Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ahead, a Divine Clan prince dressed in golden divine armor, holding a golden divine crossbow, imposing and outstanding in bearing, led a group of golden-armored Divine Guards and blocked Ning Xi and Fifth Prince Changge's path.
Above the leading Divine Clan prince's head, a golden ID exclusive to high-level bloodline holders of Divine Oracle's Supreme Race came into view.
[Sixth Prince·Nofei] (Lv100 Physical-Type·High God)!
Seeing this Sixth Prince of the Divine Clan·Nofei, Ning Xi unconsciously tightened her grip on her staff, and a hint of hostility faintly appeared in her clear eyes.
Because she clearly remembered, "Back then, Siya fell into darkness precisely because she came to the Divine Kingdom alone, was seriously injured by this Sixth Prince of the Divine Clan, and was ruthlessly driven out of the Divine Kingdom, thereby deepening the knot in her heart."
"This Sixth Prince definitely isn't a good person."
Fortunately, Fifth Prince Changge was righteous and upright.
"Sixth Brother, I have important matters to discuss with Father Emperor. Please let us pass."
But Sixth Prince Nofei not only refused to move aside, he instead crossed his arms over his chest, arrogant and conceited, "Fifth Brother, have you been away from the Divine Nation for too long and almost forgotten your identity as a prince of the Divine Nation? How dare you casually bring an outsider into the heartland of our Divine Clan?"
"She isn't an outsider," Fifth Prince Changge pointed at Ning Xi and explained, "She has already passed the God-Creation Trial. Her current identity is already a member of our Divine Clan faction, a Divine Spirit."
"So what?", Sixth Prince Nofei still didn't care, "Can just any Divine Spirit see Lord Divine Emperor whenever they want?"
"Listen!", Sixth Prince Nofei suddenly said to Ning Xi, "I know why you came."
"But I advise you not to waste your efforts. Siya was removed from the Divine Clan more than twenty years ago. No matter what, she will never receive the recognition of our Divine Clan again."
"Of course, if you insist, as a fellow member of the Divine Clan, I won't stop you. The prerequisite is that you can replace Siya and complete my trial."
As he spoke, Sixth Prince Nofei snapped his fingers.
A blood-colored light suddenly flew out from the gold-inlaid ring on his middle finger and, before Ning Xi, blossomed into a barrier overflowing with black aura.
Sensing the dark power stirring within the barrier, Fifth Prince Changge's eyes immediately blazed, "The aura of the Ghost Clan!"
"Sixth Brother, there is no need to go this far," Fifth Prince Changge said to Sixth Prince Nofei, "Using the Ghost Clan to test a Divine Spirit who has just joined the Divine Clan?"
"How about it?"
Sixth Prince Nofei said arrogantly to Ning Xi, "If you can break this barrier, I'll let you pass."
"Otherwise, go back to wherever you came from."
Ning Xi knew very well that she couldn't force her way through. After all, her opponent was a level 100 High God of the Divine Clan.
With merely her level 82 strength as a Divine Spirit who had just joined the Divine Clan faction, her opponent could kill her instantly with the flick of a finger. And perhaps the Sixth Prince's trial was also part of the SS-rank hidden quest, Heart's Knot.
Thus, Ning Xi answered without hesitation, "Fine, I accept your trial."
As she spoke, ignoring Fifth Prince Changge's dangerous warnings, Ning Xi resolutely stepped into the barrier before her.
Seeing this scene, Sixth Prince Nofei couldn't help shaking his head.
He sighed, "Since you've already escaped this place of deep waters and scorching fire, why come back?"
[Ding~ Player Liuli, welcome to the Lv80 dungeon·Divine Realm Guardian! Please complete the dungeon quest and clear the dungeon according to the quest instructions!]
As the system notification disappeared, the scene shifted, and Ning Xi suddenly discovered that she had been teleported onto a city wall approximately ten meters high.
On both sides, large groups of level 80 Divine Clan Divine Guards held bows and crossbows, standing atop the city wall and firing wildly toward the area below the wall.
