The group had barely walked a short distance when they ran into Mulin.
“White Knight!” A faint smile appeared on her face as she greeted them cheerfully.
“Mulin, I’m so glad you’re okay.” Seeing her, Ye Lian was equally delighted.
Because she was a powerful ally!
And it seemed she knew some secrets about the game.
“Mm, thanks to you.”
Mulin’s smile vanished, replaced by a cold, icy expression.
As if the previous one had been fake.
Such a rapid change in expression left the others stunned.
“White Knight, can you briefly explain what happened while I was gone?”
Mulin ignored the others, her gaze fixed solely on Ye Lian.
“Well, it’s like this……” Ye Lian quickly recounted the events.
(So that’s how it is. Not much change, but deadly.)
After hearing the story, Mulin couldn’t help but bite down hard.
Those Octopus Monsters were the biggest variable and would directly affect the outcome of the final battle!
“Mulin, what exactly do you know?” Ye Lian whispered.
The two stood very close, almost pressed together.
… Mulin hesitated for a moment, then suddenly leaned in.
At this, Bai Xue’s eyes widened, her pupils contracting.
Ye Lian didn’t react, because she heard Mulin whisper softly: Don’t move.
Then her right hand was grabbed, the palm cold to the touch.
Mulin’s fingers deftly wrote something on it.
Ye Lian hurriedly traced the characters in her mind.
Finally, six large characters appeared: 【Beta Test】【Mocheng】【Eavesdropping】.
Receiving this information, her heart immediately skipped several beats.
(Could it be that once we enter the city, we are all being monitored!? How does Mulin know this!?)
As if guessing her thoughts, Mulin wrote a few more characters on her palm.
【Trust me】【Companion】【Liv】.
The first four characters didn’t cause much stir in Ye Lian’s heart.
But the last two shook her to the core.
This was a hundred times more shocking than Mulin knowing the hidden secrets outside.
Because Liv was the Shadow Demon who had given her the mysterious protection.
Mulin should not know that!
To be precise, no one in this world except Ye Lian could possibly know.
Yet, Mulin had written that name.
‘Why didn’t she write Lili or Fufu, but specifically Liv?’
Clearly, she knew this secret!
Before Ye Lian could recover from the shock, Mulin wrote again on her palm.
【End of Beta Test】【Truth Revealed】.
“Phew~” Ye Lian took a deep breath, suppressing the complicated feelings.
“I understand now. Priority is to deal with the summoning Magic Circle and get through this final hurdle.”
“Mm, I’ll do my best to assist you.” Mulin nodded, releasing Ye Lian’s hand and stepping back two paces to create some distance.
The way they had been pressed so closely together just moments ago naturally sparked wild imaginations.
Xingyue’s face was already slightly flushed.
Bai Xue, however, looked pale.
Her tightly clenched hands trembled.
“By the way, the humanoid monsters you mentioned earlier—I encountered one, maybe two.” Mulin said.
“What!?” The entire group was shocked by this.
“Did you kill them?” Ye Lian asked.
Mulin shook her head: “That one was very cunning and slipped away.”
“What a pity!” Boyang and the others said in unison.
It was clear they really felt sorry.
“……” Mulin was silent.
This was the first time she learned that a parasitized person could master the engraved summoning Magic Circle.
It didn’t quite match her memories.
(Where exactly did it go wrong? This is feeling weirder and weirder.)
She bit her cherry lips lightly, her mind in chaos.
“Take us over there. Maybe we can find some clues.” Ye Lian suggested.
Mulin was about to respond when the entire city of Mocheng trembled faintly.
Then, a crimson light burst forth.
From high above, one could see a massive circular Magic Circle appearing in the outer city.
At its center was a large circular Magic Circle, with four smaller ones positioned at the four corners.
Surrounding them were intricate and bizarre inscriptions.
It gave off a very ominous feeling.
As if it was summoning a terrible disaster!
“Mulin, what’s going on?” Ye Lian hurriedly asked.
“I don’t know.” Mulin shook her pale face.
Such a huge Magic Circle—what level of monster could it be summoning?
In her memory, it was supposed to be several levels smaller!
‘What on earth had changed?’
No matter how hard Mulin thought, she couldn’t figure it out.
The cause of this entire chain of events…
Was her own kick.
“Hahaha! Here it comes, the feast begins now! You bunch of trash, all of you die!”
Zhao Gang stood on a small Magic Circle, his face twisted with madness as he laughed maniacally.
The unknown factor Mulin couldn’t figure out was precisely Zhao Gang.
The kick she had delivered to him at the Starting Zone had changed the original trajectory.
As a result, it couldn’t reach the same destination anymore.
At this moment, Zhao Gang had completed the summoning—and fulfilled its mission.
“W-what’s happening? Why is my body dissolving!?”
As the Magic Circle glowed ever redder, his body…
No, all the Octopus Monsters inside the circle were rapidly dissolving.
Then, they became part of the Magic Circle.
“No no no! I can’t just die like this. I haven’t yet seen those bugs wail in despair, crushed to death in the end!!!”
Zhao Gang sprinted wildly, trying to escape the influence of the giant Magic Circle.
But after only a few steps, his body completely disintegrated, turning into a puddle of ink that the Magic Circle quickly absorbed.
Buzz!
Almost simultaneously, the giant Magic Circle emitted a piercing hum, its red light blazing!
Mocheng shook violently!
The next moment, a massive gray-black tentacle covered with numerous eyeballs and suction cups shot out of the Magic Circle, nearly blotting out the sky!
That wasn’t all—second, third, fifth tentacles appeared one after another, smashing the surrounding buildings to rubble.
Until the eighth tentacle descended, the massive body as heavy as a mountain finally rumbled out of the Magic Circle!
Eyes, eyes, eyes!
Everywhere visible was covered with eyeballs!
This was an unbelievably huge and terrifying monster whose very gaze could drive people nearly insane.
Its name was the King of Terror!
“Ahhhhhhh!” Any player with a shred of cowardice would scream madly at the sight.
Without the game’s protection, their minds would shatter instantly, descending into madness.
“This is bad, this guy is really bad.” Ye Lian’s expression changed.
“So this is the true form of the Moon Banquet? Just celebrating the Moon Demon Emperor’s birthday summons such a terrifying monster…”
Boyang said with trembling fear, his face etched with despair.
A monster like this was invincible.
Everyone would die!
The moment the words Moon Demon Emperor were spoken, the players present first grew even more terrified, then their resentment exploded.
It was because the monsters were celebrating that detestable Demon Emperor’s birthday that everyone was trapped in such danger.
Feeling the fear and hatred radiating around her, Ye Lian clenched her fists tightly, bitterness filling her heart.
This Black Pot, even if she didn’t want to carry it, she had to!