If Nether and Frost Dance hadn't entered the underground city yet, then for Lin Mo, the best course of action would indeed have been to rush there immediately and stop them from entering.
But now, they were already inside.
Intercepting them outside was obviously no longer an option.
He had to enter the city himself.
However, both Lin Mo and Ning Xi were still Silver Rank V.
They had yet to meet the requirements to enter the Dark Underground City.
Their original plan had been to clear the Super Arena first, reach Gold rank, and then head to the underground city.
So before going there, Lin Mo and Ning Xi hurried to the Super Arena.
On the way, Ning Xi asked worriedly, "By the time we get there, will it already be too late?"
Lin Mo replied, "The Dark Underground City is a level 75 map. With Nether and Frost Dance only at level 62, even if they get inside, they'll have a hard time dealing with the monsters there."
"And finding Mo Chen won't be easy either."
"They only just went in. We should still have enough time. Let's hurry."
As they spoke, the two arrived at the Super Arena.
They quickly bought tickets and entered the matches.
Every day the Arena is the busiest at midnight, the time of Arena reset.
As a result, the matchmaking speed was excellent.
There was almost no waiting at all. As soon as they used their tickets, the matches started instantly.
While Lin Mo played the solo arena, Ning Xi played the pet arena.
When Lin Mo switched to the pet arena, Ning Xi played the solo arena.
By staggering their matches this way, they avoided getting matched against each other.
After both of them finished the solo and pet matches, they teamed up for the duo match.
According to Lin Mo's calculations, after completing ten solo, pet, and duo matches, they would reach Gold rank.
As for the remaining five-player team matches, they could finish those after returning from the underground city.
In less than three minutes, the two had finished all their matches.
They gained a total of 70 Arena EXP.
[Ding~ Congratulations! Your rank has advanced from Silver Rank V to Gold Rank I.]
[Ding~ Congratulations! You have unlocked the Gold Points Shop!]
[Ding~ Congratulations! As one of the first three players in Inferno City to reach Gold rank, you have received a special privilege: the purchase limit for all items in the Gold Points Shop has been increased tenfold (excluding rare items).]
At this moment, neither the Gold Points Shop nor the tenfold purchase limit was enough to move Lin Mo.
The instant the silver rank emblem before his ID changed into a gold one, his eyes immediately became resolute because of one person.
"Frost Dance."
"This may be the perfect chance to catch Frost Dance and learn the Boss's identity through her."
Without another word, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately rushed toward the Dark Underground City.
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Meanwhile, at the Dark Underground City, the battlefield was engulfed in flames.
Shouts and cries of battle filled the air.
Countless skill effects crisscrossed the field.
A seven-guild brawl!
The scene was spectacular.
It drew countless spectators who had come just to watch the excitement.
Spectator A: "Holy crap! How many guilds are fighting? It's so intense that I want to jump in myself."
Spectator B: "Divine Nation really is strong! They're holding their own against the combined attacks of Chaotic World, Genesis, Blood Dance, Golden Age, and Ironblood!"
Spectator C: "And they're even starting to take control of the battlefield! They're seriously powerful. Calling them the number one guild in Inferno City wouldn't be an exaggeration!"
Spectator D: "I heard Divine Nation has a beautiful female guild master! Is that the Sword and Shield Warrior Ming Yuexin with the hot figure and legs longer than my life? Damn, she's gorgeous! If I had such a beautiful guild master as my girlfriend, I'd wake up laughing every day."
Spectator E: "Keep dreaming! A woman like her is only worthy of someone like Rulebound!"
Spectator F: "Isn't Rulebound the vice guild master of Divine Nation? Could it be that he and Ming Yuexin..."
Spectator G: "You're overthinking it. Rulebound already has a girlfriend. Liuli, the number one player on the Heavenly Ranking, is his girlfriend! She's every bit as beautiful as Ming Yuexin, and she's insanely strong. The two of them are basically a pair of cheaters!"
On the battlefield, with Dragon Soul supporting them, Divine Nation not only held off the five guilds, but gradually gained control of the battlefield.
Facing Divine Nation's defensive line outside the underground city, Chaotic World, Blood Dance, and the others were unable to break through no matter how hard they attacked.
Pointing at Ling Xue, Wang Junjie didn't care about anything anymore and started cursing.
"I only gave you face because Brother Mo's in your guild! Don't push me into slapping you!"
"Do all good-looking people have something wrong with their brains?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Wang Junjie fell silent for three seconds before suddenly turning to Han Ruoxi beside him.
"Ruoxi, I wasn't talking about you! You're the exception!"
After a pause, Wang Junjie shouted at Ling Xue again, "What good does it do you to let those two bastards, Nether and Frost Dance, get inside? Back in the Divine Tomb, Nether killed us, but he didn't spare your people either."
"You're not on the same side! So why are you helping him?"
The moment she heard those words, Ling Xue's heart skipped a beat.
She asked Lin Miaomiao, Sun Yang, and the others, "Nether is here?"
"Did any of you see him? Where is he?"
"They're already inside because you let them through! Where the hell else would they be?", Wang Junjie pointed toward the entrance of the Dark Underground City and cursed again, "Are you blind?"
The people around Ling Xue looked at each other.
"So... we helped Nether?"
"Xiaoxue, were we set up?"
For a moment, even Ling Xue was dazed.
But it seemed that even if she could go back half an hour and do it all over again, she would still make the same choice.
Because she had no other option.
"As long as this doesn't involve Lin Mo...", Ling Xue could only comfort herself that way.
But Wang Junjie and Han Ruoxi weren't buying it.
"We were planning to give Divine Nation a little more time for Rulebound's sake, to see how you'd act and whether there was really some misunderstanding between our guilds."
Han Ruoxi looked at Ling Xue, her eyes filled with disappointment, "It seems my sister and I never should have held out hope for you."
"Ming Yuexin. You actually sided with outsiders against your own people. You're ungrateful and utterly shameless."
"The grudge for my father's death, and the hatred of my Han family being taken from us, today, you'll repay them both."
With that, Han Ruoxi immediately gave the order to the Blood Dance players around her.
"Kill them!"
Wang Junjie followed Han Ruoxi's lead.
He felt exactly the same as she did.
He immediately shouted to the Chaotic World Guild players, "Brothers, protect Blood Dance! Kill Divine Nation!"
The Genesis players looked at one another, "This is a complete mess!"
"We're not really on anyone's side! So who are we helping?"
"What kind of question is that? Obviously, help the side with more people beat the side with fewer."
"Chaotic World has the numbers. We'll help Chaotic World! Attack Divine Nation!"
"Good idea! Brothers, charge!"
Meanwhile, Gao Han and Ironblood Ruthless exchanged glances.
"What exactly did we come here to do tonight?"
"Who knows? Let's just fight first!"
Just as the tension reached its peak, and the players from the seven guilds were about to clash once more...
Rumble!
Thunder suddenly roared across the sky above the Dark Underground City.
The next instant...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless bolts of lightning crashed down from the sky, centering on the Dark Underground City and covering a thousand-yard radius.
It looked like the end of the world, swallowing all the tens of thousands of players from the seven guilds on the battlefield.