Before the Genesis Guild players could completely seal off the city, Lin Mo and Ning Xi quickly withdrew from the Inferno City.
Because once they sealed the city, with the Ghost King guarding them, it would not be easy for Lin Mo to get out.
But in fact, the Genesis Guild did not seal the city.
And on the Inferno City's chat channel, there was no kill-on-sight order against Lin Mo or Ning Xi issued by Nether, Frost Dance, or that newly arrived Super God Athena.
The entire Inferno City was completely calm.
As if nothing had happened.
"Normally speaking, now that they've obtained the Ghost King's assistance, they should take this opportunity to hunt us down. But why hasn't there been any movement at all?"
"I just feel that something's wrong. When something abnormal happens, there's always a reason…"
Even Ning Xi couldn't help finding it strange.
Lin Mo said, "The most important thing right now is to quickly activate the altar and complete the side-quest God Creation."
As long as they activated the altar, completed the God Creation quest through it, and obtained the blessing of the God Clan bloodline, they would be able to ignore the rank restriction and enter the God Clan's core territory, the Divine Nation, helping Divine Descent Seraph · Xiya complete the SS-rank hidden quest · Heart Knot.
And as long as he obtained the reward of an 8th-tier set through this SS-rank hidden quest, Lin Mo would be fully confident that he could deal with this Level 100 Ghost King, Soul Manipulator · Zade.
But before completing the quest, they still had to stay cautious.
After all, with Lin Mo and Ning Xi's current strength, they truly could not contend with this Level 100 Ghost King.
So Lin Mo said, "Before that, we need to be extra careful and stay on guard at all times."
Ning Xi nodded and agreed, "Mm-hmm!"
Soon, the two quietly arrived at the area where the altar was located: a stretch of Divine Mountain Forest in the western part of the Inferno City.
The forest was still filled with all kinds of monsters above Level 80.
Without another word, they directly entered combat.
Thunderous Might!
Hellfire!
Boom!
Boom!
The two activated their set skills simultaneously.
Holding Illusory World · Wrath of Thunder and Hell · Yama Staff.
They locked onto the monsters in the forest and began clearing them out.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Relying on a single SS-rank single-target burst skill, combined with the tenfold damage amplification effect of the SSS-rank talent Supreme Nine-Five, they killed one monster per skill, killing whatever they pointed at.
Ning Xi continued to perform steadily.
Lin Mo also needed three SSS-rank skills to kill one monster, as steady as could be.
On top of that, they had Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig!
Divine Descent Seraph · Xiya!
Heavenly Bewitching Fox Clan Empress · Ah Li!
With the assistance of the three Ancestral-tier pets, the two of them weren't slow at killing monsters.
It was just that there were too many monsters in this forest.
The strength of two people was ultimately limited so their overall clearing speed was also relatively slow.
Worried that exposing the altar's location would attract the Ghost King, they did not dare to call for outside help either.
This clearing operation could only be secretly completed by Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
And just as the two were carrying out the clearing mission deep within the forest.
A sudden commotion came from outside the forest.
Rapid footsteps quickly approached.
When Lin Mo and Ning Xi looked at each other, they both became alert at the same time.
"Could Nether have brought the Ghost King after us?"
They quickly entered a state of alert.
But when they looked back, they saw players from the Chaotic World Guild arriving.
Only then did the two let out a sigh of relief.
Led by Wang Junjie and Chaotic World Zhuge.
The Chaotic World players came before Lin Mo.
At this moment, strategist Chaotic World Zhuge pointed at the roughly one hundred senior Chaotic World Guild players who had come with them and said to Lin Mo, "Brother Mo, rest assured! Everyone who came with us is a trusted member of our Chaotic World Guild. They absolutely won't expose this place!"
Wang Junjie, meanwhile, shouted loudly to the Chaotic World brothers around him, "Brother Mo's business is my, Wang Junjie's, business!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the Chaotic World players shouted in unison, "Brother Jie's business is our brothers' business!"
"Brothers, get to work!"
As they spoke, the hundred Chaotic World players quickly split into more than twenty small teams of five and scattered throughout the forest, hunting the monsters.
Wang Junjie scratched his head and said somewhat guiltily to Lin Mo, "Brother Mo, that Ghost King is fucking insanely strong! I really can't kill it for you!"
