Unpretentious! There’s absolutely no technical skill involved!

Qin Feng had a slight understanding of the advanced difficulty levels for the High-Level Divine Authority Tower challenge.

"Successfully completing an advanced difficulty challenge grants a discount on purchasing the Book of Divine Empowerment."

"In this regard, all High-Level Divine Authority Towers are the same."

"However…"

"I really haven't studied the high-difficulty settings for this High-Level Divine Authority Tower in Guanggang…"

The only thing for certain was that the basic rules were the same.

Both required surviving for 60 seconds in an extreme environment.

For the vast majority of players, even the most basic challenge was difficult to complete; the key was the numerical values.

Other people's elemental resistance to the Lightning Element wasn't high, so getting hit by lightning once would cost them half their health.

But Qin Feng…

After all, he possessed the 'Spirit Devourer Bloodline', and his base elemental resistance was already around 70%!

This meant that when facing attacks from the Lightning Element, the damage he took was at least half that of others!

Not to mention all the other aspects.

If one had sufficiently high Evasion and thick enough shields like Qin Feng, wouldn't passing the basic challenge be a breeze?

"elemental resistance, Evasion, healing amount, number of Damage Immunity Shield layers…"

"As long as one of these attributes meets the standard, the challenge isn't that difficult."

And Qin Feng's attributes were all sufficiently high!

Even for higher difficulty challenges, as long as it was just a change in values, it couldn't stump Qin Feng.

After all…

If there was a numerical level that even Qin Feng couldn't pass, it would be impossible for anyone else in the world to pass it.

Of course, Qin Feng still chose to increase the difficulty little by little.

It wasn't that he didn't dare to rush the highest difficulty directly.

Rather…

Playing through each difficulty level still earned him discounts on the Book of Divine Empowerment!

"If I rush the highest difficulty directly and bring her back to the Hideout…"

"Her status would no longer be the Tower Master of the Tower of Divine Authority, and she wouldn't have the authority to sell the Book of Divine Empowerment."

"I have to clear all other difficulties before challenging the highest one, so I can buy the Book of Divine Empowerment with the lowest discount!"

Thus.

With that mysterious Tower Master named 'Rogue Fairy · Yuan' watching from the side.

Qin Feng began the higher difficulty challenges one after another!

Difficulty 2: The number of Lightning Element Envoys, Lightning Element traps, and lightning strikes all increased by 100%, the speed of lightning strikes increased, and the reaction time was compressed to just 0.1 seconds!

The requirements for a player's survivability were even more terrifying!

But for Qin Feng…

Instant Shadow Slash! Instant Shadow Slash! Instant Shadow Slash!

It was still no different from the basic difficulty level!

Difficulty 3: All Lightning Element damage had a 15% chance to carry a 'Paralysis' effect!

For the average player, this was simply fatal!

Once controlled, under such dense lightning attacks, they would die within a second!

But for Qin Feng…

Sorry, with nearly 80 points of the 'Invulnerability' affix, each point could negate one paralysis effect, and it could automatically recover 0.8 points every second!

He couldn't use it all up; it was impossible to use it all up!

When this difficulty level was cleared, Qin Feng's shield had never dropped below half, and his Invulnerability affix had never dropped below 60 points.

Then… came Difficulty 4!

…

While Qin Feng was easily clearing the various difficulty challenges inside the Tower of Divine Authority.

'Little Pineapple' and the others outside the tower were completely dumbfounded.

They were originally waiting for Qin Feng to come out, wanting to greet the big shot and ask for strategies or something.

As a result…

Qin Feng didn't come out!

He was still inside, continuing the challenge!

And from the raging intensity of the black lightning outside the Tower of Divine Authority, they realized…

It seemed the challenge that 'Shadow' was undergoing was getting harder and harder?

"No way, the basic difficulty was already very abnormal."

"He can still challenge higher difficulties?"

"What kind of god-like player is this?"

"Is he cheating?"

"Cheating my ass, I suspect he never turned it off!"

The group of people were already questioning their lives.

Originally, they prided themselves on being the top experts of various classes within the Guanggang Government, and they were already very strong, at least in terms of survivability.

For example, the player codenamed 'Niu Huazi' could cast a shield equal to 120% of his HP every 8 seconds, came with 24% Evasion, and even had an additional 28% Lightning Element damage reduction.

As a result…

Even this Niu Huazi could only last ten seconds or so!

But now, Shadow could not only last 60 seconds, but could also challenge higher difficulties?

Little Pineapple and the others didn't know what changes the higher difficulties of this challenge had.

But they knew…

That was definitely not a difficulty they could imagine!

"I already knew the big shot was powerful, but I didn't know he was this powerful; he's just too omnipotent…"

The single-ponytail girl 'Little Pineapple' had a bewildered look on her face.

Hearing her words, the young assassin in black leather armor no longer had the heart to be 'jealous'.

He was completely convinced!

And at this moment, the challenge inside the Tower of Divine Authority was still continuing!

Looking from the outside, the raging intensity of those black lightning bolts was already several times greater than at the beginning, rumbling with such force that even those outside could feel what a hellish scene it was inside the divine tower.

This was already Difficulty 4!

The quantity and speed of various lightning bolts doubled again! At the same time, the paralysis probability increased to 30%!

At this point, both Qin Feng's 'shield' and 'Invulnerability' finally struggled to hold on.

But he was still not too nervous.

He just used 'Black Light Shield' from time to time; each cast provided over a dozen layers of Damage Immunity Shield, and he could cast it every ten seconds or so… With perfect chaining, he passed this challenge without any danger.

