You promised to wreak havoc on the dungeon, but instead you've got Dragon Slime!

He gritted his teeth.

“Ron…it’s you.”

The man in black robes behind him asked in a low voice, "Shall we activate the second stage of the Sandbox Core?"

Bacchus gave a cold laugh.

"No rush, let him have his way for a while."

“I will let him know that the price of using the laws is that the entire copy will be backfired.”

In the Black Language Cave, Ron had already written his next plan on the console taskbar.

First, use rules to block the reduction of Bakus's copy income.

Then transport the resources from the Chiyan mining area back to expand the defense perimeter of the sand dunes.

When Bacchus can't help but retaliate, we'll turn the tables on him.

After reading it, Claudia only said one sentence:

"Your playing style is becoming more and more like that of a predator."

Ron smiled, his gaze so cold it could cut through stone.

"Because the prey—will always just wait to die."

The empty area of ​​the Abyss Throat dungeon remained for an entire day.

Players are overwhelmingly criticizing the game, and the phrase "Abyss Throat is down" has been pushed to the top of the trending list in the capital's dungeon channel.

Bakus sat in the core hall of the instance, tapping his fingertips on the armrest.

The man in black robes stood behind him and whispered:

"If this continues, your reputation and resource flow will be cut in half."

Bacchus sneered, "I knew Ron would use the fragments of law to stab me in the back."

He reached out and pressed his hand on the hidden slot on the control panel, and a strangely shaped fragment slowly rose up.

"Phase Two, Initiation."

[System Notification: The Core of the Small Garden - Backlash Protocol Activated]

[Target: Black Language Cave]

[Effect: Drains the target instance's energy output to your own instance for 30 minutes]

The man in black robes looked up: "This is... a plundering mechanism?"

Bacchus laughed like a snake.

"He blocked my monsters, so I drank his blood."

In the Black Language Cave, Ron on the high platform suddenly frowned.

System prompts kept popping up:

[WARNING! Abnormal energy flow in the instance]

[An external copy has been detected establishing a one-way absorption channel]

[Source: Throat of the Abyss]

Viser's face changed as he watched the energy curve plummet: "We're being drained of our energy!"

Ron gave a cold laugh.

"Bacchus has finally shown himself."

He immediately pulled up a diagram of the underground pipeline network in the sand dunes.

"Jill, the Bone Serpent Assault Team, go to the eastern front to cut off the flow and sever the third energy vein."

“Viser, come with me to the South Defense. Manually change the flow and put all the remaining energy into the Red Rock Mine anchor point.”

"Belin, activate the ice seal array to lower the core temperature and slow down the rate of energy consumption."

The three agreed in unison and immediately split up to carry out their tasks.

Beyond the throat of the abyss.

The man in black robes stared at the energy absorption curve and suddenly noticed that the flow rate began to become intermittent.

He's cutting your pipes!

Bacchus's eyes turned cold.

"Send out the abyssal spore swarm and invade his copy channel along the energy pulse."

[System Notification: You have dispatched an Abyssal Spore Swarm (unit quantity: 500)]

[Mission: Infiltrate the Black Language Cave]

On the eastern side of the Sand Abyss dungeon, Jill had just led her men to cut off the third energy vein when they saw something wriggling beneath the sand.

Something has crawled in!

The next second, hundreds of tumor-like monsters sprang out from below, their claws covered in slime, frantically gnawing at the bone snake's armor.

The bone serpent roared in retaliation, sending dust flying.

Jill gritted her teeth and roared, "Support! All troops, charge!"

The Sand Dune defenders and the spore swarm instantly clashed, and the lower passage churned like boiling water.

On the southern defense line, Ron personally pressed down the energy gate, firmly blocking the last stream of energy flowing towards the throat of the abyss.

A tremendous suction force came from the other end of the passage, as if trying to pull him in completely.

Viser gripped his back tightly: "Hold on! Just thirty more seconds!"

Ron clenched his teeth, and the veins on his arms bulged.

"Bacchus... the harder you suck, the more it will hurt when I retaliate!"

Thirty seconds later, the ice array cooled down, and its energy output was reduced to a minimum.

The absorption curve of the Abyss's Maw was directly cut off.

Bakus stared at the empty energy diagram, his face so grim it could drip blood.

“Ron...you wait.”

In the Black Language Cave, a system notification sounded on the high platform:

[Ding—Defense successful]

Combat Rating: A

[Reward: Law Fragment Refinement Level +10%]

[Reward: Temporary Skill - Rule Counterattack (can reflect rule interference back to the target once)]

Ron looked at the last reward and gave a dangerous smile.

"Very good... Next round, it's my turn to attack."

At night in the Black Language Grottoes, the sandstorm howled, and the anchor lights flickered uncertainly in the direction of the Red Rock Mining Area.

Ron stood in front of the platform, staring at the new permissions displayed on the control panel.

—【Rule Counterattack: Reflects the opponent's rule interference in one go, with the same duration as the original interference】

His finger lightly slid across the button, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"Bacchus, didn't you start this rule-based battle? Then don't blame me for returning the favor according to the rules."

Viser walked over and lowered his voice: "Are you really going to use it? This thing is disposable."

"It's worth dealing with him."

Meanwhile, at the throat of the abyss.

Bakus sat in front of the core of the instance, twirling a black energy crystal in his hand.

"Since I can't draw his blood, I'll cripple his bones."

[System notification: You have activated the 'refresh freeze' rule interference]

[Target: Black Language Cave]

[Effect: Freezes monster respawn time for 24 hours]

The man in black laughed: "If there are no monsters in his dungeon, won't the players curse him to death?"

Bacchus laughed: "That's the simplest way to hit the economy."

At the Black Language Cave, as soon as the interference signal was triggered, the control panel immediately lit up a red alarm.

[WARNING! Monster spawn rules have been frozen]

[Source: Throat of the Abyss]

Ron didn't say much and directly clicked on the "Rule Counterattack" button.

In an instant, a flash of silver light appeared on the system interface.

[The rule-based countermeasures have been implemented]

[Target: The Throat of the Abyss]

[Effect: Freezes monster respawn time for 24 hours]

The core hall of the Abyss's Throat.

Bakus was waiting to see the chaos in the Black Whisper Caves when he noticed his instance notification suddenly turn red.

[WARNING! Monster spawn rules have been frozen]

[Reason: Rule interference was met with a backlash]

His face turned as black as iron on the spot.

"Ron—you dare!"

In the Black Language Cave, Ron sat back in his chair, watching the monster spawn rate return to normal, and let out a long sigh.