Before seeing the blood-cloaked man's face, Chen Jun had assumed he must be someone even more ruthless than himself to be so trusted by the boss and even have a say in front of him.
What he never expected was that when the man turned around, he turned out to be a young man who looked only twenty-one or twenty-two years old.
That only made Chen Jun realize how extraordinary this young man was.
And it made him even less willing to offend him.
Thinking of how his daughter Chen Tingting was still in the boss's hands, and how much influence this man clearly had with the boss,
Chen Jun quickly dropped to his knees and begged,
"Sir! It was my failure! I shouldn't have acted on my own!"
"Sir! Please put in a good word for me with the boss! You can punish me however you want! My daughter is still young. Please ask the boss to spare Tingting's life!"
Beside him, Zhang Long also knelt down and pleaded for Chen Jun.
"Brother, we're all working for the boss. We're colleagues!"
"If you ever need help in the future, we'll be there!"
"Brother Jun and I were just too anxious. We wanted to solve the boss's problem as soon as possible. He didn't intentionally ignore the boss's orders."
"You have influence with the boss. Please, for the sake of all the years we've worked hard for him and the fact that this is our only mistake, help us out and give us another chance."
The blood-cloaked man suddenly looked ahead.
"A chance can be given."
"Whether you can make use of it depends on yourselves."
Chen Jun and Zhang Long followed his gaze and turned around.
———
Under the moonlight, a group of players were heading toward Duskwood Forest.
There were around forty to fifty of them.
Their levels ranged from 53 to 54, placing them around second-tier to first-tier standards in Inferno City.
All of their IDs shared the prefix Mortal Dust.
Leading them were two men around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
On the left was a Level 54 Third-Rebirth Rogue wearing black combat gear. His ID was Yu Sheng.
On the right was a Dark Warlock wearing a dark blue magic robe. His level was 0, and his ID was Yu Jin.
Yes, that's right.
Although the Dark Warlock had refined features and carried himself well, his level was genuinely 0.
At this moment, Yu Jin, the guild leader of the Mortal Dust Guild, had hurried over with his guild members.
After looking around and seeing only the blood-cloaked man, Tyrant, and Tyrannosaur, with no one else in sight, he couldn't help asking Yu Sheng, who was both his good friend and his brother-in-law,
"Where are Yanyan and her brother? Why don't I see them?"
It turned out that Yu Sheng had told Yu Jin that his girlfriend and her younger brother were in danger in Duskwood Forest, which was why Yu Jin had rushed over with reinforcements.
At that moment, Yu Sheng's eyes shifted uneasily he suddenly pointed at the blood-cloaked trio and immediately said, "They must have killed them!"
Hearing this, Zhang Long looked baffled.
"Damn! That guy is making things up on the spot! When did we ever kill his girlfriend?"
Wanting to redeem himself and make up for his mistakes, Chen Jun's eyes filled with killing intent.
"Sir, I'll kill them for you!"
Zhang Long immediately stiffened.
He quickly reminded Chen Jun, "Brother Jun, we're both Level 0 right now. We probably couldn't even kill a chicken..."
Chen Jun pointed dismissively at Yu Jin, who stood at the front of the Mortal Dust Guild players.
"Isn't he Level 0 too? I'll kill him."
Zhang Long was speechless.
"His Level 0 isn't the same as our Level 0."
"Ours is a real Level 0. His is because of his talent."
"This Mortal Dust Guild isn't small. As far as I know, they have over two thousand players. Their average strength is second-tier to first-tier in Inferno City."
"And Yu Jin isn't just the guild leader. They say he's one of the rare S-rank talent users, one in a million. His level has always stayed at 0 because of his talent's mechanics, but his actual combat strength is even greater than the experts on the Heavenly Rankings."
At this point, Zhang Long couldn't help feeling worried.
"We need to get away from them quickly and avoid trouble. Otherwise, even though they only brought a few dozen people tonight, the three of us aren't enough to beat them. Yu Jin alone could take down all three of us "
However, just as Zhang Long finished speaking, the blood-cloaked man suddenly said to Yu Jin, "I killed them."
Originally, Yu Jin still had doubts and hadn't jumped to conclusions.
But hearing the confession directly from the other side, anger immediately surged within him.
After all, the people who had been killed were not strangers.
They were the girlfriend and younger brother of his close friend and brother-in-law.
Without another word, Yu Jin pointed at Chen Jun, Zhang Long, and the blood-cloaked man and shouted, "Kill them!"
At his command...
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The players of the Mortal Dust Guild drew their weapons and charged forward.
Zhang Long's heart sank, "This is bad. We're in trouble!"
Chen Jun said to the blood-cloaked man, "Sir, retreat first. A Long and I will hold them off!"
Instead, the blood-cloaked man gave them an order.
"Stand down."
As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand.
A golden book materialized out of thin air.
Chen Jun and Zhang Long were stunned.
"What kind of weapon is that?"
Holding the golden book, the blood-cloaked man remained where he stood.
Even with dozens of players attacking him, he showed no sign of panic.
He waited until they entered his attack range.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With a slight lift of his right hand, streams of golden light flew out from the book in his left hand and landed on the ground ahead.
The next second—
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Dozens of Level 55 Skeleton Warriors wearing armor and carrying swords and shields were summoned.
At the same time, the blood-cloaked man cast more spells.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Three auras, red, blue, and purple, burst from the golden book in succession, covering every Skeleton Warrior and granting them triple enhancement.
The sight left the Mortal Dust Guild players stunned.
"What kind of skill is this? How can he summon so many high-level skeletons?"
"And he can buff all of them at once? Aren't Great Priest buffs supposed to be single-target? Why can he buff a whole group?"
While the Mortal Dust players were still in shock, Yu Jin, standing in the rear formation, was well-read and highly knowledgeable about all of Divine Oracle's mechanics.
His brows tightened as he said, "Those aren't skills. They're talents."
"A-Rank Talent, Undead Summoning."
"A-Rank Talent, Tactical Enhancement."
"A-Rank Talent, Defense Enhancement."
"A-Rank Talent, Life Enhancement."
The moment Yu Jin said this, the players around him became even more astonished.
"Talents? Doesn't every player only have one talent? How does he have so many?"
"Forget that! He killed people from our Mortal Dust Guild! Brothers, attack! Take them down!"
With shouts ringing out, the Mortal Dust Guild players continued charging toward the blood-cloaked man.
"Kill."
At the blood-cloaked man's command, the Skeleton Warriors he had summoned raised their swords and shields and charged toward the Mortal Dust players.
What nobody expected was that these Level 55 Skeleton Warriors had become terrifying after receiving the full enhancement of three A-Rank talents.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
They stormed into the crowd and cut down anyone they encountered.
-16362!
-16576!
-15991!
Their damage numbers were incredibly high.
Several Mortal Dust Guild Warriors and Knights were cut down instantly.
"Damn! These skeletons hit that hard?"
"Who is that guy? How is he this strong?"
As the Mortal Dust Guild players were shaken by the Skeleton Warriors' strength and stared in shock at the blood-cloaked man controlling them, the hidden ID above his head was suddenly forced into view in red letters.
[Talent Prodigy · Nether (Lv55 Tier-Three Judge)!]
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