[Southern Inferno City]
[Lv75 Dark Night Spirit City]
Inside the huge city filled with lingering undead energy, several hundred solo players with various IDs above their heads, their levels ranging from 65 to 70, were taking part in what looked like an exam.
They were arranged into three lines and took the trial one group at a time.
The content of the trial was the level 75 monsters spread throughout Dark Night Spirit City: Dark Night Skeletons.
At the very front of the lines, the Judge Nether and Assassin Frost Dance, serving as the examiners, were currently supervising the three players taking the trial.
[Level 66 female Elemental Mage player · Qian Yu Qian Xun]
[Level 66 male Soul Archer player · Crazy Dave]
[Level 67 middle-aged male Sword and Shield Warrior · Lonely Wine]
The three of them were each fighting a Dark Night Skeleton.
With a huge level gap of 8–9 levels, the outcome was obvious.
After a fierce battle, accompanied by one scream after another, it didn't take long for all three solo players to be killed by the Dark Night Skeletons and turn into white light as they disappeared.
Before the three Dark Night Skeletons could go berserk, Qin Ming held a golden book in his left hand and cast a spell with his right.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thirteen level 73 Skeleton Warriors were summoned.
Under Qin Ming's mental commands, they received the enhancement of three A-rank talents, swarmed forward, and instantly hacked the three level 75 Dark Night Skeletons down to 1 HP.
At this moment, Qin Ming said to Ji Ningshuang, who was only level 0 beside him, "Go get the final hits."
Ji Ningshuang looked at Qin Ming, a hint of smugness in her cold eyes.
"Hmm~ You're helping me level up?"
"Being this nice to me?"
Qin Ming remained expressionless as he looked ahead, "Last night, you took the level-loss penalty for me."
"I'll be responsible for leveling you back up to your highest level before you died, level 72."
The corners of Ji Ningshuang's mouth lifted.
"Hmph! At least you still have a conscience!"
"Good thing Big Sis risked her life to protect you!"
After saying that, Ji Ningshuang gripped her dagger and charged forward.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Relying on forced damage of -1 each time, she easily finished off the three Dark Night Skeletons that Qin Ming had deliberately reduced to 1 HP.
Even though Ji Ningshuang was under the suppression effect of the two SSS-rank magic scrolls, Absolute Kill · Eternal Calamity: final experience gain reduced by 99% for 72 hours, killing monsters across a 75-level gap, the extremely high experience provided by level 75 monsters still caused several consecutive golden lights to descend over Ji Ningshuang's head.
Her level instantly rose from 0 to 3.
At this moment, Ji Ningshuang faced everyone and announced the results of this round of the trial with a cold expression, "Qian Yu Qian Xun, trial failed!"
"Crazy Dave, trial failed!"
"Lonely Wine, trial failed!"
"The three of you are disqualified from joining the Super God Guild!"
"Next group of candidates."
"Years Like a Song, Xue'er, Dream Night!"
As soon as Ji Ningshuang finished speaking, the players still waiting in line to take the trial did not step forward. Instead, a wave of discussion broke out among the crowd.
Player A: "Your Super God Guild's trial is way too difficult! How many people can solo a level 75 monster?"
Player B: "Yeah! Normally, it takes five people working together just to barely kill a level 75 monster. I've never seen a guild make its entry trial this difficult."
Player C: "This is basically using Heavenly Ranking players as the standard to test us. Even if your Super God benefits are good, this is still ridiculous."
Player D: "I suggest lowering the difficulty!"
Facing everyone's protests, Ji Ningshuang said indifferently, "This is the minimum requirement for joining our Super God Guild."
"The Super God Guild only accepts elites. We don't take trash."
Ji Ningshuang's words undoubtedly provoked everyone's anger.
"You're calling us trash? What about you?"
"You two are in charge of the Super God Guild, so you should obviously be able to meet the trial requirements, right?"
"We've already seen Boss Nether's strength. He has no problem. Shouldn't Boss Frost Dance also demonstrate that she can solo a Dark Night Skeleton and convince us?"
"Exactly! If you can't even solo a Dark Night Skeleton yourself, what right do you have to demand that we must solo one before we can join the Super God Guild?"
Ji Ningshuang knew these players were deliberately causing trouble, trying to use this opportunity to pressure her into lowering the difficulty of the trial.
But Ji Ningshuang had no answer to them.
Before Lin Mo had knocked her from fifth place on the level Heavenly Ranking at level 72 all the way back to level 0 last night, soloing a level 75 Dark Night Skeleton would naturally have been effortless.
But now she was only level 3.
How could she possibly solo a Dark Night Skeleton?
Just as the players taking the trial seized on this point and relentlessly pressed Ji Ningshuang, a voice suddenly rang out.
"As someone in charge of the Super God Guild, of course I can meet the trial requirements."
Everyone turned toward the voice.
They saw a young mixed-race female Sword and Shield Warrior in crimson-red armor, with a tall figure, blond hair, and blue eyes, walking slowly toward them on a pair of long, fair legs that countless male players present couldn't take their eyes off.
The girl came to Qin Ming and Ji Ningshuang.
She looked at Ji Ningshuang with obvious contempt.
Arrogantly, she said, "From now on, you're no longer in charge of the Super God Guild."
"I'll take your position."
Facing the imposing mixed-race female Sword and Shield Warrior, Ji Ningshuang did not back down at all. She frowned coldly, "What right do you have to strip me of my position?"
"This is a position my godfather personally appointed me to."
The mixed-race female Sword and Shield Warrior sneered, "Sorry, removing you from the position is also godfather's decision."
Ji Ningshuang froze.
At this moment, the mixed-race female Sword and Shield Warrior suddenly pulled out a sharp long blade from her waist with a "swish."
She turned and charged toward a Shadow Skeleton that had just spawned ahead.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
-75132!
-71964!
-108364 (Critical Hit)!
Amid a flurry of blade flashes, she easily killed the Shadow Skeleton without much effort.
The girl looked back at the trial players who had questioned Ji Ningshuang earlier, "As someone in charge of the Super God Guild, is this level of strength enough to convince you?"
As she spoke, the ID that had originally been hidden above the girl's head appeared.
[Battle Blade · Super God Athena] (Lv74 Third-Tier Sword and Shield Warrior · Heavenly Ranking No. 3)!
The players immediately showed shocked expressions.
"Holy shit! She's actually third on the Heavenly Ranking!"
"That damage is terrifying!"
"She's so strong! I feel like her strength is on par with that Boss Nether!"
After their shock, the players all showed admiration toward Super God Athena.
"Convinced!"
"There is no doubt about Boss Athena's strength!"
"We're convinced!"
Facing the admiration of the players, Super God Athena turned to look at Ji Ningshuang.
Her eyes seemed to be filled with mockery and frivolity.
At the same time, a trace of coldness appeared in Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes.
Seeing this, Qin Ming asked, "You two know each other."
Ji Ningshuang stared at Super God Athena.
She seemed somewhat displeased as she said, "Her name is Bellina. She's the same as me."
"She is also godfather's goddaughter."