Based on Zhang Long's history of working under Nether together with Chen Jun, even if Lin Mo couldn't completely trust Zhang Long and couldn't rule out the possibility that he had conspired with Nether this time to lure him into a trap, he completely trusted Seraph of Divine Descent, Siya.
Since even Siya had confirmed that twenty years ago she personally sealed the Ghost Clan invader that attacked Inferno City beneath the Divine Forbidden Land, then this matter was definitely no coincidence.
Moreover, ever since the battle in the Divine Tomb instance, Nether had never come looking for Lin Mo again.
Even this time in the Dark Underground City, he had immediately retreated just before Lin Mo arrived.
All the signs pointed to one thing: both Nether and Frost Dance, the goddaughter of the "Boss," who had come all the way from another Level 2 main city specifically to deal with Lin Mo, knew there was too great a gap between their strength and Lin Mo's, so they didn't dare face him head-on.
But they also had a mission to defeat him.
So they could only think of other ways to deal with him.
Using the Ghost King against Lin Mo was indeed an excellent plan.
At this moment, Ning Xi opened the map and searched for Divine Forbidden Land. When she saw that it was actually a Level 100 area, she couldn't help but be surprised.
"Brother Lin Mo, with our current strength, can we really deal with a Level 100 Ghost King?"
Lin Mo answered without hesitation, "No. The level gap is far too big. Besides, a Ghost King ranks fourth in the Ghost Clan hierarchy. It's much stronger than ordinary Ghost Beasts, Ghost Soldiers, or Ghost Generals."
"With our current strength, a Level 100 Ghost King could kill us with a single breath."
Just then, Ning Xi suddenly thought of another idea.
"Right! Brother Lin Mo, we can use the same method you used against Wang Junjie back in Blaze City, the Level 3 main city "
"Since Nether found a Ghost King to help him, we can also ask the Level 100 NPCs in Inferno City for help."
Lin Mo shook his head, "The gap between a Ghost King and ordinary NPC soldiers is still too great. No matter how many ordinary Level 100 NPC soldiers there are, they're nothing but cannon fodder against a Ghost King of the same level."
"Otherwise, a single Ghost King wouldn't have been enough to bring disaster upon all of Inferno City twenty years ago."
Just as Ning Xi was running out of ideas, Siya, the Seraph of Divine Descent, said, "Brother Lin Mo, maybe I can try."
"Twenty years ago, I used divine power to forge the Divine Binding Chains and sealed the Ghost King in the Divine Forbidden Land. Maybe I can suppress it again."
"You definitely can't," Lin Mo rejected the idea immediately.
Ever since they had returned from the Divine Capital yesterday afternoon, one question had been bothering him.
The Fifth Prince of the Divine Clan, Changge, had the Divine Clan bloodline rank of High God.
Logically speaking, Siya, who also possessed the royal bloodline of the Divine Clan, shouldn't have a lower rank than a High God.
So why did her status show that she was only the lowest Divine Clan rank, a Godling?
Now Lin Mo finally understood.
Twenty years ago, Siya had resisted the disaster threatening Inferno City and sealed the Ghost King beneath the Divine Forbidden Land.
Not only had she paid with her life, she had also exhausted her divine power, falling from a High God to the lowest-ranked Godling.
The latter wasn't such a big issue.
Perhaps there would be a way in the future to restore Siya's bloodline strength, returning her to High God or even letting her surpass High God and reach the levels of Main God, Heavenly God, or even Supreme God.
But Lin Mo would never allow Siya to pay with her life again just to deal with this Ghost King.
Otherwise, everything he had done, helping Siya resolve her emotional knot and forging her Eternal Set, would become meaningless.
Lin Mo said, "Since Nether needs the Divine Refining Cauldron to refine away the Divine Binding Chains and release the Ghost King, then as long as we find the Divine Refining Cauldron first and keep it out of his hands, the problem solves itself."
Coincidentally, Lin Mo also needed the Divine Refining Cauldron to forge Siya's Eternal Set.
So the two objectives didn't conflict at all.
Besides, thanks to Ning Fei, Lin Mo already knew the exact location of one map fragment for the Divine Refining Cauldron.
Nether and the others would probably still need quite some time just to locate the fragments.
It had to be said.
'This Nether really is something. No wonder he became Ning Xi's ace strategist in my previous life,' Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh.
After all, even if an ordinary person thought of such a plan, they wouldn't be able to carry it out.
Yet Nether had actually found a Ghost King inside the Divine Forbidden Land.
And he had even convinced the Ghost King to cooperate with him.
Lin Mo didn't know what leverage the "Boss" held over Nether that made him willing to borrow the Ghost Clan's power, despite the enormous price he would pay if the Ghost King died while under their cooperation.
He only knew one thing: He had to bring Nether back onto the right path as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if the future second strongest player in the Dragon Nation server and one of the world's seven SSS-rank hidden class holders truly fell into darkness, it wouldn't just be a huge loss for Dragon Nation in the future.
He would also become an enormous threat to both Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
As for Zhang Long, at this moment, Lin Mo considered him the greatest undercover agent.
It was obvious that the Boss killing Chen Jun and Chen Tingting had completely crossed Zhang Long's bottom line.
So Lin Mo said to Zhang Long, "You should go."
"I promise you, I'll avenge Chen Jun."
Zhang Long said gratefully, "Thank you, brother!"
"If you ever need anything in the future, I'll serve you without hesitation."
Of course, Lin Mo hadn't suddenly lost his mind and decided to avenge someone who had come to kill him in the real world during his second life.
It was simply because Zhang Long's enemy, Frost Dance, was also Lin Mo's enemy.
Since it was just a favor that cost him nothing, he might as well do it.
Who knew? Zhang Long's role as an undercover agent beside Frost Dance and Nether might end up being a huge help.
After Zhang Long left,
Lin Mo and Ning Xi headed out of the city.
The plan remained unchanged, they would continue clearing the Snake Clan instances and conquer the Snake King Island secret realm.
After all, as long as they obtained the Divine Refining Cauldron before Nether and Frost Dance did, the two of them wouldn't be able to rely on the Ghost King.
And by then, Lin Mo could even use the Divine Refining Cauldron as bait to lure them out.
Following the map, about twenty minutes later, Lin Mo and Ning Xi arrived at a gloomy mountain forest south of Inferno City.
Colorful venomous snakes coiled around the trees throughout the forest.
At the intrusion of Lin Mo and Ning Xi, they flicked their tongues, displaying their hostility.
Neither Lin Mo nor Ning Xi could be bothered to deal with these snakes, which were only around Level 70.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ah Li shot through the forest like a bolt of lightning.
It easily wiped out the venomous snakes that tried to attack Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Ever since early yesterday morning, after finding the Fox Clan Sky Lantern in the Dark Underground City while searching for Mo Chen and completing Ah Li's second growth mission,
Ah Li had evolved from an Elite-grade Three-Tailed Demon Fox into a Rare-grade Six-Tailed Demon Fox.
Its talent had become stronger, and it had gained a second exclusive piece of equipment and a second exclusive skill.
Its overall combat strength had increased very much.
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