Chapter 1 The Beginning

Back in the Demon Domain, Jian Gui was truly a figure of immense prestige. The guild he founded, Against the Heavens, was a place all players desperately tried to squeeze into. When he expressed his intention to move to the "Parallel World," he immediately received an overwhelming response. Everyone said they were willing to follow him, rebuild Against the Heavens, and still have him as their leader.

Who would have thought that in this holographic game, "Parallel World," everyone's real appearance would be restored? Jian Gui's excessively plain appearance, in stark contrast to his excessively glorious existence in the previous online game, was simply too much. So much so that most of the guild players couldn't accept it. Immediately, more than half said they preferred to rely on themselves. And the few mm (pretty girls) who used to surround him in the guild didn't even show their faces after taking a distant glance. In the end, only about fifty people out of the original thousand were willing to continue following him.

The fickleness of the world chilled Jian Gui to the bone, but as a top player who had created glory, he still had his extraordinary abilities. Jian Gui didn't plan to give up. He had secretly resolved to become glorious again in "Parallel World," and once again make the name of the Against the Heavens guild resound throughout the entire game.

The first thing to do was to strengthen himself. But on the first day of the holographic game, Jian Gui felt a disadvantage. In this simulated environment, the term "skill" was probably going to be retired. Jian Gui's hands, which were as ghostly as phantoms when manipulating the mouse and keyboard, were completely useless at this time. As a top player, Jian Gui understood that this could only be compensated by an understanding of the game's content. Fortunately, the game's public beta was remade after only half a day, giving Jian Gui a period to readjust to the game. During this time, he devoted himself to studying a large amount of game data, and even simulated the fighting styles of the characters in the game in reality. When the public beta started again, Jian Gui re-entered the game full of confidence.

In less than a day, he had already reached level 25! The hard work and sweat put into this were unimaginable for ordinary people. Gaming isn't just as simple as playing.

The beginning of the game is the best time to pull ahead in levels. Of course, Jian Gui wouldn't miss it. He was far ahead of his companions in level, so he didn't waste time carrying people, which is why Jian Gui wasn't among the members of Against the Heavens outside the city earlier. It wasn't until Gu Fei swept three people over with one kick and took the fireball away that his companions reacted and hurriedly reported to Jian Gui.

After listening to his companion's detailed description, Jian Gui was also full of doubts. He was already familiar with all the skills in the game. If he had to say something similar, Gu Fei's kick seemed like the Fighter's "Yan Hui Shan" (Returning Swallow Flash), but that was an advanced skill that could only be learned at level 54. How could anyone know it now? What's more, his companions hadn't even reached level 10 yet. How could they use skills on someone under PK protection?

So Jian Gui hurriedly returned from the leveling area and searched along the direction the two had left with his guild members. It wasn't because of the trivial matter of snatching a pig that he had any intention of revenge, but he just felt that there was something about this character that he needed to understand.

It was a pity that Fireball hit Jian Gui's sore spot with one sentence. This was the easiest way to arouse Jian Gui's fighting spirit at the moment, and Fireball grasped it accurately. After glaring at Fireball fiercely, Jian Gui asked Gu Fei, "What level are you?"

"Level 10," Gu Fei replied.

"Very good!" Jian Gui nodded. "Me, against both of you, how about it?"

"Damn, I'm only level 1, level 1! What level are you?" Fireball shouted.

Gu Fei echoed Fireball's words and replied, "That's right, he's only level 1. He can't PK."

Jian Gui smiled. He didn't plan to PK with a level 10 and a level 1 player. He said this to make the other party show weakness. Who knew that Gu Fei would add, "So, I'll do it alone."

Jian Gui's eyes widened. He simply couldn't believe his ears. "What did you say?"

"What? Don't you want to PK?" Gu Fei asked.

Gu Fei's question left Jian Gui with no room for retreat. Of course, he wasn't afraid, but he just felt it wasn't worth it. To throw his first battle for fame and fortune, the one that would open up the heavens and the earth, on a level 10 little mage, Jian Gui felt that it was too demeaning.

However, Jian Gui couldn't think of any dignified reasons to refuse for a while, so he could only nod and say, "Okay, very good!" He looked around and saw a large open space by the pond on the hillside. Jian Gui pointed there and said, "How about going over there?" This was also his first PK in Parallel World, and he felt that finding an open and stable place would be more conducive to his performance.

Gu Fei didn't care at all and nodded, then walked towards there.

Fireball quickly followed him and whispered, "Are you crazy? You don't even know what level he is and you're already PK-ing him?"

"What's the big deal? We'll PK if we can!" Gu Fei laughed.