At the same time, looking down beyond the city wall, large groups of level 80 Ghost Beasts covered in surging black aura were attacking the city.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Under the fierce barrage of the Divine Clan archers atop the city wall, those Ghost Beasts attacking the city were shot dead one after another at the foot of the city wall.
But they continued forward one after another like moths flying into flames.
"Not good! There are more and more Ghost Beasts!"
"Order the entire army to leave the city and engage the enemy!"
"Swear to the death to guard the border of the Divine Kingdom and defend the Divine Clan!"
Accompanied by a shout...
Whoosh!
The city gates opened wide.
Countless level 80 golden-armored Divine Guards rushed out of the city holding swords and shields, working together with the archers on the city wall to defend against the invasion of the Ghost Beast army with all their strength.
At the same time, Ning Xi learned the layout of this dungeon through the quest panel.
"This place… is the border of the Divine Nation?"
"The dungeon quest requires us to resist the Ghost Clan invasion and not allow a single Ghost Beast to enter the city?"
Seeing this, the Sixth Prince's trial, presented in the form of an Lv80 dungeon, really was part of the SS-rank hidden quest, Heart's Knot.
"As long as I clear this dungeon, I'll pass the Sixth Prince's trial, and then Siya will be able to obtain the Sixth Prince's recognition, right?"
Thinking this, Ning Xi resolutely raised the Hell · Yama Staff, entering combat state.
"If that's the case..."
"Then let's begin!"
As she spoke, Ning Xi summoned the Ancestral-tier Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress · Ah Li.
Together with all the Divine Guards present, she began resisting the invasion of the Ghost Beasts outside the city.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
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[Ding~ You killed an Lv80 Ghost Beast…]
[Ding~ You killed an Lv80 Ghost Beast…]
[Ding~ You killed an Lv80 Ghost Beast…]
After all, Ning Xi was already level 82, even two levels higher than these Ghost Beasts, in addition to her complete set of Tier 6 golden Yama equipment, as well as the SSS-rank talent Nine-Five Supreme + the Divine Spirit attribute bonus from being a member of the Divine Clan faction.
With Ning Xi's strength, dealing with these level 80 Ghost Beasts was truly effortless.
Basically, a single S-rank skill was enough to easily kill a Ghost Beast with only 1,000,000+ HP.
The terrifying killing power even made the Divine Guards atop the city wall unable to stop praising Ning Xi.
Divine Guard A: "Is she newly transferred here? Her strength is actually this powerful!"
Divine Guard B: "Yeah! It suddenly feels like the pressure has been reduced a lot!"
Divine Guard C: "Strike while the iron is hot and eliminate these Ghost Beasts!"
Relying on her extremely powerful single-target killing ability, those Ghost Beasts below the city didn't even have a chance to approach the city gates.
One after another, they fell beneath Ning Xi's pomegranate skirt.
The quest did not specify how long they needed to hold the line.
So Ning Xi completely immersed herself in the identity of a Divine Clan defense soldier and, together with the other Divine Guards, continued guarding the city wall.
She held the line for more than an hour.
During this period, she did not allow a single Ghost Beast to enter the city.
Until the Ghost Beasts outside the city, unable to break through after attacking for a long time, chose to retreat.
Only then did a pleasant system notification finally sound in Ning Xi's ears...
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed the dungeon quest·Border Guardian and cleared the Lv80 dungeon Divine Realm Guardian!]
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light descended from above.
The quest reward, combined with the abundant experience reward from killing Ghost Beasts, raised Ning Xi's level from 82 to 83.
At the same time, white light descended, Ning Xi was teleported out of the dungeon.
In the blink of an eye, she returned to that grassland within the Divine Kingdom.
As Ning Xi completed the trial, Sixth Prince Nofei also kept his promise and let Ning Xi pass.
Ning Xi took another step forward, moving deeper into the Divine Kingdom.
At the same time, in the Ghost Clan Lv85-Lv95 Golden-tier secret realm, Land of Abandoned Ghost.
A system panel popped up before Lin Mo's eyes...
[SS-rank hidden quest Heart's Knot completion progress: 0%→10%!]
[Divine Descent Seraph · Siya's descent into darkness progress: 63%→53%!]
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