Colorful Mist Coast, Azure Star Sea Area.
Crystal Palace Node.
The four-day-long battle was still ongoing.
The Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards, which had grown by absorbing the node's energy, launched a counterattack against the players.
The Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards came in swarms, clad in sturdy scale armor and skilled at group combat. Using their numerical advantage and ability to move rapidly underwater, they formed barrier after barrier that was difficult to penetrate. Their sharp pincers could easily sever a player's body with every strike, instantly sending them back to Emperor's Tomb Village.
In theory, the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards, whose average level was around 25, should have been easy prey for the Player Legion.
After all, the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards did not possess the terrifying talent of the Insect Tide and Black Tide, which allowed them to endlessly produce troops.
But without Monster Souls proficient in water, the human players were completely unable to adapt to the rhythm of underwater combat. Several waves of coordinated attacks were easily crushed by the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards.
As for the nonhuman players, the Cheek Fishmen and Abyssal Fish Clan were indeed proficient in water.
However, their average Monster Soul levels were low, and they lacked sufficient Body Tempering levels to inherit their Monster Soul attributes. In terms of strength, they were completely overwhelmed by the Shadow Scale Shrimp Guards.
The battle was being fought entirely through attrition. Every time a Shadow Scale Shrimp Guard was killed, the enemy's strength weakened by a fraction.
But this Domain Node clearly could not be taken down in a short time.
At that moment, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, gained a general understanding of the Domain Node's rules and effects through Guidance's analysis.
When he first saw the introduction to Gathering, the