As Lin Mo, Ling Xue, and the others fought their way forward, killing one Dark Death Guard after another blocking their path, they passed one dragon hall after another.
Finally, they stopped in front of a dragon hall that looked no different from the others.
Seeing that Lin Mo had not stopped at any of the dozens of dragon halls before this one, but stopped only here, He Xiao looked over the dragon hall ahead and muttered, "This dragon hall doesn't look any different from the others either, does it?"
Lin Mo only observed it briefly before locking onto the target at once.
"This one."
After saying that, Lin Mo stepped into the dragon hall.
BOOM!
A powerful dark aura that made people's skin crawl burst out from inside the hall and swept across the surroundings.
At the same time, a deep voice full of pressure came from inside the hall, "So in the end, you still found this place!"
Zhao Jun's expression changed, "Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon!"
"Damn! It really is here," Lin Miaomiao looked at Lin Mo in disbelief, "That's amazing! Vice Guild Leader, how did you tell?"
"Presence," Lin Mo said, "As one of the three protectors of the Black Dragon Clan, Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon holds a high position and has great strength. His presence is different from ordinary dragons."
In the setting of Divine Oracle, the Black Dragon Clan was not a good race.
They enjoyed slaughtering the weak and killing innocent people.
In his previous life, after Divine Oracle descended, Lin Mo was often hunted by the Black Dragon Clan. To escape their pursuit and survive, he had no choice but to master one skill: identifying auras.
Because of that, Lin Mo was especially sensitive to the aura of the Black Dragon Clan.
He could even judge the strength of Black Dragon Clan dragons through their aura.
He hadn't expected that a survival skill from his previous life would become the key to clearing the Dragon Hall Secret Realm in this life.
At the same time, in Ling Xue's eyes, Lin Mo's image became even taller.
'Looks like your charm goes far beyond your strength.'
At this moment, another voice came from inside the dragon hall, "Why won't you let me go?"
"If that's the case, then all of you can die!"
Roar!
Along with a dragon roar that shook the heavens and earth...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless Dark Demon Dragons flapped their huge wings and flew out from the dragon hall.
Ling Xue gripped her sword tightly, her eyes burning.
"One final step. Kill Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon and we'll clear the secret realm."
"Prepare for battle!"
At the same time, Lin Mo held the Venom Crossbow.
He also summoned the Ancestral-grade Black Gold Strong-Maned Pig, which he hadn't even bothered using in previous fights.
His eyes locked onto the dragon hall as he entered first-level combat state.
———
[Outside the Dragon Hall Secret Realm]
Inside the city ruins, large numbers of Dark Death Guards closed in on the secret realm entrance.
Ning Xi joined forces with over a hundred players from the Divine Nation guild, guarding the area around the entrance and doing everything they could to stop the Dark Death Guards from entering the secret realm.
With only the Divine Nation guild players alone, they really could not withstand the siege of these level 60 Dark Death Guards.
No wonder during Ling Xue's previous two attempts at clearing the Dragon Hall, large numbers of Death Guards had rushed into the secret realm.
But this time, Ning Xi personally guarded the entrance. With her SSS-rank talent Supreme Emperor, she destroyed everything in sight.
With Ah Li helping as well, not a single Death Guard managed to get close to the secret realm entrance.
Her terrifying strength left the surrounding Divine Nation guild players speechless.
"Damn! Elder Liuli is seriously fierce."
"Well, how else could she become Vice Guild Leader Rulebound's girlfriend?"
"Looks like President Ling really met her match this time."
"Her match? What do you mean? President Ling likes Vice Guild Leader Rulebound?"
"No way, bro! Even a pig could tell. You seriously can't?"
"I didn't know! I always thought President Ling simply admired Vice Guild Leader Mo."
"Naive! Would simple admiration make President Ling invest one billion without even blinking?"
Hearing the quiet discussion from the Divine Nation players around her, Ning Xi paused slightly.
'Invest one billion? What investment?'
'Why has Brother Lin Mo never mentioned this before? Could it be he doesn't know either?'
Ever since learning about Lin Mo's determination and attitude toward taking revenge on Divine Nation, Ning Xi no longer worried about Ling Xue taking Lin Mo away.
Instead, she now had another concern, 'If Brother Lin Mo finds out how much Ling Xue has done for him, will he still go through with taking revenge on Divine Nation?'
At least in Ning Xi's view, neither Ling Xue nor the Divine Nation guild had done anything unforgivable.
She did not know why Lin Mo hated Ling Xue and Divine Nation so deeply.
She only knew one thing: Lin Mo's enemies were her enemies.
For now, Ning Xi did not think about it any further.
She continued putting all her focus into killing the Dark Death Guards and stopping them from entering the Dragon Hall and interfering with Lin Mo's secret realm raid.
What she didn't know was that at this very moment, from a quiet place outside the city, a pair of eyes had been watching this side for a long time.
———
[Offline]
[Zhongzhou, Luoyang]
[Night Bar]
A man wearing a leather jacket with a terrifying scar across his face was drinking cup after cup.
Seeing that the 24-hour deadline given by the "boss" was almost up, and that he had failed once again during the battle at Desire Island and still hadn't carried out the boss's order to kill Lin Mo, Tyrant knew his death was near.
Maybe this was the last drink of his life.
Just as Tyrant was drinking himself numb, the sudden ringing of his phone snapped him awake.
Thinking it was a death call from the "boss," he quickly took out his phone. Fortunately, he saw that it was a guild underling calling.
After answering the call, a sharp look flashed through Tyrant's eyes.
After hanging up, Tyrant said to Tyrannosaurus beside him, who was also drinking heavily, "Stop drinking! Our chance to survive is here!"
Half-awake and half-drunk, Tyrannosaurus said, "Stop joking, boss. Unless we can kill Rulebound, where would a chance come from?"
A cold light flashed in Tyrant's eyes, "Rulebound is clearing a secret realm right now. Outside the secret realm, Divine Nation only has around a hundred guards."
"This is our chance!"
Hearing this, Tyrannosaurus instantly became excited too.
"So that means we can enter the secret realm and kill Rulebound?"
"No need to enter the secret realm," Tyrant said coldly, "Only five people entered, which means the secret realm probably has a player limit. We can't get in."
"But Divine Nation is guarding the entrance, which means they're worried about monsters entering the secret realm. In that case, all we need to do is wipe out the Divine Nation guards outside and let the monsters into the secret realm. We won't even need to do it ourselves. Those monsters can kill Rulebound for us."
Tyrannosaurus hesitated a little, "But boss, are we really going to become enemies with the Divine Nation guild just to deal with Rulebound?"
"Do we still have a choice?", Tyrant shouted angrily, "Either wait to die—"
"Or even if it means becoming enemies with all of Divine Oracle, we still have to do it."
"This is our last chance. There absolutely can't be any mistakes. Notify the Bloodthirsty, Heaven, Martial God, and Emperor guilds right now. Tell them to come help."
Tyrannosaurus said bitterly, "They've suffered every time working with us. They probably won't join us anymore..."
"People die for money, birds die for food," Tyrant gritted his teeth, "Then sell off all the guild assets and pay them to help us."
Tyrannosaurus worriedly said, "If we do that, whether we succeed or fail, we'll have no way back anymore."
Tyrant looked vicious.
"This time, we're putting every last escape route on the line!"
"We're going all out against Rulebound."