[Dark Night Spirit City, Inside the City]
The players from the five major guilds were shrouded beneath the black mist, under the effect of the A-rank magic scroll Death Seal, they repeatedly died and revived on the spot.
Seeing that only Rulebound and Liuli had not revived on the spot after dying,nJi Ningshuang found it unbelievable, "Where are those two?"
"Did they just disappear?"
"Hmph! Such a good opportunity! And those two actually got away again!"
Just as Ji Ningshuang was feeling unwilling to accept this,
Qin Ming said indifferently, "It doesn't matter."
"We can now confirm that neither Rulebound nor Liuli is a match for this Level 100 Ghost King, Soul Manipulator · Zade."
"As long as this Ghost King is here, the situation will be under our control from now on. There's nowhere for Rulebound to escape."
"That's true!", Ji Ningshuang nodded, "He can escape for a while, but he can't escape forever!"
Just then, Super God Athena suddenly ran over and confronted Qin Ming, "Since you had this trump card in your hands, why didn't you use it earlier? Why did you have to wait until Rulebound killed me?"
"You made me lose a level when I died!"
Qin Ming glanced at the furious Super God Athena and said indifferently, "Seeing how confident you were at the time, I thought you could really deal with Rulebound."
"If you could kill him, naturally there would be no need to reveal our trump card too early."
"You!"
Even Ji Ningshuang could hear the sarcasm in Qin Ming's words and could not help laughing.
Super God Athena was even more furious, her face turning red as she suddenly drew her blade at Qin Ming with a "shing".
But then she thought about it.
'This Nether can actually control such a powerful Ghost King! We'll still have to rely on him to control this Ghost King and deal with Rulebound later.'
'Forget it! I'll give you some face for now!'
Thinking this, Super God Athena put her long blade away again.
But the hostility in her eyes only grew stronger.
Her gaze swept across the players from the four major guilds of Chaotic World, Divine Nation, Dragon Soul, and Blood Dance, a sharp glint in her eyes.
"Since Rulebound escaped, we'll use them to test the blade!"
Qin Ming said, "There's no need."
"They're merely bait I used to lure Rulebound to Dark Night Spirit City."
"Besides, the boss's mission is only to cripple Rulebound. They aren't part of our mission."
Super God Athena instead ordered Qin Ming, "Godfather said that everything here in the Inferno City is up to me. That includes the two of you. You both have to listen to me."
"Do you want to disobey orders?"
"I'll say it again."
"They're all Rulebound's people. Letting them go would be letting the tiger return to the mountains."
"Right now! Immediately! Have that Ghost King kill them all!"
"Otherwise, I'll tell Godfather that Nether deliberately protected Rulebound and refused to obey orders."
"If you disappoint Godfather, you can forget about finding the person you want to see for the rest of your life."
Looking at Super God Athena, a coldness immediately appeared in Qin Ming's previously calm eyes.
"Kill."
As Qin Ming gave Soul Manipulator · Zade the order, Super God Athena finally became smug again, crossing her arms and holding her head high.
"Hmph! That's more like it!"
Seeing the smug look on Super God Athena's face, and then seeing the anger Qin Ming was forcing himself to suppress, Ji Ningshuang said coldly, "Actually, Godfather has always valued me more. If I hadn't been crippled this time, how could she have had any say in the affairs of the Inferno City?"
"It's fine. When I get the chance, I'll vent your anger for you."
At this moment, under Qin Ming's command, Soul Manipulator · Zade began slaughtering the players from the four major guilds inside Dark Night Spirit City.
"Pitiful humans!"
"All of you, go to hell!"
With a long howl from Soul Manipulator, he raised the Staff of the Dead high and released countless strands of black energy, scattering them across the surrounding ground and transforming them into countless wraith servants.
The Soul Servants summoned by a Level 100 Ghost King naturally also reached Level 100.
And unlike ordinary monsters, these Soul Servants were all at the "Ghost Beast" level.
