The massacre in Inferno City had not stopped.
By now, it had dragged on for two full days and nights.
All of Inferno City was in a panic.
Shock!
Fear!
Doubt!
Cursing!
All kinds of voices filled Inferno City.
"What the hell! Two days and nights of killing and they still haven't had enough? These guys have way too much energy! What a waste, being born in peacetime. You should've been born in a war!"
"When is this massacre ever going to end? It's not going to stay like this forever, is it? I don't even dare log in anymore. I'm so scared. I'm about to get psychological scars just from playing a game!"
"What the hell do you people even want? Protection money or what? Say it! I'll give you five hundred yuan, so can you stop killing me? I'm a pro player, I just want to put food on the table! You've killed me so much I haven't been able to open shop for two days! My kid is about to starve!"
"I got killed ten times in two days! Dropped from level 75 to level 65! Dropped from 500th on the Heaven Ranking to 5,000,000th! You sons of bitches! I fucking curse you to have daughters born without assholes and sons born without dicks!"
...
Of course, the players of Inferno City had tried to form groups and fight back.
But those attackers were like fearless death-sworn soldiers.
Even if they were killed, they'd respawn and walk out of the city to keep killing players.
How could ordinary players ever outlast them?
The main-city teleport fee, a full 1,000 gold coins and 1,000 reputation points, sealed off the only way out for over 99.9999% of the players who tried to flee to the other level-two main cities.
For them, there were only two choices:
Quit the game.
Or wait to be killed the moment they left the city.
As the situation in Inferno City spun further out of control.
Many players found one single hope rising in their hearts.
The Inferno City chat channel was full of calls for help...
"Where are the big shots Liuli and Mo Shouchenggu, first and second on the Heaven Ranking? I haven't seen either of them in days!"
"Calling the great Mo Shouchenggu! Please come save the kids! The kids are about to be killed into total recluses by these animals!"
"I'm a student and I don't have much money, but I'll pay twenty yuan to beg the great one to come out! Please come punish these demons for us!"
"I'll pay fifty!"
"I'll pay three hundred!"
"Please, great one, save us!!!"
After all, the players of Inferno City had all seen Lin Mo's and Ning Xi's strength with their own eyes.
In a situation like this, only top-tier experts like them could break the deadlock.
Meanwhile.
The Ghost Race's Gold Secret Realm, the Land of Abandoned Ghosts.
Lin Mo saw the players' calls from Inferno City.
But he couldn't answer them.
After all...
"Somebody save me first!"
It was his fifth day trapped in the Land of Abandoned Ghosts.
Lin Mo hadn't leveled up in five days!
He hadn't played the Super God Arena in five days!
Lin Mo was about to go stir-crazy.
But luckily, Lin Mo had a formidable Empress of a wife!
Ning Xi was doing great on her end.
Thanks to her tireless efforts.
The progress of Lin Mo's SS-Rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, had already reached 90%!
"At this rate, Ning Xi should be able to finish the quest today."
"Then I can get the Tier 8 set from the quest reward, and once I'm stronger, I can speed-clear the Land of Abandoned Ghosts secret realm!"
Lin Mo muttered.
At this moment, he was also immensely grateful that Ning Xi was there!
Without Ning Xi.
Lin Mo would have had to wait nine more days.
Until the Land of Abandoned Ghosts closed by itself after fourteen days, before he could get out!
And that was the lesser problem.
The main problem was this: if Ning Xi hadn't been carrying out the quest and letting Divine Advent Seraph · Siya feel her people's love again and again, she wouldn't have lasted until Lin Mo got out. She would probably have fully darkened already!
But now, with the quest progress cushioning it again and again, Divine Advent Seraph · Siya's darkening progress had gradually leveled off at around 50%, and the risk of her turning dark was basically gone!
Ning Xi.
She had let Lin Mo see the dawn of victory!
Meanwhile, on the other side.
The core domain of the Divine Race, the Divine Kingdom.
[Ding~ Congratulations on clearing the Divine Oracle Rare Race, Demon Race, Lv85 Bronze-tier secret realm: Demon King's Palace! Congratulations! You have passed the trial of the Divine Race's Eldest Prince · Kai!]
As the system prompt faded.
White light poured down.
Ning Xi was teleported from the secret realm back into the Divine Kingdom.
Ning Xi let out a breath. "Finally done!"
After two full days of trials, Ning Xi had completely figured out how this SS-Rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, worked.
