Territory Lord's Mansion.
Lord Jack immediately received a notification:
**[Adventurer "White Crane Hermit" obtained "Skill Stone: Ninja Wolf Style Swordsmanship" from the Realm of Shadows Secret Realm, Spirit Power -30!]**
Huh? The prologue was cleared already? The Adventurers performed better than expected! Not only that, but they also dropped Skill Stones. The first drop of this skill, like equipment, can enrich the territory's foundation.
In the future, when building the Realm of Shadows Secret Realm shop, "Ninja Wolf Style Swordsmanship" will become one of the unlocked items, available for continuous purchase as long as there is enough Spirit Power. This item will become one of Lord Jack's important specialties, just like the "M16 Assault Rifle."
Not all dropped equipment and skills will be unlocked in the Secret Realm Shop. Only regular equipment and ordinary skills can be purchased infinitely. Some extremely special and rare equipment, skills, or items cannot enter the Secret Realm Shop. These can only be obtained through drops and will be more precious. Currently, no such items have been produced.
Lord Jack learned more about "Ninja Wolf Style Swordsmanship." This skill is the Eastern Ying swordsmanship practiced by the protagonist Wolf in "Sekiro." It naturally includes martial arts moves like "Whirlwind Slash" and "Straight Slash." Although the rank is not high and it belongs to basic swordsmanship, it is very good for building a foundation.
The core of this set of swordsmanship is a special martial art called "Beginner Reverse Blade Technique." It's none other than the most distinctive deflection technique in "Sekiro." Although its nature changes when it appears in the real world due to the influence of laws, its expressiveness and effect are similar to those in the Secret Realm.
Undoubtedly, this skill is extremely valuable. It can greatly enhance combat ability! If it can be recycled or purchased in bulk, a large number of indigenous people can be quickly trained into swordsmanship masters!
While "Ninja Wolf Style Swordsmanship" may not directly enhance the territory's short-term military value as much as the "M16 Assault Rifle," it can improve strength more profoundly, making it a valuable specialty.
Of course, Skill Stones can also be used as commodities, exported to local forces and other territories. With the Reverse Blade deflection technique, the value of this skill is definitely far beyond most first-order skills.
If a Secret Realm can produce Skill Stones, it is highly likely that it will not produce only one type of skill, so the future potential is well worth looking forward to.
Lord Jack continued to observe secretly.
At this moment, in the Miracle City Secret Realm Lobby, the sound of blacksmithing was incessant. Hundreds of Adventurers were challenging Ashina Country. The difficulty of Ashina Country is far higher than that of the Raging Tide Secret Realm, which is very unfriendly to beginners.
Therefore, although 80-90% of Adventurers have challenged the Realm of Shadows, only about 30% can currently reach the elite monster Yamauchi Shigetoki.
Within today, those who can reach the Reed Plains, Lord Jack estimates, will be at most twenty people. Difficult! Too difficult!
Although Adventurers are full of interest in Ashina Country, to avoid wasting energy, most choose to temporarily give up after challenging once or twice. At this time, many are starting to farm the Raging Tide Secret Realm again.
This is within expectations. Miracle City will not have redundant Secret Realms. Every Secret Realm is equally important and needs to be operated long-term and updated stably.
Miracle City cannot have a situation where one Secret Realm absorbs all the traffic. Only when multiple Secret Realms are running and popular simultaneously is it more in line with Miracle City's interests.
For Adventurers, some people just like shooting. Some enjoy mowing down enemies. Others prefer hardcore challenges, while some don't like fighting at all; they just want to study the plot or travel and relax.
Lord Jack aims to create top-quality Super Secret Realms so that every Adventurer can find the Secret Realm that best suits their interests. This is conducive to their growth and can also produce more Spirit Power resources for the territory.
Of course, the Realm of Shadows, a Secret Realm that focuses on epic action games, has a large audience and is by no means a niche genre. Most Adventurers will be interested.
Now many people choose to wait and see. It's not because they've lost interest in Ashina Country itself; they simply want the experienced players to explore first. After getting the experience and guides summarized by these players, they can reduce detours and improve adventure efficiency.
**[Adventurer "White Crane Hermit" generated 1 point of Spirit Power!]**
**[Adventurer "White Crane Hermit" generated 2 points of Spirit Power!]**
**[...]**
**[Adventurer "White Crane Hermit" has died, soul crystal +1, Spirit Power +2!]**
**[Adventurer "White Crane Hermit" has died, soul crystal +1, Spirit Power +3!]**
**[...]**
He challenged Ashina Country four more times. Although he lost all five battles, he converted a lot of Spirit Power. It can be seen that White Crane Hermit enjoyed and even relished each crushing defeat.
This process not only yielded considerable spoils of war but also resulted in astonishing personal growth. His innate soul crystal, Tank Zombie, actually increased its fusion rate by 15% in one go, and the current cumulative fusion rate is already close to 40%.
What does this mean? Every challenge of the Realm of Shadows Secret Realm brought at least about 3% growth in fusion rate. This speed is unimaginable for ordinary Adventurers and can be described as terrifying!
