Time rewinds to ten minutes earlier…
Just outside the Divine Capital, when Qin Ming had turned against the Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade and joined forces with the players of the five major guilds to heavily injure the players of Genesis and Divine Kingdom, a group of players with [Super God] IDs above their heads avoided the main battlefield and quietly infiltrated the Divine Capital.
Without another word, they immediately launched an attack on the Divine Guards inside the city.
Compared with the Divine Nation, which could only be entered at the King rank, as a level 75 map, the Divine Capital only required the Platinum rank to enter, making the requirements much lower.
Therefore, these Super God Guild players who had entered the Divine Capital naturally all met the rank requirements.
And as elites of the Super God Guild, even when facing the level 75 Divine Race Divine Guards in the city, the Super God Guild players still had no difficulty dealing with them.
[T/N: Wow! So convenient. MC and Ning Xi had to become God Race but they just had to reach platinum.]
Soon, they risked being placed on the Divine Race blacklist and killed all the Divine Guards in the city.
They went straight to the core area of the main city.
They destroyed the main city crystal.
Immediately afterward, they triggered a map announcement…
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Outside the Divine Capital, the sudden map announcement left all the players present who did not understand what was happening extremely surprised.
Obviously, everyone's attention was focused outside the city.
No one had noticed that someone had already infiltrated the Divine Capital and destroyed the map.
"Holy shit! Who the fuck is raiding our base?"
"That's way too sneaky!"
"But why are they raiding the Divine Capital? Does it pose any danger to us?"
Just as everyone on the battlefield was completely confused, Qin Ming quickly reacted. His expression turned solemn as he murmured, "Could it be… this was a trap from the very beginning!"
"Godfather deliberately let Liuli enter the Divine Kingdom, then used the destruction of the Divine Capital to trap Liuli in the Divine Kingdom."
Because the Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade's defense was too high, even with Qin Ming's SSS-rank Judgment suppressing it, there was still no one present who could damage the Ghost King.
The only person who could currently injure the Ghost King was none other than the number one on the Inferno City Heaven Rankings; Level 82 fourth-job Elemental Mage; SSS-rank talent user, Liuli.
And as long as Ning Xi was trapped, no one would be able to threaten the Ghost King.
Therefore...
"Everything really is under Godfather's control!"
"But how did he predict all of this?"
At the same time, on the opposing side, even Ji Ningshuang only realized it now.
She looked at Godfather incredulously and said, "So, Godfather, you predicted all of this long ago?"
Beneath the cold black fully enclosed heavy-metal helmet, Godfather's calm eyes concealed a sharp edge.
"The purpose of Liuli participating in the God-Creation Assessment and obtaining a God Race faction identity was to use this identity to ignore the King-rank restriction and enter the God Race's core territory, the Divine Nation."
"Then, in the Divine Kingdom, she would complete an SS-rank hidden quest for Rulebound, thereby allowing Rulebound to increase his strength through the quest reward and break through the secret realm of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts."
Hearing this, Ji Ningshuang asked, "Then, Godfather, will they succeed?"
"They will," Godfather said, "According to the original course of events, Liuli will successfully complete the quest in the Divine Kingdom, and Rulebound will also successfully increase his strength through the quest reward and then clear the secret realm of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts."
Hearing this, Chen Feng said incredulously, "If that's the case, Boss, why did we let Liuli enter the Divine Capital just now, allowing her to pass through the Divine Capital and enter the Divine Kingdom?"
Before this, Chen Feng, Liu Kai, and the others had thought that it was because they simply could not withstand Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade, so they could only watch helplessly as Liuli entered the Divine Capital.
But now, it made them feel strange.
"Boss, since you could have controlled the Ghost King through Heavenly Gu long ago, why didn't you control the Ghost King before Liuli entered the Divine Capital and use it to intercept Liuli?"
Before Godfather could speak, Ji Ningshuang suddenly realized and said, "Because under Nether's Judgment, the Ghost King isn't Liuli's opponent."
"So, we first had to trap Liuli inside the Divine Nation, preventing her from joining forces with Qin Ming, in order to ensure that the Ghost King wouldn't face any threat."
"Genius!"
Liu Kai, who had originally looked down on Godfather quite a bit, instantly changed his fixed impression of Godfather as someone who could only sit up high and direct affairs from above while actually having little ability, and began to feel some admiration for him.
"Big bro!"
"How exactly did you know all this?"
"Could it be that you can predict the future?"
Who could have thought that Liu Kai's joking words would hit upon the truth.
Recalling how, after the God-Creation Assessment event had ended, in order to understand the motives and purpose Liuli, who had become a member of the God Race faction, would have next, Godfather had not hesitated to activate the power of [Prophecy] to observe Liuli's future.
Godfather looked at the palm of his right hand, only to see a record panel appear before his eyes.
[You used "Prophecy" and have conducted a future simulation based on your selected target, Liuli!]
[After Liuli passed the God-Creation Assessment and became a member of the God Race faction, she headed to the Divine Capital, and you attempted to intercept her.]
[Nether led Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade in betraying you.]
[You seized control of Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade through the SS-rank Divine Artifact Heavenly Gu, but the Ghost King was jointly killed by Nether and Liuli, while the Genesis and Divine Kingdom guilds under your command suffered heavy losses.]
[Liuli entered the Divine Nation through the Divine Capital and completed Rulebound's SS-rank hidden quest·Heart Knot.]
[Rulebound increased his strength through the quest reward and broke through the secret realm of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts.]
[Rulebound emerged from the Land of Abandoned Ghosts and joined forces with Liuli to eliminate you.]
[This Prophecy simulation has ended.]
Because of the result of this simulation, Godfather changed the course of events.
Precisely because he knew that after Nether's SSS-rank Judgment suppression, Liuli would be able to kill the Ghost King.
So this time, Godfather abandoned the interception. After Ning Xi entered the Divine Kingdom, he had the Super God Guild players destroy the Divine Capital, trapping Ning Xi in the Divine Kingdom, and only then officially began his operation.
That way, as long as Ning Xi was absent, Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade was invincible.
On the battlefield, under the suppression effect of Qin Ming's SSS-rank Judgment, although Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade could not deal fatal damage to the players of the five major guilds.
The players of the five major guilds were likewise completely unable to damage the Ghost King.
Thus, the situation had reached a stalemate.
"No! With our strength, we simply can't damage the Ghost King!"
"So, what are we supposed to do now?"
Just as the players of the five major guilds were hesitating.
Qin Ming made a decisive choice, "Retreat!"
"My Judgment has a limited duration. Once the suppression effect ends and the Ghost King returns to its normal damage, you won't be able to stop it."
Wang Junjie shouted, "Retreat my ass! My sister-in-law is still inside!"
Han Ruoxi said, "Even for Liuli to enter the Divine Nation, she must obtain a God Race faction identity. Otherwise, she can only enter after reaching the King rank."
"Godfather and the Ghost King should not be able to enter the Divine Nation, so we don't need to worry about Liuli's situation for now."
"Listen to Nether. Retreat first. We can discuss the rest later!"
"Brothers, retreat!"
"Full retreat!"
Under the pressure of Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade, the players of the five major guilds quickly withdrew from the Divine Capital.
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