Chapter 298: I, Ruan Wen, Would Rather Die Standing!

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Looking at this notice.

Lin Mo's expression changed, his eyes widening.

"Fuck!"

"Isn't this the legendary final boss?"

Lin Mo paused for a moment.

Didn't expect it to actually spawn.

This boss drops Divine Forge Stone, and Divine Forge Stone is the core material for crafting Forbidden-class exclusive weapons.

Know that this kind of boss doesn't appear in every Wan Guo Battlefield.

Sometimes, for several consecutive Wan Guo Battlefields, you can't even catch a glimpse of it.

And whenever it does appear, it inevitably sparks a bloody storm.

After all, the value of a single Divine Forge Stone fully equals dozens of Legendary exclusive weapons!

Didn't expect such good luck.

Lin Mo didn't hesitate a moment, immediately checking the coordinates.

Compared them with his current position.

"Still quite far away."

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

"But it's fine, it won't spawn for another ten minutes—plenty of time."

Lin Mo immediately abandoned the idea of seeking out those four nations.

Dozens of Legendary exclusive weapons? What compared to Divine Forge Stone!

Thinking of this,

Lin Mo patted Bai Bai's neck.

"Xiao Lei."

"Let's go—to this coordinate!"

Bai Bai let out a low growl.

Lightning exploded violently beneath its four paws.

Its massive body turned into a blue bolt of lightning, racing furiously toward the target coordinate.

……

At the same moment.

Wan Guo Battlefield.

Inside a hidden, dark, damp cave.

Water dripped from stalactites on the ceiling, striking puddles on the ground with crisp sounds.

Aside from that, the entire cave was eerily silent.

Yue's captain, Ruan Wen, sat on a cold stone.

His face was extremely grim.

A dagger spun wildly at his fingertips, forming a blur.

"Damn…"

"Fucking damn it!"

Ruan Wen cursed furiously in his mind.

His heart was filled with endless frustration.

He, the top prodigy of Yue, had always been pampered and revered wherever he went at home.

When had he ever endured such humiliation?

Hiding like a sewer rat in this dark, damp cave.

Hiding for five hours straight!

And what's more,

During these five hours, that Longguo man, Lin Mo, kept sending messages on the communication panel, mocking them relentlessly!

Calling them "burrowing rodents."

Offering to "gift them a short knife."

Every single message was a loud slap across his face!

Ruan Wen clenched his teeth.

He wanted to rush out.

Even if he died, he refused to endure this humiliation any longer.

But,

Ying, Tianzhu, and Dahan had all been wiped out—what would rushing out achieve but deliver his head on a platter?

Just as Ruan Wen grew more agitated,

A battlefield notice appeared on everyone's panels.

Everyone was startled by this sudden disturbance.

Qian Dao's captain, Su Xiluo, instinctively glanced at his panel.

"What the fuck?"

"Boss spawned!"

"Final boss!"

As soon as he said this,

Everyone turned to their own panels.

"D-Divine Forge Stone?!"

Siamese captain Song Pa's face lit up with excitement.

"Fuck!"

"The ultimate boss actually spawned! The ultimate boss that drops Divine Forge Stone!"

Song Pa's eyes gleamed with greed.

"This thing is so rare—never expected we'd run into it in this Wan Guo Battlefield."

"What luck! Absolutely incredible!"

At that moment,

Su Xiluo stared at the coordinate, confirming it.

His expression turned strange.

"Wait…"

"Take a look at this coordinate."

Ruan Wen and Song Pa froze, then turned to the coordinate.

"This…"

Song Pa couldn't believe it.

"This coordinate…"

"Isn't it just the open ground outside our cave?"

Su Xiluo sucked in a sharp breath.

"Shit!"

"It's definitely no more than five hundred meters from here!"

"This boss…"

"Spawned right on our fucking doorstep?!"

As soon as he said this,

Everyone stared at each other in silence.

Didn't expect that after hiding for nearly five hours in this godforsaken spot, they'd somehow lure out the final boss…

Song Pa's face glowed with excitement.

"Heaven is blessing us!"

The moment he finished speaking,

Ma Bian's captain, Wu Kelin, leapt to his feet.

"Blessing us?"

"Are you all insane again?"

As soon as Wu Kelin spoke,

Everyone fell silent, watching him quietly.

Wu Kelin scanned the group.

"So what if it spawned right on our doorstep?"

