Meanwhile, inside the ruined city, Dragon Soul used the terrain to their advantage, stalling Chaotic World while using magic scrolls to mount a defensive counterattack.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Blades flashed. Magic lights burst everywhere. Amid endless screams, white lights rose one after another.
Wang Junjie stood outside the city, leisurely watching the battle.
"Brother Jie, this terrain is easy to defend and hard to attack. They also have magic scrolls. It's too hard to fight."
"Our brothers can't break in! If we force it, the death rate will be too high!"
Hearing the report from his underling, Wang Junjie snorted coldly and shouted, "Charge! Force your way in! If you die, you die! What's there to be scared of? Five thousand compensation per death."
What Wang Junjie didn't realize was that the lackey said that on purpose, just to get him to mention death compensation.
With five thousand yuan compensation per death, in an instant, all Chaotic World players seemed possessed by gods.
Each and every one became fearless.
Charging through ground spikes and seas of fire, enduring attacks from skeleton warriors and demons, they rushed into the city.
Using sheer numbers to overwhelm and break through Dragon Soul's magic scroll effects.
Amid countless white lights rising to the sky, with the bridge built by the lives of those in front, those behind rushed forward with weapons in hand.
And while Chaotic World and Dragon Soul were locked in fierce battle inside the ruined city.
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Elsewhere—
A group of players was moving farther and farther away from the ruined city, and this group was also from Dragon Soul Guild.
Leading them were Su Muqiu, Dragon Soul Whisper. As well as Lin Mo and Ning Xi, along with Ling Xiao and the others.
While hurrying along, Su Muqiu turned his head to glance at the ruined city in the distance, filled with battle cries and rising white lights in the night.
Hatred flickered in his eyes.
"Wang Junjie, one day, our Dragon Soul will make your Chaotic World repay blood with blood!"
It turned out that from the very beginning, the feint was just to leave the city.
And just now, under Dragon Soul Whisper's strategy, Dragon Soul deliberately arranged for half their people to lure Chaotic World into that ruined city, the purpose being to stall them as long as possible in a place easy to defend and hard to attack.
Even though everyone knew clearly that with only a few hundred Dragon Soul players inside, they couldn't hold off Chaotic World for long.
But as long as they could delay even one minute, it would create one more minute of opportunity for the main force here.
Better than having the Chaotic World army chase them directly to Death Valley. If that happened, they probably wouldn't even last ten minutes.
Without the pursuit of those Chaotic World leeches, Lin Mo and Ning Xi's group quickly arrived at the level 40 wild zone south of Blazing Ember City, Death Valley.
In the darkness, a shadowy valley like a gloomy graveyard appeared before them, making the Dragon Soul players, most of whom were only around level 28, shiver with fear.
Without another word, Lin Mo immediately entered Death Valley to carry out the mission.
Dragon Soul players, just like before at Black Mine, guarded outside Death Valley.
As Lin Mo and Ning Xi's group of five stepped into Death Valley.
A powerful aura of death swept in from all directions, along with faint wailing sounds that sent chills down the spine.
Around the valley stood countless armored soldiers holding frost spears, kneeling with their heads bowed, yet remaining upright.
They were the overlords of this area—
Level 40 monsters, Death Soldiers!
When Xia Wanwan accidentally stepped into one Death Soldier's aggro range.
Whoosh!
Under the black helmet, the tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, glowing with eerie green light.
Then the kneeling Death Soldier gripped its spear and stood up.
"Big brother, don't kill me! I didn't mean to disturb your sweet dream!", Xia Wanwan trembled in fright.
After all, she had just reached level 28.
Getting stabbed by a level 40 Death Soldier, twelve levels higher than her, would probably hurt a bit.
Whoosh!
SSS-level Eye of Insight activated, and the monster's stats were fully revealed—
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[Death Soldier] (Physical · Normal Monster)
— Level: 40
— Physical Attack: 3800
— Physical Defense: 2100
— Magic Defense: 1860
— HP: 28000
— Skills: Death Assault (E-level), Death Thrust (E-level)
— Weakness: Originally human soldiers who died in battle, long buried beneath Death Valley, but awakened by Shadow Clan witches using sorcery. They await orders in Death Valley, ready to follow darkness and march on Blazing Ember City at any time; when someone enters a Death Soldier's aggro range for 3 seconds, it awakens. Attacking it before it fully awakens increases damage dealt by 30%…
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Seeing the Death Soldier's weakness description, Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh.
"Looks like the Shadow Clan's claws are really everywhere."
"Not just Snake King Island, Venom Marsh, Corrosion City, and Scorpion Empire as their bases. Their forces have already infiltrated every corner of Blazing Ember City."
"If game settings didn't restrict it, and the Dark Ruler commanded all the lurking forces to launch a full assault on Blazing Ember City, those three million players here would probably be slaughtered into quitting."
And this also pushed Lin Mo's anticipation for the A-level hidden mission [Eradicate the Darkness] in his hands to the peak.
"This Shadow Clan poses such a huge threat to the human Blazing Ember City, and the purpose of my hidden mission is to kill the Shadow Clan leader, the Dark Ruler Riga."
"If I complete this mission, it'll be like removing an unprecedented massive hidden danger for Blazing Ember City."
"Besides the base mission rewards, I might even be posthumously honored as some kind of great hero of Blazing Ember City… maybe get special rewards beyond normal system settings."
"Nice, nice. Definitely worth looking forward to!"
In an instant, Lin Mo's desire to complete this A-level hidden mission as soon as possible reached its peak.
The mission time limit was only seven days.
One day had already passed. Six remained.
Lin Mo still had three dungeons to clear.
And in the end, he still had to return to the Shadow Holy Hall to kill a tier 5 boss.
Time was tight. There was no room for delay.
Lin Mo took down the Venom Crossbow from his back, locked onto the Death Soldier, and launched his attack.
Frost · Grip of Extreme Cold!
Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
-5889 (Critical)!
-2317 (Critical)!
-2387 (Critical)!
-2459 (Critical)!
[Ding~ Killed level 40 Death Soldier, EXP +31200 (120%), Divine Artifact Nirvana luck +0.01%!]
Looking at the level 40 Death Soldier that had just died ahead.
Ling Xiao and Xia Wanwan behind him sucked in cold air, "Even level 40 monsters can be insta-killed? That's insane!"
Lin Mo sighed instead, "It takes two skills just to kill one normal mob? I'm really trash."
Ling Xiao: (≖_≖)...
Xia Wanwan: (≖_≖)...
Skinny Monkey: (≖_≖)...
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