Chapter 75: The Lord of the Abyss is wiped out; the overseas alliance's attempt to steal a chicken ends up losing its rice.

Qin Wentian had been squatting at the warehouse entrance for two full days, catching six petty thieves trying to steal materials.

He recorded every single one of them in his notebook, noting their names, servers, theft methods, and capture times clearly.

Lord of Flame took the notebook to Lord of the Abyss to approve performance points, and Lord of the Abyss approved them, adding ten points for each.

Qin Wentian's performance points had accumulated to three hundred and forty.

He needed another one hundred and sixty to exchange for an Abyss Source Shard.

He had calculated that at this rate, it would take about two more weeks.

But some people did not want him to wait two weeks.

Deep within the earth veins on the north side of the Korean Server Abyss City, inside that wild Abyssal Lord nest, Kim Hyun-tae squatted on a pile of ore, with over a dozen people standing in front of him.

They were all players who had been scammed by Qin Wentian last time.

William from the US Server, Yamada Takashi from the Japanese Server, Hans from the European Server, and a few other tough characters ranked in the top hundred of their respective servers.

Kim Hyun-tae's voice was very low.

"Qin Wentian scammed us once, causing each of us to lose five levels and drop half our gear. This grudge must be avenged."

William nodded.

"How do we avenge it? He squats at the warehouse entrance all day, and Lord of Flame stands right beside him. Two Abyss Commanders patrol, and eight Abyss Elites keep watch. A direct robbery is simply impossible."

The corners of Kim Hyun-tae's mouth curled up.

"We will not rob the warehouse. We will rob the transport route."

He pulled a map from his backpack and spread it out on the ore pile.

The map was marked with a red line, starting from the Korean Server Abyss City, following the earth veins westward, passing through the Japanese Server Abyss City, then continuing west into the US Server Abyss City, and finally arriving at the Chinese Server Abyss Rift.

"This is the transport route for Abyss materials. All materials submitted by Abyssal Lords from the Korean, Japanese, US, and European Servers travel along this line. Every Friday night, the Abyss Councilors from the four servers escort them personally."

William's eyes lit up.

"You mean, rob the transport convoy?"

Kim Hyun-tae shook his head.

"We cannot rob it. With four Abyss Councilors escorting, the dozen of us would just be throwing our lives away. But I know one person who can."

Yamada Takashi frowned.

"Who?"

Kim Hyun-tae did not speak; he pulled a black token from his backpack.

The token was engraved with an upright purple eye, exactly the same as the pair of eyes in Lord of the Abyss's livestream.

Everyone gasped simultaneously.

"Lord of the Abyss's token? How did you get that?"

Kim Hyun-tae put the token away.

"Do not worry about how I got it. This token can summon a clone of Lord of the Abyss, lasting for ten minutes. Ten minutes is enough for it to wipe out the four Abyss Councilors. Once Lord of the Abyss's clone beats all the Councilors down, the transport convoy will be unguarded. Then we rush up and take all the materials."

William hesitated.

"Lord of the Abyss is Brother Ye's director. Will its clone listen to you?"

Kim Hyun-tae laughed.

"The clone summoned by the token has no self-awareness; it attacks whoever it sees. We will hide in the dark and come out after it finishes fighting. No one will ever know."

The dozen people looked at each other and then nodded in unison.

Friday night, Korean Server Abyss City.

Lord of Flame packed up the week's materials and loaded them into the Abyss transport vehicle.

Two thousand purple Abyss Crystals, five hundred gold Epic Crystals, and one hundred orange Legendary Cores.

The transport vehicle was packed to the brim, its wheels almost deformed from the weight.

Qin Wentian stood by, holding his notebook to count the quantity.

After counting, he signed the handover form.

Lord of Flame pushed the transport vehicle out of the Abyss City.

At the city gate, Lord of Dark Erosion, Lord of Despair, and Lord of Plague were already waiting.

Four Abyss Councilors, four transport vehicles, lined up in a row, heading west along the earth veins.

Qin Wentian watched the convoy disappear into the night and lowered his head to continue watching the warehouse.

When the transport convoy reached the junction of the Korean Server earth veins and the Japanese Server earth veins, something happened.

A large amount of black mist suddenly surged from the rock walls on both sides of the earth veins.

The mist was as thick as ink, instantly swallowing the entire convoy.

The four Abyss Councilors stopped simultaneously, the purple flames in their eyes flickering violently.

Lord of Dark Erosion was the first to react.

"The aura of Lord of the Abyss. It is not the director himself, but a clone summoned by a token."

Lord of Despair set down the transport vehicle and stood in front of the convoy.

