[Player Count: 568,392] Online Players: 388,424. Players on Death Cooldown: 179,968. Number of Contained Origin Source Traits: 48 Sacrificial Power Produced per Hour (Updated in Real Time): 2.2373 million (up from the previous period) Average Highest Monster Soul Level Among Players: 17 (down from the previous period). Contained Resource Territories: 23 Contained Rule Territories: Emperor's Tomb Village (Flesh Reshaping), Crystal Palace (Gathering), Wansen (Enlightenment). Functional Buildings: Test Tower, Resurrection Point (Teleportation Plaza), Guild Hall, Armored Vehicle Factory, Pet Shop, Rule Pillar, Cultivation Tower.
At the Origin Altar, the statistics provided by Guidance flashed through Qi Sheng's mind.
Over the past few days, two more Primal Monsters had been successfully contained.
The number of Primal Monsters inside the Containment Wall had reached 48.
The first was a second-generation Origin Source contained in the Grotto World by the player "One Hammer Eighty": the Thorn Puppet.
Its trait let the user spend either Qi and Blood or mental energy to rapidly summon a plant-type creature to aid in combat. When the Thorn Puppet took damage, it reflected some of the physical damage.
The appearance of the Thorn Puppet Monster Soul sparked considerable discussion on the forums.
That was because it was the first Monster Soul that was truly a summoning type.
Unlike the control effect of Monster Souls that manipulated targets, the Thorn Puppet was a Monster Soul trait that could be combined with other Monster Soul traits through Astral Veins.
In no time, the forums were flooded with guides for all sorts of interesting Astral Vein combinations.
The Thorn Puppet's arrival also made many previously unpopular Monster Souls popular.
Two Astral Vein combinations received the most likes on the forums.
The top-ranked combination was proposed by the player Black Night Approaching, who named it: Tank Puppet.
Astral Vein setup: