The Lv85 Divine Temple.
Around a great hall stretched a vast, boundless domain, where large numbers of players with the [Holy Hall] guild ID over their heads were hunting in parties the Level 85 monsters found everywhere in the Divine Temple, the Spirit Beasts.
At the same time, they were combing the temple grounds in a carpet search.
It seemed they were looking for something.
Just then.
At the head of the crowd, the Holy Hall Guild's leader, a middle-aged Paladin whose ID was [Holy Hall · Glory], heard one of his underlings whisper something in his ear.
His expression hardened at once, and he waved a hand and gave an order.
Right away, a large group of Holy Hall Guild players pulled back out of the Divine Temple map.
Outside the Divine Temple map, they quickly set up a defensive line!
Clearly, it was the commotion Ning Xi had just made killing the Holy Hall Guild's lurkers in the bamboo grove.
The Holy Hall Guild already knew Ning Xi had come, and this move was to hold her off!
Ning Xi's heart jolted.
She found it more and more unbelievable.
Earlier, after passing the God-Making Assessment and gaining the identity of a Divine Race faction member, she had been about to enter the Divine Kingdom through the Divine Capital to help Lin Mo carry out the SS-Rank hidden quest, only to find Lonely Island had led people to guard the Divine Capital ahead of time.
Back then, Ning Xi had already thought it strange: how had Lonely Island known her next move in advance and laid out his plans beforehand?
And this time was even more outrageous!
He had even guessed that Ning Xi would come to the Divine Temple map to carry out the last step of the quest!
It was a wilderness area as high as Level 85. The solo players of Inferno City didn't dare come to level in a place this high-level at all, and there was no one here but the Holy Hall Guild's players.
So, ruling out the possibility that they had just happened to come here to 'hunt', they were clearly here for another purpose.
And while killing monsters, they were searching for something.
At a time like this.
In a place like this.
Ning Xi thought:
'Unless I'm mistaken,'
'what they're looking for must be the quest item I need to find, the Holy Wings!'
'They want to find the Holy Wings before me and destroy them, to keep me from finishing the quest!'
Having worked this out, Ning Xi's expression turned fierce.
At the moment, she had no time to think too much about how Lonely Island had predicted all this.
All Ning Xi knew was that once she found the Holy Wings in the Divine Temple, she could complete the Divine Emperor's trial, help Lin Mo, and fully complete the entire SS-Rank hidden quest · Heart Knot.
This crucial final step could not fail!
And so.
Even though the other side had overwhelming numbers.
Even though she stood alone.
Ning Xi felt no hesitation or retreat at all.
Her eyes were full of firmness and certainty.
"Brother Lin Mo, wait for me."
"I'll definitely rescue you from the Land of Abandoned Ghosts!"
As she spoke.
Ning Xi gripped the [Hell · Yama Staff].
Boom!
The set skill [Hellfire] ignited around her.
Whoosh!
A golden Divine Race faction aura bloomed behind her.
An SSS-Rank Talent holder!
First on the Heaven Ranking in Inferno City!
A Level 84 Elemental Mage!
As Ning Xi, at the absolute peak of her condition, advanced toward the Divine Temple map.
Meanwhile, the Level 76 to 77 Holy Hall Guild players stationed outside the Divine Temple had never faced Liuli before and didn't know her true strength.
But her aura alone instantly hit them with enormous pressure, like nothing they had ever felt.
Holy Hall Player A: "Holy crap! Is she even a player? She feels like a big BOSS!"
Holy Hall Player B: "She's the one who triggered the global announcement, the first Divine Race faction member of the Supreme Race in the whole world of Divine Oracle!"
Holy Hall Player C: "What a terrifying aura. Are we sure we want to stop her?"
As the Holy Hall Guild players muttered among themselves, before the battle had even begun, they had already lost half the battle in momentum.
The Holy Hall Guild leader, the Paladin Holy Hall · Glory, rallied them with a shout: "Stop Liuli! As long as Liuli doesn't get into the Divine Temple map, everyone gets an extra 1,000 yuan bonus this month!"
In the end, they couldn't resist the temptation of money.
As soon as Holy Hall · Glory said this.
Everyone present perked up at once!
Of course, in the end it was because Lonely Island had paid too much.
Twenty million yuan, to buy out the Holy Hall Guild.
As long as the money was there.
Who'd have a reason to turn their back on money?
"Brothers, kill!"
"Whoever kills Liuli gets an extra million-yuan bonus!"
The moment these words were out.
The Holy Hall Guild players' morale doubled!
Whoosh!
For a moment, warriors, knights, archers, mages, even priests with their staffs charged at Ning Xi!
Whoosh!
Red light bloomed.
In full combat mode, Ning Xi pressed forward unstoppable.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
With the SSS-Rank talent Nine-Five Supreme, ten times damage and ten times casting speed, she didn't even need skills.
A single basic attack was enough to kill any player easily.
Even the Magic Knights, thick-skinned and famous for their magic defense, were no exception.
Under Ning Xi's rapid picking-off.
Almost as soon as a Holy Hall Guild player entered Ning Xi's 50-yard casting range, they were killed instantly!
Whoosh!
Flashes of white light rose one after another.
The Holy Hall Guild players in the rear saw countless white lights shoot skyward in front of them, and a chill ran through them all.
"Damn! That's insane! No matter who goes up there, it's death!"
"I heard Liuli is Mo Shouchenggu's girlfriend? What kind of terrorists are these two?!"
"It's just a game! What's there to be afraid of? Dying only costs us a level! But if we pull it off, that's a million-yuan bonus! Enough to save us twenty or thirty years of grinding!"
"Brothers, charge!"
In the end, the temptation of money overpowered the fear in the players' hearts.
The Holy Hall players threw themselves forward like moths to a flame, one wave after another.
Meanwhile, inside the Divine Temple.
Ji Ningshuang was quietly watching the situation outside the Divine Temple.
Ji Ningshuang could stay calm.
Beside her, Chen Feng couldn't hold back.
After all, she was the boss's goddaughter. Even though she looked several years younger than him, Chen Feng still had to address Ji Ningshuang respectfully as, "Sister Shuangwu."
"The Holy Hall Guild's people are too weak, and they have no tactics at all. They're just human punching bags. They can't stop Liuli!"
"Should I call out my Divine Nation people, wrap this up fast and take Liuli out?"
Chen Feng swore confidently. "No matter how strong Liuli is, she's still just a player. Being a Divine Race faction member is only an identity, not like she's really a god!"
"Without Mo Shouchenggu's Divine Advent Seraph at her side, crowd control can be anyone's fatal weakness!"
"Once a wizard locks her down, one round of focused fire from the mages and archers can take her out easily!"
But Ji Ningshuang kept her cold, clear eyes on the front and said without hurry, "Wait."
"Wait a little longer."
However anxious Chen Feng was, however eager to give the order to attack.
Seeing Ji Ningshuang's attitude, he could only drop the idea and choose to obey her.
After all, Lonely Island had given instructions: everything done at the Divine Temple was entirely up to Ji Ningshuang's arrangements, and no one was to disobey her orders!
Chen Feng just didn't understand. "Sister Shuangwu, what are we waiting for?"
Ji Ningshuang's gaze was cold.
"We're waiting for a chance to cut off every escape route for Mo Shouchenggu and Liuli, and make them lose every means they have to fight Godfather."