By the empty space by the pond, the two stood still. Jian Gui's companions followed behind him, and they were also very nervous. They trusted Jian Gui, so they continued to follow Jian Gui in the game. Whether Jian Gui could still be as brilliant as before this time, perhaps this battle could explain a lot.

Standing behind Gu Fei was Fireball, who was absent-minded at the moment. He was measuring the depth of the pond, looking for places he could use after falling into the pond. He felt that Gu Fei had no chance of winning. Who was the opponent? Jian Gui, a top player in the online gaming world. As long as he was involved in an online game, he was always at the peak. Demon Domain? That was just one of his many peaks, a gorgeous pinnacle.

"Let's start!" Gu Fei said, lifting his mage robe and pulling out a dagger.

"Dagger?" Jian Gui was stunned. This person was clearly a mage!

There are some skills in the game that are universal. Reach the level, pay the money, and any profession can learn them. Appraisal is one of them. Its function is not only to identify equipment; players' and monsters' professions and levels can all be scouted with Appraisal.

Jian Gui, who had rich online gaming experience, had already learned Appraisal as soon as possible. As soon as he met the two, he had already appraised them. Two mages, one level 10, one level 1. Because the level of the Appraisal skill wasn't high enough, he couldn't identify the equipment on the characters. Gu Fei taking out a dagger greatly surprised him.

"So, he's a noob." Jian Gui shook his head, feeling quite regretful. His first move was actually against a mage holding a dagger. There was really nothing commendable about this.

Jian Gui casually pulled out a weapon from his waist, also a dagger! Jian Gui's profession was a thief, a true dagger expert.

"Please!" Jian Gui felt that it would be too unkind to try to seize the initiative against such an opponent.

"Please!" Gu Fei suddenly held the dagger upside down, clasped his hands, and bowed to Jian Gui. This action stunned Jian Gui, but while he was still in doubt, Gu Fei had already flashed over and stabbed him.

"So fast!" Jian Gui was shocked. Having already done some research on the game, he could tell at a glance that Gu Fei's character must have added agility. A mage adding agility… With Jian Gui's online gaming experience, he had seen quite a few all-agility mages, but this kind of character, relying on high agility to bring high evasion or even complete misses, required extremely high levels and equipment to support it. It could be said that it could only take shape in the later stages.

Moreover, it had to be in a game where the game data had been thoroughly researched by players before someone would start trying this kind of stat allocation. But Parallel World was a new game, and everything was still being explored. Secondly, this game only allowed one account per person. Once the stat allocation was wrong or some other reason caused the character to be trash, there would be no deleting the account and starting over. So, even though Jian Gui was already level 25, he had only added stats to ten levels. Before he figured out a correct stat allocation route, he wouldn't rashly use his points.

In Jian Gui's eyes, this agile mage was an extremely rash existence. While Jian Gui was defining Gu Fei, he hurriedly dodged to the side, avoiding Gu Fei's straight stab.

Unexpectedly, the other party's reaction was extremely fast. Before the stab could get old, seeing Jian Gui's body move, he followed up with a backhand swipe.

But Jian Gui, who had trained his hands to be as ghostly as phantoms, also had an amazing reflex nerve. He cleverly shrank his body, and this swipe was also dodged by him. Unexpectedly, Gu Fei's attack wasn't over yet. After the swipe missed, his body turned smoothly, facing away from Jian Gui, and the dagger was delivered from under his arm, stabbing again.

At this time, Jian Gui was still in a half-squatting position from dodging the previous swipe. Gu Fei's backhand stab was actually aimed at his forehead. There was no time to dodge, and Jian Gui, like an ordinary person, subconsciously raised his hand to protect his face when he was being hit. As a result, the dagger in his hand happened to intersect with Gu Fei's stab. With a crisp sound, Jian Gui borrowed the force to retreat several steps, putting distance between himself and Gu Fei.

Both of them were feeling turbulent inside.

Gu Fei didn't expect the other party to be able to dodge his three attacks. These three attacks weren't just something he used casually.

*Taisui*—*Liaowei*—*Yasha* (Grand Duke – Tail Swipe – Yaksha).

This was a set of dagger moves that had been tempered thousands of times, each move aimed at vital points. This was only in the game; if it were in reality, Gu Fei wouldn't dare to use these three moves easily. Carelessly, a life could be lost.

He thought it would be foolproof, but he didn't expect to fail. Although this guy in front of him hadn't practiced martial arts, it could be seen that his reaction was quite fast. In addition, his stat allocation in the game was also mainly agility, which was an even more important factor. Moreover, because of his professional characteristics, his speed was obviously even higher than Gu Fei's. He made Gu Fei realize another problem: in reality, only he, a martial artist, could have such high speed, but in the game, as long as the character added stats, everyone could have this speed, and even be faster.

Gu Fei was very happy that he could encounter situations in the game that could not even happen in reality.