novelraw Chapter 42 - 14 Days to Prepare!
Chapter 42 - 14 Days to Prepare!
'Holy crap!'
The powerful inertia sent Chen Yi flying.
His body, like a fired cannonball, flew directly out of the arena's range.
With a 'bang'...
He crashed straight into the audience seats!
The terrifyingly powerful force knocked Chen Yi dizzy on the spot.
"Wahhh~ S-s-s... Sorry, I didn't expect you to be so fragile even at Level 20..."
Meng Li's small face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly ran to Chen Yi.
She then continuously bowed while apologizing.
With the most sincere attitude, she spoke the most heart-piercing words.
"Motherf—"
Chen Yi was overcome with anger, and his curse was cut halfway.
His eyes rolled back, and he fainted straight away.
Zhou Minjun was even more dumbfounded as she watched the scene, her breathing rapid as she was unable to calm down for a long time.
Although Mages were squishy, Meng Li was only Level 12.
Had she instantly killed a fully-equipped Level 20 Mage with one hit?
Moreover, this Mage's class quality was A-Rank.
Simply... too unbelievable!
"The class of this player under you, what’s its name?"
Zhou Minjun swallowed her saliva subconsciously and slowly turned her head.
Looking at Ye Mo beside her, she asked tentatively.
This intensity had already surpassed any SSS-Rank class she had ever seen.
It could even go toe-to-toe with the signature SSS-ranks of the Six Saint Sanctuaries!
"God-Slayer Ghost Swordsman. Its characteristics are having Super Armor and acceleration throughout, plus an invincibility skill that can make her intangible."
Ye Mo spoke with a smile while answering very naturally.
Meng Li's Strength attribute was as high as 46 points.
Counting the 20% bonus from the Power of Ghost God and the 7 points of Strength attribute from her weapon, that was 62.
Then, add in the 30% skill power bonus from Ghost Shadow Slash.
That one strike had a Strength damage as serious as 81 points!
Instantly killing a squishy Mage with at most 40 to 50 points of Constitution attribute was simply too easy for her.
"Super Armor plus explosive acceleration and invincibility?"
Hearing Ye Mo's answer, Zhou Minjun's breathing became rapid!
'Are you not fucking letting others play at all?'
'That's simply too heaven-defying!'
‘If he grows up and participates in the next Agent Championship…’
‘He could probably compete with the master-level talent Agents of the Six Saint Sanctuaries.’
Zhou Minjun thought to herself as she sensed the terror of Ye Mo's talent.
The Agent Championship was different from the national competition.
It was a competition among the various major Agents, divided into three match types: arena, team, and individual.
The arena match was simple: let the players under them go on stage to compete in order until they had no players left to send up.
The team match was to have players team up for group battles, focusing more on lineup composition and coordination.
As for the individual match...
That was a competition based on the Agents’ personal combat levels!
"You really aren't stingy with Demi-humans at all, to be able to give her such a terrifying SSS-Rank Class Card."
Zhou Minjun sighed at Ye Mo's character.
If she had such an SSS-Rank Class Card, she would definitely be reluctant to give it to a Demi-human.
This wasn't discrimination.
The difficulty for Demi-humans to level up was notoriously arduous.
This drawback would only get bigger later on!
"Perhaps... none of you understand Demi-humans."
Ye Mo simply smiled and continued.
"Do you know how high Meng Li's personal attributes are right now?"
Zhou Minjun looked at him, puzzled.
"All her attributes are as high as 46 points!"
Hearing this, Zhou Minjun's breath hitched, the shock on her face almost overflowing!
"Are you kidding me? Her combined attributes are even higher than some ordinary players over Level 20!"
"That's right, this is the advantage of Demi-humans.
Recently, I discovered that although Demi-humans level up very slowly, the attribute bonus they get with each level up is almost maxed out!
Simply put, the higher the upper limit of the Class Card, the stronger the Demi-human!"
Every time a player leveled up, the range of their attribute increase would be different.
The gap might not be large in the early stages, but it would be different in the later stages.
For example, from Level 70 to 80, the increase per level for each attribute was 128-256 points.
For an S-Rank quality class, the increase per level for each attribute was about 190-220.
For SS-Rank and SSS-Rank, it was about 210-256 points.
And Demi-humans could directly max out the attribute they were proficient in.
