On the outskirts of the Shadow Holy Hall, quite a few Shadow race soldiers were stationed on guard.
Lin Mo first wiped out all of these soldiers. After harvesting a wave, he relied on three Shadow race tokens to break through the Shadow barrier and stepped into the Shadow Holy Hall.
[Ding～ You have entered the core territory of the Shadow race, the Shadow Holy Hall! Warning! Do not disturb the Dark Ruler, Riga, or you will be erased!]
The system's prompt made Lin Mo especially cautious.
He had already anticipated that as the final boss of the elite hidden dungeon, the Shadow Holy Hall, this Shadow race chieftain, the Dark Ruler Riga, would definitely not be low-tier.
At the very least, he would be no weaker than the final boss of the Insect Nest Underground Palace, the level 30, tier 3 Insect Wizard, Moya.
Lin Mo's biggest worry was not that he couldn't beat the dungeon boss, but that there wasn't enough time.
Unless Lin Mo could solo-kill the boss within the remaining twenty minutes, which was obviously unrealistic.
"The mission requirement is only to enter the Shadow Holy Hall and obtain the Shadow Secret Scroll. It doesn't require killing the dungeon boss."
"The top priority right now is to get the scroll and complete the mission without alerting the boss."
"At the very end, we'll look at the boss. If I can kill it, I'll kill it. If I can't, I'll retreat."
'Of course, being able to kill it would be best.'
After all, even the drops from the dungeon's mobs and elite monsters were extremely valuable.
The value of the dungeon boss was self-evident.
Thinking this way, as the dungeon timer entered its final twenty-minute countdown.
Lin Mo began searching through the vast Shadow Holy Hall for the mission item, the Shadow Secret Scroll.
And at this moment.
Suddenly, a system prompt rang in Lin Mo's ears—
[Ding～ Please note. Dungeon Guardian, Dragon Soul Heavenly King, has died. Dungeon monster strength increased by 10%!]
Lin Mo was shocked.
"The Shadow Legion shouldn't be enough to pose a fatal threat to Dragon Soul's people."
"There's only one possibility. The Chaotic World Guild."
"Looks like Dragon Soul probably can't hold on much longer. I need to hurry up and finish the mission."
The words had barely fallen when a loud shout suddenly came from behind—
"Who dares trespass into the Shadow Holy Hall!"
"SEIZE HIM!"
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[Outside the Dungeon, Shadow City]
As the Chaotic World Guild, together with a massive army of solo players, pressed in, and with the suppression of the Shadow Legion on top of that, the Dragon Soul Guild was suffering heavy casualties.
Fewer than a hundred people remained, desperately holding the line around the Shadow Gate.
"These bastards are like sticky dogskin plaster, way too hard to shake off!"
"There are too many of them!"
"Boss, we can't hold much longer! What do we do?"
Slash!
Dragon Soul Aoshi raised his sword and brought it down, cutting a level 19 solo knight into white light.
One scream after another echoed in his ears.
Watching his guild brothers around him almost all fighting one versus two, or even one versus three, and eventually being overwhelmed and dying one after another, anxiety began to surge in his heart.
But at this point, he had no other choice.
"Center everything around the Guardians and ensure their safety as much as possible!"
"Hold them off. If we can delay one minute, that's one more minute!"
Thus, all remaining Dragon Soul players immediately shifted from offense to defense. With the remaining nine Guardians as the core, they formed a defensive line around them.
"It looks like they're already completely spent."
On the outer edge, Chaotic World Zhuge strategized calmly.
"They're protecting the Shadow Gate at all costs and stopping the Shadow guards from approaching it. That must mean if these Shadow guards enter the Shadow Gate, it will have a huge impact on their dungeon run."
Hearing this, Wang Junjie clenched his teeth, "So that means Rulebound already went in?"
"Damn it! He really went in?"
"Every time the fat is right at my mouth, you snatch it away!"
"Damn it! Rulebound, you really deserve to die!"
"And you Dragon Soul dogs, all of you deserve to die too!"
Wang Junjie was so furious that his eyes were bloodshot.
