The group stared at him in silence. Jiuming smiled helplessly and compromised, "Sigh, alright, alright, you'd better hurry up and make your move, don't just watch me die."

"We certainly won't do that."

"The Emperor promised."

"We'll see."

Ning Hongchen threw away the remaining fruit pit, wiped his hands on his clothes without any regard for appearances, and then picked up the spear.

Ling Juechen also stood up, holding a gleaming longsword.

"well."

Nine Lives pulled his hands out of his pockets, revealing three rings on his left hand, a red jade beaded necklace on his right wrist, and a box of camouflage paste in his hand, which he used to cover his face with colorful marks.

After making preparations that would make anyone dizzy just watching, he finally stepped into the silent street that seemed like a dead zone.

"Get ready to attack... Once the monster locks onto Nine Lives, the four of us will immediately go up and deal damage!"

The Emperor glanced back and gave a reminder.

"The four of us?"

Ning Hongchen raised her slender eyebrows, noticing the unusual tone in his words.

"What four people?"

The Emperor was taken aback upon hearing this, and looked at her strangely, saying, "Nine Lives went to lure the monster, so aren't there only three of us left?"

"You just said the four of us."

Ning Hongchen said earnestly.

"Is that so?" The Emperor frowned and recalled for a few seconds, then quickly dismissed it, saying, "Maybe I misspoke... Watch out, the monster is about to appear!"

“...”

Ning Hongchen instinctively sensed that something was still amiss.

She turned around and looked around carefully, but there was no one else in the room.

Maybe I'm being too sensitive...

She thought to herself.

Clang!

The sound of a door opening on the long street drew her attention.

The noise made by Nine Lives quickly alerted the Priest of Repentance. The narrow wooden door opened, and a burly figure, nearly two meters tall and dressed in black priest's attire, squeezed out of the door!

A pair of cloudy, whitish eyes slowly moved across his bluish-black face.

His voice was icy as he said, "Lost and ignorant lamb...you are guilty, you need to repent..."

Buzz!!

A gray-white field instantly unfolded in the street.

"Grass!"

Nine Lives immediately cried out in alarm.

"It's not just suppression! The guy who provided the intelligence missed a crucial piece of information—this is a magic-suppressing domain! My life-saving measures are about to fail, come save me!"

He said in a panic.

"superior!"

Upon hearing the sound, the Emperor immediately took the lead and rushed forward.

Shiny patterns, resembling dragon scales, illuminated his body, but all the light vanished instantly upon entering the gray-white area.

"Skills are prohibited!"

He paused for a moment, then quickly recovered, "Don't be afraid, it's just magic suppression. We're all melee fighters, so we're not afraid of this monster!"

"You don't need to tell me!"

Once Ning Hongchen entered the battle, she seemed to become a completely different person. Her entire demeanor instantly became incredibly sharp, like an unstoppable spear. She took a few quick steps, rushed out rapidly, and swung her spear like a swimming dragon, fiercely stabbing towards the face of the Repentance Priest.

On the other side, Ling Juechen also rushed towards the Priest of Repentance with extremely fast movements.

Ding!

After the spear tip pierced half an inch into the priest's face, it was stopped by a layer of hard material. Ning Hongchen grabbed the spear shaft with both hands, twisted it violently, and with a tearing sound, took a large piece of flesh from the monster's face!

-109!

-131!

-167!

...

To deal such damage to an elite monster ten levels above one's own is already top-tier among players of the same level.

Swish, swish, swish!

Ling Juechen, who had drifted to the side of the Priest of Repentance, also swiftly slashed with his longsword, cutting deep, bone-revealing wounds into the Priest's waist.

However, their combined attack did not stop the penitent priest's actions.

It walked up to Nine Lives as if no one else was there, raised its arm as if wielding a punitive whip.

*Smack!*

Nine Lives was slapped and sent flying, spinning in the air before crashing to the ground with a thud.

Are you alright?

The Emperor immediately asked.

"No... Ouch, my back! Ouch, my baby..." For a moment, Jiuming didn't know whether to feel sorry for himself or for the damaged life-saving items.

He then said, "This monster is too tough for me; I can't beat it at all. I'll leave it to you guys!"

"Alright." The Emperor understood this as well and didn't force him to exert any more effort, but simply said:

"Help us guard our escape route!"

After saying that, he also rushed towards the Priest of Repentance, and the three top players were instantly engaged in a fierce battle with this elite monster.

Although there is a hierarchy of power.

But top players are no pushovers either.

Within the magic-suppressing realm, the Priest of Repentance is also unable to unleash other skills and can only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the three.

Its close-combat skills are actually quite good.

However, compared to top-tier players who rank among the best in hundreds of millions of players.

It's just too far off.

It's no exaggeration to say that...

Even though they are currently outclassed in terms of level and attributes, any one of these three is capable of defeating the Priest of Repentance alone.

Moreover, it was the three of them attacking together.

Victory is only a matter of time.

"Sigh, this secret realm is still too dangerous for me. I still have to deal with that White Emperor. I shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess..."

Nine Lives painfully counted the treasures he had damaged.

"That guy is ruthless! He shattered four of my life-saving items with a single slap!"

"Um?"

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