CHAPTER 268: CHAPTER 188: TARGETED? (THREE-IN-ONE, 5/5)_3

They mostly just monitored key nodes and investigated by following clues when problems arose.

Countless team BOSS appear in the wilderness daily. After appearing, they are enveloped by an enchantment, making it impossible for outsiders to see the situation inside. Many teams finish off the monsters, collect materials, and then use Group Teleportation to return to the city, leaving no trail to investigate.

According to the intelligence they currently possessed, there were no recorded instances of battlefield traces indicating a solo challenge against a wilderness team BOSS.

Under the present circumstances, he should be requesting more manpower from the upper echelons to assist.

But now the Teleportation Ground has been sealed; it can’t even be opened!

Just when manpower is most needed, it has only decreased instead of increasing. Rangu was utterly exhausted.

He didn’t know what to do anymore.

On one hand, there’s a five-star initial hidden profession that needs thorough investigation.

On the other, there’s a freakishly strong Level 20 Non-Rebirth professional to investigate.

It’s too difficult.

Especially the latter.

Sending an investigator of average strength to look into him would likely be a one-way trip.

He must dispatch someone with third-transition or fourth-transition strength.

To be safe, it has to be a fourth-transition.

Fourth-transition is the highest level of strength they can deploy to Earth.

Each one is extremely precious, and they dare not expose them lightly.

Moreover, a fourth-transition professional is already a top-tier expert below the fifth-transition; losing even one is a significant loss.

Dispatching a fourth-transition expert to investigate this Level 20 Non-Rebirth professional carries a high risk of exposure and would also be a tremendous price to pay.

There’s no perfect way to handle the current situation.

Meanwhile, on Earth, the higher-ups, following this assassination, have begun rooting out many of their undercover agents by following the clues. He had no idea how many personnel would be lost once this purge was complete.

Rangu was now completely overwhelmed and mentally drained.

At the Academy Alliance Headquarters, the Alliance Hierarchs were incredulous as they watched Chen Mo battle a Level 60, second-transition, full-star expert for so long and ultimately slay him.

Theoretically, the shorter the growth period, the more limited the potential directions for development.

For example, if you focus on enhancing output capabilities, your endurance and survivability will be somewhat lacking.

Conversely, if you focus on improving survivability, your output capabilities will be somewhat inferior.

These are limitations imposed by insufficient attributes at lower levels.

And yet, this mysterious Level 20 professional could not only instantly kill a Level 60, second-transition, full-star expert but also engage in a prolonged, back-and-forth battle with one.

What did this imply? It implied his abilities were exceptionally comprehensive.

A pentagonal warrior capable of defeating enemies two tiers higher—such a person’s development potential was simply unimaginable.

It wasn’t just Rangu and his cohorts who were curious about the sudden emergence of this obscure powerhouse; the higher-ups on Earth were also extremely intrigued.

This master had appeared out of nowhere, without a whisper. If they weren’t currently preoccupied with investigating the mysterious five-star initial hidden professional, just like Rangu, they would have already started investigating this enigmatic Level 20 expert.

"It seems our intelligence department isn’t up to par. We have no information whatsoever about such a significant talent," Belinda said with a bitter smile, looking at Chen Mo’s astonishing performance.

"Truly a case of ’still waters run deep, but when he acts, he shakes the world.’ He must be a talent secretly cultivated by an aristocratic family. After all, we at the Academy Alliance have no intelligence on him."

"With such an astonishing talent emerging, the aristocratic families will likely completely overshadow our Academy Alliance."

"It doesn’t matter. As long as we can resolve the crisis in the Tower of Eternity now, whether the aristocratic families become stronger or other independent organizations prosper is irrelevant. It’s a good thing for our Solar System regardless. Right now, we desperately need such a morale booster!"

"We’ll send someone to investigate thoroughly later. If he truly is from an aristocratic family, they probably would have boasted to us by now. After all, it’s virtually impossible to assassinate such a genius within an aristocratic family’s protection!"

"I’m afraid he must have several fifth-transition experts protecting him."

"If only our Academy Alliance could produce such a talent."

...

While discussions raged in the outside world, Chen Mo’s slaughter within the instance continued unabated.

Soon, he had killed his tenth target.

However, they were all experts, so they weren’t that easy to kill.

From the first, the undead, to the tenth one he had just slain, Chen Mo could only instantly kill about half of them.

The remaining five included individuals like the bubble maker, who was immune to all attacks, and others who could activate invincibility with surprisingly fast reactions.

They were all relatively difficult to deal with.

But Chen Mo, holding an absolute numerical advantage, still managed to eliminate them one by one.

After all, Chen Mo was leading minions, each boasting attack power in the hundreds of thousands—comparable to third-transition professionals—against a group of peak second-transition experts.

In reality, Chen Mo held an absolute advantage.

The outside world could only perceive his weakness in level, not the freakish nature of his summons.

However, this comfortable state of killing for Chen Mo wouldn’t last much longer.

Just as Chen Mo finished killing his twentieth target and was preparing for the twenty-first, he suddenly received a message from The Heavenly Path’s Hint that left him stunned.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Attention! Attention! Someone has used the dungeon exclusive item ’Rule Limiting Card’! A map-wide rule is now in effect: ’All teleportation abilities are nullified’!]