'What the hell?'
'A hidden quest?'
'A rank?'
The sudden surprise truly left Lin Mo both shocked and delighted.
He had guessed that the Shadow Codex definitely hid some kind of secret, but he never expected that what was buried inside it was actually an A rank hidden quest.
[Ding! You have ten seconds remaining to make your decision. If you fail to choose within the time limit, the system will regard it as you giving up the quest.]
As the system prompt fell, Lin Mo came back to his senses and immediately chose to accept the quest.
Fat meat delivered right to his mouth. How could he not open his mouth and take it?
After accepting the quest, Lin Mo immediately opened the quest list to take a look—
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[Eliminate the Darkness] (A rank hidden quest)
— Difficulty coefficient: 2880
— Description: The Dark Ruler, Riga, is ambitious and attempts to gradually devour the entire human race by occupying Blazing Ember City. For this purpose, he has already set up four Shadow Clan strongholds within the territory of Blazing Ember City. His existence will ultimately pose a huge threat to Blazing Ember City. Please destroy all Shadow Clan strongholds and return to the Shadow Holy Hall to kill the Dark Ruler, Riga, and eradicate the Shadow Clan.
— Quest reward: ???
— Quest failure penalty: Level -5, Reputation -500, Gold coins -500 (if insufficient, it will be owed), all attributes reduced by 40% for three days
— Remaining quest time: 7 days
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"Holy crap! 2880 difficulty?", Lin Mo was stunned.
You had to know that even the hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall quest only had a difficulty of 900.
And even that 900 difficulty quest had nearly caused Lin Mo to fail.
"Is an A rank hidden quest really this insane?"
Looking again at the quest failure penalty, Lin Mo instantly felt a chill run down his back.
It was basically a case of only success allowed, no failure permitted. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to vomiting back all the elite hidden dungeon clear rewards and going back to square one overnight.
"What's with this 'if insufficient, it will be owed?', Divine Oracle loans or what?"
But, there was no denying it.
A quest with such a heavy failure penalty also perfectly demonstrated how high its value was.
And most importantly…
"The ultimate objective of the quest is to kill the Shadow Clan leader, that level 50 tier 5 BOSS, the Dark Ruler."
"Isn't that exactly what I wanted to do in the first place?"
Before this, what Lin Mo regretted was that even if his strength went up later, he would no longer have the chance to enter the Shadow Holy Hall again to kill that BOSS.
And now, since the quest had this requirement, it meant that Lin Mo would definitely be able to obtain the qualification to enter the Shadow Holy Hall once more.
So Lin Mo checked the Shadow Codex, trying to find a way to reenter the Shadow Holy Hall.
Sure enough, he discovered that the front side of the codex was actually a map of Blazing Ember City.
On the map, surrounding Blazing Ember City, there were four red markers.
They corresponded to—
The level 32 dungeon, Serpent King Island!
The level 36 dungeon, Toxic Swamp!
The level 42 dungeon, City of Corrosion!
The level 48 dungeon, Scorpion Empire!
"Aren't these the four most famous poison type dungeons within Blazing Ember City?", The codex recorded that these were the four strongholds of the Shadow Clan.
Lin Mo needed to uproot these four strongholds, that is, clear these four dungeons, to collect Shadow Power for the Shadow Codex.
Once the Shadow Power was fully gathered, he would be able to use the Shadow Codex to restart the Shadow Gate and enter the Shadow Holy Hall once again.
In an instant, Lin Mo's blood boiled with excitement.
Because his original plan was to find another way to enter the Shadow Holy Hall and slaughter that priceless tier 5 BOSS.
And now, this Shadow Codex not only provided Lin Mo with a way to enter the Shadow Holy Hall, helping him make up for the regret of not being able to kill the Dark Ruler, it also came with an A rank hidden quest as a bonus.
Aside from that, even more crucially, within Blazing Ember City, these four major poison type dungeons that were most famous in his previous life were rich in resources and had high returns.
Even without this hidden quest, after clearing the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon, Lin Mo's next plan would have been to start tackling these four major dungeons anyway.
In other words, Lin Mo didn't need to follow the quest at all.
This quest was basically given to him for free.
"Good thing Dragon Soul Aoshi didn't notice this Shadow Codex. Otherwise, if he had taken a share of the codex, I'd have suffered a huge loss."
Thus, Lin Mo's objective instantly became clear.
"Seven days."
"No matter what, I must complete this quest!"
As soon as his words fell, Ning Xi at his side said, "Brother Lin Mo, I'll help you!"
Lin Mo looked at Ning Xi, who was innocent and pure, her eyes full of determination, and smiled, "Alright, then I'll give you the payment first."
As he spoke,
Ning Xi suddenly received a trade notification.
["Ding. Player Mo Shouchenggui has given you +1000 gold coins!"]
Ning Xi was frightened.
She hurriedly returned the gold coins, "I don't need payment, and Brother Lin Mo, this is way too much. Even if you sold me, I couldn't pay it back."
Ning Xi knew that Divine Oracle game currency could be cashed out, and that 1000 gold coins, according to the exchange rate, could be cashed out for a full nine million yuan.
Nine million!
With her salary of five thousand a month working at Listening Rain Pavilion, she would need to work for 150 years to earn that much money.
"Who said I want you to pay it back? Silly!", Lin Mo looked at the extremely green and innocent empress and couldn't help laughing, "Besides, I wouldn't have the heart to sell you."
As soon as Lin Mo said that, Ning Xi's small face instantly turned even redder.
"Out of the three Hearts of Shadow, one was provided by you. This is the share of the profits you deserve."
"Besides, I really do need your help to complete this quest, so your strength absolutely has to catch up."
Lin Mo lightly tapped Ning Xi on the forehead, "Hurry up and let me see what your talent's second stage effect is."
Ning Xi didn't know how to refuse Lin Mo, so she could only obediently nod, "Okay!"
As she spoke, Ning Xi accepted the gold coins, opened the talent interface, and began advancing her talent.
Lin Mo, meanwhile, was full of anticipation.
'Looks like every SSS rank talent in Divine Oracle can be advanced, it's just that different talents have different advancement methods.'
'My talent only needs reputation to advance, while Ning Xi's talent is purely smashed with money… the consumption is kind of hard to stomach.'
'But in a sense, the harder the advancement conditions are, the more it shows how strong the talent is, right?'
'The first stage effect was already a ten times damage boost. What kind of heaven defying effect will the second stage have?'
Under Lin Mo's anticipation, Ning Xi completed the talent advancement.
[Ding. Consumed 1000 gold coins. Congratulations, your server wide unique SSS rank talent, Nine Five Supreme, has advanced to the second stage!]
As the system prompt fell, Ning Xi's talent panel refreshed—
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[Nine Five Supreme] (Unique SSS rank talent, second stage)
— Description: The might of an emperor will cause all reputation you gain in Divine Oracle through any reward based method to increase to one hundred times, and in combat, you may consume reputation to amplify your combat power.
— Special Effect 1: Damage amplification (each normal 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: Damage reduction amplification (each time you receive an attack, you may choose to consume 1 point of reputation to reduce the damage taken by 90%)
— Special Effect 3: Not unlocked (can be unlocked when Nine Five Supreme reaches the third stage)
— Advancement requirement: 5000 gold coins
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