Around the Divine Tomb, professionals from every nation were still full of curiosity. Holding onto a bit of wishful thinking, they searched in all directions, trying to find the entrance to the Divine Tomb.
After all, just the sight of this place was enough to make anyone understand at a glance, it was extraordinary beyond compare.
No one could stop imagining that, if they had the chance to enter the Divine Tomb and obtain even a single treasure inside, they would probably live a life of luxury and comfort for the rest of their lives.
But despite circling around for so long, none of them could find an entrance into the tomb.
Instead, at that moment, someone suddenly felt a chill run down their spine.
"Hey, do you guys feel that? It's gotten kind of cold all of a sudden,"
Outside the Divine Tomb, a level-292 archer from the Batan Nation shivered uncontrollably.
A few of his nearby teammates also pulled their gear tighter around themselves.
"Yeah, it's cold. What's going on? Did the temperature just drop suddenly?"
"Why do I feel a chill down my back... like someone's about to stab me from behind?"
Just as one of the Batan assassins finished speaking—
Puchi!
Suddenly, a sharp blade pierced through his back, driving straight out of his chest.
The Batan assassin felt an icy chill pierce straight through his body.
As he felt the pain spread, he lowered his head and saw a long blade impaled through his torso, its tip dripping with his own blood. He was stunned.
He opened his mouth, as if trying to say something, but before he could utter a word, the blade was pulled out.
The next second, Thud!, he fell to his knees, his body bursting into a beam of white light that shot up into the sky.
The sudden white light illuminated the darkness, instantly drawing the attention of nearby professionals.
But when everyone turned toward the spot where the light had flared, they saw nothing unusual at all.
"Wh-what happened? Why did A-san die?"
"Did something appear just now?"
The teammates around the fallen Batan assassin were panicking.
Looking around, it was as though a pair of unseen eyes were staring at them from the darkness.
But they couldn't tell who, or where, the enemy was.
Only a cold wind swept past them.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Invisible wind blades tore through the air, slicing through the bodies of dozens of professionals in the area.
Before any of them could react, they collapsed one after another.
Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh!
Dozens of white beams shot up toward the sky.
Only now did everyone realize how grave the situation was.
"There's a monster!"
"It's invisible! It's using stealth!"
"It's nearby! Everyone, be careful!"
"What about the archers' Reveal Skill? Use it now, force it out of stealth!"
The field descended into chaos.
All the archers in the area quickly activated their signature skill, Reveal (a skill that exposes invisible enemies within a certain range).
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Rays of invisible energy spread out in waves.
And in the next second, sure enough, a shadowy figure was forced into visibility within the darkness.
Everyone's gaze immediately locked onto it.
There, standing in the dark, was a pitch-black monster with three heads and six arms, its face featureless and without contours—a pure shadow creature!
At once, everyone's breathing grew rapid.
Because they all recognized that shadowy monster before them.
"One of the Ten Ferocious Beasts, codename Shadow!"
"An Emperor-class boss! Shadow!"
The Ten Ferocious Beasts were known to all. Ever since they began appearing across various worlds' Death Territories, countless professionals had witnessed them. Some had even captured images and posted them online.
So any keen observer could tell: this was the ferocious beast known as Shadow.
Seeing one of the Ten Ferocious Beasts appear near the Divine Tomb threw the entire crowd into panic.
Because everyone knew how terrifying the Ten Ferocious Beasts' combat power was.
Even Zero, the necromancer hailed as a world-class powerhouse, didn't dare take a single step into the Death Territory to avoid them.
He could only survive within his nation's borders under the protection of Dragon Nation's six ninth-turn top-tier professionals.
That fact alone was enough to strike endless fear into ordinary professionals, those without backing, without protection.
But what shocked the crowd even more was, Shadow wasn't the only one that had appeared.
From all directions—
The Emperor, the Dark Angel, and the Gluttony also revealed their forms, stepping into view.
At that moment, the entire scene fell into chaos.
"The Eight Ferocious Beasts! They're all here!"
"Eight Emperor-class bosses! Oh my god, run, brothers, run!"
"Retreat! Full retreat! Everyone, withdraw from the Divine Tomb immediately!"
Professionals everywhere began fleeing in all directions.
And the eight ferocious beasts, in turn, began their hunt.
"Run! The more you run, the more excited I get!"
"Damnable humans! With your pathetic species, you don't even deserve to live in this world! Disappear!"
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The eight beasts charged into the crowd, unleashing their powers, brutally slaughtering every professional around them.
The attacks from level-300 Emperor-class bosses were something the level-290 professionals present could not possibly withstand.
One after another, they were hunted down by the bosses, and amidst their screams, their bodies turned into white beams and vanished from the field.
Countless people ran for their lives in a frenzy.
They didn't dare fight back, or rather, even if they tried, their attacks couldn't pose the slightest threat to an Emperor-class boss.
Meanwhile, any attack from the beasts was instantly lethal to the professionals.
One hit meant instant death.
Wherever the eight beasts went, nothing survived.
Amidst a chorus of agonized screams, professionals from every major nation were massacred.
The vast Death Territory instantly turned into a hellish slaughterhouse.
In moments, tens of thousands of professionals from dozens of countries were annihilated.
Within a ten-mile radius of the Divine Tomb, there wasn't a single survivor.
Overnight, this became a piece of earth-shattering news across the entire web.
Even after killing so many, the beasts still hadn't vented their fury.
The eight ferocious beasts expanded their hunt outward, terrifying every professional still within the World 57's Death Territory.
All of them ran for their lives toward their national territories.
And soon, the news reached Wolong, Ice Emperor, and the others.
"It seems they couldn't kill Zero, so they turned their rage on the ordinary professionals instead."
"As expected, next they'll definitely stand guard near the Divine Tomb, waiting for Zero to come out."
"Let's just hope that when Master returns, he'll have gained something from within the Divine Tomb."
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