During these two days of being trapped in the Land of Abandoned Ghosts, although the secret realm mission had made no progress whatsoever, Lin Mo had already figured out the entire layout of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts, as well as the strength distribution of the secret realm monsters.
Through repeated testing, Lin Mo came to a conclusion, "With this Tier 5 Thunder set I have on me right now, at its maximum limit, I can cross eight levels and kill an 88-level Ghost Beast."
"If I switch to a Tier 6 set, the killing threshold can continue to rise to level 92–93!"
"If it's Tier 7, my strength will be enough to fight all the level 85–95 Ghost Beasts in the secret realm, reaching a level where I can match them head-on!"
"So, as long as I obtain the Tier 8 set from the SS-rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, I'll be able to achieve absolute suppression, easily complete the secret realm mission, and break the Land of Abandoned Ghosts."
At the same time, Lin Mo was also constantly keeping an eye on the situation outside.
He knew: Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade had obtained the Soul Refining Orb and was using the Soul Refining Orb to wildly absorb soul power throughout the entire city, rapidly leveling up Soul Devourer.
He knew: Ning Xi had successfully passed the God-Creation Assessment and been selected for the God Race faction.
All hope had been placed on Ning Xi.
Only if Ning Xi entered the Divine Kingdom and successfully completed the mission.
At that time, even if the Ghost King had already recovered from his weakened state.
He would still be incapable of posing any threat to Lin Mo.
Of course, Lin Mo also had one final preparation.
If Ning Xi failed to complete the SS-rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, and he himself became completely trapped in the Land of Abandoned Ghosts and was unable to get out, then he could only use his trump card.
And this trump card was precisely… Chosen One.
Just like the mark in Ning Xi's hand: Miracle, whose effect was that it could create miracles in the World of Divine Oracle.
Lin Mo's mark: Chosen One, on the other hand, could bring the dead back to life and defy the will of heaven to change fate.
The first known change of fate was when he was killed by the 17th-tier BOSS Vampire Emperor·Ainogard and was reborn on the eve of Divine Oracle's launch.
The second change of fate was when he was killed by the Tyrant, who came to find him offline, and was reborn before the Tyrant came looking for him.
Lin Mo raised his right hand and looked at the palm of his right hand.
He murmured, "If this time, things develop to an irreversible situation."
"Then I'll use Chosen One to be reborn back to before I was trapped in the Land of Abandoned Ghosts!"
Every time Chosen One was triggered, the Chosen One value would decrease by 10%.
Lin Mo could not predict what would happen when the Chosen One value dropped to 0%, he simply assumed that with the remaining 80% Chosen One value, he could still be reborn eight times.
At present, Divine Oracle had yet to descend upon the world and was ultimately still only a game. Unless his life was threatened, it was not worth triggering Chosen One to change the course of a game.
Lin Mo knew very well: Once Divine Oracle swallowed the real world, he would face all kinds of unknown threats of death and danger to his life at any time.
Therefore, he still had eight chances to be reborn, and unless absolutely necessary, he had to save them for after Divine Oracle descended upon the world.
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At the same time, on the other side...
Under the cover of the five major guilds, after Ning Xi entered the Divine Capital, she immediately entered the core territory of the God Race, the Divine Kingdom, together with the Fifth Prince Changge.
And the battle outside the Divine Capital was still continuing.
Relying on his SS-rank talent Demonic Dance, which increased the power of magic scrolls tenfold and greatly strengthened the attributes of all allied forces.
Originally, under Godfather's control of the situation, the Genesis and Divine Nation guilds had already gradually taken control of the battlefield.
However, at this moment, with the "defection" of the core combatant under Godfather, the SSS-rank hidden-class Judge·Qin Ming, the situation on the battlefield instantly underwent a complete reversal.
Using the S-rank Soul Devourer to dispel the divine power within his body and recover from his weakened state.
Coupled with the skill damage bonus effect of this Ghost Race S-rank Ancient Divine Weapon, Soul Devourer.
