Epic Difficulty

Xia Yuwei and the others curiously looked at Fierce Wine Clear Wind. They didn't know where this person came from, that he could actually say such things to Lu Yang.

"May I ask who you are?" Zhang Zibo asked on Xia Yuwei's behalf.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind said, "A friend of Lu Yang's."

This was as good as saying nothing, but it also implied that Fierce Wine Clear Wind didn't want to reveal his identity.

Zhang Zibo wanted to ask more, but Lu Yang didn't give him the chance.

"Everyone, do a final check of your equipment. If there are no problems, follow me," Lu Yang said.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind asked, "Do I need to bring anything else?"

Lu Yang said, "You don't need to. Your defense is already over 100. With you and Black Armor here, clearing this dungeon shouldn't be a problem."

"Of course it won't be a problem. Before, when my defense was 80, clearing it wasn't difficult at all, let alone now with over 100 defense," Fierce Wine Clear Wind said confidently.

Lu Yang smiled and didn't speak, beckoning to everyone and saying, "Let's go."

Xia Yuwei and Zhang Zibo nodded, following Lu Yang out of St. Gall City. After walking for about 20 minutes, the group arrived at a dense woodland, which was the Gnoll camp, a level 3 monster area.

At the very center of the camp was a high mountain, and in a cave on the side of the mountain was the most famous 20-person dungeon map – Death Cave.

At this time, hundreds of players had already gathered at the entrance of Death Cave, mostly in groups of 20, all there to run the dungeon.

"There weren't this many people yesterday. I didn't expect there to be so many players here today."

"Of course. After 3 days, many high-level players must have reached level 3. If they want to get equipment, they can only come to the dungeon."

Although most bosses in the normal difficulty of Death Cave only drop white-grade equipment, and it's very difficult to clear, players have no choice but to come to the dungeon to try their luck, given the difficulty of leveling up without equipment in the open world.

Currently, there are a total of 8 level 3 dungeons open around St. Gall City. According to the online guides, Death Cave is the easiest to clear and has the lowest requirements for players. However, with 4 bosses in a dungeon, each boss only drops one piece of equipment, and a team has 20 people, so you can imagine how difficult it is to get equipment.

"Mage with 25 spell damage, LF group."

"Marksman with 29 damage, knows how to play and follow commands, any teams want me?"

Many solo players saw Lu Yang's team walking over and came forward to ask.

"Boss, group me!"

"Bro, is there still room in the team?"

Fierce Wine Clear Wind stepped forward to deal with them, saying, "Sorry, the group is full. Everyone, please disperse."

The surrounding players could only leave in disappointment.

"Wait for me, I'll open the dungeon," Lu Yang said.

He walked to a glowing, person-high cylinder at the entrance of Death Cave and reached out to touch the pillar.

System prompt: You have discovered a strange cave in this forest, filled with the aura of death. It is said that strange sounds often come from here. Do you want to go in and explore?

Lu Yang: "Yes."

System prompt: You have chosen to enter the Death Cave dungeon. Please select the difficulty: Normal, Hard, Expert, Epic.

Lu Yang: "Epic."

System prompt: Are you sure you want Epic difficulty?

"Yes."

Lu Yang once again chose Epic difficulty, leading Xia Yuwei and the others into the dungeon. A flash of white light, and Lu Yang appeared in a dark cave. The flickering torchlight on the walls made people feel very afraid.

System prompt: You have entered Death Cave, dungeon difficulty: Epic!

Xia Yuwei and the others also saw this prompt, and they all looked at each other in surprise.

"How is it Epic?"

"Guild Leader Lu Yang, you chose the wrong difficulty, right? How could it be Epic difficulty?"

"Yeah, we can't even beat the normal difficulty," Xia Yuwei's players said anxiously.

Xia Yuwei looked at Lu Yang, but found that Lu Yang's expression was very calm. How could a master like Lu Yang make such a low-level mistake? Could it be that Lu Yang deliberately chose Epic difficulty? But what did he have to rely on?

