The gap between High-level Professionals and Low-level Professionals no longer needed explaining.
As people had said before, it was not a slight difference, but a difference between heaven and earth.
Perhaps a Two-Star Professional could defeat a Three-Star Professional, and even a One-Star Professional might be able to contend with a Three-Star Professional with the right methods. But for a Three-Star Professional to stand against a Four-Star Professional was universally acknowledged to be impossible.
At least, Duan Xiaofei, Gao Xu's close friend, had never heard of a Low-level Professional defeating a High-level Professional.
Of course, that referred to a direct confrontation. Results achieved through despicable, underhanded methods could not be called victory, only shameless scheming.
In a one-on-one, head-on battle, Duan Xiaofei had even heard of Four-Star Professionals defeating Five-Star Professionals. For example, the Gao Xu beside him was considered capable of fighting against a Five-Star Professional.
But the broad gap between High-level Professionals and Low-level Professionals had truly never been overcome head-on.
That was no longer a difference in level, but a difference in realm.
"Before reaching the High-level, everyone is mortal; upon entering the High-level, one rises beyond the gods"—such a saying circulated in professional circles.
This saying applied not only to Professionals, but to Phantom Demons as well.
The difference between Greater Phantasmal Demons and Lesser Phantasmal Demons was a difference in the level of life itself. They could not be compared.
Thus, in the industry, people would believe it if someone said that a One-Star or Two-Star Professional had defeated a Three-Star Professional. They would also believe that a Four-Star or Five-Star Professional had defeated a Six-Star Professional. Even cases of Six-Star Professionals defeating Seven-Star Professionals had appeared throughout history.
But if someone said that a Low-level Professional had defeated a High-level Professional—even if it was