Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Earthsplit Furnace.
The unbroken chain of volcanoes resembled sleeping beasts that occasionally woke with a roar.
Whenever the energy accumulated deep underground erupted, scorching lava broke through the earth's crust like furious fire dragons, shooting skyward amid deafening rumbling before raining down, painting the land in intertwining crimson and black.
At the foot of the mountains, the Player Legion assembled and launched an offensive against the Tianlan Pool domain node.
Ahead, dense black fog churned violently, spawning newborn Dark Tide Evil Spirits as thickly as dumplings dropped into a pot.
In the Warband voice channel, Divine King was directing the players in battle.
During the fighting, he noticed that the Dark Tide's strength had increased significantly again.
The low-level Dark Tide Evil Spirits they could once mow down with ease had disappeared. The current Dark Tide had begun spawning various powerful troop types.
Natural Disaster type, Death Calamity type, Plague type, Destruction type... these troops all possessed special abilities and were extremely troublesome.
The Natural Disaster type Troop Type, in particular, was practically an unkillable meat shield, capable of rapidly repairing its damaged body by draining the lives of other Dark Tide Evil Spirits.
The most frightening thing was not the stronger troops, but the changes in the Dark Tide's tactics.
The Dark Tide would never fall for any tactic he had used before. It seemed capable of learning from every confrontation.
For example, the Coordinated Assault Strategy he had previously employed was now completely ineffective against it.
This sent the difficulty of commanding the battle soaring.
He was learning and improving through commanding battles, but the Dark Tide was also learning through fighting their Player Legion, devising battle plans to counter the players' tactics.
The discovery gave Divine King a headache, but it also stirred