Level 10 Steel-Armored Wolf.
It has 140 attack power, 70 defense and 700 HP.
At the current stage, even for top-tier 7 to 8 level players from the newbie village, even if a few of them teamed up, they would probably only be able to barely hold their ground against it.
But in front of Lin Mo, they were like little chicks waiting to be slaughtered.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
-1097 (Critical)!
-761!
-1187 (Critical)!
-1236 (Critical)!
Whether it was a crit or not, it was a one-arrow kill.
No suspense at all.
Combat notifications kept ringing in his ears—
[Ding~ Killed Level 10 Steel-Armored Wolf, EXP +202! Sin value -1!]
[Ding~ Killed Level 10 Steel-Armored Wolf, EXP +202! Sin value -1!]
[Ding~...]
According to Divine Oracle settings: while in a party, for every additional person in the team, the average EXP gain is reduced by 10%.
This means a two-person party gets 80% EXP per person.
And the one who lands the final hit on the monster receives an extra 30% bonus, with the final total EXP gain not exceeding 100%.
Therefore, even while bringing Su Yingxia along, Lin Mo could still get the full 200 EXP.
As for the extra 2 points, that came from the 1% combat EXP bonus of the white title [Leveling Maniac].
And Su Yingxia gained even more EXP.
Although in a party she only had 80% base EXP, in the world of Divine Oracle, when a player kills monsters that are more than 3 levels higher than themselves, there is an additional EXP bonus.
Above 3 levels, every extra level grants an additional +10% EXP.
Su Yingxia was only level 0, while the Steel-Armored Wolf was a full 10 levels higher, giving her a massive 70% extra EXP bonus.
Stacked with the base EXP, it meant that for every Steel-Armored Wolf Lin Mo killed, the final EXP Su Yingxia could obtain was as high as 150%: 300 points.
Just the EXP from a single Steel-Armored Wolf was enough to completely fill the 100 EXP needed to go from level 0 to level 1.
While Lin Mo casually killed four Steel-Armored Wolves.
Two consecutive beams of golden light fell from above Su Yingxia's head.
In the blink of an eye, she had reached level 2.
Su Yingxia might be a gaming newbie, but she was not stupid.
Divine Oracle had opened at eight o'clock last night, and now eight hours had already passed. The very top first-tier players in Yunbian Town were only around level 7 to 8, while most other players were generally only level 5 to 6.
She had just created her character and entered the game less than ten minutes ago, yet she was already level 2. What that meant was obvious.
Just as Su Yingxia was spacing out.
Lin Mo pointed at the corpses of the Steel-Armored Wolves ahead and said to her, "Don't just stand there looking pretty."
"Go pick things up."
"Oh, okay!", Su Yingxia nodded and immediately ran to the Steel-Armored Wolf corpses, picking up copper coins and the material Silverlight Gemstones, then handing them to Lin Mo.
With Su Yingxia helping to loot, Lin Mo saved quite a bit of effort.
Next, all he had to do was kill monsters.
He didn't know if it was because of high looks boosting drop rates or something.
With Su Yingxia in the party, the material drop rate actually increased quite a bit.
Previously, when collecting materials for the Flame Ring, basically every type of material required killing around a hundred monsters to gather 30 pieces.
But now, Lin Mo had only killed a little over 70 Steel-Armored Wolves and had already gathered 30 Silverlight Gemstones.
Lin Mo glanced at Su Yingxia, who was picking things up.
Then he rubbed his chin and said gloomily, "My looks aren't bad either. Where did it go wrong?"
At this time, Su Yingxia's level had skyrocketed to level 5.
And Lin Mo's level had reached level 11.
After advancing classes, Lin Mo began allocating the 3 attribute points gained per level as 2 Strength and 1 Agility, no longer mindlessly dumping everything into Strength.
Because he knew very well, 'Attributes are indeed the primary factor determining a player's strength, but after level 10, PvP starts to rely much more on skill.'
"Only with sufficiently high Agility can you have smoother control when fighting many enemies alone."
Lin Mo had already anticipated that Wang Junjie would definitely fight him to the bitter end.
So what Lin Mo needed to face was not just Wang Junjie alone.
But the entire Chaotic World Guild under him.
