Night fell.
As the players from the seven major guilds gradually withdrew from the Dark Dungeon, the spectators also dispersed.
Only two figures remained quietly standing in the shadows.
The assassin, dressed in a black skintight outfit with a graceful figure, Ji Ningshuang's cold eyes were filled with unwillingness.
"Damn it! We were so close!"
"If we'd managed to kill that Blood Ghost King Boss, we would have found Mo Chen before Rulebound did!"
Beside her, Nether said casually, "Rulebound's target was also Mo Chen. At least we were heading in the right direction."
Ji Ningshuang thought for a moment, "So what now? Do we keep following this lead?"
"Rulebound took Mo Chen back to the city, which means he'll definitely need Mo Chen for something else later. We'll keep working through Mo Chen and find a way to deal with the Divine Descent Seraph through him."
"No," Nether rejected the idea.
"Our operation against Mo Chen tonight already alerted them. Rulebound definitely knows what we're after now, and he'll increase security around Mo Chen."
"Besides, using Mo Chen to deal with the Divine Descent Seraph isn't a certain solution."
"We need a method that's guaranteed, one that will make the Divine Descent Seraph disappear from Rulebound's side forever."
"Only after the Divine Descent Seraph is gone will I be able to deal with Rulebound."
Ji Ningshuang turned to look at Nether and said coldly, "So, do you have a way?"
She had been about to say, "If you don't have one, then stop talking nonsense."
Instead, she heard Nether say one word, "I do."
Ji Ningshuang froze for a moment.
Then she changed her words.
"What is it?"
Nether didn't answer immediately.
Instead, he glanced at the time and said, "Meet me in Inferno City before ten tomorrow night. I'll take you somewhere."
"Where?"
Ji Ningshuang was impatient and couldn't wait even a little.
She pressed him.
"Why tomorrow night? Why not go now?"
Nether only repeated, "Remember. Be there before ten tomorrow night."
With that, he turned and left.
Ji Ningshuang watched his back as he walked away.
She snorted, "Hmph!"
"Always acting so mysterious."
"I'll see what kind of trick you're planning tomorrow night."
"And what exactly you think can deal with Rulebound!"
After saying that, she also turned and left.
Not far away, hidden in the darkness, Zhang Long clenched his fists, his sharp gaze fixed on the departing Nether and Ji Ningshuang.
His eyes were especially filled with killing intent when looking at Ji Ningshuang.
"You bitch!"
"I'll make you pay for killing Brother Jun and Tingting!"
———
[Inferno City]
After bringing Mo Chen out of the sunless Dark Dungeon, Lin Mo settled him into the city's blacksmith shop.
Twenty years ago, Mo Chen had been Inferno City's number one blacksmith.
With his talent, he naturally received the highest level of respect from the mediocre apprentice blacksmiths as soon as he arrived at the shop.
Besides reminding Mo Chen never to leave the city alone under any circumstances, Lin Mo also stationed one of his clones outside the blacksmith shop at all times to ensure Mo Chen's safety.
After settling Mo Chen, the next issue was how to find the Divine Water and the Divine Forging Cauldron.
Just then, the Divine Descent Seraph, Siya, suddenly said to Lin Mo, "Brother Lin Mo, I know where the Divine Water is."
Lin Mo, who had been at a loss, immediately brightened.
"Where?"
Siya answered calmly, "The Divine Water is a sacred water unique to our God Clan."
"Every territory of the God Clan has a Divine Water Pool."
"You can obtain the Divine Water in the Divine Capital."
The Divine Capital.
"Why does that name sound familiar?"
Then Lin Mo suddenly remembered.
"Siya's S-rank mission, Heart Knot, requires taking her back to the God Clan's core territory, the Divine Kingdom, and helping her gain her clansmen's recognition."
"And from Inferno City, the only place that leads to the Divine Nation is the Divine Capital."
The level 75 Divine Capital was intended for Platinum-rank players.
But as the Seventh Princess of the God Clan, returning to her own home naturally wouldn't be restricted by the system.
At worst, Lin Mo simply wouldn't go in and would wait outside.
He could let Siya enter by herself.
As for the S-rank hidden quest Heart Knot, if Siya could resolve it on her own, she would have done so long ago.
That would have to wait until later, when Lin Mo's rank was high enough to personally accompany her through the Divine Capital to the Divine Nation and complete the quest.
This time, they would just retrieve the Divine Water.