"The clone also has no self-awareness; it attacks whoever it sees. Who summoned it?"

Before the words faded, a figure walked out of the black mist.

It was over three meters tall, covered in dark gold scales, with two clusters of pure purple flames for eyes.

It was the clone of Lord of the Abyss, with the exact same aura as the eyes in the sealing formation.

The clone did not say a word; it simply raised its hand.

A wave of black energy swept across the convoy, and the four Abyss Councilors were knocked back simultaneously.

Lord of Dark Erosion's shield cracked, Lord of Despair's chest armor shattered, and Lord of Plague's domain was ripped open.

Lord of Flame's flames were compressed until only a thin layer remained.

Kim Hyun-tae, hiding behind the rock wall in the distance, had his eyes light up.

"Too fierce. The four Councilors are like paper in front of it."

William lowered his voice.

"We will rush in once the Councilors are all down."

Over at the transport convoy, the four Abyss Councilors could no longer hold on.

Lord of the Abyss's clone had no domain and no skills, purely crushing them with source energy.

Every punch carried the most primitive power from the bottom of the abyss, leaving a crater whenever it hit a Councilor.

Lord of Dark Erosion fell first, Lord of Despair fell second, and Lord of Plague fell third.

Lord of Flame stood leaning against the transport vehicle, the flames on its body nearly extinguished.

The clone walked up to it and raised its hand.

Black energy condensed in its palm.

Then, a dark purple light descended from the sky, slamming between the clone and Lord of Flame.

As the light dispersed, Lin Ye stood in front of the transport vehicle, all eight pieces of his abyss decay set glowing.

He held space-time judgment in his left hand and the Abyss Corrosion Sword in his right, the light of the two swords intertwining like two bolts of lightning of different colors.

Kim Hyun-tae's face turned pale.

"How did Lin Ye get here?"

No one answered him.

Because everyone was running away.

Lin Ye did not pursue.

He looked at the clone of Lord of the Abyss in front of him, and the clone looked back at him.

The two pairs of eyes locked for about three seconds.

The clone spoke.

"You should not have come. This is a clone summoned by a token; it is not under my control."

Lin Ye shouldered his two swords.

"I know. That is why I am here to help you take it back."

The clone was silent for a moment.

"How will you take it back?"

Lin Ye did not answer; he directly activated his Decay Domain.

Dark purple and pale gold light surged out like a tsunami, enveloping the entire junction of the earth veins.

Three hundred layers of debuff were applied to the clone simultaneously, and the clone's strength attribute began to drop from fifty thousand.

Forty-eight thousand, forty-five thousand, forty-two thousand, thirty-nine thousand.

It dropped for ten full seconds, stopping at thirty-five thousand.

The clone's purple eyes constricted violently.

"Your domain can weaken my clone?"

"Not just that. It can also perform reverse extraction."

Lin Ye raised his right hand, and the light of the Decay Domain suddenly contracted, shrinking from covering the entire earth vein into a single line.

One end of the line was connected to the clone's chest, and the other end to Lin Ye's palm.

The source energy inside the clone was drawn out along this line, like drinking milk tea with a straw.

Thirty-five thousand, thirty-two thousand, twenty-eight thousand, twenty-three thousand, eighteen thousand.

After drawing for thirty seconds, half of the clone's source energy had been drained.

The clone's body began to turn transparent.

"Where did the energy you extracted go?"

Lin Ye patted his abyss Decay chest armor.

The glow on the chest armor was more than a notch brighter than before.

"Right here. Your clone's energy is also abyss source energy; it would be a waste not to extract it."

The clone was silent for a few seconds, then laughed.

It was the exact same laugh as Lord of the Abyss in the sealing formation, low, deep, and rumbling enough to shake the earth veins.

"Interesting. Very interesting. When my main body comes out in four days, let us have a proper fight."

After saying this, the clone completely dissipated.

The black mist cleared, and the earth veins returned to calm.

The four Abyss Councilors climbed up from the ground, heads bowed, not daring to look at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye put his two swords back into his backpack.

"The transport convoy should continue. This batch of materials is for the player packages, it cannot be delayed."

The four Councilors nodded in unison and pushed the transport vehicles to continue walking west.

Lin Ye turned around and looked at the dozen people behind the rock wall.

Kim Hyun-tae, William, Yamada Takashi, and Hans were all squatting behind the rocks, their faces as pale as paper.

Lin Ye did not speak, just looked at them.

Kim Hyun-tae stood up.

"Brother Ye, I..."

Lin Ye raised his hand to interrupt him.

