Originally, relying on having Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig in the front line to pull aggro and tank damage, Lin Mo thought his monster-farming efficiency was stable, so his dungeon clear speed would definitely be faster than Ning Xi's.
But unexpectedly, after Ah Li was built up, Ning Xi's speed wasn't any slower than Lin Mo's at all.
Lin Mo cleared the dungeon in 25 minutes and 35 seconds.
Right behind him, Ning Xi cleared it in 25 minutes and 55 seconds.
The difference between the two was only 20 seconds.
Just at that moment, Lin Mo had just led the second team into the dungeon, and Ning Xi came out.
This scene left the Dragon Soul players waiting in line outside the dungeon completely stunned.
"No wonder Wang Junjie always says Rulebound and Liuli are hacking, now even I'm starting to doubt it."
"If they were hacking, the system would've banned them already. Wang Junjie has probably worn out the report button and the system still hasn't done anything. That just shows it's pure skill, not hacking at all."
"That's insane! I'm so jealous of Rulebound. Not only is he strong himself, he's also got a girlfriend just as strong and beautiful."
"Wait! Liuli is Rulebound's girlfriend?"
"Damn! You didn't know? Got any awareness at all? Didn't you see they were holding hands when they came over just now?"
"Ah! I was planning to add Liuli as a friend and try to pursue her. Guess that's over… sigh…"
As a result, the system announcements of Blazing Ember City were once again flooded by the IDs [Rulebound] and [Liuli].
———
At the same time, in Blazing Ember City—
After being killed back to level 0 for the second time that morning in Shadow City, completely breaking his mentality, Wang Junjie had logged off, found several girls to vent his anger, and had only just logged back in.
The moment he logged in, he heard the announcement of Lin Mo and Ning Xi clearing the Scorpion Empire dungeon.
The bit of composure he had just regained instantly collapsed again.
Right then, the chatter of passing players around him drifted into his ears, "Damn! Rulebound is fierce! Just finished crushing Wang Junjie and went straight to farm a level 48 dungeon."
"I heard this time Rulebound wiped out the Chaotic World guild again and looted a huge pile of gold from them! Is he treating Wang Junjie like a permanent ATM?"
"Wang Junjie just keeps learning the same lesson over and over and still not learning. After so many times, even a pig should've figured it out by now, right?"
"He's got money to burn, let him waste it. He doesn't care about this little bit."
"But if he keeps wasting it like this, even with a big family business, it'll all be gone sooner or later."
"If Wang Junjie is human, I'll eat my words!"
System announcements plus the mockery from passersby.
Then looking at the message he had sent to the goddess Han Ruoxi two hours ago, which still hadn't been replied to.
Under this triple stimulation, Wang Junjie's anger exploded on the spot.
"Rulebound! I'll f*cking kill you!"
"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!!!"
For a moment, Wang Junjie was so furious his brain went short of oxygen.
With a "bang," he collapsed to the ground and fainted.
[Ding~ System detected the player's physical condition is poor, you have been forcibly logged out.]
Whoosh!
Wang Junjie turned into a beam of white light and disappeared from Blazing Ember City.
———
Before he knew it, it was noon.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi had already led Dragon Soul's players through a total of eight rounds of the Scorpion Empire dungeon.
At this moment, Lin Mo's backpack was filled to the brim with dungeon clearance gift packs.
None of these gift packs had been opened.
Because opening them directly would be a complete waste.
Lin Mo planned to let Ning Xi use her talent to apply a tenfold amplification and maximize the rewards.
After all, for each dungeon in the Divine Oracle world, the first-clear gift packs were limited to at most 10×5, a total of 50.
These things were extremely valuable.
And Ning Xi's reputation could be farmed anytime as long as there was time.
They just needed to wait for Ning Xi to finish the final round and come out of the Scorpion Empire.
Lin Mo, who had already been waiting outside the dungeon for a while, said to Ning Xi, "Hungry? Let's log off and eat."
"In the afternoon, I'll take you to farm reputation."
"Okay!"
As she spoke, Lin Mo and Ning Xi each crushed a return scroll.
They returned to Blazing Ember City and logged off.
———
Meanwhile—
[Offline, in Ning City, at the Wang Family Villa]
"Get lost! Just get lost!"
"Young Master Wang said he'd rather chop off his own d*ck than see you again!"
Zhuge Jie was stopped outside the villa by two bodyguards, burning with anxiety.
"Brothers, please help me pass a message to Brother Jie. Let him come out and see me one more time. I have something to say to him!"
The two bodyguards wearing sunglasses showed no mercy.
"How many chances has Young Master Wang given you? Don't you have any idea?"
"Young Master Wang is completely disappointed in you. Get lost!"
Clatter!
Zhuge Jie opened a backpack he was carrying and suddenly pulled out a kitchen knife.
The two bodyguards stiffened.
"What are you trying to do?"
Zhuge Jie squatted down and placed his left hand on the ground.
Gritting his teeth—
Slash!
He swung the kitchen knife down toward his left arm.
"Ahhhhh!"
Accompanied by a hysterical scream, Zhuge Jie forcibly chopped off his own arm.
In an instant, blood covered the ground.
The two bodyguards were startled by the sudden scene.
"Quick… go notify Brother Jie…"
Finally, dragging his broken body, Zhuge Jie got to see Wang Junjie.
"Brother Jie, I'm the one who wronged you! Before this operation, I already told you, if I failed again this time, I would cut off one of my arms!"
"I've let down your trust in me, Brother Jie!"
Looking at Zhuge Jie's severed arm, blood still pouring out, Wang Junjie swallowed hard, his face as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
"Are you f*cking crazy? Damn it, you'd rather die than lose money?"
Zhuge Jie's face was pale, cold sweat covering his forehead.
Enduring the pain, he said to Wang Junjie, "When I was little, my family was poor. My parents worked every day from five in the morning just to earn money so I could go to school. But those people bullied them for being uneducated and easy to push around. They agreed on a hundred yuan a day in the morning, but after working until ten at night, they only paid fifty."
Wang Junjie frowned, "What the hell does that have to do with me? Why are you telling me this? It's not like I owe your parents wages."
Zhuge Jie clenched his teeth and said, "I hate those rich people who only know how to exploit poor folks like us."
"But Brother Jie, you're not like those rich people."
"When we work for you, you pay on time, and you never shortchange us. You never look down on us poor people either! In your eyes, there's no difference between high and low!"
Wang Junjie's damn sense of superiority instantly rose again.
"Hah! I've hidden it so well, and you still saw through me?"
"Not bad! Out of all the people I've kept, you've got the sharpest eyes!"
"Since I was young, aside from my mom, everyone else just sees me as a filthy rich second-generation brat. You're the first person who truly understands me."
Zhuge Jie's body swayed unsteadily. Even though he was on the verge of collapsing, he still forced himself to speak, "Bro… Brother Jie, I don't want money. As long as you let me stay, even… even if I don't get paid in the future, I'm willing!"
"I… I'll devote myself wholeheartedly to helping Brother Jie… rise to the top of Divine Oracle…"
As soon as he finished speaking,
Zhuge Jie finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground.
Wang Junjie was shocked out of his wits and quickly shouted to the two bodyguards, "Take him to the hospital! Hurry, take him to the hospital!"
"I want him alive!"
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