"But don't worry! This time, I'll definitely die together with you! I…"
Before Wang Junjie could finish, Chaotic World Zhuge hurriedly covered his mouth.
He smiled and said to Lin Mo, "What Brother Jie means is that no matter how powerful our enemy is this time, our Chaotic World Guild will definitely always stand on your side, Brother Mo, fight alongside you, resist the enemy together, and share life and death."
"Mmph mmph mmph…", Wang Junjie seemed to still want to say something, but Chaotic World Zhuge covered his mouth and dragged him away.
"Stop talking, Brother Jie. Time to work!"
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Ning Xi smiled. "Brother Lin Mo, you've got a good helper!"
Lin Mo said with relief, "Yeah."
Who could have imagined it?
That Wang Junjie would change this much in this life!
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, another group of people entered the forest.
Lin Mo's heart tightened, then relaxed.
He initially thought that the people from Chaotic World had led Nether and the Ghost King here.
But after taking a closer look, he found that the people who had come this time were from the Divine Nation.
To avoid making too much of a commotion and attracting attention.
The Divine Nation had also only sent a little over a hundred people.
Led by Ling Xue, Lin Miaomiao, He Xiao, Zhao Jun, and Sun Yang.
After the Divine Nation players entered, they said nothing and quickly divided into teams of five, scattering throughout the forest and beginning to clear the monsters.
Ling Xue came to Lin Mo's side.
"Lin Mo, remember, you are the vice president of my Divine Nation."
"You will never be alone."
"The Divine Nation will always be your strongest backing."
After saying that, Ling Xue's gaze fell on Ning Xi.
There was no longer the hostility she had shown when she first saw Ning Xi, as though she were looking at a love rival.
In Ling Xue's beautiful eyes, there was only envy toward Ning Xi.
Yes.
Envy.
She envied Ning Xi for being able to become Lin Mo's girlfriend.
Once upon a time, she thought that as long as she could become Lin Mo's girlfriend, she could use that identity to more firmly keep Lin Mo in the Divine Nation and by her side.
But she had discovered that she had underestimated the feelings between Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Even now, Ling Xue still had a trace of attachment to Lin Mo in her heart…
"And you, too…"
Ling Xue said to Ning Xi, "The Divine Nation is your backing too."
After saying that, Ling Xue took Zhao Jun, He Xiao, and the others to kill monsters.
Seeing Ling Xue looking so dejected and heartbroken, Lin Miaomiao still couldn't resist telling Lin Mo the truth.
"Last time, didn't you ask Sister Ling who the enemy was that she needed you to deal with after putting so much effort into cultivating you?"
"Actually, that enemy is the Ling Clan!"
Hearing this, Lin Mo asked, "What do you mean?"
Lin Miaomiao sighed softly, "Actually, Sister Ling's company had already run into problems several years ago. It faced bankruptcy several times, but each time, an investment from a mysterious person allowed it to survive the crisis and keep going."
"But even so, the company remained in a precarious state at all times. Until Oracle was released, Sister Ling decided to stake everything on one throw and place all of the company's hopes on you."
At this moment, Lin Mo seemed to understand.
'So the person who slapped Ming Yuexin in the Oracle world in my previous life was the same person who invested in the Ling Clan in the real world.'
'Through a real-world company, they slapped the Ling Group down step by step, then slapped the Divine Nation Guild down step by step in Oracle. Therefore, by the time Oracle descended upon the world, Ming Yuexin had already been completely stripped of her power.'
'On the surface, she was still the president of the Divine Nation, but in reality, the entire guild had long since ceased to belong to her.'
'So it seems you really were being controlled?'
Combining this with the information Ning Fei had previously uncovered about Ming Yuexin.
Her parents had both died when she was eight, leaving her an orphan.
At ten, she was adopted by her uncle, who signed her up as a child model and used her as a tool to make money.
At sixteen, she was even sold out by her own uncle and nearly assaulted.
After finally becoming the president of the Ling Group, her company was slapped down again.
She really was a pitiful person.
But Lin Miaomiao's words made Lin Mo notice one key point: Last time, in the Dark Dungeon, Ling Xue had led the Divine Nation Guild to open the city gates without knowing the truth, allowing Nether and Frost Dance to enter the dungeon.
Lin Miaomiao had said this was the investor's order.
If nothing unexpected happened…
'The person controlling Ming Yuexin behind the scenes in my previous life.'
'Was the Boss!'