Following the guidance of the map, Lin Mo and Ning Xi arrived outside a forest in the western part of Inferno City.
Ahead, the vast mountain forest was filled with all kinds of strange-looking monsters.
There were short goblin warriors wearing green steel helmets;
There were scarlet man-eating ants as large as wolves;
There were giant poisonous scorpions shaped like tanks.
Their levels were all between 80 and 85.
In the eyes of players, they were all monsters.
But in reality, they were all members of the major races from the Oracle Continent, the Goblin race, Ant race, Scorpion race, and others.
The core background of the Oracle game was the war for supremacy among the ten thousand races that had grown out of the Ancient War a thousand years ago.
And according to the map's guidance, the divine altar of the God race had once been established in this very mountain forest.
So obviously, all these races had come for the divine altar.
Even though the divine altar had long since fallen into silence.
The divine aura remaining inside the altar, which could slightly strengthen the bloodline of members of lower races, was still an extremely coveted treasure to the low-level races nearby.
So, the various races were fighting fiercely throughout this mountain forest, all for the sake of fighting over the tiny amount of divine aura left in the altar.
From this, it was clear.
The status and position of the Supreme Race on the Oracle Continent were incredibly high.
Looking at the monsters fighting fiercely with one another in the forest ahead, Lin Mo said, "Looks like the first step in restarting the divine altar is to clear the area."
Lin Mo couldn't be bothered to put on an act anymore.
He directly pulled an SSS-rank magic scroll, Lethal · Spatial Annihilation, out of his bag.
The forest was filled with level 80–85 monsters.
With Lin Mo currently at level 79, Lethal · Spatial Annihilation was enough to instantly kill monsters below level 84.
The few remaining level 85 monsters could just be cleared manually.
But just as Lin Mo was about to crush the magic scroll, a prompt suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Ding~ To ensure fairness and impartiality, the God Creation Trial Area prohibits the use of magic scrolls. Please follow the rules of the God Race trial.]
Lin Mo knew that the Oracle's Supreme Races had particularly strict selection trials for their members.
If one wanted to join a Supreme Race, one had to rely on one's real abilities.
Therefore, in all of the true trials for the Supreme Races in Oracle, players could not use things like magic scrolls that allowed them to take shortcuts and win through unfair means.
He just hadn't expected...
"The invigilators are already this strict before the trial even starts?"
Looking at Lin Mo, who was holding the magic scroll but couldn't use it and had a pained look on his face, Ning Xi laughed and said, "Brother Lin Mo, it's a closed-book exam. No cheating allowed."
Lin Mo awkwardly put the magic scroll back into his bag, "Mm, looks like I'll have to do it manually."
As he spoke, Lin Mo took the fifth-tier golden weapon Phantom World · Wrath of Thunder off his back and activated the set skill Wrath of Thunder.
At the same time, he summoned the Ancestral-grade Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig and the Divine Descent Seraph · Siya.
At the same time, Ning Xi also gripped the sixth-tier golden Hell · Yama Staff and activated the set skill Hellfire.
She simultaneously summoned the Ancestral-grade Heavenly Bewitching Fox Empress · Ah Li.
The next moment, the two SSS-rank talent users surged into the mountain forest with their powerful strength.
The operation to clear the divine altar began.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As the Divine Descent Seraph · Siya locked onto a level 80 goblin warrior ahead and raised her delicate hand, golden light surged from the Eternal Heart on her wrist.
SSS-rank Blood Devouring · Life Sacrifice!
SSS-rank Punishment · Angel's Judgment!
SSS-rank Corrosion · Poison Blood Art!
While attacking the goblin warrior, she triggered the special effects of the Eternal Heart and Eternal Eye, continuously activating healing and buffs for her teammates.
In the blink of an eye, the four layers of buffs on Lin Mo, Ning Xi, and their respective pets were all maxed out.
Attack +9907!
Physical Defense +4272!
Magic Defense +4469!
Max HP +31824!
At the same time, the effect of Eternal Love was triggered.
The goblin warrior attacked by the Divine Descent Seraph · Siya also received the same four buffs.
Except that on an enemy, the four buffs became four debuffs.
The next moment, with their strength at its peak, Lin Mo and Ning Xi unleashed their full firepower.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
With the tenfold casting speed + tenfold damage of the SSS-rank talent Supreme Emperor, Ning Xi instantly cast three SS-rank skills.
Fireball!
Ice Spike!
