Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 651 - 634: Assault on Heavenly Pride

Chapter 651: Chapter 634: Assault on Heavenly Pride

At night, Instructor Ding happily ended his stream.

As an Inner Sect Disciple of the Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace, it seems that participating in this grand competition doesn’t bring any special benefits for him.

After all, other ordinary disciples participate with the hope of joining the Six Major Sects in the future. Players like Instructor Ding, who are whales, join the Six Major Sects right from the beginning, starting at the finish line.

So why bother participating in the competition?

But in reality, it’s not like that.

Disciples of the Six Major Sects participating in such grand competitions naturally have their benefits.

First, these events are system-mandated and will be counted in the assessments of the Six Major Sects; all disciples must participate, otherwise they risk being demoted or even eliminated.

Secondly, completing the grand competition counts as one of the sect’s activities, leading to generous rewards. Whether it’s promotion points or various materials and cultivation techniques needed for cultivation, they are very attractive to players of the Six Major Sects.

Of course, for those players who slack off after spending 648, without serious cultivation, there’s indeed a chance that they would be ousted by regular sect disciples.

But that’s exactly what the Six Major Sects are happy to see because the cultivation world doesn’t support idlers.

This time, when Instructor Ding was challenged by a player and successfully won, he already obtained excellent rewards.

Afterward, no other players dared to challenge him, but Instructor Ding didn’t feel disappointed because, in this mechanism, just attending the event counts as participation. Whether challenged or not, it doesn’t affect the extra rewards.

There’s even an extra reward for not being challenged for several continuous competitions.

It’s quite reasonable. After all, the stronger you are, the less likely you’ll be challenged. Such people are the key targets for training within the Six Major Sects, the future candidates of Heavenly Pride.

"Ha, at this rate, it will probably take another three to five days to become a Heavenly Pride candidate, right?

"Gotta say, this game is really easy.

"Let me check if anyone’s discussing this online."

Instructor Ding’s character maxed out on pay-to-win, never stopping consuming Nine Dragon Elixirs, hence he doesn’t mind when to log off.

With nothing much to do in the game, Instructor Ding opened various gaming forums to check out the real-time discussions among players.

Sure enough, after today’s new gameplay ’sect grand competition’, the number of discussion posts increased significantly.

However, these posts did not align with Instructor Ding’s expectations.

Instructor Ding initially thought he was so strong that other players would feel a sense of awe like "a high mountain stops them in their tracks", right?

But reality proved he thought too much. Players not cursing his eighteen ancestors was already giving him face.

Some even took this chance to attack Nitiandang again fiercely.

"No more pretending, this sect grand competition is just here to disgust free players, right?"

"Yeah, they previously said this game had a conscience, that whales and ordinary players wouldn’t meet, but now they do!"

"Damn it, so I spent 198 just to be a punching bag?"

"You spent 198, that’s nothing; I spent three 648s, thinking it might get me into the Six Major Sects, but I ended up facing a top whale in the third round and couldn’t win no matter how hard I tried!"

"It’s not about trying hard, where’s your Blue and Green Modifier? Keep spending!"

"I think Instructor Ding plans to blaze through this game spending, already invincible. Can anyone sanction him?"

"You can’t. Even if you spend as fiercely, you must have the extra talent of the Six Major Sects to touch him. But now, there aren’t grand competitions among the Six Major Sects."

"Someone mentioned the grand competition involving all sects happens once a month? Maybe then we can see whales fighting each other."

"Bah, what’s the fun in that? At this rate, they’ll be invincible across the server soon. Instantly killing everyone, no operation needed, how is this different from mindless idle games?"

"Bro, first time playing a pay-to-win game? Our stat-buying games are exactly like this."

Instructor Ding noticed a post mentioning him and carefully read it. The result was disappointing; the discussed netizens didn’t praise him but blamed him for ruining the game environment.

After all, it’s a pay-to-win game, and a highly social one at that.

If it were in "Endless Fantasy Legend 2", primarily a single-player game without affecting other players, whales spending a lot wouldn’t cause discontent; they’d appreciate the big spenders maintaining the server.

But "Reverse Heaven" is different.

