I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

These low-level professionals receive very low growth attributes when they level up.

For example, an average melee fighter might only gain a few points of strength per level, resulting in a slow start and continued slow progress.

The huge numerical gap means that even if these ordinary people try their best, they will find it difficult to defeat wild monsters of the same level.

He lacked resources, connections, and talent.

With such a large population, there must be many people who feel deep despair because of their low-status jobs and inability to improve themselves throughout their lives.

Why are others born into privilege while I'm relegated to the bottom as cannon fodder?

The Abyss Order precisely targeted this segment of the population, who were trapped in despair, jealousy, and inflated desires.

Their promises were spread in secret, like a pyramid scheme.

As long as you join the Abyss Order, abandon your human principles, and make practical contributions to the Order.

They gave these ordinary people a chance to defy fate and make a contract with a powerful abyssal beast!

These magical beasts are all products of being tainted and mutated by the abyss's aura.

Take the most common and least promising low-level monster in the wild, the Rock-Splitter Boar, for example.

Once completely infected by the abyss aura, it mutates into the [Abyss Bloodthirsty Steel-bristled Boar].

Its already inferior bloodline will undergo terrifying mutations!

Their combat power, defense, and berserk potential can even soar overnight to a level comparable to that of intermediate or even advanced professionals!

For ordinary people who spend their entire lives at the bottom and are looked down upon by others.

The temptation of "rising to the top in one step" without needing talent, simply by selling one's soul, is a deadly poison!

Even if the price is abandoning their human identity and becoming rats in dark corners, they are willing to do it.

This is the fundamental reason why the Abyss Order never lacks fresh blood.

Greed and despair are the best nourishment for the abyss.

These people believed they had received a gift from the abyss and found a shortcut to defy fate.

But little did they know that making a soul contract with a creature of the abyss came at a price.

There's no such thing as a free lunch!

The abyssal monsters did indeed grant them power far exceeding that of ordinary people, and during the contract period, they would obey their commands.

However, this is the price of an equivalent exchange.

Throughout the contract period, these brutal abyssal monsters will greedily drain the host's life energy at all times through the bridge of soul bonds!

This is a terrifying form of chronic parasitism!

As long as the monster is still fighting, the host's life force will drain away like a leaky bucket until the host is completely drained and dies.

Unless the host is powerful enough to suppress the backlash of the contract and retaliate with force.

Otherwise, there is only one outcome for joining the Abyss Order: sooner or later, one will become a dried-up corpse that has been drained of its life force.

Sadly, aside from a very few truly talented but madmen who wanted to seek breakthroughs through unorthodox methods, those who joined the Abyss Order were mostly not exceptional individuals.

The remaining 99% of people are just people with extremely ordinary talents.

Where did they get the strength to counter the abyssal monsters?

In the eyes of the Abyss Order's higher-ups, these peripheral black-robed cultists were not companions at all.

They are nothing more than a group of "human batteries" that can be discarded at any time.

Consumables used to provide food for abyssal monsters!

"What a pathetic bunch of vermin."

Lin Yuan held his shield, his gaze calmly sweeping across the encirclement.

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His gaze finally settled on the purple-robed bishop.

Deep within the eyes, all-knowing and all-powerful, have been activated!

[Target: Dark Owl (Purple-robed Deacon of the Abyss Order)]

[Class: Dark Mage]

[Level: LV55]

Upon seeing this level, Lin Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly.

A level 55 Dark Mage!

They were more than twenty levels ahead of them!

No wonder they dared to lay such a trap here; with such strength, they are indeed qualified to wipe out this group of freshmen around level 30.

The panel then scrolled down to reveal the specific abilities of the Dark Owl.

[Innate Ability: Shadow Manipulation (Can forcibly deprive and control the five senses and limbs of targets with lower mental strength than oneself)]

【Core Skill 1: Abyssal Swamp (Creates a large area of ​​slowing effect)】

[Core Skill 2: Soul Stripping (Deals massive true damage and inflicts permanent psychological trauma)]

Looking at these skill descriptions, Lin Yuan sneered inwardly.

control?

Real injury?

This would be a nightmare for anyone else.

But these skills are useless against Lin Yuan, who possesses the [Immunity to All Laws] golden attribute!

Of course, these combat statistics were not what Lin Yuan was most concerned about.

When his gaze swept over the [Hidden Information] at the bottom of the omniscient panel.

Lin Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart skipped a beat!

He discovered a shocking secret that made him feel horrified and even utterly absurd!

This purple-robed deacon of the Abyss Order, Mingxiao, is actually one of the secret resource liaisons for the Qin family in the capital!

Holy crap?!

Lin Yuan couldn't help but curse in his mind.

The Qin family, one of the five great families in the capital of China, renowned throughout the country for their noble dragon-riding prowess, is actually secretly colluding with the Abyss Cult?!

If this gets out, it will cause a major upheaval in the entire Chinese government!

[Core Secret #1: The Dark Owl's storage ring contains a batch of extremely prohibited items called "Abyssal Dragon Blood Crystals."]

[Analysis: These are strategic materials prepared for a secret transaction with the Qin family in the capital after the conclusion of this operation.]

[Secret #2: The truth behind the Qin family's ability to continuously cultivate high-level dragon-type beasts.]

[Analysis: The Qin family secretly reached an agreement with the Abyss Cult, exchanging confidential human intelligence and the souls of a large number of lower-level humans for the essence blood of the Abyss Dragons!]

[Ultimate goal: To artificially elevate the bloodline rank of the dragon-taming beasts raised by the family through the use of abyssal essence blood!]

Upon seeing this, Lin Yuan felt a bone-chilling cold rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

His breathing became somewhat heavy.

That's it!

That explains everything!

No wonder the Qin family in the capital can control the most top-tier dragon-type beast resources in China.

Even Qin Tian, ​​a newly awakened Dragon Master, can casually pull out a Platinum-level White Earth Dragon to form a contract!

The outside world all believed that the Qin family had a deep foundation and had mastered some ancient dragon's lair secret realm.

After all that, it turns out that their dragon bloodline was actually a filthy product obtained by trading the lives of their fellow humans with the abyss!

On the surface, they appear to be virtuous and upright, slaying demons and monsters—a powerful family in the capital.

Behind the scenes, they commit such heinous acts!

The white dragon in Qin Tian's hands already had a fairly high bloodline compared to ordinary people and even other geniuses.

However, within the Qin family, there are actually quite a few dragons of this caliber!

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