It turned out that, in order to help Lin Mo deal with Nether and Frost Dance and avenge Chen Jun and Chen Tingting, during this period, Zhang Long had been coming to the Forbidden Divine Land every night after ten o'clock to keep watch.
His purpose was to keep track of the situation on the Ghost King's side at all times and keep watch for Lin Mo.
There had been no movement over the past few days.
Until tonight, when he actually spotted Nether and Ji Ningshuang!
Therefore, the scene of Nether using Divine Water to dissolve the Divine Binding Lock and preparing to release the Ghost King was also witnessed in its entirety by Zhang Long.
Only at this moment did Zhang Long realize that what Nether had been searching for all along wasn't the God Refining Cauldron at all, but Divine Water.
"So does that mean I've been giving Rulebound the wrong information from the very beginning?"
"It's over! Nether and the others are going to release the Ghost King!"
"I have to notify Rulebound immediately!"
As he spoke, Zhang Long hurriedly opened his friends list.
Just as he was about to send a message to "Rulebound."
Suddenly...
Whoosh!
A beam of magical light descended from the sky, landing not far from him.
As a large area around him was illuminated by the firelight.
Sure enough, Zhang Long's position was also exposed to Nether and Ji Ningshuang.
"Crap! I've been discovered!"
Zhang Long's first reaction was to get up and run.
After all, although Ji Ningshuang had been killed back to Level 0 by Lin Mo's SSS-rank magic scroll, Annihilation Strike: Endless Tribulations, and had been crippled.
Nether was still the Level 73 Judge ranked third on Inferno City's Heavenly Ranking.
Even if his equipment had been dropped and he hadn't had time to get new equipment, leaving him with only random pieces of gear, with the strength of an SSS-rank hidden class user, dealing with a mere Level 68 Dark Wizard like Zhang Long was still easy.
However, before Zhang Long could run out of the Forbidden Divine Land.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
From all directions, thirteen Level 73 Skeleton Warriors summoned by Nether through his A-rank talent, Undead Summoning, surrounded Zhang Long completely.
Just as Zhang Long was panicking, behind him...
Rumble!
Amid earth-shaking tremors, Zhang Long turned around and saw endless dark energy erupting from the Ghost King's Tomb in the Forbidden Divine Land.
"Twenty years!"
"Your king is finally going to leave this damn place!"
"Inferno City, prepare to welcome the apocalypse that is twenty years late!"
"Kekekekek!"
Amid the low roar, Zhang Long's eyes widened in terror.
Because within that black mist, he saw an extremely horrifying scene.
———
[Early Morning, Inferno City]
Whoosh!
White light descended as Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged on at the same time.
No matter where they went, the two were always an enviable couple in the eyes of the surrounding players.
Passerby A: "A handsome man and a beautiful woman, and they're both Heavenly Ranking experts. What an enviable couple."
Passerby B: "Yeah! I've even become a fan! I originally supported another Heavenly Ranking couple, Nether and Frost Dance, the ones ranked third and fifth! They're also a handsome couple with incredible strength! I just don't know why Frost Dance suddenly disappeared from the Heavenly Ranking after last night."
Passerby C: "Right! I noticed that too! I looked her up, and guess what? Frost Dance actually dropped to Level 0! I don't know who she offended to get killed so badly. She was killed from Level 72 all the way down to Level 0 and was directly removed from the Heavenly Ranking."
Passerby D: "But why is Nether, who was with her, fine? Nether is still third on the Heavenly Ranking, right? He's still Level 73!"
Passerby E: "That just means their relationship isn't as good as Rulebound and Liu Li's! As the saying goes, 'Husband and wife are birds of the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly off separately!' I often see those two going solo! Now look at Rulebound and Liu Li. No matter when or where, the two of them are always together and never separate. That's true love!"
The discussions among the passersby made Lin Mo notice something.
He hadn't paid attention to it last night.
At this moment, Lin Mo opened Inferno City's level rankings and took a look. Sure enough, he found that Nether was still sitting at third place with Level 73.
This also left Ning Xi surprised.
"Brother Lin Mo, didn't you use the scrolls on both Nether and Frost Dance last night? How come Nether wasn't affected by the scroll?"
By comparison, what Lin Mo was concerned about wasn't how Nether had avoided the killing effect of his SSS-rank magic scroll, Annihilation Strike: Endless Tribulations.
It was that Nether hadn't been crippled, which meant the threat still remained.
If they fought head-on, Lin Mo naturally wasn't afraid, because at this stage, Nether, this SSS-rank hidden Judge, hadn't even unleashed one-tenth of his potential.
But the problem was...
"This Nether has a clear mind. Although the Ghost King problem has been resolved this time, there's no guarantee he won't have some other means next time."
It seemed that if he wanted to solve this problem at its root.
He could only start with the "Boss".
At this time, Ning Xi said, "I've already asked Xiao Fei to investigate this Super God Guild. Since it's a force under the Boss, maybe we can find some clues about the Boss through the Super God Guild."
Lin Mo nodded, "Mm."
"Right," Lin Mo changed the subject and asked, "Xiao Xi, how much Reputation do you have now?"
Ning Xi opened her status panel and took a look, then smiled, "28 million."
Lin Mo was shocked, "That's rising so fast!"
"Yeah," Ning Xi said, "After all, the Divine Might Tower has already reached Level 4."
After the Divine Might Tower reached Level 4 and opened its fourth-floor domain, it gained another 100,000 player slots.
And on the fourth floor, killing Level 66–70 monsters gave players even more Reputation.
Ning Xi's Reputation share also increased.
Looking at it this way, Ning Xi permanently obtaining the divine artifact Fate Tablet, Heavenly Might after the Divine Might Tower reached Level 6 was already within sight.
And once the Divine Might Tower reached Level 10, unlocking the unlimited growth ability of the Fate Tablet, Heavenly Might was even more promising.
After all, no matter how much the Divine Might Tower earned, it was only temporary.
According to the time limit, in about twenty more days, the Divine Might Tower would be reclaimed by the system and no longer belong to Ning Xi.
Only by obtaining the divine artifact Fate Tablet, Heavenly Might and unlocking its unlimited growth ability, then raising it to SSS-rank.
That would be a permanent Reputation cash machine.
At this time, Ning Xi said, "Brother Lin Mo, should we go to the warehouse first and open some of the treasure chests?"
The tens of thousands of Level 1–5 treasure chests they had obtained from the Divine Tomb dungeon back then were all stored in the warehouse. They had originally planned to wait until Ning Xi accumulated enough Reputation before opening them with a tenfold reward multiplier.
Ning Xi estimated that opening all the treasure chests with the reward multiplier would require more than 50 million Reputation!
Even though Ning Xi now had 28 million Reputation, it was still far from enough.
Lin Mo said, "No rush."
"Let's wait until we've accumulated 50 million Reputation and open them all at once."
"Before that, there's something we need to prepare in advance."
"Otherwise, even if we open the chests, the things inside will be difficult to deal with."
Ning Xi asked, "What do we need to prepare?"
Lin Mo said, "Unlock the auction house's unlimited shelves."
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