[Ding~ You have entered Lv.75 Dark Underground City!]
As the system notification faded...
Whoosh!
Lin Mo and Ning Xi passed through the city gate and stepped into a world of darkness.
Their top priority was to determine Nether and Frost Dance's route and find them before they reached Mo Chen.
But the moment they entered the city, Lin Mo and Ning Xi were faced with a choice.
The fixed starting point for players entering the Dark Underground City was in the middle of a long street.
Left or right, it was a question worth thinking about.
The underground city looked enormous.
If they chose the wrong direction and ended up heading away from Nether and the others, it would only become harder to find them.
Just then, Ah Li jumped down from Ning Xi's shoulder.
She ran to the right side of the street, hopping among several Blood Ghoul corpses lying scattered across the ground, and said to Ning Xi, "Master, this way."
Judging from where the Blood Ghoul corpses lay, it seemed Nether and Frost Dance had gone to the right.
However, Lin Mo's instincts told him, "It can't be that simple."
Acting on his suspicion, Lin Mo quickly noticed that there wasn't a single bloodstain beneath the Blood Ghoul corpses on the right side of the street.
On the contrary, pools of blood were clearly visible all over the left side.
It was obvious.
"These corpses were moved here on purpose," Ning Xi finally realized.
Normally, who would pay attention to a detail like that?
Anyone would naturally assume that whichever direction had monster corpses and signs of battle was the way Nether had gone.
But there was no helping it, Lin Mo was a reincarnator.
He remembered that in his previous life, Nether, the strongest general under Ning Xi and the second strongest player on the Dragon Nation server, was known as someone who possessed both courage and strategy.
Other than Ning Fei, the greatest mastermind, Nether could practically be considered the second greatest strategist.
A simple trick like this, it might fool ordinary people, but not Lin Mo.
So Lin Mo and Ning Xi headed in the opposite direction, toward the left side of the street.
As expected, everything before had been a decoy.
After turning one corner, the real scene finally came into view.
The street ahead was littered with Blood Ghoul corpses.
Blood flowed across the ground like a river.
"They really did go this way."
Ning Xi said, "If we follow these monster corpses, we'll catch up to Nether and the others."
Just as the two of them were about to pursue Nether and Frost Dance by following the trail of Blood Ghoul corpses...
Creak... Creak...
Accompanied by eerie cries, several Blood Ghouls suddenly rushed out from the houses on both sides of the street.
This wasn't the time to clear the map with an SSS-rank magic scroll.
Because Lin Mo remembered, "Nether has an S-rank talent that grants a one-second invincible shield. It's enough to block even the damage from an SSS-rank magic scroll."
"If I use a magic scroll now, not only will I fail to kill him, I'll also alert him."
"Besides, before killing Frost Dance, I still need to ask her a few things."
So Lin Mo removed Phantasmal World: Wrath of Thunder from his back.
Together with Ning Xi, he entered combat.
———
Meanwhile, Nether and Ji Ningshuang fought their way forward.
Working together, they killed one Blood Ghoul after another that blocked their path.
Yet they still couldn't find Mo Chen.
Ji Ningshuang couldn't help becoming suspicious.
"Could the information have been wrong? Maybe Mo Chen isn't in the Dark Underground City at all?"
"This place is completely lifeless. It doesn't look like somewhere a living person could stay for twenty years."
Just as the two of them were questioning it, after passing through the street, a wooden cabin suddenly appeared ahead.
At a glance, it was obviously different from the other buildings in the city.
"The buildings in this underground city are all old and falling apart, filled with deathly silence."
"But this wooden cabin... somehow feels like someone living is inside."
Although the cabin was simple, it was well preserved.
It looked as though someone actually lived there.
A faint glimmer flashed through Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes.
"Do you think Mo Chen could be in there?"
At first, they were only suspicious.
But as the two of them approached the cabin, suddenly....
Creak... Creak...
Several Blood Ghouls appeared out of nowhere, guarding the area around the cabin.
That instantly convinced Nether.
"Looks like we found the right place."
Ji Ningshuang smiled coldly, "I've finally found you."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Nether cast his spell and summoned skeleton warriors.
Working together with Ji Ningshuang, they did everything they could to kill the group of Blood Ghouls.
Unexpectedly, the very next second...
Whoosh!
A beam of crimson light descended.
A level 75, Tier-6, Boss-class Blood Ghoul King spawned in front of the cabin.
Creak... Creak...
The Blood Ghoul King, with its blood-red body, horns on its head, and a pair of wings on its back, looked terrifying.
"This isn't a place you should have come."
"Get out of here!"
Ji Ningshuang gripped her icy blade, her gaze cold, "Anyone who stands in my way dies."
With that, her figure flashed like a ghost as she charged toward the Blood Ghoul King.
———
Meanwhile...
SSS-rank Frost: Frozen Grasp!
SSS-rank Blazing Sky: Wildfire!
SSS-rank World-Shattering: Oblivion Shot!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With his set skill Heavenly Thunder active, along with the dual SSS-rank buffs from Divine Advent Seraph Siya, Lin Mo remained at peak condition.
Three SSS-rank skills surged toward the Blood Ghouls ahead with unstoppable force.
-738,930 (Critical)!
-689,438 (Critical)!
-713,967 (Critical)!
In an instant, three Blood Ghouls were killed.
[Ding~ You killed a Level 75 Blood Ghoul. EXP +2.6 million (+30% for level difference)!]
[Ding~ You killed a Level 75 Blood Ghoul. EXP +2.6 million!]
With Lin Mo's current strength, Killing these level 75 Blood Ghouls despite the six-level gap was still far too easy.
Every fight was an instant kill.
It hardly took any effort.
Following the trail of Blood Ghoul corpses, before long, the faint sounds of battle could be heard ahead.
"They're right up ahead!"
As he spoke, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately rushed toward the source of the sounds.
———
At the same time, on the other side...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the Boss Blood Ghoul King chanted its spell, it summoned a massive cloud of blood mist.
Under the blood mist's corrosion, Nether and Ji Ningshuang, caught within its range, continuously lost HP.
Their health bars plummeted, the two of them immediately retreated out of the Boss's attack range.
"The Boss is too strong. The two of us can't kill it yet."
Nether said, "Rulebound should be here any moment now. This isn't a place to stay. We need to retreat."
But Ji Ningshuang's eyes were full of unwillingness.
"Mo Chen has to be inside that cabin!"
"As long as we find him, we'll definitely learn how to deal with the Divine Advent Seraph."
"This is such a rare opportunity. If we miss it, we won't get another one."
Nether didn't indulge Ji Ningshuang, "Fine. Then I'm leaving first."
"Good luck."
With that, Nether didn't hesitate.
While the skeleton warriors were still holding the Boss back, he crushed a Return Scroll on the spot.
"Nether!"
"You..."
"You coward!"
Watching Nether disappear from the underground city in a beam of white light, although Ji Ningshuang was unwilling to give up, she had no ability to fight a level 75, Tier-6 Boss by herself.
Before the Blood Ghoul King finished killing the skeleton warriors and turned its attention to her, she hurriedly crushed a Return Scroll as well.