Chapter 127

"What the hell is inflamed?"

Ye Lin frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled.

The tall man's face turned red, and he said with some embarrassment, "I went for a foot massage earlier, didn't wear protection, and got infected and inflamed."

Ye Lin: "......"

"I told you to speak up! I didn't ask if you were inflamed!"

Ye Lin was almost laughed to anger; he had never seen anyone so crazy, and he even felt a bit reluctant to kill these two talents.

"Oh, oh, oh!" The short man was the first to react and asked cautiously, "Then if I tell you, will you let me go?"

"Of course I will, don't worry. If I lie to you, I'll cut my own head off," Ye Lin promised, patting his chest with certainty.

The short man finally breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke.

"The people who hired us to kill you are a few lifestyle-class professionals from Qingcheng. They feel that the quest you posted disrupted the market."

"Names?" Ye Lin pressed.

"Senior Blacksmith Yin Xiang, Senior Alchemist Yun Yingfa, and Senior Alchemist Zhou Heping." The short man sold out his employers without hesitation.

"Fine, I've noted that. Now, what's this about Realm No. 79 you mentioned?" Ye Lin continued to ask.

"Realm No. 79 is a new realm that suddenly appeared near Qingcheng in the last two days. It's located 30 kilometers north of Qingcheng. I don't know anything else, but every time a new realm appears, there are usually quite a few good things."

The short man was shivering from the cold, but he still answered Ye Lin's questions very seriously.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin began to ponder. Should he go to this Realm No. 79 or not?

He might as well go. After all, recently, professionals have been out hunting monsters all around Qingcheng, and the number of monsters has decreased significantly.

Moreover, he had just finished collecting monster corpses from the Professionals' Guild, and the next time he could collect them would be in three days.

Three days is enough time to take a trip to a realm.

"Big Brother, I've told you everything I know. Can you let me go now?" The short man's upper and lower rows of teeth were chattering; he really couldn't stand the cold anymore.

"Let you go? How could such words come out of your mouth?"

Ye Lin's thoughts stirred, and the ice crystals began to freeze again, spreading toward the faces of the tall man and the short man.

"You broke your word, you went back on your promise! You're shameless!" The short man's eyes were filled with terror and resentment.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin was instantly displeased.

"Don't talk nonsense! Be careful, or I'll sue you for defamation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Lin condensed an ice blade, lightly swiped it around his neck, and removed his own head.

The wound was frozen the moment it appeared, and not even a drop of blood flowed out.

"I am a man of my word; once I say something, not even four horses can pull it back. I said if I lied to you, I'd cut my head off. Look, I cut it off."

Watching Ye Lin, who could still talk after taking his head off, the tall man rolled his eyes back and fainted from fright.

Although the short man didn't faint, his complexion wasn't much better; his teeth were clattering wildly, and he didn't know if it was from the cold or the fear.

When Ye Lin put his head back on, both men had already frozen into ice sculptures. Ye Lin flicked his finger lightly, and they turned into two piles of ice crystal powder, dissipating between heaven and earth.

"Alright, let's go, Realm No. 79!"

Along the way, Ye Lin encountered many teams hunting monsters, which made him feel very gratified. It seemed that in three days, his level would definitely rise again.

Night gradually fell, starlight dotted the sky, and Ye Lin arrived at a spot 30 kilometers north of Qingcheng.

The entrance to Realm No. 79 looked like a giant black vortex, constantly exhaling a dark aura. Ye Lin could feel a powerful force emanating from within.

At this moment, many professionals were gathered at the entrance, watching and discussing among themselves.

"What exactly is inside this realm? Why hasn't a single person who went in come out?"

"Exactly. The first batch of people who went in have been inside for almost two days, and there's been no movement at all."

"I'm going to wait until someone comes out before I go in. Who knows if it's a death trap? There will be other realms in the future, but everyone only has one life!"

Many of the people gathered here were waiting for others to scout the path first.

Not all realms are suitable for professionals to enter to grind levels and improve their strength.

The reason this realm is called Realm No. 79 is that it is the 79th realm to appear near Qingcheng.

Setting aside Realm No. 79, almost half of the other 78 realms were death traps.

You die the moment you enter.

In those realms, either the temperature was extremely high, and a flesh-and-blood body would be burned to ashes the moment it stepped inside.

Or the temperature was extremely low, and professionals would be frozen into ice sculptures upon entering.

Or the place was filled with poisonous gas, or it contained lethal radiation.

These were all things that previous bold and curious professional predecessors had discovered with their lives.

Therefore, every time a new realm opens, the first, second, third, and fourth central hospitals of Qingcheng send ambulances to the entrance of the realm to grab business.

Professionals are never short of money; doing business with one high-level professional can support a hospital's revenue for a month.

Realm No. 79 had only opened two days ago, and since it opened, everyone who went in had never come out. Who knew if it was also a death trap?

Just as everyone was discussing, the black vortex at the entrance of the realm suddenly became transparent.

Through the transparent vortex, everyone saw a brilliant light, and within that light, there seemed to be an object slowly rotating.

Everyone instantly held their breath, staring fixedly at that object!

Suddenly, the light at the center of the vortex erupted, becoming brilliant to the extreme, as if a scorching sun had risen from the depths of the earth, stinging everyone's eyes and forcing them to close them.

When the light dimmed slightly and everyone cautiously opened their eyes again, they saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives!

A slender scepter was floating in the light, the staff body flowing with seven-colored brilliance, as if it contained the purest power in heaven and earth.

A transparent crystal gem was embedded at the top of the scepter, with ancient runes carved on it, emitting an ancient and mysterious aura, as if it could lead all living beings to an unknown world.

The crowd gathered at the entrance was shocked beyond measure, staring blankly at the suddenly appearing scepter, unable to say a single word.

"What a terrifying aura... could that scepter be a divine artifact?" someone in the crowd muttered in a low voice.

This sentence was like throwing a giant boulder into a calm lake, and the crowd instantly boiled over.

Immediately after, the many professionals who were still observing rushed toward the entrance of Realm No. 79 like a swarm of locusts.

"The divine artifact is mine! Whoever tries to snatch it from me, I'll kill them!"

"Hmph! That depends on whether you have the ability! Those who kill shall be killed!"

"Such a treasure naturally belongs to those with virtue! Martial virtue is also virtue!"

The muscles on the back of a professional knotted, slowly condensing into the character for "Virtue."