Born Sacred-Chapter 40: Terrifying Difficulty Dungeon

"I’m not scared. At most, Nah will drag my corpse through," Claire said, showing no panic at all. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Among the five, only Noah was full of confidence. No matter how Difficult the instance was, at worst, he could grind through it by reviving. It wasn’t his first time doing this. As long as he entered an instance, there was none he couldn’t clear; the only difference was the time it took.

"Should we go directly to the South Suburb?" Looking at the lively downtown area below that hadn’t mutated yet, Zara suggested.

"It’s not necessarily in the South Suburb," Rose shook her head.

They weren’t the only top team tackling this instance. According to the information they exchanged, the direction where the Virus Source Entity existed wasn’t fixed. Therefore, the idea of finding the Boss before the mutation began was unfeasible.

"Let’s wait," Noah said calmly.

Soon, a familiar scene unfolded: the virus outbreak, with countless infected relentlessly chasing survivors.

They had seen this scene once before and should have remained calm, yet the faces of Rose and the others completely changed.

"Holy shit," Smith, who had been silent, blurted out a curse.

This was because the infected below were acting somewhat exaggeratedly. Each one could easily jump one or two stories high, casually pick up cars from the ground and throw them around, easily crushing everything in their surroundings.

Ordinary people in the Ordinary difficulty at least survived for a while, but in the Difficult difficulty, they were instantly slaughtered. Soon, the infected, having lost their targets, stopped and wandered aimlessly.

"If their bodies hadn’t changed, I’d really think they were all elite monsters. How are we supposed to fight this?" Zara was greatly alarmed.

A few elite monsters could be fought, but with elite monsters everywhere, it was completely impossible to fight.

"A simple and brutal increase in stats," Claire calmly analyzed. "Compared to Ordinary difficulty, the stats of the normal monsters are comparable to the elite monsters in Ordinary difficulty. We haven’t seen the elite monsters and the Boss yet, but they must be even stronger."

"It’s not without good news. The number of infected has decreased. In Ordinary difficulty, because we didn’t kill them quickly, more people survived and mutated into infected. But now, many people who could have become infected were killed prematurely, significantly reducing the number of infected. The number of infected might only be one-tenth of that in Ordinary difficulty."

"Even one-tenth isn’t something we can handle," Zara said helplessly.

"I suspect that if we still advance by jumping from the building like in Ordinary difficulty, it will trigger their attacks," Rose said, frowning as she looked at the infected wandering below.

"Mm," Claire nodded. "In Ordinary difficulty, because the downtown area was quite chaotic and the infected had lower stats, it was Difficult for them to spot us on the rooftop. But in Difficult difficulty, their stats have increased significantly, and the downtown area has quieted down..."

All four felt their scalps tingle. Although their strength had increased significantly after clearing the Ordinary difficulty and getting the first clear reward, it was negligible compared to the increase in the Difficult difficulty.

The four simultaneously looked towards Noah. They understood that to clear this terrifying Difficult instance, all hope rested on Noah.

Noah didn’t disappoint them either. Even in this environment filled with "elite monsters," his expression didn’t change. "Still the old method, slowly jump across from the rooftop. But this time, Claire and Zara, don’t open fire. Wait until the infected climb onto the rooftop before we clear them. Just like this, slowly clear our way forward, and only open fire with full force when we reach the suburbs."

Hearing this, the four nodded. This was the only way. Tricks were clearly not possible in Difficult difficulty; clearing monsters was inevitable.

Following Noah’s method would at least allow them to fight fewer monsters. If they had to kill all the infected to advance, even Noah probably couldn’t do it, or rather, it would waste too much time.

"But before we act, has anyone confirmed the Boss’s location?" Noah asked.

"This..." The few people exchanged glances, none able to answer.

The virus outbreak was too fast. It seemed to erupt simultaneously in various directions across Vensera City, making it Difficult for them to make a judgment immediately.

"It’s fine. We’ll just exit and re-enter," Noah didn’t mind.

Trial Instances weren’t Advancement Instances; they had no cooldown. They could enter whenever they wanted. Being caught off guard the first time might lead to omissions, but with mental preparation, finding the Boss’s location was just a matter of time.

Exit, enter, exit, enter... They repeated this six times consecutively. It wasn’t until the seventh entry into the instance that, under Noah’s intense focus, they finally determined the Boss’s location: North Suburb.

"Let’s go."

Noah exerted a little force and easily jumped to the adjacent building. Smith and Rose quickly followed.

Zara and Claire didn’t move.

They were stripped of their right to fire. Without firearms, their attack methods were far from enough to threaten the infected in the Difficult dungeon. Of course, they didn’t act alone either, because it wasn’t safe.

No matter how small the spatial movement was, it wasn’t completely silent.

The infected on the street couldn’t hear it, but that didn’t mean the infected in the building couldn’t. If by chance an infected person on a lower floor was attracted up, they would be in danger.

Looking at where Noah and the others landed, Zara only activated her talent and instantly moved over after confirming it was safe.

Anyway, the spatial movement distance was far, so it wasn’t too late to act after Noah and the others had jumped over several buildings.

"Roar~"

As Noah and the others jumped to the fourth building, a furious roar came from below. Below, at a floor about ten meters down, an infected person broke through the window, their hands and feet firmly gripping the glass, and quickly climbed towards the rooftop.

This movement also startled the infected below. More infected people climbed up either from inside the building or from the street.

In an instant, no less than seventy or eighty infected were attracted.

Fortunately, the number of infected in the Difficult dungeon was far less than that in Ordinary difficulty, otherwise this number would have been more than ten times higher.

"Prepare to engage."

Noah said calmly, taking out his two-handed greatsword from his backpack.

Smith and Rose both looked a little nervous, but having been through many battles, they didn’t lose their composure.

To avoid attracting more infected, Noah and the others didn’t make a move until the attracted infected had climbed to the rooftop.