'So Brother Lin Mo's quest just requires passing the trials of all the Divine Race princes, one after another.'
'Every trial corresponds to a quest, a dungeon or a secret realm, and all of these trials are actually the different racial crises the Divine Race is facing!'
Just like the first one after entering the Divine Kingdom, the dungeon trial from the Sixth Prince, Nofei, Divine Realm Guard, which showed the crisis on the Divine Race's borders;
The second one, the quest trial from the Fourth Prince · Tide, Purge the Darkness, which showed the crisis in the Divine Race's territory;
The third and fourth after that were all much the same.
Often, the higher one stands, the more easily one draws hungry eyes.
The Divine Race, though the Supreme Race, was surrounded by danger on every side.
Ning Xi understood now:
'The princes set up these trials so that Divine Advent Seraph · Siya would see the racial crises for herself and back off, knowing how hard it was.'
'All that talk of not approving, of not letting Siya return to the Divine Race, was really all to protect Siya!'
'Also, every time a trial is completed, the quest progress goes up by about 10% to 20%.'
Ning Xi said happily, "I've just finished the Eldest Prince's trial, so Brother Lin Mo's quest progress should be almost done too!"
Before her stood the Eldest Prince · Kai of the Divine Race, in a golden robe and with an outstanding bearing. He smiled with relief. "So Siya has found a very capable close friend!"
"With a friend of such strength at her side, any crisis will surely be solved with ease!"
As he spoke, the Eldest Prince · Kai stepped aside and cleared the way for Ning Xi. "You're strong."
"Go. The gates of the Divine Kingdom will open for you!"
"Father Emperor is waiting for you."
She said goodbye to the Eldest Prince and kept going forward.
Soon, Ning Xi arrived outside a magnificent, glittering imperial city.
'Next, there should only be the Divine Emperor's final trial left.'
'Once I finish this trial, the quest will be complete!'
And so, her heart full of hope and anticipation, Ning Xi stepped resolutely into the imperial city.
...
Night fell over the land.
The Divine Nation, Blood Dance, Mortal Dust, Holy Hall and others, more than fifty guilds in all, with some hundred thousand players, spread out across the wilderness areas, dungeons and secret realms of Inferno City, each under the command of Chen Feng, Han Cheng, Yu Jin and the rest.
In the dark of night.
Screams rang out without end.
Flashes of white light rose one after another.
The killing never stopped.
Meanwhile.
Whoosh!
Blood light formed from endless soul power was born in every corner.
It gathered in one spot, a gloomy forest in the north of Inferno City.
In the forest.
Under the watchful eyes of Lonely Island, Ji Ningshuang, Super God Athena and the others.
The Ghost King Soul-Commanding Envoy · Sade, who had been using the Soul Refining Orb to keep absorbing soul power for [Soul Devourer], gripped the SS-Rank Divine Artifact scepter [Soul Devourer] in his hand.
Growth: 100%!
[T/N: New Novel guys. It's an original. Super good kinda. Here's the synopsis:
Title: Transmigrated Into an Eldritch World, I Am the Strongest?
Synopsis:
Transmigrated into another world where Eldritch run rampant, Lynn finds he's become a knockoff pseudo-god whose divine power has run dry and who's about to fade away.
Outside the church, indescribable horrors are pounding on the door, and the despairing countdown begins.
To save himself, Lynn grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR online game called [Old Gods Awaken], summoning a batch of hardcore players from Blue Star to be his believers.
He figured this bunch would tremble in fear under the Eldritch's torment, but things spiraled completely out of control...
Player A (fanatical): "Guys, this headless wraith's physical hitbox is bugged! Block it with a door and take turns chipping at it for the first kill!"
Player B (excited): "This Great Old One's tentacle has a drop check! Eat it raw for +5 poison resistance, come bite!"
Player C (pensive): "If we tie up all the NPCs in this town, the cultists won't find anyone to sacrifice. That's what you call a logic clear!"
Watching the Eldritch monsters outside the door literally scared shitless by the players, and the local natives staring at him with awestruck, crazed eyes and worshiping him as the "Supreme Lord of Chaos", Lynn, sitting on the divine throne, looks majestic and unmatched on the surface, but inside he's panicking like an old dog: 'Stop filling in the blanks! I really am not some indescribable source of horror, I just couldn't hold back this Fourth Calamity bunch!']