Nether knew what Ji Ningshuang meant by giving him this game screenshot.
Ji Ningshuang's godfather, who was also Nether's boss, really did have a way to help him find his fiancée, Chu Xinran.
It was even possible that he had actually already found Chu Xinran and was deliberately telling Nether that he was still investigating.
If he wanted to see Chu Xinran, Nether had to do something for his boss.
That was: help him cripple Rulebound in Divine Oracle.
Thus, Nether looked at the four map fragments in Ji Ningshuang's hand.
They were the only way to find the God Refining Cauldron, refine the God-Binding Lock, free the Ghost King from the God-Banned Land, and cripple Rulebound.
"How about it? Aren't you going to thank your big sister?"
Ji Ningshuang waved the map fragments in her hand and bragged to Nether, "If I hadn't found a way to get these four map fragments from the four Beast Clan secondary main cities of Shadowfall City, Blood Moon City, Rakshasa City, and City of No Hope, and then paid a huge price to have someone transfer them here to Inferno City."
"Then relying on you alone, when would you ever have found the God Refining Cauldron, released the Ghost King, and dealt with Rulebound?"
"Only after Rulebound is crippled will Godfather help you find the person you're looking for."
Nether knew when to bend and when to stand, "Thank you."
After saying that, Nether reached out to take the fragments from Ji Ningshuang.
But Ji Ningshuang hid the fragments behind her back.
Seeing how anxious Nether was to find this girl.
Ji Ningshuang became even more jealous, "You really want to find her that badly?"
"Maybe her leaving wasn't accidental. Otherwise, if she's in Divine Oracle, why hasn't she come to find you?"
"I was the one who lost her," Nether's gaze burned with determination, "I have to find her."
Ji Ningshuang's expression turned cold, "Answer one question of mine, and I'll give you the fragments."
"What is your name?"
Without even thinking, Nether blurted out, "Qin Ming."
Thinking about how she had asked Nether this question several times before, only for him to refuse to answer every time.
Yet this time, just to get the map fragments and find Chu Xinran, he answered so readily.
Ji Ningshuang felt even more annoyed.
"Take them!", Ji Ningshuang glared at Qin Ming with her beautiful eyes and unhappily slapped the four fragments against him.
Just as Qin Ming pieced the four fragments together, his brows furrowed, "One is missing."
"What?"
"How could that be!"
Ji Ningshuang was also surprised when she heard this, "Wang Junjie only focused on attacking these four secret realms. There weren't any others!"
"Could there be another one…"
After a pause, Ji Ningshuang and Qin Ming reached the same conclusion...
"On Rulebound!"
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[Level 80 Snake King Island Secret Realm]
Because this secret realm quest required rescuing members of other races who had been captured by the Snake Clan and brought to Snake King Island, rather than killing snakes.
Lin Mo didn't use an SSS-rank Magic Scroll to clear the entire map in one shot.
After all, there were too many different races on this island, and enemies and allies couldn't be distinguished.
If he used a Fatal · Spatial Annihilation and accidentally wiped out all those unfortunate victims along with the snakes.
This quest… would be ruined by Lin Mo.
As it turned out, Lin Mo really had already annihilated quite a few of the unfortunate victims.
Earlier, when he fought Queen Medusa in the Snake King Palace, Lin Mo had used several scrolls to clear out the groups of snakes summoned by Queen Medusa for Ah Li.
The killing range of an SSS-rank scroll was simply too large.
The area within a 1,000-yard radius around the Snake King Palace had long since been completely wiped clean.
As Lin Mo and Ning Xi passed through this area, they would occasionally see the corpses of Big-Eared Rabbits, Little Raccoons, and Monkey Kings mixed among the corpses of poisonous snakes.
Ning Xi picked up the corpse of a little white rabbit, "Bunnies are so cute. Brother Lin Mo, why did you kill the bunny?"
Lin Mo held his forehead, "What a sin!"
After finally crossing this area that had been wiped out by spatial annihilation, filled with nothing but deathly silence.
At last, living creatures full of vitality began appearing in their field of vision again.
Up ahead, a giant python was tightly coiled around a trembling little white rabbit with its huge body.
There were also several hungry poisonous snakes nearby, all eyeing the little white rabbit.
Just as the giant python opened its huge mouth and prepared to swallow the little white rabbit in one bite.
Whoosh!
A wave of ice and snow suddenly descended from the sky, covering the earth.
-988650!
-976430!
-994670!
Under the tenfold damage increase, Ning Xi's SSS-rank ultimate, Apocalypse · Frozen Heaven and Snowy Earth, instantly killed dozens of poisonous snakes and pythons in that area.
At the same time, the rescued little white rabbit turned into a beam of white light and disappeared from Snake King Island.
The next moment, a system notification appeared before Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
[Ding~ Successfully rescued the ordinary-race Rabbit Clan little white rabbit. Benevolence Points +3!]
"So that's how this secret realm quest works," Lin Mo said with interest.
Ning Xi, however, was somewhat surprised, "Huh? Why didn't any of those poisonous snakes trigger Petrification just now?"
If it were simply ridiculously good luck, it shouldn't be this ridiculous.
After all, the passive activation rate of the Petrification talent was as high as 50%.
With more than a dozen snakes, each calculated separately for their Petrification probability.
How lucky would they have to be for none of them to trigger Petrification?
Before this, Lin Mo and Ning Xi had never been this lucky.
At this moment, Lin Mo finally realized the key point, "The Petrification talent possessed by all the Snake Clan members comes from Queen Medusa's talent sharing."
"Now that Queen Medusa is dead, the shared Petrification talent of the Snake Clan has disappeared too."
After realizing this, Lin Mo immediately felt relieved.
In that case, they wouldn't have to rely on Ah Li alone to carry the fight from here on.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi could finally contribute their own strength and clear the secret realm as quickly as possible.
Thus, Lin Mo and Ning Xi stopped standing around.
Both of them activated their set skills, Thunderous Might and Hellfire.
Together with Ah Li, they launched a rescue operation across Snake King Island.
As it turned out, Level 80 poisonous snakes without the Petrification talent were much easier to deal with.
For Lin Mo and Ning Xi, the two SSS-rank talent holders, they were practically effortless to handle.
Moreover, whether they had the Petrification talent or not made no difference to Ah Li.
Her performance remained as steady as ever.
Dark Gold · Strong-Maned Pig was responsible for pulling the monsters.
Divine Descent Seraph · Siya was responsible for healing + continuous buffs for the entire team, while providing some extra damage when appropriate.
Lin Mo, Ning Xi, and the Sky-Fascinating Fox Clan Empress · Ah Li focused on damage, unleashing their full firepower.
As one giant noodle after another was crushed, one unfortunate victim after another was rescued.
System notifications continuously appeared before Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
[Ding~ Successfully rescued the ordinary-race Rabbit Clan Prince, Bugs Bunny. Benevolence Points +5!]
[Ding~ Successfully rescued the ordinary-race Lion Clan male lion. Benevolence Points +3!]
[Ding~ Successfully rescued the ordinary-race Monkey Clan Lord · Monkey King. Benevolence Points +30!]
The higher the level of the rescued victim's race, and the more prominent their status within their race, the more Benevolence Points they received.
As more and more unfortunate victims were rescued, the Benevolence Points continued to increase.
Finally, they broke through the threshold.
[Ding~ Congratulations! The total Benevolence Points obtained by your team have reached 1,000. The secret realm quest has been completed! Please submit the quest to obtain the rewards and clear the secret realm!]