Chapter 470 (1/2)

Peerless Master Can’t Even Beat Curs

As previously mentioned, the difficulty of “Tale of Wuxia 3” was rather perverted, especially when a person fought against a group of enemies. Whether this group of enemies was made up of humans or monsters, players that chose to fight on would often end up dying miserably. You could only isolate them and kill them off, one at a time. It was like a quote from “Dark Souls III,” which said, “it’s hard for two fists to beat four hands – even a strong man can’t take on a group, even the Soul of Cinder can’t beat a pack of dogs”…

Soul of Cinder was the boss in Dark Souls III. Battling a boss solo was far more difficult than fighting a group of enemies. From this, anyone would understand why this game was so enjoyable. Moreover, they would be able to understand more about what a low-skilled world was. If it was a high-skilled world, how could a peerless master possibly be afraid of being attacked by a group of enemies?

Another example was the game “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.” It was not really that difficult. The protagonist inside could fight more than a dozen white wolves at a time. In fact, in the novel, the white wolves were also afraid of pitchforks, because a group of villagers had secretly planned a surprise attack. Ultimately, the white wolf was just a low-level monster, if not, the surprise attack would not have been successful.

In the low-skilled world of “Tale of Wuxia 3”, no matter how strong the Jane Doe Su was, she was only strong in single battles, or strong in PKs against opponents who were humanoid. Just then, she had been forced to fight a group of undead curs because of a troublesome player. Of course, she would be injured. Even if it was Li Xiye who had rushed to the rescue, he would also be injured!

Indeed, this was the so-called “can’t even beat a dog” phenomenon. A low-skilled world was just so cruel. Numbers ruled in this game. Even the most unbeatable peerless master could not take on a hundred enemies solo. Unless they secretly planned a surprise attack beforehand, they were definitely going to end up being swarmed to death…

In fact, this was pretty anti-Wuxia. Many players had thought that they would be peerless.They did not expect the small monsters and small bosses in the game to be able to abuse them to this extent. It gave them doubts about the meaning of their lives. Moreover, if they accidentally provoked a group of enemies, it would really be over for them!

In such a situation, some players might just drop the game, there and then. It was so complicated that it was unsuitable for players who were not good with controls. All the fun would be killed. However, there was another group of players. These players have been abused many times and could not help but scold vulgarities that involved their mothers and the mothers of their enemies, every single time. They would tell everyone that they would not touch the game ever again, but they would fall to the urge. Thus, they end up relaunching the game, where they would try hard to get through once again, killing the monsters one by one. Then, they would feel genuine joy!

They would also look for reasons to justify playing the game. Perhaps, it was because of the images and music that had found a place in the souls of the players. Perhaps, it was because the worldview, plot and character settings were really good. At the same time, the game gave off a feeling that as long as you were strong enough, you could do anything. This was especially fascinating!

For games like this, if you activated a trainer or used any cheats, it would be rendered meaningless. It was the feeling of continually challenging yourself, advancing the plot, exploring the world that had so many people hooked!

Considering the fact that many players called this game perverse and wicked, it was actually selling pretty well. At least, the company was not losing any money. Of course, in terms of reputation, loyal hardcore fans would scream out, saying it was great. Many of them even used various methods to try pulling more people into the game…

The upper limit of Jane Doe Su’s martial art skills that Zhao Youyue had set was the strongest possible for a human in this game, about par with “Sword God” Li Xiye. Her “Fairy from Wonderland” skill actually shared the name of Cool-Son Yeh from Baiyun City’s skill[1]. In actuality, the effects of the two professions were different.

Speaking of which, the skill level of the world that Cool-son Yeh lived in was most probably middle-skilled. Their “light body”[2] was present, and they could casually take off whenever they wanted to. In “Tale of Wuxia 3”, if a player wanted to go on the roof, they had to use tools. For example, climbing axe, ladders and such.

The strongest masters were probably parkour masters. They were stronger and faster than ordinary people. They ran faster and jumped higher, but they could not do anything like the “light body.” This game was just like that, anti-Wuxia

There was the presence of inner strengths, or perhaps, “qigong[3].” This kind of energy had miraculous effects when players fought against monsters. For example, to deal damage to certain evil spirits, they had to imbue their weapons with qigong. Otherwise, they would not be able to hit the monsters.

Of course, some demons and ghosts flew in the sky like annoying flies. Some of them even had supernatural, exceptional skills. No matter how strong humans were, there was no way that anyone could directly challenge these monsters. However, human beings were wise. With enough prep time, the masters would be able to use their skills and strategies for dealing with those monsters.

Players were like that. They could die a hundred times to understand the opponent by that slightest bit. Then, through step-by-step calculations, they would ultimately complete their counter-attack!