At a growth rate of 15% per day, the Old Master will be able to return to the second tier in just a few days, while most Adventurers in Black Stone Town will not be able to achieve a breakthrough for five to eight years!
However, White Crane Hermit is special. Two main reasons account for his exaggerated growth rate. The first is, of course, the deep character role-playing in Miracle City, plus the top-notch production and plot, which can greatly accelerate growth and allow Adventurers to level up quickly.
The second reason is that White Crane Hermit is not a true first-tier Adventurer. When he was at his peak, he was close to the fourth-tier peak, but later lost all his cultivation and regressed to the first tier. This type of Adventurer who scatters their cultivation and restarts generally grows three to five times faster than normal.
But even after deducting this three to five times extra growth, White Crane Hermit's progress in the Realm of Shadows Secret Realm is still astonishing, enough to make all Adventurers ecstatic.
They realized that as long as they role-play deeply and invest fully in the plot, one adventure in a plot Secret Realm in Miracle City can yield more than ten times the cultivation growth compared to other places!
Lord Jack also noticed that although he repeatedly failed, his progress was obvious. In his fifth challenge, White Crane Hermit was already able to exchange blows with Weiming Genichiro for more than a dozen rounds.
He is still far from a comeback, but the rapid recovery of cultivation and continuous progress in combat generate a large amount of positive feedback, making people completely addicted and unable to stop.
White Crane Hermit is not only constantly improving himself but also excels at analyzing and happily sharing. He teaches young Adventurers his experience on how to play the role of Wolf, various combat skills, and more.
**[Adventurer "Black Stone Hammer King" has died, soul crystal +1, cumulative Spirit Power +5!]**
**[Adventurer "Lonely Swordsman" has died, soul crystal +1, cumulative Spirit Power +6!]**
Adventurers like Black Stone Hammer King also made rapid progress after absorbing a large amount of deep role-playing experience and various combat tips and techniques.
From being unable to defeat even the Ashina Soldier at the entrance at the beginning to almost defeating Yamauchi Shigetoki in the last adventure.
Regarding this, Lord Jack saw it all. Judging from the feedback from the Adventurers, the production of the Ashina Chapter of the Realm of Shadows was very successful.
However, the prologue content is too little, and the process is too short. Except for a few hardcore big shots like White Crane Hermit, most Adventurers will not deliberately seek hardship. Once these players start widely clearing the prologue, they will most likely block the door and demand that the Lord release the subsequent content.
Lord Jack does not want to be bothered and also wants to harvest more resources, so it is necessary to release the subsequent content as soon as possible.
Today's soul crystal income is expected to reach 7,102, and the gross Spirit Power income is as high as 10,632. The net income after deducting expenses is also 9,250.
Today's Spirit Power expenditure is relatively small. That's because Adventurers spent over a thousand adventures in Ashina Country. Because these challenges ended quickly, the number of Spirit Power productions was reduced to some extent, leading to fewer opportunities to drop soul crystal spoils.
When each Secret Realm is newly opened, a decrease in resource production is a normal phenomenon. Lord Jack first spent 1,000 soul crystals, 500 Spirit Power, and 500 material essences to upgrade the core of Gloomy City.
**[Upgrade successful!]**
**[Current core level is Tier 2!]**
The Secret Realm resource usage of this core is 525/5000. There is still a lot of space in the core.
Lord Jack's plan for Ashina Country has been completed. He plans to remake "Sekiro" in three steps.
The first part is the prologue, which is the currently running segment. The production of the second part is also nearing completion. This stage has more content, more elite monsters and BOSSes, and is expected to require about 1,400-1,500 Spirit Power to generate materials.
The content and plot of this part are roughly as follows: After Wolf was defeated by Weiming Genichiro and fell into a coma, he was rescued by Sculptor and had a prosthetic arm transplanted, becoming a "complete body." He learned that the Divine Child was imprisoned in Ashina Castle and decided to explore Ashina Castle.
But at first, Ashina Castle is inaccessible. Adventurers will operate in the outer areas of Ashina Castle. During this process, they can challenge several powerful opponents and have a chance to recover their lost memories.
In general, this second part has two exploration scenes or routes.
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The first is the main storyline. Adventurers will explore the "Outer Areas of the Castle Town" of Ashina Castle. This is the necessary path to enter Ashina Castle, guarded by several powerful elite monsters, including Samurai General "Kawaraida Naomori," "Yamauchi Tenzen," and the "Red Oni."
The difficulty is very high—enough to make Adventurers suffer a lot. There is also a final BOSS, "Oniwa Gyoubu Masataka." This person was once the King of Bandits in the past. After being defeated by Ashina Isshin's sword, he was completely convinced and joined the War of Plunder. With his extraordinary martial arts and glorious military achievements, he was honored as the head of the "Ashina Seven Spears."
He later also became Weiming Genichiro's teacher, and his strength should not be underestimated.
