Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Before he could even close his mouth, Liu Nian had already summoned the behemoth.

The enormous figure emerged from the void, radiating a soft light, and almost filled the entire passage.

"Everyone, get into the Big Mac," Liu Nian ordered in the channel.

Kal'tsit was taken aback: "Guild Master? Not leveling up?" She was still hoping to reach level 199 in one go!

"Someone cleared them out for us earlier, so there aren't many Aberrations left, making leveling up inefficient." Liu Nian paused, "Besides, I don't want Riftscale to know I brought so many people."

Kal'tsit understood, and so she and the others entered the Colossus's body, leaving only Sun Eater outside.

Morse stared at the behemoth for a long time, his eyes wide open.

"This...this is a Void Giant Kun?" His voice trembled. "These things should have gone extinct long ago! This is an alien species from the Void Invasion era! Where did you get it?"

Liu Nian said, "I stole it from a guy named Kalon. It was in undead form at the time, and I used an Abyss Rewind Stone to reverse time and revive it. Later, it died once on the Reincarnation Ship, and was resurrected as a pet egg using the Eternal Flame Essence."

Morse clicked his tongue in amazement, circling the behemoth twice, wishing he could pull out a magnifying glass to examine it closely: "Abyss Reversal Stone, Eternal Burning Essence... Your luck, tsk tsk tsk..."

"Let's go." Liu Nian put away the Big Mac. "We still have things to take care of up ahead."

The three continued along the passage.

The people in front had clearly cleared the area for them; there were deformed corpses everywhere along the way, some cut open by sharp blades, some smashed by blunt objects, some burned to charcoal, and large areas of ground corroded by acid.

"Those two you mentioned were quite strong." Devourer of the Sun crouched down to examine a mutated corpse that was half-dissolved by acid. "Level 400 monsters, looks like they were taken down in just a few moves."

"None of those who make it into the top ten of the combat power rankings are weaklings," Liu Nian said.

After walking for about twenty minutes, Morse suddenly stopped and raised his hand to signal.

"There's fighting ahead," he said in a low voice. "Very close."

Liu Nian listened intently. From around the corner of the passage, he could faintly hear the sounds of metal clashing, the roar of skills being unleashed, and someone shouting.

The three of them moved quietly, close to the wall, and slowly approached the corner.

Behind the corner was a huge circular hall, illuminated by a pale white light cast by someone casting a spell. Scattered across the hall's floor were more mechanical wreckage and mutated corpses, and the air reeked of blood.

In the center of the hall, seven people were fighting.

Liu Nian squinted and recognized the leader—Reinhardt!

It turns out that the one leading the way wasn't Riftscale or Chakna, but this guy?

He was clad in dark silver plate armor, wielding a greatsword, and was at the forefront, locked in combat with two aberrations. His movements were swift and decisive; each swing of his greatsword carried a sharp, piercing aura, easily severing the aberrations' bone spikes.

Behind him were six people, three men and three women. The seven of them were positioned strategically, forming a standard battle formation: two shield warriors in the front row, Reinhardt as the main attacker in the middle, and two mages, a ranger, and a healer in the back row, each fulfilling their specific role. The seven of them coordinated very well, clearly having practiced together for a long time.

"Guild Master, how much further?" a shield warrior in the group shouted.

"I don't know! But it should be soon. Once we get to that warehouse, we'll be able to get that thing!" Reinhardt gasped as he cleaved open the head of a mutant with his sword.

"But there are more and more monsters ahead, and we're not in good shape!" The mage in the back row said weakly, and the light on his staff had dimmed considerably. As he spoke, he cast another illumination spell.

"Yes, Guild Master, why don't we take it easy? These monsters are too high level, and we're expending a lot of energy!" another mage chimed in.

Reinhard gritted his teeth. He knew everyone was in poor condition, but he was anxious—dealing with that snake-man required caution. He needed to reach the warehouse before the scales cracked; then, not only that thing, but also the other treasures, couldn't be missed.

"One more try!" he said, and a silver light shone from the greatsword as he cleaved the last aberration in front of him in two.

At this moment, the woman at the back of the group—a night elf ranger wearing leather armor—suddenly raised her hand, signaling to stop.

"Wait." Her ears twitched slightly, and her gaze swept around the corner. "Who's behind there? Come out!"

The hall fell silent. The seven men turned around simultaneously, their battle formation instantly shifting. Reinhardt and two shield warriors appeared at the rear of the group, while the others hid behind them. They faced the corner, weapons in hand, heavily guarded.

Rift Scale emerged from around the corner, its serpentine tail dragging across the ground with a rustling sound. A languid smile played on its lips, and its vertical pupils gleamed with a chilling light under the stark white lamplight.

"Wow, you guys are pretty fast!"

Reinhardt's pupils contracted slightly.

"Didn't you say it was on that road down there?" He instinctively gripped the greatsword tighter.

"The road down below is blocked, there's a landslide and we can't get through." Riftscale slithered slowly, its tail drawing a semicircle on the ground. "I had to go around in circles to get up here."

Reinhardt stared at her for a few seconds, his eyes full of suspicion: "Just you alone? Where are Liu Nian and Chuckner?"

"Chuckna is keeping an eye on Liu Nian," Lie Lin said casually. "That kid is very cautious. I was worried he would discover our plan, so I had Chuckna follow him. If he becomes suspicious, Chuckna can hold him off."

Reinhardt remained silent for a moment, seemingly processing the information. Then he snorted coldly, "My cooperation with you is limited to this one time. I'll help you take him out at the last minute. But that's on the condition that this item, which you claim can make someone delete their account, really exists here! Otherwise, I won't intervene!"

Lie Lin smiled, a sly glint in his eyes: "Don't worry. I, Lie Lin, always keep my word."

"So, are you going back, or are you coming forward with me?"

"Of course I'll be with you guys." Rift Scale followed.

The cunning snake-man!

Reinhardt turned around, inwardly scoffing: "They say they'll push forward together, but they're probably just worried I'll take all the loot. But having you join is good; it'll ease the burden on the team."

Their squad has indeed suffered a great loss of energy.

As he was pondering this, he suddenly sensed an unusual presence behind him.

The scales had somehow gotten so close that they were less than a meter behind him!

The languidness on the snake-man's face had vanished, replaced by a strange smile.

Then, Rift Scale unleashed a punch!