, who were resurrected by the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena (or rather, had their forms reshaped and were still in their infancy), as well as Bi Ji and Zi Ji, who were responsible for serving tea and water, all understood the core elements of Ye Qingcang's proposal and figured out the source of Ye Qingcang's confidence in the feasibility of his plan.

The feasibility of this plan lies in human nature.

When a large number of soul beasts and summoners form contracts.

Summoners will instinctively regard soul beasts as part of their own strength.

So, would any summoner selflessly allow their summoned beasts to be killed, or be forced to pay soul power to create soul rings, just to survive against other soul masters?

Obviously not!

Humans are selfish!

They will not hesitate to do things that harm others for their own benefit.

But anyone would resist doing something that benefits others at the expense of oneself.

Therefore, summoners who have signed contracts with soul beasts will consciously stand on the side of the soul beasts, using humans to counterbalance humans themselves, and using the influence of summoners to counter soul masters, which is truly a stroke of genius.

Moreover, this includes the two Silver Dragon Kings, Gu Yuena.

All the spirit beasts present knew this.

Summoner was just an example Ye Qingcang casually picked out for convenience. In fact, this system can be extended to more than just summoners. Knights, mages, priests, assassins, warriors, and even soul masters can all choose this path.

To put it bluntly, for the Knights...

It's alright if you don't gain the approval of the Radiant Unicorns of your Divine Seal Plane. Come, come! Our Radiant Celestial Horses of the Soul Beast Clan are willing to become your partners. Sign an equal contract and you can take them for free. Moreover, even if you already have a Radiant Unicorn, it doesn't matter. Our Radiant Celestial Horses of the Soul Beast Clan don't mind becoming your second mount. One person with two horses can easily become a heavy cavalryman. After all, some ancient heavy cavalry even had a configuration of one person with three horses, just to ensure explosive power during a charge. Imagine when you are facing an enemy, unable to defeat them, and need to escape, and your Radiant Unicorn happens to be exhausted. At this time, you can use a summoning spell to summon the Radiant Celestial Horse, return the Radiant Unicorn to its original space, switch horses, and continue your escape. It can be a lifesaver in critical moments!

There are also magicians.

what?
You say that a noble mage doesn't need companions?
That's pure prejudice.

What are the weaknesses of a mage?
Crispy crust!
In this respect, priests are no different from magicians!

They're all crispy!

But if a spirit beast with amazing defensive capabilities appeared in front of you as a summoner, blocking tons of damage for you, wouldn't that give you a great sense of security and a higher margin for error?

As we all know, mages and marksmen can only unleash their maximum damage by attacking from the support of tanks or tanky supports. Tanks like Dunshan, once they activate their ultimate skill, can block in front of others, making them immune to crowd control, damage, and projectiles, providing an overwhelming sense of security.

operate?

It's not necessary!

Just pick a marksman and stand there and fight.

It's safe to say that any archer or mage who has experienced this kind of output space would find it hard to refuse. Take the old man in Genshin Impact as an example. Once his shield is activated, he not only blocks damage but also becomes immune to abnormal statuses. You no longer have to worry about being knocked away by a single control skill from the one-eyed monster and then being spun to death by the giant swing. The game experience is elevated to another level, to the point that many netizens jokingly call him a "useless person training machine".

Even if there are those extremely rare mages.

He indicated that he wanted to test the limits.

These are what are known as hardcore gamers.

They are often defeated by the system itself.

The best way to deal with these old-fashioned mages is to let them fight other mages who have put on new outfits. Once they get thoroughly beaten up by the other mages, they will naturally come to their senses.

The selection of pastors is much broader.

Because the priest bestows healing.

This means that they are a group of qualified wet nurses.

What is the best match for a wet nurse?
It's clearly the kind of soul beast that has good damage output, good tankiness, but poor sustain.

Here we can call out Xiong Jun.

The downside of the Bear is its extremely poor battery life.

In its burst state, this thing can even injure Di Tian.

However, this thing's burst of power usually only lasts for less than half an hour.

Moreover, this thing moves very slowly.

People often fly kites around.

Often, by the time they reach the enemy, they are already low on health.

The same applies to the Titan Giant Ape in Douyi.

