Chapter 460: A Small Test of Skill

"Does that also include the other two cities?"

Jiang Cheng asked curiously.

"Hmm."

Dai Jun said confidently, "It includes the other two cities."

At that point he paused, "Of course, that doesn't mean the leaders of the other two cities are weaker than our leader; in fact, they are all Supreme strongmen, and they attained Supreme status earlier than our leader."

Jiang Cheng nodded at the words.

The Revenge organization, using any means, has its strength rising, naturally much faster.

And the leader's way of operating condemns him to lose out on certain matters.

Yet from the actual situation, the leader's talent should surpass that of the other two leaders.

"Fortunately, the leader has also broken through; catching up to them is just a matter of time."

Dai Jun said something, then looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "You must be itching to continue the virtual combat, right?"

"Hmm."

Jiang Cheng smiled, "I want to enter Challenge Mode and give it a try."

He is self‑aware, knowing that with his current strength, defeating any one Supreme is not easy, or rather, impossible.

Fortunately, through Real Combat he can quickly raise his proficiency; each battle strengthens him, eventually causing a qualitative leap that defeats the opponent.

So he can set a small goal: first defeat the Supremes whose strength is capped at Level Ten Force Warrior.

Achieving that means he won't have to worry about the later Secret Martial Arts; once he breaks through to Level Ten Grandmaster and defeats the Supremes again, he can obtain the Supremes' cultivated Secret Martial Arts, and it will be easier than now.

"Then let's start; after all, we have plenty of time right now."

Under Dai Jun's guidance, Jiang Cheng put on his Helmet again and lay down into the Virtual Cabin.

His vision went black, and he arrived on the wasteland he had been on before.

Of course, the setting can be freely chosen; not only wasteland but also forest, desert, swamp, city, and so on are all available.

Jiang Cheng selected Challenge Mode, immediately feeling his body grow heavy and his Spiritual Power in his mind constrained.

In other words, at this moment he can only exert the power of a Level Ten Force Warrior or a Level Ten Spirit Thought Master.

Next came weapon selection.

Jiang Cheng chose an Alloy Battle Knife; during combat he used the Shadowless Blade Technique, and even though he is only a Level Ten Force Warrior and not a Grandmaster, he can still raise his Blade Technique proficiency.

When selecting a Psychic Weapon, Jiang Cheng was startled.

Because in the real world his Psychic Weapon is a fourth‑grade intermediate, equivalent to an S-level Psychic Weapon; here the highest is only A-level, usable only by a Level Ten Spirit Thought Master.

Of course, that is understandable.

After all, if he could choose a fourth‑grade Psychic Weapon against Supremes whose body stats are all Level Ten Force Warrior, that would be bullying.

"Logically, it should also increase proficiency, right?"

Jiang Cheng looked at the Experience Bar for the Psychic Weapon on the Panel.

Although various Psychic Weapons differ in structure, appearance, and function, and some can be combined, their overall function is the same: they rely on Spiritual Power to drive, making them kinetic weapons.

"Let's give it a try; if it doesn't work, I'll challenge with Level One Grandmaster strength."

Jiang Cheng selected an A-level Psychic Weapon set; this set is similar to the one he bought, composed of three Steel Needles.

"Please select a challenge opponent."

A female voice sounded in his mind.

On the screen before Jiang Cheng appeared a long row of character portraits, with introductions below.

There were many, such as Captain Shen and the leader he had seen before, and even Qin Lao appeared.

From the introductions one can see that the data of the three Hope cities should be common; he also saw people from the other two cities.

Various criteria can be used to filter; of course, there is also an important filter: Supreme strongmen.

After Jiang Cheng selected, the characters before him shrank to a few dozen.

"The 'Brother Chen' mentioned by the Big Chief should be him, right?"

Jiang Cheng scrolled to the end and found a man named Chen Xian, whose appearance was imposing.

Chen Xian, Deputy Commander of the Original Bright Star Planetary Defense Force, Level Eight Force Supreme, adept with swordsmanship, once slashed several peers of equal realm with a single sword, led the troops against the Jiao Tribe invasion, and ultimately fell heroically due to a traitor's betrayal; the challenge difficulty is extremely high, please choose carefully.

"So he is the Planetary Defense Force Deputy Commander."

Jiang Cheng felt a solemn respect.

Such a person could have chosen to collude with the Jiao Tribe, like those families in the Inner City District.

Moreover, if he wished, the treatment he could receive from the Jiao Tribe would be far better than any Gu Family.

Yet he did not, instead he chose resistance and ultimately died.

Of course, he also noticed the small line at the end: the challenge difficulty is extremely high.

"Most recent chapter being read!"

"Better to pick another challenge opponent first."

Jiang Cheng thought to himself, quickly finding a familiar face among them.

Actually it's not really a familiar person; he had only dealt with this one's descendants.

Sun Xinglong, Sun Clan patriarch, Level Five Force Supreme, proficient with knife technique, in battles against the Jiao Tribe and its vassals consecutively killed a Level Five Supreme and three Level Four Supremes, and ultimately fell heroically due to a traitor's betrayal; the challenge difficulty is relatively high.

"This is Sun Bo's ancestor, also very strong."

Jiang Cheng sighed.

Recalling Sun Bo's performance, he shook his head silently, feeling that each generation was weaker than the last.

On the left there was also a Gao‑surname Supreme, also Level Five Supreme.

"That should be the ancestor of the one from the Hou Qin Chu."

Jiang Cheng looked ahead, and soon saw a familiar name.

Wan Lin.

"Is it the Big Chief?"

Jiang Cheng fixed his gaze.

In the picture was a middle‑aged woman with a cold expression, wielding twin swords; her features resembled the current Big Chief.

"This must be the Peak Big Chief."

Jiang Cheng read the description, which matched what he knew.

After narrowly escaping the ambush, the Big Chief organized a retreat and established Hope underground.

The challenge difficulty is high.

Of course, this is the lowest difficulty rating; Jiang Cheng looked ahead and saw that most challenges were high difficulty.

The power of those Supreme beings was basically Second Level and Level Three, similar to the Peak Big Chief.

"Since that's the case, let's choose the Big Chief."

Jiang Cheng made his decision.

In the next second, the twin‑sword‑wielding Big Chief appeared more than ten meters away.

"Sure enough, you chose the Big Chief, hahahaha."

Dai Jun in the room saw this scene and burst out laughing.

"When we first chose, we almost all picked the Big Chief, after all she is the soul of our Hope, but the Big Chief is hard to deal with; this kid, I'm afraid his fate is grim." Qin Lao said, laughing gleefully.

(End of chapter)