Chapter 10: Number of Contractors Killed Less Than 5 (Not Achieved, Severely Exceeded).
Tip: Preconditions 1 and 2 are guaranteed to be met. Among conditions 3 to 10, any 3 must be completed.
[Verifying, Hunter has met the prerequisites for advancing to Fifth Rank (9/10), exceeding the requirement.]
[Matching Fifth Rank advancement assessment world...]
[Fifth Rank is a special tier. Upon reaching Fifth Rank, the Hunter will assume multiple responsibilities (entering the Void, etc.).]
[The Fifth Rank advancement assessment world is a reward world (enhancing the Hunter/Contractor's subsequent survival capabilities). Such reward worlds are rated from 1 Star to 3 Stars (the higher the star rating, the richer the rewards).]
[Because the Hunter exceeded the prerequisites, a 3-Star reward world has been selected for the Hunter (since the Hunter completed 9/10 prerequisites, exceeding the 3-Star reward world requirements, the Hunter will receive compensation such as identity/status upon entering the 3-Star reward world).]
[The difficulty of the 3-Star reward world will be increased by 100%. The special reward for this world is: if the Hunter achieves an S+ rating (highest rating) in this world, they will receive an exclusive reward.]
[Exclusive reward as follows: After the Hunter's Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes all reach 100 points, they can master the corresponding Law-Destruction Shadow ability for 100-point attributes. If the world rating reaches S+, the Hunter can obtain this ability.]
[Preparing for teleportation...]
[Tip: A total of 58 Contractors and Hunters are located within the same Primordial World.]
[About to enter world: Ghostly Continent, teleportation will begin soon.]
...
Just as Su Xiao was waiting for the teleportation, in a certain exclusive room.
"Big Brother, this Ghostly Continent sounds pretty high-class."
"Yeah, that's right, it suits our status well."
"Big Brother is mighty."
"We didn't struggle through all those worlds for nothing. That +15 enhanced equipment... is just awesome."
"Big Brother, 'awesome' sounds a bit crude."
"So what if it's crude? We're the dark forces now!"
That's right, this flashy dialogue was, of course, from the "dark forces," the Three Brothers of National Football. Although these three were goofy, they were not weak. The three of them shared a growth weapon, or rather a skill—an energy hammer conjured by their abilities. This thing counted as both a growth piece of equipment and a skill, so each of them wielded an energy hammer, exceptionally flashy.
Even flashier was that this thing could be enhanced. No one knew what kind of luck these three had stepped in, but they had actually managed to enhance this energy growth weapon, which could split into three, to +15!
Even though these three energy hammers were only of Gold quality, once the enhancement level exceeded +13, each level of enhancement was nearly equivalent to raising half a grade. +15 was already terrifyingly powerful.
The hammer's stun effect was already annoying enough, but after being enhanced to +15, the attack power of these three energy hammers was absolutely horrifying. The three brothers, as Fourth Rank Contractors, had actually hammered a Fifth Rank Contractor into kneeling on the ground, clutching his head and shouting, "Big Brothers, I was wrong!"
From then on, the Fourth Rank Contractors gave these three goofballs a nickname: the Dark Forces.
The +15 weapon wasn't the main reason for the National Football Team's turnaround; more importantly, they dared to take risks. While other Contractors spent one world's progress worth of time, these three had gone through three world progressions. They knew that if they didn't dare to fight, they would always be bottom-feeders!
At this moment, the Three Brothers of National Football were undoubtedly at the top tier of the Fourth Rank. Even large adventure groups like the Divine Emperor didn't dare to underestimate them. These three goofballs had a life link between them—if one didn't die, none of them died. Even more shameless was that all three were Paladins, capable of attacking, tanking, and healing each other, annoying their enemies to the point of questioning life.
Objectively speaking, if the three brothers were considered as one person, then the strength ranking of the Fourth Rank was as follows.