Following the east gate out of Inferno City, after traveling in a straight line for three minutes....
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two flashes of white light passed.
Nether and Ji Ningshuang suddenly used Return Scrolls and disappeared from where they stood.
They returned to Inferno City, then immediately headed in the exact opposite direction from before: out through the west gate.
It turned out that going east was a diversion.
According to the directions on the God-Sealing Map, the actual location where the God-Refining Cauldron was sealed was to the west of Inferno City.
After leaving through the west gate, Ji Ningshuang looked at Nether beside her, the admiration in her cold eyes growing stronger.
"You're still the clever one."
"This way, we don't have to worry about Rulebound and the others secretly following us."
Following the directions on the God-Sealing Map, the two continued westward along the city.
Twenty minutes later, they arrived outside a city sealed by a barrier and stopped.
There was no marker for the city in front of them on Inferno City's game map.
There was no rank requirement here either.
The only restriction was this silver-white barrier, which was like a protective shield enveloping the entire city.
With this barrier blocking the way, people outside the city couldn't enter.
At this moment, Nether was looking at the directions on the God-Sealing Map in his hand.
He confirmed, "The God-Refining Cauldron is inside this city."
"This God-Sealing Map not only records the location, but is also the only pass needed to break through the barrier and enter the city."
Hearing this, Ji Ningshuang couldn't help feeling delighted.
"We really went all over the place looking for it, only to get it without any effort."
Thinking back, Ji Ningshuang found it somewhat amusing.
"Rulebound might still be in the Dark Night Spirit Capital right now, searching everywhere for Godfather. Hilarious!"
"He could never have imagined that I'd simply give him a random location and lure him there. How could Godfather actually be in the Dark Night Spirit Capital?"
"Besides, he definitely wouldn't have guessed that the reason we're looking for the God-Refining Cauldron is to refine the God-Binding Lock, release a Level 100 Ghost King, and use it against him."
"Rulebound, just wait! Wait for us to bring you a huge surprise!"
As she spoke, just as Nether and Ji Ningshuang held the God-Sealing Map and were about to approach the city ahead, waves of magical energy suddenly surged through the air ahead.
The next second.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A Level 79 Soul Archer.
A Level 80 Elemental Mage.
Two figures, they suddenly appeared out of thin air outside the city ahead.
"Rulebound!"
"Liuli?"
Seeing Lin Mo and Ning Xi suddenly appear ahead of them, Ji Ningshuang was utterly shocked.
"How…"
"How are you here?"
Nether's expression tightened, "An invisibility magic scroll!"
He had guessed correctly.
What Lin Mo had used was precisely the SSS-grade magic scroll, Vanish · Nowhere to Be Seen, evolved through the scroll-evolution power of his SSS-grade talent, Soul Flame.
Create an invisible domain. Anyone within it can enter an invisible state, and unless they actively dispel it, the invisible state cannot be broken.
Of course, that wasn't the key.
The key question that Ji Ningshuang found most incomprehensible was…
"Didn't you go to the Dark Night Spirit Capital?"
Before Lin Mo could speak, Ning Xi said with a little smugness, "Do you really think Brother Mo is that easy to fool?"
'Wait!'
Only then did Nether seem to finally realize what had happened.
"They reached this place before us and entered stealth in advance, waiting for us to come here."
"That fragment was deliberately given to us by Rulebound! He wanted to draw out the other four fragments in our hands!"
Hearing this, Ji Ningshuang was shocked and even more confused.
"But the God-Sealing Map is in our hands, and only the complete God-Sealing Map can reveal the location of this city!"
"How did they find this place?"
Even Nether couldn't figure this out.
Of course, they would never have imagined that, long before they began clearing the Snake King Island secret realm and searching for the God-Refining Cauldron map fragments, Lin Mo had already confirmed the location of the God-Refining Cauldron through the all-purpose genius, Ning Fei.
Lin Mo had even already come here several times to scout out the city behind them where the God-Refining Cauldron was sealed.
The reason they still needed to clear the secret realm and search for the map fragments was because the complete God-Sealing Map didn't merely record the location where the God-Refining Cauldron was sealed.
It was also the only pass needed to break through the barrier established by the Beast Race mages a thousand years ago when they sealed the God-Refining Cauldron, allowing them to enter this city.
That was why, back at the tavern in Inferno City, Lin Mo had deliberately made a deal with Ji Ningshuang, saying that he would give her his map fragment as long as she told him the location of the "Boss."
Because Lin Mo knew that it wouldn't be easy to get the other four map fragments from Nether and the others.
So he might as well give them his piece directly and let them combine it into the complete God-Sealing Map.
Once they used the God-Sealing Map to determine the location of the God-Refining Cauldron, they would inevitably come here immediately.
Lin Mo also knew that Ji Ningshuang wouldn't really tell him the Boss's location.
So after leaving the tavern, Lin Mo and Ning Xi didn't head toward the Dark Night Spirit Capital at all. They came straight here.
Waiting for the rabbit.
Realizing that she had been tricked, Ji Ningshuang drew her dagger with a swish.
She said to Nether, "Without the God-Sealing Map, Rulebound and the others will never be able to enter this city, and they'll never get the God-Refining Cauldron."
"Use a Return Scroll! Take the God-Sealing Map and leave! I'll cover you!"
As long as they didn't lose the God-Sealing Map, they would still have a chance to come back and get the God-Refining Cauldron.
Nether didn't hesitate either. He immediately took a Return Scroll from his inventory and crushed it.
Seeing that Nether had actually acted so decisively without considering her safety at all, a trace of disappointment flashed through Ji Ningshuang's eyes.
"Hmph! You blockhead."
"Forget it! For the sake of completing Godfather's mission!"
Seeing a ten-second return countdown appear above Nether's head, Lin Mo's gaze turned cold.
"Since you're here, don't even think about leaving."
With that, Lin Mo took Illusory World · Wrath of Thunder from his back.
Seeing this, a trace of killing intent surfaced in Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes.
"If you want to touch Nether, get past me first!"
The moment she finished speaking....
Whoosh!
Ji Ningshuang gripped her dagger tightly, and charged toward Lin Mo at extreme speed, moving so fast that she caught him off guard.
Before she could even get close to Lin Mo, Ning Xi raised her right hand beside him, waves of magical energy swirling around her staff.
"You want to touch Brother Mo."
"Get past me first!"
The moment she finished speaking...
Boom!
An SSS-grade talent, Supreme Emperor, had boosted the damage of an S-grade Fireball by ten times. The spell accurately predicted Ji Ningshuang's movement and struck her while she was moving at high speed.
-2,136,587!
Ji Ningshuang's full HP bar was instantly emptied.
This scene made Lin Mo slightly surprised, "You can predict movement now? Not bad!"
Ning Xi smiled, "You are who you surround yourself with."
Those words actually made the terribly unskilled Lin Mo blush.
Ning Xi had activated Blood Lock beforehand, leaving Ji Ningshuang with 1 HP instead of killing her.
Because she knew that Ji Ningshuang was still useful to Lin Mo.
Before Ji Ningshuang could get back up...
Whoosh!
The Heavenly Bewitching Fox Clan Empress · Ah Li, in human form, suddenly flashed to Ji Ningshuang's side.
Killing intent was hidden within her playful gaze.
"Don't move!"
"Otherwise, Ah Li will kill you!"
A sharp dagger was right in front of her.
Ji Ningshuang stared at Ah Li, but didn't dare make another reckless move.
On the other side, the return countdown above Nether's head had just reached five seconds.
Whoosh!
An arrow cut through the air and shot straight toward him.
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