But if you pair them with a priest, the effect is completely different.

They could easily charge forward despite the damage.

Anyway, the treatment is keeping up.

It's just a temporary pain.

It won't kill you.

Then, relying on their superior close-combat skills, they cut down the enemy.

In addition, the priest can also get a bodyguard.

Win-win.

When those stubborn mages who refuse to accept new things or sign contracts are beaten up by priests with a group of summoned beasts, they will naturally obediently join in.

Join if you can't.

This is the simplest of truths.

As for assassins, they don't need meat shields, nor do they need fast-running and flying celestial horses, nor do they need support. After all, assassins are like daggers; they either kill their opponents with a single blow or destroy the weapon and kill the person. They have almost no sustained combat capability and no possibility of being retrieved. However, assassins can never refuse one type of soul beast: one that is inclined towards stealth and support.

For example, the Netherworld Cat.

With the Ghost Cat at your side, the assassin's operational space will be greatly enhanced. For example, in an ambush, facing an opponent who is clearly on guard, the assassin can take the initiative to jump out and attack, attracting the opponent's attention, and then let the Ghost Cat finish them off. Or, the Ghost Cat can be used to alert the enemy and seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. For example, during a retreat, certain mechanisms can be set up to lure the enemy into a trap and then let the Ghost Cat activate the mechanism. Although the Ghost Cat cannot design mechanisms, it is still capable of performing small operations such as pressing buttons, pulling joysticks, or biting ropes and pulling backward.

In addition, there is the Evil Eye.

That is the race to which the Evil Emperor belongs.

Those Evil Eyes with stealth abilities are the treasures of every assassin. Even if these Evil Eyes cannot make the assassin invisible as well, they can still observe the enemy while invisible, quickly assess the situation for the assassin, and even plan different infiltration routes based on probability. If you encounter an Evil Eye that can make the assassin invisible as well, it's an even bigger win. The assassin can easily infiltrate the enemy's camp while invisible, making assassination in broad daylight not difficult, and there's no need to worry about retreating after the assassination.

Of course, there are also ice silkworms.

The kind of Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Those ice silkworms that have acquired the disguise skill can mimic appearances.

It allows assassins to create illusions that are completely indistinguishable from the real thing.

As for warriors, what they need are professional healing spirit beasts like Brigitte, or spirit beasts that can quickly restore spirit power.

In short, once involution begins...

Others had no choice but to participate.

Imagine two teams competing, both with a standard seven-player roster. One team releases seven summoned beasts, similar to special classes like Summoners and Knights, and even summons multiple monsters, turning the game into a sixteen vs. seven match—more than double the number of players. They have two main healers: the Priest and a Warrior's summoned support beast. They also have two assassins: an Assassin and their corresponding summoned beast. Furthermore, they have two or more tanks—the Warrior and Priest's summoned beasts—plus two or more magic cores, and a Knight forming a hexagonal force. Even if the opposing team also has a Summoner, after the summoned beasts exchange blows, the situation remains sixteen vs. seven.

A nearly two-fold advantage in numbers.

Under the same conditions, its fault tolerance is incredibly high.

Therefore, in this situation where everyone is involutionary.

Soul beasts serve as additional combat power.

Its value will be estimated without any upper limit.

If Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena were willing, she could throw out a ferocious beast to test the waters. This beast would definitely be fiercely contested by summoners and other human superhumans. Even if warriors, assassins, and mages wouldn't care, priests would definitely accept it without hesitation. As a group of fragile characters with no offensive capabilities, they desperately need a soul beast.

of course.

Theoretically speaking, priests can also learn summoning spells.

The problem is that summoning spells don't synergize with the priest's attributes.

Like an assassin.

Some professions have commonalities.

Some professions, however, have absolutely no overlap.

To learn summoning magic, the superhuman's spiritual power must possess a certain degree of psychic ability, which, to put it bluntly, means having spatial power. Priests worship the Goddess of Light, and light-type spiritual power is their mainstream. Among a hundred priests, you won't find even one whose spiritual power contains spatial properties. Moreover, summoning magic requires a significant amount of energy to cultivate; otherwise, a ninth-tier priest could easily summon a first-tier summon beast, which would be good enough if it didn't cause trouble, and wouldn't be of any help at all. Human energy is limited and cannot sustain such a training.

