As Wang Junjie and the other two suddenly turned into Black Demons, the scene left Chen Jun, Zhang Long, and the others beside Nether completely baffled.
"What kind of skill is that?"
"It's an S-rank magic scroll, Spatial Exchange," one player immediately checked the Divine Oracle database and said, "After use, it allows you and up to four teammates to swap positions with random lifeforms within a 1,000-yard radius."
"No way! Is Hero of Chaotic World really that rich? He just pulls out an S-rank magic scroll like it's nothing?"
"He didn't crush a magic scroll. He crushed money. An S-rank magic scroll is worth over a million."
"If it were me, I'd rather just die. My life isn't worth a million."
"How do you think he got that orange title, Rich Beyond Measure?"
"He's the richest man in Ning'an, Jiang Province."
While everyone was discussing it, Chen Jun said with a fierce look, "One thousand yards isn't that far. Sir, I'll take some people and chase them down."
"No need," Nether raised a hand to stop Chen Jun, "Everyone who could interfere with our plan has already been dealt with."
"The few remaining ones aren't worth worrying about."
Chen Jun nodded and said excitedly, "According to the system data, thirty-five teams entered the dungeon this round. Twenty-eight of them are ours. Even after subtracting the eight teams that have already been eliminated, we still have twenty teams left."
"Also, of the four Chaotic World guild teams, we've already wiped out three. The remaining one only has three survivors left."
"Add Rulebound's team and the Divine Nation guild's team, and no matter what, they can't even gather three full teams anymore. In this battle, we have nearly ten times the numbers advantage, and everyone has A-rank to B-rank talents! Victory is guaranteed."
"Wait!", Zhang Long suddenly seemed to notice something, "Twenty-eight plus four plus one plus one... isn't that only thirty-four teams? Brother Jun, did you miss one team?"
Chen Jun counted again, "You're right!"
"But why is there really one team missing? That's weird!"
After a pause, Chen Jun waved it off, "Whatever! Even if we add another five people, it won't change the fact that they're doomed."
"All we need to do now is find Rulebound's location. Once we surround him, he's dead for sure."
Just as Chen Jun finished speaking.
BOOM!
In the distance, a beam of golden light suddenly shot into the sky from one corner of the Divine Tomb Dungeon.
At the same time, a dungeon announcement descended from above.
[Dungeon Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player Rulebound (team) for discovering the Princess's Tomb in the Divine Tomb Dungeon! Please note: All players who entered the Divine Tomb Dungeon this round may enter the Princess's Tomb. A large number of high-level treasure chests may be hidden inside. All players are invited to explore it."]
As the system announcement ended, looking toward the location where the golden light appeared, Nether gave an order.
"Pass the message. Everyone gather at the golden light."
"Yes!"
———
[Another Corner of the Divine Tomb]
Bang!
Sword Shield Warrior Sun Yang used his special weapon, a staff (compatible with his talent, granting +30% damage when using staff-type weapons), and smashed the final enemy High Priest player to death with one strike.
A scream rang out.
Whoosh!
A beam of white light rose.
The five-player team that had ambushed Ling Xue's group was completely wiped out.
Meanwhile, Ling Xue's group of five, one of the five core teams of the Divine Kingdom Guild, merely had slightly dirty clothes.
He Xiao picked up a staff dropped by the enemy Mage player. While playing with the staff, which wasn't even considered a decent weapon, he said dismissively, "Tch! That's all they had?"
"And they dared ambush the Divine Kingdom F5?"
"Who gave them the courage?"
As the battle ended, Zhao Jun did not relax. Instead, recalling the fight, he still felt uneasy.
"The people who attacked us were obviously independent players. Their strength wasn't that impressive, but their talents weren't weak at all."
"Judging from the strength they displayed and the talent effects they used, their talent grades were at least B-rank or higher."
"But under normal circumstances, players with talents like that wouldn't be doing poorly in Divine Oracle, even if they were nobodies in real life."
"But it was obvious those guys had nothing going for them except their talents..."
Zhao Jun's words also made Lin Miaomiao realize something.
Crossing her arms over her chest, she thought for a moment and said, "Last night, powerful players all over Inferno City were attacked and lost their talents."
"And those victims all happened to be high-grade talent holders with B-rank or even A-rank talents."
"Why do I feel like the people who attacked us just now stole those talents from them?"
Sun Yang rested his staff on his shoulders and joined the discussion.
"Is it possible that there's only one mastermind?"
"That person can steal talents by killing players, then give those talents to others."
"The large-scale slaughter last night and all that talent stealing... was it all to take over the Divine Tomb Dungeon today?"
"No!", Ling Xue suddenly realized something. A trace of concern flashed through her beautiful eyes, "Their target may not be the dungeon."
"If it was only for the dungeon, there would've been no reason for them to risk attacking us."
Hearing that, He Xiao immediately looked at Ling Xue.
"Then don't tell me they're after your talent?"
"No," Ling Xue frowned, "Those people weren't very strong. The person who can actually steal talents clearly wasn't among them. Their purpose seemed more like simply eliminating us so we couldn't interfere with their final plan."
"Their target..."
"Is Lin Mo."
The moment Ling Xue reached that conclusion, her mind jolted.
BOOM!
In the distance ahead, a pillar of golden light shot into the sky from another area of the dungeon.
[Dungeon Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player Rulebound (team) for discovering the Princess's Tomb in the dungeon..."]
After hearing the announcement and seeing the golden light in the distance, a sense of danger immediately rose in Ling Xue's heart.
"This is bad! Lin Mo's location has been exposed."
"Based on the number of people attacked and robbed of their talents in Inferno City last night, they have at least a hundred people."
"Lin Mo is in danger. Let's hurry over and support him."
So Ling Xue sent a message to warn Lin Mo while rushing with Lin Miaomiao and the others toward the location where the golden light was shining.
What no one knew was that it looked as though Lin Mo had accidentally exposed his location by discovering the Princess's Tomb and triggering the dungeon announcement.
———
In reality, one minute earlier...
[Outside the Princess's Tomb]
After Lin Mo and the other four had cleared dozens of waves of Black Demons.
And after no more Black Demons appeared ahead, a system notification sounded beside Lin Mo's ear.
[Ding~ Congratulations on discovering the Princess's Tomb. Please choose whether to make the Princess's Tomb information public or hidden.]
Lin Mo did not hesitate for even a moment.
"Public."
As soon as Lin Mo made his choice, another system notification immediately followed, bringing him an unexpected surprise.
[Ding~ Because you are the first player to discover the location of the Princess's Tomb and chose to make its location public, congratulations! You have obtained a unique opportunity to upgrade the dungeon mission. Would you like to upgrade the dungeon mission?]
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