169: The chains of the underworld, no place to hide

Before approaching this group of Sakura Country players, Qin Tian had already envisioned multiple possibilities.

He had also prepared for the worst.

He didn't believe that approaching with Stealth would necessarily succeed.

Therefore, he had already prepared a second plan.

As he approached these five Sakura Country players, and they entered the range of the Nether Chains item, Qin Tian immediately activated the item.

He locked onto one of the Sakura Country players.

Before he entered the Trial Land, the Nether Chains had already taken effect.

Qin Tian released the Nether Chains, which were constantly emitting a green light, from his hand.

This chain flew directly towards the sky.

Its speed was extremely fast, even surpassing Qin Tian's earlier speed.

A moment later, Qin Tian sensed the location of that Sakura Country player.

The mission area of the Trial Land, unlike the previous Forbidden Tower, was not teleported to a strange space.

Instead, it directly generated a trial mission area at a random location and teleported players there.

After all, trial missions have a time limit, unlike the Forbidden Tower, which exists indefinitely.

It was by exploiting this teleportation loophole that the Evil God was able to change the teleportation location and alter the generation location of the Trial Land's teleportation gate.

"Northwest, huh?"

Qin Tian looked at the information returned by the Nether Chains, mounted his Death Warhorse, and immediately rushed over.

Although the distance was not close, with his extremely high movement speed, he would arrive quickly.

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"That was close, thankfully the cooldown ended."

"That guy's oppressive aura is too strong, even on a world-destroying BOSS, I haven't seen such a terrifying aura."

"What are you panicking about? We're already in. It's not like we're always that unlucky. Now that we're in, the next time we're teleported out, we definitely won't appear in the Trial Land again."

"Haha, you're right, His Majesty the Emperor's methods are even more brilliant. As long as we keep teleporting back and forth like this and firmly occupy the Trial Land's teleportation gate, that kid won't be able to enter the Trial Land."

"Yes, as long as he can't get in, he won't be able to break through to the next area, and his level won't be able to increase. When the world barrier breaks, His Majesty the Emperor can directly send super experts to kill him."

...

In the Trial Land, the five Sakura Country players Qin Tian had just seen were still somewhat shaken.

Seeing the surrounding environment change and confirming they had entered the Trial Land without being caught by Qin Tian, the few gradually relaxed.

The Trial Land, which used to be extremely dangerous and required them to steel themselves and disregard life and death, had never given them such a sense of security as it did now.

"Great, this trial is a survival mission. The mission is to survive for 12 hours."

"Holy crap, that's too lucky! That means we're absolutely safe for 12 hours."

"His Majesty the Emperor bless us, this is fantastic!"

Looking at the trial mission, the few Sakura Country players shouted even more excitedly.

A survival trial mission, as the name suggests, can be cleared as long as one survives until the mission's end time.

The few of them were all powerful individuals; otherwise, they wouldn't have been chosen to participate in this operation against Qin Tian.

For them, a survival trial mission had almost no possibility of failure.

And now, with such a mission appearing, the trial time was directly maximized.

It allowed them to avoid facing Qin Tian for 12 hours.

This made the few Sakura Country players even more excited.

In the Trial Land, mist began to rise.

Red blood rain began to fall.

It fell faster and faster, landing on the bodies of the few Sakura Country players.

Their health also began to drop.

This drop was not significant, with each person losing a few thousand health per second.

"I'll trouble you, Takashi Kiko."

The leader of the Sakura Country five-person team looked at the only female player in the team.

The Healer of this team, Takashi Kiko.

Takashi Kiko nodded, and her healing skills began to activate.

Green light shone, and everyone's lost health was instantly replenished.

『Endurance Art』

『Mana Shield』

『Divine Blessing』

Various buff skills were used by Takashi Kiko.

Everyone's stats also increased accordingly, so this blood rain basically could not cause them fatal damage.

Compared to encountering a powerful BOSS, this trial was undoubtedly the most comfortable.

"Finally, we can rest for a while. That Qin Tian is probably pacing anxiously right now."

Mumu Yilang said with a smile.

The other Sakura Country players also laughed along.

To deal with Qin Tian, they had been inside the Trial Land's teleportation gate every moment during this time.

They would teleport out as soon as the time was up, and immediately teleport back as soon as the cooldown ended.

Not only did they have to face the dangers within the Trial Land, but they also had to constantly guard against Qin Tian's appearance.

They were almost constantly on the brink of life and death, in a state of extreme mental tension.

Opportunities to relax like the present were almost nonexistent.

"It's all Qin Tian's fault."

"But it doesn't matter, the world barrier will open soon, we have succeeded, that kid is held up, only death awaits him."

"Yes, when the world barrier ends, not only that kid, but the entire Huaxia will be occupied by us. This game merging with reality is the best opportunity for our Sakura Country to unify the world."

...

Without needing to face enemies, only needing the Healer Takashi Kiko to continuously heal them.

They had never been so relaxed. The few Sakura Country players began to chat idly.

Just then, the blood rain in mid-air suddenly became swift and violent.

"What's going on? How did the difficulty increase so quickly?"

"Who knows? Could it be that frequent entry and exit affected the trial difficulty?"

"It doesn't matter, the difficulty only increased a little. At worst, we'll just drink more recovery potions."

...

Looking at the increasingly violent blood rain, Captain Yamashita Tatsuno's brows furrowed tightly:

"I seem to have a bad premonition."

"Captain, you're too nervous. We're in the Trial Land now. Could that kid really find his way here?"

Mumu Yilang said with a smile.

"Takashi Kiko, check if any of us have abnormal statuses."

Yamashita Tatsuno ignored Mumu Yilang and looked at Takashi Kiko, who was healing them.

Takashi Kiko nodded, and a golden light, centered on her, quickly spread out, enveloping all of them.

This was Takashi Kiko's rare skill 『Realm of Truth』, which could check teammates for abnormal statuses, specifically used to detect hidden debuffs that could not be detected by normal means.

"Captain, you're being too cautious. Is this really necessary?"

Mumu Yilang saw Takashi Kiko actually activating 『Realm of Truth』, and couldn't help but feel that Yamashita Tatsuno was making a mountain out of a molehill.

He looked towards Takashi Kiko, intending to persuade her to save some mana and just focus on healing them.

Before he could speak, he saw Takashi Kiko's expression suddenly change drastically.

"Captain, Mumu has a chain on him, a green chain! One end is connected to his body, and the other end... the other end is right above us!"