91: Xiao Yan's Black Hand

An hour ago.

Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City.

Outskirts of Goblin Plains.

As an elite monster's health bar was emptied, a purple-grade equipment instantly appeared beside its corpse.

"Damn it! A purple-grade item dropped, Captain, we've struck gold again this time."

"Hahaha, our luck is really good. Our team has already dropped two purple-grade items, while the second and third teams reportedly haven't gotten even one."

Several Professionals were beaming, the fatigue from continuously grinding for two days and two nights significantly lessened at this moment.

They were a team from the Blue Whale Guild of Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City Base City.

As the second-ranked guild in Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City, the Blue Whale Guild, though not as powerful as Yazhai, was still among the top twenty guilds in Dragon Country.

A full five Blue Whale leveling teams were active on this vast plain.

The Captain, a Mage, stretched and walked towards the purple-grade equipment, while the other team members took the opportunity to rest in place.

However, just as the Captain bent down to pick up the purple-grade item, a dark figure suddenly sprang out from the bushes.

Boom…

A dull thud sounded.

The Captain's head shattered instantly.

A handsome young man, dressed in white equipment and carrying a Wolf Tooth Hammer, picked up the purple-grade item from the ground.

This scene was too sudden; everyone was caught off guard.

"What the!"

"Captain!!"

"Kill him!"

Exclamations erupted, and the Blue Whale team members were instantly enraged.

They immediately rushed towards the figure, but the person was extremely fast, disappearing from their sight in a flash.

"Second Brother, I recognize that person; it's Lin Ling from Xiao Yazhai."

"Lin Ling?"

"Report to the guild! Lin Ling must pay for this blood debt!"

...

Also on the Goblin Plains.

A leveling team composed entirely of women was resting in an open space.

They all had a Golden Phoenix arm patch on their shoulders.

Golden Phoenix Guild.

The third-ranked guild in Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City, all its members were women. Although it had no national ranking, it was on good terms with many major guilds.

"Why hasn't Xiao Shuang returned yet?"

"Sister Li, did little sister Xiao Shuang go to catch butterflies again?"

"Hahaha… Nan Nan, don't be funny. Although Sister Shuang'er is the Guild Leader's daughter, she's already eighteen. You make her sound like she hasn't grown up."

"The Guild Leader said that after our second advancement, we'll develop in the Capital City."

"Really? I'm so excited."

"Something's not right. Xiao Shuang has been gone for over ten minutes to relieve herself. Why is it taking so long?"

"Lanzhou is with her, what could possibly happen?"

A tall, burly girl took out her phone and immediately dialed a number.

But no one answered for a long time.

At this moment, everyone sensed that something was wrong.

Several people got up and quickly ran forward.

However, in the bushes dozens of meters away, a body lay on the ground, her head smashed by a blunt object.

Beside the body, a drag mark extended into the distance.

"Lanzhou…"

"Oh no, Xiao Shuang is in danger!"

The faces of several people changed drastically, and they immediately followed the drag mark.

Not long after, they froze in place.

Under a large tree ahead, the Golden Phoenix Guild's young miss, Shuang Shuang, lay collapsed.

She had a wound on her head that was gushing blood, and she had fallen into a coma. Her health bar was less than a tenth, and she was in a bleeding state, her health continuously decreasing.

A Cleric immediately cast a healing spell on her, and a moment later, Shuang Shuang barely snatched her life back from the King of Hell.

"Xiao Shuang, what happened?"

"It was Lin Ling from Xiao… Wuwuwu…"

"Lin Ling! Xiao Shuang, don't worry, the Guild Leader will definitely avenge you."

Various similar malicious incidents occurred near the Goblin Plains and Goblin Forest, and all fingers pointed to Lin Ling from Xiao.

Outskirts of Goblin Forest.

Qin Xuan was rapidly rushing towards Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City.

Although he hadn't rested for two days, his face was filled only with excitement.

He had fulfilled his promise to Lin Ling.

In just under two days, he had successfully reached Level 30.

Now, he was eager to go to Xiao and find Lin Ling.

He wanted to tell Lin Ling that not only had he reached Level 30 as promised, but he had also evolved into the SS-grade talent, Calamity Believer.

Lin Ling was right; envying others is always inferior to improving oneself.

Through his own efforts, Qin Xuan now possessed the capital to become a powerful individual.

[Calamity Believer]

[SS-grade Talent]

[Talent Skill 1: Undead Substitution, protected by Calamity, 80% of damage taken after being attacked is substituted by summoned creatures.]

[Talent Skill 2: Undead Amplification, protected by Calamity, all Undead summoned creatures' attributes will receive a double amplification.]

[Talent Skill 3: Undead Curse, protected by Calamity, all targets attacked by your Undead creatures will fall into an Undead Curse. Wounds cannot heal for 3 hours, losing 1% health per second.]

Although it was only an SS-grade talent, it possessed a full three talent skills.

This talent increased Qin Xuan's power exponentially.

As long as he wasn't instantly killed, he was very difficult to kill. After Level 30, he could summon 15 Undead creatures.

Combined, these Undead creatures could block 150,000 damage for Qin Xuan.

And with double amplification, each of these fifteen Undead creatures had over 20,000 damage.

The Undead Curse was even a miracle for snatching BOSSes, definitely yielding unexpected joy against low-health BOSSes.

Just as Qin Xuan was happily fantasizing about meeting Lin Ling.

A cry for help suddenly came from the forest ahead.

"Help me, wuwuwu…"

"Shout all you want, no one will come to save you even if you scream yourself hoarse."

"We've met before, and I still have your number. Didn't we agree that we could help each other with questions about crafting specialized weapons in the future? You can't do this to me."

"Hahaha… Met? That's even better then. Familiar faces make for higher hatred."

"Please let me go, I beg you to spare me. I'm from a single-parent family, my father died in the People's Army, and my mother isn't well. Please spare me."

"Oh? A military orphan? Interesting. I'll give you a chance. Make a call for help. If someone comes to save you within 10 minutes, I'll spare you."

Qin Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly upon hearing the voice, but looking at the setting sun, he still didn't intend to meddle.

However, just as he was about to leave, the girl suddenly cried out.

"Uncle Wang, please come quickly and save me, wuwuwu… I'm Shi Han! I'm in the Goblin Forest, he… he's Lin Ling from Xiao…"

Boom…

Qin Xuan's mind reeled.

He spun around abruptly, looking in the direction of the voice.

"Impossible!"

He could tell that the man speaking just now was definitely not his boss's voice.

And why would his boss be here doing something like this?

His eyes bloodshot, he turned and ran towards the direction of the sound.

Soon, two figures vaguely appeared in his sight.

A girl was curled up on the ground, and beside her, a familiar figure held a familiar Wolf Tooth Hammer.

That face was indeed his boss, Lin Ling.

At this moment, Qin Xuan's belief seemed to be on the verge of collapsing.

But deep down, he was unwilling to believe it. Even with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that Lin Ling would bully a girl like this.

At this moment, after the woman finished her call, the man's face was twisted in a sinister smile.

"Finished? Then die! After you die, your Uncle Wang will come to me for revenge, but unfortunately, no one knows that 'I' am not me, hahaha… hahahaha…"

The man laughed maniacally as he raised the Wolf Tooth Hammer in his hand, about to smash it down on the girl.

And his face, at this moment, began to squirm, that handsome face belonging to Lin Ling slowly transforming into Xiao Yan's appearance.