[Divine Might Tower]
The tower was still packed with people.
The line outside still stretched like a long dragon.
The entire Divine Might Tower was incredibly popular.
Inside the tower, the second-floor area.
One hundred thousand players were spread across the hills, using tickets to summon monsters and then killing them to obtain rewards.
Aside from the various solo players, of those one hundred thousand spots, more than five thousand were occupied by players from the Chaotic World Guild alone.
A group of high-level players at levels 61 and 62 could kill level 56–60 mobs with ease.
Combined with the fact that killing low-level monsters inside the Divine Might Tower did not reduce the rewards gained from kills, this meant that even if they simply killed monsters inside the tower without doing quests, their development speed was far faster than doing quests and killing monsters outside the tower.
In one corner of the hills, Wang Junjie was lying behind a slope, secretly listening to a group of Chaotic World members discussing things below.
"Fuck, brothers! Ever since we followed Brother Jie into the Divine Might Tower, our average leveling speed has steadily increased by more than thirty percent."
"And we also got quite a few of those hidden opportunities from before."
"At this rate, our Chaotic World Guild is about to punch Divine Kingdom in the face, kick Creation in the ass, and become the number-one guild in the Inferno City!"
"Fuck, that's awesome! Following Brother Jie means there's meat to eat."
"Following Brother Jie, I'll have no regrets in this life!"
At this moment, one of Wang Junjie's trusted subordinates, who was lying behind the slope with him and listening in, asked the engrossed Wang Junjie in confusion, "Brother Jie, why are we hiding here and listening?"
The strategist, Chaotic World Zhuge, said, "Praise given to someone's face is called flattery."
"Praise given behind their back is what's truly sincere."
In the past, the people under him had always acted one way to his face and another behind his back.
Now, seeing that this group of subordinates genuinely admired him from the bottom of their hearts and acknowledged him as their boss, Wang Junjie couldn't have been prouder.
And it wasn't just his improvement in the game.
Through those rounds of hidden opportunities in Ghost City, Curse Academy, and Death Valley, the strategist had helped sell all the excess resources that the guild members had obtained from farming on the trading market, even earning Wang Junjie tens of millions.
Although tens of millions was nothing to Wang Junjie, at least, in the past, he had desperately thrown money into the game without seeing much in return. This was the first time he had actually made money from Divine Oracle.
Because of this, Wang Junjie's mother had even called him specifically to praise him, and she became even more supportive of Wang Junjie starting a business in Divine Oracle.
To Wang Junjie, gaining his mother's approval was more important than anything else.
Of course, Wang Junjie also knew that his current achievements would not have been possible without Lin Mo's support.
Thus, Wang Junjie immediately instructed Chaotic World Zhuge, "Go, pass this down."
"All the brothers who complete kill achievements, tell them not to go to Rulebound or Liuli to collect their rewards. They can collect their bonuses directly from me."
"100 kills, a 10,000 bonus!"
"500 kills, a 100,000 bonus!"
"1,000 kills, a 500,000 bonus!"
"2,000 kills, a one-million bonus!"
"Yes, Brother Jie!"
Just then...
Ding!
Wang Junjie received a message from Lin Mo.
Wang Junjie had been worrying about how to further stabilize his relationship with Lin Mo. When he saw that Lin Mo's message was asking him for a favor, he immediately realized that his chance to show himself had come again.
He threw all other thoughts out of his head.
His fingers flew across the keyboard.
["We're all brothers. Don't be polite!"]
["Brother Mo's business is my business!"]
["Brother Mo's parents are my parents!"]
["Brother Mo's wife is my wife!"]
["Brother Mo! Tell me! What's up?"]
[Brother Mo (Rulebound): "Publish a recruitment notice across the entire internet in your name for me."]
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[Elsewhere]
After Lin Mo finished giving Wang Junjie his instructions,
he closed the chat window and murmured, "The bait is out."
Ning Xi smiled, "Then all we have to do next is wait for the fish to take the bait."
Thus, Lin Mo and Ning Xi didn't delay their own business and continued on toward [Peach Blossom Mountain].
———
[Nightfall]
The wilderness in the western part of the Inferno City.
[Lv66 Undead Town (Silver Tier Two)]
The huge town was filled with the corpses of level 66 monsters, [Death Servants].
At the center of the town, a group of players was surrounding and attacking a level 66 Tier 5 BOSS, [Death Lord·Ono].
Swish! Swish! Swish! swish!
