Chapter 61 -61-Zone 4 Players Launch a Sneak Attack, Only to Be Slaughtered on the Spot!
[Worldfall Ruins Token]
[Ruin Dungeon]: Dragonkin Isle
[Owner]: John
[Description]:
Contains over a thousand monsters and bosses ranging from Level 20 to Level 50.
Special products of this ruin: [Dragon Scales] (can be used to craft Dragon Scale Armor), [Dragon Blood] (can be used to brew Dragonblood Potions), [Stone Dragon Crystals] (can be refined into special equipment sets), [large amounts of gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins]!
[Note]: All special products of this ruin are tradable.
After obtaining this token, you may perform operations on the [Ruin], such as exploring, sweeping, destroying, containing, and placing it.
The token owner may set entry and exit requirements for the [Ruin], and control how long players or NPCs may remain inside the secret realm.
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The moment John finished reading it, he instantly understood.
This ruin was essentially a higher-tier dungeon.
And the portable kind, at that.
Right now, he could completely move this ruin—originally belonging to Zone 4—back to his own Zone 5.
That way, not only could he greatly speed up the development of Zone 5’s players,
he could also slow down the development of Zone 4’s players.
Killing two birds with one stone.
With that thought in mind,
John directly chose the Contain option for the [Ruin].
A notification immediately sounded.
[Congratulations! You have successfully contained the ruin "Dragonkin Isle"!]
...
The moment the ruin was contained,
the ground beneath John’s feet suddenly vanished.
Luckily, he reacted quickly and activated his dragon wings in advance.
Only then did he avoid plummeting straight down.
He flapped his wings, feeling the flow of air between them.
"Maybe I should take this chance to train my flying skills a bit."
Such a thought arose in John’s mind.
Just as he was about to start practicing with a flap of his wings,
he suddenly saw countless black dots trailing fiery tails shoot up from Storm City below.
"This is... Arcane Cannons!"
John was startled.
Arcane Cannons were a type of one-time-use offensive item that players could fire from within a main city.
Normally, they were only brought out when missions like a monster tide siege against the city occurred.
And yet now, the players of Zone 4 had actually gathered together inside Storm City
and fired a countless number of Arcane Shells straight at him!
A dense, overwhelming barrage surged toward John like a tidal wave.
Had he been on the ground, John naturally would have been able to dodge them with ease.
But now, he had just put away Dragonkin Isle.
And his control over flight was still not skilled enough.
Even though he dodged desperately, he was still struck by a single Arcane Shell.
Boom!
The shockwave from one Arcane Shell instantly detonated a large number of Arcane Shells around it.
John’s figure was swallowed at once by rolling black smoke.
...
Inside Storm City,
Link and the rest of the Zone 4 players stared fixedly at the sky above.
That previous barrage of Arcane Shells had naturally been fired by them.
From the moment they obtained the coordinates, they had swiftly positioned Arcane Shells throughout various parts of the main city,
locking onto the location of Dragonkin Isle in advance.
The instant John stored away Dragonkin Isle, they all fired at once!
Only after they saw a long, dark figure fall out of the black smoke
—tumbling a few times in midair before crashing onto the distant ground—
did they finally relax.
Bang!
The impact was low and heavy,
kicking up an enormous cloud of dust.
When they saw John fall from the sky,
the players inside Storm City finally erupted into cheers.
"We did it! Even John has to fall before our Arcane Shells!"
"Hahaha! Once we kill this bastard, we can finally avenge ourselves!"
"Don’t let your guard down yet. That guy’s ridiculously tough—he might not be dead yet.
Let’s go over and check first!"
A great mass of players immediately poured out of the city to investigate.
They wanted to see just how miserable John looked after dying.
The place where John had fallen was not far from Storm City.
Only about half an hour away.
Before long, all the Zone 4 players had arrived there.
But once they reached the place, they were shocked to discover that the dust and smoke had still not dispersed.
A layer of black haze drifted through the air,
making it impossible for them to see what was happening inside.
"Why is there still so much smoke here?"
"Where’s John?"
"No idea. Should we go in and look for him?"
Some players were too curious and had already rushed into the smoke, beginning to search for John’s body.
They wanted to see whether John had dropped any equipment after dying. If they managed to pick something up, they would strike it rich.
Suddenly,
one player realized something was wrong and shouted loudly,
"Wait—that’s not right! Look at the Wanted List. John’s name is still lit up! If we had killed him, shouldn’t it have dimmed?"
Hearing this, the Zone 4 players were jolted and hurriedly opened the Wanted List.
And the moment they checked it, they were nearly scared out of their wits.
John’s scarlet, eye-searing name on the Wanted List was still as bright as ever.
Which meant that John was not dead at all!
"Ah!"
Realizing something was wrong, the crowd turned to flee.
But from within the fog came a sudden scream.
A player died on the spot.
Everyone looked toward the direction the scream had come from.
There, they saw a white-robed figure slowly walking out of the mist, his entire body radiating killing intent and fury.
It was none other than John.
With 100% fall resistance, he had completely ignored the damage from plummeting out of the sky moments earlier.
Holding his dagger in hand, he swept his cold gaze across the crowd.
"Killing you once wasn’t enough? You want me to kill you a second time too?"
John actually was not dead!
At that point, the Zone 4 players were completely terrified out of their minds. They all turned and ran toward Storm City.
But the mist suddenly expanded,
instantly covering the vast majority of the players.
Only a small portion—those farther back and faster on their feet—managed to escape the range of the fog.
The players trapped within it were completely blinded.
They could no longer tell left from right, front from back.
They could only flee in every direction like headless flies.
Meanwhile, John moved through the fog like a fish in water, his figure flashing constantly as he effortlessly slaughtered those players for the second time.
For a time, screams rang out endlessly within the mist.
John’s own private hunting game unfolded within the fog.
...
By the time the mist dispersed,
not a single Zone 4 player remained.
All of them had once again been sent back by John to Storm City’s Revival Spring.
[Because you have killed too many Zone 4 players, you have been blacklisted by all main cities in Zone 4!]
The name above John’s head was now so red it was almost black.
Because he had killed so many people, he had been placed directly onto the blacklist of every main city in Zone 4.
But John did not care in the slightest.
A so-called blacklist was only meant to restrain the weak.
For someone like him, even if he were blacklisted, he could still force his way into any main city through sheer strength alone.
"Hmph. Since you dared to attack me, you’d better be prepared to repay it a hundredfold.
Did you really think hiding inside the city would keep you safe?"
John looked toward Storm City in the distance.
A cold sneer appeared on his face.
The next moment, his figure vanished from the spot!