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At first, everything seemed rather promising.

But when the battle started, the reality was a stark contrast.

The monster, resembling vines, had a bloated, writhing body.

It amassed roots that looked both withered and viscous, an indescribable sight because those intertwining vines were still expanding and wriggling, making bizarre gurgling noises.

Xu Shuo stood with his staff for quite a while, struggling to locate its head.

Turns out this type of monster even had a bit of intelligence, not only directing the Low Rank monsters to charge into battle but also knowing to keep a low profile and stay hidden in the back.

Now, after being captured, it knew it probably couldn't defeat the person from just now, so it was also very cautious when facing Xu Shuo.

In its caution, it lashed out countless vines towards him!

Xu Shuo awkwardly dodged in the cage-like entrapment, his teal shirt nearly getting stained black by the dark substance, and his hand became sticky when it accidentally touched the viscous matter scattered around.

Whoosh!

Another vine swung rapidly toward him, and Xu Shuo managed to grab it in time, his hand glittering with golden light.

But before he could crush the vine, another sneaky attack from behind overthrew Xu Shuo, moving at a speed so fast that it was nearly imperceptible to the naked eye, quick as lightning!

Not at all! In fact, Xu Shuo's "Bright Vision" had clearly seen the trajectory of the vine's attack, but his body didn't manage to react in time.

Countless vines burst out from the swollen monster, with a somber green color glinting with a faint black radiance. The sharp points at the ends of the vines, rustling as they drilled into the ground around, trapped Xu Shuo in the center, surrounded by darkness.

This monster didn't carry the indefinably foul odor of aged corpses but rather smelled like rotting leaves in a tropical rainforest, a mixture of stench and strange sweetness that was nauseating if inhaled for too long.

Xu Shuo frowned slightly, but after being trapped by the dense vines, it was pitch black inside.

So when the sharp vines pierced through, he directly entered the darkness.

The futile attack of the vine stirred up the yellow sand on the ground, which in turn pierced through the dry earth below, carving a deep pit.

Xu Shuo appeared at the edge of the cage, his staff already charged with energy, its edge as sharp as a knife, shining brilliantly with golden light!

Boom!

A flare of light blew a hole through the vines, and Xu Shuo swiftly burst out of the cage, getting far away from the massive creature, breathing in the sandy air once more.

However, his full-powered strike, fueled by the absorbed light, had only managed to cause a localized explosion on the monster.

Now it was still furiously roaring and full of life.

Indeed, Script Space was messing with him.

So, he could only pray for this world to simply explode.

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...

The blazing sun illuminated the sky with its radiant light.

The Giant Fortress, isolated in the desert, roared with battles, almost submerged by a dark tidal wave of assault!

The walls were still standing, not yet collapsed, but the players defending the walls had to collectively fall back to the city interiors due to the monsters' relentless and highly intense assaults.

The monsters screamed and screeched as they madly charged toward the shining Tall Tower at the center of the fortress!

All the players released their full strength, coalescing into a gigantic semicircular barrier, desperately defending the last tower together.

Because they knew there was no retreat!

This was the final line of defense!

If they retreated further, they would just have to blow up with the world.

Just then, above the Tall Tower of the Giant Fortress, a series of white Light Gates appeared, and shortly after, dozens of silhouettes stepped out from within, hovering in the air as they surveyed the situation below.

"Wow, is this an emergency mission?"

"I remember Giant Fortress is supposed to be a third-tier defensive line..."

"These players are quite united, huh? They even thought to concentrate all their power into one person to form a barrier."

"That person is pretty amazing too."

"Keep talking, and below us will explode!"

"Heh, the real fight starts now!"

As the words fell, several figures charged down directly!

Those who appeared in this world were high-ranked players who had received emergency tasks distributed by Script Space, coming to the rescue.

Since they could get points for it and were only fighting minor monsters, it was a no-brainer to come.

After casually remarking a few words, the players did not waste any more time. Their strength far surpassed the limits of this world, so they could not stay for long; they had to leave as soon as they dealt with this wave.

In a flash, dazzling and blinding lights burst forth from the sky; the players struggling to defend below the fortress looked up dumbfounded, as if they had seen angels!

Angels brought down holy light, and all darkness was extinguished!
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The incredibly powerful predecessors charged courageously into the tide of darkness, one person facing tens of thousands of enemies, mercilessly crushing the fierce and evil monsters with an unstoppable momentum!

The monsters that nearly led to their complete annihilation couldn't even withstand a casual burst of light from these individuals!

At the front, the young man who had held up the barrier with everyone's help stiffened.

Watching the radiance burst forth nearby, those effortless and incredibly powerful figures, the monsters' agonized screams as they dissipated, flames of aspiration gradually welled up in the wide-eyed youth.

So cool! He wanted to become like that too!

Was this the strength of high-ranked players?!

It must be said, the high-ranked players who came to the rescue with their cool actions truly shocked everyone for a moment.

Script Space had actually dispatched high-ranked players to defend the city because of this incident!

That also meant they were saved!

Within the city, continuous booming explosions erupted; after the high-ranked players took care of the monsters that had breached the city, they set out again towards its exterior.

The huge, robust, blood-eyed monsters that could shake the city walls couldn't last more than a few moves against these players and scattered into a flurry of black matter interweaving with the spillover of light particles, drifting down into the sand.

Although the youth was nearly out of strength, his eyes still shone brightly as he chased after them and climbed onto the city wall to watch the battle outside.

The darkness that they thought invincible was already dissipating in just this short amount of time.

This was a one-sided slaughter!

Suddenly, a figure clad in white appeared on top of the city wall.

By the time the youth realized what was happening, the other party had already sized him up for quite a while.

"Hello... Hello!" the youth snapped back to reality and greeted nervously.

"Does your ability have to do with space?" the young man in white asked him.

"Yes, yes!" the youth nodded fervently like a pecking chicken and then spilled the beans: "I got a special skill from a Mutant Script, which now only allows me to expand the barrier on a small scale, but with everyone's energy given to me like just now, I can also enlarge the area; I'm still practicing..."

"Oh~"

The young man in white responded with a sound and then asked, "Do you have a mentor?"

The youth shook his head frantically, looking at him eagerly and nervously.

Then, the young man in white took out a badge from the void, tossed it to him, and said, "Once you finish your Punishment Task, add me as a friend after you get out. I can take you as a student."

"I... I..."

But after saying that, the young man in white did not linger and flashed away into the desert.

The youth left on the city wall clutched the badge tightly, so thrilled he couldn't string his words together. By the time he managed to squeeze out "I will!" the person was already gone.

He quickly looked at the badge, which had "Sikong Weiyan" written on it.

This was going to be his mentor!

He finally had a backer too!

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