“Brothers, can you do me a favor?”

Qin Feng logged off and appeared in a bedroom within the Soul Purification Land.

When he returned, the lights in the bedroom automatically turned on…

It wasn't some sort of automation.

Rather, the mechanical maid by the bed sensed his return and casually switched on the bedroom lights.

"Getting the people in Ice City to speak the Ancient God Language, even just teaching them the pronunciation, is extremely difficult…"

Qin Feng felt a headache coming on: "If I get exposed, I won't be able to deter that Epic-grade angler BOSS."

After thinking it over, he decided to simply send an audio clip through the Communication Crystal Ring.

It was a warning in the Ancient God Language, which roughly meant: This is the realm of the gods, retreat immediately!

It also urged the opponent to identify the sinner who sent him here, promising that their crimes could be forgiven if they did so.

Of course…

This whole statement was complete nonsense.

How could an Epic-grade BOSS delivered right to his doorstep possibly get away?

It was all about bluffing.

If the other party listened, great; if not, it didn't matter, as it was just to buy some time anyway.

Once Qin Feng reached Ice City, that BOSS's days would be numbered.

Thus, Qin Feng quickly used the Communication Crystal Ring to record a sentence in the Ancient God Language and sent it to Wan Ye Wei Yu, asking her to pass it on to the Government personnel in Ice City so they could play it next to that angler BOSS.

However, he had just sent the message.

Suddenly, he felt a tremor coming from all around him!

At the same time, a wave of 'Corruption' energy spread outwards, shrouding the surrounding several kilometers, dragging everyone into a combat state and preventing any 'login' operations!

Immediately after…

A guild Hideout management interface popped up in front of Qin Feng, and on that interface, the Emerald-grade defensive barrier belonging to the Evil Spirit Academy had actually been breached, torn open with a gap!

"Someone is attacking?"

"Attacking right as I returned to reality, could it be…"

Qin Feng quickly headed towards the teleportation array in the Soul Purification Land.

If he took the normal route, it would probably take half a minute to get out.

But by taking the teleportation array, he could reach the surface area of the Evil Spirit Academy in less than five seconds!

…

Just ten minutes or so before Qin Feng logged off.

On the east coast of the Magic City Ruins, at the Evil Spirit Academy Hideout.

Here, there were towering elevator buildings where tens of thousands of members of the Sky Dome Guild lived.

On the current Blue Star, many areas had already become turbulent zones or Rage Zones, where the rate of Lifespan depletion was ten or a hundred times faster, and countless monsters rampaged everywhere, turning it into an apocalyptic wasteland.

Furthermore, killing monsters in reality did not grant 'Experience Points', which meant people rarely left safe zones to venture into those dangerous areas.

By comparison…

The players of the Sky Dome Guild were living as if in paradise.

Although the Evil Spirit Academy Hideout belonged to 'Shadow'.

They had the right to use it and were under Shadow's protection, which gave them an unimaginable sense of security.

Usually, most players were active online in the God Forsaken Game.

But there were people taking turns guarding the offline Hideout.

'Haidian Big Saber' was the player captain assigned to guard the gate at this moment.

He was a middle-aged man with a warrior-class profession, carrying two Platinum-grade battle axes on his back and wearing a metal horned helmet, vigilantly watching the outside from the entrance of the Evil Spirit Academy.

Several team members behind him were observing other directions.

Although this was Shadow's territory, they did not let their guard down in their watch; after all, this was reality, and any lapse in vigilance could potentially bring about a huge disaster!

In the words of 'Haidian Big Saber', although Shadow could solve anything, one couldn't count on Shadow for everything.

The middle-aged man's expression was serious. Suddenly, his gaze beneath the horned helmet focused on a certain spot…

Reflected in his eyes was a woman riding a black panther.

The woman was petite and wore black leather armor. As the black panther ran, her long hair flowed behind her, giving her a very graceful appearance.

Under the gray sky, the area outside the Hideout was originally desolate.

Occasionally, a few monsters would crawl past quickly, only to be dealt with by the woman casually throwing 'Shadow Blade' at them.

Although her Shadow Blade didn't have as high damage as Qin Feng's, nor could it refund cooldowns or bounce infinitely, a Platinum-grade skill was more than enough to deal with some small monsters.

Under the vigilant gaze of 'Haidian Big Saber' and the others.

The woman riding the black panther arrived outside the gate of the Evil Spirit Academy, shook her long hair, and dismounted.

"Damn, this woman is not bad. Is she here to look for someone?"

A young guard couldn't help but light up when he saw this.

Currently, this place was considered a large player residential area, and with 'Shadow' stationed here, many other guilds had migrated their Hideouts nearby, including several Government guild Hideouts.

Therefore, it was effectively a brand-new human settlement, and people often came looking for others.

"Looking for someone, my ass."

Haidian Big Saber sneered and took off his horned helmet, revealing the face of a middle-aged man full of worldly weariness: "I know her, one of the managers of the Rose Flower Guild, Little Wildcat."

"Rose Flower Guild? Damn…"

The few young men had initially quite appreciated the woman, but upon hearing her guild, they immediately looked at her with disdain.

Who didn't know what kind of trash the Rose Flower Guild was?

It was only because they hadn't provoked their Sky Dome Guild; otherwise, they would have been wiped out by the Sky Dome Guild long ago…

However, these young men and Haidian Big Saber couldn't figure out why someone from a guild that didn't even dare to provoke their Sky Dome Guild would dare to provoke Shadow?

Isn't that just courting death?

Obviously, members of the Sky Dome Guild had naturally heard about what happened at the Tower of Divine Authority outside the Magic City Ruins.

"Little Wildcat? What are you here for?"

Haidian Big Saber looked vigilantly at the woman in black leather armor from across the defensive barrier.

As the guard captain, he could grant others temporary permission to enter and exit the Evil Spirit Academy, mainly because people would come to visit friends and family in reality, making it more convenient.

But clearly, Haidian Big Saber had no intention of letting Little Wildcat in.

Little Wildcat shook her long hair, blinking as she spoke: "Everyone, don't be so hostile. I know our guild has offended the great Shadow… so I came specifically to apologize to him. Brothers, can you do me a favor?"

Just thinking about it made her feel miserable.

She had originally wanted to go to the Tower of Divine Authority to find 'Shadow', but by the time she arrived, let alone Shadow, even the other players were all gone!

There was no other way.

She had no choice but to try and find Shadow offline.

However, when she said this…

Haidian Big Saber: "Get lost."

Little Wildcat: "…"

This woman, of course, was unwilling to just leave like that, and instead pestered them on the spot, even willing to pay the price of a hundred years of Lifespan to get them to make an exception.

Unfortunately, the more she was willing to pay, the more Haidian Big Saber felt she was up to no good; how could he possibly let her succeed?

Being blocked outside like this made Little Wildcat very unhappy, and she secretly thought: "What ingrates. Aren't you afraid that if I get close to Shadow in the future, I'll make things difficult for you?"

With the other party refusing to let her in, she couldn't force her way through either.

She could only linger there and argue with them, and after ten minutes of going back and forth, time just slipped away.

Little Wildcat: "I'm here to apologize, after all. You at least have to help me notify the great one…"

Just at this moment…

Boom!

Everyone present felt a violent tremor coming from the ground!

Immediately after, a beam of star-blue light descended from the sky, landing outside the gate of the Evil Spirit Academy, accompanied by a pitch-black cube wreathed in electricity, which crashed down with a boom!