Hell difficulty, you're in luck!

Yang Wudi returned to Gao Yang's side, completely disheartened.

Through the recent match,

He finally understood the meaning of "there is always someone better" and "there is always a higher peak."

"Don't be discouraged, that was an epic-grade weapon," Gao Yang comforted him.

"If you also had an epic-grade weapon, you might not have been at a disadvantage."

"The reward for first place in tomorrow's competition among the Four Provinces is an epic-grade weapon."

"You must seize this opportunity."

Gao Yang knew how to comfort people.

For someone like Yang Wudi, the key was to ignite his competitive spirit.

Sure enough, as soon as Gao Yang finished speaking,

Yang Wudi's eyes were filled with fighting intent.

His mind was completely focused on the competition among the Four Provinces tomorrow.

Gao Yang nodded in satisfaction.

Morale was high... Early the next morning,

After Lin Yuan and Qiao Lin had a simple breakfast, they arrived at the Demon Suppression Army's training ground.

They were considered latecomers.

People from the other three provinces had already arrived.

"Old Qiao, you look well. Do you have some good news?"

The speaker was Ma Jianguo, and as he spoke,

his eyes kept glancing at Lin Yuan. If there hadn't been so many people present,

he probably would have grabbed a sack, put Lin Yuan in it, and taken him back to the Northeast Province.

"Ma Jianguo, stop trying to make conversation."

"Where are you looking?" Qiao Lin didn't give him a pleasant expression.

"Don't think about poaching. If you dare scheme against Lin Yuan, I'll tear you limb from limb."

While Qiao Lin was speaking, Luo Yushang introduced the identities of the major figures present to Lin Yuan.

"The one who just spoke with Old Qiao is Ma Jianguo from the Northeast Province, a Level 60 Lightning Shadow Swordsman."

"The elderly man on the left wearing a long gown is Lei Awen from the Northwest Province, a Level 60 Bladesman."

"The middle-aged man on the right wearing glasses is Gao Wen from the Southeast Province, a Level 60 Shadow Assassin."

When Lin Yuan looked at Gao Wen,

Gao Wen offered Lin Yuan a faint smile.

Lin Yuan immediately felt an extreme sense of danger.

He had a feeling that,

even if he were surrounded by thousands of soldiers,

Gao Wen would still find a way to kill him.

After Lin Yuan's gaze briefly lingered on the other major figures,

he turned to look at the contestants behind them.

The contestants sent by the other three major regions were uniformly Level 40 Professionals.

Lin Yuan, a Level 25 Professional, seemed completely out of place.

While Lin Yuan was sizing up the others, they were also sizing him up.

Last night,

these people had thoroughly reviewed the profiles of their respective opponents.

They were already familiar with Lin Yuan's achievements.

An absolute genius.

If he grew up, he would definitely be the Nation-Protecting Level type.

Yang Wudi and the others were extremely excited,

because this might be the only chance in their lives to suppress an absolute genius.

Therefore, they were fully geared up,

wanting to leave a deep impression on Lin Yuan.

Perhaps their future achievements would not match Lin Yuan's,

but for now,

if they teamed up, they were 100% certain they could defeat Lin Yuan.

Before the competition, a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses,

and draped in a military green cloak, appeared before everyone.

"Commander Qin!"

"Commander Qin!"

Everyone stood up and saluted the man,

because this man was the commander of the Demon Suppression Army and also the supreme leader of Xia Kingdom,

Qin Liang.

"Everyone is here. Let's begin."

Qin Liang disliked formalities.

He was decisive and efficient, yet also far-sighted.

Since taking charge of the Demon Suppression Army, he had been infallible in his strategies.

His prestige in the military was unmatched.

Qin Liang spoke, and the four contestants, along with an observer from the Demon Suppression Army headquarters,

walked together toward the Dungeon entrance.

"Everyone knows the rules: competition is allowed, but no dirty tricks behind backs."

"This mission is to retrieve the spark source from the Superpower Fortress."

"Whoever obtains it will be ranked first."

"If no one obtains it, ranking will be based on contribution points."

After Qin Liang finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yuan,

a mysterious smile playing on his lips.

"Lin Yuan, go choose the difficulty."

Others thought Qin Liang was showing favoritism toward Lin Yuan.

If it were anyone else choosing the difficulty, it would be at least adventure-grade,

or perhaps even Champion-grade.

If it was Lin Yuan,

he could choose Difficult, which would give him a better chance of obtaining the spark source.

When Luo Yushang heard that Lin Yuan was choosing the difficulty,

she immediately said to Qiao Lin beside her,

"The competition this time will be interesting. Lin Yuan has never chosen any difficulty other than Nightmare difficulty."

Since Lin Yuan's debut,

Nightmare difficulty has been standard.

To borrow a phrase from Sun Xu,

others choose adventure because that's the highest difficulty they can challenge.

Lin Yuan chooses nightmare because the highest difficulty available is only nightmare.

Hearing Qin Liang's words, Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned.

Then he flashed a delighted smile at Qin Liang.

You were the one who told me to choose.

[Detected that hell difficulty is selectable for the current Dungeon. Yes/No to choose hell difficulty]

As soon as Lin Yuan touched the Dungeon entrance,

he received this prompt.

Lin Yuan was originally hesitating whether to choose it or not,

but since Qin Liang, Commander Qin, had spoken, why hesitate?

He decisively chose Yes.

After the selection, the five people standing at the Dungeon entrance vanished from the spot.

The color of the Teleportation Gate for the Superpower Fortress Dungeon changed.

It transformed from its usual blue to an ink-like black.

"Holy crap! What's going on?"

"Why did the Dungeon gate change color?"

"A black Teleportation Gate? Never heard of it."

Ma Jianguo looked at Qiao Lin suspiciously.

"Old Qiao, this couldn't be..."

Everyone else's gaze also turned toward Qiao Lin.

Qiao Lin was bewildered.

He didn't know what was happening either.

"hell difficulty," Luo Yushang explained to the others.

"The black Teleportation Gate represents hell difficulty."

"Lin Yuan chose hell difficulty."

As soon as she said this, Lei Awen's face fell.

"hell difficulty? This is terrible news."

"I know exactly what my boy is capable of. Nightmare difficulty is his absolute limit."

"hell difficulty is just a death sentence."

"There's no need for you gentlemen to be so pessimistic," Luo Yushang said.

"Lin Yuan's strength is beyond your imagination."

"With him there, the others won't be in mortal danger."

Pausing for a moment, Luo Yushang continued,

"They are blessed this time, getting to ride on Lin Yuan's coattails."

"A Perfect Clearance of hell difficulty is guaranteed."

After she finished speaking,

the field instantly fell silent.

What did that mean?

Wasn't she openly saying that people from the other regions were trash,

and that Lin Yuan alone could carry them?

How infuriating!

If anyone else had said that, Ma Jianguo would have punched them long ago and told them to stop showing off.

But the speaker was Luo Yushang,

the Vice President of the Peerless Guild.

Her combat power was a notch above theirs.

Ma Jianguo could only sulk by himself.

Qin Liang lowered his head, clasping his hands together.

He thought to himself: The Superpower Fortress fundamentally doesn't have a hell difficulty; the maximum is Nightmare difficulty.

Yet Lin Yuan was able to choose hell difficulty, indicating that rules can be broken.

A Tier 5 spark source had appeared in the Nightmare difficulty Superpower Fortress.

If it was hell difficulty,

a Tier 6 or even Tier 7 spark source might appear.

If they could obtain a Tier 6 spark source,

then they could mass-produce Armed Mecha.

The lower-tier Professionals would then completely rise up.