[Shadow City]
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Amid the endless screams and the rising and falling beams of white light, the battle between Chaotic World Guild and Dragon Soul Guild players grew ever more intense.
The battlefield had gradually shifted from outside the city to inside the city.
And with the addition of the Shadow Legion within the city, what was originally a two-sided PK turned into a three-way chaotic melee.
The Shadow Legion was composed of humanoid monsters called [Shadow Guards], clad in black armor, wielding shadow spears, and reaching level 15.
Their duty was to guard the Shadow Gate, preventing anyone from passing through it and entering the Shadow Holy Hall.
Therefore, whether Chaotic World or Dragon Soul players, they attacked them indiscriminately.
Under the dual pressure of the Shadow Legion and the Dragon Soul Guild, the mentality of the Chaotic World players gradually collapsed.
"Holy shit! Are Dragon Soul's pro players really this fierce? Did they grow up on steroids?"
"Whether they're fierce or not aside, our people are genuinely trash! Two assassins got stabbed to death by a single priest with a staff! What the hell are we even playing? Stop playing games already, go home and farm the land!"
"This Shadow Legion is so annoying! Like my ex-boyfriend, why are they always clinging to me? Can they just get lost already?"
Seeing his subordinates' morale shatter, Wang Junjie did not panic at all.
He shouted loudly, "It's no big deal! If you die, just come back again!"
"Pro players, my ass! I've got more money than them! We'll just outnumber them."
"All of you, get in there! One spit per person and drown those Dragon Soul dogs to death!"
———
On the other side—
Su Muqiu was constantly monitoring the overall casualties of the guild through reports from those around him.
"Vice guild leader, Chaotic World's people may not be strong, but they're too damn annoying. Like cockroaches that just won't die."
"They've got numbers on their side, and as soon as they die, they immediately run back from the main city. This wheel-of-war tactic is really disgusting."
Pshk!
Just as Su Muqiu shot an arrow and killed a Shadow Guard, he saw that the level 15 Shadow Guard he had taken down revived on the spot in less than three seconds, and its level even increased by one, reaching level 16.
He seemed to realize something.
Decisively, he gave the order, "All units, retreat!"
As soon as those words came out, the teammates around him were confused.
"But are we really just going to hand this hidden dungeon over to Chaotic World?"
"Chaotic World is being so arrogant. If we let them take this hidden dungeon, I'm afraid our Dragon Soul won't have any standing left in Blazing Ember City in the future!"
"Give it up? Of course we can't," Su Muqiu looked intently at the Shadow Guards around them that kept reviving after being killed, deep in thought, "Entering the Shadow Holy Hall hidden dungeon probably won't be that simple."
"There's no point in us dragging this out with Chaotic World. In the end, it'll just be mutual destruction, letting someone else take advantage."
"Withdraw first. Let Chaotic World exhaust the Shadow Legion. We preserve our strength and wait for the right moment."
"Yes!"
Thus, following Su Muqiu's order, the Dragon Soul Guild players gradually withdrew from Shadow City.
Wang Junjie did not know Su Muqiu's plan and thought Dragon Soul had been beaten off by Chaotic World.
He could not help but get carried away, laughing loudly.
"As expected, a bunch of useless trash! Just you poor bastards, you think you can fight me?"
"Go home and play in the mud! Once I take the dungeon, I'll deal with you later!"
At this moment, a Chaotic World assassin subordinate hurried over to report the situation.
"Brother Jie, we found a stone door in the center of the city. It looks like it should be the dungeon entrance, but no matter what the brothers try, they can't open that door."
"Can't open it? Then how the hell am I supposed to enter the dungeon?", Wang Junjie grew anxious and asked the strategist Chaotic World Zhuge, "Got any ideas?"
Chaotic World Zhuge pushed his glasses with his index finger, scanned the surroundings, and calmly analyzed with confidence.
