Chapter 42 Copper Iron Silver Gold Diamond

  Qin Yan also furrowed his brow, gritting his teeth and saying: "That matter... is currently at a stalemate. We came early this time, firstly because what you said was urgent, secondly, that assassin, not only did we fail to catch him, but he even successfully committed another crime..."

  "What's wrong?" Bai Xin Yan was somewhat surprised, "Who else did he kill?"

  "Ah..." Qin Yan said with a hint of self-reproach, "I didn't think it through. He used the 'Tiger Leaving the Mountain' tactic on us. After he killed Zhang, the chairman of Qihua Group in Wen City, we thought he escaped to Ning City and planned to flee overseas. But unexpectedly, he turned back and killed Chairman Zhang's wife and son at their home..."

  The leaders of the department were very angry and told us to temporarily stop working on it, and they sent other people to investigate.

  "He had planned to kill the entire Zhang family from the beginning, maybe that's what his employer asked him to do, but his disguise and skills were too clever, we were fooled..." Team member Chen Nian said reluctantly.

  Bai Xin Yan disbelievingly said: "Qin Team Leader, aren't you at the Black Iron level? Could it be that this killer is even stronger than you?"

  Qin Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Xin Yan, you don't know much about the underground world. You think that just because someone is a Black Iron level, they're very rare? Moreover, assassins don't necessarily rely solely on their combat strength."

  Bai Xin Yan shook her head, "I really don't understand much... isn't that right?"

  The other members of the group were also listening intently, seemingly eager to learn more about this aspect as well.

  Qin Yan sighed, "You few, have all been to the Grand Hall's trial grounds before, and received the Grand Hall's combat certification. Do you know how many people go to the Grand Hall every year, hoping to obtain the Grand Hall's strength qualification certification?"

  The crowd remained silent, and they naturally didn't understand. In fact, if Qin Yan hadn't taken them there in the first place, none of them would have known about the existence of the mysterious organization called "Dah Ting".

  I can tell you a rough number, just to get the lowest level of certification, the copper level, there are no less than three thousand people, and most of them can pass.

  The Hall, from the nineteenth century onwards, after establishing the combat power level of the underground world, has been for hundreds of years. Just in recent decades, think about how many Mithril-class individuals like you have appeared.

  Going up in sequence are black iron, white silver, yellow gold, and the legendary diamond level master. As a black iron level, putting it here is really not considered impressive at all.”

  "Squad leader, at this rate, wouldn't there be at least several tens of thousands of Black Iron levels in the world?"

  Qin Yan said: "Currently, on the surface, it does not exceed 20,000. Of course, many people do not go to the hall for certification. In reality, 20,000 should be exceeded."

  Wang Qian smiled bitterly and said, "The few of us together can't even beat you, Director Qin. Yet you say that there are at least 20,000 more people like you in the world... That's just too depressing..."

  "Hehe, you can't say that, all of you are younger than me and will definitely make progress in the future. I'm already over 30 years old, if I couldn't reach Silver rank before 30, it means I don't have any talent."

  It can be said that from red copper to black iron, crossing is still relatively easy, but thinking of reaching the white silver level is particularly difficult. Those who can reach the white silver level are considered top-notch in the world, and every country does not dare to underestimate them.

  Qin Yan said seriously, "What I'm most worried about right now is that killer who toyed with us. It's very possible that he's a well-known name on the Blood Diamond Rankings... If so, he might truly be a White Silver rank..."

  "Blood Diamond List? Director Qin, I've heard people mention it before, saying that the hall not only sets battle power levels but also has a Blood Diamond List and a War God List. So it's true?" Fang Yu asked.

  Qin Yan said: "Actually, these things, if you have the opportunity to enter 'Hidden Dragon' like me in the future, someone will tell you, but you are all my trusted subordinates, I can say it here without any harm."

  At first, when the underground world was in chaos, various countries and regions had different cultivation methods and different combat styles.

  For example, the ancient martial arts of our Xia country, and Japan's ninjutsu, Southeast Asia's sorcery, Europe's mysterious magic, different routes, people from both sides of the underground world meet face to face, and it is also difficult to compare strengths and weaknesses.

  It often happens that a master from one country, thinking the other's reputation is not as great as their own and unclear about the other's cultivation method, proudly provokes them, only to end up suffering heavy casualties, or even cases of entire families being wiped out.

  The Hall, as the oldest organization in the underground world, has established a unified standard for combat power to reduce unnecessary casualties. It has formulated five levels of combat power: copper, iron, silver, gold, and diamond, for reference by people in the underground world.

  The hall allocates examiners based on the combat strength requirements of each level, conducts one-on-one actual combat audits, and calculates the combat strength level through the examiner's judgment, regardless of what form of combat.

  The underground world also discovered from then on that the hall was actually hiding dragons and tigers. Those examiners had the ability to test copper and iron, but even silver, gold, and diamond-level masters, they all had a way to assess them.

  Moreover, those who passed the assessment were all very convinced and no one questioned it!

  This means that those examiners in the halls, no matter what kind of underground world master comes, no matter what kind of fighting style, they all have an examiner to send out and a way to suppress them steadily!

  It's still unimaginable even now! It shows the depth of the great hall!

  Gradually, the hall became the standard for the strong, and the hall also became the underground world's uncrowned king. It was recognized as one of the main frameworks in the underground world: one hall, two associations, three families, four killings, five factions, six troops, and seven groups, with the hall ranking first.

  Many mercenaries, killers, special agents and wandering warriors hope to obtain national recognition through the certification of the hall. As long as they pass the certification, even if it's just the lowest-level copper certification, they can at least get a meal ticket, and in some small countries, they can even become honored guests.

  The Hall of Fame established by the Temple is a global ranking list of top players, while the Blood Diamond Ranking List is specifically designed for killers.

  The killer on the Blood Diamond List and the master on the War God List differ in that one is a ruthless fighting force, possibly using poisonous masters or other despicable means.

  One is the bright and upright fighting power, so generally speaking, the characters on the God of War list are stronger and more respected.

  The top ten of the Blood Diamond are known as the Ten Great Assassins, while the War God List lists the top twelve, who are revered as the Twelve Divine Generals. These individuals can be said to be the top figures in the underground world.

  "Let's get back to the topic, even if they're not among the top ten assassins, those who can enter the Blood Diamond Rankings' top 100 must at least have a Silver Rank combat strength... I suspect that this time, we've encountered an assassin who is actually on the Blood Diamond Rankings."

  "Damn it... After being told by Director Qin like this, I feel goosebumps all over my body. Such a formidable guy, how come I've never met him before..."

  "In this underground world of 'one two three four five six seven', our Xia country should have occupied at least five major sects, and the 'Hidden Dragon' among the seven groups. How dare those people be so bold and come to Xia country to cause trouble!?" Liang Tong said with a shiver.

  Qin Yan nodded, "You're right, although our Xia country may seem weaker than the US in terms of military strength, in the underground world, our overall strength is the strongest."

  Firstly, it's because of our population advantage, secondly, we have the ancient martial arts schools passed down from our ancestors, those well-known masters in the five major schools aren't just bragging.

  In fact, we Hidden Dragon are also ranked among the top seven groups thanks to the continuous supply of excellent disciples from the ancient martial arts schools.

  However, if they were truly a high-ranking Silver player, entering and exiting Xia Country would still be very easy. Speaking of which, this also has something to do with the fact that the four great rulers of the underground world have been gradually fading out over the past decade or so...