The entire toll station was built from an unknown black metal, its walls covered in mottled bloodstains and claw marks left by battle.
Towering watchtowers and cold fortifications all spoke of the deadly menace of this place.
Inside the toll station, thousands of monsters were densely stationed.
Dark golden light flowed over their burly bodies. They carried heavy weapons and radiated powerful auras.
Every one of them was a monster transformed from a member of the Golden Race.
At that moment, atop the toll station's highest command tower...
A Golden Race squad leader stood beside an exceptionally tall Golden Race warrior with a savage blade scar across his face.
"Captain, I heard that Fivefold Race player is coming here today. Is he really as strong as the rumors say?"
"The higher-ups actually spent an enormous amount of Survival Points to bring him to the Tier Three Road Section ahead of time, regardless of the cost?" The squad leader gazed into the distant mist, his eyes filled with curiosity and confusion.
Jin Hen, the man addressed as captain, immediately grew solemn at those words. "Of course. You know Jin Lai, don't you? That renowned genius of our race."
"Jin Lai was a One-Star Echo, yet that player still killed him!"
"What?"
The squad leader was utterly stunned. "Even an Echo Bearer couldn't beat him? Then... why have us hold this place? Aren't they sending us to our deaths?"
Echo Bearers were powerful beings far beyond ordinary monsters like them. Within the same tier, they were absolutely invincible as far as these soldiers were concerned.
If even a powerful Echo Bearer had been killed, could their few thousand troops really stop him?
Seeing his subordinate's terrified expression, Jin Hen snorted. "Don't be so pessimistic. This is our territory, and we have thousands