These numerous, albeit quirky and insightful, strategy posts offered limited practical value due to the disproportionate difficulty in replicating their results.

Only the most naive players would take them seriously and treat them as gospel.

Besides these, the forum also saw a surge in advertisements.

All medium and large-sized factions were eager to gain an early advantage in this era of great contention.

Smaller groups and lone wolf players were also unwilling to miss out on the Doorway Scramble, potentially wasting a valuable opportunity to soar to new heights.

As the deadline for the Doorway Scramble approached, the number of advertisements continued to break new records, reflecting the turbulent and volatile atmosphere.

Guilds were recruiting troops and talents;

Lone wolf players were seeking teammates and like-minded partners;

And various merchants were drumming up business, seizing the opportunity to sell off their inventory.

Players above Lv20 who had signed up for the Doorway Scramble were racking their brains to convert every game currency they had into immediate combat power, and their guild organizations were sparing no effort in supporting them.

Under such circumstances, the merchants in the game plaza all became wealthy and prosperous.

Ingredients that provided buff effects generally increased in price by 20%, equipment forging services generally increased by 15%, modification surgery services generally increased by 25%, and potions increased by an average of 20%.

Even the equipment and props listed for sale in the auction house increased in price by 10% to 30%.

As the shopkeeper of the Immaculate Furnace, Li Ang also enjoyed a considerable amount of dividends.

The magic potions on the shelves were sold out, he had to perform about ten modification surgeries every day, and the Universal Crusher and Forging Furnace operated non-stop 24 hours a day, decomposing materials, forging equipment, and earning rewards.

The upper limit of self-employment is always higher than working for others.

Li Ang's game currency once exceeded the 30,000 mark. Naturally, he had to spend money when he had it.

He used the money to buy several pieces of equipment and skill scrolls from the game mall, rushing to fill the gaps in his personal combat power panel before the official start of the Doorway Scramble.

[Skill Scroll Name: Ti Yun Zong] (Ladder Cloud Traverse)

[Attribute: Learning type, disappears after one use]

[Type: Psionic]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: Ti Yun. Creates a transparent rectangular energy entity underfoot that can float in the air. The energy entity lasts for a maximum of 2 seconds]

[Consumption: 10 points of psionic power]

[Cooling time: None]

[Learning requirements: Psionic power greater than or equal to 1000 points]

[Remarks: The energy entity will disintegrate by itself after being subjected to excessive impact]

[Remarks: Ascend to great heights and capture the moon from the clouds]

This Ti Yun Zong is a psionic skill, and has nothing to do with the light skill Wudang Ti Yun Zong in the wuxia novel *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*.

Although there are many jokes circulating on the Internet that Wudang Ti Yun Zong can "step on the right foot with the left foot to ascend to the sky," this passage does not appear in the original text of *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*.

Instead, other wuxia novels have related descriptions. For example, in Gu Long's *Hero Without Tears*, there is a description: "Xiao Gao was not dragged down by her, but instead pulled himself upwards again, using his right foot to pad his left foot, borrowing strength to exert force, and pulling himself upwards by more than ten feet."

(Newton is furious!)

Li Ang bought [Ti Yun Zong] mainly to make up for his shortcomings in mobility—

Before this, if Li Ang wanted to climb upwards, he could only use plant vines to hook onto the surrounding buildings and climb upwards like a spider.

If there were no platforms nearby to climb on, then he could only use the BGM skill and his own body strength to jump upwards and glide for a distance.

If he encountered enemies who could hover and fly in the high air, relying on their altitude advantage to bomb downwards, he would inevitably fall into a passive situation.

Therefore, Li Ang wanted to find a piece of equipment or a skill that could improve his mobility—

For example, the Green Goblin's glider in the *Spider-Man* film series, the Six Styles - Moon Step in the manga *One Piece*, or the Bukū-jutsu in the manga *Dragon Ball*.

The [Ti Yun Zong] skill has a short cooling time and low psionic consumption.

In the case of not being able to buy Moon Step and Bukū-jutsu, it is a very good substitute.

[Skill Scroll Name: Ten Finger Dissociation Technique]

[Attribute: Learning type, disappears after one use]

[Type: Arcane]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Dissociation. After a brief delay, releases an energy ray from the body limbs such as fingers, and the target hit by the ray will suffer continuous dissociation damage. Can damage equipment and props of perfect level and below, and seal its special effects. The sealing duration depends on the target object's mystery]

[Consumption: 200 points of psionic power]

[Cooling time: 5 seconds]

[Learning requirements: Intelligence attribute greater than or equal to 14 points, Perception attribute greater than or equal to 14 points]

[Remarks: The body limbs that release the Ten Finger Dissociation Technique will suffer 25% of the dissociation technique damage, and the dissociation technique cannot be used again within 24 hours]

[Remarks: The Ten Finger Dissociation Technique is charged once every 2.4 hours, with a maximum storage limit of 10 times]

[Remarks: Dissociation Finger!]

