"Holy shit! It really is Skill Incineration?"
"Did I actually call it right? Hahahaha!"
Lin Mo excitedly checked the talent effects after the advancement—
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[Soul Flame] (Unique SSS-rank Talent · Second Stage)
— Description: Burn the soul, release Soul Flame, able to incinerate all things in the world and convert them into evolution power for the talent holder to use.
— Special Effect 1: Equipment Incineration (Release Soul Flame to incinerate equipment. Obtain corresponding equipment evolution points based on equipment level and rarity, used to evolve equipment)
— Special Effect 2: Skill Incineration (Release Soul Flame to incinerate skills. Obtain corresponding skill evolution points based on skill quality, used to evolve skills)
— Special Effect 3: Not unlocked (Unlocked when Soul Flame reaches the third stage)
[Advancement requirement: 500 Reputation]
[Note: Equipment and skills that have been evolved will enter a bound state, unable to be dropped and unable to be traded]
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Thinking about how he currently had the E-rank Poison Throw and D-rank Double Shot skill books sitting in his bag, Lin Mo immediately took them out.
Double testing: evolution and incineration—
[Ding ~ Evolving E-rank skill book Poison Throw requires 1 skill evolution point. Current skill evolution points insufficient. Unable to evolve!]
[Ding ~ Incinerating E-rank skill book Poison Throw will grant 1 skill evolution point. Incinerate?]
"Looks like it's exactly the same as the equipment evolution system," Lin Mo was instantly overjoyed.
Because this meant that, "I can really use incineration of trash skills to get evolution points, and then evolve the SSS-rank skills I want!"
"Hahahahaha!"
"Awesome! This is too awesome!"
Lin Mo absolutely fell in love with the Soul Flame talent.
In his previous life, after struggling in the Divine Oracle world for two years, the highest skill he had ever touched was only C-rank. Now he couldn't wait to complete his job change and then go experience the feeling of SSS-rank skills.
Lin Mo casually went to a level 10 wilderness area, the Death Camp, and began grinding the level 10 monsters inside: Death Goblins.
After killing three goblins and stacking the [Bravery] effect to three layers, Lin Mo's attack power reached its peak: 476.
Next—
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
One arrow, one 700+ critical hit, easily one-shotting goblin after goblin.
Before completing job change, although a player's level cannot break through level 10, the experience gained can continue to stack.
With each goblin giving 200 experience, Lin Mo's exp bar skyrocketed.
In no time, he had killed the 30 goblins required for the quest.
However, Lin Mo didn't stop there and continued slaughtering goblins.
Because according to his memories from his previous life, he remembered that there was also an opportunity hidden with the newbie village job mentor.
Lin Mo murmured, "If I remember correctly, the top three players whose mentor favorability reaches level 1 can get extra skill slot rewards."
"First place gets 3 permanent skill slots, second place 2, third place 1."
In the Divine Oracle world, players need skill slots to learn skills.
An E-rank skill takes up 1 slot, a D-rank skill takes up 2 slots, a C-rank skill takes up 3 slots, and so on, and a player only unlocks 1 skill slot for every 3 levels gained.
Normally, a player who has just completed job change at level 10 only has 4 skill slots, which is enough for them.
But Lin Mo was different, he could evolve SSS-rank skills through Soul Flame.
And a single SSS-rank skill requires a whopping 8 skill slots.
And Lin Mo's goal wasn't just one SSS-rank skill.
It was an entire skill list of SSS-rank skills.
So Lin Mo absolutely had to secure this extra skill slot reward from the mentor.
At the very least, he needed to ensure there was space early on to learn one SSS-rank skill.
Otherwise, evolving an SSS-rank skill and then being unable to use it would be extremely awkward.
So, deep in the quiet night, Lin Mo's lone figure wandered through the dark camp.
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[On the Other Side]
After Ling Xiao submitted all the materials Lin Mo gave him and spent 30 of his own Reputation to have Blacksmith Master Li Li start crafting the [Flame Ring].
He continued posting messages in the chat channel advertising "free boss monster kills, no payment required".
Using the A-rank talent Jade and Stone Burn Together, every time he blew up a boss monster, he gained massive experience returns.
This was Ling Xiao's secret to staying within the top three of the leaderboard even without underlings helping him grind or having to do quests.
And when Ling Xiao returned after blowing up three more boss monsters.
He found that the equipment was already finished.
[Yunbian Town Blacksmith Shop]
Ling Xiao took the forged level 10 tier 2 blue-quality [Flame Ring] from Li Li's hands.
Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai, standing beside him, instantly had their eyes shining bright.
"Holy shit! This is actually a tier 2 piece of equipment? And it's blue quality! A ring slot! Super top-tier!"
Skinny Monkey suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Brother Xiao, I've got an idea. Just swallow this ring. With this ring, you'll definitely level faster than Wang Junjie."
"At worst, you offend Rulebound. Protecting sister-in-law is the most important thing."
Ling Xiao shook his head.
He said, "This is level 10 equipment. By the time I can equip it, do you think there will still be time?"
"Oh, yeah," Skinny Monkey, who always thought himself extremely smart, miscalculated for the first time.
Just as Ling Xiao was about to send the Flame Ring to Lin Mo via mail.
A voice suddenly sounded beside his ear, "Give me the equipment!"
Turning around, he saw that it was actually Wang Junjie, bringing a group of Chaotic World guild players over.
Ling Xiao instinctively clenched the ring tightly in his palm.
Feigning confusion, "What equipment?"
"Stop pretending, I saw it already," Wang Junjie sneered and said, "That ring in your hand was made for Rulebound, right?"
"You're Facking a bootlicker too, huh? Licking all the way up to Rulebound?"
"I'll give you a chance to lick me instead, how about it? As long as you hand that ring over to me, I'll spare Xia Wanwan. How about that?"
Ling Xiao's heart jolted violently.
But he quickly calmed down.
If Wang Junjie's words could be trusted, even cows could climb trees.
"Stop dreaming. I won't give it to you."
Wang Junjie's face twisted viciously, "Believe it or not, I can make it so you can't survive in Divine Oracle, and cripple you in real life too?"
"And don't forget, all I need is one sentence to destroy Xia Wanwan anytime."
Ling Xiao was not shaken by Wang Junjie's threat. He said calmly, "Even if I give you the ring, you'll still do exactly what you want to do."
Wang Junjie burst into laughter, "You know me that well? Are you facking secretly in love with me?"
Ling Xiao stood firm. Without a word, he immediately sent the [Flame Ring] to Lin Mo via mail on the spot.
Wang Junjie instantly exploded with rage.
"Fack! Ling Xiao! You really want to die!"
"Fine, fine! You want to play it this way, huh?"
Wang Junjie nodded, then stepped closer to Ling Xiao with a feral grin, "When I reach level 10 before you, you'll see how I torture Xia Wanwan!"
"Let's go!"
Watching Wang Junjie leave arrogantly with his underlings.
Ling Xiao clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
At the same time, not far away, hidden in the quiet darkness, Lin Mo was silently watching everything.
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