He roared, "KILL! KILL THEM ALL! TEN THOUSAND BONUS FOR EACH KILL!"
"KILL!"
Under Wang Junjie's orders, the Chaotic World players launched an even fiercer assault against the Dragon Soul players desperately defending outside the Shadow Gate.
Dragon Soul was already down to very few people.
Under wave after wave of relentless attacks from the Chaotic World Guild players, the final line of defense was about to be broken.
With not enough manpower, the Guardians were forced to join the fight as well.
Ten Guardians suffered rapid losses, and in the blink of an eye, only five remained.
Whoosh!
Su Muqiu leapt forward, blocking in front of Dragon Soul Aoshi and taking a round of focused fire from four Chaotic World archers for him. He was pierced by several arrows and died on the spot.
With no one protecting him, the mage Dragon Soul Yiyu was attacked by five assassins and instantly killed.
Dragon Soul Aoshi held off three Chaotic World warriors at once, mustering all his strength to kill two of them, but was knocked to the ground by the remaining one.
Seeing this scene, Wang Junjie laughed smugly, "They're done for!"
The lackeys beside him chimed in.
"Only Dragon Soul Aoshi can still fight. Everyone else is trash!"
"Wait, that mage who hasn't made a move yet, Liuli, she seems to be the number one expert on the Heavenly Rankings."
"Number one on the Reputation Rankings counts as an expert? Can reputation be used to fight?"
"Exactly! Lots of reputation just means you can make some gear. Does it add anything to combat power? Look at how weak she looks. She's definitely just a paper tiger!"
At this moment, Wang Junjie pointed at Dragon Soul Aoshi and gave an order, "Whoever kills him gets a hundred thousand bonus!"
As soon as these words came out, all the Chaotic World players were fired up.
"Kill!!!"
Amid the earth-shaking shouts, several Chaotic World warriors and assassins charged straight toward the heavily injured Dragon Soul Aoshi.
Right at this moment.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
One magic orb after another fell from the sky, slamming into the group of Chaotic World warriors and assassins charging forward.
Above their heads, extremely high blood-red damage numbers exploded—
-5325!
-4895!
-5133!
With damage like this, no one present could withstand it.
Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!
In an instant, several beams of white light shot into the sky.
At that moment, everyone around was completely stunned.
Even Dragon Soul Aoshi was deeply shaken by such damage.
And when he turned around and saw who had made the move, he was even more shocked.
Behind him, as the Dragon Soul Guild's defensive line steadily collapsed.
Only one person still stood firm outside the Shadow Gate, not retreating a single step.
And that person was the level 24 mage wearing a black magic robe and holding a crystal staff, Liuli.
Dragon Soul Aoshi was utterly stunned.
He had never looked down on Liuli.
After all, being able to reach the top of the Reputation Rankings was also a form of strength. Dragon Soul Aoshi was sure that Liuli possessed a certain level of power.
But he truly hadn't expected this, "Liuli's strength is actually this high. She's almost on par with Rulebound."
"But Rulebound's strength, in my judgment, comes from his excellent equipment and high-quality skills, giving him hardware strength that far surpasses any player at the current stage. It's pure stat crushingm"
"But Liuli's equipment is clearly very average. She didn't even use any skills just now. It was only basic attacks, yet she dealt over five thousand damage…"
Dragon Soul Aoshi genuinely couldn't figure out how Liuli was dealing such massive damage.
On the opposing side, the Chaotic World Guild players were also completely shocked when they saw the explosive damage Liuli casually dealt.
"Damn! Didn't they say the number one on the Reputation Rankings was useless? Why is her damage so high?"
"Holy crap! Even higher damage than Rulebound! And it's basic attack damage? What kind of freaks are she and Rulebound?"
For a moment.
Fear!
Shock!
Doubt!
Blanketed everyone present.
From someone no one had ever underestimated, yet no one had truly held in high regard either, a reputation-only number one.
At this very moment, Liuli proved through her actions:
She was the true, well-deserved number one powerhouse on the Heavenly Rankings of Blazing Ember City.
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