This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 108 - 101: The Battle of Sacrificing the Dao
Yangcheng, Fuyun District.
As a landlord, wearing flip-flops and carrying a bunch of keys everywhere, Hao’s life was very routine.
Morning tea, a nap, eating, gaming, eating, sleeping...
Hao’s real name is Chen Hao.
Don’t be fooled by everyone calling him Uncle; he just looks mature for his age. He’s only twenty-eight this year.
After graduation, he took over the family rental business from his parents and was told not to start any ventures, being warned that doing so would sever ties. Thus, Chen Hao learned to let things slide.
Given his family’s situation, he couldn’t squander wealth on entrepreneurship, so what else could he do but idle around?
He loves playing games.
In the early years, he played a martial arts MMORPG, spending millions to run a guild with thousands of members, constantly fighting in the game.
Eventually, he got tired, and since the developers mistreated players, chasing away those who didn’t spend much, he ended up leaving the game even though he had god-like equipment.
On a fellow landlord’s recommendation, he started playing the unique "fighting" game "Star Emperor."
Wow, this is awesome!
From the moment he entered the game, he was captivated by its stunning effects and intense combat scenes.
Back then, he was still using a 1080Ti...
After playing for two days, he decisively upgraded to a 4090, began dominating the Path to Immortality, and became the admired "Immortal Emperor" leader.
"The game went free?"
"Great!"
Upon learning that "Star Emperor" became free to play, Chen Hao didn’t care about the $50 or the compensation rewards.
Free is good, it attracts more players, makes the Path to Immortality livelier, and allows him to crash even more graphics cards.
This game is truly something!
Unlike other games, where spending millions only gets you virtual thrills of slaughter, here, a 24G VRAM allows you to dominate, unaffected by online barriers. If you’re deemed no good, then you truly aren’t good!
Not convinced? Come to the Path to Immortality for a battle?
This is what spending should be about!
Other games, no matter how powerful you get, it’s all fake, but in Star Emperor, even the weakest you is genuine...
In this game, Chen Hao spent only tens of thousands yet had an experience far better than any previous overpriced online game.
Since playing "Star Emperor" and making opponents disconnect on the Path to Immortality, he hasn’t touched any other games.
Of course!
As a loyal fan of "Star Emperor," he does want to support the game.
However, this game company is too foolish to make money, taking ages to release a single skin. It’s August, and he hasn’t spent the 20,000 Source Stones he topped up earlier this year...
Ugh, how frustrating!
Sometimes Chen Hao can’t help but rant, wondering if Ba knows how to make games. Releasing just one new skin per month, he might as well smash his head against a block of tofu.
"Huh? The Sacrificial Dao Battle?"
Just after complaining about stupid Ba, Chen Hao saw a game announcement. "Star Emperor" earnestly invites all Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors to participate in this month’s Sacrificial Dao Battle.
The initial online competition qualification.
The top three from each division will receive direct invitations to the offline competition at Jiangning Sports Hall, facing off against the mysterious source Ba, competing for the title of strongest Immortal Emperor!
A line in the announcement was specially highlighted, bold, and enlarged: In this Sacrificial Dao Battle, both online and offline, Extreme Sublimation is available. Players need to be mentally prepared before signing up.
Tianba Studio is not responsible for any financial losses caused by participating!
"Excellent!"
Upon reading the announcement, Chen Hao felt his blood boiling, sensing that this Sacrificial Dao Battle was set up just for him.
"Star Emperor" previously held two competitions, but both were online-only and used a ranking mode, banning Extreme Sublimation.
This left him helpless.
Even though Hao’s skills are decent, he couldn’t compare to those young prodigies, so his ranking wasn’t very high.
This time, with the "Sacrificial Dao Battle" allowing Extreme Sublimation, it’s fantastic news for him.
Who’s afraid of whom when Extreme Sublimation is unbanned?
Without hesitation, Chen Hao signed up for the competition immediately after reading the event announcement.
What is Sacrificial Dao?
According to the official explanation from Tianba Studio, it’s a realm beyond the Immortal Emperor, where one sacrifices their "Dao," and since the concept of "Dao" is too vague, they use a graphics card as a substitute.
If you don’t have the courage and determination to sacrifice your graphics card, how can you break through the Immortal Emperor and reach the Sacrificial Dao Realm?
This is also Ba’s intent.
When responding to community players about the Sacrificial Dao Battle, Ba stated that he initially wanted to allow Extreme Sublimation only in offline competitions.
After all, offline devices provided by the official team have the average performance to handle the full power of Extreme Sublimation.
But after being coaxed by NVIDIA and AMD staff, Ba changed his mind!
"Ba, isn’t this inappropriate?"
"This competition is called the Sacrificial Dao Battle. If the contestants are all cowards, without a single Immortal Emperor from the Path to Immortality, how can it be called the Sacrificial Dao Battle?"
With a bit of coaxing from AMD and NVIDIA staff, they successfully persuaded Chen Ba to open the Stage of Extreme Sublimation in the online phase as well.
If you don’t even dare to sacrifice your own Dao, then just stay as a spectator, you’re not allowed to participate in the Sacrificial Dao Battle!
"Excellent!"
