"You mean you're willing to help me kill the target of this mission—a Wolf King who has reached Level Seven?" Li Yang seemed somewhat doubtful of Overlord Xiang Yu's words. After all, Xiang Yu had once said that Li Yang should handle everything himself from now on and not rely on him.
Xiang Yu had said that because he feared Li Yang would keep depending on him. That would be harmful to the cultivation of his state of mind, and excessive reliance on others would also slow the growth of his own strength. That was why he had told Li Yang to face everything himself in the future.
Only by facing difficulties and challenges himself, constantly unearthing his potential and breaking through his limits, could he achieve greater accomplishments.
So Xiang Yu's decision in the past should have been wise, yet now Overlord Xiang Yu was saying he would help him. Wasn't that contradictory?
"Li Yang, stop worrying. Although I once said you should face things yourself in the future, there are exceptions. Take this Wolf King-level werewolf, for instance. Even if I let you deal with him, could you handle him alone? You simply cannot win against him. There would be no benefit to you either. When choosing opponents, you should only choose those slightly stronger than yourself. They are the most suitable opponents for you. Only by fighting them can you dig out greater potential! But fighting experts vastly stronger than yourself is not tempering yourself—it is courting death!" Overlord Xiang Yu reprimanded him.
After hearing that, Li Yang felt it made sense. How formidable would the body of a Wolf King-level werewolf be? Li Yang's flying daggers probably could not even injure him. If even his strongest flying daggers could not hurt the opponent, wasn't Li Yang simply seeking death?
"What Hegemon says makes sense too. But I believe that only under pressure is it easier to break through one's shackles and reach a new realm! So when I deal with this Wolf King-level werewolf, I have decided to first rely on my true strength, completely draw out my potential, and constantly squeeze every bit of my strength dry as I fight him. If I fail, then Hegemon can make your move. What do you think?" Li Yang would never give up any opportunity to increase his strength.
"Mhm, that will work too. It will benefit your breakthrough!" Overlord Xiang Yu voiced his approval.
Li Yang suddenly said strangely, "Um... Hegemon, when I have completely failed, what if you act too slowly and I get killed by that Wolf King-level werewolf? Of course, it's not that I don't trust you, Hegemon. But you know that experts who cultivate the body are incredibly fast. That werewolf cultivates the body exclusively, and a body with Level Seven energy... how terrifying is that? His speed must have reached a level I cannot even imagine. If I make one mistake, he could probably kill me in the blink of an eye. Hegemon, you must be careful."
Overlord Xiang Yu was stunned for quite a while. Then an enraged roar rang through Li Yang's mind: "You little bastard! What sort of figure was I in the Demon Realm back then? I could wipe out tens of millions of ascension-stage cultivators with a single move! Now that this Hegemon's tiger has fallen to the plains, my Primordial Spirit does not dare absorb too much power and can only absorb power close to the ascension stage. And you actually worry that I cannot protect you? He's just a little Level Seven brat! Even if he is as fast as lightning, under my Divine Sense, he moves about as quickly as a snail crawling. Put a hundred and twenty hearts at ease!" The anger in Overlord Xiang Yu's tone was unmistakable.
"Enough talking. Let's accept the mission!" Li Yang did not dare talk back to the enraged Overlord Xiang Yu. He immediately looked at the computer screen, moved the mouse, and clicked to accept the mission!
A prompt suddenly appeared on the computer!
"Your rank is insufficient. You cannot accept this mission!"
Blankly, Li Yang stared in a daze. He was stunned.
"What is going on? Why can't I accept the mission? My rank is insufficient? What does that mean?" Li Yang immediately opened the website's explanation regarding assassins accepting missions.
Assassin missions were divided into four levels: C-class missions—missions worth from $100,000 to $990,000; B-class missions—missions worth from $1 million to $9.99 million; A-class missions—missions worth from $10 million to $99.99 million; and S-class missions—missions worth more than $100 million, including missions worth exactly $100 million.
Assassins were likewise divided into C, B, A, and S classes.
C-class assassins could only accept C-class missions. B-class assassins could accept missions below B-class, including B-class missions. A-class assassins could accept missions below A-class, including A-class missions. S-class assassins could accept missions below S-class, including S-class missions.
An assassin's rank had nothing to do with the assassin's own strength. It depended on the missions the assassin had completed.
After completing ten C-class missions, an assassin's rank would rise from C-class to B-class.
After completing ten B-class missions, an assassin's rank would rise from B-class to A-class.
After completing ten A-class missions, an assassin's rank would rise from A-class to S-class.
"Fuck!" Li Yang studied it for a long time before cursing furiously.
Frustration. A feeling of being toyed with filled his heart. Ten billion dollars had practically been within reach—at least, in Li Yang's mind, with Xiang Yu's help, that Wolf King-level werewolf was as good as finished. Yet now he was being told that his rank was insufficient.
Li Yang now understood what Killer Bullet—C-class—on that account meant!
There was really nothing to be done about it. S-class missions were extremely rare, and whenever one appeared, many people wanted to accept it. With so many people applying, who should receive it? Besides, given the difficulty of S-class missions, ordinary assassins had no chance of succeeding. If every assassin were allowed to accept them, one weak assassin after another would die. The person who posted the mission would be dissatisfied as well, since it would take too long.
For the sake of efficiency, and to intensify competition among assassins, the ranking system had been established.
"I need to complete ten C-class missions, ten B-class missions, and ten A-class missions before I qualify to accept this S-class mission. But missions do not appear all the time, especially high-level ones. It seems there are only six A-class missions on the mission board right now, and all of them are already being carried out." Li Yang felt even more depressed.
Suddenly, Li Yang sighed. Then he smiled. "Forget it. I refuse to believe that another assassin can complete a mission against a Wolf King-level werewolf. Whoever accepts it will only die!" Unable to accept it himself, Li Yang maliciously wished the same upon others.
"Bzz, bzz, bzz..." His phone vibrated. Li Yang immediately answered it.
"Dear Mu Yi, this is Old Jack. The date for your first Underground Boxing Ring match has been set: eight o'clock tomorrow evening, Ring Three at the Underground Boxing Ring headquarters. Oh, right. When I reported your squat and bench press results, I lowered them slightly. Others will probably think you are just an ordinary contestant. The Underground Boxing Ring's betting house will open the odds as well. Should we place a little bet? Old Jack knows you, Mu Yi, will definitely win. I have arranged for your opponent to be a number-one figure in the advanced matches, so your odds will certainly not be low. Won't we be able to make a killing while we're at it?" Old Jack's voice sounded exceedingly sly.
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