To Harm the Righteous Path, I Had No Choice But to Make Games

“Heh, winning against the Demonic Path army is very difficult, but making them lose isn’t simple?”
Zhong Yi chuckled and immediately began to operate.
He used his Divine Sense to lock onto a giant Demon God Soldier and controlled it to initiate a forced attack.
With one swing, half of the Scarlet Blood Puppets on the ground were melted.
“Simple, simple!”
The more Zhong Yi struck, the more enjoyable he found it.
“Righteous Path brothers, I can only help you this much!”
He had already planned everything.
He wouldn’t build anything, would sell all his base structures, and then let his units kill each other.
He would wait until the Righteous Path forces developed, and then he would lose.
For him, the outcome of a battle wasn't important.
What was important was that the Righteous Path had to win!
Even if it was the Righteous Path in a virtual Illusion Realm, it was still true!
Just as he was happily preparing to implement his plan, a new prompt appeared:
Your ally has discovered your betrayal and is about to launch an attack on you! Please prepare for battle!
“???”
Zhong Yi was dumbfounded.
How could it even be played like this???
He looked at the map.
He found that there wasn't just one Demonic Path force, but three.
“This is… ”
Zhong Yi’s mouth twitched slightly.
In other words, if he wanted to help the Righteous Path, he would have to defeat his two Demonic Path allies.
It looked a little difficult, but in reality, it was not simple at all.
Since his forces had already destroyed themselves by half, Zhong Yi was quickly taken down by his allies at light speed.
You have died! However, your allies are brave and skilled in battle, and they quickly wiped out the Righteous Path!
Battle victorious!
Zhong Yi: “???”
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Lihuo Peak, Lingyu Pavilion.
Demonic Path Value + 10
Demonic Path Value + 1.2
Demonic Path Value + 8.3
Demonic Path Value + 8.8
...
The wonderful System notification sounds were endless.
Lu Ze closed his eyes in enjoyment.
Within a day, many Demonic Path Value notifications above 7 appeared, indicating that the various Elders had also joined in.
This was not surprising given the settings and gameplay of Immortal Realm Hegemony.
What was most comfortable was not the increase in Demonic Path Value, but the progress of his task.
The System had him help the Demonic Path achieve victory, and the task progress bar was continuously rising.
At this rate, it would probably take less than two days to complete.
“Thankfully, I adjusted the difficulty of War Mode in time.”
Lu Ze muttered to himself.
He wasn't sure at first whether the System was counting the official duel of the various Sect Disciples a week later, or if all battles counted.
To be safe, he adjusted all difficulties.

Currently, it seemed that no Disciple could successfully win the War Mode.
As for War Mode?
That was even simpler.
If it was against AI.
The System difficulty was set very high by him, so players at this point had no chance of winning.
If it was multiplayer.
Heh, Lu Ze set the Demonic Path faction to be available only after “clearing War Mode.”
Even if Cultivators wanted to choose the Demonic Path to intentionally lose, they couldn’t. Isn’t that frustrating?
Speaking of choosing the Demonic Path to intentionally lose, Lu Ze couldn't help but recall Zhong Yi’s game screen that he had secretly seen earlier.
That old fellow chose the Demonic Path and started losing on purpose, but ended up being badly beaten by his two allies.
“It’s a good thing I predicted it early; I almost let Senior Brother Zhong, that sly old fox, slip through the cracks…”
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Leigong Peak, Qingyun Pavilion.
Watching as the last piece of territory of the Righteous Path was completely devoured by the Demonic Path army in the screen.
Zhong Yi couldn't help but ask a Soul-searching question:
“Junior Brother Lu said that going to War Mode to hone one's skills would help the Sect win… But without clearing War Mode, how can one enter War Mode?”
He had tried many times, but there was truly no way to successfully resist when two Demonic Path forces teamed up.
In the end, he simply joined the Demonic Path’s great cause and followed his two AI teammates to conquer cities and territories.
To be honest, it was quite enjoyable…
Scarlet Blood Puppets could be detonated, killing everyone around them.
Demon God Soldiers could stomp a group to death with one foot.
There was also an expensive Advanced unit, the Illusion Realm Master, who could even turn Righteous Path units…
Battle completed.
Under your unremitting efforts, the Righteous Path was nipped in the bud.