This perfect-level skill scroll was purchased by Li Ang from the game mall at the market price of game coins to compensate for the lack of ranged attacks and energy attacks.

After Li Ang's test, the Ten Finger Dissociation Technique can be released from body limbs such as fingers, toes, arms, and even the tongue.

When released, it will condense into a mass of green light at the limb, and after a delay of about 0.7 seconds, the green light will shoot out in a straight line along the direction pointed by the limb at a speed of 850ms.

The effective range is 2500m, and the damage effect gradually decreases after 1000m, becoming completely harmless at a distance of 3000m.

The dissociation ray will cause dissociation damage to the solid target it touches during its flight.

The specific manifestations are that solid substances such as diamond alloys will crack and disintegrate, energy fields will corrode into circular openings, and life substances such as flesh and blood will gradually melt with the hit point as the center, which can spread to a radius of 3 meters at most.

From the perspective of the flight trajectory, [Ten Finger Dissociation Technique] is not excellent. The flight speed is a linear ray of 850ms, and there is also a serious casting delay. For players of Li Ang's level, it is easy to detect in advance and twist away at medium and long distances.

Moreover, the dissociation technique will only cause damage to the first solid target it touches.

Substances with a density greater than or equal to ordinary alloy steel plates, or props such as anti-magic fields and anti-magic barriers, can block the first wave of attacks from the dissociation technique.

The reason why Li Ang spent a lot of money to buy this skill scroll is mainly because of its excellent damage effect—

Small and medium-sized objects made of ordinary materials (such as humans, elephants, cars, low-level puppet golems) that are hit by the dissociation technique will be completely disintegrated from fast to slow in about 10 seconds and decomposed into basic substances.

During this process, any treatment methods (including life potions) will not take effect. Only by quickly cutting off the part affected by the dissociation technique can the disintegration process be interrupted.

Hitting important organs such as the head can almost achieve an instant kill effect.

It is very suitable for targeting enemies with extremely strong healing abilities and vigorous vitality.

Secondly, the cooling time of the Ten Finger Dissociation Technique is extremely short, only 5 seconds.

In a close-range encounter, it is entirely possible to fire ten shots in one breath, causing burst damage.

Finally, and most importantly, the Ten Finger Dissociation Technique can damage equipment and props and temporarily seal their special effects.

The higher the mystery of the transcendent item, the shorter the sealing time and the lighter the damage effect.

If the target is a piece of armor of the same level as the Mirage Dragon Red Mane Outerwear, it can probably cause about 0.1 seconds of special effect failure, softening it into a piece of armor made of ordinary materials.

This little bit of magic-breaking time is naturally far from enough for ordinary players.

However, for first-tier players like Li Ang, 0.1 seconds is enough to swing an attack, penetrate the sealed armor, and directly attack the vital parts of the body.

Since the [Ten Finger Dissociation Technique] requires a Perception attribute greater than or equal to 14 points, there are still two points missing.

In order to meet the equipment requirements, Li Ang specially bought a new piece of equipment.

[Name: The Monocle of a Great Detective]

[Type: Wearable]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: Keen Insight. After being worn on the eye socket structure, passively increases the Perception attribute by 2 points, marks the footprints of hostile targets within the line of sight for a period of time, and has a certain probability of discovering hidden organs and traps in the line of sight]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooling time: None]

[Equipment requirements: No other wearables equipped on any eye structure]

[Remarks: Locard's exchange principle reveals one thing - as long as a criminal commits a criminal act, he will inevitably directly or indirectly act on the victim and its surrounding environment at the crime scene, consciously or unconsciously leaving traces. In this world, there is no absolutely perfect crime. Do you understand, Watson?]

The strongest effect of this [Monocle of a Great Detective] is that it can increase the Perception attribute by 2 points, which takes effect when worn.

The higher the level of the player, the more experience points required to level up, and any free attribute points are precious.

A single piece of equipment that increases two attribute points is completely worth the money.

In order to meet the equipment requirements, Li Ang simply removed the cat-eye eyeball that had accompanied him for a long time. After a brief remembrance, he threw the cat-eye into the Universal Crusher.

