“Your cumulative spending has reached 12 Spirit Stones, making you a Level 2 mber.”
“Current Weekly mber Benefits: Skin Trial Card x3, One-Hour Double Experience Card x3, One-Hour Double Gold Card x3, Inscription Gift Pack x5.”
“Remaining until Level 3 mber: 38 Spirit Stones.”
“Level 2 mber gives this much? How amazing must a Level 3 mber be...”
When Zhong Yi finished buying the 6 Spirit Stone skins for Yasuo and Master Yi and was about to exit, he saw the pop-up mber notification and his eyes widened.
For a True Disciple, were 38 Spirit Stones even considered Spirit Stones?
He looked again at the remaining pile of 6 Spirit Stone skins that looked very high quality and felt his hands itch.
“Senior Brother Zhong, if you want to play support for my brother, just say so, no need to be secretive.”
Zhou Qiaoling teased him from the side.
“???”
Zhou Yue panicked and quickly waved his hands.
“Old Zhong, don’t ss with my mindset. Whatever skin you want, I’ll gift it to you...”
“See, it’s not that I don’t want to play support; it’s that Old Zhou doesn’t agree...”
Zhong Yi comforted himself, then excitedly picked out skins in the mall.
“Oh? Infernal Nasus skin? Bought it!”
“Tsk tsk, Riven’s Dawnbringer is also good...”
...
After purchasing seven 6 Spirit Stone skins, Zhong Yi successfully leveled up to a Level 3 mber.
Seeing that he was still 146 Spirit Stones short of a Level 4 mber, he once again resolved to exit the mall.
“Alright, now I’ve reached Level 3 mber. Next, I absolutely will not...”
“You have a High Grade Skin Discount Card (can deduct 20 Spirit Stones for purchases over 99 Spirit Stones). Please use it within 3 days.”
Zhong Yi: “???”
Lu Ze’s intentions were written all over his face!
But he still couldn’t resist clicking into the mall to take a look.
The first batch of skins launched, apart from the 6 Spirit Stone skins, only had three others.
They were the Three Kingdoms series skins, and they featured the highly popular Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Guan Yu from the original work.
The price was 199 Spirit Stones each.
In his previous life, these three skins were considered High {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Grade in terms of modeling and voice packs, but they were pseudo-legendary skins without special effects.
To reasonably capitalize on the Cultivators’ Three Kingdoms sentint, Lu Ze designed nurous special effects when creating these three skins.
After all, the money-making power of the Three Kingdoms IP had already been confird in three kingdoms kill.
“If I buy the Zhao Yun skin now, it’ll be 20 Spirit Stones cheaper, and I can also level up to a Level 4 mber...”
“The Level 4 mber rewards are also worth around 50 Spirit Stones, so it works out to buying a Zhao Yun skin for 100 Spirit Stones...”
“Hmm, after buying this one, I won’t spend any more Spirit Stones.”
“No matter how handso Lu Bu and Guan Yu are, I won’t fall for Junior Brother Lu’s trick again...”
“You have purchased the skin: Zhao Yun Zilong.”
“Your mber Rank has increased to Level 4, and you have received five free Treasure Hunt Vouchers!”
“Five Treasure Hunt Vouchers?”
Zhong Yi curiously followed the Treasure Hunt Vouchers and opened the Treasure Hunt interface.
Simply put, it was another lottery.
The ultimate prize was a skin that looked incredibly impressive—
Talisman Great Master’s Three Kingdoms series skin: “Zhuge Kongming.”
“Anyway, these five Treasure Hunt Vouchers are free, so I’ll try my luck.”
Zhong Yi swallowed as he looked at the skin’s display interface.
“No matter what, I definitely won’t recharge again...”
...
...
Whether it was the 6-yuan skin sales, the mber Ranks, the daily gift packs, or the treasure hunt for skins...
These were all tricks that Lu Ze had seen mobile gas use to death in his previous life.
But it was undeniable that—
This set of pay-to-win designs was truly effective.
Using various strategies to convert free-to-play players into low-spending players, and to cultivate low-spending players into dium-spending or even heavy-spending players...
Even Li Mozhan, who had always been indifferent to skins, uncharacteristically purchased an Irelia “Frostblade” skin.
As for Zhong Yi, there was even less to say.
He didn’t know if it was because he couldn’t control his hands or his mouth...
As the most popular character in the Three Kingdoms series, Zhuge Liang, even if there wasn’t this skin in League of Legends in his previous life, Lu Ze had to create him.
With his current ability, original skins were not difficult.
He just needed to use Card Master, which is Talisman Great Master in “Clash of Immortals and Demons,” as the prototype.
In terms of special effects, Lu Ze designed them to be top-tier for him.
When casting his ultimate, the entire Immortal Demon Valley would change color, with Azure Dragons surging in the clouds, which was incredibly impactful.
...
Just one night passed.
Lu Ze, relying on the 6-yuan skin sales strategy, garnered a revenue of millions of Spirit Stones in one go.
Furthermore, with Zhuge Liang’s brand effect, more and more Elders began to get hooked...
...
...
The developnt speed of “Clash of Immortals and Demons” exceeded Lu Ze’s expectations.
Cultivators were even more proactive in exploring MOBA gaplay than players in his previous life.
The most obvious example was role division.
In just half a month, the jungler role had already been developed.
In matches among the highest Rank players, having one jungler per side was already the norm.
This point seed to be attributed to Zhong Yi’s theoretical research, although he himself often died to jungle monsters...
Players’ skill levels grew rapidly.
The previously insurmountable super-hero AI had gradually beco less formidable in half a month.
Zhong Yi even devised a strategy specifically for attacking the AI; even if a player’s operations weren’t as good as the AI’s, they could still win the match through the strategy...
...
On the other side.
Lu Ze’s work had never stopped.
Operating an online ga was a long-term endeavor.
Subsequent version planning, the creation of new heroes and skins, and entertainnt modes like ARAM and URF...
All needed to be prepared by him in advance.
Of course, all of this was worth it.
“Clash of Immortals and Demons,” as he expected, brought in a huge amount of Demonic Value.
Because the coverage was wide enough!
In half a month, the Demonic Value he gained from “Clash of Immortals and Demons” directly allowed him to Breakthrough the threshold of Golden Core Middle Stage, stepping directly into Golden Core Late Stage.
“Just one more step, and I’ll reach the Nascent Soul Stage...”
Lu Ze murmured as he looked at the countless zeros after his Realm experience bar.
Upon reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, the range of Illusions he could create would further expand.
At that ti, there would be significant room for improvent in player numbers!
Just then, the System’s notification sound suddenly echoed in his ears:
“An alternate dinsion has appeared. Countless Righteous Path Cultivators are heading to a new dinsion to fight, and the balance of power between the Righteous and Demonic Paths is gradually shifting... As the Demonic Path Saint, the host should help the otherworldly Demonic Cultivators to ensure the Righteous Path Cultivators return defeated!”
“Quest: Help the Demonic Cultivators strengthen their power and slaughter Righteous Path Cultivators 100,000 tis within one week (Current: 0 / 100000).”
“Quest Reward: 5x Demonic Value Reward (10 days).”
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