In the battlefield, led by two Star Palace Guardians, players with physical attributes rushed to the forefront, and the close combat had already begun.
In this battlefield, there were a total of twenty thousand players.
Ninety percent of these twenty thousand players were newcomers in the third beta test. They didn't have fused bloodlines, so they could only wield their weapons and fight.
However, these newcomers had also become targets for the players who had already fused bloodlines.
After all, this time, points were calculated based on the number of kills, and it was not stated that killing ordinary players would yield fewer points than hunting bloodline warriors.
As a result, all the newcomers became the primary targets for the experienced players, which frustrated the newcomers, making them hide from the experienced players.
Su Nan also took action, instantly killing several players who approached him while pondering a question.
"I wonder if I exit the battlefield now and re-enter with another character, will I still end up in this battlefield?"
He had three characters, so he couldn't rely on just one to earn points.
He didn't attempt to switch characters immediately because there was a high probability that he would still end up in this battlefield if he did so.
In that case, it would be equivalent to using three characters to earn points in one point pool, which wouldn't be efficient.
To maximize his benefits, each of his three characters needed to be in a different battlefield.
"Let's see if it works; I'll find out by trying."
With this in mind, he didn't continue to act and chose to exit immediately.
Back in the same inn as before, he appeared out of thin air.
Without much thought, he activated the "Wheel of Fate" skill, switched to the character Zhang Yang, and used his ability to change his appearance. This time, he intended to enter the battlefield in the form of Zhang Yang.
Aries Palace, Battlefield 357.
At this moment, the battle had also begun here.
Among the many players, the most eye-catching was undoubtedly a female player from the Poluo Kingdom.
She was a player named Kavita, one of the top twenty experts in the Poluo Kingdom.
"I'm definitely going to be the top scorer in this battlefield," Kavita said confidently.
She had already noticed that there weren't many powerful players in this battlefield. There were very few Spirit-level players on both sides, with each side having about a hundred players or so.
Moreover, the majority of them were in the early and mid stages of the Spirit level.
Among the players in the late Spirit level, she was the only one!
"Spirit-level peak, I should be able to handle this."
As she swiftly hunted down the players from the Hua Kingdom in front of her, she also paid attention to the two Star Palace Guardians who were fighting not far away.
Her goal was not just to be the top scorer; she wanted to hunt down the Star Palace Guardians along with it.
Kavita continued to wreak havoc, causing players from the Hua Kingdom to scatter and flee in all directions. None of them wanted to confront her head-on.
"Are they all running away? Hua Kingdom players are no different."
Kavita chuckled, her eyes filled with mockery.
Although the Hua Kingdom players couldn't understand what she was saying, they could tell from her expression that she was looking down on them. This infuriated many Hua Kingdom players, but they had no way to deal with her.
"What's there to be proud of? It's just luck that you ran into us newcomers. If you had encountered the likes of King Nan and those other experts, you'd probably be crying by now."
"Now is not the time to compete with her. The rules of the game are about who kills more and who has more players remaining. Competing with her now may not be worth it. It would be a waste of time to engage with her and lose the opportunity to hunt other players."
Newcomers weren't a match for her, and some experienced players didn't want to waste their time tangling with her either.
In their view, wasting time fighting the woman now would be less profitable than hunting other players.
With this mindset, even some mid-level Spirit players didn't want to engage with the woman.
Seeing that no one dared to attack her, the woman's mocking smile grew stronger. She was about to say something when suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a figure appearing at her side.
The player appeared abruptly, clearly just entering the Twelve Star Palace.
However, when she saw the newcomer's appearance, the Hua Kingdom players' excitement grew.
"Zhang... Zhang Yang? Is that Zhang Yang?"
"Oh my god! Did I see that right? Zhang Yang, the expert, was assigned to our battlefield?"
"This is great! We're guaranteed to win this time. With Zhang Yang, we'll crush the Poluo Kingdom players one by one."
The Hua Kingdom players quickly recognized Su Nan, who had taken on the appearance of Zhang Yang, and their excitement knew no bounds.
Many of them looked at Kavita with expressions of anticipation.
The unusual behavior of the Hua Kingdom players naturally caught Kavita's attention, and she glanced at Su Nan with curiosity.
"What's so special about a Spirit-level novice?" she thought.
"Is this some kind of celebrity from the Hua Kingdom?"
The illusion stone on Su Nan's body was still effective, making Kavita see him as nothing more than an early-stage Spirit-level player.
In the current circumstances, such strength was only considered average, not even comparable to the top players.
She couldn't understand why this person was worth the Hua Kingdom players' excitement.
