Chapter 1563: 400: Grand Opening Feast, Life Throat’s Ambition (2)

The benefit status hadn’t even warmed up, and it instantly evaporated along with the Dharma Aspect, losing everything. A guild that finally locked onto a wounded target failed to seize the right time to finish it off, and instead attracted the Reverse Tide Battle Array’s attack. They were instantly overwhelmed, following the footsteps of their predecessors.

On the district channel, cheers and angry curses could be heard from time to time.

In comparison, Ding Qi’s income was stable.

They were only responsible for the production and sale of "weapons," and whether the buyer returned full or lost their sacrificial power in their investment was not their concern.

What they needed to do now was continue earning sacrificial power.

The days of sudden wealth, like brilliant fireworks, burned intensely for three days.

During these three days, the "super gas station" constructed by Ding Qi monopolized the supply of Benefit Balls at the Reversed Tide Edge Battlefield, and sacrificial power flooded into their warehouse like a dam bursting.

Thirty-five thousand Taotie Giant Beasts weren’t consuming energy; it was seemingly flowing sacrificial power.

But huge profits inevitably lead to imitation.

Starting the afternoon of the third day, the situation changed quietly.

One after another, top guilds with powerful capabilities and reorganized warband structures began entering the arena.

They were unwilling to continue buying expensive "tickets" from Ding Qi and instead copied or optimized the model to capture the market.

More troubling for Ding Qi, several powerful guilds quickly assembled mutual assistance coalitions.

They shared stolen Benefit Balls, focusing resources on building their sustainable hit-pack teams.

In terms of scale and technology, Ding Qi’s United Guild couldn’t hold any advantages.

With competitors, they had to lower prices. After all, guilds entering the arena had more choices now.

Naturally, guilds would go to whoever had lower prices.

As for return customers, fellow locals only looked at cost effectiveness; if the price was high, cooperation was out of the question.

To attract customers, Ding Qi’s United Battle Group had to be forced into a price war to capture market share.

By the fifth day, sales calls began appearing on the district channel.

Originally monopolized by Ding Qi, the Reversed Tide Edge Battlefield now resembled a marketplace.

On the battlefield, all three forces fought fiercely.

This price war was equally intense.

Ding Qi watched the district channel constantly update with the lowest bidding price and saw the slowing sales speed of his Benefit Balls, knowing the good days had finally come to an end.

The initial monopolistic profit period was over, and the market entered a harsh competitive stage.

He planned to persist for another two days; if no profit could be made, he’d switch trades and use the Benefit Balls himself.

If all else failed, he’d continue preparing to enter the village entrance battlefield.

Rolling into a price war with other guilds was genuinely pointless, only wasting the guild’s developmental time.

But undoubtedly, as more and more top guilds entered the fray,

the Reversed Tide Edge Battlefield as a resource acquisition channel was now thoroughly open.

Every day, numerous top guilds’ Battle Array Dharma Aspects were entering the battlefield to feast.

This increased the number of Soul Beast accessories produced, resulting in decreased profits from hunting spoils.

During this period, undoubtedly, players with Soul Beasts were the happiest.

They could purchase accessories granting powerful enhancements to Soul Beasts at lower prices.

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Primordial Altar.

Qi Sheng’s gaze withdrew from the Reversed Tide Edge Battlefield.

Players advancing to the Reverse Tide Battlefield was an inevitable trend for faction development.

This huge meat grinder where three forces collide would inevitably become a channel for top players to continually earn profits in the future.

But at the present stage, players still couldn’t match the strength required for this battlefield.

Even at the most peripheral battlefield, indirect approaches relying on crafty means were necessary.

In his eyes, it was ultimately just a harmless game.

The profits from this approach evidently couldn’t drive rapid faction development, merely small-scale operations.

However, the emergence of this model brought players’ attention to the Reverse Tide Battlefield.

This was a good thing.

Many top guilds, therefore, had new targets.

What truly comforted Qi Sheng wasn’t the sacrificial power profit from the edge of the battlefield.

It was the endless creative ideas from players, who always managed to utilize existing rules to develop something new and intriguing.

Innovation is important; it will be the strongest driving force for faction development.

Players haven’t disappointed him; they always break out of frame thinking to bring unexpected surprises.

That is, in his view, one of the most interesting values of the player group.

They may be insignificant, their actions absurd, but they can always pry open possibilities normal forces wouldn’t dare to imagine from bizarre perspectives.

Without further focus on the Reversed Tide Edge Battlefield,

Qi Sheng’s gaze crossed the space and landed on Dream Island East District.

The once barren and undeveloped coastline of the East District had now completely changed.

A Destiny Entertainment City, led by Life Throat, had risen from the ground here.

At the center of this area was the Destiny Casino.

This is a unique building constructed with energy, seemingly embedded with countless pulsating silver runes on the surface.

Every rune is a spiritual monitor.

Beyond recording images, these silver runes can also record each guest’s spiritual waves and other information emitted within the building.

It ensures that every visiting gambler remains within a controllable range.

Poor cheating methods would be swiftly detected.

Connected to Destiny Casino are several floating rainbow light bridges, stretching out like tendrils from the casino’s main body, linking to surrounding auxiliary building complexes.

Encircling the casino is a recreational zone crafted by Life Throat for this region.