Chapter 610: Chapter 307 Instant Retreat!_1 Na Zhua quickly entered the wasteland area. This individual had a peculiar appearance: a shark-like face, a fishtail, yet four human-like limbs, distinguished only by webbed fingers and toes. He was an intelligent lifeform from a planet dominated by extraordinarily vast water bodies. Realizing another person was heading their way, Zhui Yi spoke to Chen Mo, "Lord, it’s better to make an example of him. Otherwise, we will be continuously harassed. I specifically checked the leaderboard earlier; he has never appeared in the top fifty." "Alright." Chen Mo nodded. Possessing Moluo’s Brain, they had infallible memories. They knew clearly who had been in the top fifty on the leaderboard. Killing those who hadn’t appeared in the top fifty yielded only half the reward points. At Chen Mo’s mental command, a cluster of Skeleton Monsters immediately attacked Na Zhua. Simultaneously, a strange light flared from Na Zhua’s body. Chen Mo suddenly felt himself ensnared by a strange energy rope, linking him to Na Zhua. The moment he connected to Chen Mo, Na Zhua immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Caught! I’ve caught you!" But the instant his voice faded, he died. At the same time, a figure appeared before everyone in the wasteland. "Is this that Chen Mo?" Seeing the figure appear, someone excitedly said, "He finally revealed himself! Everyone, quickly, follow me to kill him!" "That’s not right, he doesn’t look like this... Why is he a child? Did he purposefully shapeshift?" Only Spike had seen Chen Mo’s image before, and the figure before them did not resemble the Chen Mo in that image. But at this moment, that didn’t matter to the others. As soon as they saw the figure of the accursed second-transition, they all rushed into the wasteland area to hunt down Zhui Yi. As they began to rush forward, Na Zhua had already dropped dead on the spot! He died so suddenly that no life-saving abilities had a chance to activate. This was because he had fallen victim to the strongest sealing effect of Zhui Yi’s Sealing Treasure Ring—the Ultimate Seal! The Ultimate Seal could completely seal all of the target’s abilities along with Zhui Yi’s own. That was why Zhui Yi had suddenly appeared. His divine stealth ability was also caught and sealed by his own Ultimate Seal, rendering him unable to remain invisible. Normally, using this ability against a single opponent was not a very cost-effective trade. But it was different now, as Zhui Yi and Chen Mo were together. Once they joined forces, they could execute a combo. This involved Zhui Yi casting the Ultimate Seal, followed by Chen Mo using his own Sealing Treasure Ring’s unsealing ability to remove the Ultimate Seal’s effect from Zhui Yi. Thus, only the opponent would have all their abilities sealed, leaving them defenseless. However, this combo technique had a cooldown. The Sealing Treasure Ring’s unsealing ability incurred a cooldown depending on the tier of the seal it dispelled. Unsealing seals below SSS-level incurred no cooldown. However, unsealing SSS-level or Above SSS-level Sealing Abilities initiated a cooldown. The cooldown for unsealing an SSS-level sealing Skill was usually between 12 and 24 hours. The cooldown for unsealing an Above SSS-level Sealing Ability was between 24 and 48 hours. The Ultimate Seal, which sealed all abilities at once, was among the most potent of the Above SSS-level Sealing Abilities, with a maximum cooldown of 48 hours. However, this duration was significantly reduced by Chen Mo’s multiple cooldown-reducing effects. Chen Mo now possessed three cooldown reduction abilities. One was Superb Calmness, derived from Extreme Calmness combined with the Super Divine Stone, which could reduce all cooldowns by 99%. Furthermore, each use of an ability with a cooldown had a 50% chance to reset its cooldown instantly! Another was ’Natural God’s Blessing·Divnity,’ granting a 50% chance to instantly refresh the cooldown of any ability used (including those normally unaffected by cooldown reduction). And the third was the ’Light and Dark Source Crystal·Origin-Grade.’ While in Light-Dark Fusion Mode, it increased all skill power by 100% and reduced cooldowns by 50% (this did not affect skills immune to cooldown reduction but could stack with other such effects). The combination of these three cooldown reduction abilities gave Chen Mo a 75% chance of resetting the cooldown every time he used a skill. Even if the reset was unsuccessful, it significantly reduced the cooldown time. The original 48-hour cooldown, with two reduction effects active, would only take about 15 minutes. This time, however, Chen Mo’s luck held; he easily triggered Superb Calmness, avoiding the cooldown entirely. As Na Zhua died, Zhui Yi re-entered his invisible mode. The group of top fourth-transition experts, who had just eagerly rushed over, were instantly chagrined! They had rushed over so quickly, only for their target to vanish again. Was all their fervent effort for naught? Meanwhile, The Heavenly Dao’s Hint sounded in Chen Mo’s ears, as well as in the ears of all other participants. For Chen Mo: [The Heavenly Dao’s Hint: Congratulations, you have successfully killed a participant. Since the target was not your designated prey, you have received 100 points as a kill reward. Additionally, you have received half of his accumulated points: 60,000!] [The Heavenly Dao’s Hint: By killing another contestant, you will inherit their prey target. Your new prey target is Number 4,869.] [The Heavenly Dao’s Hint: Because you killed another contestant, their original hunter’s prey target will be transferred to you. You now have two hunters. Please evade them carefully.] [The Heavenly Dao’s Hint: All data related to deceased participants in the Demon Tower exploration event will be completely erased and recycled from this instance. Dropped items recycled. Based on the total value of the deceased’s dropped items, you have received 6,000,000 victory points! These points can be used to exchange for rewards at the event’s conclusion. Note: If you are