168: No way ahead, no magic area

“Do any of you feel a sense of unease?” Lin Ling asked.

Everyone paused, looking puzzled.

Ji Mo looked outside through the gate; the sun was bright, and everything seemed fine, so why the unease?

“Brother, are you perhaps too tired these past few days?”

Hearing Ji Mo’s words, Lin Ling couldn’t help but frown slightly.

However, after a moment’s thought, he shook his head and said, “Let’s go. Perhaps, as you said, I really do need some rest.”

As the group stepped out of the gate, the previously bright sky suddenly darkened.

Everyone looked up at the sky but didn’t pay much attention, except for Lin Ling, whose confusion grew deeper.

“Meng Yan, have you seen Old Jiang? When I came out today, I expected to see him first thing, but he’s not here.”

Lin Ling asked as he walked, quietly activating Omniscient View.

A bird’s-eye view of Kyoto Base City immediately appeared before him.

The prosperous Kyoto was truly a place where experts gathered.

There were over a hundred Six-Rotation experts, and more than a dozen Seven-Rotation Strong were scattered throughout Kyoto Base City.

Within a thousand-meter radius of him, there were two red dots that remained stationary.

Based on Lin Ling’s experience, the energy intensity of these two individuals should both be Seven Turns, their brightness already close to Jiang Shan Yi, making them rare strong individuals among Seven Turns.

However, such levels of existence posed no significant threat to Lin Ling.

“I haven’t seen Old Jiang for several days. The Hall Master and the others have also been busy these past few days, I don’t know what they’re doing. It seems they’ve discovered some incredible high-level dungeon. The entire War God Hall is busy clearing that dungeon, only coming over at night to check on the rookie re-match situation.”

Zhou Mengyan said, her words full of confusion, seemingly not understanding what kind of dungeon could make Dragon Nest mobilize such a large force.

Lin Ling nodded, continuing forward, while constantly monitoring the movement trajectories of the energy points.

He had never doubted his premonition of danger. He knew that since the premonition had appeared, a threat was definitely approaching.

He just couldn’t figure out where the danger was coming from.

“Everyone, be careful and prepare for battle. There might really be danger.”

Lin Ling spoke again, and the eyes of the others immediately showed more caution.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop, Nether Scorpion had a smile on her face, her gaze fixed on Lin Ling. As Lin Ling moved forward, her smile became even more sinister.

On the ground directly in front of Lin Ling, there was a button-sized landmine.

This was America-Alliance’s latest technological weapon. Once detonated, everything within a hundred-meter radius would be instantly vaporized.

Its lethality was absolutely no less than that of an ordinary single-target Forbidden Spell.

In the core explosion zone, even a Seven-Rotation Strong would perish without preparation.

At this moment, a longbow quietly appeared in the hand of the Falcon, who was lying on the rooftop.

He didn’t know what Nether Scorpion intended to do, but he only wanted to emit a bit of light in the final moments of his life.

Even if this light could only be as fleeting as a meteor, at least it could prove that he had once existed in this world.

The bowstring slowly drew back, and a crystal feather arrow gradually took shape.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of the Falcon’s mouth.

Whoosh…

A streak of light shot straight into the sky.

Boom…

The arrow exploded, like a cluster of fireworks in the air.

At this moment, Lin Ling was still three steps away from the landmine.

“You’re courting death!”

Nether Scorpion roared, and with a flash, she appeared in front of the Falcon.

Boom!!

She brought her foot down, and the Falcon’s chest instantly caved in.

Blood mixed with internal organs continuously gushed from his mouth, but a strange smile still hung on his face.

“Cough, cough, cough… Captain, the Falcon didn’t back down this time… Hahaha…”

The Falcon let out a wild laugh and then fell silent, his pupils rapidly dilating, but the smile at the corner of his mouth never faded.

At this moment, a large patch of dark clouds suddenly appeared above the building.

Eerie music began to play on the rooftop.

"Thunderclap, this heaven-reaching cultivation, heaven and earth collapse, purple-gold hammer!"

A massive purple lightning bolt descended from the sky, heading straight for Nether Scorpion and Xiao Ya on the rooftop.

“Xiao Ya, use the Ancient God Teleportation Talisman to leave here first.”

Nether Scorpion roared.

Xiao Ya, in turn, produced an ancient parchment scroll, and as a light shimmered, her figure instantly vanished.

Nether Scorpion then softly commanded into her wireless earphone: “Act!”

No sooner had she spoken than the lightning struck.

Boom, boom, boom…

Bolt after bolt of lightning, like divine punishment, all landed on her head.

Yet, the woman was completely unharmed. Her golden hair was disheveled across her forehead, and around her body, several ferocious ghostly apparitions slowly separated.

The monstrous ten million health points above their heads had actually bottomed out.

Nether Scorpion frowned slightly, “There’s a lightning Grand Magus hidden here?”

But at this moment, Lin Ling had no time to concern himself with this madwoman.

Around the street, six figures dressed in black slowly emerged.

Their target was clearly Lin Ling and his companions.

Lin Ling used Hero’s Eye, and his pupils couldn’t help but contract slightly.

These individuals were all Six-Rotation Assassins, but each of them carried a signboard.

What struck Lin Ling was the text on these signboards.

“No Entry Ahead!”

These four words, somewhat familiar to Lin Ling, made him think of a novel he had read before his transmigration.

Just as he was momentarily lost in thought, the six individuals suddenly stopped.

Their positioning was very precise, spread out in six directions around Lin Ling and the others.

As the signboards in their hands landed.

A massive hexagram suddenly appeared on the street.

Lin Ling and his group were right in the center of this hexagram.

Buzz…

A blue light instantly illuminated.

In the eyes of others outside, the figures of Lin Ling and the five others, along with the six mysterious individuals, simultaneously vanished.

Lin Ling and the others, however, couldn’t help but change their expressions slightly; their Mana bar turned gray the moment the hexagram lit up.

At this moment, everyone’s expression, except for Lin Ling’s, became incredibly gloomy.

A Professional unable to use mana cannot use skills, and a Professional without skills will inevitably have their combat power significantly affected.

The ground was still the street, but the surrounding buildings and pedestrians had disappeared.

In their place was a vast expanse of darkness.

“Magic-Forbidden Domain!”

Zhou Mengyan said in a deep voice, her face somewhat pale, as if she had connected the dots.

“Do you know who is attacking us?” Lin Ling asked.

“The only ones who can freely cast a Magic-Forbidden Domain seem to be them!” Zhou Mengyan said.

Lin Ling frowned, “Who?”

“Twelve Scorpions!” Zhou Mengyan said.

“Twelve Scorpions? Never heard of them.” Lin Ling’s eyes flashed with a hint of contemplation, “Why does it make me think of the Twelve Monkeys?”

Just then, six figures had emerged from the darkness.

Only now did Lin Ling finally get a clear look at their attire.

These individuals were all dressed in black trench coats, with a rolled cigarette dangling from their mouths.

Most importantly, they each carried a — straight blade on their shoulders.

And Lin Ling also had such a blade in his storage space.