By the time Wang Linchi arrived, fewer than three hundred people remained out of the original twelve thousand. However, the effect was extremely significant: the Abyss Offspring Egg was teetering on the brink of destruction, its surface covered in numerous cracks.

Massive fleshy tendrils writhed out from these cracks, frantically slaughtering Players and devouring Abyssal Demons to recover and accelerate its hatching.

The Players who had survived to this point were all individuals of considerable strength, not mere cannon fodder or freeloaders.

Seeing Wang Linchi arrive, Ye Tian was overjoyed; His survival is the greatest help!

"It's too large; the Demon-sealing Array can't contain it." Wang Linchi examined his magic array and compared it to the Abyss Offspring Egg. The difference between the two was vast, and there was truly no way to handle it.

Ultimately, he could only try extracting one hundred thousand units of spiritual power to form another array and cast it. When it landed on the Abyss Offspring Egg, it imprinted on the surface like a miniature tattoo.

Unfortunately, unlike its effect on the Abyssal Demons, this didn't have an immediate, decisive impact on the Abyss Offspring Egg; its speed and reaction time merely decreased by half.

Meanwhile, the Saint Master had already closed in. The functions of Soul Absorption, such as devouring Blessing and Luck, were pushed to their maximum as it unleashed a punch, inflicting massive damage.

However, Wang Linchi's expression grew increasingly grave because the Saint Master hadn't absorbed any Blessing. This indicated that the opponent possessed an ability similar to Stabilize Luck; otherwise, it couldn't have resisted.

Ye Tian should also have such an ability, Wang Linchi thought. The only reason I could absorb it from him before was because he willingly allowed it.

Therefore, if he wanted the protagonist's aura from the Abyss Offspring Egg, there were two methods: one, the egg willingly gives it; two, the egg is *made* to willingly give it.

The first was obviously unrealistic, leaving only the second option: compelling it through force.

That punch from the Saint Master, harnessing the game character's power which heavily countered it, caused an extremely obvious crack to run from the bottom of the egg straight to its top.

The Saint Master's damage is truly incredible, Ye Tian couldn't help but exclaim.

Witnessing this, Wang Linchi began to cast Skills to buff and debuff. He was actually quite puzzled. Clearly, there's no Game System signal coverage here in Wanxuan City, so why can the game character's powers still be used? Is it because Players can not only connect to the Game System via the internet but also form their own local area network?

However, there was no time to dwell on such thoughts. After a fluid combo, he followed up by launching another Demon-sealing Array imbued with spiritual power.

"How's it looking?" After completing this sequence, Wang Linchi walked over to Ye Tian, simultaneously unleashing Literary Warfare and Fanciful and Fickle as attacks while asking.

After leaving the Game System's coverage and using a plug-in to regain thirty percent of his original body's strength, the power of Fanciful and Fickle had returned to normal. Its damage was now based on his spiritual power, and it no longer had a cooldown.

"The situation isn't optimistic. As you can see, killing the Abyss Offspring Egg won't be that easy," Ye Tian said, somewhat dejected.

Even with the Saint Master dealing high damage, it feels like a drop in the bucket.

"I have a feeling we're going to fall here this time," Ye Tian said, rubbing his nose with a wry smile.

Wang Linchi glanced at him. "What, do you have rhinitis? I don't remember game characters having a disease function."

This made Ye Tian rather embarrassed. "Just a subconscious reaction."

"Oh, I thought you had rhinitis," Wang Linchi quipped, then continued, "This thing is indeed incredibly tough with high defense. Plus, without the Game System, it's very difficult for us to deal with."

The two conditions given are simply unachievable tasks.

Retaking Wanxuan City might be possible with 1,200,000 Players, but 12,000 cannon fodder? That's not even a fraction of what's needed. If I hadn't developed the self-destruct module, they probably wouldn't even have reached the city gates by now, let alone dealt with the massive number of monsters spawning from the Abyssal Gap. They kill them slower than they appear!

Otherwise, why would Ye Tian have chosen a decapitation strike to deal with the Abyss Offspring Egg?

"Let's just do our best and leave the rest to Fate," Ye Tian said, helpless now. If he had a solution, he would have acted long ago.

"No, we can't leave it to Fate. I think Fate is on the enemy's side," Wang Linchi stated.

Looking at the mission's countdown timer, the Abyss Offspring Egg was very likely to hatch prematurely, not according to the Game System's estimated countdown.

