"Finally completed."

Lin Qi looked at the system notification at the bottom of the screen, feeling a great sense of awe.

Upgrading from Level Two Managerial Authority to Level Three was truly not easy.

System: The upgrade to Level 3 Managerial Authority this time requires 32 hours. Once confirmed, all players will be forcibly logged off in 15 minutes for 32 hours, but other system functions will not be affected.

System: Confirm whether to upgrade managerial authority?

"Does the upgrade time for managerial authority increase?" Lin Qi was somewhat surprised at the system notification.

Previously, upgrading to Level Two Managerial Authority only took 16 hours. He didn't expect it to double now.

Although 32 hours wasn't a big deal for him, since the operation of the Martial Arts Hall and Red Moon Town mainly relied on the Martial Arts Academy disciples, while players were mostly supplementary.

However, if an external enemy attacked during a managerial authority upgrade in the future, it would definitely be a big trouble for the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Thankfully, this upgrade requires confirmation instead of being automatic; otherwise, a careless managerial authority upgrade in the future might destroy the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Lin Qi then looked at the time on his smart watch and chose to upgrade the managerial authority.

He could barely afford the 32 hours now. Earth Star Pharmaceutical wasn't a power in the Mist Mountain Region, requiring cross-domain travel that took at least two days, and with Smiling Skeletons scattered in the Wraith Mountain Range, lacking a Demon, they would definitely need time to reassign personnel to ensure the safety of strongholds in the perilous Wraith Mountain Range. It would probably take longer than Earth Star Pharmaceutical.

So now was the best time to upgrade the managerial authority.

As Lin Qi chose to upgrade, all players immediately received a system notification requiring them to log off in 15 minutes. Players who were just about to log off to rest were left dumbfounded.

"What's happening, a forced log off?"

"Is this another major version update?"

"Oh my god! 32 hours! What's being updated this time?"

Players looked at the system notification, each one discussing excitedly and curiously about what big change the game planners prepared, as the update time reached 32 hours.

"Is this a mistake? 32 hours, what am I supposed to do tomorrow?" Yiye Fuyun looked at the 32-hour update time, feeling like his life was thrown into chaos.

He was so used to logging in for more than 20 hours a day, only occasionally having deep sleep to recover his spirit, eating, drinking, and interacting; he essentially lived in Descent of High Martial.

Now being forced to leave this world for 32 hours, he didn't know how to survive that.

"This is simple, game updates don't affect testing. I'm preparing to spend the whole day in the test space practicing the Shocking God Visualization Technique tomorrow. If I explode once more, then I should learn those Celestial Human martial arts skills faster." Fang Zhen calmly watched Yiye Fuyun, who was at a loss.

This town mission could be said to have been very rewarding; not only did he get a Tier Three Weapon dropped by the BOSS, but he also felt the urgency to learn those Heavenly Human martial arts skills from the battle video.

Otherwise, it would be very hard to compete with Luo Wushang and Ye Qinglu for future activities or missions.

While players excitedly discussed what to do with the 32-hour log-off, Lin Qi, who opted for an upgrade in managerial authority, was now stunned looking at the updated Level 3 Managerial Authority in the system.

"200,000 limit!? What's that supposed to mean?"

Lin Qi couldn't help but rub his eyes, afraid he was seeing wrong as he saw the description of the Level 3 Managerial Authority.

Previously, upgrading from Level One Managerial Authority to Level Two, the player limit jumped from 500 to 4000 which was already astonishing.

But now it was even more terrifying, directly from 4000 to 200,000, completely across a different magnitude.

200,000 players!

Just thinking about it was terrifying to Lin Qi.

A city with 20 to 30 million people could only muster 20 to 30 thousand martial artists, and now he could organize nearly a city's worth of martial artists.

If he could summon them all at once, and each became a martial artist, even the Wraith Mountain Range could be overrun.

Besides the player limit increase, Level 3 Managerial Authority could now not only modify advanced training rooms for Bone Forger Realm martial artists to fully battle, but also added a new structure.

Basic Martial Arts Hall!