The first material had already been collected.
Next, Lin Mo took Su Yingxia and left the Shadow Outpost, heading for the second location: the Lv10 Flowing Silver Sanctuary.
———
On the way.
Su Yingxia finally mustered the courage to break the silence between them.
"Lin Mo, how are you so good at games?"
Lin Mo looked straight ahead, "Talent."
"So right now, are we just killing monsters to level up?"
"I'm collecting materials to make equipment," Lin Mo said, "Once the gear is done, I'll take you to the Shadow Nest map to kill a boss."
Su Yingxia asked, "What boss?"
Lin Mo did not answer her question.
Instead, he asked her back, "Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"
"I mean, a year ago, I was kicked aside by you like a dog."
Su Yingxia lowered her head, a trace of loneliness flashing in her eyes.
But in the end, she just shook her head and said nothing.
Lin Mo was deeply disappointed, "Not even going to act, huh? I thought you'd at least make up some excuse to brush me off."
Su Yingxia murmured softly, "Sorry…"
"It's fine, I don't blame you," Lin Mo smiled indifferently, "Who told me I was useless back then."
"Leaving when I was down, coming back when I was glorious, your decision wasn't wrong."
"So, after you broke up with me back then, what about that new boyfriend you got?"
Lin Mo glanced at Su Yingxia and deliberately mocked her, "Don't tell me that after you found out his conditions were average too, you kicked him aside as well?"
Looking at Su Yingxia's silence, Lin Mo laughed, "Su Yingxia, you really make me see you in a new light."
"Four years together don't compare to just this one day. Today, I've seen you completely clearly."
Under Lin Mo's cold sarcasm, Su Yingxia finally couldn't hold back and cried in grievance.
"Why are you crying? Feeling wronged just because I said a few words?"
Lin Mo did not feel pity or sympathy just because she cried. Instead, his tone grew even colder, "If you've got backbone, then leave. I never forced you to stay with me—"
After saying that, Lin Mo deliberately quickened his pace.
Su Yingxia wiped her tears and silently followed behind.
Soon, they arrived at the Flowing Silver Sanctuary.
Lin Mo raised the Hero's Golden Bow and began hunting the level 10 monsters roaming within the sanctuary: Flowing Silver Guards.
As usual, Su Yingxia helped pick up the drops.
And while Lin Mo was focused on killing monsters.
Su Yingxia quietly opened WeChat, tapped into her chat with Wang Junjie, and edited a message, [Shadow Nest, there is a boss.]
Looking at the edited message, Su Yingxia bit her lip tightly, her fingers trembling between send and delete.
———
At the same time.
In the eastern wilderness of Yunbian Town, Lv9 Firebird Forest.
With the help of his underlings, Wang Junjie was killing Firebirds to complete a quest.
Just then, an underling named Chaotic World Heaven rushed over to report:
"Boss, there's news!"
"Rulebound is making equipment. His next step is to go to the Shadow Nest map to kill a boss."
Hearing this, Wang Junjie's heart jolted, and he said excitedly, "Is it reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable!", Chaotic World Heaven said, panting, "Rulebound said it himself!"
As soon as the words fell, Chaotic World Strategist, who had been promoted to vice president of the Chaotic Era Guild, pushed up his glasses and analyzed thoughtfully, "The officials did release information saying that within every newbie village, there is a hidden boss. Killing the newbie village boss not only grants massive kill rewards, but also a special reward."
"But regarding the boss's stats and location, the officials never released details. It's said that up until now, among the more than one thousand newbie villages on the entire Dragon Nation server, not a single one has discovered any trace of a boss."
Hearing Chaotic World Strategist say this, Wang Junjie instantly became convinced, "No wonder that bastard Rulebound is already level 10 and still hasn't left the newbie village for the tier-three main city. Turns out he was waiting for this boss."
"Hahahaha! Damn, this bastard really does know opportunities that ordinary people don't."
Wang Junjie was instantly ecstatic, "As long as I kill this boss before him, I'll definitely rise in one shot."
"From then on, Rulebound will be my grandson!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie ordered, "Immediately gather everyone in the guild and follow me to march into the Shadow Nest!"
"Kill the boss! Explode top-tier divine gear!"
"Yes!"
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