This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Chapter 249 The First Battle Begins!
The strongest forces of the righteous path and the strongest forces of the demonic path in the Celestial Empire have assembled and are actively preparing for battle, ready to clash in this struggle.

They never took Jiang Liu, the god of ancient Greece who controlled card drawing, seriously, and didn't even know he existed.

With seven days left until the battle, Jiang Liu has also made many preparations.

First, I pulled all four featured characters in the limited-time banner.

Supreme Immortal Bone: 450% all attributes, 200% maximum HP, 200% defense, restores 5% HP/MP per second.

Purple Celestial Eyes: 100% field of vision, 100% critical hit rate, 100% critical hit damage.

White Tiger Killing Soul: 100% Divine Soul Strength.

Xuanwu Killing Soul: 100% Divine Soul Strength, 200% Divine Soul Defense.

The attributes alone have seen a huge increase, and when combined with the additional passive skills provided by the limited-time items, the improvement is enormous.

Secondly, he activated the talisman-making function and refined the Shattering Demon Talisman that had been extracted from the Myriad Transformations Palace Master.

However, the refining process failed.

His talisman-making level is only at the magic level, so he can't possibly refine a high-grade spirit-level shattering demon talisman, damn it.

Then, he made a detour to the Qingquan Sect and, under the utterly bewildered gaze of the sect leader, massacred the entire sect.

However, the water droplet artifact was exposed, damn it.

Finally, he went to the Myriad Transformations Demon Palace to grind monsters, hoping to break through to the Nascent Soul stage before the battle began.

Yes, he failed too. He kept refreshing until the battle started, and he only completed 5% of the first condition for breaking through the infant. He underestimated the condition for breaking through the infant.

Seven days, multiple preparations!
I only managed to draw all the cards; everything else failed.

The first-ever battle for qualification as Heavenly Soldiers and Generals is about to begin. Do you wish to teleport to the event map immediately?

The time has finally come to compete against the top players in the front area!
This is the moment of annihilation!
【Yes】

When he was teleported to the event map, Jiang Liu's body trembled slightly involuntarily. It was hard to tell whether it was from excitement or euphoria, but it was definitely not from fear.

He had been looking forward to this moment ever since the server opened.

A newbie player annihilated the veterans in the front server!

Let's see who is the number one player in the Immortal Cultivation Era!

With a shift of perspective, the world transforms.

When Jiang Liu opened his eyes again, a modern map appeared in his field of vision.

High-rise buildings, skyscrapers, electronic screens, supermarkets, milk tea shops, WeChat and Alipay QR codes
The moment he opened his eyes, a flood of extremely familiar information came into view and filled his brain, giving him the illusion that he was not in the era of cultivation, but in a metropolis.

Like the original parkour event, it features an urban map.

Yes, this city might be a little bit big.

Looking around, you can see residential buildings thousands of meters high everywhere. Any building can cover several kilometers, and even the most ordinary small shops are hundreds of meters high.

Being on this map, he felt that either the city was magnified a hundred times, or he himself was shrunk a hundred times.

This is a giant map, and its name is extremely ominous.

Urban Battle Royale

Battle Royale?

Jiang Liu glanced at the map name in the upper right corner, and the words 'PUBG' subconsciously popped into his mind.

Could it be that this competition is plagiarizing or borrowing from PUBG?

Looting equipment, running from the poison gas, airdrops, and fighting.
His mind raced through the various factors that led to victory in PUBG, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he had played it before.

The first-ever battle for qualification as Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, 'Urban Battle Royale,' is about to begin. Please check the event page for detailed rules.

[Countdown begins - 300 seconds. Players, please prepare yourselves as soon as possible.]

"300 seconds of preparation time is too short."

Jiang Liu let out a soft breath, slowly calming his somewhat excited emotions. After regaining his composure, he casually opened the activity interface on the right.

The rules for the first qualifying battle, 'Urban Battle Royale', are as follows:

【Part 1: Duration: 5 days】

[Second: Due to differences in opening times and overall combat strength across different regions, balance adjustments will be made to players in each region.]

【Three: Each player can only revive three times. After reviving, there is a 10-second period of invincibility. After the number of revive attempts is exhausted, the player will be automatically removed from the event map.】

[Four: A 'poisonous fog' phenomenon will occur throughout the entire battle. The poisonous fog will gradually cover the entire event map at a speed of 20 meters per second. Being in the poisonous fog will result in a loss of 10% of maximum health per second.]

[Five: Natural disasters will occur throughout the battle. These disasters will appear in a completely unpredictable manner, and being hit by one will result in instant death.]

