Full combat mode!
Whoosh!
When Ning Xi's whole body burst out with a blood-red glow, the ID above her head flashed at the same time in bright scarlet letters—
[Liuli] (Lv27 Apprentice Mage · Rank 1 on the Sky Leaderboard)
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As Ning Xi swung her staff, an A-grade Shadow Storm exploded among the approaching players of the Chaotic World Guild in front of her.
Under the sweep of the dark magic storm, dozens of Chaotic World players who stepped into it had huge blood-red damage numbers popping up above their heads—
-13251!
-13251!
-13251!
In an instant, dozens of Chaotic World players were all killed in seconds, triggering the Death Lockdown effect. Their bodies dropped to the ground one after another, not turning into white light.
The Chaotic World players rushing up from behind were horrified when they saw this.
"Holy crap! What the hell is that damage?"
"Isn't she just number one on the reputation ranking? How is her damage this high?"
"Where's the guy who just said one punch would make her cry for a long time? Go on! Go hit her!"
"..."
Everyone looked at each other, stunned.
Until someone shouted, "What are you scared of! She's not invincible. All together! Use human wave tactics and blow her up!"
"Same as before, once we get the reward, dead or alive doesn't matter. Everyone who takes part in the kill splits it together!"
As soon as those words came out, they stepped over the corpses of their teammates in front and continued charging toward Ning Xi.
Holding her staff, Ning Xi stood alone against the thousands of Chaotic World troops, turning into the last line of defense, guarding Lin Mo.
Seeing everyone fighting desperately for him, Lin Mo, under an unprecedented amount of pressure, shot down one martyr after another, making the final sprint for the mission.
The bow in his hands was almost smoking from how fast he was drawing it.
Luckily, he seized the final opportunity and didn't let everyone's sacrifice go to waste.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Just as Lin Mo raised his hand and loosed arrows, using Grip of Extreme Cold together with his ultimate, Storm of Arrows, to clear another wave of martyrs ahead, a mission prompt panel popped up in front of him—
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed the mission City Lord's Trial (Advanced). Please submit the mission to receive your reward!]
At that moment, Lin Mo finally let out a long breath, "It's finally done."
The moment he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a cold gust of wind around him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As Ning Xi released another Shadow Storm centered on Lin Mo, several Chaotic World assassin players who were trying to sneak attack him were instantly killed on the spot by five-digit damage numbers.
At this time, Ning Xi said to Lin Mo, "Brother Lin Mo, hurry back and submit the mission! I'll cover you back to the city!"
Everyone had thought Lin Mo would get emotional, would hesitate, would never just leave Ning Xi and the Dragon Soul players outside who were fighting for him, and escape alone.
However, to the utter shock of the Chaotic World Guild players who had just revived on the spot under the Death Lockdown effect, Lin Mo didn't play by the usual script at all.
He simply said "Okay" to Ning Xi.
The next second, he actually took out a Return Scroll from his backpack and crushed it on the spot.
"What the hell?"
"No way! He really ran?"
"Wait, what's going on? Why isn't this guy following the script?"
The Chaotic World players looked at each other, all with disbelief written on their faces.
But in fact, no one understood better than Lin Mo.
If he stayed and died with them right now, it would only waste all the sacrifices of the Dragon Soul Guild, as well as Ling Xiao, Ning Xi, and the others.
Once Lin Mo died, everything would fall apart.
So he couldn't die.
No matter what, he had to make it back to Blazing Ember City alive.
Then bring the NPC army back with him and kill his way in again.
Seeing Lin Mo crush the Return Scroll and enter the ten-second countdown to return, the Chaotic World players around him instantly panicked.
"Damn! Ten million is running! Don't let ten million get away!"
"Brothers, hurry up! Interrupt Rulebound's return!"
Amid the shouting, all the nearby Chaotic World Guild players swarmed toward Lin Mo.
While in the return state, Lin Mo couldn't perform any actions.
At this moment, Ning Xi resolutely turned into Lin Mo's guardian.
Standing in front of him, she waved her staff and, with the tenfold damage boost, used one insanely high normal attack after another to kill all the Chaotic World players trying to get close.
Wearing a full level 20 tier-2 golden-quality Poison set, and possessing one of the server's top ten SSS-grade talents, Nine-Five Supreme, Ning Xi's damage was completely off the charts.
Even a thick-skinned level 25 knight couldn't withstand a single normal attack from her.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
-25346!
-25111!
-24989!
They didn't even get a chance to come near before they were blasted down at the edge of her maximum 50-yard range.
In the end, they could only watch helplessly as the ten-second countdown ended and Lin Mo turned into a beam of silver light, disappearing from their sight.
In the eyes of the Chaotic World players, it was like ten million that had already reached their mouths suddenly vanished into thin air.
"Damn it! Ten million! My ten million just ran off like that!"
"Curse it all!"
After collapsing in frustration, the Chaotic World players shifted their gaze to Ning Xi.
Greed appeared on their faces again.
"Ten million ran, but there's still five million here!"
"Brothers, don't let this five million run too!"
"Kill Liuli! Take the five million!"
Amid the shouts, countless Chaotic World players around charged at Ning Xi with weapons in hand.
Ning Xi gripped her staff tightly, her eyes burning, ready to face death without regret.
———
At the same time, the battle outside the Valley of Death was even more intense.
Under the effect of the A-grade magic scroll [Death Lockdown], the players of Dragon Soul and Chaotic World died and revived. Revived and died. Their levels plummeted.
In just a few minutes, the several hundred Dragon Soul members present had each died more than three times on average.
Everyone's average level had already dropped from 27–28 down to 24–25.
And under the pressure of the Chaotic World Guild, their losses were still expanding at an alarming rate.
"Boss! The brothers can't hold on anymore!"
"There are too many Chaotic World players! And they're reviving on the spot! We can't kill them all! If this keeps up, we're really going to get farmed back to level 0!"
Just as the Dragon Soul players were on the verge of being unable to withstand Chaotic World's assault, a voice of encouragement suddenly rang out from the crowd, "Brothers, hold on a little longer. Once Rulebound finishes the mission, he'll come out to help us."
"When that time comes, with Rulebound as the core, even if we can't beat Chaotic World, we can definitely break out easily."
However, before those words could steady morale, a Chaotic World player outside suddenly burst out laughing, "Don't be stupid! Rulebound already used a Return Scroll and ran away!"
"You're still counting on him to help you? Hahaha! What a bunch of idiots!"
In an instant, it felt like a thunderbolt struck the Dragon Soul players.
"Rulebound… really ran?"
"Then what were we fighting to the death for?"
"Heh! What a joke."
In a flash, endless disappointment and the sense of total defeat swept through the crowd.
It made every single person's heart turn cold.
And in that state, they still had to face the endless Chaotic World army around them, pouncing at them like hungry wolves.
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