Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A world-destroying heavenly lightning tribulation suddenly descended from the sky, sweeping across a thousand-yard radius around the Dark Underground City.
In an instant, looking across the entire battlefield, whether it was Chaotic World, Genesis, Blood Dance, Ironblood, or Golden Age;
Or Divine Nation and Dragon Soul;
Or even the nearby bystanders and spectators who had come to watch, without exception, not a single person was spared.
Everyone was pierced by the overwhelming power of the lightning.
Countless unbelievable white true damage numbers erupted across the battlefield.
-548,730!
-548,730!
-548,730!
In an instant, everyone's HP dropped to 1 point.
They were all a hair's breadth from death.
In the silence, every face was filled with shock and disbelief.
"W-What was that?"
"Who the hell cast a forbidden spell?"
"What kind of skill is that? That's insane!"
The nearby bystanders were even more terrified.
"Holy crap! I only came to watch the show, and I almost got wiped out."
"Thank goodness! I still have 1 HP left. I'm alive!"
Just then, someone in the crowd shouted: "Rulebound!"
With that shout, everyone on the battlefield turned to look in the same direction.
The next moment, under countless gazes, two figures appeared in the distance.
[Supreme Lord · Rulebound (Lv. 69 Third-Class Soul Archer · No. 1 on the Heavenly Ranking)!]
[World-Renowned · Liuli (Lv. 69 Third-Class Elementalist · No. 1 on the Heavenly Ranking)!]
Everyone gasped.
Every appearance by the two top-ranked players on the Heavenly Ranking shocked the entire audience.
But this time was especially overwhelming.
Because they realized that the world-ending lightning tribulation that had just swept across a two-kilometer radius and nearly killed tens of thousands of players had come from Lin Mo.
A single SSS-rank Magic Scroll, World's End: Myriad Thunderbolts, had intimidated the entire battlefield.
Had Lin Mo not activated HP Lock for every target beforehand, there would probably have been no survivors.
The battlefield, which had been in full swing just moments ago, instantly fell silent.
As the fighting between the seven guilds stopped, all the players from the seven guilds, each left with only 1 HP after narrowly escaping death, quietly stepped aside, making way for Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Under everyone's gaze, Lin Mo held Ning Xi's hand as they walked through the crowd, reached the entrance to the Dark Underground City, and entered it.
Only after Lin Mo and Ning Xi disappeared from sight did everyone finally let out a long breath.
"Holy crap! That aura is ridiculous! Rulebound's presence is terrifying!"
"If he hadn't turned on HP Lock just now, we'd all be dead!"
"So this is what the number one player on the Heavenly Ranking is like? That's terrifying! I feel like he could kill me with one finger!"
"You're giving yourself too much credit! One fingernail would be enough!"
"You're still overestimating yourself! He wouldn't even need to do it himself. His girlfriend could kill you in a single breath."
"Rulebound... Liuli... are those two even human..."
"Figures that cheaters only hang out with other cheaters. They're on a completely different level from noobs like us! Two total monsters!"
Everyone was marveling at Lin Mo's strength.
Only one person was filled with worry.
Standing outside the city gate, Ling Xue watched Lin Mo walk past her and enter the underground city.
Surprise flashed across her eyes, followed by self-doubt.
"Why is Lin Mo here?"
"Why did he enter the underground city too?"
"Could it be... I was used?"
Just as Ling Xue fell into self-doubt, Lin Miaomiao comforted her.
"It's okay. Once Lin Mo comes out, we'll explain everything to him."
Worry filled Ling Xue's beautiful eyes.
Meanwhile, inside the Dark Underground City.
It was like a world of its own.
This was a city shrouded in darkness.
Above it hung a blood-red moon.
Beneath its crimson glow, the entire city radiated a hellish, gloomy atmosphere.
A cold wind blew.
The city was filled with grotesque creatures called Blood Ghosts, their bodies covered in flowing blood, with pointed ears and monkey-like faces, neither human nor ghost.
In one corner of the city, on a street, Nether commanded thirteen level 62 Skeleton Warriors to surround a Blood Ghost.
Even though it was only an ordinary monster, the level 75 Blood Ghost was anything but weak.
Kekeke...
Amid its chilling cries...
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
The Blood Ghost bared its claws and effortlessly tore two Skeleton Warriors apart.
The thirteen-level gap was simply too great.
Even with the enhancements from multiple A-rank talents, the level 62 Skeleton Warriors couldn't withstand the Blood Ghost's attacks.
And when the Skeleton Warriors struck the Blood Ghost, they could only deal pitiful damage.
Even Ji Ningshuang's guaranteed critical hits posed only a limited threat.
-13,258 (Critical)!
-12,986 (Critical)!
The level 75 Blood Ghost had a massive 600,000 HP.
In the end, only after losing two-thirds of the Skeleton squad did Nether and Ji Ningshuang finally manage to kill it together.
Fortunately, Nether's A-rank talent, Undead Summoning, could refine new Skeleton Warriors from enemy corpses.
Using the Blood Ghost's corpse as the catalyst, Nether immediately restored the Skeleton squad to full strength.
After the battle, the two recovered with potions.
Just as they were about to continue down the street in search of Mo Chen...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth-shaking tremors caused by the world-ending lightning tribulation outside the city could even be clearly felt inside the underground city.
Looking up into the sky, Nether said in a deep voice, "An SSS-rank Magic Scroll."
"Rulebound has arrived outside the city."
Fortunately, the underground city and the outside world were separate domains.
Otherwise, with the enormous range of World's End: Myriad Thunderbolts, neither Nether nor Frost Dance would have escaped the catastrophe.
Ji Ningshuang's gaze turned cold, "He got here that quickly."
Looking at the time, which had reached 12:10 a.m., and checking the Inferno City Rank Leaderboard, where the first-ranked Lin Mo and second-ranked Ning Xi had both reached Gold rank, Nether said, "They've already met the requirements to enter the city."
Ji Ningshuang folded her arms, looking completely confident, "Don't worry. It won't be that easy for Rulebound to get in."
"He'll have to get past Genesis and Divine Nation first."
Nether replied, "What happened just now was the aftermath of an SSS-rank Magic Scroll."
"If nothing unexpected happened, your people are probably all gone."
The sharp dagger reflected Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes, filled with murderous intent, "In that case, we'll use this opportunity to hide in ambush and catch Rulebound off guard when he arrives."
"As long as we kill him once and you take his talent, he'll become useless. Then we won't have to go through all this trouble just to deal with him."
"Forget it," Nether said.
"As long as Divine Advent Seraph exists, we'll never be a match for Rulebound. Not to mention Liuli is with him."
"You've already seen his strength, haven't you?"
"We have to find Mo Chen before they enter the city and find us."
Nether muttered, "I just hope the preparations I made in advance can delay Rulebound a little longer."
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