With the bloodline of Oracle's Supreme Race, the Ghost Race, strengthening them, their power far surpassed that of ordinary Level 100 monsters.
It was obvious, faced with Soul Servants of this level and strength, how could the players from the various guilds inside Dark Night Spirit City, who were all below Level 70, possibly resist?
Amid a series of screams, the players from the Chaotic World, Divine Nation, Blood Dance, and Dragon Soul Guilds were frantically slaughtered by endless Soul Servants amid the black mist spreading in every direction.
Countless white lights shot into the sky.
Then fell back into the city.
The entire Dark Night Spirit City.
It was like hell on earth...
———
At the same time...
[Inferno City]
[At the Resurrection Spring]
Whoosh! whoosh!
As two white lights descended...
[Ding~ You were attacked by Lv.100 Soul Manipulator · Zade (Ghost King), losing 523,698 HP. You have died!]
[Ding~ Divine Descent Seraph · Siya's Resurrection Mark has been triggered. The safe zone has been selected as the resurrection location, and all death penalties have been waived!]
When Lin Mo and Ning Xi revived from the resurrection spring, their levels were still fixed at Level 79 and Level 80.
Not a single piece of equipment, potion, gold coin, or other resource had been lost.
They had not been affected in the slightest from beginning to end.
It was as if they had not been teleported back after dying, but had simply used a Return Scroll to return to the city.
Recalling the scene of being killed by Soul Manipulator · Zade just now, Lin Mo still felt shaken, "What incredible strength!"
Ning Xi said with relief, "Luckily, we had Siya!"
Indeed.
Lin Mo knew very well.
All of this was thanks to Divine Descent Seraph · Siya.
And fortunately, Siya had already obtained the complete set of her exclusive equipment, the Eternal Set.
Precisely because of the newly added exclusive effect of the set skill Divine Might, a target given a Resurrection Mark by Divine Descent Seraph · Siya could freely choose to revive on the spot or revive in a safe zone upon death.
Moreover, if the target chose to revive in a safe zone, this effect had priority over all resurrection restrictions.
Otherwise, the effect of the A-rank magic scroll Death Seal had just covered the entire Dark Night Spirit City.
Being killed by Soul Manipulator · Zade would trigger resurrection on the spot.
With the strength of this Ghost King, however many times Lin Mo revived, he would be killed just as many times.
Until he was killed all the way back to Level 0.
And the Eternal Set's Divine Might directly allowed Lin Mo and Ning Xi to bypass the effect of the A-rank magic scroll Death Seal.
All the time and effort they had spent earlier searching for the God-Refining Cauldron and the Divine Water to reforge Divine Descent Seraph · Siya's Eternal Set had not been wasted.
At this moment, Lin Mo finally seemed to understand.
"Looks like the message Zhang Long didn't get a chance to send me last night was probably about him discovering the secret of Nether releasing the Ghost King."
"He just didn't have time to tell me before Nether and Frost Dance discovered him."
No wonder he had not logged on again since last night.
With the "boss's" methods, Zhang Long's life or death was probably uncertain.
Just as Lin Mo felt somewhat regretful over the sacrifice of Zhang Long, this "undercover agent" with nerves of steel...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! whoosh!
More white lights gradually appeared in the spring.
Wang Junjie, Ling Xue, Dragon Soul Aoshi, Ruoli, Ruoxi, and the others were all teleported back.
Wang Junjie was stunned.
"Fuck! Holy shit! My equipment... it didn't drop?"
"Fuck! Holy shit! My level... didn't drop either?"
For a moment, Wang Junjie was both shocked and delighted.
"What's going on?"
"I died without losing anything?"
"And I even revived back in the city?"
"Holy shit! I thought I was going to be crippled today!"
"Eh-heh! Not even a single copper coin dropped! Hahahaha! Feels good!"
At the same time, Ling Xue and the others checked their equipment and all discovered that they had not received any death penalty either.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be..."
For a moment, everyone's eyes turned toward one person... Divine Descent Seraph · Siya.