"This Sword Saint class change is really something else." Shi Feng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
He had tried the Hell Difficulty before in his past life. At that time, when he attempted the class change, he was already one of the top players in the Shadow Guild.
He had been extremely confident in his own strength, and in order to advance to Tier 2, he had spent considerable time assembling a set of top-notch equipment — at the very least a full set of Gold-grade gear at level 50, with two Dark-Gold items as well. At the level 50 milestone, it was already impressive enough for a top-tier player to get their hands on Mythril Rank equipment, let alone Gold-grade and Dark-Gold gear.
So back then, he had confidently chosen the Hell Difficulty for an ordinary class.
And the result had been beyond expectations — forget completing the quest, he couldn't even meet the entry requirements. He was simply crushed. That difficulty was inhuman.
Now, whether it was his combat skill or his equipment, he far surpassed his previous life. He was confident he could handle the Hell Difficulty without issue. But the Asura Rank and God Rank? Those he couldn't say, because he had only ever tried Hell Difficulty before. At least he had some frame of reference for that. As for Asura Rank and God Rank, he had never attempted them and had never come across any information about them, so he had no basis for judgment.
"Challenge the God Rank?" The thought suddenly crossed Shi Feng's mind.
After all, he was now a master of the Void Realm, possessed two Legendary-grade item fragments and several Epic-grade items. He could even take a crack at Legendary-grade quests — a God-Rank class change quest shouldn't be a problem, right?
"You're thinking about challenging the God Rank, aren't you?" Xia Lian looked at Shi Feng and said with a smile.
Shi Feng nodded. He indeed had that inclination.
"Lady Xia Lian, do you think my chances of passing the God Rank are any good?" Shi Feng asked tentatively.
He knew absolutely nothing about God-Rank difficulty, but NPCs like Xia Lian were different — she might know something that could help him prepare.
"Truly admirable courage, asking whether it's even possible." Xia Lian regarded him with an expression of admiration and said slowly, "If you ask me, it's absolutely a death sentence — ten out of ten, no chance of survival. God Rank, as the name implies, is a domain no mortal can tread. It is a trial prepared for newborn gods of antiquity. If you believe you could fight a newborn god, then you might have a slim chance of passing."
"Fight a newborn god?" Shi Feng couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.
In the Divine Realm, there were two types of gods. One was born that way; the other had broken through the limits of life through cultivation to become a god. The latter were far more numerous. Born gods didn't start at Tier 6 either — they began at Tier 0 and ascended step by step, but without any bottlenecks. Given enough time, they would naturally reach Tier 6. Unlike mortals, who had to break through again and again, surpassing their limits, with countless dying along the way.
But even newborn gods possessed terrifying combat power. On the level of life, they stood an entire tier above dragons. Their combat skill went without saying — even a Domain-realm expert couldn't defeat one with equivalent stats…
So in the Divine Realm, it took a whole party of Tier 6 players just to fight a single Tier 6 god. And any player who actually reached Tier 6 — whether in combat skill or equipment — they were standing at the absolute pinnacle of the Divine Realm.
In the Divine Realm, a single Tier 6 player defeating two other Tier 6 players was already considered the stuff of legend…
"Then what about Asura Rank?" Shi Feng asked.
"Asura Rank?" Xia Lian studied Shi Feng more carefully, pondered for a moment, and said, "Asura represents the absolute limit of mortals. But you're still quite far off. Your equipment is decent enough, and you could give it a shot, but your chances aren't great — one in ten, I'd say. I'd advise you to just go with Hell Difficulty. The trials left by the gods of antiquity are extraordinary in their own right. Simply being able to pass one is already remarkable."
"One in ten?" Shi Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He had been confident that Hell Difficulty would pose no real problem — otherwise he wouldn't have come to attempt it so quickly. He never expected that the gap between the next two tiers would be this enormous.