Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
SSS-rank Annihilation · Storm Arrow Rain!
As Lin Mo raised his hand and loosed the arrow, an SSS-rank ultimate detonated within the chaotic crowd ahead. Dozens of Chaotic World players caught inside the massive circular arrow formation with a diameter of 100 yards did not even get the chance to see the second phase of the skill. All of them were instantly killed by the first phase's enormous critical damage, soaring into five digits.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of pillars of white light shot straight into the sky.
Looking at the huge breach that had been blasted open ahead, the surrounding Dragon Soul players were completely stunned.
"Holy crap! Rulebound… this is just way too broken!"
"The Soul Archer's class ultimate is terrifying!"
Next, with the support of the Dragon Soul players, Lin Mo and Ning Xi easily broke out of the encirclement and headed west out of Blazing Ember City.
After successfully escorting Lin Mo out of the city, the Dragon Soul players did not linger in battle and quickly withdrew.
Only Wang Junjie remained inside the city gate, jumping in rage.
"Damn it! So many people and you still couldn't beat that tiny number from Dragon Soul! You're all a bunch of useless trash!"
The underlings were full of bitterness but had nowhere to vent it:
"Dragon Soul's setup is just too strong! They used hundreds of magic scrolls just now!"
"Those magic scrolls are way too overpowered!"
"And the most important thing is that the pace of the fight was way too fast! At least two-thirds of our people were still on the way here! If everyone had been present, even with magic scrolls, there's no way they could've beaten us."
Wang Junjie flew into a rage out of humiliation, "When it's time to hand out bonuses, every one of you runs faster than anyone else!"
"But when it's time to fight, you all deliberately drag your feet!"
Wang Junjie shouted, "Anyone who doesn't gather within five minutes, kick them all out of the guild."
As he spoke, Wang Junjie ordered a few nearby underlings, "Take some people and follow Rulebound and the others. See where they go."
"Once I've gathered everyone, I'll go and wipe you dogs out!"
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On the other side—
Lin Mo and Ning Xi had just broken out.
Ning Xi immediately received a message from Dragon Soul Aoshi, [You've broken out safely, right?]
["Mm, thank you for your help,"] Ning Xi replied, ["The thirty pieces of Tier-3 equipment I promised you, once you gather the materials, I'll finish them all within one day and hand them over."]
Dragon Soul Aoshi did not bother with any polite small talk. In his eyes, there was only profit, ["Good."]
So it turned out that the reason the Dragon Soul guild had stepped in this time to help Lin Mo and Ning Xi fight against Chaotic World and break out of their encirclement was all because Ning Xi had once again reached a cooperation agreement with Dragon Soul Aoshi.
As the condition, Ning Xi would spend reputation to craft equipment for Dragon Soul Aoshi.
"Didn't you say twenty pieces last time? Why did the price go up?", After learning Dragon Soul Aoshi's terms, Lin Mo frowned and asked.
Ning Xi said, "What Dragon Soul Aoshi probably meant is that this time, in order to help us break out as quickly as possible, they used a large number of magic scrolls, so he added ten more pieces of equipment."
Lin Mo could not help but shake his head, "As expected, there's no such thing as a merchant without greed."
Ning Xi did not mind at all, "It's fine, Brother Lin Mo. I can gain reputation at a hundred times the rate. I'll grind this reputation back very quickly."
"The most important thing is that Dragon Soul really did us a huge favor this time. Next, we can go to the Black Mine with peace of mind and carry out your assessment mission."
"As long as you complete the mission and obtain the military authority of Blazing Ember City, we won't need to rely on anyone else anymore."
"We can't go to the Black Mine," Lin Mo said, "Chaotic World is following behind us. If we go to the mine, they'll surround us again very soon."
Ning Xi turned her head to look back and saw that in the distance, there was indeed a group of Chaotic World players sticking to them like chewing gum, keeping a not-too-far, not-too-close distance.
Clearly, if the Dragon Soul players had not yet withdrawn, they would have rushed over already.
Ning Xi pondered for a moment and was just about to open the chat window when Lin Mo stopped her.
Lin Mo knew that Ning Xi wanted to seek cooperation with Dragon Soul Aoshi again, asking him to help guard the outside of the Black Mine to create an opportunity for Lin Mo to carry out the mission.
