When Han Ruoxi publicly proposed that as long as Lin Mo was willing to join the Blood Dance guild, she would agree to be his girlfriend, before Lin Mo even reacted, all around them, the Blood Dance guild players' eyes went wide.
"Damn! To recruit one man, the Second Miss is even putting herself on the line? That's a bit much, isn't it?"
"Holy crap! Wait, something's not right! When I was invited to join the Blood Dance guild, why didn't the Second Miss give me this kind of treatment?"
"Do you know who the Second Miss is? She's a noble lady from the capital! The second young lady of the Han family! The vice guild master of our Blood Dance guild! High status and great authority! And she's absolutely stunning! The rich young masters chasing after her stretch all the way from the capital to Magic City."
"This Rulebound is way too lucky. The Second Miss actually took a liking to him."
"From here on out he'll marry a rich and beautiful woman and reach the peak of life. Damn! This is literally the biggest dream of my life."
The endless chatter from the Blood Dance players made Ning Xi fall into self-doubt.
She couldn't help asking herself in her heart, 'What exactly is the relationship between Brother Lin Mo and me right now? Are we boyfriend and girlfriend? But he never confessed to me… so we probably aren't, right?'
'Ruoxi's conditions are so good, and she's so beautiful, while I'm just an ordinary person…'
Deep down, Ning Xi only had one thought: she didn't have the right to stop Lin Mo from going toward something better.
Of course, what Ning Xi cared about most was Lin Mo's opinion.
But when she saw Lin Mo begin to hesitate after hearing the conditions Ruoxi offered, an inexplicable sense of disappointment rose in her heart.
What Ning Xi didn't know was: Lin Mo wasn't hesitating about anything. He was simply shocked by the S-grade talent Summoning Art that she mentioned.
Only now did Lin Mo finally realize, 'So this Tier-4 BOSS wasn't summoned through a magic scroll, nor through a forbidden spell skill. It was summoned by Ruoxi using her talent.'
In the world of Divine Oracle, aside from SSS-grade talents, all other talents could appear more than once.
In his previous life, Lin Mo had already seen this S-grade talent, Summoning Art, on another player.
This talent allowed the user to collect Summoning Power by killing monsters, then spend that Summoning Power to summon elite monsters and even BOSS-level monsters.
The more Summoning Power consumed, the higher the rank of the summoned monster.
'This is truly a top-tier talent.'
'It's basically the light of a team, the soul of a guild.'
Lin Mo thought to himself.
At the same time, when Han Ruoxi invited him to join the guild and said they wanted nothing else except his help in fighting against the Divine Nation guild, Lin Mo suddenly realized something.
'So it turns out the ones secretly assassinating players recruited by Divine Nation in Blazing Ember City these past few days, the ones Su Muqiu mentioned, were you Blood Dance all along.'
Lin Mo did have some impression of this Blood Dance guild.
Of course, Lin Mo swore on his life that it absolutely wasn't because of the rumor that Blood Dance's two vice guild masters were a pair of twin sisters whose beauty could sink fish and make the moon hide in shame.
Rather, it was because in his previous life, the Blood Dance guild had also been a famous and widely known major force within Dragon Nation.
But according to the history of his previous life, the Blood Dance guild would soon be destroyed by Ming Yuexin and absorbed into the Divine Nation guild.
At the time, this incident had also caused quite a stir throughout the Divine Oracle community in Dragon Nation.
Lin Mo had once heard other players talk about it.
["This Blood Dance guild is actually pretty pitiful. I heard their two beautiful vice guild masters, the twin sisters Ruoxi and Ruoli, were originally noble daughters of the top aristocratic Han family in the capital before Divine Oracle appeared."]
["But their father, the chairman of the Han family, died in an accident. Later, somehow, the Han family's entire business empire was taken over overnight by the Ling Group. Ming Yuexin of the Ling Group rose step by step after that. The reason she was able to establish the Divine Nation guild in the Divine Oracle world and achieve such success was entirely because she stepped on the blood and corpse of the Han family to climb up."]
["So you're saying that if the Han family accident never happened, the guild ranked among the top ten super guilds in the world right now wouldn't be Divine Nation, but Blood Dance?"]
["Exactly! After the Han family fell, the twin sisters Han Ruoxi and Han Ruoli were still very young, but they didn't give up. They took on the responsibility of reviving their family and founded the Blood Dance guild with the support of their uncle! But who would have thought that in the end they'd be betrayed by their own uncle… and end up like this now."]
["Damn, that's too tragic! I really want to save those poor sisters and help them!"]
["Give it a rest! In this world where the strong devour the weak, small fry like us with no power, no status, and no strength are lucky just to stay alive! And you're still dreaming about playing the hero and saving beauties?"]
Lin Mo realized: Blood Dance was the strongest among the countless enemies of the Divine Nation guild in the future.
Which meant Blood Dance would also become one of Lin Mo's strongest potential allies in taking revenge on Ming Yuexin.
Theoretically, if Lin Mo joined Blood Dance, it would create a powerful alliance to fight Ming Yuexin together.
But Lin Mo couldn't do that.
Because he knew clearly, 'Even though Blood Dance is the strongest among all of Divine Nation's enemies, their power still isn't even one-tenth of Divine Nation's.'
'Even if I join Blood Dance, there's no way we could fight Divine Nation right now. And I'd instantly lose the trust and goodwill Ming Yuexin has built toward me these past few days after all my effort.'
'Besides, Han Ruoxi and Han Ruoli aren't the highest authority in Blood Dance. The guild master, who is also their uncle, claims he's helping them revive their family, but in reality he's using the sisters to build the guild for him. In the end he'll betray them and bring Blood Dance to join Divine Nation. If I join Blood Dance right now, it would be like walking straight into a trap.'
'Right now, I absolutely cannot let Ming Yuexin suspect anything about me. I have to stabilize the identity and status I've built inside the Divine Nation guild.'
So when faced with Han Ruoxi's invitation, Lin Mo refused without hesitation.
"Sorry. Since I've already joined Divine Nation, I won't betray them at any time."
"And besides, I already have a girlfriend."
As he spoke, Lin Mo publicly took hold of Ning Xi's cool little hand beside him.
Ning Xi looked at Lin Mo's profile. After being publicly acknowledged by him, her heart immediately began pounding wildly.
Meanwhile, Han Ruoxi showed a look of shock. Clearly she hadn't expected Lin Mo to reject her, the second young lady of the Han family in the capital and vice guild master of Blood Dance, just for the sake of an ordinary girl with no background in reality.
At the same time, hiding his ID among the nearby crowd of spectators, Divine Nation's Judge had been happily recording video evidence of Lin Mo betraying the Divine Nation guild.
But he never expected Lin Mo to reject Blood Dance's invitation so decisively in public. Instantly, he was deeply disappointed.
"Damn it… this kid doesn't follow the script! Blood Dance offered such great conditions and he still turned them down?"
Divine Nation Judge's eyes turned cold.
"Since you can't seize the opportunity, I'll create one for you! Rulebound, I'll definitely ruin you!"
As he spoke, Divine Nation Judge immediately ordered his subordinates.
"Move!"
The next moment—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
From all directions, a group of [Divine Nation] guild players suddenly rushed out of the darkness into the Ghost Graveyard, surrounding all the Blood Dance players present.
At the same time, a level 32 Dark Wizard stepped forward from the crowd.
Raising his staff and pointing it at the Blood Dance players ahead, he shouted loudly, "Order from President Ling! The operation to wipe out the Blood Dance guild begins immediately!"
"All Blood Dance guild players, kill without mercy!"
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