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Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread
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Let's agree to disagree.... Anyone can come back from a coma... MC was transforming during those times to become a cultivator... Not a brain dead/nerve dead situation....
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And in cultivation world no one stronger directly attacks weaker cultivator unless you actively pissed them off and become mortal enemies... Even if they know, you are a potential threat in the future, at most they will send people who are almost on the same level as you in order to deal with you in secret... They care for their face too much to shamelessly kill a potential threat personally if you don't give them a reason... And about houtian fights, if mc lose a death match(tactical retreat is not loosing), it's game over... There's no plot armor
It seems you didn’t understand what I meant about the coma. The fact that the MC was transforming during that time and no one experimented on him or anything is plot armor. There was literally no reason to leave him alive. Even Mei Mei said his body is a treasure, and the MC has no backing or anything protecting him like Tang Ruo does. In theory, there shouldn’t have been any consequences for killing him while he was in a coma, but it didn’t happen.
But the He Clan has reasons to kill the MC, and what reputation do they have to protect if they already have a bad reputation? Killing the MC early, being mortal enemies of the He Clan, is something typical of them. So again, there’s no reason they shouldn’t have killed him a long time ago, especially since they even tried to kill him during the admission ceremony. Why don’t they try again?
And like I said, all those deathmatch fights you’re mentioning are against other Houtians who are on the MC’s level, when he fought the Wolf, who was at MH while we were at EH, it was a battle we couldn’t win, and someone came to save us, you had to survive the initial stages of the fight, but it was something within the MC’s capabilities. The fact that the MC can insult Xiantian and S-level cultivators on some occasions and still be alive is Plot Armor. You can even land a hit on a Xiantian from the He Clan, and they don’t kill you during the investigation mission of the massacre. If that’s not plot armor, then what is? As far as I know, PoMA is a dark world where disrespectful actions like that wouldn’t be forgiven, especially when they’re already mortal enemies. It’s not like there are any known consequences for killing the MC unless we go by what Yang Bohai said during training. Just because the MC doesn’t have plot armor 100% of the time doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it. If that weren’t the case, he’d already be dead a long time ago.
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I've never really understood the concept of "plot armor". Of course, I can recognize absurd situations such as those that happen several times in Yu-Gi-Oh, Bleach and Medaka Box, but things like the coma, the Xiangtians and Shangtians not killing the MC and the fact that the MC only fights when he has a chance of winning, this in my eyes is nothing more than a plot developing normally. I mean, wishing otherwise is like asking the child Goku from Dragon Ball Classic to fight Cell, something like that doesn't make any sense.
There are only two situations that I consider to be "plot armor", the MC advancing in his fight with Ruo and Ruo escaping from the Rogues in the scenario in which the MC doesn't go along (the guys had everything prepared, so it seemed forced to me).
There are only two situations that I consider to be "plot armor", the MC advancing in his fight with Ruo and Ruo escaping from the Rogues in the scenario in which the MC doesn't go along (the guys had everything prepared, so it seemed forced to me).
How is it plot development to hit a Xiantian or insult an S in the arena in front of an audience and survive? Those should directly be bad ends for making dumb decisions, but they let you live. How does that make sense? It’s literally the same comparison as kid Goku against Cell. A MC who directly hits or insults a Xiantian or a S like that has no reason to still be alive other than plot armor.
Regarding the fights, I am saying that, in part, it’s plot armor because the MC has many enemies who, in theory, have no reason not to have killed him already, yet they haven’t tried, even when there’s nothing protecting the MC. It’s not even like we have backing to make them hesitate. It’s like when Frieza destroyed the Saiyans’ planet—he did it to eliminate threats and didn’t face any consequences. Goku survived because his family managed to send him to another planet, but here the MC wasn’t even being cared for by his clan during his coma. So, there’s no explanation as to why he’s still alive when he has such a powerful enemy nearby and no backing at all.
