Chapter 889 - Battle Points

After Shi Feng closed his eyes, the system鈥檚 mechanical notification sound rang by his ears.

Password confirmed. Mental link is stable. All systems operational. Do you wish to login?

Login.

Once Shi Feng silently agreed to the connection, darkness engulfed his surroundings, and he felt as if his body had fallen into a bottomless pit.

In the next moment, however, Shi Feng felt a weight on his body. The sound of galloping horses and carriages moving reached him. He also heard voices.

"This is... God鈥檚 Domain?" Shi Feng was surprised when he opened his eyes.

Western-style buildings rose up around him. Traffic covered the surrounding streets, and he could see many pedestrians wandering about wearing armor and carrying weapons. It felt as if he was in God鈥檚 Domain.

The only difference Shi Feng noticed was his current appearance. Rather than his usual armor, he wore commoner鈥檚 linen clothing. He did not possess a single weapon. Physically, he appeared exactly as he did in reality.

His system interface was also different. Although the method to call up the interface was the same, he only had options to log out, adjust the pain settings, and a clock that displayed real time. There was nothing else. Neither his HP bar nor name was displayed.

Moreover, he felt very weak. In terms of the Basic Attributes of God鈥檚 Domain, Shi Feng felt as if they were all set at roughly 100 points.

These were the only differences from God鈥檚 Domain that he noticed.

"Look, another newbie has arrived."

"There sure are a lot of newbies these past few days."

"I heard that our Secret Pavilion has been implementing some major plan and has recently been annexing other Guilds. The upper echelons must鈥檝e promised training slots to those Guilds in return."

"Hah... What a waste. We fight tooth and nail every day just for one slot. Aside from eating and sleeping, we spend all of our time training. These people, on the other hand, obtain a slot without any effort. They sure have it good."

"I know, right? The training system isn鈥檛 easy to mingle in. These people are wasting their time and our resources by coming here."

Several people sitting beneath a gazebo outside of a bar began chatted merrily as they watched Shi Feng. These people looked relatively young, only around 20 years old. However, they wore lavish clothing. Rather than linen, they donned exquisite silk clothing.

As if they wanted Shi Feng to hear their conversation, these people did not bother to control their voices as they considered. Their tones were contemptuous when they spoke of players from other Guilds such as Shi Feng.

I wonder where Fire Dance and the others are? I should find them before we start researching this simulation training system. Shi Feng paid no attention to these people鈥檚 belittling comments. However, he did feel a headache begin when he noticed that the training system lacked a communication function.

Although this place seemed like a city in God鈥檚 Domain, it was much smaller. This place was roughly the size of a town. Shi Feng also noticed a massive fortress looming in the city鈥檚 heart. He could probably see the very edges of the city from the top of that fortress.

Just as Shi Feng was about to head to the fortress to investigate, a deep, heavy voice came from behind him.

"You have just arrived today, right?"

Shi Feng turned at this question, noticing three people, similarly dressed in linen clothing, approaching. The two men and one woman looked to be around 20 as well. Meanwhile, the person that had called out to him was a tall, powerful looking man. The man smiled and gave off a friendly aura.

"That鈥檚 right. Do you have some business with me?" Shi Feng nodded.

"Hello; my name鈥檚 Kong Haoran, and these two are my friends, Huo Zhengyang and Du Xin," the man named Kong Haoran introduced, smiling. "Like yourself, we belong to other Guilds and have recently arrived. We aren鈥檛 like the people from the Secret Pavilion, who have been in here for over a month. As a newcomer, if you aren鈥檛 careful, you might suffer."

"Suffer?" Shi Feng grew curious. He then asked, "Isn鈥檛 this place meant to gain combat experience and nurture techniques?"

"In the beginning, we thought the same," Kong Haoran said, shaking his head. "However, after being here for some time, you鈥檒l learn that things aren鈥檛 as simple as the people from the Secret Pavilion made it out to be. You can鈥檛 just spar with top-tier experts as you wish.

"The training system mimics God鈥檚 Domain. The more powerful a simulation expert you choose to fight, the more energy the system consumes. The Secret Pavilion can only get its hands on a limited amount of High-level Energy. There is simply not enough to go around. Not to mention, the Secret Pavilion has expanded its influence recently and has increased the number of available training slots for its system, straining the system鈥檚 energy consumption. Hence, the Pavilion introduced a Battle Point system to cope. With these Battle Points, one can choose their opponent. Of course, the more powerful an opponent is, the more Battle Points you have to spend.

"A lot of newcomers don鈥檛 know about this yet, so the Secret Pavilion鈥檚 veterans scam them. If one loses the starting Battle Points they receive, it becomes harder to earn Battle Points in the future."

Hearing Kong Haoran鈥檚 explanation, Shi Feng came to a realization.

It鈥檚 no wonder why Yuan Tiexin was so willing to hand over those ten slots. So, the Pavilion still had such a card to play. Shi Feng inwardly cursed the Secret Pavilion鈥檚 Guild Leader for being a sly, old fox.

However, after giving it some thought, Shi Feng realized that it was actually quite reasonable.

He had been a fool to think that he could fight monster-level experts stored in the system鈥檚 database without limit and gain a wealth of combat experience. Such a generous opportunity wouldn鈥檛 exist.

"Thank you for your warning," Shi Feng said as he looked towards Kong Haoran. He then introduced himself, "My name is Shi Feng."

"No need for thanks. Those of us from other Guilds need to look out for each other. Otherwise, the Pavilion鈥檚 people will just bully us all." Kong Haoran waved his hand. "The Secret Pavilion鈥檚 bunch came here over a month before we arrived. Moreover, they enjoyed the Secret Pavilion鈥檚 nurturing before this. Their combat standards are much higher than ours.

"Newcomers are given 100 Battle Points initially. You can use these points to purchase a starter pack at the fortress. This starter pack lets you spar against ten different, extraordinary experts for three days. You can use them to familiarize yourself with the battles here. Otherwise, you can practice against the free opponents in the fortress. However, you probably won鈥檛 learn anything from the freebies.

"There are two methods to obtain Battle Points. The first is to participate in the ranking matches; you can also place bets with other players before a duel. Some of the veterans trick many of the clueless newcomers. As a result, they lose their 100 starting points, just like that."

After Kong Haoran finished explaining the simulation training system, he led Shi Feng to the Battle Fortress.

However, as Shi Feng鈥檚 group was about to enter the fortress, they heard a loud commotion from the fortress鈥檚 main hall.

"Quick, come and take a look! Another newbie is challenging a veteran!"

"Damn! These guys sure are quick! Why can鈥檛 I ever find these newbies?!"