Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the human race's level-three main city, Blazing Ember City, two beams of white light descended.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged into the game at the same time and appeared inside the city.
[Announcement(Blazing Ember City): "Ding~ The number one player on Blazing Ember City's level rankings, Rulebound, is now online!"]
[Announcement(Blazing Ember City): "Ding~ The number one player on Blazing Ember City's reputation rankings, Liuli, is now online!"]
As soon as the system announcements went out, players both inside and outside the city erupted in an uproar.
[Player A: "Huh? The number one on the level rankings and the number one on the reputation rankings, two top Heavenly Ranking bosses, logged in at the same time."]
[Player B: "I heard Liuli was killed back to level 0 not long ago over in Shadow City by people from the Chaotic World Guild, all to protect Rulebound."]
[Player C: "Wow! Looks like these two Heavenly Ranking number ones have an unusual relationship! It's just a pity about this Liuli. Her level reset to zero, three days of effort wasted, everything has to start over again."]
Looking at Ning Xi beside him, whose level had returned to zero, Lin Mo said with some guilt, "I'm sorry. It's all because of me that you ended up at level 0."
Ning Xi shook her head and smiled, "It's okay, Brother Lin Mo. It's not your fault. If my level drops, I can just level up again."
Lin Mo nodded, "I'll take you to level."
"Okay!"
"Oh right," Lin Mo said, "Can you let me take a look at your talent?"
In his previous life, everyone knew that the female emperor Xi Yue of the Great Xia national server possessed one of the very few unique SSS-grade talents among tens of billions of players worldwide.
But as for what that talent actually did, it had always been a mystery in the eyes of countless players.
"Sure!"
As Ning Xi displayed her talent panel to Lin Mo without any hesitation,
Lin Mo, carrying a slightly excited mood, finally saw it. After his own Soul Fire, the world's second SSS-grade talent—
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[Nine-Five Supreme (Unique SSS-Grade Talent · First Stage)]
— Description: The majesty of an emperor will increase any reputation you gain in Divine Oracle through any reward-based means by 100 times. Additionally, in combat, you may consume reputation to temporarily boost your combat power.
— Special Effect 1: Damage Amplification (Each basic attack or skill attack may choose to consume 1 point of reputation to increase the damage of that attack by ten times)
— Special Effect 2: Locked (Unlocked when Nine-Five Supreme reaches the second stage)
— Advancement Requirement: 1000 gold coins
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'Holy crap!'
'Truly worthy of being the female emperor.'
Just the name Nine-Five Supreme alone was filled with imperial dominance.
And after seeing Ning Xi's talent effects, Lin Mo couldn't help but shout inwardly.
He had guessed that Ning Xi's talent boosted reputation gain, but he never imagined it would reach such a terrifying level as one hundred times.
And what was even more terrifying was that, just like what Lin Mo had observed of Empress Xi Yue in combat in his previous life, her talent could indeed consume reputation to temporarily amplify combat power.
But even so, Lin Mo never expected this damage amplification effect to reach such a horrifying tenfold increase.
'Ten times amplification. What kind of concept is that?'
For example, an archer's E-grade Ice Arrow had a 110% damage coefficient. But with a tenfold amplification, the final damage coefficient would reach 1100%.
And you had to know that even Lin Mo's own SSS-grade Ice-Snow Extreme Grip only had a damage coefficient of 700%.
If this tenfold amplification were applied to SSS-grade Extreme Grip… 7000% damage.
Using an E-grade skill like an SSS-grade skill.
One SSS-grade skill worth ten of someone else's SSS-grade skills.
'This is just… too damn broken!'
'If SSS-grade talents aren't nerfed, how is anyone else supposed to play?'
Lin Mo couldn't help but shout inwardly again.
If the girl who had given Ning Xi the Divine Oracle helmet knew that Ning Xi had awakened such a top-tier SSS-grade talent through the helmet she gave her, what would she think?
"Brother Lin Mo, is my talent very strong?"
Faced with Ning Xi's sincere question, Lin Mo looked at her innocent, harmless face and thought to himself, 'Doesn't look like she's pretending. She seems to know her talent is good, but she doesn't understand its real value?'
'Mm, that's good! Otherwise, if you really understood it, I probably wouldn't even be able to keep you under control.'
So Lin Mo cleared his throat and shamelessly spouted nonsense with a serious face, "Mm, it's okay. But compared to mine, it's still a bit worse."
"What's your talent, Brother Lin Mo?", Ning Xi asked curiously.
Lin Mo smiled, "Secret!"
"Oh right," Lin Mo then deliberately scared her a bit, "Remember this. The players in this game aren't as friendly as you imagine. Your talent absolutely cannot be known by anyone except me. Otherwise, because of other people's jealousy, it could bring us deadly disaster."
"In the future, try to stick with me in the game. Don't run around alone. I'll protect you."
It wasn't entirely just to scare her.
What Lin Mo said was true.
Ning Xi, with the words innocent, naive, harmless, and easy-to-deceive practically written all over her eyes, nodded seriously, "Okay! I'll remember it, Brother Lin Mo."
Looking at the female emperor who obediently listened to everything he said, Lin Mo felt indescribably satisfied.
Ding!
At that moment, Su Muqiu suddenly sent a game message, ["Lin Mo, you finally logged on."]
["The boss thought you ran off. If I hadn't stopped him, he almost issued a kill-on-sight order on you to the entire guild."]
Only then did Lin Mo remember. After finishing the dungeon, he had logged off immediately out of worry for Ning Xi.
He hadn't even had time to split the loot with Dragon Soul Aoshi.
In the battle at Shadow City, the Dragon Soul Guild had been wiped out to protect Lin Mo, suffering heavy losses.
It was only natural that Dragon Soul Aoshi had complaints.
So Lin Mo immediately contacted Dragon Soul Aoshi and told him to come to the east square of the city to split the loot face to face.
At the same time, Lin Mo opened the quest panel.
Excited, he clicked submit on the dungeon quest he hadn't had time to turn in earlier.
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the elite hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall quest: Path of Confrontation! You have obtained the dungeon clearance rewards: Level +3.3 (Includes 10% bonus from the purple title Hidden Player, same below), Reputation +550, Gold coins +550, Level 30, Tier 3, orange-quality Shadow Set (full eight-piece set, profession selectable) ×1, A-grade Mage Skill Book: Shadow Storm ×1, A-grade Warrior Skill Book: Sword Shadow Storm ×1, S-grade Magic Scroll: Skill Expansion ×1!]
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two consecutive beams of golden light descended from above Lin Mo's head.
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching level 29…]
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching level 30. All five attributes +1, free attribute points +3, skill slot +1! Please note: You have reached the current level cap. Please complete your second-class advancement to break the level limit (any excess experience will be stored).]
Thump!
Thump!
At this moment, Lin Mo could clearly feel his heart rate spike.
"Is the first-clear reward for a hidden dungeon really this insane?"
You had to know, this was only an elite-grade hidden dungeon.
And above elite grade, there were still rare grade, epic grade, legendary grade, mythic grade, and more.
Lin Mo was genuinely shocked by these generous rewards.
And right after the shock came excitement and wild joy.
Because—
"My fifty-million cumulative recharge goal… it looks like it might actually be happening?"
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