Gritting his teeth, Raven made a decision. He would go in and check out the situation first.

  He knew: if he didnt go in, the mystery of why would the Black Erosion Sect send someone to assassinate him would remain a mystery forever.

  "Its an emergency, let me through the tunnel."

  Several ropes flew out of the Strangling Demon Statues body, pulling open a thick and heavy wooden board covered with mold, revealing a slightly rough stone staircase. The dark cave seemed to lead all the way to the underworld.

  Of course, this was no problem for Raven who had Darkvision.

  Levin didnt hesitate and walked in directly. Before entering, he quietly threw a copper coin outside the house, which was a safety signal agreed with Carlin.

  As they went in, the tunnel entrance was closed behind them. A faint glow emanated from a short distance away from Raven, revealing a handle.

  Levin knew that was the switch for the lighting system, and with just one pull, the built-in flint would ignite, simultaneously igniting all the torches in the tunnel along the fuse.

  Lei Wen would never do such a stupid thing to expose himself.

  He quietly made his way forward through the tunnel, feeling his way along as he went, and trembling with fear. He was lucky; if the golem had been a low-intelligence guard golem, or if its master had been a malevolent demon, he would have been done for.

  In the previous life game, Ravens first character was Shadow Master, and the deity he relied on was Dark Night Goddess Shar. In fact, not long after entering the pit, Raven had always been regretful.

  As a big boss, Shale is undoubtedly incredibly powerful.

  After the supreme god Ao created this world, at the end of the primordial era, the chaotic void merged into two beautiful goddesses, who were mutually yin and yang: one was Sulun, an existence of light and creation; the other was Sal, a power of darkness and destruction.

  Sharr is the primordial darkness, the complete void before time began to flow, a cold and powerful divinity. She yearns intensely to return to the quiet void of the beginning, so she plots in secret to destroy all civilization and order.

  Due to the severe internal distortion of Goddess Shar, she has a special preference for hidden secrets, under-the-table black-box transactions, and all sorts of deception and excuses. She treats all her followers as pawns, using them to destroy everything in the past, present, and future. The Night Maiden constructs a shadow magic network filled with corrupting magical energy through voids and mad secrets, filling it with her cunning and seductive powerful strength.

  Shaqs strength is undoubtedly powerful and also domineering.

  The most miserable time, Raven was sent by Sal to steal the "treasury" of Ogma, the god of knowledge, and ended up being trapped. In that treasury, there was nothing but language and literature, and the most frustrating thing was that the flow of time inside was 10 times faster than outside. The only way to escape was to wait for 18 days in the outside world, which meant 180 days inside.

  Levin has gone crazy. Every day, entering the game is just boringly reading books. When others are leveling up and killing monsters, Levin is reading books, when others are fighting for treasure and flirting with girls, Levin is still reading books.

  Leiwen had tried to complain to the game company, and the reply was... this is the game, you can choose not to play. In the Time Librarys special space, even suicide is useless, you will directly lose your remaining two chances of rebirth.

  Although playing games is lonely... but this is too lonely, right?

  Raven finally became a freak in the gaming world, he self-studied seventeen languages in the game. Not those temporarily implanted by the system and forgotten once leaving the game, but truly learned like foreign languages into his brain.

  Even later when Raven accidentally fell and was reborn as an assassin, the system still defaulted that Raven understood these languages.

  Of course, this includes Navi language.

  The Strangler can wait for now, Raven began setting up his traps.

  Lacking materials didnt stop Raven from modifying other peoples traps.

  Everything is ready, just waiting for the door to open and let the dogs out.

  This is a long and narrow tunnel, with one end and the other being artificial tunnels that can only accommodate two people walking side by side, while the middle section is an underground karst cave.

  Lewin could not put himself in a man-made tunnel without turning back, so he hid behind a pile of stone pillars in the cave.

  Not long after hiding, the chaotic footsteps came from afar and drew near.

  "Wealth teaches that group of bastards! Sooner or later, the Black Dragon God will descend and hang the corpse of that cheap person Wokin on the city gate!" This tone, one listen and you know its a fanatic, if not a cultist.

  "Before seeking revenge, tread carefully."

  "Thanks to the great Black Dragon God, who actually prepared this path of life for us in advance."

  "Bullshit! How could that arrogant lizard Zakkar possibly prepare this?! Fakalin, this is what Ive arranged!" A rough angry shout interrupted the first persons words.

  "Rudi, how can you say such a thing? Youre one of the Guardian Knights Ive taught..."

  "Get lost with your guardian knights! Im just a mercenary, getting paid for the job! Watching you guys stir up trouble all day, I knew its only a matter of time before someone comes after us. Better arrange an escape route early!"

  "Ah! I thought you embezzled all this money to keep a mistress."

  Behind Shi Zhu Zi, Raven was also speechless.

