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

Liu Nian nodded, indicating that he understood.

In fact, even in this temple, let alone other places, he could sense that something was awakening right beneath their feet, deep within the foundation of the Temple of Eternal Slumber. Darkness was churning inside the temple.

"Guild Leader! Monsters are spawning below the temple!" Yin Qianyu's voice rang out in the channel. "There are so many! They're like ants!"

"Prepare for battle!" Liu Nian ordered.

The players of the Divine Dragon Guild immediately sprang into action. Having coordinated countless times, they were already as in sync as a perfectly functioning machine. Almost no commands were needed; everyone knew where to stand, who to attack, and how to attack.

As they descended from the top floor of the temple, flames and lightning soon began to explode in the darkness. The orange-red light of fireballs and the silver-white arcs of lightning chains intertwined to form a web of death, blasting the surging skeleton soldiers to pieces.

Melee classes stood at the forefront, their shields slamming open the fangs of giant scarabs, their battleaxes cleaving open the chests of mummies. A dragonborn warrior, wielding a sword with both hands, swept his blade across, simultaneously severing three skeletal soldiers at the waist, their upper bodies still crawling on the ground, trying to claw at his ankles with their fingernails.

Meanwhile, those players with strong individual combat power have already ventured alone into the monster horde!

Liu Nian and several core decision-makers remained unmoved, still on the top floor of the temple.

This incident is different.

It shouldn't be treated as a simple boss fight.

This wasn't a minor incident involving a boss, a map, or a batch of loot—it was a massive event that swept across the entire Netherworld. The four main cities, countless smaller towns, and hundreds of thousands of players were all caught up in it.

Any choice they make is likely to have a profound impact.

"Let's set the tone first." Liu Nian looked around, his gaze landing on the faces of each core member. "Are we going to kill the Pharaoh, or protect him?"

"It's definitely a kill." Wu Zhan understood that he had to be the first to speak up at this moment. "Besides me, the Dragonborn have nothing to do with the undead class. In fact, the Dragonborn themselves have little to do with the undead class. Besides, the rewards for the world boss are mouthwatering."

Wu Zhan didn't want his own interests to affect everyone else, so he directly expressed his thoughts.

"I also agree with killing it," said Devourer of the Sun. The Demon Bear has nothing to do with the undead, so for the sake of profit, it's naturally better to kill it.

The others also expressed their opinions in turn, and in the end, almost everyone voted to approve the option to kill.

However, the Realm of Abyss has hundreds of thousands of players, and there will definitely be guilds that choose to protect the Pharaoh based on their own interests.

Wang Mian roughly tallied the messages in the channel since the start of the major event and concluded that there were twice as many messages choosing to kill the Pharaoh as those choosing to protect him.

"In other words," Wu Zhan counted on his fingers, "two-thirds of the people support the killing, and one-third oppose it?"

"Yes. Although it may not be entirely accurate, there are definitely more people in favor than against it, that's for sure." Wang Mian closed his notebook. "So, from the perspective of public opinion, standing up for the kill won't go against the mainstream."

"Will the four main cities be in danger?" Yun Xiangrong asked.

"How could there be any danger!" Kal'tsit, who was in charge of intelligence and kept a close eye on all kinds of news, said, "The Pharaoh isn't stupid. How could he possibly start a war with all four major powers at the same time? That would be suicide. So right now, those undead armies are just stationed far away outside the four main cities, more like monitoring than attacking. However, some less important small cities have suffered substantial damage."

Upon hearing this, Liu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Do you know which cities were attacked? Do you have their approximate coordinates?"

"I hadn't noticed that..." Kal'tsit frowned. "Should we do some statistics?"

Liu Nian nodded.

So everyone started using their own methods: some sent messages, some posted tasks, and some contacted their "informants" in various guilds. If there was really no other way, they would open the channel and filter out useful information one by one.

Liu Nian was also looking at the Naraku Realm's main channel, his gaze sweeping over the messages flashing by.

[Graystone Fortress under attack, is anyone coming to its aid?!]

[A colossal pyramid has appeared in this desert of bones! It's bigger than any I've ever seen before! The apex is glowing!]

Something is moving beneath the ice of the Frost Mountains; the entire mountain is shaking! The ice is cracking! Something is about to emerge!

……

Liu Nian marked each of the attacked locations on the map.

In less than fifteen minutes, everyone's information was gathered together. On a complete map of the Netherworld, several points of light were flashing.

Liu Nian stared at the map, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Look, these are the places that have been attacked, especially the ones that have been attacked the most severely—Graystone Fortress, Bone Sands, Forgotten Forest, Frost Mountains, Lost Swamp, Boiling Canyon..." He pointed to the red dots one by one, and with each tap of his finger, a name came out of his mouth.

"And then there's our place here—the Temple of Eternal Rest!"

Yun Xiangrong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Aren't these the seven places where we fight the regional bosses? You mean...?"

"The locations of the seven regional bosses should now all be strongholds of the Pharaoh's army," Wang Mian continued. "Graystone Fortress was the location of the first regional boss, and the Bone Desert was the second..."

"It's not just outposts; my information suggests that cities belonging to the Pharaoh's forces have emerged!"

"Could the Pharaoh's true form be in one of those cities?" Kal'tsit asked.

"I don't know! But..." Liu Nian said, "we do have a good opportunity now, we can take advantage of this and directly occupy this Temple of Eternal Slumber!"

This place used to be just a place to fight bosses, but now that it has become a city, it means it can be conquered!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"So our battle objective has changed." Liu Nian raised his head, his gaze sweeping over each core member. "It's not simply about finishing off this wave and then retreating. We need to completely clear this place to prepare for the capture of the Eternal Sleep Temple."

Wu Zhan asked excitedly, "You mean we might be able to take over a city in the Land of Abyss?"

"Very likely!" Liu Nian said. "We have the advantage of terrain now, so we must hurry!"

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

"I'll leave this to you." Liu Nian pointed to another red dot on the map. "I need to go there."

His fingers landed on Graystone Castle.

Graystone Keep is a fortified town near Altavin, and it's also the location of the first area boss they encounter.

Liu Nian's idea was simple: before other forces could react, seize the initiative and capture as many strongholds as possible.