But Lin Mo understood even more clearly, "Under Dragon Soul Aoshi's feet is a bottomless pit. The closer we get to him, the deeper we'll sink, until we can't pull ourselves out at all."
"Right now, we're not looking for Dragon Soul, and we're not going to the Black Mine."
Ning Xi's delicate brows knitted slightly, "But Brother Lin Mo, didn't we leave the city specifically to carry out the assessment mission?"
"If we're not going to the Black Mine, then where are we going?"
Lin Mo did not hesitate for even a second and blurted out, "Snake King Island."
Seeing how decisive Lin Mo was, Ning Xi finally realized that this was not a spur-of-the-moment idea. From the very start, Lin Mo's plan for leaving the city had been to go to Snake King Island.
Although Lin Mo's purpose in carrying out the city lord's assessment and obtaining military authority was to use NPC troops to deal with the Chaotic World guild, thereby creating opportunities for himself to clear the four major poison-type dungeons, in Lin Mo's own words: even if Snake King Island were cleared, there would still be Venom Marsh, Corrosion City, and Scorpion Empire afterward.
By then, they would still be constrained by the Chaotic World guild.
There still had to be a way to deal with Wang Junjie, this troublemaker.
Since that was the case, why was Lin Mo still doing this?
Ning Xi thought it over again and again. It was as if she suddenly understood something. Her eyes widened abruptly, "Divine Nation gu—"
She stopped herself halfway through the sentence.
Lin Mo then said to Su Muqiu, "Next, we'll have to trouble you to escort us into the Snake King Island dungeon."
"You're going to Snake King Island?", Su Muqiu was shocked and also a bit embarrassed, "It's just that our boss has given orders. For this cooperation, our responsibility was only to make sure you safely left the city."
"If you need us to continue escorting you safely to Snake King Island and clear out the Chaotic World guards over there, I'm afraid… we'll need to increase the price."
Even when Su Muqiu himself felt a bit embarrassed saying this,
Lin Mo had already expected it and said lightly, "I'll give your Dragon Soul guild two first-clear slots for the Snake King Island dungeon. Ask Dragon Soul Aoshi what he thinks of that price."
Su Muqiu relayed Lin Mo's meaning.
To his surprise, Dragon Soul Aoshi gave a definite answer with almost no hesitation, ["Deal."]
Thus, Su Muqiu immediately gave the order to the Dragon Soul players behind him, "Set out, to Snake King Island!"
At the same time, Lin Mo sent a message to Niu Dali, ["Go wait for me at the Snake King Island dungeon entrance."]
On the other side, Niu Dali, who had waited from last night until this morning and had almost thought he'd been stood up, finally saw Lin Mo's message and was instantly overjoyed.
["Alright! Big boss, I'm heading there right now!"]
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Ten minutes later, the Dragon Soul army arrived at the Snake King Island dungeon entrance.
Ahead, a massive white light screen bloomed within a shadowy forest.
That light screen was the one and only entrance to the level 32 dungeon, Snake King Island.
And at this very moment, there were quite a few Chaotic World guild players gathered around the entrance.
Su Muqiu did not waste any words.
He directly gave the order, "Kill!"
Behind him, a thousand Dragon Soul players drew their weapons and charged toward the dungeon entrance.
At the same time, the Chaotic World players outside the dungeon, seeing Dragon Soul suddenly attack, were shocked out of their wits.
"Holy shit! Weren't they just saying Dragon Soul was over at Blazing Ember City? How the hell did they kill their way over here?"
"I heard that earlier outside the city, several thousand of us got wiped out by Dragon Soul without a single survivor! We only have a few hundred people here! This is insane… how are we supposed to hold them back?"
"There's no way we can hold it! Besides, Wang Junjie didn't say there'd be a bonus for holding the line! Holding it would be for nothing! Don't hold it, just let it go! Staying alive is what matters! Brothers, run!"
So before the Dragon Soul players even reached them, the few hundred Chaotic World players guarding the dungeon entrance scattered in an instant, fleeing in all directions like startled birds.
Some of them panicked so badly that they ran the wrong way, their minds in a mess, and dashed straight into the light screen.
———
The scene shifted, and they found themselves alone inside the Snake King Island dungeon.
"What the hell? Where did this dump send me?"
"Why did I enter the dungeon?"
Before the words had even fallen, a miserable scream rang out.
They were swallowed whole in a single bite by a newly spawned leader-level giant python behind them.
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