"No need to explain. Robbing the transport route, summoning the clone of Lord of the Abyss, waiting for the Councilors to be down before stealing the materials. A good plan."

Kim Hyun-tae was stunned.

"You are not angry?"

"Why would I be angry? You helped me test the true combat power of Lord of the Abyss's clone. Strength of fifty thousand, no domain, no skills, relying purely on source energy to crush. It took four minutes to beat four Councilors. I do not know how long it would take to beat me, because it was drained by me."

Kim Hyun-tae fell silent.

Lin Ye pulled a small notebook from his backpack and threw it to Kim Hyun-tae.

"Qin Wentian is working as an external intelligence officer for Lord of Flame; catching one petty thief who steals materials adds ten points. The dozen of you are enough for him to accumulate five hundred points."

Kim Hyun-tae took the notebook, his hands shaking.

"You mean for us to go and surrender to Qin Wentian?"

"What else? Wait for me to record it myself?"

The dozen people looked at each other, then started walking in unison, lining up as they headed towards the Korean Server Abyss City.

Kim Hyun-tae walked in front, William followed behind, and Yamada Takashi and Hans walked side by side.

Over a dozen top-tier players, lined up in a single file, walked obediently towards the Abyss City.

Qin Wentian was squatting at the warehouse entrance yawning when he saw the dozen people walking over in a line, and he was stunned.

Kim Hyun-tae walked up to him and handed over the notebook.

"Surrender. Attempted robbery of the transport route. Record it."

Qin Wentian took the notebook and stared blankly for a long time.

Then he opened the notebook and wrote stroke by stroke.

Kim Hyun-tae, Korean Server, attempted robbery of the transport route, method of capture: surrender. Add ten points.

William, US Server, attempted robbery of the transport route, method of capture: surrender. Add ten points.

Yamada Takashi, Japanese Server, attempted robbery of the transport route, method of capture: surrender. Add ten points.

Hans, European Server, attempted robbery of the transport route, method of capture: surrender. Add ten points.

After writing over a dozen lines, he finished.

Qin Wentian closed the notebook and looked at the line of people in front of him.

Kim Hyun-tae spoke up.

"Qin Wentian, you scammed us last time, and this time we are surrendering to give you performance points. We are even."

Qin Wentian was silent for a few seconds.

"We are even."

Kim Hyun-tae turned and left, William left, Yamada Takashi left, Hans left.

The dozen people walked out of the Abyss City and disappeared into the depths of the earth veins.

Qin Wentian squatted at the warehouse entrance, clutching the small notebook in his hand.

The performance points on the notebook had accumulated to five hundred and twenty.

Enough to exchange for an Abyss Source Shard.

He stood up and walked into Lord of Flame's office.

Lord of Flame was organizing today's transport records, and seeing him enter, looked up.

"What is it?"

Qin Wentian placed the notebook on the table.

"Exchange for an Abyss Source Shard."

Lord of Flame took the notebook, glanced at it, then opened the safe and took out a shard glowing with deep purple light.

The shard was very small, barely larger than a fingernail.

But the light was pure, so pure it seemed to have condensed directly from the bottom of the abyss.

Qin Wentian took the shard and clenched it in his palm.

The shard was very cold, as if holding a small piece of ice.

But his heart was warm.

This was something he had exchanged for after saving up performance points for a full week.

No pay-to-win, no shortcuts, no scamming anyone.

Just honestly watching the warehouse, catching petty thieves, and accumulating points.

Lord of Flame looked at him.

"What do you plan to do after exchanging for the shard?"

Qin Wentian put the shard into his backpack.

"Save up for another one. Two shards can forge one piece of abyss equipment. Once the equipment is forged, I will go find Brother Ye for a fight."

"Can you win?"

Qin Wentian shook his head.

"Cannot win. But wearing abyss equipment, at least I can hold out for a few more seconds."

He turned and walked out of the office.

At the gate of the Abyss City, the night was very deep.

He squatted at the warehouse entrance, turned to a new page in his small notebook, and continued to watch everyone who approached the warehouse.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye stood on the edge of the Abyss Rift, looking at the crack on the sealing formation deep within the rift.

The crack was already very large, and one could vaguely see the black source energy surging within.

Lord of the Abyss's voice echoed in his mind.

"Your attributes have increased again. After extracting my clone, how much did they increase?"

Lin Ye glanced at his attribute panel.

Strength twenty-eight thousand, Agility twenty-five thousand, Intelligence twenty-seven thousand, Constitution thirty thousand.

All attributes had increased by nearly thirty percent compared to before extracting the clone.

"Enough."

Lord of the Abyss was silent for a moment.

"See you in four days."