The Underworld Entrance instance.
With a flash of blue light, figures kept appearing, only for members of the Cang Long Hui to clear the instance and be teleported out.
Wang Ling had already gathered his people and was waiting, stepping forward immediately. 138 Reading Net.
Xue Cheng glanced at Wang Ling and frowned, "Why are there so few people?"
Xue Cheng was an old acquaintance of Bai Ye's from his previous life, one of the original core members of the Cang Long Hui.
Although the Cang Long Hui had grown and expanded, many of its early core members had gradually been replaced, and in the end, the Cang Long Hui was no longer an organization solely centered around a single world.
However, Xue Cheng had remained a steadfast member of the elite team within the Cang Long Hui and had consistently served as its captain.
This was partly due to his direct lineage, which gave him considerable advantages, and partly because Xue Cheng's abilities and strength were quite good.
After all, this was a world where the strong preyed on the weak, and being able to fight was very important.
And Xue Cheng was the leader of this virtual game forbidden zone operation.
Wang Ling bowed his head and then gritted his teeth, "Something happened."
Xue Cheng asked, "What happened?"
"Several brothers are dead," Wang Ling said. "A master from the Evil Spirit group came, very difficult to deal with. If I hadn't brought people and run fast, all our brothers would have been lost."
"Oh?" Xue Cheng raised an eyebrow. "That powerful? With your skill, leading seven people, over half were killed by the opponent, and you couldn't even defeat them, almost wiped out?"
Wang Ling gritted his teeth, "Yes!"
Such a shameful event, no one would want to admit it, but that was the reality. Wang Ling couldn't deny it no matter how much he wanted to, after all, the people were already dead, what was the use of not admitting it? Could he conjure them back?
Xue Cheng said, "This is interesting. Is the person the Evil Spirit group found that strong?"
Wang Ling replied, "Very strong, looked about twenty-three or twenty-four, and quite good-looking. Possibly someone from the superpower world. Their ability is controlling lightning, but the intensity of their power is far greater than typical lightning manipulation abilities. Without risking our lives, we couldn't withstand a single move from them."
"Heh heh heh…" At this moment, a strange laugh rang out, "Is he really that strong? Or are you deliberately exaggerating their power to cover up your own incompetence?"
Wang Ling was instantly furious, but upon seeing the other party, he swallowed his words.
It was an exceptionally bizarre man, wearing a black long apron, with long black curly hair, his entire body wrapped in bandages, only revealing one bloodshot eye.
At the same time, the man had no hands; beneath the bandages, from where his wrists should be, were a pair of sharp, long blades.
Their gazes met, and Wang Ling gulped.
Xue Cheng was indeed the leader for this operation, but Wang Ling was also a captain-level member of the elite team.
Therefore, among the people who came this time, besides Xue Cheng, his was the highest position.
Wang Ling had not entered the game instance not due to his strength, but purely to lead the remaining members and be responsible for command.
However, this person before him, although his position was not as high as Wang Ling's, Wang Ling dared not provoke him.
No, this person wasn't human at all!
Cutting King, his race is…
Monster!
As is widely known, the World Battlefield is not only inhabited by humans. Various worlds also have species other than humans. Elves and dwarves are relatively common.
Of course, there are also less common ones, like Predators.
And Monsters are a race, from a world where superpowers converged with the apocalypse.
In that world, beings who had deviated from the normal human range were classified as Monsters. Most Monsters were harmful to the world, brutal, and would attack humans with madness.
To combat Monsters, humans had even classified their strength by disaster levels, from low to high: Wolf, Tiger, Demon, Dragon, and God.
The Cutting King before them was a Demon-level Monster.
Demon-level, in that superpower world, represented a disaster level where one person could paralyze or directly destroy a town's functionality.
In terms of position, Cutting King was merely a member of the elite team, but…
This guy was a lunatic, a bloodthirsty maniac. Since coming to the World Battlefield from his own world, he had thrived because the World Battlefield was a place where one could kill without any restraints.
However, while everyone else was doing this, the fundamental reason was to survive or to leave the World Battlefield.
But Cutting King didn't care. He wasn't even interested in God's Stone fragments; he just wanted to kill people.
He absolutely loved this kind of place where he could kill wantonly without being held accountable.
His joining the Cang Long Hui was because the Cang Long Hui could provide him with "cage fight" killing grounds like forbidden zones, which was far more convenient than him finding them himself.
Facing such a person, Wang Ling also kept his distance. When this guy went crazy, he didn't care about his position; he'd just chop you if he felt like it.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Cutting King asked with a sinister laugh. "Is that guy really that strong? Or are you afraid of being held accountable?"
Wang Ling didn't want to provoke Cutting King, but he also wouldn't admit to what Cutting King said. He snorted coldly, "If you want to know, go fight that guy yourself later and find out."
Cutting King chuckled sinisterly, "If he's as strong as you say, I'd really love to fight him and find out."
Just then…
"Are you guys talking about me?"
Bai Ye's voice suddenly rang out.
Wang Ling was startled and quickly looked in the direction of the voice. At that moment…
Rumble, rumble, rumble…
The ground around them suddenly began to tremble, emitting loud noises.
Then…
Before the entrance to the game instance, huge cracks split the ground. Immediately, stone walls one after another suddenly rose, encircling the Cang Long Hui members.
The next moment, Gao Ming led his people out, bypassing the stone walls and rapidly heading towards the game instance.
Only one team could enter the game instance at a time, and there was a cool-down period after exiting. Therefore, theoretically, if development were peaceful, they could take turns entering.
But the Cang Long Hui had no intention of doing so. When they weren't entering the game instance, they would occupy the entrance and monopolize it.
Therefore, what Gao Ming had to do now was to lead his people into the game instance, while Bai Ye's task was to stop the Cang Long Hui members, allowing Gao Ming to lead his people into the game instance smoothly.
Thus, as Gao Ming led his people around the stone walls, Bai Ye stood on top of a stone wall.
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