Congratulations, you have completed the Demonic Path’s great cause!
“Ah???”
Zhong Yi was dumbfounded.
What the heck…
What kind of battle completion was this??
He had played the Five Great Sects to death, and hadn't even defeated his Demonic Path allies.
Just going through each battle chapter counted as clearing it?
“This damn it…”
Zhong Yi was so angry his teeth itched.
Just as he was about to return to War Mode to restart and find a way to clear it.
The War Mode option lit up.
“So, as long as I play through each chapter, I can unlock it?”
Zhong Yi immediately understood.
He thought carefully; Lu Ze said in the morning that the key to solving the problem was in War Mode, and that they should go to War Mode to hone their skills.
Zhong Yi felt that Lu Ze wouldn't lie to him.
So he put aside his determination to continue playing the battle and chose to enter War Mode.
After reading the introduction to War Mode, Zhong Yi’s eyes lit up.
“Both sides start from scratch? No initial troop disparity? Hahaha! Little Demonic Path, let’s see how you can still be arrogant!”
Zhong Yi burst out laughing.
At this moment, he was full of confidence.
Why was War Mode so difficult to play?
Was it because the System operated well, or because its strategy was good?
Neither.
Purely a disparity in forces.
Starting with Level 3 forces fighting Level 1 forces, even if he let Mu Yawen operate, it would be an easy sweep!
But in War Mode, everyone starts developing from a Level 1 Sect!
Zhong Yi had absolute confidence in his strategy and was sure he could restore the Sect’s glory!
With that thought, he quickly chose to start a game.
Zhong Yi randomly selected a map.
This was a small map, supporting a maximum of 4 players.
Zhong Yi chose 1 AI to join, and specifically chose the Demonic Path for the Sect.
As for the difficulty, he didn't care at all.
The default was “Crazy Enemy,” which clearly indicated a super high difficulty.
“Hmph, if I choose easy, I’m afraid you Demonic Path will say I’m bullying you! Just like this, let’s go!”
Zhong Yi was extremely confident, and 霸氣地 chose to start.
As soon as he landed, Zhong Yi skillfully began to develop peacefully.
Recruiting Utility Disciples and mining fiercely.
After the Gathering Array and Martial Arts Hall were built, Zhong Yi recruited a few Sword Cultivators to go out and find profound iron ore.
Then he continued to mine.
Looking at the increasing number of Spirit Stones, Zhong Yi felt incredibly secure.
“There’s no Demonic Path with ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) full forces right from the start, it’s so peaceful~”
Zhong Yi hummed a little tune, pondering whether to upgrade his base to max directly or to pull a wave of troops first.
Just then—
Your unit is under attack!
A red exclamation mark appeared.
“???”
Zhong Yi was dumbfounded.
It had only been a few minutes since the start of the game, wasn't it agreed that everyone started from scratch??
Why was he being attacked?
He quickly adjusted his view to look.
The ruthless Demonic Path was leading a large wave of Scarlet Blood Puppets and a few Summoners, charging straight towards his base!
“Nima!!”
Zhong Yi couldn't help but curse.
He quickly began to build troops.
But the time it took to recruit units was enough for the Demonic Path forces to rush into his base…
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After several struggles.
Zhong Yi’s base was once again flattened by the Demonic Path.
He experienced yet another animation of Demonic Path Cultivators rushing into the command room to assassinate him.
Zhong Yi returned to the initial space, exasperated.
“Damn it, this crazy enemy is too hard to beat!!”
Zhong Yi complained angrily.
According to his observation, the Demonic Path controlled by the System indeed started developing from scratch.
Because the attacking forces were all Elementary units.
But the pace was simply too suffocating!
Even if he miraculously withstood one wave, the subsequent waves of attacks were completely unstoppable!
Confident as Zhong Yi was, he quickly realized that he was completely outmatched by the crazy AI.
“Forget it, forget it, I’d better start with an easier enemy first.”
Zhong Yi sighed.
Logically, besides the Crazy Enemy, there were usually Easy Enemy, Normal Enemy, Hard Enemy, and so on.
Zhong Yi decided to choose the easiest mode to start.
He started the single-player War Mode again.
Opening the difficulty selection, the scene that met his eyes made him gasp—
Crazy Enemy.
Even Crazier Enemy.
Super Invincible Perverted Crazy Enemy.