Closer, the twin swords merge!

A sword wave capable of annihilating everything materializes!

The Remnant Nether Lord glanced at the two turrets, finding they weren't completely destroyed, and decided to temporarily disengage.

Before leaving, he took one last look at the Platinum Luxury Apartment's main door.

Fortunately, that creature he was somewhat afraid of hadn't appeared.

Suddenly, his figure froze, then he shot backward at an unprecedented, extreme speed!

Platinum Luxury Apartment, second-floor balcony.

A group of figures leaped down, respectively: Xu Lang in peak condition, Cao Yaxuan infused with Ultimate Mana, Wang Yazhi with her thirty-three Night Vision Deity clones, Senior Sister Red Butterfly enhanced with all of Tong Qi's spirit attributes along with nine Ghost Pets, Xu Ruyan whose speed was on par with Xu Lang, Zhen Lu who started madly drawing her bow even before landing, Xu Xiaomeng cracking her knuckles, and Han Zhixiu.

Simultaneously, at least seven negative debuffs landed on the Remnant Nether Lord!

"Curse-Kill!"

Tong Qi stood at the balcony's edge, palms pressed together, her pitch-black pupils focused solely on the Remnant Nether Lord's figure!

She had hardly used the Curse-Killing Power since cultivating it, accumulating it all until now!

At this moment, she directly poured all of her accumulated Curse-Killing Power into the attack!

Even without a reliance object like the Remnant Nether Lord's hair or flesh, merely seeing him served as a medium for her.

"AAAAAHHH!!!"

The headless Remnant Nether Lord was forced to cry out in pain. A pure black thorn was forcibly extracted from within his body, as if a part of his soul was being ripped out!

At this very moment, the damage he suffered was completely on par with, if not heavier than, Xu Lang's Cross Slash!

Tong Qi followed an extreme Stat Allocation path, and her sinister-type skills had a pile of amplification effects!

Immediately after, the assault continued relentlessly.

Gale-force winds brushed their faces, light and shadows flickered, dazzling to the eyes. Xu Xiaomeng felt she couldn't even get a hand in. Luckily, the Remnant Nether Lord's body was large enough for her to sneak in a slap, or she really would have just been there for the ride!

The Remnant Nether Lord, disintegrated!

...

In an unknown space, the man wearing the golden mask abruptly stood up.

"What did that woman do? She actually damaged the Remnant Nether Lord's origin!" The palace-attired woman stared at Tong Qi on the balcony, disbelief in her voice.

"The Remnant Nether Lord is going to die. No, he absolutely cannot die!" The man wearing the golden mask roared angrily, his expression completely transforming into one of fury.

He took a step forward and left that space.

...

The Remnant Nether Lord's body was already in tatters, his arms shattered beyond recognition. Yet, at the final moment, his two broken hands still managed to raise the twin swords, trying to merge them together.

Right then, the roars of tigers and dragons resonated. The Hundred Flowers Contemplation Emperor charged in from the side, her body wreathed in a giant Contemplation Qi tiger, slamming into and knocking away the Yang Sword in the Remnant Nether Lord's hand.

*Clang~*

Both swords fell to the ground.

Xu Lang breathed a sigh of relief. Part of the Remnant Nether Lord's body remained, intentionally left by him. Now, the Scarlet Herding Chains were already shackling it.

He hadn't expected the Remnant Nether Lord's endurance to be so strong. Even with his hands detached from his body, he could still control them. Energy-based life forms were truly different.

"Aren't you going to kill him?" The Hundred Flowers Contemplation Emperor asked.

Sensing the residual energy here, she felt nothing but trepidation.

Every single person in Xu Lang's dormitory was actually not weaker than herself!

That was utterly terrifying!

"No, we're intentionally keeping him alive." Xu Xiaomeng said with a light smile, "Thank you, Sister Nian."

"You're welcome." The Hundred Flowers Contemplation Emperor replied.

