As a level 60 tier-5 Boss, its base strength was already high enough.
On top of that, the supreme-race Black Dragon bloodline gave it around a 30% bonus, pushing the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's stats to an absurd level.
Even so, seeing Lin Mo still able to deal such impressive damage to the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon, Ling Xue couldn't help but feel delighted.
She thought to herself, 'Looks like it's only a matter of time before Lin Mo solos the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon.'
'If that happens, we can clear the Dragon Hall secret realm, complete the Dragon Seeking Map quest, and get the SS-grade Dragon Clan treasure for Lin Mo.'
Looking at the longing and desire in Ling Xue's eyes for killing the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon, Lin Mo suddenly thought of the expression Ming Yuexin had when she met the Vampire Emperor Ainogea in his final moments before death back then. It was exactly the same as this moment now.
The hatred in his heart started rising again.
'You want to kill the Boss that badly and get the secret realm clear rewards, huh?'
'Fine. I'll give you what you want.'
'After all, this should be the last secret realm of your Divine Oracle journey.'
Once the plan at the blood mine proceeded smoothly, Lin Mo would have his clone mobilize the Golden Age and Ironblood guilds, join forces with Chaos and Blood Dance, and use the [Death Seal] scroll to wipe out Divine Nation.
After that, Lin Mo's next step would be to personally kill Ming Yuexin back to level 0.
Before Divine Oracle descended, she would never rise again.
After Divine Oracle descended, she would be helpless against the natural disaster.
So next, Lin Mo focused completely on the battle.
After all, before the blood mine plan was completed, he still had to keep up the act in front of Ling Xue.
———
At the same time, outside the secret realm, within the city ruins—
Faced with the assault from five thousand players from Storm, Emperor, Bloodthirst, Heaven, and Martial God, the little more than one hundred defenders left from Divine Nation were completely unable to resist. Very quickly, they were all slaughtered by the players from the five guilds.
As the defensive line collapsed, with Ning Xi alone, there was no way she could hold the secret realm entrance.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Even though Ning Xi was still doing everything she could, casting spells to bombard one Death Guard after another trying to get close, she still couldn't stop large numbers of Death Guards from charging into the secret realm through the entrance.
Seeing this scene, not far away, Tyrant sneered with a twisted expression.
"Rulebound, you got the gift I sent you, didn't you? I want to see how you're supposed to deal with this many Death Guards no matter how capable you are."
"What a pity. I can't personally watch you die."
At this moment, the Bloodthirst Guild leader, the middle-aged rogue man Bloodthirst Mad Dragon, rubbed his chin while staring lecherously at Ning Xi, who was desperately guarding the secret realm entrance and killing Death Guards.
Squinting his eyes, he showed a row of yellow teeth and laughed.
"That Liuli isn't just strong, she looks pretty good too."
"Once we cripple Rulebound, I'm taking her to be my daughter-in-law!"
Martial God guild leader Martial God Zhao Zilong narrowed his eyes.
"For now, we should deal with that Liuli first. She's still getting in the way. Once she's gone, even more Death Guards can enter the secret realm and finish off Rulebound faster."
"No!"
Tyrant stopped Martial God Zhao Zilong.
"This Liuli means a lot to Rulebound! In his eyes, she's a precious treasure!"
"Instead of killing her directly, I've got a better idea!"
The one who understood Tyrant best was still Violent Dragon.
"Boss, you mean we capture Liuli and use her to keep dealing with Rulebound!"
Tyrant said coldly, "Rulebound has screwed us over again and again before! Just killing him once through the secret realm won't ease our hatred!"
"After he dies in the secret realm and revives back in the city, we'll use Liuli to lure him out alone again and kill him over and over. Until we send him back to level 0 and completely ruin him."
"Hahaha! Sounds good to me!", Bloodthirst Mad Blade laughed obscenely, "Once Rulebound drops back to level 0 and turns into a useless piece of trash, even if my son flirts with his girlfriend Liuli right in front of him, he'll only be able to stand there obediently and watch."
So Tyrant pointed at Ning Xi and gave the order, "Capture her! I want her alive! Don't kill her!"
Under the command, a large group of sword-and-shield warrior players from Storm Guild charged toward Ning Xi.
And Ning Xi stood alone guarding the secret realm entrance. Even while facing countless Death Guards and the massive armies of the five guilds, she still did not step back even once.
Her cold little hand gripped the staff tightly, and her eyes became even firmer.
"Big Brother Lin Mo, I'll definitely hold this place for you!"
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[Dragon Hall, Inside the Secret Realm]
Under wave after wave of Lin Mo's powerful SSS-grade skill attacks, along with Ling Xue's support, the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's health slowly dropped.
And although Lin Mo's combat control wasn't that great, he had Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig taking 90% of the damage for him.
As long as Strong-Maned Pig's durability was high enough, then in theory, even without healer support, Lin Mo could still withstand the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's attacks without much issue.
After over ten minutes of fighting, the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's health fell to around 30%.
At that moment, three white lights suddenly lit up in the distance.
Clearly, He Xiao, Zhao Jun, and Lin Miaomiao had died.
Being able to hold back the Death Guard army for that long was already not easy.
But it was exactly because they held them back that Lin Mo managed to get the time to solo the Boss.
Otherwise, with so many Dead Servants interfering, there was no way Lin Mo could have had such a comfortable environment for a one-on-one Boss fight.
And before dying, Lin Miaomiao and the others had deliberately lured the Dead Servant army to a faraway area.
Judging from where the white lights had appeared just now, it would still take time for the Dead Servant army to get to Lin Mo's side.
So Lin Mo had to kill the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon and end the battle before the Dead Servant army arrived.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
As Lin Mo raised his hand and released arrows again, another combo of SSS-grade skills took away 3% of the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's health.
Just as the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's health dropped below 30% and stopped at 28%, suddenly—
Buzz!
A burst of red light exploded from the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's body.
Ling Xue immediately felt alarmed.
"This is bad!"
"The Boss has gone berserk!"
In the world of Divine Oracle, when any Boss's health dropped to 30%, there was a chance it would enter berserk mode.
But the chance was extremely low.
No one expected him to have such bad luck!
Just as Lin Mo frowned, the system notification arrived as expected.
[Ding~ Player please note: Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon has entered Berserk State! While in Berserk State, all attributes increase by 30%, and it has learned the temporary S-grade skill · Dark Summon!]
ROAR!
The berserk Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon let out an earth-shaking dragon roar so loud that even the players from the five guilds outside the secret realm shook when they heard it.
Immediately after, it activated the S-grade skill it had just learned, Dark Summon!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Death Guards in the distance, who had been lured away by He Xiao, Zhao Jun, and Lin Miaomiao at the cost of their lives, were all summoned at once, turning into black light and disappearing from where they stood.
In the blink of an eye, all of them appeared around the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon.
"Kill those two humans!"
Following the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon's order, hundreds and thousands of Death Guards raised their giant swords and closed in on Lin Mo and Ling Xue like a black tide.