He was almost equivalent to a level 100, Tier 8 BOSS Ghost King, and no one could stand against him!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Soul Manipulator · Zade floated above the crowd, waving Soul Devourer and continuously releasing countless dead souls, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
In the blink of an eye, countless white lights shot into the sky around them.
The aura of death spread among the crowd.
The players of the two major guilds, Genesis and Divine Kingdom, felt unprecedentedly immense pressure.
"This level 100 Ghost King is way too strong! He's completely invincible at this stage!"
"No kidding! Even the cheat-like Rulebound has to show some respect to this Ghost King. How could he not be strong?"
"How could such an outrageous BOSS obey a mere player from the Nether?"
"I heard that Nether originally went to great lengths to release this Ghost King. There's a short-term master-servant contract effect between the two sides, so he can control the Ghost King!"
"But hasn't Nether always been one of our own? Why did he suddenly turn against us for no reason?"
"Could it be that Nether had already betrayed us during the ultimate God-Creation Assessment? That's why he deliberately lost to Liuli!"
"And he only exposed himself now because he was waiting for Soul Devourer to reach S-rank and restore the Ghost King…"
"Damn! Nether really is a ticking time bomb!"
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The thirteen Skeleton Warriors, carrying three layers of A-rank enhancement talents, easily broke through the Genesis Guild's defensive line with their unmatched strength.
The next moment, Qin Ming charged straight toward Godfather.
Clang!
Ji Ningshuang drew her blade and rose.
Even though the person standing before her was Qin Ming, she still resolutely stood in front of her godfather, Godfather, protecting him.
"Qin Ming!"
"Don't forget, your second career potential, Judge, was activated by Godfather for you!"
"Since Godfather promised to help you find Chu Xinran, he definitely won't break his word! Don't let other people easily deceive you!"
Disappointment showed in Qin Ming's eyes, "Even the game screenshot you gave me was fake."
"How can you expect me to believe you again?"
"Fake?", Ji Ningshuang was instead startled.
At this moment, Godfather was not surprised.
Instead, he was merely somewhat curious, "How did you find out?"
As soon as his voice fell, Ning Fei walked out from behind Qin Ming, with a mocking expression, he said to Godfather, "Maybe next time you should find someone more professional. The Photoshop artist you found is too unprofessional."
"You just took a random game screenshot and Photoshopped Chu Xinran's back into it. Although the editing traces weren't very obvious, it might fool someone who doesn't understand, but in front of me, it's full of flaws."
"Or you could have just Photoshopped the whole thing. Why did you have to find a real-world image and edit it afterward? As it happens, I reconstructed it based on the photo and found the girl in the original background of the screenshot."
It turned out that the anonymous message Qin Ming received last night had been sent by Ning Fei.
And when Qin Ming followed the information and came to the [Twilight Forest], he finally saw the elemental mage girl from the game screenshot.
The similarity between her back and Chu Xinran's was as high as 90%.
But she was ultimately not Chu Xinran.
This also made Qin Ming completely understand.
Or rather, he had already understood long ago, but had always been unwilling to believe it.
And at this moment, he completely believed it, "You never found Xin'er at all. Saying that she was already with you was all a lie!"
"So that's how it is," Godfather glanced at Ning Fei and murmured, "So it was you."
After a pause, Godfather continued to Qin Ming, "I did lie to you."
"But I can help you find her."
"Let's see how you perform next."
"No need," Qin Ming's deep eyes were filled with indifference, "I don't need you to help me find her anymore."
Ji Ningshuang advised Qin Ming, "Remember what you said. Your girlfriend disappeared abroad. Other than my godfather, who else can help you find her?"
As soon as her voice fell, Ning Fei stepped forward. He pointed his thumb at himself.
He said righteously, "Me!"
Beneath the fully enclosed black heavy-metal helmet, Godfather's calm eyes, with a sharp edge hidden within them, quietly watched Qin Ming.
Mixed into his disappointment was a trace of regret.
"Looks like, I have to abandon another pawn."