The second part is a side quest. Adventurers can obtain the key item "Young Lord's Bell" during the exploration of the "Outer Areas of the Castle Town." By offering this item under the Buddha statue in the temple, Adventurers can travel back to the Hirata Estate three years ago.
This side quest can not only help Wolf recover his lost memories but also allow Adventurers to personally experience the destruction of the Hirata family and the abduction of Kuro.
In terms of monsters, there are a large number of Ashina Soldiers, so the difficulty is not low. In addition, there are several elite monsters, including Serpent Heavy Hide, the leader of the bandits hired by the Inner Ministry forces, and Misen'in Enshin, known as the Ninja Hunter.
The final BOSS is "Phantom Butterfly." This "Phantom Butterfly" is also known as Lady Butterfly, and she is Wolf's ninjutsu teacher. The scene and mechanism of this BOSS battle are also first-class and will surely leave a deep impression on Adventurers.
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Above is the second part of Ashina Country. There are many plots and contents, which can further enrich the worldview and let Adventurers understand the story of Wolf and Ashina Country.
Phantom Butterfly and Oniwa Gyoubu Masataka each have their own characteristics. They will definitely cause quite a stir and create topics.
The production of this part is currently about 70-80% complete and is expected to be loaded into the core tomorrow. It is estimated to provide Adventurers with plenty to explore for quite some time.
As for the last part? Lord Jack has certainly already started planning. The last part is the largest in scale and has the most content. This will include all the remaining important locations in the entire "Sekiro," such as Ashina Castle, Senpou Temple, Source Palace, as well as all elite monsters and BOSSes.
The second-tier core only has a 5,000 resource computing budget. If squeezed and made more compact, it should actually be barely enough. However, as soon as this idea came up, Lord Jack immediately rejected it.
He absolutely will not allow Miracle City to have makeshift Secret Realm works. Every Secret Realm must be restored and optimized to the extreme as much as possible. If the second-tier core is not enough, then upgrade to a third-tier core. There is no need to reduce content to save resources.
Although upgrading to a second-tier core will consume a lot, it will be upgraded sooner or later anyway. Miracle City's current income is very stable and extremely high, so it's just a matter of saving resources for a few more days.
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Secret Realm Lobby.
Today's adventure is coming to an end. The Adventurers are very satisfied and still have a lingering desire. Hundreds of exhausted Adventurers gathered together, discussing Secret Realm topics with great enthusiasm.
Black Stone Hammer King said, "It's a pity, just a little bit more. I will definitely defeat Yamauchi Shigetoki and clear the prologue of Ashina Country tomorrow!"
Violent Little Chicken added, "Me too!"
Cat Meow Meow remarked, "To be honest, although Ashina Country is difficult, the production is really awesome. I hope the subsequent parts can maintain this quality."
"Indeed!"
Time Traveler stated, "I studied the architecture, clothing, and even martial arts style of Ashina Country. I found that these elements are not rootless but have deep cultural connections."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like this world is not fabricated out of thin air!"
"Actually, I feel the same way. I can only say that Lord Jack is too strong!"
"…"
These Adventurers who are discussing are not just discussing the Realm of Shadows Secret Realm. Today's Doomsday Frenzy Secret Realm also had many developments and breakthroughs.
For example, Moonlight Shines on Snow not only defeated the BOSS mutated Centipede, but she also found the underground research facility below the Cadre Training Facility during her role-playing cooperation with Rebecca and Billy. The two discovered a batch of audio and video materials.
This is a very important clue.
"Latest plot clue!"
"According to the information collected by Sister Mingyue, Dr. Marcus died many years ago. He was betrayed by his two most trusted students, William and Wesker!"
"What?"
"Dead?"
"Then what's with the Leech Man?"
"We don't know yet, but I feel like we're getting closer to the truth. It's very likely that all the mysteries can be solved in the next few days."
"That's really exciting!"
"I'm still interested in the mystery of the virus outbreak in the End of the World Tide world. I hope to clear the first chapter of the plot soon and unlock more plot content about this world!"
Adventurers expressed their opinions. They are very invested and enthusiastic in discussing the plot and tasks. It's not hard to see that they not only like the Secret Realms of Miracle City but are also very interested in the plot behind the Secret Realms. Even if their Spirit Power is exhausted, they don't want to leave the Underground City.
However, just at this moment, Nancilia came from the direction of the Territory Lord's Mansion. She announced, "Respected Adventurers, the Miracle City Secret Realm is about to end its operation. Please be prepared to exit in an orderly manner."
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately wailed.
"Ah, I don't want to leave, I just want to stay in Miracle City!"
"I haven't played enough!"
"Why does Miracle City only have two hotels? Is it reasonable that the rooms are full every day!"
The little network administrator ignored the complaints. She continued to add, "Also, I want to announce good news. A few days ago, an Adventurer suggested issuing entry tickets, and the Lord adopted it!"
"Miracle City will issue one hundred entry tickets daily starting today."
"Each ticket is valid for one day and has a floating price."
"Welcome to inquire and purchase!"
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