Time froze at 8:10 PM.
There were still fifty minutes left until the agreed time with [Mo].
Lu Ye had already calculated that traveling from Inferno City to the location Mo sent would take at most twenty minutes.
That left an extra half hour.
So, Lu Ye agreed to Qin Xiaoyu's request, "Alright, where are you? I'll come find you."
Someone who has walked in the rain understands better how to hold an umbrella for others.
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A few minutes later, at the north gate of Inferno City, Lu Ye saw Qin Xiaoyu.
As a Priest advanced class, High Priest, Qin Xiaoyu's equipment was extremely shabby.
A player's real-life condition synced with the game.
The girl looked clearly malnourished, thin and frail. It was obvious she usually lived frugally, spending all her money on treating her younger sister Qin Xiaoyue's illness.
Seeing Qin Xiaoyu, Lu Ye went straight to the point, "Where are your friends trapped? Take me to them."
But at this moment, Qin Xiaoyu seemed a little uneasy.
Lu Ye asked, "Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"
"N-nothing…", Qin Xiaoyu shook her head, "Uncle Lu, I'm taking up your time. Thank you for coming to help me."
"It's fine. Take me there."
"Mm, okay!"
With that, Qin Xiaoyu led Lu Ye out through the north gate of Inferno City.
Just as the two of them left the city, inside, a group of players who had been lying in wait for a long time quietly followed behind them.
On the way to the destination, Qin Xiaoyu kept her head lowered the entire time, her expression tense and uneasy.
Lu Ye noticed something off about her.
But he simply thought it was because her sister Qin Xiaoyue's condition wasn't good, so he asked with concern, "Is your sister's medical fee not enough? How much more is needed?"
"N-no…", Qin Xiaoyu hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, Uncle Lu, how is Nannan doing?"
In the past, every time Nannan was mentioned, Lu Ye would be devastated.
But this time, he looked radiant, "The hospital has already matched a suitable bone marrow donor, and the money has all been paid. The transplant surgery is tomorrow. The doctor said the success rate is over 90%."
"Really?", Qin Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, genuinely happy, "That's great!"
Lu Ye smiled, "I mentioned you to Nannan last time, said you bought her fruit. She even drew you a picture, planning to give it to you in person when there's a chance to meet in the future."
When she heard this, Qin Xiaoyu's heart suddenly clenched.
She abruptly stopped walking.
Lu Ye turned back to look at her, "What's wrong?"
Suddenly, Qin Xiaoyu cried and said to Lu Ye, "I'm sorry, Uncle Lu…"
"You should go! Hurry and go! I lied to you!"
"It was people from the Storm Guild who threatened me to lure you to Death Valley. They've already set up an ambush there!"
"Don't go there!"
Hearing this, a trace of disbelief appeared in Lu Ye's eyes.
The next moment, the shock in his eyes was replaced by killing intent.
Shing!
Lu Ye drew his sword and rushed straight toward Qin Xiaoyu.
Seeing this, Qin Xiaoyu didn't dodge.
Because she knew she had taken advantage of Lu Ye's sympathy for her.
After learning the truth, if he wanted to kill her, she deserved it.
Qin Xiaoyu closed her eyes and stood there, waiting for death.
But at that moment, the charging Lu Ye suddenly pushed Qin Xiaoyu away with his left hand.
Slash!
With a flick of his right hand, his sword fell, instantly killing a level 51 Storm Assassin player who had activated Sprint and was trying to ambush Qin Xiaoyu from behind.
When Qin Xiaoyu opened her eyes and saw this scene, her eyes widened, and she froze in place.
Only then did she realize, the Storm Guild hadn't just set an ambush in Death Valley.
From the moment she and Lu Ye left the city, they had already been targeted by another group sent by them.
Ahead, dozens of Storm players charged over aggressively with weapons in hand.
From the side, Lu Ye glanced at Qin Xiaoyu behind him, "Run!"
After saying that, Lu Ye immediately entered combat mode.
This group of Storm Guild players was led by a level 51 Dark Wizard, Tyrannosaur.
Before the battle broke out, Tyrannosaur said to Lu Ye, "Brother Black Night, we have no intention of targeting you. We just want to borrow your hand to kill someone for us. Once it's done, you'll definitely be rewarded handsomely."
"And this time, we're willing to pay first. There absolutely won't be a repeat of what happened last time."
Beneath the fully enclosed metal armor, Lu Ye's gaze was as cold as his armor.
"Sorry. I only trust anyone once."
These words were like an icy blade, stabbing deep into Qin Xiaoyu's heart behind him.
Facing him, Tyrannosaur's expression turned cold.
"If Rulebound doesn't die, then I die."
"Only you can kill Rulebound. You must help me kill him!"
Driven by this obsession, Tyrannosaur was no longer calm.
"Attack! Take him down!"
"Alive!"
At Tyrannosaur's command, dozens of Storm players rushed toward Lu Ye.
'I'm about to meet up with Mo. I absolutely can't let the Storm Guild discover Mo's location and movements. The only way… is to deal with them.'
With that thought, Lu Ye stood his ground, not retreating even half a step.
Gripping the Shadow Sword, the moment the Storm players entered attack range—
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Lu Ye charged into the crowd at incredible speed. With each rise and fall of his sword, dealing extremely high damage, he cut down Storm players one after another.
Amid a series of rising and falling screams, beams of white light shot into the sky across the battlefield.
Seeing this, Tyrannosaur was shocked.
"Isn't his hidden class supposed to get stronger the more souls he absorbs?"
"He doesn't even have a single trace of Shadow Breath on him right now. How does he have such explosive power?"
"This hidden class is actually this strong?"
Of course, Shadow Breath was the strongest core of the Shadow Sword God class.
But aside from that, hidden classes had far higher attribute growth than normal classes, and all skills were enhanced by the class, transforming into exclusive hidden-class abilities.
So even without the boost of Shadow Breath, the Shadow Sword God, Black Night, still had overwhelming strength.
Dozens of Storm players surrounded Lu Ye, yet they had no advantage at all.
In an instant, more than half of them were killed.
Just as Lu Ye was cutting through everything, unstoppable—
Whoosh!
A dark gray beam of light suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping Lu Ye.
Dark Wizard ultimate, Soul Suppression!
"The vice guild leader has controlled him! Everyone, attack together!"
As Tyrannosaur cast his spell and restrained Black Night, the remaining Storm players swarmed forward.
Lu Ye's talent effect granted him temporary percentage-based boosts to all attributes by killing enemies.
His class effect also allowed him to absorb Shadow Breath from slain enemies, granting percentage-based damage increase and reduction.
Before these two stacked up to one hundred layers, his strength hadn't reached an unbreakable level.
Under the Storm players' assault, Lu Ye's HP dropped rapidly.
At the brink of danger—
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light enveloped Lu Ye.
Lu Ye suddenly realized, even under Soul Suppression, he could move.
There was no time to think about why.
Planting his long sword into the ground, Lu Ye unleashed the Sword Shield Warrior ultimate, enhanced by his hidden class Shadow Sword God, Night Storm!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless sword shadows swept around Lu Ye, instantly killing dozens of nearby Storm players in one go.
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