63: Holy first kill! Beneath the pyramids!

Bang!

A gunshot, distinct from the ones before, rang out clear and sharp across the chaotic battlefield.

It was no longer just the sound of a simple gunpowder explosion, but was mixed with a holy chant that seemed to come from the heavens!

A bullet entwined with golden holy light burst from the barrel!

Its speed was several times faster than before!

It even trailed a faint golden flame in the air!

The thousand-meter distance vanished in an instant!

The Necromancer chanting the incantation didn't even have time to react to what was happening.

Its head burst apart like a watermelon struck by a sledgehammer!

But it wasn't red flesh or black rot that exploded outward.

Instead, it was a cluster of dazzling, pure golden holy light!

That holy light seemed to possess the power to purify all evil.

The Necromancer's withered body rapidly melted and decomposed in the holy light, like snow meeting a blazing sun, finally turning into a wisp of green smoke and vanishing from this world forever.

Not even a trace of residue remained.

【Global Announcement: Dragon Country player Wang Yi has killed an E-rank Rare Unit 'Necromancer'! Over-level kill achieved! Personal Points +1000! Dragon Country national fortune points +5000!】

【Global Announcement: Dragon Country player Wang Yi has achieved the 'Divine First Kill' achievement! Personal Points +500! Dragon Country national fortune points +1000!】

Two consecutive, glittering golden global announcements plunged the entire world into a deathly silence once more.

An over-level kill!

The Divine First Kill!

Six thousand national fortune points!

This number exploded in everyone's minds like a heavy nuclear bomb!

Dragon Country Operations Center.

Li Guodong's mouth hung open as he stared blankly at the skyrocketing balance of national fortune points on the screen, unable to speak for a long time.

"Six... thousand..." he muttered to himself. "Just... one shot?"

A terrifying glint also erupted in Lin Zhan's eyes!

He knew holy damage countered the undead, but he hadn't expected the counter effect to be so terrifying!

This wasn't just countering anymore.

This was an instant kill!

This was purification!

"Good! Good! Good!" General Long said excitedly, three times in a row. He looked at Su Yuan with eyes full of approval. "Comrade Su Yuan, these 1500 national fortune points were well spent! Extremely well spent!"

Su Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face.

The effect of the Holy Enchantment Scroll was even better than he had anticipated.

Now, the Dragon Team finally had the most crucial trump card to face this magical dungeon!

... "Holy crap! Captain is awesome!"

Chen Hu howled with excitement upon seeing that earth-shattering shot and the global announcements flooding the screen.

Wang Yi paid no mind to everyone's shock.

His gaze remained calm.

The enchantment duration was only ten minutes.

He had to maximize the effect within that limited time!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The holy light desert eagle in his hand began its ruthless roar!

Every gunshot represented the fall of a Necromancer a thousand meters away.

Every golden bullet was like a Sword of Damocles judging evil, precisely harvesting the lives of those E-rank Rare Units!

As the Necromancers fell one after another, the resurrected mummies lost their magical support and turned back into cold corpses.

Without the long-range support and resurrection abilities of the Necromancers, the remaining mummies and Scarabs became completely disorganized before the human-shaped beasts of the Dragon Team.

"Full assault! Don't get bogged down in combat! Target: the pyramid!"

With Wang Yi's command, the Dragon Team's breakout speed increased once again!

Flamethrowers cleared the path ahead.

Chen Hu and Wu Qiong provided escort on the flanks.

Wang Yi and Zi Han performed precision kills in the center.

The entire team was like a precision war machine, efficiently and coldly crushing all enemies in their path!

An hour later.

When Wang Yi fired the last holy bullet, purifying the final Necromancer trying to flee...

They had finally carved a path of blood out of the endless Undead Army!

Behind them was a road of death stretching for several kilometers, paved with the remains of mummies and Scarabs.

And before them...

That black pyramid, looming like a mountain and emitting an ominous blood-red light, was now right in front of them!

It was truly massive.

Standing at its base, a person felt as tiny as an ant.

An ancient, desolate, deathly, and evil aura rushed toward them, making everyone feel a pang of heart-palpitating dread.

The entrance to the pyramid was a massive archway dozens of meters high.

Above the archway were carved countless complex and eerie hieroglyphs and murals.

Two hundred-meter-tall statues of the jackal-headed god Anubis, holding spears, stood on either side of the archway like two loyal guards, coldly watching the uninvited guests.

"We... we've arrived."

Li Bingyao's voice was a bit dry as she looked at the magnificent yet sinister structure before her.

"Everyone, rest and reorganize for five minutes. Check your ammunition and equipment, and hydrate," Wang Yi ordered.

The high-intensity breakout of the past hour had been a massive drain on everyone's physical and mental energy.

Especially for Wang Yi himself; the continuous overload of his lightning abilities and the highly focused sniping had left him feeling waves of fatigue.

While everyone was resting...

An old and excited voice came through the team's voice channel.

"My god... my god! hieroglyphs! Middle Kingdom period hieroglyphs preserved so perfectly!"

It was Qin Ming, Old Qin!

This national treasure-level archaeologist nearly jumped out of his chair when he saw the clear murals and text at the pyramid entrance through a team member's camera.

"Children! Quick! Aim the camera at the inscription above the archway! Let me see it clearly!" Old Qin's voice carried a hint of an unquestionable command.

A team member immediately adjusted the camera on their helmet.

The clear inscription was transmitted back to the operations center.

Old Qin practically pressed his entire face against the screen, wearing his reading glasses as he painstakingly identified the characters one by one.

"The sun sinks into the western mountains, and the realm of the dead opens here..."

"Only... only the descendants of the Pharaoh, and... and those recognized by the Triad God, may... may enter this place of eternal slumber..."

"Intruders will... will be torn to shreds by the first guardian, The Faceless One..."

Old Qin translated the inscription haltingly.

"The Faceless One?" Li Guodong was taken aback. "What is that?"

Su Yuan's heart also skipped a beat.

In his system prompts, there had been no mention of this Faceless One.

This seemed to be hidden information outside of the system!

"Old Qin, is there any lore regarding this Faceless One?" Su Yuan asked immediately.

"In ancient Egyptian mythology, there are no records of a Faceless One." Old Qin shook his head, then his expression suddenly changed as if he had remembered something. "However, in some unacknowledged apocrypha considered heretical, a monster is mentioned."

"Legend says it is the most twisted and cruel gatekeeper hound, fused by a Pharaoh using the souls of a thousand death-row prisoners and an evil creature from hell."

"It has no facial features, no fixed form, and can transform into the likeness of any creature it has devoured."

"Furthermore, it is filled with endless hatred for the aura of all living beings."

Old Qin's words caused everyone's hearts to sink.

Just then...

A heavy, tooth-gritting 'clack-clack' sound came from within the massive archway of the pyramid.

As if something that had slept for a thousand years was waking up.

An aura a hundred times more terrifying and evil than the Undead Army outside diffused from that dark doorway.