Chapter 16

"Moreover, even if they don't get gold-tier gear, the Grand General's exclusive drop, the General's Heart, is a necessary material for crafting gold-tier gear, the General's Ring."

"Look, it's not just the Qin family; the Classmate Yuwen family and the Silver Wolf Guild are all preparing to raid master difficulty."

"The descendants of these three families are the top geniuses in our Jiangzhou. If one of them gets the General's Ring, it would be a dimensionality-reduction strike against the other two. You tell me, can they afford not to fight for it?"

General's Ring.

Li Yao listened to their discussion.

It seems the mission he accepted must have been posted by the Qin family or the Classmate Yuwen family.

"14 million Dragon coins, that's a big hand."

Just then,

"Li Yao?"

A melodious voice rang out.

A young girl wearing a fluffy sky-blue Poison Mage robe with a rosy face ran toward Li Yao. ===== CHAPTER 38 =====

Qin Qin Yue ran up to him,

blinking her eyes, looking Li Yao up and down.

Although Li Yao knew who this girl was,

they were in different schools and didn't usually interact, so they didn't know each other.

"Young Lady!"

Seeing Qin Qin Yue suddenly run off, several professionals quickly followed to her side.

Qin Qin Yue ignored them and kept looking at Li Yao.

"I heard them say you awakened a talent; is it true?"

The girl looked at him as if she had seen something novel, her eyes full of curiosity.

Regarding the talent, his father had already found a way to make it public; otherwise, he wouldn't have received the S-rank resource subsidy.

"Yes."

Li Yao didn't hide it and nodded.

"Does Miss Qin Qin Yue have something to say?"

Qin Qin Yue didn't answer Li Yao's question but asked in surprise,

"Then can you tell me what your talent does? I've never seen anyone awaken a talent!"

As soon as these words were spoken,

Li Yao raised an eyebrow.

The expressions of the professionals behind Qin Qin Yue changed instantly.

They quickly said, "Young Master Li, the young lady didn't mean it that way; she's just purely curious."

At the same time, one of the professionals pulled Qin Qin Yue's arm and whispered,

"Young Lady, quickly apologize to Young Master Li."

Qin Qin Yue realized the problem now and looked at Li Yao pitifully.

"Li Yao, I'm sorry, I won't ask anymore."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going."

Li Yao spoke.

Whether the other party was unintentional or had ulterior motives, he didn't care.

The Qin family and the Silver Wolf Guild had a good private relationship, and he wouldn't get angry over such a small matter.

Provided they didn't continue to provoke him.

"Oh right, you came here to grind the dungeon. We can't beat master difficulty, we're going to grind hard difficulty next, do you want to come along?"

"The dungeon is very hard, you definitely can't beat it alone."

Out of apology, Qin Qin Yue invited him.

Li Yao didn't answer, looked at Qin Qin Yue, then at the 'guardians' behind her.

The middle-aged professional quickly said,

"It's fine if Young Master Li wants to join; we can still carry through hard difficulty. I hope Young Master Li doesn't mind the young lady's abruptness just now."

The other party clearly misunderstood his intention.

"You just raided the master difficulty dungeon? Would you mind telling me the leader's attributes?"

Li Yao wanted to raid a higher-difficulty dungeon,

but a dungeon escape scroll cost 1 million Dragon coins; if he couldn't beat it, wouldn't it be a waste?

Moreover, dungeons had entry cooldowns; wasting one meant missing out on experience.

Knowing the difficulty of the master dungeon would also allow him to infer the difficulty of subsequent dungeons.

Hearing this, the middle-aged professional was stunned for a moment, then smiled and spoke.

"Of course, master difficulty isn't a secret; Young Master Li can also find it on the Star Network."

The middle-aged professional told Li Yao all the attributes, even explaining the skill values clearly.

Li Yao had a good idea now.

"Young Master Li wants the guild people to take you in, right? You must be careful of the BOSS's Cross Sword Qi Slash."

The middle-aged professional took out his shield, which had been slashed into two pieces, and gave a wry smile.

"We fell to this skill."

Li Yao nodded and then walked toward the vortex.

The moment he got close, the system popped up a message.

[Current dungeon is Goblin Nest (Level 12)]

[Dungeon restrictions: Level 7—17; 1—5 people]

[Please choose entry difficulty: Normal, Hard, Master, Nightmare, Purgatory (Not unlocked)]

[Purgatory difficulty requires completing Nightmare difficulty and clearing with an S-rank rating or higher to unlock]

"Nightmare."

Li Yao's figure disappeared into the vortex.

At the same time,

the large dungeon vortex turned black-red in an instant.

Several professionals standing nearby were so frightened they took a few steps back.

"Black-red! What's going on? Does the Goblin Nest have this difficulty?"

Almost all the professionals present noticed the change in the vortex.

Everyone frowned, unable to speak for a long time.

Black-red—how many years had it been since it appeared in Jiangzhou?

Black-red meant the challenger chose Nightmare difficulty.

In the nearly 20 years since the Goblin Nest was born, countless challengers had come, and no one had succeeded.

"Is it a team from another big city coming to challenge it again?"

"Uh, it doesn't seem like it. If I'm not mistaken, only one person went in just now."

"One person?!"

Everyone was shocked, then immediately lost interest.

Challenging Nightmare difficulty alone—they couldn't think of any explanation other than grandstanding.

On the Silver Wolf Guild side,

"That was the Young Master who entered the dungeon just now, right?"

"Should be. Did he go into the wrong one?"

"Sigh, another escape scroll wasted. The Young Master wasted a lot of resources indulging in women before; now that he's finally awakened a talent, he's not training properly and started wasting them again."

"Who told him to be the Guild Master's son?"

"Aren't you and I here just to farm the Grand General's Heart for him?"

"You tell me, why is the gap between people so big?"

"Damn it!" ===== CHAPTER 39 =====