As
"Team Leader, Ling Yin and her group went up too."
"This is priceless. An Assassin, a Berserker, and a Swordsman—what kind of team is that? They can't seriously be trying to challenge Epic difficulty!"
"If she really dares waste this precious slot, even her brother won't be able to protect her position again!"
Tian Ying glanced at Ling Yin on the altar, then closed his eyes to rest, no longer bothering with the battle above.
After an intense fight, both stamina and mana had been significantly depleted. Although World Peak was safe most of the time, combat was still part of the experience, so maintaining peak condition was essential.
On the altar, the moment
System: Defeat all enemies that appear to enter World Peak.
System: Detected three-player team. Each Special Elite killed grants 30 minutes. Each Leader grants 100 minutes. Each Lord grants 500 minutes. Each High Lord grants 1,000 minutes. Each Grand Lord grants 2,000 minutes. Each High Grand Lord grants 5,000 minutes.
System: Your team may choose up to 20 monsters as opponents. If you fail to defeat them, you will die.
System: The team leader may choose 10 monsters. Each member may choose 5 monsters. Chosen monsters will prioritize attacking the player who selected them. The team has ten minutes to decide. If no selection is made within the time limit, it counts as a forfeit—and the player who forfeits dies.
"As we discussed, I'll take the High Grand Lord and nine Leaders. Man Qiang, you pick three Grand Lords and two Leaders. Feng Ye, you take one Grand Lord and four Leaders—just buy as much time as you can. Man Qiang and I will handle the smaller ones quickly, then we'll regroup to take down your Grand Lord," Ling Yin said, turning to
"Understood."
With Ling Yin and the others, he hadn't used his real name—just some random alias.
World Peak was a prime location and a gathering ground for demonic players. Exposing either the Ye Feng or Hei Yan identity would be problematic. Using a fake name eliminated any trouble, and with his Dark Walker's Cloak, even players with advanced specialized observation skills couldn't see through his disguise.
Seeing that
However, after
It wasn't easy to form a team to challenge World Peak, so he naturally wanted to earn as much time as possible. After all, his goal was a large quantity of God Crystals—not just one or two. Even though the Epic team difficulty granted a decent amount of time, it still wasn't quite enough for him.
Besides, since both Ling Yin and Man Qiang were confident they could handle their own monsters, swapping a Leader for a High Grand Lord didn't matter much.
With
As the waiting period ended, magic circles materialized in the air above the altar, and battle puppets descended one after another.
The moment the puppets appeared, the entire crowd erupted in shock once more.
"No way—someone else is challenging Epic difficulty?"
"Wait, something's off. Why are there two High Grand Lords? Did they choose wrong?"
"That shouldn't be possible. How could they choose wrong? Pick wrong, and you're dead."
This time, everyone below the altar was completely dumbfounded by the battle puppets on top.
In their eyes, challenging Epic difficulty was already incredibly difficult—adding even one more Grand Lord puppet was a huge deal, let alone an extra High Grand Lord puppet.
The previous Tian Ying team had passed the Epic test with apparent ease, but that was the result of meticulous calculation. At the time, the Guardian Knight had tanked a Purgatory Puppet and four
Adding an entire extra High Grand Lord? That was absolutely insane!
It wasn't just the crowd below the altar who were stunned—even Ling Yin and Man Qiang froze on the spot.
What the…?
Two High Grand Lord–level battle puppets had actually appeared on the altar…
Purgatory Puppet, High Grand Lord, Level 49, HP: 27 million.