Moon Apostle knew one thing very clearly: she could not use conventional thinking to judge the fifty-two contractors from Reincarnation Paradise. These people had just survived an extremely brutal melee, and none of those who had survived were weak.
Now, all the strongest among these madmen had set their sights on her. They did not even care about the World Core. One could imagine how she felt.
"Mo Lei, hold off the people from Death Paradise first."
Moon Apostle waited for Mo Lei's response. Soon, Mo Lei's voice came through her ears.
"No problem. I'll take them to the seventh floor. With you intimidating them, they won't immediately turn on us after seeing the World Core. We'll follow our previous agreement with them: each side chooses five people for five life-or-death battles. The side that wins more battles gets the World Core."
Mo Lei's previous agreement with Death Paradise was clearly unreliable, but both sides urgently needed to cooperate, so neither had said anything. Neither of them had expected the agreement to actually work.
"Mm. I'll leave it to you."
"Moon Apostle, what happened on your end?"
"The contractors from Reincarnation Paradise aren't all dead. There are still fifty-two of them, and they've all come looking for me."
"Uh... Then you're having a rough time."
"I don't know what they'll do. Besides, I ran into Black Demon earlier. Several thousand summoned creatures died, and I barely managed to lure him away."
Moon Apostle sighed. Encountering Black Demon in the ancient capital was incredibly unlucky. That thing did not distinguish between friend and foe—whoever encountered it was the one who stepped on the land mine.
"That's all for now. I'll give you good news later. We've reentered the Temple."
Inside the first floor of the Temple, Mo Lei cut off the