This Basic Martial Arts Hall's renovation cost alone was 1 million units of energy and 10,000 Energy Crystal Stones, requiring a minimum independent room space of 10,000 square meters, with the room being manufactured from C2 level or higher alloys, and consuming 10 Energy Crystal Stones every hour once activated.

The function of the Basic Martial Arts Hall was extraordinary, allowing one to battle at up to 100 times gravity freely.

With the difficulty for Bone Forging Realm and Blood Coagulation Realm to receive tempering promotion, battling in a high-gravity environment was a dream for them.

Just cultivating in a high-gravity environment could enhance the tempering effect on the body; using martial arts for further body pressure and tempering was unimaginable, as any gravity room was a technological marvel. Just maintaining gravity was not easy, let alone enduring martial arts impacts, making it nearly impossible.

If someone dared execute martial arts in a gravity room for kicks, Lin Qi would definitely beat them.

But now the Basic Martial Arts Hall perfectly solved this, allowing martial artists to freely execute and even duel in a high-gravity environment, which was beyond exciting.

Compared to the Basic Martial Arts Hall, the enhancement of player outfits was even scarier.

Level Three Basic Attire increased the respawn point limit to four, adding a training function, where the coat's weight could be increased up to 100 tons, worn or removed, with each player's upgrade consuming 5,000 units of energy.

Level Three Special Attire saw further attribute improvements, with effects increased to medium range, adding two attributes, each player's upgrade requiring 5 Energy Crystal Stones and 10,000 units of energy.

The enhancements to both player outfits were extraordinary.

Basic attire could let players reach new heights, while special attire was absolutely a necessity for the wealthy, its dual attributes effect comparable to the Three-Star Mallet he held. After this, players were encouraged to earn points and contributions actively.

When Lin Qi checked how to upgrade the managerial authority to Level Four, he almost swore.

Level Four Managerial Authority required 100 players at Blood Coagulation Realm Middle Tier and 50,000 players at Bone Forging Realm Middle Tier, with Martial Arts Academy disciple numbers reaching 20 million.

50,000 players at Bone Forging Realm Middle Tier can be dealt with as long as energy potions are sufficient; it's just a matter of time, but 100 players at Blood Coagulation Realm Middle Tier is excessive.

Martial artists at Blood Coagulation Realm Middle Tier need Energy Blood Essence for body improvements. Without it, no matter how adept the Training Technique, it's useless.

100 players at Blood Coagulation Realm Middle Tier means he has to raise 100 Blood Coagulation Realm players to Middle Tier, which would require an astronomical amount of Energy Blood Essence.

As for the 20 million Martial Arts Academy disciples, it's like forcing him to change careers, stop being a Hall Master, and turn into a bandit recruiting people on horseback.

"One player needs 1,000 units of energy, 200,000 players require 200,000 tons of Energy Ore, Level 3 Basic Attire needs 5,000 units of energy per player, meaning 5 tons of Energy Ore per player, 200,000 players require 1 million tons of Energy Ore, Level 3 Special Attire needs two million tons and 100,000 Energy Crystal Stones, it seems Red Moon Town's Small Energy Ore Vein is wholly inadequate, new Energy Ore Veins must be found briskly." Lin Qi mused over the current Level 3 Managerial Authority, at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The Small Energy Ore Vein beneath Red Moon Mountain was nearly depleted, a small Energy Ore Vein has a minimum reserve of 3 million tons, and previously constructing the Martial Arts Hall, building the Cultivation Tower, and expanding Red Moon Town almost exhausted it.

Now suddenly given 200,000 player slots might significantly bolster the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's strength, but the supply of Energy Ore clearly couldn't keep up.

Even the player rest areas he prepared beforehand currently allowed only up to 8,000 people, just a fraction of 200,000.

"Seems like it's time to initiate new gameplay."

After pondering a moment, Lin Qi drafted a system announcement, promptly sending it out to the official forum.

System Announcement: To thank the vast user base for supporting this game, and allow more users to experience it, our company unanimously decided to open a new major version in beta, Descent of High Martial Beta Version 2.0 Era of Great Expansion, increasing the player limit to 8,000, unlocking three more domain maps with this update, which will take 32 hours.

With the first announcement, the whole forum was ablaze.

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