He Sword Demon was shocked by Gu Fei's equipment the first time he saw him. He was so shocked that he didn't even think about using "Appraisal" to take a closer look. But to be honest, there was no need. Gu Fei's equipment was all ordinary roadside stuff, and even if it was good, it wouldn't be that great. Truly top-notch equipment always had a lot of effort put into its appearance, like "Frost Memories."

Listening to the continuous screams of the monsters over there, the Sword Demon couldn't help himself.

How on earth was this guy leveling? As a player who was already familiar with all the skills in the game, the Sword Demon could originally roughly judge the other party's way of leveling based on the sound alone, but at this moment, he couldn't figure out Gu Fei's behavior.

For players like the Sword Demon who were good at researching various skills in the game, he finally couldn't hold back and prepared to find out.

In order to get first-hand real materials, the Sword Demon chose to use "Stealth" and quietly approached. The skills in "Parallel World" were not something you could learn once and be done with forever. Skills also needed to be continuously trained to improve. The value of improvement was called proficiency. The higher the proficiency, the better the effect of the skill, of course. There were many ways to increase skill proficiency, such as using it regularly, or rewards from some tasks, or some props, and so on.

Stealth was obviously one of the most important skills for thieves, and veteran players like the Sword Demon knew its importance even more, so he had been constantly training it, and it had now reached a fairly high level. Judging from the textual description alone, the Sword Demon's current Stealth had no time limit. As long as he didn't attack or be attacked, he could remain in Stealth state forever. It was definitely a must-have skill for secretly peeping.

The Sword Demon just lurked like this, passing through the sparse forest, and finally saw Gu Fei.

There was no wind by the forest, but the Sword Demon clearly felt a trace of coolness, a coolness that came from the bottom of his heart.

Gu Fei's leveling mode completely destroyed the online game common sense he had accumulated over the years.

The agile and flowing footwork brought up the mage robe in the wind, and the half-old straw hat covered half of his face. With a wave of his hand, the cold light flowed freely around him, and the monsters' screams were shouted out one after another. What Gu Fei held in his hand was actually a knife.

The knife looked very similar to a Tang Dao, and it danced quickly in Gu Fei's hand. The Sword Demon's online game common sense was shattered one knife at a time.

Gu Fei's attack was beautiful, so beautiful that it was flawless.

But no matter how beautiful it was, it was just a normal attack!

A mage holding a knife and using normal attacks to level up, leveling up faster than him, would anyone believe it if this was said? The Sword Demon was at a loss.

But after looking at it for a while, the Sword Demon also noticed some of the mysteries in Gu Fei's leveling.

Every knife he attacked could reach the maximum damage!

The damage value setting of weapons in online games is often a range from minimum to maximum. And the difference is not small, the minimum and maximum are completely two different levels of damage. All along, whether to choose a weapon with a high maximum damage value or a weapon with a small range and strong stability has been a topic of endless debate. And how to maximize the damage of a weapon is also a mystery. The theory that players are more willing to accept in the end is to rely on luck...

But in "Parallel World," this completely simulated online game, the Sword Demon vaguely felt that maximum damage and minimum damage were no longer a matter of luck, but were in the hands of the players themselves.

According to the Sword Demon's preliminary estimate, the more accurate each attack was and the better the strength was controlled, the higher the damage would be.

The Gu Fei in front of him was like this.

The Sword Demon believed that even if his every attack did not reach the maximum damage, it was probably not far off. The Sword Demon had been leveling here for a long time, and he knew exactly how much health these little monsters had. Just now, he counted the number of knives Gu Fei needed to kill a little monster, and after a little calculation, he knew the damage of one knife. Combining Gu Fei's mage identity, he determined that Gu Fei was going for maximum damage with every knife.

Operation! At this moment, this word suddenly jumped into the Sword Demon's mind.

Who said there was no operation in holographic online games? This is operation, a more powerful operation than the usual clicking of the mouse and smashing the keyboard in ordinary online games!

This kind of operation that pursues maximum attack damage... Yes, let's call it Extreme Operation! The Sword Demon seemed to suddenly see a new world, and couldn't help but get excited.

At this moment, Gu Fei obviously began to fight and retreat, while slashing monsters, while stepping back towards his rear.

"What, is he going to rest too?" The Sword Demon wondered. He had never seen Gu Fei injured! Although there was also a fatigue setting in the game, to be honest, this setting was more of a hindrance to players' games. Just imagine, if it was really like an ordinary person's physical strength, such a high frequency of combat would probably be exhausting in a few minutes. How could this game be played?

So although fatigue exists, the fact is that it decreases quite slowly. Players jokingly call it an anti-addiction system, sarcastically digging at the game company's mentality of not wanting players to play less.

Is fatigue decreasing very quickly under Extreme Operation? The Sword Demon thought to himself. If this was the case, then it would be a bit not worth it, because fatigue decreases slowly, and recovery is also slow. There is currently no way to recover quickly, and you can only wait it out, although offline time also counts. But in the Sword Demon's eyes, this is absolutely not worth it.

