The Sea Emperor's proposal made Liu Zhi think for a moment, but in the end he still refused. Although there was a huge gap between their levels, Liu Zhi believed that it wouldn't affect their ability to communicate.
On the contrary, Liu Zhi was confident that over the next year and a half, he could use the resources provided by the seven Mythic-level players from Rogar'a to raise his level to 13.
As for whether he could reach level 14, that would depend on whether he could bring his Underworld Ecosystem concept to fruition.
Liu Zhi's confidence came entirely from the guarantees of two Mythic-level players, both of whom had promised they could raise his level to 11: one along the Necromancer path and the other along the druid path.
Normally, if the experience provided by the two Mythic-level players went toward two separate classes, it would be enough to bring both to level 11. But Liu Zhi didn't plan to keep the two classes advancing in parallel after level 10. Instead, he intended to use the opportunity at level 10 to combine them into a single class.
That way, he could save more than half the experience. Combined with what he had already accumulated, reaching level 13 would be a bit of a gamble, but level 12 was a sure thing.
That was why he had set himself the modest goal of pushing for level 13 and seeing whether he could reach level 14.
Once he reached that level, there would be no bottleneck for him between levels 14 and 15.
That would give him the foundation to speak with the Sea Emperor and the others as an equal.
His foundation might still be a little weak at that point, but with his level and strength, that wouldn't be