Lu Ming's decisive act of killing Li Hui, the eldest son of the Li family in Shanghai, instantly shocked the group of [Glorious] players who had been following Li Hui.

  Facing the encirclement of the Undead Legion, with no way to escape, they all knelt before Lu Ming, begging for mercy.

  "Great one, spare us! We're just a group working for the Li family, it has nothing to do with us!"

  "Yeah! It was all Li Hui's idea! He was the one who wanted us to capture your girlfriend, we were just following orders..."

  Lu Ming's eyes were cold, devoid of any emotion.

  Anyone who posed even the slightest threat to him had to pay the price!

  "Kill."

  With a mere thought from Lu Ming.

  Hundreds of Death Lords surged forward, instantly tearing the dozen or so Glorious players to pieces!

  Including the Grand Summoner.

  He was with Dragon Soul Guan Yu, and deserved to die even more!

  In an instant, only Dragon Soul Guan Yu was left on the field.

  He understood: Lu Ming was making an example of him.

  If not for the black cloak's intervention, he would have been dead tonight!

  The black cloak was also worried that Lu Ming might kill Dragon Soul Guan Yu.

  So he said to Dragon Soul Guan Yu, "Leave."

  Dragon Soul Guan Yu's eyes were filled with fear and murderous intent towards Lu Ming.

  He gradually retreated, disappearing into the darkness.

  Lu Ming kept his promise and didn't lay a hand on Dragon Soul Guan Yu.

  Of course, it was just this once, that he didn't act.

  Once Dragon Soul Guan Yu was completely out of sight, the black cloak also opened a spatial rift and vanished from the scene.

  "What is the Scroll of Deification?" Qin Churan pondered, "I checked, there's no historical record of such a thing!"

  "To possess the power to resurrect the dead, it's simply unbelievable!"

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  Lu Ming remained silent.

  He was somewhat skeptical.

  "If it truly is the same Scroll of Deification I obtained in my past life, Dragon Soul Guan Yu's account should have been elevated to ten-star level, and he should have, like me, three ten-star talents."

  "But judging by his state just now, it seems he hasn't gained any enhancement from the Scroll of Deification, his strength is still the same as before..."

  "Could it be..."

  Lu Ming seemed to have suddenly thought of something.

  He decided not to dwell on these issues for now.

  Instead, he ordered the Undead Legion to quickly clean up the battlefield.

  All the corpses were completely refined.

  Then, he and Qin Churan left the Bone Tower.

  On the way back to the city, Lu Ming noticed that Qin Churan was silent and seemed downcast.

  He understood: it had been difficult to kill Dragon Soul Guan Yu before, avenging Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird.

  But now that Dragon Soul Guan Yu had been resurrected.

  The hatred and sorrow Qin Churan had barely suppressed erupted once more.

  "Let's see what happens tomorrow night."

  Lu Ming said to Qin Churan, "I'll let you kill Dragon Soul Guan Yu with your own hands again."

  "I promise."

  Qin Churan looked up at Lu Ming, giving a somewhat weary smile, "Okay!"

  She took a deep breath, calming her mind.

  Qin Churan opened her WeChat and sent a video to a contact named [Uncle Li].

  "Luckily, I had the foresight to start recording early. Li Hui tried to harm me, and my boyfriend accidentally killed him in self-defense while protecting me!"

  "I believe Uncle Li is a reasonable person, he'll understand!"

  Lu Ming glanced at Qin Churan and said, "No matter how understanding he is, that's still his son. Be careful for a while."

  He knew that killing Li Hui would bring retaliation from the Li family.

  But keeping someone like that alive would be an even greater threat!

  Qin Churan was unfazed, smiling sweetly at Lu Ming, "I'm not afraid, because I have you to protect me!"

  Lu Ming said, "Stay with me for now, don't go off on your own."

  "Okay, okay."

  Qin Churan said, "Keep the twenty million for me for now, let's not recruit anyone yet. We'll talk when we reach the third heaven at level 50."

  Clearly, Qin Churan realized that with Dragon Soul Guan Yu resurrected, if she continued to form alliances now, it would inevitably lead to the same events that happened to Excellence Little Tiger, Transcendence Dream, and Blaze Soul!

  It was hard enough to secure a twenty million investment from the Li family, and it would have to be repaid eventually, so it couldn't be squandered.

  Therefore, Dragon Soul Guan Yu must be stabilized first!

  It was still early, so they planned to pick up Lin Youwei and then the three of them would tackle the Nether Ghost Tower.

  After returning to the city, Qin Churan went to the pharmacy for supplies.

  Lu Ming logged off.

  He saw the diligent little bee mopping the floor and cleaning the living room.

  Lin Youwei was quite the homemaker, with her around, the house was always spotless!

  Lu Ming said to Lin Youwei, "Vivi, come over here, I have something to tell you."

  Lin Youwei, holding the mop, looked at Lu Ming with a puzzled expression.

  In just a few seconds, she recalled all the bad things she had done in the past few days.

  Suddenly, she walked nervously over to Lu Ming.

  Anxiously, she asked, "Nether brother, what's up?"

  "The first time you entered the game, before your account was banned, did you get a golden scroll?"

  Lin Youwei paused.

  Recalling, she said, "Yes, but I used it..."

  Lin Youwei's words completely confirmed Lu Ming's suspicions!

  Because in his past life, as the 99999999999th player to enter Sky Abyss globally, Lu Ming also received a golden scroll from the system!

  The account ban task he received, Ill-Fated, actually originated from that scroll!

  "So, any Scroll of Deification, including the one on goblin Avani, initially appears in a banned state. Players receive a ban task upon using it, and only by completing the task can they truly unlock it and enhance their account with the Scroll of Deification!"

  "This means Dragon Soul Guan Yu's account should also be in a banned state!"

  At the same time, Lu Ming suddenly realized something even more important!

  "Only players with banned accounts can trigger the goblin's task!"

  This perfectly explained why Lu Ming in his past life, and Lin Youwei now, could trigger Avani's task, but the current Lu Ming couldn't!

  Based on this characteristic, further speculation could be made.

  "The one who took the goblin task is Dragon Soul Guan Yu!"

  Reaching this conclusion, Lu Ming felt a sudden shock.

  Recalling the mysterious black cloak, Lu Ming's thoughts turned chilling:

  "It seems, the purpose of resurrecting Dragon Soul Guan Yu was to use him to trigger the task on goblin Avani, and through Dragon Soul Guan Yu, obtain the Scroll of Deification from Avani!"

  "But how did they know that only players with banned accounts could trigger this task?"

  "Where did the Scroll of Deification used to resurrect Dragon Soul Guan Yu come from?"

  "Who exactly is this person?"

  Lu Ming's curiosity about the identity of the black cloak grew deeper.

  "Why choose tomorrow night..."

  "Is something going to happen on the full moon night?"

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