While the three Cultivators were enjoying some peace and quiet in Xia Xi's territory,
Xia Xi also found time in the dojo to ponder some of the system's mechanics.
At first, he had focused solely on the thrill of hacking away.
When his opponents and their stats were inferior to his own, all he had to do was show off his moves and go on the attack.
But now even Akaza, ranked third among the Twelve Kizuki, had higher stats than he did.
And his combat skills were far from weak, too.
His habits as a player made Xia Xi start considering how to maximize his strength.
Super muscle: brain, activate!
God knows how strong the next few bosses will be.
If these damn developers designed this like an online game rather than a single-player game, I'll be in trouble.
He might be an action game player,
but he had naturally played MMOs, too.
The highest-tier monsters required players to reach the level cap, equip themselves with paid gear, and form thirty-player raids to beat them.
Could the final boss require me, or even all nine Hashira and the Provisional Hashira,
to get our Breathing Styles to LV.10,
then buy loads of paid gear and swarm him before we can take him down?
Xia Xi thought it over and decided that was unlikely.
After all, the demons so far had all been designed for solo hunts.
The chances of the game suddenly changing its design philosophy were low.
He would make an estimate first.
Using the current information on the Lower Ranks and even Upper Rank Three, he would analyze the strength of the other Upper Ranks and the Demon King...
Hmm, although the Lower Ranks vary in strength,
*their energy levels don't actually fluctuate that much, ranging from a