Only then did Nether realize, it turned out that the green jade bracelet Ji Ningshuang had always worn on her right wrist was actually a high-level divine artifact.
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[One Heart] (Divine Artifact)
Quality: A-rank
Owner: Frost Dance (Bound)
Divine Artifact Skill 1: Benefit Self at Others' Expense (Active, establish a contract with one player / requires the other party's consent. Within 600 seconds, if you die, the teammate who established the contract will share your experience penalty.)
Divine Artifact Skill 2: Sacrifice Self for Righteousness (Active, establish a contract with one player / does not require the other party's consent. Within 600 seconds, if the teammate who established the contract dies, you will share their experience penalty.)
[Note: Benefit Self at Others' Expense and Sacrifice Self for Righteousness share a 12-hour cooldown (using either skill will simultaneously put the other skill on cooldown)]
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Obviously, Ji Ningshuang had just activated the second divine artifact skill, [Sacrifice Self for Righteousness], taking all the losses for Nether.
As a result, Nether was not instantly killed by Lin Mo's SSS-rank magic scroll, Annihilation Strike: Endless Tribulations, and sent all the way back to Level 0.
Ji Ningshuang, on the other hand, was killed back to Level 0 and also suffered the doubled effect of Annihilation Strike: Endless Tribulations: experience gain reduced by 99% for 72 hours.
This was not only equivalent to ruining the [Frost Dance] account, it also got her account banned for three days.
Seeing that there was faintly a trace of guilt on Nether's face, which was as cold as an iceberg.
Ji Ningshuang smiled lightly, "Forget it. You don't have to feel bad about me."
"Even if I hadn't taken the damage for you, I would've fallen to Level 0 anyway."
"Damn it! How does that Rulebound have so many SSS-rank magic scrolls?"
Nether said, "Why didn't you use Benefit Self at Others' Expense?"
Ji Ningshuang, "You need my consent to use Benefit Self at Others' Expense! Would you have agreed?"
Nether: "No."
Ji Ningshuang: "…"
"Forget it. What was I expecting, anyway?"
"Your strength is greater than mine. Protecting you is better than protecting myself."
Ji Ningshuang suddenly became serious, "We have to complete Godfather's mission and cripple Rulebound in Divine Oracle."
"Otherwise, you saw what happened to Chen Jun, didn't you?"
"I originally didn't want to kill his daughter, Chen Tingting, but I can't disobey Godfather's orders."
Ji Ningshuang said sadly, "It's a pity that such a perfect plan failed this time."
"If Godfather finds out, he'll definitely be furious."
"No," Nether remained calm, as if he already had everything under control, "To be precise, our plan has already succeeded halfway."
Ji Ningshuang looked at Nether in disbelief, "The God-Sealing Diagram was stolen, and the God Refining Cauldron is gone too."
"You call that succeeding halfway?"
"How is that any different from having a dream of becoming a police officer when you were a kid, only to grow up and realize half of your dream, you became an uncle?"
Nether did not answer Ji Ningshuang's question.
His calm gaze revealed something unfathomable.
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[Level 75 Divine Capital]
[Five Days Later]
When Lin Mo and Ning Xi once again returned to Divine Capital City with the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, the city already looked to be on the verge of collapse.
Blackness filled the surrounding area, as if it could be completely swallowed by darkness at any moment.
Because when they had left Divine Capital last time, the fifth divine prince of the Divine Race, Changge, had said that the Divine Water in the Divine Pool could only last for around seven days at most.
Once the Divine Water dried up, Divine Capital would be completely occupied by the Ghost Race and become the Ghost Race's territory.
Fortunately, Lin Mo brought the Snake Race's treasure, Ruyi, over on the sixth day, before that time arrived.
The required rank for entering Divine Capital was Platinum Tier 1.
The last time they came, Lin Mo and Ning Xi had only been at the Gold tier and could not enter. They had only been temporarily authorized to enter Divine Capital later because the ghost beasts attacked and they went in to provide aid.
This time, relying on their Platinum Tier 3 rank, Lin Mo and Ning Xi entered Divine Capital directly.
Inside the city, the fifth divine prince, Changge, was seen standing beside the Divine Pool that was about to dry up, frantic with worry.
"Fifth Brother, we're back!"
Following a greeting from the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, the fifth divine prince, Changge, turned around and saw Lin Mo approaching with a treasure of the Snake Race.
