Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1214: Demon Swords Are Trash!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Calm down.”

“Perhaps I started it wrongly. Calm down and bring out my best state.”

Yan Qi adjusted his breathing and continued playing the game.

This time, he had finally gotten rid of the first monster that he had met – an ordinary and trashy-looking ghostly slave.

In Repent and be Saved, even though the Road to the Underworld was the third setting, players had already been through a lot in the past. Thus, the chances of them dying in the hands of ordinary monsters like the Ghost General was negligible.

Needless to say, the difference in attributes in Eternal Reincarnation had definitely been adjusted.

Compared to the original version, the current version was faster, had higher attack frequency, and had higher damage.

The extremely fast speed of the attack coupled with extremely high damage made Yan Qi really want to diss this ghostly soldier for being like an exceptional saber user. He directly killed the Martial God with one blow.

If the protagonist was the Martial God, then the deviant should be the Martial God’s father.

The good thing was that they were small monsters after all. Their damage was high but their moves were very simple. They would fight after adapting for a while.

After that, Yan Qi followed the game’s instructions and let the Martial God pierce the demon sword into the ground of the Road to the Underworld.

Eternal Reincarnation was different from the revival mechanism after Repent and be Saved’s death.

In Repent and be Saved, the protagonist was an ordinary person. He relied on the Buddha statue’s guidance to advance step by step. The Buddha statue was equivalent to a save point. Players could restore their state and refresh the surrounding monsters. The Land Statue could collect nearby remnant souls.

However, there were no Buddha statues or Tudi statues in Eternal Reincarnation. Instead, there would be a special “anchor point” every time they traveled a distance. The Martial God would pierce the demon sword into these places and leave a mark with the demon sword.

After he stabbed it, red and black demonic energy would seep out of the crack.

The Martial God could revive in these places through the demon sword. He could also kill enemies nearby and dissipate their souls. After inserting the demon sword in these places, he could collect souls and use them to improve his own ability.

If he died before activating the first storage point, the demon sword would automatically compress the Martial God’s three immortal souls and seven mortal forms. It would also automatically revive behind the gate of hell and at the entrance of the Road to the Underworld.

Strictly speaking, it could not be considered a revival. It could only be said to restore the half-life and undying state of the two worlds.

Yan Qi continued moving forward. Soon, he encountered a second ghost assignment. He solved it using the same method as before.

“Eh? He dropped something?”

Yan Qi could not help but feel energized. He went over to pick up the props that had fallen to the ground and found a soft weapon: a shackle.

Such a weapon existed in Repent and be Saved, but no one used it because it was too weak.

“What a pity. It might be better if I dropped a knife or a long weapon.”

“There should be a chance of this drop.”

The ghostly soldiers on the Road to the Underworld wielded all sorts of weapons. The common weapons were swords and knives. There were also shackles, spears, axes, and forks.

The deviant could only drop the type of weapon that he was holding. Yan Qi’s luck was not very good. The first deviant was the one who held the knife but did not drop the equipment. The second lost the equipment but the most uncommon shackles.

However, Yan Qi still opened his inventory to check the stats of the shackles after some thought.

“Huh?”

“Something doesn’t seem right.”

Yan Qi glanced at it. The stats of the shackles seemed to be the same as in Repent and be Saved. They had not been strengthened in the downloadable content. It was probably still an unpopular weapon. However, even an unpopular weapon had better stats than the demon sword in the hands of the god!

That was because even though the enhancement coefficient of each attribute was very low, at the very least, there was still an enhancement. The demon sword’s enhancement column was’ – ‘, which meant that there was no enhancement at all.

“It seems like I can dual wield them?”

Yan Qi immediately equipped the chain in his left hand.

According to the settings in Repent and be Saved, the right hand was the main hand and the left hand was the assistant. When the left hand used a weapon, it was naturally slower than the right hand and only 70% of the damage. However, some special weapon skills could be used in the left hand.

In other words, weapons with high damage should be used with the right hand while functional weapons should be used with the left hand.

In Eternal Reincarnation, perhaps because the protagonist was the Martial God, the speed of the weapon in his left hand was the same as his right hand, and the damage was 90%.

Even so, his right hand was still stronger.

The reason why Yan Qi placed the chain in his left hand was that he still looked down on this chain in his heart. He felt that the Martial God’s awesome demon sword’s damage had to be higher than the chain no matter what. Perhaps the demon sword had some hidden attributes. The data written on the interface might not be all.

