Sun Yang said in the group chat, ["I've been mining blood crystals in the Blood Mine for two days. This place is easy to defend and hard to attack. The terrain gives us a natural advantage."]
["I think President Ling's plan is workable. We can set up an ambush in the Blood Mine ahead of time. With the terrain advantage, we can keep our losses to a minimum. As long as Chaotic World enters, we'll make sure none of them get out."]
As soon as Sun Yang finished speaking, the other guild managers in the group also voiced their opinions, ["In that case, let's use this chance to properly teach Chaotic World a lesson."]
["Yeah! Otherwise, Wang Junjie really thinks we're scared of them!"]
At the same time, Lin Mo received a private message from Ling Xue, ["I know what you're worried about. From the guild's perspective, if we fight Chaotic World until both sides are heavily damaged, it really will give other guilds a chance to take advantage. If they join forces with Chaotic World and strike back, it'll definitely be bad for Divine Nation."]
["So don't worry. As long as we completely crush Chaotic World in one move this time and leave them no room to recover, those guilds watching Divine Nation won't have any opportunity either."]
Lin Mo asked, ["How can we completely crush Chaotic World in one move?"]
Ding!
Ling Xue sent an item illustration.
The item shown was the exact same A-rank magic scroll Wang Junjie had used before in the level-three main city Death Valley map, Death Seal.
The effect of this magic scroll was to create a one-hour map-wide effect where players revived on the spot after dying.
Lin Mo instantly understood Ling Xue's plan: after luring Chaotic World into the Blood Mine, she wanted to use Death Seal inside the mine and wipe out every Chaotic World player there, killing all of them back to level 0.
That way, they could completely destroy Chaotic World in one strike and send Wang Junjie into total ruin.
Back in the level-three main city Blazing Ember City, Lin Mo had already wiped out Chaotic World twice and killed Wang Junjie back to level 0.
But back then, everyone was only around level twenty or thirty. Levels were low, so even after being sent back to level 0, it only took two or three days to recover.
This time was different.
Now, players were generally above level 50, and Wang Junjie had invested a lot into this batch of Chaotic World players.
If all of them were killed back to level 0, not only would it take ten days to half a month to recover their levels, but the massive losses from all their gear and resources dropping would be enough to cripple them. Even if Wang Junjie's mother was the richest person in Ning'an, she wouldn't be able to handle that kind of bleeding.
If that happened, Wang Junjie would truly be finished.
Maybe he could still return to the real world and continue being a rich young master.
But in the world of Divine Oracle, there would no longer be any chance for him to rise again.
So on the surface, Lin Mo first supported Ling Xue's plan, ["Alright. Then we'll follow President Ling's idea. When the time comes, I'll personally oversee the Blood Mine and take down Chaotic World."]
Privately, Lin Mo thought, 'I need to find a way to secretly warn Wang Junjie and make him give up the plan to attack the Blood Mine.'
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[At the Same Time, Elsewhere]
[South of Inferno City, Wilderness Area, Lv58 Dragon Breath Valley (Black Iron Rank 5)]
They had just killed a level 58 monster strengthened by dragon breath, the Bone Deer, ending a battle, while recovering, Lin Miaomiao advised Ling Xue, "Sister Ling, I think Vice President Lin is right. We really should think carefully and retreat to advance."
"Back in the level-three main city Snowstorm City, in order to seize resources, expand our influence, and develop quickly, our Divine Nation guild made quite a few enemies."
"Some of those enemies even followed us to Inferno City. They've been watching Divine Nation in secret."
"It's not that they don't want revenge. They just don't dare to move yet. At the same time, they're waiting for an opportunity."
"That's right," Zhao Jun continued worriedly after Lin Miaomiao, "If our plan fails this time, or if we end up heavily damaged after fighting Chaotic World, those people will definitely unite and use the chance to attack us."
However, no matter how Lin Miaomiao and Zhao Jun tried to persuade her, Ling Xue's attitude remained firm.
A cold look flashed through her eyes as she said, "Chaotic World nearly destroyed Lin Mo several times back in the level-three main city. Now that Lin Mo is part of Divine Nation, I will remove every threat for him."
"Don't worry, Lin Mo. Every obstacle blocking the path I'm paving for you to reach the top, I'll remove them one by one."
"I will definitely help you reach supremacy!"
As she spoke, Ling Xue picked up a Dragon Horn Fragment dropped by the Bone Deer they had just killed.
She combined it with the other six fragments she had already collected.
Then she placed all seven fragments together.
The next moment, whoosh!, a burst of golden light flashed.
All the fragments in Ling Xue's hand fused into a giant dragon horn radiating a powerful dragon aura.
"This is the Dragon Horn, the only key that can open the hidden Dragon Clan secret realm, the Dragon Hall."
Ling Xue said happily, "As long as we enter the Dragon Hall, we can complete the treasure map quest and obtain the SS-rank Dragon Clan treasure."
"Lin Mo, you'll soon see the surprise I carefully prepared for you."
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[North of Inferno City]
[Lv55 Blood Camp (Black Iron Rank 2)]
Several thousand Chaotic World players filled the area, desperately killing the level 55 monsters scattered throughout the camp: Blood Goblins, collecting hoes from them.
Slash!
Among the crowd, Wang Junjie swung his sword down and killed a Blood Goblin.
Clatter!
A small pile of copper coins and a delicate hoe dropped from the Blood Goblin's corpse.
"Damn it! After killing dozens of goblins, this daddy finally got a hoe!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie kicked away the goblin corpse and picked up the hoe.
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[Blood Hoe] (Special Item):
— Description: A hoe forged with blood. Can be used to mine blood crystals in the Blood Mine.
— Durability: 10/10 (Consumes 1 durability per mining attempt. The hoe is destroyed when durability reaches 0.)
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Wang Junjie swung the hoe around, excited to steal the Blood Mine from Divine Nation and start mining blood crystals.
At that moment, strategist Zhuge Jie beside him advised, "Brother Jie, this Blood Hoe has a durability limit. The blood crystals used to trigger the hidden quest probably won't be easy to dig up."
"According to my investigation, Divine Nation is a pretty powerful guild. Even if we take the Blood Mine from them, there's no guarantee they won't attack and take it back."
Zhuge Jie analyzed carefully, "At that point, we'll have to mine while defending against Divine Nation, and we'll also need to send people here to keep collecting hoes. If we don't have enough manpower, I'm afraid it'll hurt our operation."
"So we should store up more hoes now before taking the Blood Mine and mining blood crystals. We should finish everything in one go."
After hearing the strategist's words, Wang Junjie scratched his head, growing more anxious, "I'm worried Rulebound will stay in Divine Nation too long and start getting attached to them. Then even ten beauties won't be enough to pull him back."
"Strategist, give me a time. When can we take the Blood Mine?"
Zhuge Jie calculated, "Each person needs at least ten hoes before entering the mine."
"Based on the hoe drop rate, Brother Jie, we can launch an attack on the Blood Mine no later than seven tonight."
"Good!"
Wang Junjie immediately shouted to the five thousand Chaotic World players spread throughout Blood Camp, "Brothers, farm those hoes hard for me."
"Once you help me take the Blood Mine and secure the hidden quest, I'll treat everyone to foot massages!"
The moment he said that, everyone present became fired up and practically wanted to jump up and smash goblins to death.
And just then...
Ding!
As the top strategist and smartest brain of Chaotic World Guild, Zhuge Jie suddenly received an anonymous message, [Anonymous Player]: ["There's an ambush at the Blood Mine. Stay low and farm, don't rush."]