[Six: There will be a large number of 'resources' in the event map]

[Seven: Several large resource points exist on the event map, which can be viewed on the minimap]

[Eight: Ten Heavenly Soldiers and Generals Employment Letters will be airdropped to this map, with only two delivered per day.]

[Nine: Players holding Heavenly Soldiers and Generals Employment Letters will be 'specially marked']

[10: After the battle concludes, the player who ultimately holds the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals Employment Certificate will gain a spot in the Battle of Heavenly King Mountain.]

Jiang Liu quickly skimmed through the ten rules several times, his heart sinking with each reading.

It really is a battle royale mode!

The rules of this first competition are against him!

Each player can only revive three times, rendering his infinite revival strategy useless under this rule.

In the poison gas mode, the poison circle shrinks by 20 meters per second, which means there is almost no time to stop. You have to keep running through the poison gas, otherwise you will lose 10% of your health per second once you are under the poison fog, and you will die in 10 seconds!

One of the attributes of the Supreme Immortal Bone he had just fully extracted was the ability to recover 5% of his maximum health per second. Even with this attribute, he could only survive in the poisonous fog for 20 seconds.

Damn, 20 meters per second, that's 864 million meters in five days, that's more than 8,000 kilometers! I'm here to compete, not to run a marathon!

There's not much to say about natural disasters; it's all about luck.

High-value resource points are bound to be contested by players. If the free resources provided in the game significantly boost combat power, then players will definitely fight for them.

The first few rules don't really matter, but the eighth rule is the most crucial.

Ten job offers will be distributed via 'airdrop', twice a day!

Airdrop mode means that all nearby players can see it. If there are players in the top ten of the overall combat power ranking nearby, then they have no hope of picking up the airdrop.

Whether to rush for the airdrop or wait to fish in troubled waters later is an extremely crucial point.

The ninth rule is also extremely unfavorable. Players who hold the employment letter will be specially marked. Even if they are lucky enough to find the employment letter, do they have the strength to hold onto it until the end?

Obviously, it's highly unlikely.

Gan!
The battle royale mode is too unfriendly to him!
As the safe zone shrinks to its final size, the remaining players will be separated by miles, and it will be easy to spot who holds the employment contract. At that point, a massive free-for-all will ensue.

He, on the other hand, might not even have the right to fish in the chaos of the battle.

"This is really tough. Are we going to go home empty-handed in the first round?"

Jiang Liu frowned. It wasn't that he lacked confidence; it was that he truly had no chance of winning against the top ten in overall combat power. No, that wasn't right.

There is still a chance of winning!

"The pay-to-win shop... as long as the pay-to-win shop is completely emptyed..."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, a glimmer of hope in his eyes, and hurriedly looked down to find the pay-to-win shop he was most looking forward to.

However, he looked through the entire event interface several times, but he didn't see the pay-to-win shop that always appeared.

Where is my pay-to-win shop?
Where is my cheat?
Holy crap, my cheating software got banned!
No, dear and beloved planner?
This is a server-wide battle, an event with a billion players from four regions participating together!

With so many players, if each of them puts in just one spirit stone, they could crush you to death!
In such a lucrative event, you're not selling in-game items?
No, that's impossible! This is definitely not the plan I'm familiar with!

You need to open a pay-to-win shop, you need to sell privileges, you need to make money!

No matter how Jiang Liu shouted in his heart, there were still only ten rules on the event interface.

Damn, they won't let me spend money on in-game purchases. My 0.1 discount cheat has been banned. How am I supposed to play now?
Just as he was somewhat bewildered, the countdown to the battle had ended.

The first-ever Heavenly King Mountain Heavenly Soldier and General Qualification Competition for the Chinese server has begun.

[Balance adjustments for all regions are now available. Please check the buff bar at the top.]

[The first airdrop, two Heavenly Soldier/General Recruitment Letters, will be released in 12 hours. Please pay attention to the strange fragrance emanating from the heavens.]

After the system announcement resounded throughout the entire map, all players who had been frozen in place were now able to move.

The first competition has officially begun!

"Phew, so be it if the cheats are banned. There's always balance adjustments, isn't there? That's one of my chances of winning!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Jiang Liu let out a long sigh of relief, shook his head vigorously to clear away the random thoughts that filled his mind, and focused his gaze directly on the buff bar above his field of vision.

The previously empty buff bar now displays a buff with the character "衡" (Heng).

Please, developers, my server is really bad, please give us more stats.

He prayed as he eagerly clicked on the character 【衡】.

