"AAA-rank mission?"
"How can this main quest dynamically increase in difficulty?"
"Did the game developers think our journey had been too easy and decide to ramp up the difficulty here?"
The players stared at the sudden mission warning on their Smart Watches, all of them deeply surprised. They had never expected the game's mission difficulty to be able to rise further.
"It looks like this should be the final trial of the main quest." Fang Zhen gazed at the continuous rumbling in the distance. He could clearly feel the intense tremors coming from there, and he licked his lips. "There's probably a boss battle ahead."
"This mission requires us to protect the martial arts hall NPCs. One is the hall master, and the other is the newly arrived instructor. We should split into two groups later—one group assists the hall master, the other assists the instructor. If one group can't hold on, the other must provide support immediately," Luo Wu Shang said.
"I agree. The hall master's side is probably more dangerous. Those of us whose physiques are close to an Intermediate Martial Artist will follow the hall master, while everyone else follows the instructor," Ye Qinglu said as well.
Luo Wu Shang and the others quickly assigned their personnel. Luo Wu Shang, Ye Qinglu, Li Ranxing, and Fang Zhen stayed with Lin Qi at all times, while the other six followed Meng Wei.
Within the forest, the entire convoy of more than five hundred martial artists grew increasingly alarmed as they approached the center of the disturbance.
The woods were filled with traces of battle. These marks clearly could not have been caused by Organ Refining Realm martial artists; even the terrain itself had been altered in places.
Corpses of monsters and members of the city guard regiment lay