"Don't worry, I haven't been idle this past year!"
Seeing his junior sister's somewhat worried eyes, Liang Yi confidently smiled and slightly released the suppression of his own strength.
It was like an unsheathed sword that had been sealed for a year was now partially drawn; although its full form wasn't revealed, just the part exposed from the scabbard, the chilling sword light it reflected was enough to startle anyone!
Su Youyi seemed to sense something, her eyes widened and her mouth opened in disbelief.
"Senior brother, are you... a monster?"
Su Youyi, while already having a high estimation of her senior brother's abilities based on his past rate of progress, couldn't have imagined that in just a short year's time, senior brother had reached such a level!
"Oh? So I'm not even human in your eyes anymore?"
Liang Yi, with a feigned look of "dissatisfaction" on his face, extended his "guilty" hands to pinch Su Youyi's soft cheeks, pulling them flat.
"Senior brother, teach me..."
Su Youyi's eyes were full of interest as she mumbled her request, her words indistinct.
She had known since long ago that her senior brother's cultivation pace was terrifying. Each of those Chiefs from the Super Forces was an unparalleled genius or freak of nature, each having emerged out of the wave of a great epoch. Their talents were among the best across all epochs.
And how long had her senior brother been on the path of cultivation? In just a few years, he caught up with and surpassed the Chiefs of other Super Forces, a weighty stone pressing upon the hearts of all geniuses.
Even He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing, who had the best relationship with them, though they didn't say it aloud, Su Youyi could occasionally sense a hint of resentment from them; and this feeling completely exploded when senior brother really outpaced and first advanced into the Seventh Realm.
Now, as all the Chiefs are cultivating on the battlefield as if their lives depended on it, aside from the need for strength due to the war and competition with other Chiefs, a big part of the reason is the shadow of senior brother lingering in their minds.
It's always been them surpassing others, but this time, to be surpassed—and so overwhelmingly—has spurred the pride in each Chief's heart. Silently holding their breath, they are determined to regain this face!
Before returning, Su Youyi had vaguely heard that Zhou Wudao, Ke Mengzhan, and others wanted to challenge her senior brother again, originally thinking they might succeed, but now it seems...
"Hope they don't end up sulking..."
Su Youyi silently mourned for them in her heart for three seconds,
"This method is fit for me alone, and is of no use to you."
Liang Yi spread his hands and shrugged, his expression one of helplessness.
There's only one System on him, how can he make the System bisexually produce a little sub-System?
"Um... okay then."
Su Youyi pouted her lips, hearing such a reply from her senior brother, she could only helplessly accept it.
Since senior brother said that this is a method unique to him, then he certainly wouldn't deceive her.
Liang Yi helplessly rubbed junior sister's cheeks, who was a little sulky due to dissatisfaction with her own cultivation speed, but his gaze was directed towards his character panel, where the Character Level was prominently displayed as 81!
Recently, Liang Yi had also quietly amassed a fortune in Experience, silently elevating himself to an Eighth Realm Cultivator, just one step away from the pinnacle of this world!
If one talks about the greatest progress made within a year, aside from those Chiefs, players are the only ones!
For the players, the battlefield is a super-sized version update, offering abundant Experience without death penalties, a wide variety of tasks, high-quality Magical Treasure Equipment, and materials.
This is paradise, right? This must be paradise!
Players are going mad on the battlefield, now when Abyss Cultivators see this sticky candy group, they feel nauseous, almost like they've contracted Parkinson's, their bodies twitching uncontrollably.
They've also found out that killing these Abnormal People only serves to make them stronger!
Even after being killed several times, it only grants them a brief respite and can't solve the problem at its root!
The Abyss has considered trying to erode these Abnormal People with the Abyss Demon Qi, and even Liang Yi had similar concerns.
In the game, there have been cases of players being forcibly switched factions, and if players could be eroded by the Abyss Demon Qi, their sanity wouldn't change, but their faction would be forcibly locked from Mystical Mechanism to the Abyss.
However, to the surprise of both Liang Yi and the Abyss, what should have been the scary erosion effect of the Abyss Demon Qi, which not even Chen Hua could completely resist, seemed to only deal pure damage to the Abnormal People, as if a mysterious force had forcibly erased the erosion effect, with no effects manifesting at all.
Liang Yi saw from the players' forum that the Abyss Demon Qi merely existed as a debuff on their panel, not only reducing a bunch of stats but also forcefully draining health at a rate of three percent of their maximum Life Value per second.
Just like a high-end version of "Laughing Half-Step to Insanity"!
Fortunately, the situation that Liang Yi was worried about did not occur, and the players remained players, their faction still Mystical Mechanism, not locked into the Abyss.
Over the year, the players' Levels have seen an explosive rise, with the highest now over sixty, and the average Level of players also hovering around fifty.