[Outside the Dragon Palace Secret Realm]
[Within the City Ruins]
Ning Xi, glowing with golden light under full battle mode, remained calm despite being surrounded by players from the five major guilds.
As she waved her staff, magic spheres boosted tenfold by the SSS-rank talent Supreme Emperor struck the nearby crowd trying to approach her.
-32586!
-35124!
-33389!
The terrifying damage shocked everyone.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As white light pillars rose one after another ahead, the players in the back felt chills run down their backs.
"Go! Use crowd control! Don't rush in head-on!"
"Wizards, move!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
From the outer crowd, four Dark Wizard players cast their ultimate skill [Soul Suppression] at the same time. Only then did they finally suppress Ning Xi, who had been guarding the secret realm entrance without moving an inch.
At the same time, hundreds of Archer and Mage players from the five major guilds focused their attacks together, finally heavily injuring Ning Xi.
By the time the Soul Suppression effect ended, Ning Xi only had 1 HP left and had fallen into the encirclement of a group of Sword Shield Warrior players.
Dozens of sharp swords surrounded her.
Though defeated, the sharpness in her gaze and her presence did not weaken.
Repeated battles had already stripped away the immaturity Ning Xi had when she first entered Divine Oracle.
At this moment, the pressure coming from Ning Xi felt like that of an unmatched empress, making the nearby Sword Shield Warrior players feel fear for no reason.
Even though all it would take was one swing of their swords to kill Ning Xi, it felt as though the ones who could die at any moment were not Ning Xi, but themselves.
Seeing Ning Xi finally subdued, in the distance, the presidents of the five major guilds all let out long breaths.
Emperors and Generals: "Damn it! Holy shit! This Liuli is way too strong! No wonder she and Rulebound are a pair. Both total cheats!"
Heaven and Hell: "Her damage is fucking ridiculous! A full-health third-class Magic Knight from my guild couldn't even survive one normal attack from her!"
War God Zhao Zilong: "Holy crap! First time I've ever felt scared of a girl!"
Bloodthirsty Mad Dragon: "We finally got this girl under control! Now we just wait for Rulebound to show up."
At this moment, Emperors and Generals said suspiciously,."Why hasn't Rulebound made any move yet? Don't tell me he already cleared the secret realm?"
"Impossible!", Tyrant said coldly, "We sent so many Dark Death Guards in there. No matter how capable Rulebound is, there's no way he survives being surrounded by that many Dark Death Guards."
The moment he finished speaking, beside him, Violent Dragon stared at the Inferno City level ranking in front of him, suddenly widening his eyes in shock.
"Rulebound… leveled up! From level 57 to level 58."
"He definitely cleared the secret realm and leveled up from the rewards."
Hearing this, everyone nearby was shaken.
Heaven and Hell questioned Tyrant, "Didn't you say you only saw five people enter the secret realm? With just five people against the hundreds of Dark Death Guards we sent in, how could they still clear the secret realm?"
Meanwhile, Emperors and Generals found it unbelievable, "Damn it! If this guy isn't cheating, I'll write my name backwards."
In this situation, surviving alone was already absurd, yet he had even cleared the secret realm.
Even Tyrant found it hard to believe.
But the shock in his eyes vanished quickly.
"Who cares whether he cleared it or not."
"Right now his girlfriend Liuli is in our hands. Based on what I know about Rulebound, even if this is just a game, there's no way he'll abandon his girlfriend."
Tyrant sneered viciously, "I already sent Rulebound a message. Now all we have to do is wait here for him."
"With Liuli in our hands, as long as Rulebound dares to come, I'll make sure he dies."
Holding a B-rank magic scroll [Soul Imprisonment] in his hand (when used on players, it causes them to revive in place for one hour after death), yrant's eyes turned fierce.
"Today, I'll kill Rulebound back to level 0 and completely cripple him!"
Just as he finished speaking—
Whoosh!
A white light curtain appeared at the secret realm entrance ahead.
The next second, under everyone's gaze, Lin Mo stepped out from the light curtain.
"Rulebound!"
"Rulebound came out of the secret realm!"
Immediately, Lin Mo, the level 58 Soul Archer wearing the Thunder set, became the center of attention!
Even though they had been waiting for Lin Mo, the moment they truly saw him, the first reaction from the players of the five major guilds was uncontrollable fear.
Clearly, after being destroyed by Lin Mo twice and suffering two full team wipes, the players of the five major guilds had already developed psychological trauma toward him.
Only Tyrant remained expressionless.
There was only one thing in his mind: the boss's order. If he couldn't cripple Lin Mo, then the one who would die would be him.
Staring viciously at Lin Mo, Tyrant snorted proudly, "Rulebound, you finally came out!"
"I knew you couldn't bear to abandon your pretty little girlfriend!"
"What a pity. Women only become obstacles on the road to success!"
Tyrant was pretty good at stirring trouble.
But the moment he finished speaking, Lin Mo replied casually, "Only incapable men blame women for their own failure."
"She was never an obstacle. She's my best partner."
As he spoke, Lin Mo looked toward Ning Xi, who was being "held hostage" by dozens of Sword Shield Warriors, and said to her, "Xiao Xi, no more pretending. Time to show our cards."
Ning Xi stayed calm and smiled lightly.
"Okay!"
After speaking, it seemed she had already prepared for this.
Whoosh!
Using some unknown skill, her body suddenly entered a half-transparent state.
When the nearby Sword Shield Warriors noticed something wrong and tried attacking Ning Xi, their swords swung down, only for the blades to pass straight through her body.
"What's going on? She can't be targeted?"
"Th-this… what kind of skill is this? Since when can an Elementalist use a skill like this?"
"The important part is, wasn't she crowd-controlled? How can she still use skills while controlled?"
Instantly, everyone around looked at each other in confusion.
What Ning Xi used was not an ordinary skill.
It was the skill attached to the C-rank divine artifact Shadow Cloak she had obtained back in the level 3 main city Blazing Fire City after completing the A-rank hidden quest [Destroy the Darkness], stealth: Enter a stealth state lasting 60 seconds / Can be used while under crowd control. While stealthed, movement speed increases by 50% and the user cannot be targeted. Attacking immediately removes stealth. Cooldown: 12 hours.
The "seed" Lin Mo had planted on Ning Xi back then to protect her had now sprouted.
Seeing the only hostage they could use to restrain Lin Mo completely break free, Tyrant panicked.
At the same time, he seemed to realize something.
"Wait!"
"Liuli had a life-saving skill like this, so why didn't she use it earlier? Why wait until now?"
Only now realizing the truth, Tyrant's could hear his sweat dripping on the ground.
"Fack!"
"We got played!"
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