48: Chapter 48 The Five City Lords of Jiangnan

As soon as the words fell.

Everyone scattered in all directions.

The Mummy was in no rush to pursue. The eyes beneath the bandages carried a hint of mockery as its gaze wandered, seemingly selecting whom to kill first. A moment later, it finally landed on Li Youqian.

"No wonder... so you have a class similar to Little San's. Then I'll start with you."

After speaking, the Mummy shot its bandages out with a swoosh, wrapping them around a protruding stone pillar, and then began swinging through the air just like Spider-Man.

Li Mumu saw this and shouted a snarky comment.

"Holy crap, it's the Mummy version of Spider-Man!"

Seeing that the Mummy was about to catch up to them, Li Youqian furrowed his brows and struggled for a long time before saying, "Brother Mumu, if this continues, we're all going to die here. I have a method, but I don't know if you're willing to try it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mumu was so excited that tears were almost streaming down his face. "Brother Youqian, why are you still dawdling at a time like this? As long as we can survive, any method is fine!"

Li Youqian stopped dawdling and said quickly, "My second Innate Skill is a skill called Usury. When released under normal circumstances, you can take a loan from me to obtain a temporary attribute boost in a certain area."

"Of course, the more you borrow, the greater the side effects afterwards. At the very least, you'll be bedridden for a day, and at most, a month."

"Quick, quick, there's more, right? Say it..."

"Yes, there's an extreme usage: pay the interest in advance. By borrowing from me on the condition of losing levels, you can gain incredible power to a great extent!"

"Quick, quick, quick! I'll pay with all my levels."

"No, there are restrictions. You cannot pay across ranks."

"Why???"

"The system judges it as illegal!!!"

"..."

"..."

Speechless for a moment.

Then, without a shred of hesitation, Li Mumu turned around while speaking, pulled out his fire poker, and faced the Mummy.

"Li Youqian, I am willing to pay 4 levels of interest to borrow from you."

At the same time, Li Youqian shouted out the skill.

"Second Innate Skill: Usury!"

The next moment.

Li Mumu was enveloped in golden light. His determined gaze was like a lightning bolt in the darkness, and his expression was resolute, shocking everyone.

There was no other way.

When he was reborn, he swore an oath: before saving the brothers and sisters of the City of Sin.

I must not die!!!

Permanently lose one level in exchange for a temporary boost of one rank.

Rank up, the golden light exploded!

First explosion, head, rank up to Gold!

Second explosion, hands, rank up to Platinum!

Third explosion, feet, rank up to Diamond!

Fourth explosion, torso, rank up to Master!

"Liu Lin! Everyone! Run!!!"

Li Mumu quickly threw the fire poker holding the Demon Subduing Staff Technique, cutting off the Mummy's white bandages.

"Orc True Form!!!"

The golden giant ape reappeared in the world, its strength raised to Pseudo-King. It pounded its fists on the ground, rushed forward violently, and exchanged a punch with the Mummy.

Boom!

A loud noise!

Heaven and Earth Shattering, the earth shook and the mountains swayed. The power of the battle between the strongest Kings was too fierce. The collision of their fists formed a massive shockwave that swept out in all directions with them at the center.

"Liu Lin, didn't you hear what Mumu said? Run! The battle between Kings is not a level we can participate in."

Dongfang Xue grabbed hold of Liu Lin, who was running back, but because he was too strong, she couldn't hold him back alone.

At this moment, Li Youqian rushed over and helped Dongfang Xue pull him back.

"Brother Lin, what are you doing? If you run back now, wouldn't that be wasting Brother Mumu's intentions?"

Liu Lin didn't listen to the dissuasion, struggling desperately and shouting.

"No, I have to go back and heal my brother! Leaving him alone is just sending him to his death?!"

"Wrong, dead wrong!"

Dongfang Xue roared.

"Only by leaving can we truly save Li Mumu. You can see that his current strength is evenly matched with the Mummy."

"But if you stay, Li Mumu will have to carry you if he tries to escape. If it comes to that, instead of saving him, you'll be the one being saved—that would be a real burden."

"I don't believe it!"

"You don't believe it? Look at the party information yourself. Li Mumu left the party voluntarily and drew all the aggro to himself. That is the signal."

"He is making... his final desperate struggle!!!"

Liu Lin looked at the party information; Li Mumu's avatar was gone, and tears flowed from his eyes uncontrollably.

"No! You don't understand Li Mumu. He's not struggling desperately; he's sacrificing himself..."

"Second Class Skill: Shield Counter!"

Bang!

Cuihua, who was running in front, looked back and saw Liu Lin dawdling and refusing to leave. She immediately ran back and delivered a heavy blow to the back of his head.

With a Weak Spot Sneak Attack combined with the Shield Counter skill, Liu Lin was stunned on the spot.

Dongfang Xue and Li Youqian were dumbfounded, standing there frozen in place.

Seeing this, Cuihua shouted, "What are you spacing out for? Pick him up and let's go!"

"Oh, oh, oh."

Just like that, after the tough guy shed his tears, he was carried out of the secret realm by the group as if on a stretcher.

Meanwhile, just as Li Mumu and the Mummy were fighting fiercely.

The upper echelons of the Jiangnan Five Cities were shaken and immediately connected via video conference.

"The recent state of the world has become increasingly unstable. First there was the death of Liu Yibo, and today there is a battle between the strongest Kings. It seems the world is about to be in turmoil again."

The one speaking was the City Lord of Jinling, male, Hidden Class, Poet, Transcendent Master rank.

"Sigh, after barely twenty years of peace, is the continent going to start falling into conflict again this time?"

The one worrying unnecessarily was the City Lord of Guangling, female, Hidden Class, Storm Elementalist, Transcendent Master rank.

"City Lord, there is news. It was the young master of the Li family who led the team into the secret realm. I heard it was to find his exclusive weapon, the golden abacus."

Among the five screens, a young lady in a black silk OL outfit suddenly entered one of the screens and handed the documents in her hand to a refined man wearing gold-rimmed glasses on the screen.

The refined man was the City Lord of Suzhou-Hangzhou, Hidden Class, Mechanic, Transcendent Master rank.

The refined man carefully looked at the documents in his hand and slowly said, "Everyone, this is not good news. Just like the last beast tide, Professionals above Gold rank cannot enter the secret realm."

"They can't enter if they are above Gold? Then doesn't that mean we can only let these two mess around there? If this gets out, the Jiangnan Five Cities will lose all face!!!"

The person speaking had an irritable tone and a burly figure. There was a cross-shaped scar on his face that wasn't too big nor too small. He looked to be nearly fifty, with a thick stubble of beard.

This person was the City Lord of Anqing, Hidden Class, Berserker, Transcendent Master rank.

"Tch!"

The City Lord of Guangling looked disdainful and said, "What are you bragging about? Even if you could enter, what would you, a Transcendent Master, do inside? Go to your death?!"

"Wei Shanshan... what do you mean by that?"

The City Lord of Anqing had a fiery temper that would explode at the slightest provocation, and he prepared to bicker with Wei Shanshan as usual.

But just at this moment, the white-haired City Lord of Canghai finally spoke up.

"Enough. Instead of wasting time arguing, you should think about how to deal with this incident!"