Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Five beams of white light fell as Lin Mo's five-man team entered the dungeon, appearing in a vast swamp with soft, sinking mud.
[Ding~ System reminder: The Venom Swamp dungeon has a special terrain structure. Do not stay in the same spot for more than 10 seconds, or you will sink into the mire! The swamp continuously releases toxic gas, causing sustained poison damage.]
[Ding~ Poison Set skill "Immunity to All Poisons" has taken effect. You are immune to 3% of your maximum HP poison damage per second.]
"Holy crap! I'm actually sinking!", Qin Feng noticed that just three seconds after entering, half his leg was already stuck in the swamp. He jumped up in shock.
It had to be said, compared to the level 32 Snake King Island, this level 36 Venom Swamp was not just four levels higher.
The overall difficulty had clearly stepped up a whole tier.
Luckily, all five of them had Poison Sets, neutralizing the biggest threat: the poison gas that dealt 3% max HP damage per second.
They only needed to keep moving to avoid being swallowed by the swamp.
At this moment, Ling Xiao checked the official guide and said, "According to the official dungeon guide, Venom Swamp is similar to Snake King Island. It's divided into four clear ratings: Normal, Medium, Excellent, and Perfect. The rating affects the drop rate of Poison Gas Bottles from dungeon monsters."
"To get a Perfect clear, the mission must be completed within thirty minutes."
Lin Mo said, "Then thirty minutes it is. Quick battle, quick finish."
That simple sentence from Lin Mo sounded like thunder in Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, and Xia Wanwan's ears.
At this stage, even clearing Venom Swamp at all was almost impossible for ordinary players.
But for Lin Mo, only a Perfect clear guaranteed a 100% Poison Gas Bottle drop rate, letting him upgrade the Poison Set faster and boost his strength.
And this time, Lin Mo's goal was not just one Perfect clear.
He wanted all ten clear rewards from Venom Swamp.
'Back on Snake King Island, the ten clears earned me over six million.'
'Venom Swamp is more valuable. The total value of ten clears will definitely exceed Snake King Island, more than six million.'
Thinking of this, Lin Mo felt a surge of excitement.
He immediately searched his past-life memories for the detailed dungeon strategy, information not even released by the officials, and quickly mapped it out in his mind.
Following the strategy, Lin Mo led Ning Xi and the others.
In just two and a half minutes, they found the lost Human Mage in Venom Swamp: Nora.
From her, they successfully received the dungeon quest—
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[Seeking the Light] (Venom Swamp Exclusive Quest)
— Difficulty: 1150
— Description: To fight against the Shadow Clan, the Human Mage Nora ventured alone into Venom Swamp, attempting to eliminate the giant lizards now ruled by the Shadow Clan. However, the Giant Lizard Lord stole her Holy Light Staff, leaving her powerless and trapped in the swamp. Players must retrieve the Holy Light Staff for Nora and eliminate the giant lizards in Venom Swamp…
— Quest Progress: 0/300 (Giant Lizards), 0/1 (Giant Lizard Lord), Holy Light Staff (0/1)
— Rewards: EXP +6,000,000, Reputation +30, Silver Coins +30, Poison Gas Bottles +10, extremely low chance of random E-rank Skill Book or Magic Scroll +1…
— Time Limit: None
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300 level 36 Giant Lizards!
One Boss-level Giant Lizard Lord!
All within thirty minutes.
"This one's a bit tough."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Ning Xi lifted her staff, "Then let's start now."
"Alright."
As he spoke, Lin Mo took the Venomous Crossbow off his back and entered combat mode.
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[Offline]
[Ning City First People's Hospital]
Inside a ward—
Wang Junjie, who had been hospitalized overnight after getting so angry, had just begun to recover under the careful "comfort" of several young nurses.
At that moment, Chaotic World Zhuge suddenly sent a message, ["Brother Jie, Rulebound has started pushing the level 36 Venom Swamp dungeon."]
["After last night's battle, our members were all killed down to single-digit levels. The guild is basically crippled. Plus, that NPC army is always guarding him. We can't stop him anymore."]
["I'm afraid he's going to monopolize the ten Venom Swamp clear rewards just like he did with Snake King Island."]
Reading this, Wang Junjie sat up from his hospital bed, face twisted, furious.
["So what the hell are you saying? You came just to tell me I can't do anything to Rulebound now?"]
["Trash strategist! Trash! I officially inform you, you're fired! Get lost! Don't ever let me see you again!"]
With that, Wang Junjie directly blocked Zhuge.
Then he tagged everyone in the Chaotic World guild group and posted, ["Everyone take your money and get lost! You're all kicked out!"]
After that, he disbanded the guild group.
He collapsed onto the bed like a puddle of stagnant water.
From the launch of Divine Oracle until now, he had poured in endless money. Endless effort.
After paying such a huge price, in the end he achieved nothing. Not only did he gain nothing, he was even killed back to level 0.
All those days of hard work had gone to waste.
Wang Junjie was so angry he felt like grinding his teeth to dust.
His hatred toward Lin Mo had reached its peak.
"Damn Rulebound, I'm going to kill you!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
"There has to be a way to kill you!"
"Who can help me kill Rulebound!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie looked at the terrified nurses huddled in the corner of the ward and shouted, "You! Go kill Rulebound! I'll give each of you ten million!"
His nearly deranged state frightened the nurses so badly that they ran out of the ward in panic.
"Damn it! All useless!"
"Not one of you is good for anything!"
Just as Wang Junjie was fuming, a text message suddenly popped up on his phone from an unfamiliar Imperial City number:
[187****9130: "Hello, Young Master Wang. Interested in discussing a cooperation?"]
With nowhere to vent his anger, Wang Junjie grabbed the chance and fired back immediately, ["Discuss your ass! Not interested!"]
["Get lost, scammer!"]
["Stop harassing me!"]
A moment later, another message came.
[187****9130: "I know you're troubled about how to deal with Heavenly Ranking's number one, Rulebound. I can give you an idea. Guaranteed fatal. Overnight, he'll fall to rock bottom with no chance of recovery."]
[Wang Junjie: "Now I'm a bit interested again! Let's hear it?"]
[187****9130: "Let's talk in person, Young Master Wang. I'm waiting for you at the tavern in Blazing Ember City!"]
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