After that, he continued moving forward. He played a few more ghostly soldiers and the grievous spirits who had been summoned by the ghostly soldiers to deal with him.

After the battle came to an end, Yan Qi stopped once again, doubting life.

“This demon sword, are you f*cking kidding me?”

Yan Qi realized that the chain in his left hand still had much higher stats than the demon sword in his right hand even though the damage of the secondary weapon was lowered…

What’s more, at this distance from the Road to the Underworld, the weapon drop rate of the Ghost seemed to be very high. He already had a Ghost Blade in his backpack, a Ghost Blade.

After comparing the stats, Yan Qi silently removed the chain and demon sword and changed them to the Ghost General’s saber and sword.

However, the demon sword that was removed was not kept in the luggage like a chain. Instead, it was on his back. It would be used when he needed to activate the teleportation point.

After dual-wielding the saber, Yan Qi resumed his journey.

This time, he was shocked to find that the difficulty of the battle seemed to have plummeted!

Of course, he still had to die if he was hacked to death. These two weapons did not help to improve the Martial God’s defense. However, the attacking strength had been significantly improved. The efficiency of killing monsters had been greatly improved.

“This is the normal tempo of the game… It might still be as crisp as a piece of paper but at least I don’t have to shave the monster like before.”

“The monsters’ health is still higher than Repent and be Saved’s but this is at least considered playable.”

“However, this is a little strange.”

“It might make sense from the settings but the experience it gives players is a little bad.”

Yan Qi did not pay much attention to it. He was an old gamer of Repent and be Saved after all. He had higher tolerance and continued playing the game.

…

Two hours later, Yan Qi temporarily exited the game. He rotated his sore neck due to fatigue.

According to the length of Repent and be Saved’s game, the entire game’s pure plot process could be completed in 12 to 13 hours. Of course, this could only be done by people who were more familiar with the game and were not stuck at all.

In fact, since most players were crazily lost and suffering, it was not strange for the game to extend to tens of hours.

Not to mention that he could continue with the second try after clearing it.

Yan Qi estimated that according to the official platform’s current saying, Eternal Reincarnation had been updated by about a third. In other words, the pure plot flow should have been more than four hours.

Considering that he was not very efficient in killing monsters and that he had taken a detour in the middle due to the change in route, the current game progress should be about one-third of the published progress.

Yan Qi looked at the time. It was about time to knock off. There was no need to work so hard to finish all of them at once. He should savor this game slowly.

Continue working hard over the weekend.

There might not be a lot of content in the experience but Yan Qi had a few general feelings.

First of all, the changes to the downloadable content were not big. It looked like a change of skin.

From the looks of the current situation, the biggest change was that the protagonist’s identity had changed. A new opening had been made. The performance mode of system functions such as save points, upgrades, and so on had been changed. The appearance of the monster, the fighting style, the appearance of the scene, and the route had been modified.

However, the world was still the same. The scene was still the gate to the netherworld, the Road to the Underworld, and the Bridge of Forgetfulness.

There might be some changes but there was no new scene at all. It was still a little disappointing.

Second, it seemed like there was a certain problem with the game’s combat system and basic settings.

The demon sword had so many scenes, but the damage was so low? It was even lower than the chain of rubbish in the hands of the ghost operator.

This made sense from the setting: No matter how powerful the protagonist was, he was only the Martial God of the mortal world. In the netherworld, he could only be beaten by the Ghost General in terms of the strength of his soul. No matter how impressive the demon sword was, it was only a weapon in the mortal world. Of course, it could not compare to the spirit weapon in the Ghost General’s hand.

However… no matter how reasonable it was, the combat experience was completely fragmented.

Forget about the Black and White Impermanence. After all, it was a plot kill. It did not matter if they could not win. However, the damage of the demon sword was so low that it was difficult to kill small monsters in front of it. Thus, the demon sword quickly became a tool sword. It only stabbed the ground to create a teleportation point. It completely lost its original high-end style.

“I feel a little disappointed. It might still be the same but I feel like I’ve lost that sense of amazement.”

“This downloadable content is not expensive at all. You won’t lose out or be fooled by it, but it doesn’t seem to be Boss Pei’s standard?”

Yan Qi opened the forum and read the other players’ comments.

“This demon sword is too despicable! It’s completely rubbish!”

“I think so too. In the beginning, they said that he was a Martial God. In the end, the Martial God was directly pressed onto the ground by a small monster. It’s completely lacking in class. It feels like his character has collapsed!”

