The Boss Behind The Game

The silhouettes of Tong Gua and the Sea King continuously clashed at one another as they fought in the sky.

Tong Gua was filled with satisfaction and excitement, feeling as though he had come back to life again.

Fighting others is very satisfying and exciting, after all!

However, the Sea King, who was being beaten up, felt as though his bones were about to break.

He had tried to retaliate, but even a powerful Ghost King like him was no match for Tong Gua, who was halfway through his Ghost Emperor class. Both of their powers were on different levels, so he could not defend himself against Tong Gua’s attacks.

When the Sea King was about to use his strongest attack and summon the Sea Spirit, Tong Gua suddenly stopped attacking him.

After that, his body suddenly absorbed the green energy. As he floated midair with his legs crossed and his eyes tightly shut, his body slowly began to drift downwards.

“Tong Gua’s Ultimate Attack, Return to Origin!”

As Tong Gua’s body was descending from the sky, a drop of sweat fell from his forehead, while his heart pounded endlessly.

Hearing that it was an Ultimate Attack, the Sea King was extremely shocked as he originally wanted to use his as well. He seized the opportunity and dodged sideways, feeling toward the horizon.

“Sea King Army! Retreat!”

At that moment, Tong Gua sneakily peered at him with one eye.

Seeing that the Sea King was retreating in fear, Tong Gua’s arrogance was ignited again.

“Little Sea King, don’t run away! Wait for me to focus my power and face my Ultimate Attack!”

The Sea King did not even turn his head when he heard this. He flew even faster and instantly disappeared into the horizon.

The Sea King Army below was overcome by fear when they saw their King running away. The soldiers desperately forced their sea beasts to hurry, as they followed after the Sea King.

“Splash! Glug!”

Tong Gua suddenly fell into the water. As his body slowly sank into the depths, bubbles of air broke through the water surface…

Other players held their breaths in silence…

A second later, Tong Gua’s head resurfaced above the water, frantically flapping his wings against the water’s surface.

“Help me! I don’t know how to swim, someone quickly please help me!”

Looking at Tong Gua struggling in the sea, the other players that were watching the live stream covered their faces simultaneously, as they all had a similar thought.

This was so embarrassing!

For the players on the coast, they seemed speechless. After exchanging quick glances with each other, they went their separate ways, leaving behind the flailing Tong Gua as the sun set.

……

The threat of the Sea King’s attack was neutralized, leaving Lu Wu and Bei Li at a loss for words.

However, they had witnessed Tong Gua’s pretending skills before. Thus, they could not help but feel relieved. Judging by the current level of the players’ ability, it was too early for them to try and defeat the Sea King.

However, the Sea King’s appearance instilled a strong feeling of danger in them. Thus, they fervently discussed the methods to develop Oceanic Power in the forum.

As soon as the battle ended, a certain fan professionally brought up the First Law of the game on the forum.

[The Law of Unpredictable Pretense].

In this post, the professional gamer used Ye Chen and Tong Gua as examples in his detailed analysis, before ultimately arriving at this conclusion.

Unpredictable chance = Pretense!

When one looked at Ye Chen’s successes, one could learn something from it. If the time was right, then it would be the time to put on an act.

In no time at all, the Law of Unpredictable Pretense gained immense popularity on the forum.

This type of post was even acknowledged by many other gamers. Someone even went so far as to create a Society of The Mystery of Unpredictable Pretense and spent all day discussing the feasibility of this unpredictability.

Apart from those people with nothing to do, there was another pinned thread that caught Lu Wu’s attention.

[Today, I Found Something Unbelievable].

The original poster of the forum thread was a current student. In the morning, he was at the dojo busy practicing Taekwondo with his roommates.

At the time, one of my friends got into a conflict with another Taekwondo student, and they actually prepared to fight it out for real.

Then, my friend was beaten soundly. (Didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, honestly!)

