In the world of Divine Oracle, all set equipment comes with a dedicated set skill.
However, you do not need to collect a full set to activate the set skill.
As long as you have two pieces or more, the skill can be activated.
It's just that the more complete the set, the stronger the skill becomes.
Lin Mo immediately clicked into the set skill to take a look—
[Immunity to a Hundred Poisons (2/8): Passive. All poison-type effects of the wearer are increased by 20%, and the wearer gains 20% poison resistance.]
"This is the set skill?"
Lin Mo said excitedly, "As long as I collect a full tier-two Venom Set and max out this Immunity to a Hundred Poisons skill, I can get 100% poison immunity."
"With 100% poison immunity, not only can I freely enter and exit all the poisonous hidden realms and dungeons within Blazing Ember City, I can also negate the corrosion of Shadow Breath inside the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon."
This poison immunity effect alone was already enough to excite Lin Mo.
What he didn't expect was, "Besides poison immunity, it actually also boosts my poison effects?"
It was also because in his previous life, Lin Mo farmed poison liquid bottles, exchanged them for Venom gear, and then immediately sold it for money, never once managing to put together even a two-piece set.
So he only knew that the Venom Set had poison immunity, but had no idea that it also increased poison effects.
At this moment, with the two-piece effect of [Immunity to a Hundred Poisons] active, Lin Mo could see in his equipment panel: The poison damage from the Venomous Crossbow's special effect, which originally added 280 poison damage per attack, had increased to 336 after the 20% bonus from the set skill.
The Poison Conversion effect of the Venom Boots had also increased from converting 0.1 Agility per 1 point of poison-type effect, to converting 0.12 Agility per 1 point.
"Just the two-piece bonus already gives a 20% increase. If I complete the full set, the bonus should reach 100%."
"That means all poison-type effects will be doubled."
Lin Mo was thrilled.
He hadn't expected the strength of this Venom Set to be this absurd.
Originally, Lin Mo collected the Venom Set only to clear the hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall. He planned that after finishing Shadow Holy Hall, if he had no further need, he would simply replace the Venom Set later.
But now Lin Mo realized that this set could completely serve as his main equipment.
At this moment, Lin Mo's desire to quickly gather the full Venom Set reached its peak.
So, Lin Mo took the final quest from Captain William of the guards—
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[Clean Up the Insect Nest (10)]:
— Difficulty Index: 600
— Description: Please enter the tenth floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace and kill the Insect Shaman · Moya, who was personally imprisoned there by the Lord of Blazing Ember City three years ago.
— Quest Progress: 0/1
— Quest Rewards: EXP +300000, Silver Coins +3, Reputation +10, William Affinity +1, Level 20 Venom Set equipment +1 (quality, slot, and class random / higher William affinity increases the chance of higher quality).
[Note: After completing this quest, players can unlock unlimited exchange of Venom Set equipment with William using poison liquid bottles.]
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"The difficulty of each of the first nine floors only increased by about 10 points each time. But at the tenth floor, it jumps straight from 500 to 600?"
Lin Mo exclaimed, "Looks like this Insect Shaman is a real deal."
As he spoke, Lin Mo stepped into the Insect Nest Underground Palace once again.
And as Lin Mo's figure disappeared into the Underground Palace yet again, in the distance, a massive group of players surged toward the Underground Palace.
"Surround the Insect Nest Underground Palace! The moment Rulebound comes out, blow him up!"
"Yes!!!"
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[Insect Nest Underground Palace, Tenth Floor]
The first nine floors were all constructed as insect lairs, lakes, and forests.
Only here did what came into view resemble the grand hall of an ancient dynasty's imperial palace.
However, the palace no longer had its former splendor.
What could be seen now was nothing but decay and abandonment.
Endless gloom shrouded the palace from all sides.
[Ding~ Player, please note! You have entered the Insect Clan Imperial Palace domain. If you continue forward, you will be hunted by the entire Insect Clan army.]
As the system notification ended, Lin Mo suddenly felt as if countless eyes were staring at him from the surrounding darkness.
Lin Mo took a step forward toward the palace.
Rustle!
The eyes in the darkness immediately began to stir.
This made Lin Mo certain, "The Insect Shaman · Moya required by the quest must be inside this palace."
"But if I want to kill him, it looks like I'll first have to deal with these little lackeys outside!"
Lin Mo discovered that lurking in the surrounding darkness were all kinds of poisonous insects from floors one through nine of the Underground Palace, including venomous spiders, venomous scorpions, venomous centipedes, and more.
Only now, all of them were level 30.
"There are too many poison insects around. If I rush straight into the Insect Clan Imperial Palace, I'll probably be torn apart instantly by the insect army."
Thinking this, Lin Mo began luring two to three poison insects at a time to the open area near the palace and picking them off one by one.
With only a level 20 golden weapon, dealing with level 30 poison insects was already slightly taxing.
Of course, what Lin Mo meant by "taxing" was that he could no longer easily wipe out groups of poison insects in one go, not that he couldn't beat them.
And fortunately, the level 20 golden boots he had just equipped perfectly made up for this shortcoming.
"Before, with just over 200 Agility, my crit rate against level 30 monsters could only stay around 30%."
"After equipping the Venom Boots, my Agility has reached 510 points."
"Let's see what kind of crit rate this 2.5x Agility increase can bring."
As he spoke, Lin Mo locked onto the three level 30 venomous spiders he had lured over.
Through SSS-tier Eye of Insight, he learned that the venomous spiders' weakness lay in the instant they spat silk, during which they entered a brief stiff state lasting about one second, reducing their defense by 20%.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The moment they spat silk,
Lin Mo repeated the same method—
Ice Snow · Extreme Cold Grasp!
Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley!
Two SSS-tier skills opened the fight, blanketing the area with firepower.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
-5335 (Critical)!
-2296 (Critical)!
-2296 (Critical)!
-2341 (Critical)!
Roar! Roar!
Accompanied by low growls, the three venomous spiders collapsed simultaneously within the extreme cold domain.
[Ding~ You have killed a level 30 Venomous Spider. EXP +6440 (161%)!]
[Ding~ You have killed a level 30 Venomous Spider. EXP +6440!]
[Ding~ You have killed a level 30 Venomous Spider. EXP +6440!]
Lin Mo carefully observed, Ice Snow · Grasp plus Seven-Star Volley had dealt a total of eight hits, and only one of them failed to crit.
"Hiss!"
Lin Mo couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, "Close to an 80%–90% crit rate?"
'Terrifying!'
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