Hurricane!
-2418360!
-2388880!
-2399760!
The three level 81–82 man-eating ants locked onto by Ning Xi were instantly killed.
The Empress's damage was still far too brutal.
At the same time, Lin Mo also began to exert himself.
He locked onto a poisonous scorpion ahead.
SSS-rank Ice and Snow · Grasp of Extreme Cold!
SSS-rank Burning Heaven · Blazing Starfire!
SSS-rank Armor Break · Heart-Piercing Arrow!
-349582 (Critical Hit)!
-326974 (Critical Hit)!
-423980 (Critical Hit)!
After three SSS-rank skills, he could only kill a single level 82 poisonous scorpion with a million-plus HP.
Compared to her, Lin Mo was starting to struggle.
Seeing how enormous the gap between himself and Ning Xi was, at this moment, Lin Mo's desire to complete the SS-rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, as soon as possible and obtain the eighth-tier set reward reached its peak.
"Looks like I'll only be able to turn things around with this eighth-tier equipment."
Next, the Divine Descent Seraph · Siya continuously extended the duration of the four buffs on Lin Mo, Ning Xi, Ah Li, and Strong-Maned Pig through damage feedback.
This kept Lin Mo and the others in a buffed state without interruption.
Siya's role was ultimately support, so her burst damage was naturally inferior to that of the assassin-type Heavenly Bewitching Fox Empress · Ah Li.
Being able to keep the buffs on everyone continuously active had already allowed her to display her full potential.
Ah Li's true-damage burst was as fierce as ever.
She could freely switch between her nine-tailed fox and human forms. She entered in her nine-tailed fox form, then transformed into human form, her figure moving like a phantom as she cut through the monster horde.
Ancestral quality with extremely high attribute growthm
A complete set of exclusive Heavenly equipment.
All SSS-rank exclusive skills!
At her peak, Ah Li swept across the entire battlefield with large amounts of extremely high white damage reaching several hundred thousand.
There were truly too many monsters in this mountain forest.
Without being able to use a magic scroll to clear the entire map in one go, Lin Mo and Ning Xi had spent the entire morning and had only cleared about 50% of the area.
To completely eliminate all the monsters and restart the divine altar, they would probably need another afternoon.
Seeing that it was almost noon, there was no need to rush the divine altar mission.
Lin Mo said, "Let's log off and eat first. We'll continue this afternoon."
"Okay!", Ning Xi nodded.
They crushed the Return City Scroll and returned to Inferno City.
Before logging off, Lin Mo checked his friends list.
He found that Zhang Long still hadn't logged on.
He had already been offline for more than 13 hours.
Lin Mo faintly had a bad feeling, "Could his identity as a mole have been exposed, and he was dealt with by the Boss like Tyrant was?"
But Lin Mo still felt that Zhang Long should have had something he wanted to tell him last night.
"What exactly did you want to tell me?"
Carrying this question with him, Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged off.
———
Zhao Lingyun had already been transferred from the hospital ward back home.
That way, she could log into Oracle while recovering.
After all, Oracle consumed mental strength, not physical strength.
As for the all-purpose Ning Fei, he was taking meticulous care of Zhao Lingyun while also investigating information about the "Boss."
After all, he couldn't exactly treat his brother-in-law like a machine.
At noon, Lin Mo personally cooked.
He stir-fried several dishes and made a tomato and egg drop soup.
His cooking, which looked, smelled, and tasted excellent, made Ning Xi admire him immensely.
"Wow! Brother Lin Mo, I've known you for so long, and only now did I find out that you're this good at cooking."
Lin Mo smiled with a "See? Can't get enough of me now, can you?" look and said, "It's nothing."
The moment lunch was ready, Ning Fei came out of the room.
Excitedly, he said to Lin Mo and Ning Xi, "Sis, brother-in-law, I found traces of the Super God Guild here in Inferno City."
"According to internal information from the Super God Guild, they're about to launch a trial mission targeting all the new recruits they've recruited from Inferno City."
"Nether and Frost Dance will personally be responsible for supervising this trial mission."
"Besides that, it's said that another core member of the Super God Guild was specially teleported to Inferno City from another main city. Judging from the information, this person may very well be the 'Boss'."
"The trial is this afternoon."
"The trial location is Dark Night Spirit City in the southern part of Inferno City."
Hearing this news, Lin Mo's expression turned cold.
"Looks like it's time to meet you guys."
"The Super God Guild."