The initial dungeons of Second World have 4 levels. Among these 4 levels, from Normal to Epic, each level increases the difficulty of the NPCs by 30%. In other words, Epic dungeons are 2.2 times more difficult than Normal dungeons.

"Everyone be quiet, I didn't choose wrong," Lu Yang said. "It's just Epic difficulty. I have my own way to lead you through."

"Who do you think you are? Even Xiong Ba and Old Twilight don't dare to challenge this dungeon. What makes you think you can lead us through? Do you really think being number one on the Level Rankings makes you invincible?" Zheng Yuan mocked.

"Is he your friend?" Fierce Wine Clear Wind couldn't help but ask, seeing Zheng Yuan provoking Lu Yang again and again.

"Of course not," Lu Yang said.

"If anyone in our team dared to question the leader like this, they would have been kicked out of the team long ago. Why would he be allowed to say so much nonsense? You really have a good temper," Fierce Wine Clear Wind said.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind wasn't stupid. Lu Yang's ability to become number one on the Level Rankings and obtain so many top-quality equipment on the first day proved his extraordinariness. Since he dared to choose Epic difficulty, he must have the confidence to clear it.

He didn't expect that what was originally just a normal dungeon game could have such an important reward.

"Who are you? This is none of your business. Where did you come from, acting all high and mighty with me?" Zheng Yuan said angrily, pointing at Fierce Wine Clear Wind with a ferocious expression.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind said calmly, "I am the vice president of the Purple-Gold Dynasty guild, Fierce Wine Clear Wind, the number one defense warrior under Old Twilight. Is there a problem with that?"

"You're the vice president of the Purple-Gold Dynasty…" Zheng Yuan was stunned.

Zhang Zibo was stunned.

Xia Yuwei was even more stunned.

The Purple-Gold Dynasty, according to official statistics, was a super guild of 60,000 people. As the vice president of such a large guild, second only to one person and above 60,000, he could crush Xia Yuwei's Frost Ice Studio of 20-odd people with a single word.

Xia Yuwei hurriedly approached Fierce Wine Clear Wind and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were the vice president of the Purple-Gold Dynasty. My subordinates don't know any better. Please don't mind them."

Fierce Wine Clear Wind smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm here today to be Lu Yang's hired gun, as instructed by our President Old Twilight. President Old Twilight also said just now that he fully supports Lu Yang in this dungeon. If you don't want to do it, I'll immediately call the Purple-Gold Dynasty's elite team to replace you."

Xia Yuwei, Lan Yu, and the others looked at Lu Yang in surprise. They never expected Old Twilight's relationship with Lu Yang to be so good.

Lu Yang said to Fierce Wine Clear Wind, "Thank you."

Xia Yuwei thought Lu Yang was really going to replace them. Lu Yang had opened the dungeon, and he was the leader. If he wanted to replace them, Xia Yuwei and the others would have no power to resist.

Xia Yuwei hurriedly said, "Lu Yang, don't worry. I guarantee there won't be a next time for Zheng Yuan. We're willing to run the Epic-level dungeon with you."

The equipment produced in Epic dungeons is at least Bronze-grade, and at most Silver-grade. Lu Yang only wanted the mage equipment, and all the other equipment would belong to Xia Yuwei and her team. How could Xia Yuwei let go of this opportunity?

Lu Yang said, "Alright, then we'll start. But I hope this is the last time."

He believed Xia Yuwei wasn't stupid. He was helping her so much, she should understand.

Xia Yuwei felt somewhat embarrassed, but she knew it was her own fault. She had always looked down on Lu Yang. Forcing herself to suppress her temper, she nodded and turned to Zheng Yuan, saying, "Last time. Zheng Yuan, if you dare say another word, I guarantee there won't be a place for you in this team anymore."

Zheng Yuan was unconvinced, but he knew he couldn't speak now. He lowered his head and didn't say a word.

Zhang Zibo acted as a peacemaker and said, "Expert, let's start. I guarantee we'll listen to your commands in everything."

Lu Yang still had a good impression of Zhang Zibo and said, "Okay, everyone follow me. There are no monsters on this first stretch of the road."