"There's no official guide, but if my guess is correct, to open that door and enter the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon, we probably need to deal with these Shadow Guards first."
"It's the same principle as when we fought the boss Spider Queen back in the newbie village, with those exploding spiders around her."
"Yoshi!", Hearing this, Wang Junjie was immediately delighted, "That's my strategist!"
"Reward! Five hundred thousand!"
Chaotic World Zhuge was so excited he almost knelt down and called Wang Junjie dad.
"Thank you, Brother Jie!"
Immediately after, Wang Junjie issued an order to the Chaotic World Guild players around him.
"Kill the Shadow Guards for me! Wipe them all out!"
"As long as you help me take this hidden dungeon, I'll pay all the brothers one month of salary in advance."
As soon as these words were spoken, the response was overwhelming.
"Yes!"
———
On the other side.
[Insect Nest Underground Palace]
After mastering his second SSS-rank skill, Ice Snow · Extreme Cold Grasp, Lin Mo's monster-killing efficiency skyrocketed.
Even while simultaneously collecting venom bottles for Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, and the other four, the speed was still insanely fast.
Before ten o'clock at night, all five of them had completely cleared the third layer of the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
By submitting the venom bottles and receiving the quest rewards—
Crash!
A beam of golden light descended from above, and Lin Mo smoothly leveled up to level 17.
At the same time, following behind Lin Mo, Ling Xiao and the others also leveled up rapidly to level 13.
"Holy crap! In just one night, my ranking jumped from over a million on Blazing Ember City's level leaderboard to 9123rd?"
Fat Dahai was overjoyed, "This is way too insane!"
Skinny Monkey exclaimed in amazement, "When others are still teaming up to solo level 12 or 13 monsters, we're already mass farming level 22 monsters… this is seriously terrifying!"
Lin Mo then reminded Xia Wanwan, "The free period is over. Starting from the next level, it'll be charged per level."
Xia Wanwan nodded and smiled gently, "Okay, senior! Thanks for working so hard to carry us."
At first, she felt that the sky-high power-leveling fee of one hundred thousand per level was exaggerated.
But now, after witnessing Lin Mo's terrifying power-leveling ability, she instead felt a sense of guilt that one hundred thousand per level was actually too little.
To show her sincerity, Xia Wanwan transferred the full 1.7 million power-leveling fee to Lin Mo in one go.
She looked at Lin Mo, her eyes filled with expectation, "Senior Lin Mo, I'll be counting on you from here on out."
Watching his assets twist and turn before finally climbing past the two million mark, Lin Mo felt a wave of satisfaction in his heart.
"No problem," Lin Mo looked at Ling Xiao and said, "As long as your time keeps up, I guarantee you'll reach level 30 before Wang Junjie."
Ling Xiao seemed lost in thought, a bit absent-minded.
It was not until Skinny Monkey nudged him with his elbow that he snapped back, hurriedly replying to Lin Mo, "Okay, thank you!"
Thus, taking advantage of the moment right after turning in the quest, when Fat Dahai and the others had each obtained one piece of Toxic set equipment as a reward, Lin Mo asked them, "If you don't need your gear, you can sell it to me like before. I'll buy it at a high price."
As students, Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai were naturally more than happy to do so.
Each of them sold their quest reward, a level 20 tier one white-quality Toxic equipment piece, to Lin Mo for five hundred yuan.
And this time, Lin Mo, usually cursed with bad luck, finally had a stroke of good fortune.
He himself received a quest reward: an archer weapon, the level 20 tier two Toxic Crossbow.
The weapon Lin Mo had been using was still the level 8 tier two orange-quality Hero's Golden Bow, which was already long overdue for replacement.
Now, he finally had a suitable substitute.
Thus, taking advantage of the chance while Ling Xiao and the others went to William to accept the fourth-layer quest of the Insect Nest Underground Palace, Lin Mo could not wait to begin evolving the Toxic Crossbow.
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