After killing three hundred goblins, Lin Mo returned to Yunbian Town.
He was just about to head to the Job Change Hall to submit the quest and change class, while passing by the blacksmith shop, he happened to see the scene from earlier.
He had originally thought Ling Xiao would reach a deal with Wang Junjie.
But Ling Xiao's actions surprised Lin Mo a bit.
"Not bad. Kid's got backbone."
"Looks like I underestimated you."
Without realizing it, Lin Mo developed a bit of goodwill toward Ling Xiao.
At the same time, from the conversation between the two just now, Lin Mo seemed to pick up on some information.
"It seems the two of them have some kind of bet going on, and the condition to win that bet is who reaches level 10 first?"
"Two people with completely different social circles, how did they end up with a bet together?"
"Interesting, really interesting."
Lin Mo suddenly grew curious.
He silently opened the flashing mail and took out the equipment Ling Xiao had sent.
When he saw that the crafted Flame Ring was blue quality, his eyes immediately lit up.
"This kid's pretty lucky."
However, the higher the quality, the more regret Lin Mo felt instead.
Because, "A level 10 tier 2 blue-quality ring is worth quite a bit on the market right now. Using it as a base item for evolution is such a waste."
With the SSS-rank talent Soul Flame in hand, Lin Mo actually preferred the base equipment to be as garbage as possible.
Because in the end it would all evolve into gold quality anyway, and become bound.
If it started as a worthless white-quality trash item, there would be zero psychological burden.
But right now, there was no other choice.
Lin Mo had to use this tier 2 ring to deal with the Yunbian Town boss, the Spider Queen.
So while heading toward the Job Change Hall, Lin Mo began evolving the Flame Ring.
[Ding~ Evolving level 10 tier 2 blue equipment Flame Ring requires 80 equipment evolution points. Proceed with evolution?]
"Tch! Tier 2 equipment really costs a lot to evolve," Seeing that he only had a bit over 100 evolution points left, Lin Mo frowned slightly.
But this didn't trouble him at all.
He opened the regional chat and typed—
[Rulebound (Male, level 10, leaderboard rank 1): "Buying newbie gear for 10 yuan each, unlimited quantity, direct mail."]
For ordinary players, the final destination of newbie gear was tossing it into the shop for a recycle value of 1 copper coin.
Based on the official 1:1 exchange rate, that was basically just 1 yuan.
And when Lin Mo offered 10 yuan per piece, even though it was already ten times cheaper than the original 100-yuan price, there were still plenty of people willing to sell.
After all, it had already been six or seven hours since the server opened, and equipment prices were constantly dropping.
So shortly after the message was sent, Lin Mo's mailbox began flashing wildly.
Ten yuan per piece, Lin Mo extracted them quickly.
In just a short while, he had taken in over two thousand pieces.
Although he spent more than twenty thousand yuan.
What he gained in return was a total of 2145 equipment evolution points after incineration.
"Mm! That's definitely enough to evolve the Flame Ring to gold," Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction.
Next, he began evolving the Flame Ring.
[Ding~ Consumed 80 evolution points. Congratulations, your equipment Flame Ring has evolved to purple quality!]
[Ding~ Consumed 160 evolution points. Congratulations, your equipment Flame Ring has evolved to orange quality!]
[Ding…]
[Ding~ Consumed 640 evolution points. Congratulations, your equipment Flame Ring has evolved to gold quality. Current equipment quality has reached the maximum and cannot be further evolved.]
Altogether, a full 1200 evolution points were dumped into it, equivalent to twelve thousand yuan.
Lin Mo felt a bit of heartache.
But when he saw the attributes of the evolved ring, all of that reluctance vanished in an instant.
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[Burning Sky · Blazing Fire Sacred Ring] (Lv10)
— Quality: Tier 2 · Gold
— Attack Power: 360
— Bonus Attributes: Strength +70, Agility +70
— Special Effect: Soul Burn (The wearer's attacks burn the enemy's soul, dealing 200 burn damage per second for 3 seconds)
[Description: Your butt's on fire]
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"This attack power!"
"These bonus stats!"
"This special effect!"
"Hiss!", Lin Mo couldn't help sucking in a cold breath, "Tier 2 gold equipment is seriously insane."
Still riding the excitement, Lin Mo couldn't wait to replace the level 5 tier 1 gold-quality [Enchanted · Holy Light Mage Ring] he was wearing with this level 10 tier 2 gold-quality [Burning Sky · Blazing Fire Sacred Ring].
He opened his status panel.
His attack power instantly surged from 386 points to a terrifying 758 points.
"Once I finish the job change later and my stat growth increases, my attack power should hit around 800."
Comparing that again to the Spider Queen's 480 defense, completely outclassed.
"Looks like keeping my weapon at orange quality is enough. I don't even need to evolve it to gold. With my current attack power, I can go kill the Spider Queen."
He incinerated the replaced, bound [Enchanted · Holy Light Mage Ring] and gained 158 equipment evolution points.
At this point, Lin Mo's mailbox was still flashing.
And he happily continued receiving everything.
Because upgrading equipment later would require a constant supply of evolution points. Since players hadn't yet dumped their newbie gear into the shop, naturally it was better to buy more now and stockpile evolution points, just in case.
Next, Lin Mo headed to the Job Change Hall.
He found the beautiful archer mentor Selina and triggered the dialogue.
"Mentor, I've completed the task."
Selina's deep and clear eyes, like those of an elf, quietly watched Lin Mo, and she gently nodded in acknowledgment.
But when she saw the battle results Lin Mo submitted, a trace of shock appeared in her eyes.
"You… actually killed so many monsters with strength equal to your own?"
"It seems you'll become a very outstanding archer in the future."
Lin Mo smiled and said, "Thank you for the praise, Mentor."
As Selina's words fell, a pleasant system notification sounded in Lin Mo's ears:
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the job change quest Archery Assessment. You have officially changed class to, Apprentice Archer! Rewards obtained: Skill Slot +1, Selina Favorability +1. Due to exceeding the quest requirements, Selina highly approves of your strength and grants you an additional Favorability +9!]
[Ding~ Congratulations, your favorability level with Archer Mentor Selina has increased to level 1. As the first player on the entire server to reach favorability level 1 with the Archer Mentor, you receive a special reward: Skill Slot +3!]
[Ding~ Level cap increased to level 30. Attribute growth improved: 1 Strength = 1.3 Attack Power! 1 Endurance = 1.1 Physical Defense + 1 Magic Defense! 1 Constitution = 15 HP! 1 Spirit = 7 MP!]
In the next second, a loud system announcement descended from the sky and echoed throughout Yunbian Town—
[System Announcement (Yunbian Town): "Ding~ Congratulations to player Rulebound for completing job change. As the first player in Dragon Nation Server No.116 Newbie Village Yunbian Town to reach level 10 and complete job change, you receive the Level Rush Rank 1 rewards: Cash reward 100,000! Lottery draws +3! Reputation +100! Title obtained: [Leveling Maniac]!"]
No surprises there.
The moment this announcement came out, Yunbian Town exploded yet again.
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