Finally, it was the highest difficulty, Difficulty 5!

The black-robed Tower Master, who had been observing all along, had light purple eyes beneath her hood that carried a hint of anticipation.

She felt that the first four difficulties hadn't allowed her to see the true ability of the human player before her.

The fifth difficulty should be enough, right?

Thus…

Highest difficulty challenge, initiated!

On the disk at the bottom of the tower, the number of Lightning Element Envoys soared from 32 to 64, densely circling the perimeter!

If Qin Feng still didn't dodge or evade like before, the lightning attacks he would suffer per second would exceed one hundred, and he would be hit by about 30 'Paralysis' effects every second!

It could be said that this was simply not something players at the current stage could complete!

And Qin Feng…

Swish!

Give it here!

He directly used a Dragon Claw—no, he directly used a Thieving Saint's Hand on the black-robed Tower Master 'Rogue Fairy · Yuan' who was watching from the side!

???

With the Tower Master completely bewildered, all of Qin Feng's attributes soared; his HP and elemental resistance skyrocketed to three times their original values, and even his speed surged instantly!

Then, he continued to spam Instant Shadow Slash to refresh his shield!

His HP and defense weren't enough before, so he couldn't hold on, but now they were enough, right?

As for the higher frequency 'Paralysis' control effect…

Whenever Qin Feng's Invulnerability affix was about to be exhausted, he would suddenly open his mouth, instantly condensing a gaping maw that swallowed all the incoming lightning bolts completely!

"The Spirit Devourer's special skill 'Big Mouth' can swallow all projectiles within three seconds to restore health."

"This is the first time I've used it…"

The corners of Qin Feng's mouth curled up slightly.

He was too lazy; even for this highest difficulty challenge, he had no intention of relying on speed to dodge lightning bolts everywhere.

With the buffer from the 'Big Mouth' skill that came with the Spirit Devourer Bloodline, Qin Feng still didn't encounter any danger!

Under the attack of hundreds of lightning bolts per second…

Qin Feng's figure remained unmoving!!

"Ah, this…"

The fairy Tower Master, who wanted to see Qin Feng's 'true ability', revealed an expression of incredible shock in her visible light purple eyes!

The methods of this human assassin were truly unpretentious.

He was purely relying on stats, right?

There really was absolutely no technical skill involved!!

Little did she know, when Qin Feng looked at this black-robed fairy Tower Master, he was also somewhat surprised.

"Judging from the stolen attributes… this Tower Master definitely has a higher level and higher attributes than Big Eyes!"

"Even with divinity suppression weakening the effect of my Thieving Saint's Hand, the attributes I stole were still two or three times higher than when I used it on Big Eyes…"

What did this mean?

It meant that this NPC's level was higher than 'Knowledge Eye Aristotle', and even significantly so!

Then the function of inviting her back must be very strong, right?

Just at this moment.

The lightning that filled the entire field came to an abrupt halt 60 seconds after the challenge began!

This High-Level Divine Authority Tower…

The highest difficulty challenge was conquered by Qin Feng just like that, effortlessly!

The black-robed fairy Tower Master on the side was already stiff.

She never expected to encounter such an outrageous human player; he was simply… incredibly cool!

In fact!

If it were other players who had passed the highest difficulty challenge at a higher level by relying on various special means, this Tower Master wouldn't have followed them back.

She wouldn't even have bothered to appear and meet them.

But now…

Qin Feng's level was too low!

The skills and methods he displayed were too unique!

Precisely because of this, the black-robed fairy Tower Master took the initiative to appear and proposed the condition to leave with him…

And the reason she made this decision was also very unpretentious.

That was…

She wanted to survive!

That was all.

——

[Congratulations on passing the highest difficulty challenge!]

[You have obtained the highest discount for purchasing the Book of Divine Empowerment!]

[Congratulations on fulfilling the conditions of 'Tower Master · Rogue Fairy · Yuan'; would you like to recruit her into the guild to become a guild NPC?]

——

Did that even need to be asked?

Qin Feng first used a 10% discount price to buy five advanced Books of Divine Empowerment from her!

Only then did he choose to confirm and recruit her into the guild, becoming an NPC for the 'Shadow' guild!

When Qin Feng heard the system prompt, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally…

This Tower Master was now 'one of his own'.

Then, he could communicate with her freely, without worrying about triggering any conditions and getting KO'd!

And what Qin Feng was most interested in was, naturally, what functions this NPC had?

When he stepped forward, he unexpectedly discovered…

This NPC's functions were divided into two types.

One was 'Basic Functions', where he could buy all kinds of props related to the Lightning Element from her.

The second was actually—Private Functions!

"Private Functions?"

"What the hell is this?"

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously clicked it open…

…

At the same time!

When the NPC was recruited under Qin Feng, all the black lightning around the entire Divine Authority Tower dissipated.

This made the entire high tower completely lose its previous aura, becoming a dilapidated old tower!

'Little Pineapple' and the others outside looked at each other.

Not long after, the tower gate opened.

But they didn't see anyone walk out…

Subsequently, the tower gate closed tightly.

"Did the person leave?"

They quickly went forward to check!

The result was an unbelievable prompt:

——

[The Tower Master of this High-Level Divine Authority Tower has submitted to another player; the Divine Authority Challenge is temporarily closed.]

[Please wait patiently for another NPC to arrive to serve as the new Tower Master…]

——

"???"

"What's going on?"

"The Tower Master NPC of this Divine Authority Tower was subdued by Shadow?!"

For a moment, Little Pineapple and the others completely broke down, leaving them all looking very dumbfounded!!