[Human Race Level-Three Main City, Wind Snow City]
Outside the city, turmoil erupted.
Countless players were going all out, resisting the endless waves of beasts attacking the main city.
Inside the city, outside the teleportation array, Ling Xue, along with Divine Nation's Erlang Shen, Nuwa, Sun Wukong, and Donghuang Taiyi, were anxiously waiting.
[Ding~ Wind Snow City is under attack, the teleportation array cannot be used!]
[Ding~ Wind Snow City is under attack, the teleportation array cannot be used!]
[Ding…]
At this moment, Divine Nation's Erlang Shen received news and said, "Several guilds in Inferno City failed to recruit Rulebound, and have already started openly joining forces to attack him!"
"I guess their idea is, if they can't have him, they'll destroy him!"
Hearing this, Ling Xue's expression tightened, "What's Rulebound's situation right now?"
Divine Nation's Erlang Shen continued, "It's said that Blood Dance and Chaotic World stepped in and already helped him out of the situation."
Hearing this, Ling Xue let out a breath of relief, but at the same time, her sense of crisis grew even stronger.
Because the purpose behind those two guilds helping Rulebound was obvious.
Sure enough, the next second, Divine Nation's Erlang Shen said, "It's reported that Chaotic World Guild Leader Wang Junjie offered Rulebound a salary of fifty million, plus the position of vice guild leader."
As soon as this was said, Divine Nation's Nuwa, Sun Wukong, and Donghuang Taiyi were all stunned.
Divine Nation's Nuwa: "Damn! Fifty million? Per month? Is this Wang Junjie really that powerful? Does his family run a bank?"
Divine Nation's Donghuang Taiyi: "Ask for me, is Chaotic World Guild still recruiting?"
Divine Nation's Sun Wukong: "Are you stupid? What are you trying to do?"
Seeing that even her own people couldn't resist such temptation.
Disappointment showed in Ling Xue's eyes, "Sigh, in the end, we still can't keep him…"
At this moment, Divine Nation's Erlang Shen dropped a bombshell,."However, Rulebound rejected Wang Junjie's invitation."
"And this is what he said when he rejected Blood Dance."
As he spoke, Divine Nation's Erlang Shen shared a game video.
In the video, recorded from a bystander's perspective, was the conversation between Lin Mo and Han Ruoxi:
["What happened today, I'll count it as a personal favor owed to your Blood Dance."]
["But if we meet on the battlefield another day, I'm still the vice guild leader of Divine Nation."]
The facts proved it: although Divine Nation's main force was in Wind Snow City, just as Lin Mo had expected, their informants were everywhere.
And the content of this video, to the people present, was like a reassuring pill.
Divine Nation's Nuwa: "Wow! Clear about grudges and favors, firm in his stance. Rulebound is simply the most charismatic man I've ever seen."
Divine Nation's Donghuang Taiyi: "I can't agree! People who have no interest in money and no interest in women are often the most terrifying. Because you can never figure out what they actually want."
Divine Nation's Sun Wukong: "What could he want? He just sees things clearly. All those other guilds want to recruit him just to use him to get a Guild Creation Token in the King's Tournament. Once they get it, they'd kick him out immediately. Only our Divine Nation truly values his ability. Staying with us, he'll always be gold."
As the group spoke one after another.
Divine Nation's Erlang Shen said worriedly, "But even if Rulebound is strong-willed and can resist temptation, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand pressure."
"He's holding the line for our Divine Nation alone in Inferno City, facing enemies from all sides and enduring endless pressure, while we're trapped in Wind Snow City, unable even to protect him."
Erlang Shen's words felt like a needle, stabbing into Ling Xue's heart.
Her eyes turned cold as she immediately gave an order, "Record the names of all guilds that targeted Rulebound. Once we reach Inferno City, I'll deal with them personally."
At the same time, a guild member reported, "President Ling, we've located the source of the beast tide. It's in the Shadow Mountain Range north of Wind Snow City."
"Blood Dance members are stationed there. The beast tide was most likely released by them deliberately."
Hearing this, Ling Xue immediately realized, "Releasing the beast tide to pin us down in the level-three main city, so you can create an opportunity to recruit Rulebound in the level-two main city?"
As she spoke, a cold glint flashed in Ling Xue's eyes, "Pass the order. Everyone assemble at Shadow Mountain Range. Kill Blood Dance, wipe out the beast tide. Restart the teleportation array, and march into Inferno City."
"Yes!"
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[Inferno City]
[Hall of Yama]
[Second Hall, Hall of King Chu Jiang]
Its layout wasn't much different from the First Hall, the Hall of King Qin Guang.
Within a vast, endless crimson domain that looked like hell itself, at the center stood a magnificent grand hall.
At the base of the hall, waves of visible blood-red light continuously radiated outward.
Under the shroud of this light, the fire snakes scattered throughout the domain appeared unusually excited.
The level of Hall of Yama changes in real time based on the average level of the top 100,000 players on Inferno City's level ranking.
"The First Hall is average level +5."
"The Second Hall is average level +6."
Lin Mo calculated, "According to system data, the current average level of the top 100,000 players in Inferno City is level 50 at 85.64%, so the fire snakes here are currently level 56."
"It's best if we clear the Second Hall before the average reaches level 51. Otherwise, the monster levels will rise to 57."
Ning Xi nodded, "Alright."
Lin Mo locked his gaze onto a giant snake ahead, its entire body engulfed in flames and about five meters long, and activated his SSS-grade Eye of Insight:
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[Fire Snake] (Physical Type · Normal Monster)
— Level: 56
— Magic Attack: 7750
— Physical Defense: 5240
— Magic Defense: 4900
— HP: 142000
— Skills: Fire Assault (D-grade), Bite (D-grade)…
— Weakness: Strike the snake's vital point; attacking the Fire Snake's vital spot deals +30% damage…
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Compared to the level 55 Hellhounds in the First Hall, these level 56 Fire Snakes had significantly higher overall stats.
Although with Lin Mo and Ning Xi's strength, dealing with these mere level 56 mobs was still no problem.
But the greatest difficulty of Hall of Yama wasn't the monsters themselves.
It was the domain aura.
The Second Hall not only stacked the First Hall's Qin Guang King aura, which increased all monsters' armor penetration resistance within the domain by 5000.
It also added the Second Hall's exclusive King Chu Jiang aura, which increased all monsters' armor penetration by 5000.
The First Hall aura increased monster durability.
The Second Hall aura increased monster damage output.
With the two auras combined, the strength of the Fire Snakes under their effect was essentially doubled.
However, instead of making Lin Mo and Ning Xi back down it ignited an even stronger fighting spirit in them.
At this moment, Lin Mo took out two A-grade magic scrolls from his backpack, Dark Devour, dropped by the level-five boss Dark Ruler in Blazing Ember City.
Using A-grade magic scrolls on normal mobs was a bit of a waste.
But in order to obtain the Incubated Clone Scroll as soon as possible, this cost was still worth it.
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