When did he hit a Xiantian, and/or insult an S in the Arena and survive WITHOUT explanation? If you are referring to Yang Bohai, he actually does kill you if you don't have abnormally high stats (achieved through cheats) which are meant to make you op anyways? Do you mean Ma Rin? She is eccentric, so I feel like it should be expected that she doesn't kill you for slapping her hand away while she attempts to flirt with you in sect premises. Perhaps if it had occured outside the sect as a stranger (and not a disciple of the sect) she may have killed us, but I believe a sect would have rules against elders killing their disciples unless justified.
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If you had bothered to read what I wrote earlier, you’d know that the Xiantian I’m referring to is the one from the massacre mission. You can hit the Xiantian He—I don’t remember his name—and the only thing that happens is that you fail the mission. It doesn’t even lead to a bad end. As for Yang Bohai, they must have changed it because I remember that, a while back, you could survive that hit without cheating. The fact that you can insult a S, who we know doesn’t have a good temperament, and he only uses enough force for even an Early Houtian to survive is ridiculous.
The MC doesn't die as often as you're suggesting. If that were the case, it would be like Dragon Ball Z where everyone keeps coming back to life with the Dragon Balls. One thing is failing stat checks in combat and dying, but the MC survives ridiculous situations, like stealing the Asura transformation vial right in front of Yang Bohai and telling him directly, and yet he doesn't kill you.
Yes, and the fact that he doesn't finish you off when you revive is ridiculous. Why would he let you live if he knows you're still alive? As I said, it's plot armor, it's not like he left or that enough time passed for his anger to subside.
Maybe you could die in most situations in that bohai situation , but the fact that you can even survive that situation just by having the berserk perk, Phoenix talent or the artifact to come back to life is ridiculous, especially when you're up against an S-level being to whom you've literally stolen what they desired most.
Bro mc isn't some random nobody they are one of the most talented desciple in the sect and an heir of a great clan (dying clan) but still a great clan, obviously the sect wants to invest into one of their best student and help them reach their full potential. Bohai obviously didn't put his all into that punch too or the mc would've been dead no matter what
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Stealing what someone desires most in the world and then mocking that person to their face, especially when it's something as important and powerful as the Asura transformation, should be reason enough for Yang Bohai to kill the MC. It doesn’t make much sense to justify that YB would want to continue investing in the MC after such an audacious and provocative act.
I don't know, I still think it's just an ordinary plot, but I don't have much to say, since my MC has always been quite sensible and hasn't made the dumbest decisions, so I haven't read these scenes.
I can understand your indignation about the Shangtians, but as for the Xiangtians, at least I can see a good reason for them not to kill the MC when he insults them. Like it or not, the MC is the heir of a major clan and his father, even if everyone despises his behavior, is seen by everyone as the greatest genius of his time and is probably one of the most powerful PX. Look, at the very least the other Xiangtians must think "it's not worth the price".
I can understand your indignation about the Shangtians, but as for the Xiangtians, at least I can see a good reason for them not to kill the MC when he insults them. Like it or not, the MC is the heir of a major clan and his father, even if everyone despises his behavior, is seen by everyone as the greatest genius of his time and is probably one of the most powerful PX. Look, at the very least the other Xiangtians must think "it's not worth the price".
I said the sect not Bohai, and when or where did mc mock Bohai in that scene?
I could understand the Xiantian part if it weren't for the He Clan. As I mentioned before, the MC is their direct enemy, so killing him would only give them an advantage. If it were from another clan, your explanation would be correct, but in this situation, there’s no reason not to kill him since they are mortal enemies regardless.
the MC hit that Xiantian in the face, so I don't see any reason why they wouldn't kill him. Of course, the scene may have changed since I last played, but the last time I saw it, you just failed the mission. You didn’t even need to pass a stat check to survive or anything like that.
Isn't directly telling him that you took the artifact for yourself a form of mocking him? The fact that you can provoke him by telling him the truth directly and it doesn't result in an immediate bad end is an unimaginable situation, yet the MC can survive it easily. You literally stole from an S right in front of them and then tell them about it, and still survive, and you say the MC doesn't have plot armor?