After buying these three pieces of equipment, Li Ang spent several thousand game coins to buy some consumables that restore psionic power and sanity from other shops, just in case—

The Doorway Scramble might unfold in some strange form, so it's always good to have more backup plans.

As for the combat equipment to replace the Shepherd's Bronze Scythe, Li Ang also relied on the Forging Furnace to forge one himself.

[Name: Overlord's Horizontal Spear]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attack Power: Medium]

[Effect: Sweeping Away Thousands of Troops. After entering high-intensity combat for at least 30 seconds, can launch a charge forward for up to 10 seconds until hitting a target. The speed gradually increases during the charge, and is immune to most control skills within 1 second of the start of the charge. The charge can be stopped at any time]

[Consumption: 400 points of stamina]

[Cooling time: 10 minutes]

[Equipment requirements: Strength attribute greater than or equal to 10 points, Agility attribute greater than or equal to 10 points]

[Remarks: The overlord wields the spear horizontally without limit, within an inch, he faces thousands of enemies]

The shape of this equipment is similar to the Ma Shuo in history, with a blade length of 0.5m and a spear shaft length of 3.5m.

However, ordinary Ma Shuo are made by soaking thin Zhe branches used to make powerful bows in oil and drying them, then gluing them together with fish maw glue, wrapping them with hemp rope, coating them with raw lacquer, and wrapping them with Ge cloth. They are tough and sharp after many cumbersome processes.

The Overlord's Horizontal Spear is made of a metal-like material, with a dark silver blade and a pitch-black spear shaft. It is extremely heavy, and even Li Ang felt some weight when he picked it up and weighed it in his hand.

Heavy weapons are good weapons. Even if the special effects are not powerful, swinging them can smash the enemy's head.

What's more, the charge effect of the [Overlord's Horizontal Spear] has a short-term tyrannical effect. If used well, it can completely pierce out with one shot and end the life of the enemy when they think they have controlled you.

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The above is all the new equipment that Li Ang has obtained. His current player panel is:

[The Secret Excavator - Li Risheng]

[Lv20. Experience value bar is]

[Strength: 12 (14)]

[Agility: 12 (14)]

[Intelligence: 14]

[Constitution: 11 (14)]

[Perception: 14] (Careful and Cautious +1) (Bone Recognition and Trace Seeking +1) (Monocle of a Great Detective +2)

[Charm: 4]

[Equipment Column: Clean Earplugs, Soul-Guiding Banner, Phase Boots, Venom, Roanoke Divine Imprint, Mirage Dragon Red Mane Outerwear, Sub-Master Ball, Monocle of a Great Detective, Overlord's Horizontal Spear]

[Backpack Column: Swiss Army Knife 300, Alchemist's Treasure Box, Biological Master Copy, Automated Pet Feeding Box, Beehive, Abyss Magic Mirror, Holy Anthem Spring Water*4]

[Skill Column: Adrenaline Activation Method, Ripple Breathing Method, Debris Scattering, No One Can Defeat Me in My BGM, Drowning Assassination Technique, Revival Technique of Dead Objects (Intermediate), Summoning Technique - Dread Warhorse, Alchemy (Intermediate), Ti Yun Zong, Ten Finger Dissociation Technique]

[Game Currency: 5084]

[Psionic Power: 1400]

[Sanity Value: 700]

[Swamp Divinity:]

Overall, Li Ang's melee and ranged attack methods have been supplemented, and he also has Ti Yun Zong and Dread Warhorse in terms of mobility, and he does not lack logistical skills.

Except for the slightly insufficient ability to strike beyond the line of sight, there are almost no shortcomings.

And his name on the individual combat power rankings in the game square has also correspondingly increased by 5 names, reaching the 49th place in individual combat power.

The ranking has not improved as much as expected...

It may be that the Doorway Scramble is approaching, and the others on the list are also trying their best to improve their strength.

Considering that Li Ang is actually a summoner specializing in logistical skills, if all summons are included, his actual ranking may be a few places higher.

"The first insect nest on the Ogasawara Islands has been completed, and thousands of marine organism genes have been collected in the past few days, producing more than 19,000 low-level worker insects specially adapted to the marine environment.

The number of worker insects and soldier insects in the automated pet feeding box has also returned to about 17,000."

Li Ang leaned back against the chair and said silently in his heart: "Unfortunately, I still haven't bought an alien space item that can load and release a large number of creatures at one time..."

Ding ling ling——

The alarm clock next to the computer desk suddenly rang, and almost at the same time, the system prompt also sounded in his ears.

[The registration phase for the Doorway Scramble has ended, and the specific schedule is now announced]