[Announcement: "Ding~ Unfortunately! Player Dawn (Team) has failed the Divine Tomb dungeon because all five team members have died."]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Unfortunately! Player Cola Without Ice (Team) has failed the Divine Tomb dungeon because all five team members have died."]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Unfortunately! Player Heavenly Silkworm Bandit (Team) has failed the Divine Tomb dungeon because all five team members have died."]
Less than ten minutes after the Divine Tomb dungeon opened, several system announcements sounded one after another.
Outside the dungeon, the spectators gathered around the Divine Ruins all reacted with surprise.
Spectator A: "Is this dungeon really that hard? Damn! It's only been a few minutes, and five teams are already out."
Spectator B: "Good thing I didn't waste millions buying a rank scroll. If I had gone in, I'd probably be dead too. That money would've gone down the drain "
Spectator C: "As expected of a rare hidden dungeon! The difficulty is really high. But that's a good thing! Once I reach Silver rank in a few days, there might still be some remaining clear rewards left."
Spectator D: "Hahaha! This is hilarious! The people who spent tens of millions or over a hundred million buying rank scrolls are complete fools. Even if they couldn't clear the dungeon, farming some rewards would've been worth it. Getting eliminated this fast, they probably didn't even get a single brick."
Spectator E: "I said getting in early wasn't necessarily a good thing! They're basically scouting the way for us! At this rate, I don't think even Rulebound's team will have an easy time clearing this dungeon."
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[Inside the Divine Tomb]
After going through all kinds of trouble, Chen Jun and Zhang Long finally met up with Nether.
After learning that five of the twenty-eight teams had already been wiped out within ten minutes, Nether scolded Chen Jun, "Didn't I tell you to order everyone to stop clearing the dungeon?"
"The dungeon can be entered again at any time. Rewards can be earned again at any time. But the chance to deal with Rulebound doesn't come around whenever we want. If we fail to take care of him this time, none of us will escape responsibility when the boss holds us accountable."
"You're right, sir!", Chen Jun could barely explain himself, "I've already ordered everyone to stop clearing the dungeon and gather together. They were eliminated on their way to the rendezvous. The terrain in this dungeon is too complicated, and the monsters are too troublesome..."
Under the blood-colored cloak, Nether's voice was heavy, "Within thirty minutes, everyone must be gathered and Rulebound's location must be confirmed."
"Yes, sir!"
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[Lin Mo's Team]
Ten minutes after entering the dungeon, they still hadn't started clearing it.
They had simply been following behind Lin Mo and wandering around.
Qin Feng finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Brother Mo, let me ask something... are we farming WeChat step counts or something?"
Ling Xiao said, "I just asked Wang Junjie. He said the monsters in this dungeon are strengthened by the Dark Priests. They all have a control rebound effect whenever they're attacked."
"Even though they're difficult to kill, I think we should at least give it a try before deciding whether we can beat them or not!"
Lin Mo calmly observed the terrain around him, "No rush. Wait a bit longer."
At that moment, Xia Wanwan checked the system elimination announcements. Her brows knitted together.
"Five teams have already been eliminated in only ten minutes. This dungeon is really hard."
Meanwhile, Ning Xi seemed to notice something from the elimination list.
She looked up at Lin Mo thoughtfully, "Brother Lin Mo, have you noticed something?"
Lin Mo replied casually, "Everyone who entered the dungeon has been replaced."
It turned out Lin Mo had already noticed.
Back when Qin Feng was selling rank scrolls, Lin Mo had been observing every buyer in order to follow the trail and find the "boss" behind Tyrant.
He had long discovered that none of the eliminated teams belonged to the people who had bought scrolls at the time.
In other words, everyone who entered the Divine Tomb dungeon had already been replaced.
Lin Mo said, "Looks like today's pig-slaughtering scheme isn't a small one."
Ning Xi said worriedly, "Brother Lin Mo, should we take them out one by one? If they all gather together, their numbers might put us at a disadvantage."
"No," Lin Mo said, "We'll wait until they gather together and wipe them all out at once."
The moment those words came out, Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, and Xia Wanwan looked at each other in confusion.
"Pig-slaughtering scheme?"
"What?"
"What pig-slaughtering scheme? Who's the pig?"
"Wipe them all out? Who are we wiping out? All of who?"
Just then, Lin Mo finally confirmed the location.
He stopped and took a magic scroll from his backpack.
Crack!
The moment Lin Mo crushed the magic scroll without hesitation...
Bzz—
It felt as if the surrounding air had been compressed.
Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, Xia Wanwan, and the others immediately felt an extreme sense of suffocation.
It was as though their hearts had suddenly stopped beating.
"W-what's happening?"
"I can't breathe!"
"I think I'm kind of dead... bleh!"
Qin Feng rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue. He really did look a little dead.
The suffocating sensation lasted three seconds.
Bzz!
The compressed air was released.
Everything returned to normal.
Ling Xiao and the others felt as if something had been squeezing their necks for a long time, and they all gasped for air.
Meanwhile, within a circular area centered on Lin Mo with a radius of 1,000 yards, an area invisible to then, all Dark Priests and Black Demons were instantly shredded by an unseen force.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Accompanied by waves of cries, Countless Black Demons fell dead without a sound.
At the same time, completely unaware of what had happened, Ling Xiao and the others suddenly heard system notifications ring in their ears.
[Ding~ Your teammate Rulebound has killed 825 level 65 Black Demons. Experience gained: +412,500,000 (five-player team minimum share 50% + 50% level difference bonus)!]
[Ding~ Your teammate Rulebound has killed 91 level 65 Dark Priests. Experience gained: +45,500,000!]
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Three consecutive beams of golden light descended over Ling Xiao and the others.
Other than Lin Mo and Ning Xi, Ling Xiao and Qin Feng jumped directly from level 57 to level 60.
Xia Wanwan shot up from level 56 to level 59.
All three of them gained three levels in a row.
And that wasn't all.
The next second, another system notification sounded beside them at the same time.
[Ding~ Congratulations! Your team has successfully purified 91 Divine Guards. Dungeon points +910. Dungeon mission completed! Please have the team leader submit the mission to receive the dungeon clear rewards.]
At that moment, Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, and Xia Wanwan's eyes widened.
All of them were stunned.
Only Lin Mo remained completely calm.
At the same time, a private system notification rang in Lin Mo's ear.
[Ding~ You have used the SSS-rank magic scroll Fatal · Spatial Strangulation. Permanent enhancement gained: Final damage dealt to monsters +1%!]