"I wonder how those H
ua Kingdom players will react when I kill you," Su Nan murmured to himself, paying no attention to the reactions of the surrounding players.
He glanced at the battlefield and then focused on the secondary panel. A pleased expression crossed his face.
"It really works!"
The previous battlefield where Wang Nan was located was Aries Palace, Battlefield 407.
Now, the location he was in was Pisces Palace, Battlefield 323.
With this arrangement, his three characters could each earn points in three different battlefields, fully maximizing his benefits.
"No more time to waste; I need to finish this quickly."
The battles in each battlefield had already started, and in a battlefield with tens of thousands of players, every second counted. Each second of delay would mean a loss of points for him.
After this battle, he had to hurry to the next one. Time was of the essence.
"Why isn't this guy running away?"
Kavita approached Su Nan, and the other players around her quickly retreated as if they had seen a plague. However, Su Nan remained standing there.
"If you won't run, then don't blame me." Kavita sneered, preparing to attack Su Nan.
However, before she could make a move, she suddenly noticed a scorching aura enveloping the sky above more than half of the battlefield!
Flames surged as if it were the end of the world.
"What... what's going on?"
All the players stopped and stared in horror at the flames in the sky.
The Hua Kingdom players were quick to react and looked at Su Nan in the center of the battlefield, understanding what was happening.
"It's Zhang Yang! Zhang Yang is taking action!"
The Poluo Kingdom players, on the other hand, were baffled. They couldn't understand what the Hua Kingdom players were saying and could only follow the gaze of the Hua Kingdom players to look at Su Nan.
As all eyes focused on Su Nan, Kavita looked at him with a mixture of disbelief and shock.
"It's him! Did he create this?"
In an instant, she understood that the player in front of her was definitely not as simple as she had initially thought.
"I have to act! I must strike before he does!"
Kavita reacted quickly. She was a physical-type player, and in her eyes, Su Nan, as a Spirit-level player with a magic-based skillset, had a vulnerable body. As long as she could land a single blow on him, she could resolve this crisis.
She thought this way, and she acted accordingly.
With a step forward, she appeared behind Su Nan in an instant and swung her longsword fiercely at him.
However, just as her longsword was about to land on Su Nan, his figure suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already on her other side.
Fast! Incredibly fast!
Kavita's heart was filled with horror. She hadn't even been able to see Su Nan's movements clearly.
Without thinking, she instinctively tried to distance herself from Su Nan, but before she could react, a water arrow pierced through her head.
"Congratulations, you have successfully hunted down a Great Atmospheric Attunement player. Would you like to plunder their luck?"
"No!"
Currently, he was acting as Zhang Yang. If he openly plundered luck, it would be suspicious.
"Kavita is dead? Kavita was killed by that Hua Kingdom player?"
Kavita disappeared from the battlefield, leaving the Poluo Kingdom players unable to believe their eyes.
They couldn't understand how one of their top twenty experts had been killed in an instant.
However, they soon found out why.
Before they could react, a rain of flames fell from the sky.
Each fiery raindrop emitted a scorching and destructive aura, seeming to tear everything apart. Under Su Nan's control, they accurately shot towards every Poluo Kingdom player.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Continuous explosions resounded, and even mid-level Spirit players were almost instantly killed under the bombardment of the fiery rain.
The vast battlefield turned into a sea of fire, shocking everyone who witnessed it.
"Run! Everyone, run!"
Chapter 268: Pisces Bracelet
The players from the Poluo Kingdom wailed in despair. They no longer had any thoughts of hunting players from the Hua Kingdom and were solely focused on desperately escaping.
This battlefield, accommodating over twenty thousand people, was undeniably massive. Su Nan's single attack couldn't cover the entire area. Those not caught in the attack's range became their escape route.
However, Su Nan had no intention of letting them go. These were valuable points!
If one attack couldn't cover them all, then two would!
If two attacks weren't enough, then three would do!
The rain of fire continued relentlessly. In truth, this wide-ranging attack didn't have tremendous power and consumed a significant amount of bloodline power. However, nearly all the players present were ordinary people. Faced with the rain of fire, new players died instantly, and even Spirit-level players could only resist briefly before meeting the same fate.
Over a minute passed.
When the flames finally extinguished, more than half of the players on the battlefield were gone. Of the over twenty thousand players, only the survivors from the Hua Kingdom remained.
Every single player from the Poluo Kingdom had been slain, not one left standing!
Even the Star Palace Guardians were not exempt; they were obliterated in this onslaught.
"Is it over?"
