Without a moment’s delay.
The elite player group led by Polaris and Dongyang Chenxi had each exchanged for the Sequence Eight supernatural knowledge of their respective factions and read through it on the spot, achieving promotion right there and then.
For the low sequence promotion, there’s no need to complete a promotion task, as long as the level meets the standard and the corresponding supernatural knowledge is at hand.
This was quite convenient for the players.
And people like Dongyang had accumulated a significant amount of experience points during the bloody battle at the end of the last version, with everyone leveling up five or six levels on average. Although they couldn’t compare with Polaris, they had already pulled away from most of the players.
“Look at the level leaderboard quickly!”
Doghead Gold suddenly exclaimed.
Dongyang and the others, puzzled, quickly opened their panels and brought up the leaderboard data.
First place was undoubtedly Polaris, but from second to tenth, none were familiar IDs. The highest among them, Dongyang, was only in sixteenth place, while the lowest, Meet the Dragon King, had dropped to fifty-ninth.
“Damn! When did so many ‘monsters’ pop up? We’ve dropped so many ranks all of a sudden!”
Dragon King exclaimed in surprise.
“They aren’t people from the Three Major Guilds.”
Dongyang frowned and said.
“But they are also from first-rate guilds similar to ‘Chuxi.’ It seems they were fully prepared and had found the Sequence Eight knowledge well in advance, accumulating plenty of experience and just waiting for the version update… And there’s also a small number of individual players who have risen up.”
“The player community is a hidden dragon and crouching tiger, no one should be underestimated…”
Horseman sighed and shook his head.
“As time goes on, our initial advantage is no longer as clear… To keep leading, we must put in enough effort.”
Polaris said to his companions in a gentle voice.
Everyone nodded in agreement, their expressions somber.
“But everyone should also have faith in Jack and the Circus, because when it comes to the mid sequence stages, acquiring supernatural knowledge above Sequence Seven won’t be that easy anymore…”
Polaris said with a light chuckle.
Upon hearing this, Dongyang and the others immediately understood his meaning.
“That’s right, whether it’s the Empire’s official channels or the Righteous God Church, accessing supernatural knowledge above the mid sequence requires a very high threshold… But with Jack, it seems it’s always been possible to exchange directly.”
Dongyang nodded and smiled proudly.
The group instantly felt the atmosphere was not so heavy and took a deep breath.
“Our immediate priority is to level up. After all, we’re a team that’s topped the charts for a version… and I don’t intend to give up this spot so easily!”
Dongyang said as he looked at the others.
“Of course! At the very least, we can’t let the Circus down!”
Doghead Gold said loudly.
“In the perception of other players, ‘Circus’ is not just a supernatural power, it also signifies the ‘strongest players’ gathering place’! From the closed beta to the public release of version 1.0, we have always been at the forefront. We can’t afford to let our reputation fall now!”
“Let’s work hard on the main quests together and strive to level up to fifty as soon as possible, then start preparing for the mid sequence promotion.”
Dongyang looked around and slowly stretched out his hand.
Seeing this, the others exchanged glances and also stretched out their hands, placing them on the back of Dongyang’s hand.
In the time that followed, Polaris and the others began to get accustomed to their newly acquired sequence abilities in the open space by the cabin near Wonderland Lake.
Everyone was very excited and satisfied with the improvement in their strength.
Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo were particularly notable in their performance.
“The sequence ability of [Flesh Sequence Eight – Gourmet] is really strong, I’m not kidding, one-on-one none of Dongyang’s trio is my match.”
He stood on the lawn with his hands on his hips, speaking to his companions.
Dongyang, Horseman, and Kuang Benkuang sat to one side, shaking their heads and sighing.
“Who knew the Sun Faction sequence eight would be a support-oriented skill sequence? The Artisan’s panel growth is mediocre, with the extra supernatural crafting feeling rather useless, consuming too much Physical Strength and taking too long, not to mention the absurdly high failure rate… As a proud vice chairman, I don’t want to waste all my precious time on this.”
Chenxi Su Keying and the others maintained their smiles, trying not to look too pleased at their predicament.
“Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo can partially absorb our attacks and convert it into temporary abilities for counterattacks, and this ability will grow even stronger as they develop… If I had known, I really wouldn’t have chosen Sun.”
Horseman said with a frustrated look.
“How are you guys doing?”
Dongyang turned his head to ask Chenxi and the others.
“The promotion from [Magic Sequence Eight – Apprentice] isn’t significant, I still can’t cast spells directly, but now I can write scrolls more efficiently, and the range of magic I command has increased as well… Overall, it’s not bad, I’m quite satisfied,” Chenxi said with a smile.
“Honey Pomelo’s [Constellation Sequence Eight – Fraudster] allows her to impose misleading BUFFs on enemies with her words or gestures, and can even be combined with the [Hunter’s] traps, which is pretty impressive.”
Listening to her, the faces of Dongyang and the others grew increasingly downcast.
I must say, all of you here are clowns…”
Wei Yin laughed and extended her right hand.
Ten Lost Souls floated out from her body, coiling around her hand and instantly dying it black.
“The improvement from [Moon Sequence Eight – Executioner] is in lethal power, and now I can attack directly at the soul level, which means I can bypass physical defense… Doghead Gold, you’re quite the big talker, aren’t you? Dare to take a punch from me?”