Summoning Players into My Game

"After digging holes for half a month, I finally made it in."

"This ground, these walls, they're made so realistically!"

"The technology in this game is incredible. The pain when hitting the wall is just like at home. It seems those people are right; this is definitely a paradise for us combat enthusiasts. The price is absolutely worth it. Anyone up for going outside to fight monsters together later?"

"I read online that there are quite a few tasty spots in the city. Anyone up for taking photos and checking them out?"

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Five hundred newbie players crowded into the basement of the Martial Arts Hall, all brimming with curiosity and excitement about Descent of High Martial. Many players grouped up in twos and threes, discussing what to do next and where to find excitement.

The experienced players who had just logged on looked at the crowded scene and couldn't help but sigh, realizing that more and more people were entering the game.

Previously, there were at most a hundred people online at a time, but now there were five hundred, doubling the game's online population and making competition even fiercer.

"Five hundred people logging on at once. Looks like quite a few gaming industry experts have joined this time." Zhang Qingwei smiled as he recognized familiar faces among the newbies. "I never had the chance to compete with these people before, but now I can have a proper showdown in this Descent of High Martial."

Zhao Hu, observing the familiar faces, also had a look full of excitement.

This time, the experts entering Descent of High Martial were not only top players from major guilds in Pilgrimage but also many other top players from different acclaimed games.

The top players from Pilgrimage are one thing; there's always a chance to have a match there. But the experts from other popular games are different. Apart from meeting at some game invitationals, there was no chance to compete since they were not playing the same game.

However, the vast majority of outside players and some game media always brought them up for some rankings, even creating special game masters' rankings, based on their actual battle results and the game's population and influence, for a general ranking.

Experts like him and Zhang Qingwei, even the celestial beings in Celestial Might, couldn't even make it to the top 100 in those game masters' rankings.

In Celestial Might, only Luo Wushang could barely squeeze into the top 100. As for the guild leader, due to aging and not having taken action for too long, everyone believed his skills were certainly not at their peak anymore, so he was excluded from the top 100.

Now that Descent of High Martial could attract so many experts from other hit games, it indeed made the competition more intense but also gave them a bit of anticipation to compete with these prominent experts whose names they'd only heard of before.

"This isn't surprising, considering the game's test assessment has already made quite a name for itself in the industry, and so far, no one has managed to last twenty seconds." Lu Fanchen explained, "After several experts failed attempts, other top experts from various hit games became increasingly curious. Now I've heard that the number of top experts attempting the test assessment has exceeded fifty, and that's just the known ones; there are probably even more unknowns."

"I've heard about this too." Fang Zhen added, "As of now, several top experts from this year's game masters' rankings have challenged it, but unfortunately, they've all failed. Some game media even directly consider the test assessment a ranking factor for next year's game masters' rankings."

"No way, is a mere test assessment being considered as a ranking factor? Are these game media crazy?" One Leaf Floating Cloud was a bit taken aback.

The annual game masters' rankings are one of the most discussed topics among players. Many top players' fans are extremely dissatisfied with this ranking, questioning why their admired experts should be ranked lower than those from other games, considering they're not even playing the same game.

Like the captain of Sky Traveler, Huang, whom he admired, was only ranked twenty-seventh, which he found unbearable.

Although those ahead of Huang are acknowledged legends, he didn't feel Huang was inferior to them.

"Using the test assessment for rankings seems fair to me." Ye Qinglu agreed instead, "Even though it's just an assessment, its virtual reality aspect is quite high, similar to what's inside Descent of High Martial. Plus, it realistically simulates one's physical qualities. It's purely a test of skills, making it a valuable reference for ranking technical prowess."

"Exactly." Fang Zhen further explained, "Many game media and players who took part in the test assessment also believe it's suitable as a reference, which is why an increasing number of expert players from other games are eager to try it out, and its popularity continues to rise."

"No wonder there are so many experts among this batch of newcomers." Outer Gunman remarked with some amazement while looking at the familiar faces appearing in various media programs among the newbies.

Even though he had now become a formal member of the Blue Demoness Team and gained some fame in Mecha Continent, making him quite a decent expert here.

However, compared to these experts who frequently appear in shows, the gap was not just a little; especially those top experts, they were on par with the likes of Luo Wushang and Zhao Hu, the celestial beings."