After all, Ling Xiao and the others were still college students. Once the weekend was over, their priority had to return to their studies. They couldn't stay logged into the game all day like professional players.
Since they still had classes in the morning, at five in the morning the group returned to the city and logged off.
"From last night at eight to eight this morning, there are only three hours of the double buff time left. I need to take advantage of this window and get as many venom bottles as possible."
Thinking this, Lin Mo headed alone into the tenth floor of the underground palace, continuing to kill poisonous insects and collect venom bottles.
And with Wang Junjie helping clean up the mess, Lin Mo's motivation was even stronger.
Because for every batch of poisonous insects he farmed, he could steadily harvest six venom bottles.
At three to four batches per minute, that meant two pieces of Venomous equipment per minute.
Even if calculated at the bare minimum of Tier 1 white gear, sold to Wang Junjie at ten times the market price, two pieces still meant a steady ten thousand yuan.
Ten thousand yuan per minute. Who wouldn't get dizzy from that?
If luck was good and a green or blue piece dropped, the value would multiply several times over.
Although Lin Mo also knew that relying on selling the Venomous set wasn't a long-term solution.
Because once Wang Junjie had bought enough and didn't want any more, or once other players in Blazing Ember City also had the strength to enter the underground palace to farm, the value of the Venomous set would plummet.
But at least for now, Lin Mo was the only absolute monopoly holder of the Venomous set in the entirety of Blazing Ember City.
So, "While I can still make money, make more."
"While I can still suck blood, suck harder."
While farming poisonous insects, Lin Mo took a look at the Blazing Ember City rankings.
Level Ranking No. 1: Level 26 Apprentice Archer Rulebound, still completely unshakable.
A full four levels ahead of second place, Dragon Soul Dusk.
Equipment Ranking No. 1, No. 2, No. 3: Level 20 Tier 2 gold Venomous Crossbow, Venomous Chainmail, Venomous Boots, all owned by Lin Mo.
[Wealth Ranking No. 1: Hero of Troubled Times, holding 13,589 gold coins]
"What a lunatic. Buying so many gold coins and letting them depreciate in his bag?"
But the crazier Wang Junjie was, the more Lin Mo loved it.
This ranking was where Lin Mo was a bit weaker.
With only 20 gold coins in assets, he ranked tenth.
If he hadn't sold those 200 gold coins earlier, he might have been able to stabilize within the top three.
Aside from that, there was also the Reputation Ranking.
[First place: Liuli, Reputation held: 10,258 Points]
"Holy crap!", Lin Mo couldn't help shouting, "What kind of monster is this?"
"How did she get so much reputation? This is way too absurd! She's cheating, right?"
At this moment, Lin Mo suddenly seemed to understand why people had always said he was cheating before.
Turns out that when someone sees combat stats in a game that are beyond their own comprehension, their first instinct really is to think the other person is cheating.
"Liuli, oh Liuli, just who are you exactly?"
"You've really got me curious."
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this and momentarily distracted.
With a careless "whoosh," a Extreme Cold Grasp shot straight into a large insect swarm.
Instantly, it alerted over a dozen poisonous insects.
Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!
Amid furious roars, more than a dozen level 30 poisonous insects charged straight at Lin Mo.
"Oh, shit!"
Just as Lin Mo was starting to panic.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless arrows gleaming with cold light flew over Lin Mo's head and rained down into the swarm ahead.
Immediately after.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Ice spikes filled the sky, forming a massive hailstorm that blanketed the insect swarm.
Accompanied by a flood of damage numbers in the dozens to low hundreds, all of the poisonous insects fell into slowed or frozen states.
Although the damage wasn't high, the control effects they inflicted provided Lin Mo with an excellent output environment.
Taking advantage of this, Lin Mo raised the Venomous Crossbow.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With his massive 512 Agility, attack speed maxed out, arrows fell like rain.
-1129 (Critical)!
-1129 (Critical)!
-1129 (Critical)!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Ice arrows and ice spikes continued to fall, maintaining control over the swarm and creating a perfect damage window for Lin Mo.
In no time at all, more than a dozen poisonous insects were completely wiped out.
Clatter! Clatter!
A large pile of venom bottles dropped to the ground.
At this moment, Lin Mo turned around and saw that the ones who had stepped in to help him wipe out the swarm were actually Dragon Soul players.
And the leader among them was none other than the second-ranked player on the Blazing Ember City Heaven Ranking, the level 23 Archer Dragon Soul Dusk.
Seeing his former brother-in-law, Lin Mo felt an inexplicable sense of long-lost familiarity.
After all, back then, Su Muqiu had truly treated Lin Mo very well, like family bound by blood.
It was just a pity that now, their stances were different…
Just then, Su Muqiu suddenly spoke to Lin Mo, "Lin Mo, I'll give you one last chance."
"My sister… she's still waiting for you!"
At first, Lin Mo actually felt somewhat touched that Su Muqiu had rushed all the way up to the tenth floor of the underground palace and brought people to help him kill poisonous insects.
But Su Muqiu's words instantly made Lin Mo feel disappointed.
Lin Mo let out a cold laugh and said, "My stance is already very clear."
"There's no longer any possibility between Su Yingxia and me."
"And besides, I have an agreement with your boss, Dragon Soul Aoshi. Are you planning to defy orders today?"
Su Muqiu's expression burned fiercely, "The boss isn't here. What I say here goes!"
"Kill!"
With Su Muqiu's command.
Behind him, five to six dozen Dragon Soul archers and mages, all with an average level of 21 and fully equipped with high-grade Venomous set gear, raised their bows and staffs and entered combat mode.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, ice spikes and ice arrows rained down from the sky.
Just as Lin Mo's expression hardened and he prepared to resist.
He suddenly realized that those arrows and spells flew straight over his head and landed directly behind him, striking a swarm of poisonous insects that had come rushing in.
While Lin Mo was still a bit stunned, he heard Su Muqiu shout, "We can only help you with crowd control. Our damage can't keep up. The rest is up to you."
Lin Mo turned back and saw several poisonous insects deeply trapped in the slow and freeze control effects of the mages' and archers' E to D-rank Ice Spike and Ice Arrow skills.
Seizing the moment, Lin Mo drew his bow and fired an SSS-tier Ice Snow · Extreme Cold Grasp, followed by Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley, unleashing a powerful burst.
Then he followed up with ultra-fast basic attacks, damage maxed out.
In an instant, he shot down all seven poisonous insects.
The battle ended.
Su Muqiu walked over to Lin Mo's side.
In a solemn, earnest tone, he said, "I'll apologize to you on my sister's behalf."
"But I also hope you can understand. She's my sister, the one who protected me and raised me since childhood. So no matter when or under what circumstances, I will protect my sister."
"Your stance, I already understand. From now on, regarding matters between you and my sister, I won't interfere anymore."
"Today, I'll help you farm venom bottles, just take it as making up for the debt my sister once owed you."
After saying this, Su Muqiu gave an order to all the Dragon Soul guild players present.
"Everyone, focus on Rulebound. Go all out and help him kill poisonous insects!"
"Yes!"
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