In the beginning, players found it acceptable; the sects, due to different levels, had largely separate activities. Whales couldn’t randomly slaughter civilians, and in the Barbaric World, activity areas also differed.

But the sect grand competition tore off the previously gentle facade, forcing free players to join the grand competition and be overwhelmed by whales’ gameplay.

It suddenly reverted back to the old ways of pay-to-win games.

Only the top whales could derive 100% happiness from this mode, while other whales, even those spending 30% less than the top ones, wouldn’t get half as much happiness.

No wonder the players were so angry.

This also exposed the most worrying problem: was the game’s combat and stat system going to collapse?

One must know the gap between whales and ordinary players would keep widening.

Because those who can afford to spend will continue to do so, while those who cannot will never be able to.

The official side couldn’t possibly forcefully enhance the combat power of those who can’t afford to spend, because doing so would make the small and medium spenders look like clowns.

Over time, the gap between whales and free players would only grow bigger.

The game just opened not too long ago, and Instructor Ding, a top whale, can already kill free players with a single blast and his Protective Gang Qi.

Another month or two, wouldn’t free players be killed by whales as soon as they blink?

If that really happens, it will definitely lead to a massive outflow of players, and once free players leave, the turn will come to medium spenders, and once they leave, the top whales will follow.

At that time, the game will be close to shutting down.

Many players expressed their concerns about this situation, calling on whale players to consume rationally.

Do not ruin the game environment for a moment of pleasure!

But Instructor Ding certainly wouldn’t listen; he couldn’t care less about the game environment.

Anyway, spending is momentarily happy, and continuous spending is continuously enjoyable. Instructor Ding just wants to be the number one person in Reverse Heaven!

He even heard that by the end of the game, one could even successfully master some authority of the Heavenly Dao. Before reaching that point, he would never stop spending.

...

The next morning, Instructor Ding got up early again, quickly ate breakfast, and started streaming once more.

"Let me check the state of my character’s cultivation?"

Impatiently logging in, opening the character interface, and striking a few poses.

These poses were quite interesting; they resembled bodybuilding display moves but not entirely.

While retaining the features of muscle display, the actions leaned a bit towards the aesthetics of the cultivation world.

For instance, the bicep pose in bodybuilding involves raising the arm straight, squeezing the bicep with the fist directed towards the temple to make the shoulder and bicep muscles bulge.

But in the game, this move had a variation. The character would stand sideways, one hand behind the back, the other arm raised and squeezing the bicep without making a fist, instead holding a ball of True Qi in the palm.

In this pose, the bicep and shoulder muscles would still bulge visibly, showcasing the muscle growth but adding a touch of ethereal elegance.

Other poses were similar, showing through the thin Taoist robes, the muscle growth’s fruits.

The amount of True Qi in the palm also indicated the cultivation progress.

"Great, the progress is still impressive after one night!

"I am simply invincible.

"Listen to this Emperor Engine, how stirring."

Instructor Ding increased the background volume, and in the character interface, the heartbeat sound was clearly audible.

Previously unnoticed, the heartbeat grew more obvious with the cultivation progress.

Now, it sounded almost like war drums, not only heavy and powerful but also with increasingly dense beats.

"Thump, thump! Thump, thump! Thump, thump!"

Like bodybuilders checking their physique every morning, Instructor Ding reviewed the character’s cultivation results, expressing satisfaction with it.

"Finishing today’s sect tasks, I can almost try advancing to Heavenly Pride."

Instructor Ding quickly claimed the highest-level Inner Sect Disciple tasks he could accept and dived into the Barbaric World.

Everything went smoothly, even when encountering powerful Nine Dragons or demon beasts, he was more than capable of surviving.

Moreover, dying wouldn’t matter much; Instructor Ding had plenty of Resurrection Pills.

Previously, Instructor Ding had noticed that Inner Sect Disciples, if wanting further promotion, would get a special title: Heavenly Pride.

This title, Heavenly Pride, was only available to the Six Major Sects.

Ordinary sects would directly promote an Inner Sect Disciple to Young Master, not granting the Heavenly Pride title.

But within the Six Major Sects, Heavenly Pride was a relatively special title, arguably the most precious in the whole game.

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