The facts proved that the Princess's Tomb really did contain rare treasures.
Treasure chests didn't even require killing Black Demons and purifying Divine Guards to obtain. You could find them in any corner, anytime.
And every chest found inside the Princess's Tomb was guaranteed to be at least a Level 3 chest.
You had to know that outside, even after purifying thirty or forty Divine Guards, you would barely get a single Level 3 chest.
Most of them were Level 1 chests, while even Level 2 chests were relatively rare.
Yet less than three minutes after entering the Princess's Tomb, Lin Mo had already picked up nine Level 3 chests and two Level 4 chests.
If he were allowed to collect freely, he could empty out the entire Princess's Tomb.
But right now, Lin Mo wasn't very interested in the treasure chests. He would only pick them up when he saw them and wouldn't deliberately search for them.
Because Ning Xi, Wang Junjie, Ling Xue, and the others were all risking their lives outside the Princess's Tomb to hold back Nether and build a defensive line for him.
Whether it was obtaining the God Clan royal blood as quickly as possible, or completing the mission, Lin Mo had to find the princess and purify her as soon as possible.
Under the guidance of Divine Descent Seraph and with Ah'Li escorting him the entire way, he cut through all obstacles.
Before long, Lin Mo arrived at the core area of the Princess's Tomb.
Inside the tomb chamber stood an ice-blue crystal coffin wrapped in waves of dark aura.
Inside the transparent coffin lay a noble young woman. Her hands rested quietly in front of her.
Her expression was calm, her skin like jade. She looked as though she were merely asleep rather than a sleeping beauty who had been dead for twenty years.
One glance at her unmatched beauty was enough to leave a lasting impression.
Even the Ancestral-rank Divine Descent Seraph could not help but kneel on one knee and bow before the girl inside the crystal coffin.
At the same time, Lin Mo became certain, the girl inside the crystal coffin was Princess Siya, the Seventh Princess of the God Clan.
However—
"How am I supposed to purify her?"
As Lin Mo approached with that question in mind and cautiously reached out to touch the crystal coffin...
Buzz!
As if sensing the warmth of Lin Mo's palm, a cold light spread from his hand and burst outward, instantly dispersing the dark aura surrounding the crystal coffin.
The temperature throughout the tomb chamber suddenly dropped, while streams of cold light flowed around the surroundings.
At the same time, a system notification sounded beside Lin Mo's ear.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You have successfully purified Princess Siya of the God Clan. The Divine Tomb Dungeon's unique advanced mission, Princess's Wish, has been completed.]
Lin Mo froze for a moment.
"That's it?"
After thinking about it, the advanced mission was only a few hundred difficulty points higher than the normal dungeon mission.
But the advanced version required purifying fifty more Divine Guards than the ordinary mission.
Those extra difficulty points were probably added to those fifty Divine Guards.
There was no need to spend additional effort on the princess herself.
Which was reasonable enough.
But next, Lin Mo encountered another major problem.
Even after the princess was purified, the crystal coffin remained sealed.
Lin Mo couldn't obtain the royal blood within her body, nor could he use Guaranteed Hit · Divine Hand to turn her into a pet.
Because according to the pet capture rules of Divine Oracle World, players had to kill a monster or NPC first before using a capture scroll to have a chance of capturing the target as a pet.
When purifying Divine Guards before, he first killed them to remove the Black Demon Clan's dark power attached to them.
But the purification of the princess had skipped that step entirely.
"Does this mean I can only stop at completing the mission?"
Just as Lin Mo looked at Princess Siya lying quietly inside the crystal coffin, her beautiful face still and unmoving, and felt somewhat regretful, suddenly, another system notification rang beside his ear.
[Ding~ Congratulations. As the player who completed the Princess's Wish mission, you have triggered the unique God Clan S-Rank Hidden Mission: Heart Knot. Do you wish to accept this mission? (Note: In addition to the basic rewards, success will cause Siya to become your pet. Failure will result in Siya's permanent death, and you will be permanently blacklisted by the God Clan.)]
Food arriving when hungry?
A pillow arriving when sleepy?
Just moments ago, he had been feeling regret that he couldn't tame Siya as a pet.
And now it was delivered right to him?
With a God Clan S-Rank Hidden Mission included?
Such a huge opportunity.
Even with the risk of being blacklisted by the God Clan forever, unable to join the God Clan camp, unable to tame God Clan pets, and unable to use God Clan equipment, divine artifacts, magic scrolls, and other resources, Lin Mo still chose without hesitation.
"Yes!"
"Whether I can make you my pet isn't important."
"What's important is that I really can't bear to see you spend the rest of your life lying in this cold coffin."
[Ding~ Congratulations! You have accepted the unique God Clan S-Rank Hidden Mission: Heart Knot.]
The moment Lin Mo accepted the mission,.Princess Siya slowly opened her closed eyes inside the crystal coffin.
———
At the same time, elsewhere—
[Outside the Princess's Tomb]
As the players from both sides fought fiercely, amid flashing blades and swords, white light continued appearing across the battlefield.
Slash!
As Chen Jun brought down his blade and killed Tiexue Wuqing, whose talent had been stolen, he couldn't help sighing.
"This S-rank talent, Origin of All Things, is really powerful! It's way stronger than my own lousy D-rank talent!"
"If I'd had this talent earlier, I'd already be the number one expert on Inferno City's Heavenly Ranking! Even Rulebound might not have been my match!"
The facts proved that talent was still too important.
Although Wang Junjie, Ling Xue, Han Ruoxi, and the others were not weak, their talents were still lacking.
Han Ruoxi's Summoning Art and Ling Xue's Dragon Seeking Art were S-rank and SS-rank respectively.
Their talent ranks were high, but both were support-type talents and completely useless in combat.
As for Nether's group, all the talents he had stolen for his subordinates for this Divine Tomb battle were combat talents.
Against a group of opponents with B-rank and A-rank combat talents, only Lu Ye, Ling Xue, and Ning Xi remained on this side.
Along with Lin Mo's clone, Mo.
The worst part was, Lu Ye had been controlled by Nether's S-rank talent, Charm.
Lu Ye's A-rank talent was below S-rank.
In addition, he possessed the A-rank hidden class Shadow Sword God. With double A-rank strength, he was the third core combat force after Ning Xi and Lin Mo's clone.
As a result, he became Nether's first choice for Charm.
Even Wang Junjie and Gao Han hadn't been killed by the enemy.
They had been killed by Lu Ye.
In his Burst state, one hundred Shadow Sword Puppets were spread across the battlefield.
The pressure they created was enough to make even Chen Jun and Zhang Long feel uneasy.
Looking at Ning Xi, Ling Xue, and Mo guarding the entrance to the Princess's Tomb, Nether said, "I'll give you one more chance. Move aside."
Swish!
Ling Xue pointed her sword forward, her gaze cold.
Just like Ning Xi's answer, "No chance!"
A trace of killing intent appeared in Nether's deep eyes.
"Then don't blame me."
"Attack."
Following Nether's command, the charmed Lu Ye controlled one hundred Shadow Sword Puppets and charged toward the three of them.
Just as Ning Xi and the others prepared to fight to the death...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Suddenly, countless arrows rained down from the sky and swallowed up all the Shadow Sword Puppets.
-179835! (Critical)
-178634! (Critical)
-178894! (Critical)
In an instant, all one hundred Level 58 Shadow Sword Puppets were killed.