Absolute Destiny Game-Chapter 1392 - 33: Dream of Yu at Night (2)

The night breeze was slightly cool, blowing against him, making Xiao Jie particularly clear-headed.

Xiao Jie gazed into the distance at the apocalyptic scene—the shattered earth, the gray sky, the swirling chaotic clouds in the distance, and the annihilation storms emitting eerie light. He stood within the safety of Embers City, inside the fortress of the Iron Blood Immortal Alliance, watching the wasteland through a pale golden barrier, feeling a strange sensation of "watching a fire from the shore, detached from calamity." It was a mix of relief for being in a refuge and knowing that this paradise was ultimately just a lone raft in the ocean of the apocalypse, destined to vanish sooner or later.

In the sky, colorful beams of light occasionally flew across the horizon, merging into the city.

Even at midnight, immortal players venturing out to defeat monsters, level up, and farm equipment were still in an endless stream. Some of these tunneling lights were like fiery meteors, others like electric serpents, flying across the sky in a glorious display.

It had been half a year since they recovered the three Innate Treasures. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

In half a year, the ecology of players in Embers City had completely changed.

Especially after Emperor Shitian high-profilely announced his "Salvation Plan"—learning there was finally a chance to return to their original world, everyone’s motivation to defeat monsters and level up was at an unprecedented high. Who wouldn’t want to return home with a powerful Immortal cultivation, to be unrivaled and worshipped, that was the pinnacle of life.

Even if unable to participate in the final battle for salvation, naturally the higher the cultivation, the better.

Anyway, without the crisis of life and death, why not be reckless?

Thus, in just half a year, players’ level realms advanced rapidly, akin to rocket-like leaps. Nowadays, in Embers City, "Profound and Golden Immortals roamed everywhere, while Heavenly and Earthly Immortals might as well be dogs."

Even Daluo Golden Immortals, several of them emerged...

Thinking of Daluo Golden Immortals, Xiao Jie couldn’t help but sigh.

It’s a pity, he ultimately couldn’t secure first place.

When he left the City Lord Mansion that night, he wholeheartedly believed he could rise like a meteor and be the first to achieve the Daluo Golden Immortal. He had the complete strategy of the "Full-time Expert," the personal guidance of the Chaos Demon Ape Sun Xiaotian, the full resources of the Iron Blood Immortal Alliance, and the special advantage of the "Heavenly Destiny."

He thought he was the chosen one.

Unexpectedly... he underestimated the heroes of the world.

The first to achieve Daluo was none of those three, but their own guild leader Full-time Expert.

This was not surprising—Full-time Expert, after all, was the "number one in the game," the first super player to break through the Profound Immortal Realm.

Before entering this world, he was already a world-class top professional player, having won over a dozen world championships, with understanding of game mechanics, leveling paths, and resource allocation far beyond the ordinary.

Xiao Jie had also been in a studio, been a team leader, and led teams. He considered himself top-notch in the circle. But working with Full-time Expert for half a year, he gradually discovered that compared to the latter, he still fell short—or one could say, they were not even in the same league.

Whether it was the professionalism as a team commander or the ability to understand game content, Full-time Expert gave Xiao Jie a sense of awe. Like an amateur looking up to a professional, the gap was not something hard work alone could bridge.

No wonder the other could become the first Profound Immortal, the first Golden Immortal, the first Daluo.

Although Xiao Jie was a bit disappointed, he acknowledged it.

But unexpectedly—

The second to achieve Daluo was actually Emperor Shitian.

That guy was even faster than him!

Xiao Jie originally thought he could at least enter the top three? Even if not first or second, getting third should be no problem, right?

As it turned out... he was beaten again by a Mystic Gate Immortal called Taixu Xuanzhen.

He was a lone wolf player, elusive and almost never participated in any guild activities, solitary and unpredictable. But his strength was ridiculously off the charts. No one knew how he trained, no one knew his background, no one knew which world he came from—but he quietly ascended to Daluo.

By the time everyone noticed, the system announcements were already out.

Then, even I am a farmer ascended to Daluo.

Now, he didn’t even make it into the top four.

Xiao Jie could only console himself: this game gathered top gaming experts from three thousand parallel worlds. To reach Golden Immortal in this chaotic scene was already top-tier. Among the ten thousand or so players in all of Embers City, only over two hundred were Golden Immortals, he was already standing at the top of the pyramid.

Moreover... he was only one step away from Daluo.

As long as he passed the last test arranged by Master Sun Xiaotian, the realm of Daluo Golden Immortal could be broken through at any time.

At that time, he would be the fifth Daluo.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jie let out a bitter laugh once again.

The fifth... though still quite impressive, there was still some dissatisfaction. But on second thought, Emperor Shitian didn’t get first either, and that made him feel more balanced.

Speaking of which, the method used by the Ten Thousand Transformations Immortal to achieve Daluo was indeed a lot more troublesome than ordinary Immortals.

It didn’t require seclusion and arduous cultivation, didn’t require Satori of the Heavenly Dao, or even accumulation of massive cultivation experience—just required transforming into an existence with Daluo-level cultivation, then comprehending and unlocking its abilities, thereby obtaining the fruition of the Daluo Golden Immortal.

It sounded simple, but in practice, it wasn’t easy at all.

To transform into an existence above Daluo, relying solely on personal Transformation Technique was absolutely impossible—that required an extremely profound understanding of that existence, needing to "become it," rather than "pretend to be it."