Seeing the Remnant Nether Lord was truly out of tricks, everyone's gaze turned towards that row of Dreamlike Night-Blooming Cereus.

Xu Ruyan saw the weapon she had long dreamed of inside, and each pot contained different things. If she alone harvested them all, perhaps her strength could rival Xu Lang's.

However, she was more concerned about the Remnant Nether Lord's situation, so when Xu Lang and the others walked forward, she didn't move.

Then, she witnessed a scene she would remember for the rest of her life!

Where the Remnant Nether Lord was, the Void was torn open into a huge gash, resembling an abyss. A person wearing a golden mask stepped out from within.

He seemed to carry an innate divinity and halo, his aura sublime. His courtly black robes were sprinkled with specks of golden powder, incredibly magnificent.

"You filthy scum, you truly deserve death!" The moment the man wearing the golden mask appeared, he raised his hand and shattered the Scarlet Herding Chains.

The Remnant Nether Lord was saved, his condition rapidly recovering.

When the anomaly occurred, Xu Lang's Ancient Mind's Eye had already sensed it.

He turned to look at the man wearing the golden mask, and a feeling of despair actually surged in his heart, followed by a sudden realization.

The Nightmare Lord wasn't an invincibly powerful Sequence, but rather a mechanism, a development-type Sequence. Otherwise, it wouldn't have the Epitaph ability.

Having this ability meant the Nightmare Lord needed resurrection to evade disasters when necessary.

And now, it was time for this ability to come into play!

This being was absolutely impossible to defeat!

"So-called mortals are nothing but dust!" The Jester made his move. Standing tall in the Void, not even glancing at the players, he casually tossed out a die.

This die was solidified with lies. The moment he threw it, the lies transformed into reality.

"No, Jester! You'll violate the contract—"

From within the spatial fissure, a woman's voice cried out.

"So what if I violate it? I also want to see what capabilities that dormitory truly has!" The Jester snorted coldly, the arrogance in his eyes seemingly capable of piercing the Void.

When the Remnant Nether Lord appeared, the system frantically sounded alarms.

But when this even stronger being appeared, the system had little reaction. Only at the instant he attacked did that uniquely cold, systematic voice ring out.

The dormitory building's notification tone was different from the Dorm Survival Game's prompts. The former had some distinctive characteristics, while the latter was absolutely icy.

Moreover, this time, the dormitory voice sounded in the external world, audible to all present.

[Dorm Survival Game—]

[Players Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi... Hundred Flowers Contemplation Emperor, and 11 others have encountered a life-and-death crisis. This crisis originates from the Netherworld faction "Black-Clothed Jester".]

[After system judgment, the "Black-Clothed Jester"'s current attack behavior constitutes a severe violation, breaching "Dorm Survival Game and Netherworld Contract Clause 3".]

[After system judgment, players Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi... Hundred Flowers Contemplation Emperor, and 11 others are exempt from this attack. Protection costs will be borne by the Netherworld side.]

["Black-Clothed Jester" receives the highest-level penalty under the clause: Devour.]

[Devour execution party judgment in progress... The primary target of the "Black-Clothed Jester"'s current attack is players of the "Mad King Dormitory Building". The "Black-Clothed Jester" shall be devoured by the Mad King Building.]

"You think you can judge me?" The Black-Clothed Jester sneered disdainfully, flipping his hand to produce five dice.

The next second.

The Black-Clothed Jester was gone. Vanished into thin air.

Xu Lang, and even the Remnant Nether Lord, were somewhat dumbfounded.

Bro, where'd you go?

Logged off?

The Black-Clothed Jester was erased, just like deleted code!

In short, after uttering that boastful line, he never appeared again.

The Remnant Nether Lord couldn't wrap his head around it, but Xu Lang could, so he was a bit smarter and seized the initiative to attack first.

The Scarlet Herding Chains howled, shackling the Remnant Nether Lord once more.

"Ah, Jester, vanishing like this..."

Before the spatial fissure closed completely, a faint, sorrowful woman's voice drifted out.