In any case, Gu Fei was obviously retreating while fighting, and the monsters he was leading were being cleared one by one. The newly spawned monsters were not within the active attack range, so they did not chase after him. When he retreated to the edge of the forest, one knife went down and he cleared the last monster.

Wonderful! The Sword Demon exclaimed inwardly. The accuracy of his retreat alone was enough to deserve the title of Extreme Operation.

But the wonderful part was yet to come. After the monster was cut down, Gu Fei held the knife in one hand and adjusted his straw hat with the other, revealing his eyes that were covered by the brim of the hat. He looked in the direction of the Sword Demon and smiled, saying, "What's the matter?"

The Sword Demon turned his head and didn't see anyone behind him.

"Are you talking to me? Can you see me?" The Sword Demon looked surprised.

"I can't see you, but I can feel you," Gu Fei said.

"How is that possible!" The Sword Demon was surprised, and suddenly remembered the day when the two of them PKed, his backstab at the time. At that time, he thought that Gu Fei noticed it when he appeared for a moment when he launched his attack, so he quickly turned around and grabbed him.

Combining it with the scene in front of him! Did he know that he was lurking aside from the beginning?

What is this? Does this also count as operation? The Sword Demon was at a loss.

"I'm talking about you, why don't you quickly show your true form!" Gu Fei shouted. He knew of the Sword Demon's existence, but he couldn't see the Sword Demon either. The Sword Demon's voice came from the air, this scene was really too strange.

The Sword Demon canceled Stealth, and his figure gradually emerged.

"Anything?" Gu Fei continued to ask.

"I wanted to see how you level up," the Sword Demon said.

"How is it?" Gu Fei smiled.

"Very good!" The Sword Demon nodded.

"This Tang Dao Nine Links of mine..."

"Tang Dao Nine Links?"

"Yeah!" Gu Fei nodded.

What is this? Is this the name of his operation? Tang Dao, there seemed to be this kind of equipment in a martial arts online game two years ago, it was quite low-level. The Sword Demon thought to himself, his rich experience and knowledge were only limited to online games. The famous Tang Dao only made him think of a humble piece of equipment.

"Divergence Three Forms!" Gu Fei suddenly shouted, turning his wrist, and the knife in his hand swept up, slashing horizontally three times in the air.

"Breaking Wave Three Forms!" As soon as the words came out, his aura changed, like a tiger descending the mountain, slashing down three times fiercely.

"Scorching Sun Three Forms!" The knife shrank in front of him, and then he shook his arm, and three consecutive clicks were made.

"In the Tang Dao Nine Links, the three techniques of slashing, cutting, and stabbing can be used flexibly and masterfully. It really takes more than ten years of hard work to achieve, so what does my little bit count for?" Gu Fei smiled self-deprecatingly.

The Sword Demon just nodded blankly. He didn't understand what Gu Fei was talking about at all. In his eyes, the messy tricks that Gu Fei had just performed were far less exciting than when he was leveling up before.

"By the way, what did you want me for?" Gu Fei asked.

The Sword Demon really had something to ask, but he had been hesitant. But after seeing Gu Fei's "Extreme Operation" just now, he finally made up his mind: "I have a friend who wants to find a few people to form a mercenary team. I don't know if you're interested?"

"Mercenary team?"

"You don't know?"

"I know, of course I know." Gu Fei, who paid attention to all aspects of the game, how could he not know about the two major organizational settings in the game.

Guilds and mercenary groups.

Guilds are like gangs in general online games. In "Parallel World", a guild can be established with one person's nomination and twenty people's response.

The mercenary group is a new setting that is different from ordinary online games. It has no limit on the number of people. Even one person can declare the establishment of a mercenary organization. Then, they can accept mercenary tasks released by the system to earn money, experience, or other rewards. In addition, players or guilds can also post tasks in the mercenary guild in the game and submit rewards. If a player accepts the task and completes it, they can also earn rewards. Of course, the rewards provided by the players themselves cannot include experience, and will mostly be money or equipment.

There is no conflict between guilds and mercenary groups, that is, people from different guilds can also form the same mercenary group. However, the current mainstream trend is for guilds to form their own mercenary groups. Because although a mercenary group can be established with just one person, looking at the mercenary tasks released by the system, there are simply none that can be completed by one person. These lone heroes will probably only do some simple tasks released by players in the future! Therefore, it has become a hot topic in the game for guilds to cultivate a powerful mercenary group.

Gu Fei smiled at this time and said, "What, do you want me to join your Against the Heavens guild's mercenary group?"

The Sword Demon smiled bitterly: "Against the Heavens has disbanded."

"Ah, why?" Gu Fei was strange. The guild had to be established by a level 30 player and responded by players above level 20. The Sword Demon was already level 30, and Gu Fei thought that his Against the Heavens guild had been established for a long time.