"After all, a lesser existence is still only a lesser one."
This was not something Gao Xu had said on his own.
At some point, these words had appeared and spread widely among High-level Professionals. They often used them.
Su Ming had heard them more than once, too.
He still remembered how, back when he had first entered the Demon Hunter Academy and was learning about Professional star ranks from his instructor, the instructor had said this very thing.
"Among you, a large portion will probably remain Low-level Professionals for your entire lives."
"More than that, it would be perfectly normal if not one of you could escape the title of Low-level Professional and become a High-level Professional."
"The gap between High-level Professionals and Low-level Professionals is enormous, far beyond your imagination."
"Once you formally enter the professional circle in the future, you'll understand just how great that gap is."
"By then, you'll also understand that a lesser existence is ultimately only a lesser one."
At the time, the instructor's expression had been filled with yearning, awe, worship, and even envy, as though he were mentioning an unreachable existence.
Clearly, he was one of those who had experienced the gap between High-level Professionals and Low-level Professionals firsthand.
The former had truly stepped into the realm of the inhuman and could not be compared with the latter.
As had been said before, the gap between three stars and four stars was far greater than the gap between four stars and five stars.
In numerical terms, one star could be compared to ten, two stars to twenty, and three stars to thirty.
But once one reached four stars, it was no longer forty. It leaped straight to four hundred.
Five stars could be compared to five hundred, and six stars to six