The Phantom City Pagoda

A long-time reader reporting in! I've been following since the first book. Keep up the good work, author! Those who review and report are bastards (;≥皿≤)

I was a bit speechless while reading it. I think the author's basic writing skills are passable, and they have plenty of creative ideas for the book. The combination of this fighting world with the Witcher universe is also quite interesting. But this book just gets less and less interesting the more you read it. It was barely better before it became a paid subscription.

The last book was so disappointing; I was really looking forward to reading about the vastness of the old Liupu area and its imaginative background. Thankfully, this one is also by Lao Niu, which is some consolation. Keep up the good work, author!

It's so sloppy, getting worse and worse as it goes on. I enjoyed reading it at first, but it became increasingly agonizing as I read on.

The structure is too loose, it's all over the place and I can't focus on it.

The so-called "old guns" were the hooligans from Beijing who used to frequently end up in artillery labor camps.

Is the protagonist someone who's lived for hundreds of years? After being reborn, he's weak, knows the world is abnormal, yet still recklessly performs a magical ritual, even going so far as to do it on a night of revelry, claiming he forgot the date. Seriously? Doesn't the protagonist remember who he is? What's the difference between this kind of reckless behavior and the characters who die in third-rate American horror movies?

To be honest, I couldn't keep reading. There were too many characters, both important and unimportant, and each one was described in great detail, almost like each character had their own autobiography. After reading hundreds of pages, it felt like I was just wandering around aimlessly.

I really liked the writing style, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to understand. The main storyline is vague, and the narrative feels disjointed and disjointed. 🙂 What's wrong with the author?

This novel is so hard to read... I'm currently on volume 2, around chapter 20, and it feels like there's no clear theme. The writing style is also a bit tiring to read. And like the previous post mentioned, it's mostly about introducing the world's background. The protagonist's style is mature, but he doesn't seem like a strong character.