There are also assassins.

The assassin's spiritual power is of the dark attribute.

It is particularly unique among the six temples.

Therefore, ordinary healing spells are actually a deadly poison to assassins, and only a professional priest can ensure their effectiveness.

Otherwise, use a purification spell.

The dark spiritual energy attached to the wound by the demonic attack was indeed purified.

However, the assassin's own dark spiritual power will also be purified as if it were one of their own.

It's like cutting right at the limit.

This rendered the assassin's years of hard training futile.

There's also the single attribute of the Magic Temple.

A fire mage is a fire mage; they can't use any ice spells. If they encounter a suitable opponent, they'll be completely countered. This is a weakness of the mage class.

After all, all I need to do is find a demon god with ice attributes.

Then they can dominate you.

In fact, it wouldn't be a problem for an eighth-tier fighter to defeat a ninth-tier fighter.

Attribute counters are that absolute.

For more details, please refer to Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.

In the original novel, after receiving Huo Yuhao's blessing, Ling Luochen raised his hand and used a control skill to freeze Ma Xiaotao, who was at level 55, at level 67. The twelve-level difference in soul power made it impossible for Ma Xiaotao to break free of control. This is attribute restraint.

However, this plan also has a drawback.

"Hatred!"

Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King of Douluo Continent III, slowly spoke.

Then, fearing that Ye Qingcang might not understand.

He reiterated, "Hatred will always exist. Humans' demand for spirit beasts is based solely on their need for strength. But if the world is at peace and they no longer need strength, then focusing on spirit rings will be an inevitable result. At that time, spirit beasts might even fight each other based on their affiliation with different human factions. Although it's similar now, they're only fighting for food, not for the near-unlimited distribution of profits..."

"Then let's not have world peace!"

Ye Qingcang stated slowly and deliberately.

In a word.

It captured the hearts of all the ferocious beasts present.

This startled countless ferocious beasts.

Those who reacted strongly, like Di Tian, ​​slammed their pen down on their notebooks, looked up, and stared incredulously at Ye Qingcang, who had uttered such words.

Those with weaker reactions, such as the Silver Dragon King in Douluo Continent II, paused their chewing of the gummy candy for two or three seconds before resuming their original pace.

Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King of Douluo Continent III, became interested.

Raise an eyebrow.

He said thoughtfully, "Tell me about it?"

"of course can."

"The principle is actually very simple."

"The world is so big, why fixate on one thing?"

"Let's put it this way, suppose I discover a new world outside."

"Worlds are at war with worlds."

"Under external pressure."

"Does that mean the internal pressure is gone?"

"Moreover, if the war is won, a huge amount of resources will be gained. With an even distribution, the strength of both the human and beast races will increase proportionally. Whether it is the lowest level of the human race or the lowest level of the beast race, everyone will have the opportunity to climb up. The human and beast races will also be able to unite against the common enemy. After all, everyone has relatives and friends who died at the hands of aliens. If the war is lost, there will be even more reason to unite against the common enemy. They may even unite closely and fight to the death. In the end, this is a war to defend our homeland."

"There is nowhere to retreat, nowhere to avoid."

"Also, to put it more darkly..."

"We can still control the situation appropriately."

"Let the war last a little longer."

"Let there be more deaths and injuries among the people and spirit beasts."

"Then, select as many moving stories as possible, and define the relationship between soul beasts and humans as comrades-in-arms who depend on each other for life on the battlefield outside the planet. You can shout a slogan: Perhaps you are human, perhaps we are soul beasts, but before these two identities, we are all children of Douluo Planet. We will never let down Mother Planet's expectations of us. We are the guardians of the planet and are our kind in the eyes of aliens."

"Doesn't that solve the problem?"

Ye Qingcang calmly shrugged.

It was a tone that couldn't have been gentler.

Yet it sounded like a whisper from hell.

Even Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King of Dou San, felt uneasy about it.

After all, the idea was too crazy.

This is completely playing with the lives of living beings.

But it must be said, it is indeed effective.

It can even achieve a phased, permanent solution.

(End of this chapter)