  Thinking about it, how could that arrogant black dragon with its nostrils facing the sky possibly leave such a hidden hand. If it was really him who did it, then whats guarding the tunnel entrance wouldnt be Strangulation Demon but an even more terrifying Dragon Language Seal.

  As they entered the cave area, everyone slowed down their pace. Because the 200-meter-long cave area was supposed to be lit up with torches, but only two were lit, illuminating just two sections of about ten meters each. Meanwhile, the torches in the distant artificial tunnel were all lit up, giving people a false sense of hope that it was just ahead.

  "Thats not right!" Ludi said, "The torches I placed are all soaked in oil. The Solitary Cave area is damp, but it shouldnt be so wet that none of the torches can be lit. I check on them every month."

  "Our secret passage has been discovered!?" A commotion arose in the group.

  After a few seconds of silence, Ludi overturned his doubts: "It should be fine. Before entering the tunnel, I contacted the other side of the tunnel, where there is a strangulation demon statue that I spent 20,000 gold coins to set up. Unless its a strong player at the Golden level, its impossible to break through the strangulation demon statue in such a short time... Lets go, be careful!"

  The slightly flustered team moved forward again.

  The situation has now exceeded Ravens expectations.

  He had originally come with the mindset of taking advantage of any bargains. In his imagination, the Black Tide Sect would only be left with defeated remnants, such as one or two heavily injured priests and a few ordinary disciples.

  Listening to the footsteps, there are a total of twelve miscellaneous soldiers, except for one 7th-level warrior, the rest are ordinary believers.

  Big fish two: One is the main priest of the Black Scorch Church, Kaling, who can be sure that he has been through a fierce battle, but it sounds like he was not injured, at most his magic power was slightly depleted.

  Another one is that Ludi, this guy is the most troublesome, hes actually a fallen Ofar Knight! Ofar Knights are advanced professions of Holy Warriors, and can use up to third-circle magic. In simple terms, theyre dual-professionals who can use dark magic. Assassins going head-to-head with Ofar Knights is just asking for death.

  Setting up traps might not be very effective either. Because the Orfa knights will also set up traps. Apparently, the traps in the tunnel are from this Ludis hand.

  Good news is that Ludis breath isnt bronze class. That means hes the kind of basic profession that just happens to have 10 levels, allowing him to immediately advance to an advanced profession when he gets a job.

  From Ravens breath, it can be inferred that his profession should be: Fallen Holy Warrior 10/Oath Knight. The overall professional level is roughly around 15 levels up and down.

  If it were in a game, when a level 3 assassin encounters this situation, 99.99% of people would immediately retreat without even farting once.

  Levin got excited. Ordinary people would only see the huge risks at this time. Levin saw not only the risk, but also the incredible returns behind the huge risk!

  To know that there are only four years left before the arrival of that turbulent era.

  Still remember the sky cracked into several pieces, one piece rose with the sun, several pieces were empty and dark, and the last piece was a broken moon.

  A howling wind, the air reeked of corpses and a chaotic mix of sulfur fumes from the bottomless abyss and holy spring water vapor. This tangled smell was still vivid in Ravens memory.

  After three consecutive weeks of intense earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the land cracked into more pieces. Some sank rapidly to the end of the starry sea, awaiting only complete destruction for the creatures above. Others lingered on the ground under the support of the divine kingdom for several months before finally dispersing like smoke. Only those who truly sought out the path of hope transformed into saints and led their people onto the floating islands.

  It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. Many fortunate ones seized the opportunity and rose to prominence.

  More people missed their chance and lost their last opportunity, becoming ants that can be crushed at will.

  That was an era where saints roamed everywhere, and legends were no better than dogs. Without a saint domain stage, one would be too ashamed to go out and greet others.

  Recalling my previous life, I was the leader of a player group, but it wasnt enough. Compared to the overall trend of the world, my strength increased too slowly. Players who forcibly ignited their divine fire were all destroyed by the avatars of the gods. In the end, I gave up on dominating and was repeatedly forced back by that bastard Shirek until I finally fell.

  Just thinking about it makes Raven furious.

  After thinking about it, the conclusion is that being one step ahead is not enough. At least three to five steps faster than the progress in the game! Only then will there be a chance to enter the holy realm when the gods descend and create your own piece of heaven!

  At this thought, a frenzy akin to dancing on the tip of a knife filled Ravens entire chest. If this vote succeeded, he could at least be promoted four levels in one go. Moreover, the geographical advantage was already in his hands.

  Even if I only have a few skills like sneak attack, whats the big deal? Havent my assassination techniques been honed to perfection? No matter how high the opponents level is, didnt I once swear Give me a dagger, and even if its God, Ill kill him for you?

  Alright! A man wont die if he doesnt try! Ill give it a shot!