[Ding~ Player Nether, please take note! Because the Lv100 Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade, with whom you had a contract, died during the contract period, you will receive a tenfold death penalty (determined according to the Ghost King's rank): Level -10!]
Just after evacuating the Divine Capital, a sudden system notification caused Qin Ming's expression to turn solemn.
"Godfather killed the Ghost King."
As soon as these words came out.
Around him, Wang Junjie, Han Ruoxi, Ling Xiao, Gao Han, and the others were all utterly baffled.
Wang Junjie was full of surprise, "Fuck! Has that bastard gone crazy? Why the fuck did he kill the Ghost King?"
Han Ruoxi was shocked instead, "Wait! He killed the Ghost King? How is that possible? That Ghost King was an existence that even Rulebound and Liuli, and even the five major guilds working together, couldn't deal with! How could Godfather kill the Ghost King?"
Dragon Soul Aoshi analyzed, "Looks like we all seriously underestimated Godfather's strength."
"But he clearly already used that artifact, Heavenly Gu, to control the Ghost King, so why did he kill the Ghost King?"
Just as everyone was unable to figure it out, Ning Fei said, "To permanently control the Ghost King."
"Heavenly Gu is divided into Living Gu and Death Gu. Earlier, Godfather planted Living Gu, which only gives him one hour of control over the Gu-infected target."
"And as long as he kills the Ghost King and then plants Death Gu, he can permanently control the Ghost King and make it serve him."
For a moment, panic spread through the crowd.
"What exactly does this Godfather want to do?"
"The Ghost King is under his control. It definitely can't be anything good!"
At the same time, on Qin Ming's side, just as he had prepared himself to receive the system's punishment.
Suddenly, another system notification sounded in his ears.
[Ding~ The Divine Artifact skill Sacrificing Self for Righteousness has been triggered. Your death-level reduction penalty has been exempted!]
Qin Ming's heart shook.
Because he clearly remembered:
This was Ji Ningshuang's A-rank divine artifact·One Heart's skill.
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[Divine Capital]
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Endless dark power enveloped the crowd.
The terrifying power of the Divine Oracle's supreme Ghost Clan's Ghost King intimidated the entire battlefield.
Even under the multiple layers of extreme suppression from an SSS-rank Judgment and a large number of tenfold-enhanced A-rank debuff magic scrolls, Soul Manipulator · Zade's strength was still capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Amid one scream after another, countless white lights shot into the sky from within the crowd.
Seeing this scene, Liu Kai couldn't help exclaiming, "Holy shit! This Ghost King is seriously monstrous!"
After a pause, Liu Kai looked at Godfather with some confusion, "Boss, didn't you use Heavenly Gu to control the Ghost King? Why does it feel like it's completely out of control right now?"
"This is the biggest drawback of Living Gu."
Chen Feng had apparently done some last-minute studying through the Divine Oracle official website and already had a certain understanding of the SS-rank divine artifact Heavenly Gu in Godfather's hands, "The person infected with the Gu can still retain their own consciousness. When they are attacked, the only thing that can be guaranteed is that they won't attack the person who planted the Gu."
"But Death Gu doesn't have this problem."
"Anyone infected with Death Gu, regardless of the circumstances, must unconditionally obey every command from the person who planted it."
"Ohh!", Liu Kai suddenly understood, then asked again, "Does Death Gu really make him do whatever he's told, including telling him to eat shit and he'll eat it?"
"..."
BOOM!
With the assistance of the players from the two major guilds, Genesis and Divine Kingdom, Soul Manipulator · Zade suffered heavy injuries.
Godfather held the Flame Demon Spear, and a flame thrust pierced straight through Soul Manipulator · Zade's body. With a damage value of 113654, it finally emptied the last trace of the HP bar above its head and killed it.
"The late emperor's enterprise was not even halfway completed, yet halfway through it was obstructed…"
Carrying endless unwillingness, Soul Manipulator · Zade fell to its knees.