Lin Mo said, "Then tomorrow we'll make a trip to the Divine Capital and get the Divine Water."
Siya nodded.
"Okay, Brother Lin Mo."
Before they knew it, it was almost two in the morning.
The rest could wait until tomorrow.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged off.
———
[Zhuzhou, Xiangnan]
[Hotel]
The first thing Lin Mo did after waking up was send Ning Fei a WeChat message asking him to investigate the Divine Forging Cauldron.
Only with both the Divine Water and the Divine Forging Cauldron could Mo Chen forge the Eternal Set.
Of course, asking around in Divine Oracle would probably reveal information about the Divine Forging Cauldron eventually.
But there was no method more effective than asking Ning Fei, whose "cheat vision" seemed to know everything.
After that, he had breakfast in the hotel restaurant with Ning Xi and Zhao Lingyun before returning to his room and logging into the game.
[Ding~ Honorable Inferno City Heavenly Ranking No. 1 player, Supreme Lord · Rulebound, welcome back to the world of Divine Oracle!]
[Ding~ Honorable Inferno City Heavenly Ranking No. 1 World-Renowned · Liuli, welcome back to the world of Divine Oracle!]
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two beams of white light descended.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi appeared in Inferno City at the same time.
Just then, Ning Fei sent a message.
["Brother-in-law, I found information on the Divine Forging Cauldron."]
Less than ten minutes had passed since Lin Mo asked him to investigate it.
That speed made Lin Mo seriously suspect Ning Fei really was cheating.
Ning Fei said, ["Every race in Divine Oracle basically has an ancestral ancient treasure. The Divine Forging Cauldron you mentioned is actually the Beast Clan's ancestral divine artifact."]
["But during the Ancient War a thousand years ago, the Beast Clan's shamans sealed it away with magic to protect it, and recorded its location on a map."]
The Ancient War again.
The Ghost Clan's ancient demonic artifact, the Eye of Chaos, had been lost during that war.
Even the God Clan's Eternal Set had been damaged in it.
It seemed that the Ancient War a thousand years ago, the core background of Divine Oracle, was tied to far too many things.
After a pause, Ning Fei continued, "To prevent evil people from obtaining it, the Beast Clan shamans split the map into five fragments. Right now, I've only confirmed that one fragment is located within Inferno City's territory, in a place called Snake King Island."
Lin Mo opened the map and searched for Snake King Island.
To his surprise, there was no record of it anywhere on the map!
"A hidden map?"
Just as Lin Mo was wondering, Ning Fei continued, "Snake King Island is a Gold-rank secret realm belonging to the Snake Clan, one of Divine Oracle's rare races! It's normally hidden, so ordinary people can't see it or enter it."
"It's surrounded by five Snake Clan dungeons. You have to clear all five of them and obtain Snake Clan Marks from each one. Only those who possess the Snake Clan Marks can see Snake King Island and use the marks to enter this Gold secret realm."
It sounded pretty complicated.
But Lin Mo liked it.
Out of everything Ning Fei had said, the words that caught Lin Mo's attention the most were, rare Race. Gold Secret Realm.
What was a secret realm?
In the world of Divine Oracle, they were treasure lands far more valuable than hidden maps or hidden dungeons, coveted by countless players in his previous life.
More than ninety percent of Divine Oracle's limited-edition divine artifacts, heaven-defying hidden classes, and top-tier forbidden spells all came from secret realm rewards.
Secret realms in Divine Oracle were divided by race, Ordinary Race Secret Realms, Rare Race Secret Realms, Supreme Race Secret Realms.
Each secret realm was further divided into Bronze, Silver, and Gold grades.
In other words, there were nine tiers of secret realms in total, from lowest to highest.
A Gold secret realm belonging to the rare Snake Clan ranked as the sixth tier.
Naturally, its rarity couldn't compare to the Black Dragon Hall, the Gold secret realm of the Supreme Black Dragon Clan that Ling Xue had discovered for Lin Mo using her SS-rank talent Dragon-Seeking Art, where he had obtained the SS-rank divine artifact Black Dragon Emperor Ring.
Even so, a Gold secret realm of a rare race was still priceless.
A truly extraordinary treasure land.
Lin Mo was immediately excited.
For a moment, he even forgot that his original goal had been to find the map fragment recording the Divine Forging Cauldron's location so he could search for the cauldron itself.
At this moment, all he could think about was entering this Gold secret realm of a rare race.
"Let's do it!"