“I think there’s a huge problem with the system design of the game. Previously, the system design for Repent and be Saved was already too much. However, as a torturous game, it was stuck at the limit that most people could accept. That was why it became a classic. On the other hand, Eternal Reincarnation is a little too much. The monsters’ damage is too high, and the protagonist’s damage is too low. This is no longer a form of training. It’s completely disgusting. There’s no sense of achievement after suffering.”

“The announcement said that the last patch would update the combat system. Perhaps it would change?”

“Yes, I think so too. We’ll suffer in the early stages before releasing the modifications to the combat system.”

“That’s not good either, right? The combat system is the essence of the entire game. Since all aspects revolve around the combat system, we have to update the combat system first, right? What’s the point of making us suffer?”

“What’s more, there doesn’t seem to be a new setting for this game. The original monsters and scenes have been changed to be downloadable content. How disappointing!”

“It’s alright. This downloadable content is very cheap to begin with.”

“It’s not a matter of whether it’s cheap or not. The downloadable content’s publicity was very loud. Everyone was looking forward to it based on Repent and be Saved’s game size. In the end, this situation cannot be considered satisfactory, right?”

“That’s right. Tengda’s core spirit is not cheap, but worth the price. It seeks perfection! What we want is not cheap, but actual game content!”

Obviously, many players had the same thoughts as Yan Qi.

Based on the current updates, the gaming experience was obviously not satisfactory.

Yan Qi shook his head slightly, not understanding what Tengda was up to.

Perhaps Boss Pei was too busy. He was just involved in name and did not participate in the design of the game’s detailed experience. That led to a huge deviation from Boss Pei’s plan in the end?

Perhaps the original author’s participation had affected the game project?

Perhaps the chief designer wanted to play some tricks, but he did not have Boss Pei’s ability and went overboard?

It was possible.

However, there would be four updates after all, this was only the first.

Just as some players had emphasized, the combat system seemed to be the last update. It seemed too early to say that Eternal Reincarnation was not good.

Yan Qi browsed the forum casually again and prepared to go home after work.

However, at that moment, he discovered a post.

“Holy sh * t! I don’t know if I’m hallucinating, but I saw the Martial God move on its own just now!”

Yan Qi was stunned.

The character moved on its own?

Are you seeing things?

Or perhaps… the joystick had drifted?

Or was the owner of the post playing to the gallery?

Yan Qi had played for two hours and had never encountered a situation where the character moved on its own. Thus, he instinctively did not believe this post.

However, his curiosity spurred him to enter.

The person who posted the post introduced his game process in detail. At first, he was the same as Yan Qi. He was also beaten up and captured by the Black and White Impermanence. The difference was that Yan Qi was only killed by the ghostly soldier with the knife once. After that, he advanced smoothly.

However, no matter how hard he tried, the original poster could not defeat the little monster with the sword. He was trampled on and died a horrible death.

After dying many times, he challenged the ghostly soldier again. However, he realized that the Martial God seemed to move and blocked the ghostly soldier’s long sword.

However, the Martial God was still dead, so the original poster was not sure if he was seeing things.

Everyone who posted below obviously did not believe it and raised doubts.

Before Yan Qi arrived, this post had been debated on many floors. In the end, the post creator released a video in order to prove himself.

It was a video taken with a cell phone. The clarity was worrying, but one could see the computer screen and the OP’s hand movements as he held the controller.

In the video, it could be clearly seen that the Martial God moved automatically in the face of the long sword from the ghostly soldier. He used the demon sword to push the long sword away.

This movement was very light and inconspicuous. What’s more, he was not completely immune to damage. The ghostly sword still hacked him to death.

However, on closer inspection, one could tell that the Martial God had indeed parried and was not controlled by the player.

Obviously, players only sent the Martial God to the monster before putting down the controller. He did not know how many times he was hacked to death before this strange but rare phenomenon appeared again.

Yan Qi was stunned.

“What’s going on?”

“There is definitely no such setting in Repent and be Saved. It looks like a new combat mechanism.”

“Something’s not right, right? Didn’t they say that the combat system would only be updated at the end of this month?”

“So what’s this?”

Yan Qi was deeply confused.

Obviously, Tengda had deliberately buried this suspense.

The person who buried the suspense was either Boss Pei or the person who decided to split Eternal Reincarnation into four parts to publish it.

…

What Yan Qi did not know was that Pei Qian and Meng Chang were also looking at the post with confused expressions.

Their minds were as confused and lost as Yan Qi’s.

“What the f*ck is happening?!”