However, when I was watching them fight, no matter what was happening, I still felt that their fighting techniques were really weak (perhaps I have this feeling because I have seen many pro-gamers’ live streams). Something suddenly came over me and I was about to help avenge my friend (when I entered the fight, I did feel a bit guilty).

I had never fought before and I was not good at fighting. However, since I had already made up my mind, what else could I do? All I could think of were the player killing skills I had learned from the forum, as well as how to use the skills in the game.

In the beginning, I was kicked twice by that rascal and soon lost my advantage. This made me really mad and I was going to give it my all. So, I used the Assassin’s Shadow Steps and dodged his attacks. After that, the rascal couldn’t even land a kick on me, I was running circles around him.

You guys may not believe what I saw, but I really beat that guy using that method! (I tired him out!)

On the way home, my friends kept looking oddly at me. (Ha ha!)

But after finishing the fight, there was one thing on my mind. It seemed that although we cannot truly use the skills from the game in real life, these battle skills could still be useful.

Just like the Assassin’s Special Skill, Shadow Step.

In the game, if this special skill was used, the player’s avatar would suddenly become light as a feather. Their steps and movements would be untraceable.

But if used in real-life situations, even though the full effects of the ability might be absent, the nimble footwork would enable one to become extremely agile during fights. This fighting method of retreating in order to advance was really useful.

If you don’t believe me, maybe you should put it to the test for real.

(If you get beaten up by others, please don’t come after me!)

The appearance of this post instantly garnered great attention from the gamers.

Crayon_Shinchan: “If the original poster has any conscience, can you please come and pay my hospital bill, I’m at the hospital watching TV right now. (Amused Face)”

Strike_Gold: “It’s not unusual, this sort of game is made very realistically. If you usually spend a lot of time fighting outdoors, I guarantee you that in real life, your fighting ability will become stronger.”

Peppa_Boar: “You’re making a fuss out of nothing, haven’t you noticed that a lot of pro-gamers are skilled fighters in real-life? If their real-life fighting skills can be adapted into gameplay, then naturally, you can do it too. Of course, this doesn’t apply to casting skills. (Amused Face)”

Xueli_The_Strongest: “Come on~ As a Xueli with more than two months of gaming under my belt, I have actually gotten a lot stronger in real life, too. I’m going to try out my skills on my boyfriend tonight. Hehe~”

Broke_Trash: “I feel that everyone has gone off-topic here, the example that he brought up was the use of Shadow Steps. In other words, this sort of ability from the game can be merged with reality. (Apart from casting abilities)”

A_Mammoth: “I can only say that the game is made with great care and detail, but this isn’t unusual. For the old Wuxia Adventure games, the characters’ skills were all based on real-time recording inputs of real Wushu exponents.”

Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: “This game has many easter eggs and hidden opportunities, it’s also intertwined with real life. It depends on your luck, whether you can get one or not. I managed to uncover an easter egg using my real-life inside knowledge. How lovely~ That’s it for now, I found a treasure in the Nightmare Zone and I’m preparing to search for it!”

Crayon_Shinchan in reply to Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: “OMG, you’re the corpse that obtained that eastereEgg? Quick, send me your attributes chart, or I’ll report you to the police!”

Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: “Mr. Big Troll, if you mess with me again, believe me, I will dig your ancestral grave (Amused Face)”

Crayon_Shinchan in reply to Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: “So fierce!”

Taoist_Zombie_Hunter in reply to Crayon_Shinchan: “Do not disturb! I’m in the process of digging up graves! Once the player vs player arena opens I’m gonna be famous!”

……

Lu Wu briefly kept an eye on the gamers’ discussion about the possibility of using in-game skills in real life, but he felt that no trouble would arise.

According to what Bei Li had said, although the gamers could use a similar type of these skills in real life, they lacked cultivation. Thus, it was impossible for them to use the skills that actually required cultivation.

Most importantly, they were not cultivators. Hence, other than just the shape of those skills, they were clueless about the energy channeling that was needed during the usage of skills. Thus, using them perfectly was impossible.