Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread

[Arlonb]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Sure but unlike mc that reaches the max immediately (mechanic wise) all other characters have to train to progress something you can see in tale of immortals

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

It really wouldn't be fair, ruo was much weaker than when then and still should be weaker or on par, but we're significantly more powerful than pseudo lc

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Also would be nice if niki let us be that ruo glazer at mh when he's at lh not auto make him win like we're still Eh

 

[Seyiz]

At the current estimate Ruo at xiantian would have 300+ stats and an aura to play around with so I dunno if our agenda of beating him without advancing is going to hold up

*500+

 

[any name u wish]

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

If Ruo uses up a revive against us he'll never live it down.

Speaking of revives... We still don't get anything from beating Tigress. Honestly I think we should get both qi and exp when we kill her ***. Killing the bird didn't give me Qi either so I feel scammed in general. I just want kills to consistently give resources

 

[Shashwaty19]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Ruo is a MA, She doesn't have stars. If She advances to EX, I could expect her being stronger than an average EX but not MX level. With Dragon Power, I could see her being MX but Chaos Leviathan Transformation (CLT) is superior to Dragon Transformation so that can balance things out. Further CLT boosts specifically boosts Magic so It should also dramatically boost Realm Annihilating Fist. Further, No one knows when Chaos Origin Physique might decide to lock in and do some crazy b*llshit.

If all else fails, We still have the Devil and I KNOW that aurafarming mf will VIOLATE Ruo, EX or not. That aurafarming mf is moving in ways that not even Ruo can. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if that mf just starts floating the air and says
"Above Heaven and Under Heaven, I alone am the Honored One"

 

[Shashwaty19]

Also would be nice if niki let us be that ruo glazer at mh when he's at lh not auto make him win like we're still Eh

Yeah I wanted an entire hour long torture session like the devil literally cooking Muchen alive and then making him lick our boots (Most disrespectful thing I have ever seen, like holy sh*t dude)

 

[LuciDio]

I mean, once he gets more serious there's not even a check, it's just straight up: View attachment 44621
So just by this we could assume he's a 110, maybe? If 90 STR at a moment manages to push him away and then in other does absolutely nothing.
But there are can be interpretations for him passing, significantly, this value, as I said - and is said in the Asura interaction -, he is said to be stronger than Full Asura w/ Body Dao. At that moment a Full Asura can be a 40 attributes increase depending of how you are playing. So ~130 range, let's say.
And remember that this is a base, puppeteered and battered Yang Gan. Wouldn't find absurd for a conscious, fresh YG to be ~150 base and ~200(My 10/10 as the limit) all-out.

Victims of the Celestial Vessel Baihu anyway. All of them.

I count that as the same thing that happens when the Wu Heir is prepared vs unprepared for an attack.

Even in the Tigress fight there is a specific moment when she kinda blitzes you with a trick and gorilla arms you straight to the face and it states that because you're unprepared even if you pass the con check it still blows you away and dislocates your jaw, but a few moments later she tries the same thing and you can do exactly what YG did and headbutt her gorilla fist and it breaks against your head and you don't even feel it.

So yeah it's the whole tense muscles, get ready, and then tank vs just tank without prep.

 

[Arlonb]

Ruo is a MA, She doesn't have stars.

I’m not sure about this. I mean, nothing’s been confirmed, but I reckon whether or not you have Qi and meridians doesn’t really matter much for Body Refining; it’s just how strong your body is, especially in special cases like Ruo and Tigress. So yes, I believe (again, nothing’s confirmed) that even MAs can have Stars if their bodies are strong enough (in this case, base values above 50, which is when the colours start).

In fact, I believe this is what Nicky meant when he said, “The weakest EXs have stats between 150 and 200, not counting aura”. To elaborate, these weak EXs were previously PHs who only had bodies up to 50 – that is, even lower than a Brown Star – so as EXs they are individuals with comparatively weak bodies who rely exclusively on their auras and arts (only possessing bodies of that level thanks to TW’s blood); meanwhile, geniuses who, in one way or another, have surpassed the 50 limit are the strong EXs, with bodies at Brown Star or higher.

 

[Arlonb]

Chaos Leviathan Transformation (CLT)

(╯'□')╯︵ ┻━┻ You bastard! You’ve just ruined the transformation for me. Now every time I think of it, I’ll think of CLT and I won’t be able to take it seriously.

 

[Countztime]

I still hope there is a way to get both of the chaos techniques without having to sell your soul.

 

[Arlonb]

It really wouldn't be fair, ruo was much weaker than when then and still should be weaker or on par, but we're significantly more powerful than pseudo lc

Yes, it’s really cool that this has been confirmed. If I’m not mistaken, there’s a bit in the fight against Tigress where it’s mentioned that LC’s Inner Energy power back then wasn’t even a quarter (or a third – I can’t quite remember) of what Tigress’s is now.