Chapter 80 (1/2)

Translator’s Notes: My only excuse is that I’ve been forced to get out a lot during the weekends and did not have as much time as I like to translate. I’m really sorry!

Chapter 80: Strength Cla.s.sification

”Is that Zhao Yan the one you told me before; the person who almost killed you in a cutscene?” Yin asked.

”Yes, he is.”

”Is he very strong?”

”Mm.”

”How strong is he?”

Yue Qiang pondered and did not answer immediately.

He only had a rough concept of the cla.s.sification of strength belonging to the characters in this game world.

If this was a normal Xuanhuan world, then the division in strength might be Tiandi Xuanhuang, the first line of the Thousand Character Cla.s.sic; or Nascent Souls or Gold Cores cultivators rising in power through overcoming calamities. Maybe it could even be something like Battle Monarchs, Sects, Supreme, Saint or Emperors? In general, the division in strength was obvious at first glance, but it was obviously not the case in this game.

The problem was that the strength division in this game wasn't carried out by levels; something like level 5 would roll right over a level 1 character, or be rolled by a level 10 character. It was because this game did not have levels at all in the first place.

At the beginning, he thought that the crucial factors that determined a person's strength was the two attributes Strength and Const.i.tution.

For example, he himself had once wracked his brain and attempted all kinds of methods to complete hidden quests and obtain additional freely distributed stat points. Now, both his attributes Strength and Const.i.tution had reached 15 points, and his combat attribute 'c.o.c.kroach' had also reached 14 points. His overall strength could be considered pretty good already.

Moreover, he could defeat Zhao Soldiers who had stronger stats than him through the combination of skills and better controls.

Therefore, on the surface the comparison of strength in this game was similar to the real world. One could not find out the outcome between two dueling combatants beforehand through the a.n.a.lysis of certain data.

This situation was slightly similar to conjecturing a duel between Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson. Since they were not born in the same era and had never met each other, one could only guess the outcome of a duel between the duo through conjecture.

If we were to compare the stats between the duo, Bruce Lee weighed only 60 kg whereas Mike Tyson weighed as heavy as 100 kg. Height wise, Mike Tyson was ten centimeters taller than him. If we account the rest of the factors such as strength, endurance, match experiences etc, Mike Tyson also held quite the advantage. Just based on statistics alone, there was almost no chance Bruce Lee could defeat Mike Tyson.

However, as a fellow compatriot, Yue Qiang had always a.s.sumed – or rather wishfully thought that – anything could happen in actual combat. What if Bruce Lee could awaken his inner power? What if he could use all kinds of dirty tactics such as stabbing the eyes, crus.h.i.+ng the b.a.l.l.s or throwing sand in a fight without rules? Bruce Lee might not necessarily have no chance of winning at all.

Therefore, the reason Yue Qiang likened this example was because he thought his current situation was slightly similar to a fight between Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson.

Through the information on the bamboo scroll, he knew that he engage Zhao Yan in a battle and be killed with a blow to the head.

Looking at statistics alone, Zhao Yan was the one and only super boss he had encountered in this game. Stat wise, Zhao Yan undoubtedly had overwhelming advantage. It was as advantage so huge that even Yue Qiang himself thought that it was logical for him to be killed in a cutscene.

But still, there was the possibility of an upset.

The basis of his confidence was the near real combat system.

Yue Qiang's skill, stats, gauges and abilities had great synergy with each other. It greatly improved his hidden strength. His true combat power was a lot higher than the 15 points of Strength and Const.i.tution displayed on the stats screen. Besides that, he had excellent control, and the fact that his skills would not be interrupted by pain was also added merit in combat.

WIth so many merits, he could say somewhat confidently that he could beat an opponent at the blacksmith Tan Xiong's level. You must understand that the blacksmith Tan Xiong had 27 points of Strength, and he had a couple of good skills and stats as well.

As long as the enemy hadn't exceeded human limits, he would more or less be able to contend against them.

Therefore, the most crucial problem right now was that Zhao Yan's Strength attribute had obviously exceeded human limits.

By how much, was the question.