killed, these points will transfer to your killer!] So, killing bystanders means directly inheriting their hunter and prey assignments. This was quite unexpected for Chen Mo. However, it’s not bad. It means that even indiscriminate killing can yield many prey. At least the losses won’t be too significant. [The Heavenly Dao’s Hint: ’Na Zhua, Participant #669,’ Han Hai System, Level 100 (Fourth-Transition Profession: ’Master of Tides,’ 25th-star) is dead! Current participants remaining in this instance: 9,996!] As The Heavenly Dao’s Hint sounded and Zhui Yi re-entered his invisible mode, the group that had just charged into the wasteland scrambled back to the grassland area in fright. Simultaneously, they all formed army arrays to avoid being singled out. Na Zhua had been alone in the area, so he couldn’t be protected by an army array. Indeed, making an example of Na Zhua had worked. Instantly, the top fourth-transition experts over there no longer dared to punch above their weight. They had long since stopped viewing Chen Mo as a mere second-transition. His ability to seemingly ignore rules and instantly kill top fourth-transition experts was something even fifth-transition experts wouldn’t dare claim. They regarded Chen Mo as a threat even greater than a fifth-transition. This guy was a fifth-transition masquerading as a second-transition. Naturally, they were terrified of Chen Mo. Chen Mo hadn’t initially planned to kill too many people on this floor; after all, participants here would continue to accumulate points. Simply by remaining in an area alone for one minute, a participant could earn 10,000 bonus points. Fulfilling the requirements to advance to the next floor allowed for an accumulation of 100,000 reward points, which was quite substantial. If these people refrained from killing each other and all maximized their earnings before advancing, each would gain an extra 100,000 points. If he could pocket all of this in the end, the earnings would approach one billion points. Chen Mo was eager to see what tier of rewards could be redeemed with such a sum. According to Moluo’s Brain’s analysis of this event, each additional zero in one’s total points would unlock a higher tier in the exchange shop. No one in history had ever obtained a billion points. Chen Mo was determined to try. As the top fourth-transition experts were scared into retreating to the grassland area, the instance’s chat group immediately buzzed with discussion about what had just transpired. "How did Na Zhua get instantly killed? A top fourth-transition expert should have life-saving abilities, right?" "Doesn’t that guy possess an ability to seal others’ powers? Maybe Na Zhua’s life-saving abilities were sealed." "We all learned from An Yin that this guy has a Sealing Ability. Na Zhua must have known too. He dared to approach, so he was clearly prepared. It’s impossible that he couldn’t survive just because three life-saving abilities were sealed. Yet, he was still killed instantly. I think there’s definitely something else going on here." It had to be said, there were perceptive individuals among them. Even without knowing Na Zhua’s specific abilities, they sensed something was amiss with his death. "And didn’t you see? That guy was completely unharmed! Na Zhua was supposed to be linked with him, weren’t they? Weren’t they supposed to share damage? How was he completely fine? That’s incredibly strange. I think this opponent is far beyond our comprehension. We’re probably doomed this time." "No need to be so pessimistic. We can at least form an army array to defend ourselves. He can’t possibly kill all of us alone. If worst comes to worst, we’ll just use the army array to wear him down." "We all have hundreds of millions in life value, some even tens of billions! Forming a fourth-transition army array, the shield’s life value can be tripled. Even if everyone’s basic life value is only 500 million, an army array shield for nearly 10,000 people would have a life value of 5 trillion. With the fourth-transition army array’s shield doubling, that’s at least 40 trillion life value for the shield! The army shield doesn’t take true damage! Combined with our offensive and defensive capabilities, it won’t be easy to break!" At this point, no one was thinking about how to kill Chen Mo anymore; they were all preoccupied with how to survive this monstrous entity. Meanwhile, Chen Mo observed the top-tier fourth-transition experts in the adjacent area, who were warily eyeing his zone. He wasn’t sure what they were thinking, but as long as they didn’t harass him, he wouldn’t bother them. Since Chen Mo was still on this floor, his presence alone, even with many controlled areas around, deterred other fourth-transition experts from venturing into different zones. Those who had previously fallen to the seventh floor, having obtained guides for the eighth, were now gradually entering the ninth-floor area. Upon arrival, they all appeared terrified and quickly scurried into the green zone where thousands of top fourth-transition experts had gathered. They were terrified that lingering alone outside for even an extra second would get them killed by Chen Mo. The main issue was Chen Mo’s utter unpredictability when killing. No one knew if he considered points when selecting targets, so naturally, no one felt remotely safe! As more and more top fourth-transition experts congregated in the green zone, Chen Mo was somewhat speechless. Do they think this is the seventh floor? What are they all gathering for? He wouldn’t abandon the time he’d already accumulated in his current area just to hunt them in other zones. Besides, the special hunting event wasn’t over; they could see his coordinates. If he moved to other areas to kill them, they’d know. Was there really any need to cower together in one zone? Chen Mo based his understanding on his own capabilities. He never imagined that, due to Zhui Yi’s previous actions, others already perceived him as a monstrously abnormal existence who could ignore the Heavenly Dao’s rules and randomly kill anyone, anywhere, at will.