For example, an S-Rank Mage was proficient in the Spirit value.
Then the increase per level for the Spirit value would definitely be 220.
For SS-Rank and SSS-Rank, it would definitely be 256 points!
In other words, the higher the upper limit of the Class Card's quality, the higher the Demi-human's attribute upper limit!
At the same level, a Demi-human's attributes were definitely higher than those of an ordinary person.
"So... it's like that?"
Zhou Minjun understood, but she immediately threw out another question.
"But the base number of Demi-human players isn’t small. How come no one has discovered this until now?"
"Hehe!"
Ye Mo chuckled and shook his head while speaking slowly.
"Because people discriminate against Demi-humans, no one’s willing to give Demi-humans high-quality Class Cards. Naturally, those people can't see their talent."
Hearing this, Zhou Minjun understood.
Indeed, no one was willing to give high-quality Class Cards to Demi-humans.
So it was very difficult to discover this characteristic of the Demi-humans.
Only those who had absolutely no prejudice against Demi-humans and were willing to give them high-quality Class Cards could discover this characteristic.
But in reality...
How many such people could there be?
'Wait!'
Suddenly, Zhou Minjun seemed to realize something again.
Even so, having all of Meng Li's attributes at 46 was a bit too exaggerated.
And wasn't it said that it would only max out the attribute that the class was proficient in?
Didn't that mean...
The Class Card Ye Mo gave to Meng Li was a super all-rounder hexagonal class?
'All attribute talents are the highest kind of class card!'
‘Such a terrifying class, paired with a Demi-human's talent, if it grows to the end, it's simply…’
'Comparable to a god!'
The more Zhou Minjun thought about it, the colder her back felt.
Even the SSS-Rank classes of the Six Saint Sanctuaries didn't have such terrifying growth talent.
In other words...
‘The god this guy worships, could it be... stronger than the Six Great Gods?’
Zhou Minjun looked at Ye Mo and instantly sucked in a large breath of cold air.
A few hours passed by in a rush.
Undoubtedly, in this test, Meng Li easily secured her spot in the national competition.
Zhou Minjun then chatted with Ye Mo about matters concerning the national competition personnel.
Now, the two of them were partners.
"I think what the two of them lack now is still equipment and level.
After all, this national competition is exceptionally fierce, and there is no lack of children from aristocratic families and seed players from the Six Saint Sanctuaries.
Their equipment, class quality, and level won’t be low!"
What Zhou Minjun said was right. Although Meng Li and Ye Xiaoxiao's talents were good, their levels and equipment were their weaknesses.
Compared to those children of aristocratic families and the seed players of the Six Saint Sanctuaries, they were still a lot worse off.
The reason Meng Li could instantly kill Chen Yi today was mainly due to class suppression.
If she had faced a Tank, Warrior, or Assassin of the same A-Rank class today instead of a Mage…
She wouldn't have won so easily.
Moreover, there was no lack of pay-to-win players in the national competition.
Their class qualities were mostly SS-Rank, or even SSS-Rank!
Their equipment was also top-tier.
Facing those geniuses, the class advantages of Meng Li and Ye Xiaoxiao would become nonexistent.
"You're right. I’ll find a way to increase Meng Li's level and take care of the equipment. As for Ye Xiaoxiao's side..."
"Leave her level to me. I’ll personally send people to take her into dungeons for the next few days. I'll strive to raise her level to above 20 on the day of the competition."
The two looked at the schedule. The time left before the national competition is… 14 days!
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Challenge Goal 1 (Part 2) (In Progress)
Objective: React to the daily announcements in the novel’s discord channel (here)
Progress: 6 to 10 unique reactions (5/6-10)
Or
18 to 30 total reactions (29/18-30)
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T/N - So, we’re back to our regular TTHS schedule. This one’s the Thursday release. Still, you guys have 24 more hours to react to the day 14 announcement and get that bonus extra chapter. Come on, guys! Just one more! ♥️ (3/12/26)
There we go. I knew there would be a payoff for the high exp requirement for Demi-humans. As for why it isn’t known, probably due to the discrimination, as the MC and Zhou Minjun said. Most people don’t know about it, and those who do are high in the hierarchy and don’t care enough to give them a chance.
E/N: I guess I have to take off my conspiracy theory hat…