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If Lin Da's Magic Heart Slash barely qualified as a skill for a Star-ranked adventurer, then this dark tornado had undoubtedly reached the standard of the Moon Rank.

The terrifying power left everyone in the fields dumbstruck.

Looking up at the dark tornado, Lin Da and his team were overwhelmed with excitement.

After hundreds of failures, they had finally succeeded.

[Ice Flame Demon Prison Array].

The name of the technique surfaced in their minds.

A persistent, wide-area, high-output fusion skill.

Even the rugged Silverback Giant Ape panicked in the face of this dark tornado that pierced the heavens and the earth.

It set off to run away.

But the dark tornado's immense suction didn't allow the Silverback Giant Ape to make a move before swallowing it whole.

Inside the tornado, thick red and blue lightning bolts rained down frenziedly, each strike eliciting a wail of agony from the Silverback Giant Ape.
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The sound was deafening, echoing across the fields.

Lin Da and the others covered their ears to prevent their eardrums from bursting.

Looking closely, a series of damage numbers popped up above the Silverback Giant Ape's head.

-20120, -20992, -21003.

With each jump, the damage was at least twenty thousand.

In the blink of an eye, the cumulative damage broke through one hundred thousand.

There was not the slightest sign the dark tornado was dissipating.

Lin Da's heart surged, the damage had at least doubled after the fusion of rare techniques.

If such power was derived from the fusion of three, what if they could fuse all attributes...

One, or even two major rank classes above, conquering magical creatures could be possible.

Something absolutely unachievable in games seemed to have a sliver of possibility in this another world.

"Isn't this too amazing?"

Lia's face was filled with shock as she stared at the Giant Ape wailing in pain within the tornado and hesitantly said,

"With this move, aren't we unbeatable? We're this strong at the Star Rank, so if we become legendary adventurers and use this move, we should be able to kill the Demon King in seconds, right?"

Isa too stared blankly at the tornado, finding it hard to believe such a terrifying move had been cast by them. Hearing Lia's words, she snapped back to reality and said with a chuckle,

"You have quite the imagination. If the Demon King could be defeated so easily, the great war thousands of years ago wouldn't have resulted in such heavy losses among the adventurers."

The battle to defeat the Demon King had set the entire continent ablaze, with legends falling one after another.

Several Great Sages paid with their lives to seal the Demon King and drive the demons back to the Demon Realm.

Sealing the Demon King was difficult enough, let alone killing him instantly.

Lin Da also laughed, "This move is definitely not enough to defeat the Demon King, but it can certainly be called a major weapon before reaching the Light Rank! I suspect that any Moon Rank below level 45, except Heavy Armored Warriors, wouldn't be able to withstand our [Ice Flame Demon Prison Array]."

The triple fusion unleashed power beyond imagination.

Looking at each other, they felt an odd warmth in their hearts.

The golden threads of bonding had long disappeared, but that momentary feeling lingered in their bodies. As if they had grown wings together, holding hands they flew into the blue sky, their souls no longer confined by their bodies, truly embracing each other.

The Ice Flame Demon Prison Array was their trump card, belonging only to them.

If affection bars could float above their heads, they would probably all gain +3.

The friendship among adventurers was always born in battle.

After a slight delay, Fry and his team's volley arrived.

Spells of every hue, like meteors, slammed into the Silverback Giant Ape.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The rampaging dark storm, like the Grim Reaper wielding a scythe, took away the Silverback Giant Ape's last health points.

A loud explosion erupted.

Like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting.

The Silverback Giant Ape turned to ash and dispersed into the wind.

A giant golden sphere, ten meters in diameter, appeared where the corpse of the Giant Ape had vanished.

Lin Da and his team shielded their faces from the shockwave with their arms, waited a few seconds, then raised their heads to look ahead.

The dark tornado had dissipated, leaving behind a large crater.

The golden sphere rose little by little from the bottom of the pit to midair, like a sun, its warm light shining on everyone's face.

They felt a cozy warmth throughout their bodies, utterly comfortable.

Lin Da, Lia, and Isa, all three had their mouths wide open, gazing in a daze at the golden "sun."

Having been adventurers for so many years, they had never seen such a grand Divine Gift of golden light.

From a distance, Klrona, Lulu, and the others also walked over in a daze.

The scale of the golden light was ten times larger than that of other Epic Demon Creatures.

"What kind of quality of spoils of battle will this yield?" Lia stammered as she spoke.

Isa's voice involuntarily rose, "There must be many pieces of Epic-level Equipment!"

"I want a shield!" Klrona raised her little hand, jumping up and down as she said.

Lin Da also wore a beaming smile.

The spoils of battle that erupted would belong entirely to their three adventure teams, with no need to worry about outsiders snatching them away.

The group, like children waiting for maids to hand out rewards, stared eagerly at the golden light, full of anticipation.

Being the poorest, the Snow Goose Adventure Team, Lia fantasized about the golden light bursting with a heap of Purple Gold Coins, then swimming in them while letting out a hen's "cluck-cluck-cluck" laughter.

There was also Aiko, the invisible little wealthy girl who didn't care about Gold Coins.

But the rewards within the golden light were not just Magical Equipment; they included crucial levels as well.

Aiko had already calculated everything in her heart.

The recruitment for a Light Mage that Lin Da had announced, she was the most suitable for it.

Her level and the number of floors she had strategized met the requirements, and now she had secretly cornered the market, mastering Rare Techniques.

By vanquishing the Silverback Giant Ape, her level advanced further.

She was more visible than a lantern in the dark.

She couldn't believe that somebody as clever as Lin Da had never considered her.

As long as she got Lin Da indebted to her, Aiko could naturally ask Lin Da to do various things, gradually lowering his bottom line.

By the time Lin Da came to his senses and realized he had fallen into her trap, by then, the children would have already climbed to the 15th floor of the World Tree.

This was the best revenge on Lin Da for not showing her respect!

To outsiders, Aiko's smile was graceful and mature, like a young lady of high society, little did they know that in her eyes flickered the cunning light of a fox.

Stealing glances at Lin Da's robust back, Aiko's throat moved as she swallowed saliva repeatedly.

With the right timing, location, and people, everything was in place.

This plan was bound not to fail!

...

The wind blew over the plains, bringing a touch of coolness to the adventurers.

But Fry and the others felt a chill that cut to the bone.

Looking at the people around White Dove City gathered in front of the golden light, their minds went blank.

"Fusion Rare Skills? Three people?"

Celina's voice was very light, like a mumble in a dream, fearful that any louder noise might wake her up.

She would rather believe this was all just a dream.

The black tornado that instantaneously killed the Silverback Giant Ape also snuffed out the last bit of fighting spirit in their hearts.

If Lin Da and the others used that move against the Red Heart City Alliance...

The mere thought made Celina shudder uncontrollably, shivering.

"We can't go back..."

"What?"

"To Red Heart City, we can no longer return!"

Fry grasped his head, wishing he could tear out his hair in frustration.

He spoke with a pained expression:

"We lost the fight, and Slo has ruined the reputation of Red Heart City's adventurers. Not only did we fail to secure the kill of the Silverback Giant Ape,

but we also completely offended Lin Da and his companions,

What was this all for?

Even a dog could have led better than this!"