And after killing Soul Manipulator · Zade, Godfather immediately took out the SS-rank divine artifact Heavenly Gu.
Rustle~
A golden insect about the size of a fist crawled out of the Gu jar and burrowed into Soul Manipulator · Zade's corpse.
Before long, Soul Manipulator · Zade astonishingly revived on the spot, returning to full HP.
At the same time, in front of every player nearby...
[Ding~ Congratulations on participating in the killing of the Lv100 Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade. You have received a reward…]
[Ding~ Because Soul Manipulator · Zade has been revived, the reward has been revoked!]
Immediately, question marks filled everyone's faces.
"The other side recalled a reward?"
"Holy crap! There's actually an operation like this?"
"Fuck! A level 100 Ghost King! That reward could probably let me level up several times! What a pity!"
"Fuck! I just saw the Ghost King drop a divine artifact! And they fucking took it all back!"
At this moment, Ji Ningshuang came before Godfather.
"Godfather, what do we do next?"
"Have the Ghost King enter the Land of Abandoned Ghost and cripple Rulebound?"
Ji Ningshuang said, "We trapped Rulebound inside the Land of Abandoned Ghost precisely to prevent him from obstructing the Ghost King's recovery from its weakened state. Now that the Ghost King has already recovered from its weakened state, with Rulebound's strength, he obviously can't possibly be the Ghost King's opponent."
"A level 100 fully complete Ghost King killing Rulebound would be as easy as flipping a hand."
"No," Godfather, however, said in a deep voice as if he had already anticipated this, "There is a safe zone called Ghost Domain in the Land of Abandoned Ghost. Non-players cannot enter it. This is a system setting that cannot be broken."
"Even if the Ghost King enters the Land of Abandoned Ghost, as long as Rulebound hides inside Ghost Domain City and doesn't come out, the Ghost King won't be able to do anything to him."
Hearing this, Ji Ningshuang was baffled, "Then, doesn't that mean that when you went to such great lengths to trap Rulebound inside the Land of Abandoned Ghost back then, you were actually protecting him in another way?"
"If Rulebound waits until he breaks through the secret realm and comes out, then with his level of strength, even if he has recovered from his weakened state, a level 100 fully complete Ghost King might not necessarily be his opponent."
"Wouldn't all the effort we've put in be completely wasted?"
Godfather said calmly, "Using the Land of Abandoned Ghost to imprison Rulebound, then taking the opportunity to restore the Ghost King's weakened state and ordering the Ghost King to enter the Land of Abandoned Ghost to kill Rulebound was never my plan."
"What?"
Amid her shock, Ji Ningshuang asked suspiciously, "Then, Godfather, your real plan is…"
Godfather's gaze shifted from the SS-rank angel-clan divine artifact Heavenly Gu in his hand to the Ghost King Soul Manipulator · Zade.
Beneath the closed black heavy-metal helmet, his eyes revealed sharpness...
"Borrow the Ghost King's power."
"Revive the Ghost Forbidden Army."
Ghost Forbidden Army!
When she heard this name, Ji Ningshuang's heart couldn't help but shake.
Because she had previously also heard about this Ghost Forbidden Army from Soul Manipulator · Zade.
"This Ghost Forbidden Army is said to have once been the most powerful imperial guard under the command of the Ghost Clan Venerable, Raffa!"
"This Ghost Forbidden Army has an army of one hundred thousand! And every one of them has reached the level of a level 100 Ghost Soldier, equivalent to... one hundred thousand level 100 Boss monsters!"
Ji Ningshuang said in shock, "If this Ghost Forbidden Army is revived, then even if Rulebound breaks through the secret realm and comes out of the Land of Abandoned Ghost, we won't need to worry at all!"
"Because no matter how strong Rulebound is, it is absolutely impossible for him to contend with the Ghost Forbidden Army!"
"When the Ghost Forbidden Army is revived, that will be the moment Rulebound dies!"