CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: WE CAN’T TAKE THIS LOSS

Swoosh~

The gazes of the four guild leaders instantly focused on Lu Ran.

"No way!" Liu Xinxin was the first to speak: "It’s too risky, we don’t know the opponent’s profession, level, or skills. Entering rashly in such a situation is too dangerous."

Ye Hongyi and Lei Gang also shook their heads.

Yu Qingcang said, "Lu Ran, you mustn’t act impulsively. I know you’re strong, but their actions clearly signal revenge, likely sanctioned by Congress, and there’s a high chance they’re fully equipped with the Black Dragon Mountain set. Do you understand what that means?"

"As the highest-level team dungeon at this stage, the stat suppression of a full set of Black Dragon equipment is at least more than triple that of the same level!" Liu Xinxin said.

This is just the analysis.

In fact, the stat suppression might be even higher!

This is why more than thirty Longxia professionals, even the level sixty Thunderstorm Berserker, couldn’t last five minutes.

Absolute stat suppression!

No chance of winning!

"I’ll just go in and throw a Blood Spear, we can’t afford this loss." Lu Ran said.

This...

Hearing Lu Ran mention the Blood Spear, the others were stunned.

"It seems... that’s true?" Lei Tai said: "Lu Ran’s Blood Spear charging overnight, thirty million damage, if that guy dares provoke us again tomorrow, Lu Ran can just go in and end him in seconds."

As for the danger.

Lu Ran has the Treasure Gourd with him, plus Hades’ Crystal Skull, and endless summoned items. Who can kill him?

"But I still feel it’s not right," Liu Xinxin said worriedly.

Lu Ran glanced at the others.

He said, "Let me try, I won’t die. In the current situation, our professionals going in would surely mean death, as Xinxin said, it’s absolute stat suppression. But if we do nothing, with the opponent provoking us daily, where will Longxia’s dignity stand? This is not just a counterattack, but the best way to show Longxia’s strength to the world!"

Hearing Lu Ran’s words.

Yu Qingcang’s expression shifted unpredictably.

Suddenly, he asked, "Now at level 24, how much experience do you have?"

Lu Ran glanced at his panel.

He replied, "24th level with 17% experience."

There’s still quite a gap to level 25, and leveling up is getting increasingly difficult!

The required experience is increasing exponentially too.

"Alright, once you level up to 25 and unlock a new talent point, we’ll decide based on the strength of that new point whether to let you take the risk. Although your comprehensive ability is nearly unbeatable at this stage, being cautious is still preferable. How does that sound?" Yu Qingcang said.

This was the biggest concession.

Each of Lu Ran’s talent points is at a heaven-defying level.

Unlocking one more point exponentially boosts Lu Ran’s combat power!

Seeing that level 25 is within reach, unlocking a new point before seeking revenge does indeed seem much more prudent.

"Alright, I’ll focus on leveling up," Lu Ran nodded solemnly.

"Good, let’s leave it at this for today. I’ll stay in Black Fire City these days and have someone keep an eye on the Deathmatch Arena. Even if it opens tomorrow, no one from Longxia should risk going in," Yu Qingcang said.

After all, even a level sixty Thunderstorm Berserker couldn’t last five minutes.

If someone still dares to rush in recklessly, they’d be courting death.

Based on current estimates, it will take Lu Ran another two days to reach level 25.

At the earliest, by the day after tomorrow at noon.

It’s not that they don’t want to grind overnight, but after 7 PM, all dungeons close their teleportation entry, making it impossible to continue the grind!

Otherwise, the three guild leaders wouldn’t stop for dinner.

The next morning.

Lu Ran and his companions arrived at the dungeon hall. Before heading to the Endless Tower, he noticed a crowd gathered around the arena entrance area.

Above the arena was a massive panel.

The panel was divided into two areas; the left side featured the standard arena, listing numerous match rooms.

Professionals could use the teleportation array at the arena entrance to actively enter a specific room or use random matchmaking for a duel.

But that’s in the standard arena, where you don’t die, only win or lose.

The right side of the panel, however, was the Deathmatch Arena!

Deathmatch Arena rarely had any rooms visible.

But now, there was a room on the display!

Upon seeing the room name, everyone was enraged!

"Damn, it’s that idiot from yesterday again!"

"Screw that yellow-haired dog, opening up another room!"

"Can a top player go destroy him already, damn it!"

"Is this room name serious? It’s too arrogant!"

"Show your identity if you dare, sneaky dog!"

...

For a moment, curses flooded the air.

Even Lu Ran, spotting the room name, was infuriated!

An extremely insulting phrase!

Lu Ran’s chest heaved.

He clicked open the room interface, showing only the entry button and information about the participants.

However, since no one was inside yet, only one was shown, the room host.

Name: ? Level: ? Profession? Guild: ? Nation: U.S.A

The info was outrageous, with nothing shown except the nation!

Although Lu Ran hid his personal details in the equipment board and Endless Tower rankings, his profession was still visible, unlike the Deathmatch Arena, where everything was hidden!

All that was known was the opponent being from the U.S.A, with no clue about their profession or level!

Yet, despite the cursing, no one in Longxia dared step in to face the challenge.

On the one hand, the Celestial Path Alliance’s three top combat professions all died there yesterday.

On the other hand, even if filled with hot-blooded courage to enter, they’d only die, inflating the opponent’s arrogance with no purpose!

At this moment, in every country worldwide, in the dungeon halls of every main city, countless people had gathered.

Everyone was watching this spectacle.

Surprisingly, the voices were quite harmonious.

"Daring to target Longxia like this, probably only the U.S.A would!"

"The U.S.A is playing with fire, angering Longxia, and they’ll send an entire nation at them, flattening their borders!"

"Yeah, national wars have participant limits, but even if not through war, with the whole nation out, would the U.S.A still be arrogant?"

"Did they just equip the Black Dragon gear? Why didn’t they act like this before conquering Black Dragon Mountain?"

"Using equipment stats for suppression, what a shameless dog."

...

Unexpectedly, several smaller countries, forced into forming alliances, were particularly hostile towards the U.S.A!

Even before global data integration, the U.S.A had a notorious reputation, and after data integration, even with some advantage, they continued to plunder everywhere, truly ruining their reputation.

Back in the Black Fire City dungeon hall.

Lei Tai clenched his fists tightly, trembling slightly with anger, his face ashen!

But he wasn’t foolish. He knew that rushing in at this critical moment would likely just be sacrificing himself, becoming a laughingstock.

Especially as a guild leader of one of the three major guilds in Longxia and the Battle Banner National Defense Army with special significance!

If he died, it would truly be laughable.

For the guild leader of the border-protecting Battle Banner Defense Force to die under provocation, it could be even more sensational than Yu Qingcang’s death!

"Lu Ran, go to the Endless Tower and continue leveling." Liu Xinxin charmingly stood before Lu Ran, blocking his view of the arena panel, and said.

"Alright." Lu Ran took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, calming his emotions somewhat, and proceeded towards the teleportation array to the Endless Tower.

He prepared to conquer the 57th floor!

Meanwhile.

On the other side of the Forbidden Sea, in Japan, Nanami did not wait for the maid’s announcement today.

Instead, she came to the dungeon hall herself.

Standing amidst the crowd, she glanced at the arena panel, indifferent, and turned her focus to the Endless Tower’s ranking panel.

That was her true purpose for coming!

On the panel, the Undead Mage with all question marks, at the 56th floor, ranked seventh, was exceedingly eye-catching!