[Player Balance Adjustment Bonus for Region 4: +400% All Attributes, +4 Resurrection Count]

Jiang Liu: "Damn it."

400% bonus to all attributes!
Is it too much?

many!
But what's the use? The Supreme Immortal Bone he just drew has a 450% increase in all attributes, which means that this balance adjustment only offsets half of the limited pool item.

Dude, you've just been trying to balance something meaningless. If you really don't know how to do balancing, why don't we just leave it to AI?

"The only useful thing is having four extra lives."

Jiang Liu sighed speechlessly. The cheats were banned, and the balance adjustments were also messed up. It was a pure hellish start.

Planning is unreliable; in the most crucial moment, only you will never betray yourself!

"Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword! Primordial Dragon Phoenix Beast! Five Spirits Sword Formation! Bloodthirsty Sword Formation! Meteor Flame! Overwhelming Fire Dragon Flame!"

He chanted softly, holding a blood-red longsword in his left hand, with the Primordial Dragon-Phoenix Beast above his head, twin flames floating beside him, and seventeen swords trailing behind him.

Immediately, enter battle mode!
Once he entered battle mode, his fighting spirit and morale soared, and his previous lack of confidence and worries vanished instantly.

The spiritual energy is boiling, and the passion is burning!
Come on, veteran players from the front server, let's have a showdown!
Am I on the edge of the map right now?

After preparing for battle at any moment, he first opened the small map in the upper right corner, and then clicked again, and the small map turned into a huge map.

The large map displays nearly a hundred large resource points with names, such as schools, stadiums, parks, hospitals, towers, and so on.

His current location is in the far northeast of the map, and there is a large resource point 500 miles away from him.

"Let's target the nearest resource point, Qianyuan Building."

Jiang Liu murmured to himself, and after confirming his coordinates, he quickly made a decision.

Head straight for the large resource points and charge in!
He took a step, then shifted his gaze, accelerated, and his entire body shot out like an arrow released from a bow, heading straight for the Qianyuan Building, five hundred miles away.

boom!
He darted hundreds of meters away and crashed headfirst into a residential building that blocked his path.

Based on the principle that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, he didn't turn, ignored traffic rules, and just charged recklessly.

It's more accurate to describe it as an intercontinental ballistic missile that has already locked onto its target than as a sharp arrow.

It hurts!

What a sturdy residential building!

This is definitely not made of bricks. For his Golden Core Perfection body to feel pain under 1% pain sensitivity, this building can absolutely withstand a magnitude 100 earthquake.

Pain perception adjustment: 1% → 0%.

Keep pushing. Hmm?
Just as Jiang Liu was about to crash into the residential building, he suddenly stopped, as if he was attracted by something, and stared intently at something a few meters away.

Right at his feet, on the ground, lay a white ball of light the size of a palm.

Are these resources on the map?

He stopped, reached out and grabbed it. The moment he touched the white ball of light, it transformed into a stream of light and entered his body.

At the same time, a system voice sounded in his mind.

You picked up a white resource (attribute), gaining +1% to all attributes.

[Event resource bonuses are now displayed in the top left corner buff panel; you can check them at any time.]

The resources in the event map actually add attributes!

Jiang Liu was slightly taken aback, then his eyes widened and he involuntarily glanced at the entire floor.

This one floor alone has five white resources!

What about the entire floor?
"Hiss, the feeling is impossible to ignore."

The thought of all the attributes scattered on the ground waiting for him to pick up made him extremely conflicted.

If the +1% bonus to all attributes is for white resources, then there must be higher-level resources such as blue, purple, and gold.

They head straight for large resource points to compete with countless other players for high-level resources.

Should we collect low-level resources floor by floor and slowly approach large resource points?

This is a choice between stable improvement and increased risk, it's a tough decision, I need to think about it carefully.

You picked up a white resource (attribute), gaining +3% attack power.

You have picked up a white resource (item) and obtained 1 Swift Travel Talisman.

You have picked up a white resource (limited time), gaining +10% movement speed (1 hour)

Although Jiang Liu hesitated, he didn't stop walking. After sweeping up all the resources on this floor in a few seconds, he turned around and stepped onto the stairs, rushing to the next floor.

Climb stairs?
Am I an idiot?
He had only climbed a few dozen steps when he suddenly realized what was happening. After cursing himself under his breath, he quickly abandoned common sense, shattered the stone steps with his feet, and leaped high into the air, crashing directly into the level above.

Start a massive raid, and while you're at it, consider whether to head straight for the major resource points.

(End of this chapter)