Game difficulty confirmed: Hell Mode. Praise your courage, strongest player.
Since this was Challenge Mode, it differed somewhat from the usual games.
After all, in past clear-the-stage games, even if players competed, it was mostly competition for benefits. Everyone was essentially teaming up to fight monsters. The true "villain," in a sense, was the game itself.
But some of the "difficulty" here was actually aimed at Lu Ce, the challenged party.
Ranked players could challenge one another, and the challenged party could choose whether to accept the battle.
However, refusing for too long might result in some hidden penalties.
And if the battle was accepted, the challenged party would choose the game difficulty.
Hard: Both challenger and challenged party faced the same difficulty. They would clash in confrontation or war to determine the final victor.
Nightmare: The challenged party would face even more unfavorable circumstances, but if they ultimately won, they would receive better rewards than the challenger would for winning.
Hell: The challenged party would be placed at a complete disadvantage, while the challenger would gain partial authority within the game. But if the challenged party ultimately won, they would receive massive rewards.
At the same time, the challenger would suffer backlash and receive a certain punishment.
Lu Ce barely read the first halves of those descriptions. He went straight to the latter parts.
Hell was absolutely the way to go!
Most importantly, there was backlash. If you wanted to challenge me, how could you not pay a price? I lose my number-one ranking, while if you lose, you just lose?
Both players confirmed. This game's difficulty is—Hell Mode!
On the other side, when Piao Bu Cheng saw the prompt, he laughed so hard he nearly pissed himself.
"You actually dared to pick Hell? Looking