As the level 63 Assassin Ji Ningshuang moved like a phantom, her blade rose and fell.
-49,642 (Critical Hit)!
-48,544 (Critical Hit)!
-50,016 (Critical Hit)!
With a series of huge critical damage numbers, and with the cooperation of dozens of other solo players, they finally killed [Death Lord·Ono] on the spot.
Boom!
As the BOSS's heavy body crashed to the ground, a wave of praise immediately rang out around them.
"As expected of a big shot ranked fourth on the Heavenly Ranking of the Inferno City! 6666!"
"Big shot Frost Dance isn't just beautiful, she's incredibly strong too! She's really admirable!"
Ji Ningshuang ignored the praise from the solo players and quickly went over to search through the BOSS's loot.
But she stood up disappointed.
Turning around, she questioned the group of solo players behind her, "Didn't you say the God Refining Cauldron was in this Undead Town? Why isn't it here?"
It turned out that, in order to find the God Refining Cauldron as quickly as possible, refine the God-Binding Lock, and release the Ghost King sealed within the Forbidden Land of Gods, Ji Ningshuang had made inquiries online and unexpectedly learned that the God Refining Cauldron was in Undead Town.
So she followed the players who had given her the information to Undead Town.
As a result, after searching the entire Undead Town and even killing the map BOSS, Death Lord, they still hadn't found the God Refining Cauldron.
Faced with Ji Ningshuang's questioning, the level 60 Thief who led the group, [Blood-Drinking Crazy Blade], grinned at Ji Ningshuang and said, "When I came here before, I really did see a cauldron in this town. I don't know why it suddenly disappeared. Maybe I just saw it wrong~"
Ji Ningshuang realized it belatedly.
Her beautiful eyes turned cold, "You dared to mess with me!"
Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle chuckled, "I have to admit, you're pretty damn good. Without you, I really wouldn't have been able to take down this BOSS and complete the quest."
"Beautiful, how about becoming my girlfriend? Join my Blood-Drinking Guild!"
"As long as you agree, I'll find a way to help you locate this God Refining Cauldron. How about it?"
A hint of killing intent immediately appeared in Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes.
"With that pathetic excuse for a man, you think you're worthy?"
The snickering of the surrounding guild members made Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle's old face turn red.
"Dressing so provocatively and looking so slutty, isn't that what you're for, to please men? Looking at you, I can already imagine what you do in real life."
"You put up a chastity monument while acting like a wh0re."
Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle pointed at Ji Ningshuang and cursed furiously, "Fuck, don't know what's good for you!"
"Don't think being a Heavenly Ranking player makes you so great!"
"To tell you the truth, aside from Rulebound and Liuli, there isn't a third person on the Heavenly Ranking that I give a damn about!"
"Brothers, get her! Take her down!"
Following Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle's order, dozens of Blood-Drinking Guild players pulled out their weapons and surrounded Ji Ningshuang, attacking her.
Ji Ningshuang's gaze turned cold, "You're asking to die!"
Swish! Swish! Swish! swish!
Ji Ningshuang moved like a phantom, weaving through the crowd. Her blade rose and fell, and with a series of extremely high critical damage numbers, she instantly killed several people.
But in the end, she was locked down by two Dark Warlock players from the opposing side using their ultimate skill, Soul Suppression.
Looking at Ji Ningshuang, who was suppressed and unable to move, Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle suddenly pulled a magic scroll from his inventory.
He shook the magic scroll at Ji Ningshuang and sneered, "Know what this is?"
"An A-grade magic scroll, Soul Seal."
Ji Ningshuang knew that the effect of the A-grade magic scroll Soul Seal was that, after being used, it would put a player into a state lasting one hour in which they would revive on the spot after dying!
Using the Soul Seal scroll, Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle threatened Ji Ningshuang, "Become my girlfriend, or get killed from fourth place on the Heavenly Ranking all the way back to level 0?"
"Beautiful, pick one!"
Unexpectedly, Frost Dance was a tough one.
"I said it."
"You're not worthy!"
Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle's eyes turned cold, "Fine, fine, fine!"
"Disable her!"
After saying that, Blood-Drinking Crazy Battle used the Soul Seal magic scroll on Ji Ningshuang.
Just as the surrounding Blood-Drinking Guild players rushed toward Ji Ningshuang all at once...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of golden rays suddenly descended around Ji Ningshuang.
The next moment, thirteen skeleton warriors, all as high as level 64, materialized.