However, hatching prematurely isn't necessarily a good thing. There's a term for it: premature birth.

What Wang Linchi wanted to do was to force the Abyss Offspring Egg to hatch prematurely, to cause its premature birth.

That way, not only would it be congenitally deficient, but its initial strength would also be weaker.

How to force it was also very simple. He directly reconfigured Soul Absorption on the Saint Master, resetting its absorption effect to its original parameters.

HISS... Wang Linchi couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath. That's absorbing way too much!

Ye Tian looked at Wang Linchi strangely and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. The Saint Master's attacks have Bloodsucking and mana-draining effects, and a portion of it is fed back to me. I just glanced at it; it's indeed a lot," Wang Linchi summarized briefly.

"It's because the Saint Master's Attack Power is too high," Ye Tian corrected. He also had a Bloodsucking effect, but he could barely feel how much it absorbed; it was just at a normal level.

Wang Linchi thought about it and agreed. Yes, and it's not just the Saint Master's high Attack Power; it's also the powerful effect of Soul Absorption. With nine ghosts plus the Dragon Crystals from the Dragon Emperor's son, it would be strange if it *wasn't* strong.

With the Saint Master's frenzied attacks and absorption, combined with the negative status from Soul Melting Poison intertwined with the negative status from Fanciful and Fickle, after several attacks, the Abyss Offspring Egg appeared quite sickly.

THUD...

Everyone was stunned. They abruptly saw a large chunk of flesh fall off, splattering onto the ground.

Looking up, they saw the entire fleshy outer shell of the Abyss Offspring Egg sloughing off, like a landslide.

Wang Linchi's sharp eyes spotted some kind of scales rubbing together within the fleshy shell. Then, a vertical pupil snapped open.

That was where the Abyss Offspring's eye was located; it was observing the world.

"Quick, retreat!" Ye Tian warned all surviving Players, urging them to evacuate immediately.

The thought was good, but they were ultimately a step too slow. The entire egg of flesh exploded in an instant, and a massive torrent of bloody liquid surged out with its rupture.

A giant Lizardman, or perhaps a Dragon Man-like entity, instantly broke free from the shell.

"Ants!" As soon as it was born, the Abyss Offspring erupted in fury. I was forced by them to be born prematurely! To compensate for this congenital deficiency through later development will require an enormous price!

"Damn it, it still managed to be born!" Ye Tian's expression was filled with unwillingness. He recognized this Abyss Offspring. He hadn't been able to identify it while it was in the egg, but in his previous life, this Abyss Offspring was infamous.

The Chief of the Abyssal Demon Gods, the First of the Demon Descendants, the Fate Devil God!

If only I were a bit stronger! If I could kill this Abyss Offspring, I would definitely delay the advance of the Abyss invasion!

Ye Tian's thoughts were good, but unfortunately, his strength was lacking.

Seeing this, Wang Linchi narrowed his eyes. This thing seems to be bluffing.

"Saint Master, hit it with something big," Wang Linchi directly ordered the Saint Master to test it, and he once again adjusted the effect ratio of Soul Absorption.

He also extracted two hundred thousand units of spiritual power, converted it into Fanciful and Fickle, and hurled it directly at this Abyss Offspring.

Fanciful and Fickle arrived in an instant. A massive bulge appeared on the Abyss Offspring's chest.

BOOM! It exploded, and a large amount of flesh and bone burst out.

"It's vulnerable! This thing is trying to scare us into leaving!" Wang Linchi immediately declared.

In the next moment, the Saint Master also arrived. It delivered a full-power punch to the Abyss Offspring's knee. The sound of shattering bone echoed, and the Abyss Offspring's leg snapped. Since it was still in a running state, it immediately fell to the ground.

More importantly, there was the feedback of luck.

Another one-fifth of the protagonist's luck! Seeing the suppressed luck, Wang Linchi was inwardly ecstatic.

However, the two types of luck were different. Ye Tian's protagonist luck seemed very normal, while the Abyss Offspring's protagonist luck was chaotic, but still effective.

"Ants, you dare steal my—" The fallen Abyss Offspring instantly sensed that its luck had been intercepted and was about to shout, but the Saint Master reacted immediately, punching it in the mouth and cutting off the rest of its words.

Unfortunately, the opponent was prepared this time, so this punch failed to absorb its luck. This made Wang Linchi a bit frustrated.

What a pity. If I could land four more such punches, I would become the protagonist of the Abyss!

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