The players from the Hua Kingdom stared in shock at everything unfolding before them. At this moment, they were all awestruck by Su Nan's incredible power.
But then, they had a shared thought: now that all the players from the Poluo Kingdom have been killed, who should we kill next? Without players to kill, how can we earn points?
"Congratulations, you are the first player in the Twelve Star Palaces to slay a Star Palace Guardian, earning a Star Palace artifact."
"Congratulations, you have hunted a Pisces Palace Star Palace Guardian, your rank has risen to Star Palace Guardian, and this time, you receive an additional 10% bonus points."
Game notifications flashed before Su Nan's eyes. The body of the slain Pisces Palace Star Palace Guardian disappeared, leaving only what appeared to be a bracelet behind.
"The first kill grants a divine artifact?"
Su Nan was surprised but didn't dwell on it. He quickly picked up the bracelet.
"Star Palace Artifact: Pisces Bracelet (Left) (Inferior). The Pisces Palace's artifact, wearing it increases speed by 5%."
"Collect twelve different Star Palace artifacts to form the Star Palace Battle Armor, capable of harnessing the power of starlight with tremendous might."
"Inferior? It seems Star Palace artifacts come in various grades. Perhaps only killing the ruler of the Star Palace can yield a genuine Star Palace artifact."
Observing the description of the Pisces Bracelet, Su Nan understood.
He casually wore the bracelet on his left wrist and then exited the battlefield. While the 5% speed increase wasn't significant, it was better than nothing.
Xuanjue Province.
All the players here were from the Poluo Kingdom.
At this moment, on a hillside, Kavita's eyes were filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible? How could I be killed so easily? Who is he? How can he be so powerful?"
Various questions filled her mind, and she couldn't shake off the shock of being killed.
It took her a while to realize something and immediately checked the world chat.
"The players from Tianjuezhou are despicable, they attacked me while I was fighting another player!"
"You players from Huangjuezhou aren't any better. I was ambushed and killed by five players from your guild. Bullying the weak with numbers, what kind of skill is that? Come at me one-on-one if you dare!"
In the world chat, messages from players from the Twelve Provinces quickly flashed by. At this moment, those who still had time to send messages were the players who had been killed, venting their frustrations in the chat.
Kavita quickly skimmed through the messages, trying to find information about Su Nan.
Just then, a message, unlike any other player's, appeared in banner format and slowly floated above the world chat.
"Congratulations to Zhang Yang, the player from Dongchen Province, for becoming the first player to hunt a Star Palace Guardian and earning a Star Palace artifact."
"Congratulations to Zhang Yang, the player from Dongchen Province, for becoming the first player to hunt a Star Palace Guardian and earning a Star Palace artifact."
...
Three consecutive banners floated by. Players who had been bickering just moments ago suddenly fell silent.
Following that, all players from the Twelve Provinces saw this message and were astounded.
"How could someone have killed a Star Palace Guardian so quickly after the event started?!"
"The first kill of a Star Palace Guardian even gets an announcement?"
"Zhang Yang? Could it be the player ranked third on the leaderboard in Dongchen Province? That's incredibly impressive."
"Ha-ha-ha! I told you, as long as our Dongchen Province's top player takes action, those Star Palace Guardians are just a piece of cake!"
From the start of the Twelve Star Palaces event until now, only two minutes had passed. The battles in each battlefield had just begun. Suddenly, someone had killed the peak Spirit-level Star Palace Guardian, shocking everyone present.
But that wasn't all.
When they learned that Zhang Yang had already slain all the players from the Poluo Kingdom in Battlefield 323, people were even more astonished. Many mourned the players from the Poluo Kingdom in Battlefield 323.
"Zhang Yang killed over ten thousand players in just one minute. This is beyond belief!"
"If Zhang Yang is this powerful, I wonder how strong Wang Nan, the one rumored to be able to kill a King-tier monster, is?"
Compared to ordinary players, the top players from the Twelve Provinces were no longer calm.
Especially those ranking at the top, one by one, they abandoned hunting ordinary players and shifted their focus to the Star Palace Guardians.
"Killing a Star Palace Guardian first can grant a Star Palace artifact?"
"If the first kill gets a Star Palace artifact, the second kill should also have a chance, even if it's not guaranteed. The probability of getting a reward for the second kill should be higher than for subsequent kills."
"I must be the one to kill the second Star Palace Guardian. No one can take it from me!"
As the world chat displayed these banner messages, the top players from each province were becoming more determined, even resorting to using their trump cards.
Su Nan was unaware of this. By now, he had switched back to his character, Wang Nan, and was preparing to return to Battlefield 407.
(End of this chapter)