[Inferno City, Resurrection Spring]
As his level dropped from 61 back to 60, Lin Mo revived and was completely stunned.
At the same time—
Whoosh!
A beam of white light fell beside him.
Ning Xi also appeared in the spring.
She had received the death penalty as well, and her level had also dropped from 61 to 60.
At this moment, quite a few passing players near the spring happened to notice the two figures inside it, and their reactions were even more dramatic.
Passerby A: "Holy crap! Rulebound, number one on the Heavenly Ranking?"
Passerby B: "Holy crap! Liuli, number one on the Heavenly Ranking?"
Passerby C: "What happened? I just watched a video of Rulebound fighting five guilds by himself and slaughtering thousands of players. How did this unbeatable god die?"
Passerby D: "Who killed Rulebound and Goddess Liuli? Damn, that's amazing!"
Passerby E: "Could it be that they didn't die, but are using some alternative... flirting method?"
Passerby F: "Huh? I didn't know top players played this wildly. I've learned something new today."
Lin Mo and Ning Xi, standing in the spring and being watched like rare animals, both had dark looks on their faces.
According to the battle log, they had probably been killed by the Aura of King Zhuanlun in the Tenth Hall.
Lin Mo asked Ning Xi, "Check your battle log. How much damage did you take?"
Ning Xi looked at her panel and said, "21,520 points. Exactly equal to my maximum HP..."
Lin Mo frowned slightly.
"Looks like the execution threshold of King Zhuanlun's Aura is 100%."
Ning Xi also frowned.
"Doesn't that mean anyone who enters gets killed instantly? There's no way to resist it?"
"That's not the biggest problem," Lin Mo said, feeling hopeless, "The biggest problem is that we don't have another chance to enter the Tenth Hall."
Hearing Lin Mo say that, Ning Xi remembered that before entering the Tenth Hall, they had indeed received a system notification stating that every player only had one chance in their lifetime to enter the Tenth Hall.
The problem was that no player had ever cleared the Hall of Yama in the previous life.
If anyone had entered the Tenth Hall back then, Lin Mo would have known about the execution aura and could have prepared in advance.
Now, that one and only chance had been wasted.
At this moment, Ning Xi lowered her head and looked upset, "I'm sorry, Brother Lin Mo. It's all my fault."
"I didn't use the Shadow Cloak you gave me. I should've activated its Stealth skill and entered the Tenth Hall first to scout ahead "
"If I had done that, you could've been prepared..."
Lin Mo patted Ning Xi's head. Seeing that she was feeling down, he smiled and said, "It's not your fault. What does this have to do with you?"
"It's not a big problem. I'll just use my clone to try again later."
"Besides, so what if we miss this Hall of Yama? The opportunities on the Divine Oracle continent aren't limited to this place."
———
[6 P.M. Evening]
Looking at Ning Xi, who had spent the entire day running through the Hall of Yama with him, Lin Mo continued, "Come on, let's log out. Call Xiao Fei too. I'll take you two out for hotpot."
As expected, hotpot immediately improved Ning Xi's mood.
Her eyes lit up.
"Okay!"
The two logged out on the spot.
After contacting Ning Fei, he said he was currently running the Demon Hall dungeon and would finish soon.
So while waiting for Ning Fei in the living room, Lin Mo continued thinking about the Hall of Yama by himself.
He no longer had a chance to enter the Tenth Hall.
Although his clone inherited his SSS-rank talent, Soul Flame, and could reach a strength not much lower than his own with a little training, and although he could find a way to deal with the execution aura and use the clone to clear the Tenth Hall, losing Ning Xi's tenfold reward enhancement was still a huge loss.
After all, if the reward was SSS-rank, he originally could have received ten SSS-rank rewards.
But now, he could only get one.
He had lost nine SSS-rank rewards for nothing.
'If only I could do it over again...'
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret.
Unless Lin Mo could be reborn once more and return to the moment before entering the Tenth Hall.
Just as Lin Mo was feeling extremely regretful...
Knock! Knock! Knock!
A sudden knock sounded at the door.
"Hello, delivery!"
Ning Xi, who was pouring herself a cup of water by the dispenser, looked toward Lin Mo.
"Brother Lin Mo, did you order something? I'll get the door."
"Wait!"
Lin Mo seemed to think of something and immediately stopped Ning Xi, who was about to open the door, "Did you buy anything?"
Ning Xi shook her head.
"I didn't buy anything."
"Neither did I."
Lin Mo walked to the door. Instead of opening it, he looked outside through the peephole.
He saw a person wearing a baseball cap standing outside holding a box.
The cap covered the person's face, making it impossible to see what he looked like.
Lin Mo spoke through the door.
"Just leave it outside."
The other person did not follow his request and instead said, "This one requires a signature in person."
'That voice!'
Lin Mo suddenly felt a jolt.
His initial caution had come from the fact that the voice sounded familiar.
Although he still couldn't see the person's face through the peephole, based on the figure and the voice he had just heard at close range, Lin Mo was now eighty percent certain that the person outside was Tyrant, the guild leader of Storm Guild from Oracle.
He never expected that after being destroyed online, Tyrant would actually come looking for him in real life.
For a moment, Lin Mo had no time to think about how the man had found this place.
While quietly locking the second lock on the door, he calmly said to Chen Jun outside, "Okay, wait a minute. I just finished showering and don't have any clothes on. I'll get dressed and come out."
After saying that, Lin Mo remembered that his phone was charging in his room.
He immediately turned to Ning Xi and said in a low but serious voice, "Quick! Call the police."
Ning Xi didn't know what was going on, nor was she sure who exactly was standing outside.
But when she saw how serious Lin Mo looked, she reacted immediately.
She quickly took off her shoes, switched her phone to silent mode, and lightly ran to the balcony. After closing the balcony door, she immediately dialed 110 on her phone.
At the same time, Lin Mo went into the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and stood beside the door while continuing to watch the situation outside through the peephole.
In fact, Lin Mo's guess was correct.
The person outside was indeed Chen Jun.
After finding Wanda Plaza in Ning'an, Jiang Province from Luoyang, Zhongzhou, Chen Jun had spent a long time asking around nearby before finally locating Lin Mo's exact address.
Everything he said earlier had only been a test, meant to confirm beyond doubt that the owner of this home was the Rulebound he was looking for.
After hearing the voice from inside and noticing the deliberate attempt to stall for time, Chen Jun immediately became certain.
'Looks like I found the right place.'
A smile appeared on Chen Jun's face.
The next moment, he released his hands.
The box he was holding dropped to the ground.
He suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the peephole.
As a scarred face carrying a twisted smile came into view, Lin Mo finally confirmed through the peephole that this person was indeed Tyrant.
Chen Jun then stepped back several paces.
Gathering all his strength, he charged toward the door like a massive boulder.
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