"What are you thinking?"

"Aren't you supposed to grab your gear and run? Did you forget who's out there hunting us?"

These words fell into the air.

Song Pa and Su Xiluo both froze for a moment.

That's right.

That Dragon Nation man, Lin Mo, must have received this notice too.

He'll definitely rush here the instant he hears it.

In an instant, every face showed a look of conflict.

"This…"

Song Pa opened his mouth but could not speak.

On one hand, it was Divine Forge Stone.

A legendary treasure these small nations might never encounter in a lifetime.

After all, artifacts of this caliber usually belong only to superpowers.

Only if one is extraordinarily lucky and drawn into a Ten Thousand Nations Battlefield without the Dragon Nation, Beautiful Nation, or Ying Nation.

And even then, only if the final boss spawns.

Only then do they have even a sliver of a chance to compete for it.

Such an opportunity may not come once in decades!

Now.

The chance is right before us!

Right at the cave entrance!

But on the other hand—

It's that demon-like Dragon Nation man, Lin Mo.

The monster who very likely wiped out three major nations single-handedly.

Wu Kelin watched the group's reaction.

He clearly grew anxious.

"What are you all standing around for?"

Wu Kelin growled in a low voice.

"Wait for him to come kill us?"

"While he hasn't arrived, let's retreat immediately!"

"This Divine Forge Stone is not something we can even dream of touching!"

At that moment—

Ruan Wen stepped forward.

Clang!

His dagger plunged deep into a rock before him.

"I'm not leaving!"

Ruan Wen's eyes burned red.

He glared at Wu Kelin, teeth clenched:

"I won't be this damn coward anymore!"

"Look at us now! What do we look like?!"

Ruan Wen grew more agitated by the second.

"We are each our nation's strongest prodigies!"

"Elite warriors entrusted with great hopes!"

"And now? We're cowering like this because of one Dragon Nation man? One person?!"

Ruan Wen whirled around.

His gaze swept over Song Pa and Su Xiluo.

"Are you really willing to accept this?"

"To hide until time runs out, then return empty-handed?"

"Even when Divine Forge Stone has been handed to us on a silver platter?"

Ruan Wen pointed toward the cave entrance.

"We have eighty men!"

"Eighty legendary specialized weapons!"

"Our strength isn't weak! Our numbers hold absolute superiority!"

"Why should we fear one man?!"

"Why?!"

"The damn Divine Forge Stone is right there! If we move fast enough, we kill the boss before Lin Mo arrives, grab the stone, and run!"

"Even if we meet Lin Mo face-to-face, eighty of us—can't we beat him one?!"

"Don't you dare tell me you're too scared to take this chance?!"

"Then what kind of prodigies are you? In truth, you're just cowards, weaklings!"

Ruan Wen's words were wildly incendiary.

Song Pa and Su Xiluo were once again torn.

Wu Kelin watched this scene.

He ground his teeth in fury.

"Ruan Wen!"

"You're leading everyone to their deaths!"

Wu Kelin shouted back.

"So what if we have eighty men?"

"Do you think numbers alone can defeat Lin Mo?!"

"Twenty men from Ying Nation's Divine Spirits, twenty from India's Burning Sky Squad, twenty from Cold Nation's White Tiger Camp!"

"Were their numbers small? Were their strengths weak?"

"And what happened to them? All gone."

Facing Wu Kelin's questions,

Ruan Wen did not yield.

He sneered:

"Wu Kelin, you're just too cowardly."

"Just because they're gone, does that mean Lin Mo definitely killed them?"

"Could it not be that they slaughtered each other, and Lin Mo just picked up the leftovers?"

"Isn't that a possibility?!"

"Why do you assume Lin Mo could single-handedly crush sixty top prodigies from three nations?"

"You…"

"That's sophistry!"

Wu Kelin's lips twitched.

Fuck, after all this time hiding, you pull this shit now?

Are the Vietnamese people insane?

Wu Kelin growled under his breath.

"You're gambling!"

"If you lose, we all die here!"

"I'm not afraid of death!"

Ruan Wen pointed at Wu Kelin and roared.

"Let me tell you, Wu Kelin."

"The Divine Forge Stone is right outside. If today I let myself be scared by a Dragon Nation man so badly that I won't even look at it, and just run away tail-between-legs—"

"I'll never hold my head up again for the rest of my life!"

"I, Ruan Wen, would rather die standing than live crawling!"