Limited-Time Event: Parkour King (Seeking Reads!)

"There are too many factors affecting overall strength, how much money would that take."

Jiang Liu felt like he'd been thoroughly schooled by the Lingyun Sect Senior Disciple. The same person, the same rhythm, he'd killed him dozens of times over before finally succeeding.

With both movement techniques and footwork involved, he'd truly learned a lesson.

The thought of needing these things himself in the future made Jiang Liu's heart sink. So many miscellaneous things requiring cash to upgrade—even at a 99% discount, he couldn't afford it.

Cultivation, what a joke if you don't have money.

Jiang Liu dazedly switched out of Cultivation Era. An unbearable wave of fatigue washed over him. After tormenting the Lingyun Sect Senior Disciple dozens of times, his spirit and energy had plummeted to their lowest point. His eyelids felt heavy, and he promptly fell asleep.

He hadn't slept in days. This sleep was truly comfortable. If someone hadn't nudged him, he might not have woken up for much longer.

"Wake up, wake up, the event is starting."

"Don't touch me."

"Aren't you participating in the new event?"

"What new... huh?"

Jiang Liu's eyes snapped open. He shivered all over, looking at Li Dongze beside him with a blank expression. "What did you say?"

"The event, man!"

Li Dongze was speechless. "You're so chill. If I hadn't called you, you wouldn't even participate in the event, would you?"

A new event was starting?

Could I have slept for days?

Jiang Liu instantly sobered up. He pulled out his phone and checked the date, finally letting out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it had only been one night.

"This darn game finally has a new event."

He muttered and eagerly switched into Cultivation Era.

An event interface filled with festive colors popped up.

[Parkour King Limited Time Open!]

[Footwork! Magic Tools! Wings! Titles!]

[Parkour for All awaits your challenge!]

The background of the event interface was festive red with firecrackers. In the center was a character illustration of the Lingyun Sect Master wearing roller skates, with icons of books, boots, wings, and titles scattered around.

Jiang Liu had no interest in the Lingyun Sect Master's showmanship and directly clicked into the event details.

[Parkour King: Starting today and lasting for three days, the parkour event will open precisely at noon each day. Every ten thousand players will be divided into a track. The top ten players daily will advance to the next round. The top ten from each track will advance to the second round.]

[The second round will divide players into tracks based on the number of participants. The top ten will advance to the third round.]

[On the third day, the final battle will take place on one hundred and eight king tracks.]

[The top hundred players on each king track will receive a random low-grade magic tier reward. The top ten will receive a random mid-grade magic tier reward. The first place winner will receive a random high-grade magic tier reward and the 'Parkour King' Title.]

[One hundred and eight Parkour Kings await your challenge!]

[Event Countdown: 5 minutes 32 seconds.]

"Generous!"

Jiang Liu was shocked after reading the event details. The entire server was divided into one hundred and eight tracks, meaning ten thousand low-grade magic tier items, a thousand mid-grade magic tier items, and a hundred high-grade magic tier items would be given out. The number of high-level items in the game would suddenly double.

This event, wouldn't the game operators lose a fortune?

Soon, his eyes swept over and he saw a buff icon in the bottom right corner of the event interface. His expression immediately stiffened.

As expected, the game operators would never lose money.

Jiang Liu clicked on the buff icon, and three buffs were being sold inside.

[Low-Grade Movement Speed Buff]: Increases movement speed by 5% for 30 minutes. Price: 10 spirit stones.

[Mid-Grade Movement Speed Buff]: Increases movement speed by 10% for 30 minutes. Price: 20 spirit stones.

[High-Grade Movement Speed Buff]: Increases movement speed by 30% for 30 minutes. Price: 198 spirit stones.

"This is pure pay-to-win!"

Jiang Liu's face darkened after seeing the buff prices, and he couldn't help but curse.

The price difference between the low-grade and mid-grade buffs was only double, but the difference between the mid-grade and high-grade buffs was tenfold!

This was clearly telling him that if he wanted to win the Parkour King title, he had to buy the highest-grade buff!

And he had to buy it for three days!

"Awesome, awesome, no more hiding, huh?"

Jiang Liu gritted his teeth, his face dark. He bought the high-grade movement speed buff. He had no choice but to buy it; the first-place prize was a high-grade magic tier item and a title.

Purchase failed.

He almost forgot, all his spirit stones were invested in the furnace.

Jiang Liu quickly claimed his daily login bonus and Monthly Card, and after receiving spirit stones from Master Jiang and Grandma Zhao via mail, he furiously bought the high-grade movement speed buff.

Consumed, 1.98 spirit stones!

"It's starting in five minutes. Luckily I have a good brother."

Jiang Liu looked relieved. If Li Dongze hadn't called him, he would have missed this three-day event.

He switched out of Cultivation Era and patted Li Dongze on the shoulder, "Thanks. Do you want me to give you a lift later?"

Ten thousand people crammed onto one track could easily cause a traffic jam. Giving Li Dongze a lift for a bit would be his way of saying thanks.

"Heh heh, no need. I bought wings too."

Li Dongze chuckled, proudly saying, "Not just wings, I also bought the advanced speed buff!"

"Can't afford the buff, huh? Sell me a magic tool."

"Who do you think you're looking down on?"

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes. "I still have these spirit stones. You know what an 'Emperor of Luck' is, right? Would I be short on spirit stones?"

Li Dongze: "..."

This guy, he has magic tools and spirit stones, what gives!

It wasn't just the two of them discussing the new event. All the classmates in the classroom were startled awake from their monotonous cultivation, their faces filled with excitement.

"Finally, finally there's an event I can participate in!"

"I spent a whole day grinding for the Foundation Establishment event in the story, and only got a few Foundation Establishment Stones. Damn, this event is impossible to max out even with constant grinding!"

"Then are we just waiting until everyone achieves perfect Foundation Establishment? Give up. This is the event we can actually play."

"Can't afford the buff and you'll be out in one round? Poor people don't deserve Cultivation."

"What kind of trash game doesn't have any fairer events?"

"Fair? It's the participation that counts!"

Despite the constant complaints, nothing could dampen the students' enthusiasm for the new event. The five minutes passed in a flash amidst the chatter.

At this moment.

An electronic voice echoed in Jiang Liu's mind.

[Limited-time event Parkour King is now open. Participate?]

[Yes.]

The moment he agreed, Jiang Liu felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. The game interface for Cultivation Era flashed before his eyes, as if sucking his soul in. He felt a dizzying spin.

When he came to his senses again, he suddenly found himself in a completely new map, surrounded by a dense crowd of people – all students from Third Middle School.

Immersive Experience!

This was actually a full Immersive Experience!

Jiang Liu was slightly taken aback. He had thought it would be a paper-thin character parkour, but he didn't expect it to be real-person parkour.

He glanced at the semi-transparent map in the upper right corner of his vision. The map was named [Illusion Realm: Abandoned Spirit Mine].

This parkour event was taking place in an Illusion Realm for everyone!

People nearby were assigned to the same track. Before Jiang Liu could even survey the terrain, he heard exclamations from beside him.

"Holy crap! Jiang Liu, why are you dressed so cool!"

My eight magic tools are exposed.

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