"Ruyi!", Changge was immediately overjoyed, "You really obtained the Snake Race's treasure, Ruyi!"
"That's great! This way, we can connect Divine Capital's Divine Pool with the Divine Kingdom's Divine Pool, channel the Divine Water from the Divine Kingdom into Divine Capital, and make Divine Capital City permanent."
Thus, after receiving the Snake Race's treasure, Ruyi, from Lin Mo, the fifth divine prince, Changge, placed Ruyi into the Divine Pool.
In an instant, Ruyi transformed into golden light and seeped into the bottom of the Divine Pool.
Everything returned to normal.
The Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, said sadly, "Did we fail…"
The moment she finished speaking.
Boom!
Suddenly, a large amount of golden Divine Water gushed out from the bottom of the Divine Pool, forming a fountain that flowed without end.
"It's Divine Water!", Siya said happily, "That's great! Fifth Brother, we succeeded!"
Splash!
As the Divine Pool was fully replenished with Divine Water, endless golden divine light rapidly spread from the bottom, enveloping the entire Divine Capital City.
At the same time, all the dark things and ghost beasts hiding in the shadowy corners of Divine Capital City were crushed to death by the powerful divine force in an instant.
After all, the reason these ghost beasts of the Ghost Race had been able to infiltrate Divine Capital was that the Divine Water within Divine Capital had dried up, causing the city's self-protection system to become damaged.
Now, Divine Capital's protection system had completely recovered.
No one from another race would ever again be able to recklessly invade Divine Capital, the territory of the highest-ranking Divine Race in Divine Oracle.
At this moment, the fifth divine prince of the Divine Race, Changge, looked at Lin Mo and said gratefully, "It's all thanks to you. Not only did you save Siya, you also helped Divine Capital get through this crisis."
As he spoke, Changge filled a container with Divine Water from the Divine Pool and handed it to Lin Mo, "Here's the Divine Water you need."
"Since Siya has chosen you as her master, I hope that in the future, you can treat Siya well."
Lin Mo accepted the Divine Water and replied, "Thank you, Your Highness the Fifth Prince."
"Also, Your Highness the Fifth Prince, don't worry. I'll treat Siya like a younger sister, just as you do."
To enter the Divine Kingdom, resolve Siya's emotional turmoil, and complete this S-rank hidden quest, he had to raise his rank to King.
The Divine Kingdom was different from Divine Capital, even the fifth divine prince of the Divine Race was powerless to help and could not make an exception for Lin Mo.
So this time, obtaining the Divine Water was the main objective.
After completing the quest, Lin Mo waited for the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya and the fifth divine prince of the Divine Race, Changge, the brother and sister, to spend some time together.
Then Lin Mo and Ning Xi left Divine Capital.
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Now, the Divine Water and the God Refining Cauldron had both been obtained.
Ning Xi seemed even happier than Lin Mo, "Brother Lin Mo, we can finally reforge Siya's Eternal Set."
"Yeah," Lin Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, "We finally made it to this moment."
Ever since the Heavenly Bewitching Fox Race's Empress, Ah Li, obtained the complete exclusive equipment set, the Heaven-Slaying Set, and soared in strength, Lin Mo had practically worn out the word "jealous".
Finally, it was the turn of his Divine Descent Seraph, Siya.
At night, the streets and alleys of Inferno City were filled with people coming and going.
In front of the street stalls set up by players, players haggled over prices; or there were shouts from all kinds of players recruiting teams for dungeon runs in the plaza, one after another.
It was extremely lively.
After returning to the city, Lin Mo and Ning Xi headed straight for the blacksmith and found Mo Chen.
As the number-one blacksmith in Inferno City, Mo Chen truly lived up to his reputation.
Using the exclusive weapon Eternal Heart possessed by the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, as the foundation, using Divine Water as the core and refining it through the Beast Race's supreme treasure, the God Refining Cauldron.
In just a moment, Mo Chen successfully reforged the other six pieces of exclusive equipment in the Eternal Set.
Eternal Crown (Hat)!
Eternal Boots (Shoes)!
Eternal Love (Necklace)!
Eternal Belt (Belt)!
Eternal Guard (Pants)!
Eternal Robe (Clothes)!
Exclusive equipment for the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, Eternal Set, complete!