Chapter 187: Poison Set Upgrade! - Online Game: SSS-Tier Skills From Scratching Tickets

— Money: 2512 Gold 25 Silver 40 Copper

— EXP: 1.24 million / 18 million

[Description: You still need to work hard to become stronger (Just kidding, you're already strong enough. Slow down and leave some chances for other players)]

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"Almost a thousand points of attack increase?"

Looking at his current stat panel, Lin Mo could not help but feel excited, "My strength should have gotten quite a boost now."

In this Venomous Swamp dungeon run, Ning Xi had basically carried the whole way.

Originally, Lin Mo was worried that when they reached the next dungeon, the level 42 Corrosion City, he would be even less useful.

But now, Lin Mo was instantly full of confidence in himself.

At this moment, after consecutively clearing the two major dungeons, Snake King Island and Venomous Swamp, the execution progress of Lin Mo's A-Rank hidden quest, Eliminate the Darkness, had risen from 15% to 30%.

As for the next stop, the level 42 dungeon Corrosion City, Lin Mo was also full of anticipation.

Because, "Among the four major poison-type dungeons within Blazing Ember City, the special materials obtained all have enhancement effects on the Poison Set."

"The snake gallbladders from Snake King Island can be used to improve the Poison Set's quality; the Poison Gas Bottles from Venomous Swamp can be used to raise the Poison Set's level."

"If I remember correctly, the Corrosive Agent obtainable in Corrosion City should be used to upgrade the Poison Set's tier."

Right now, Lin Mo's Poison Set had caught up in level and quality.

Only the tier was still too low.

Tier 2, in the level 20 range, was top-tier.

But in the level 35 range, it was a joke.

"Once I secure a perfect-clear rating for Corrosion City and farm some Corrosive Agent to upgrade the Poison Set's tier, that'll be even more perfect."

However, Lin Mo did not plan to head into Corrosion City immediately.

Because he knew the difficulty of that dungeon far surpassed the previous two.

'The dungeon bosses of Snake King Island and Venomous Swamp were ultimately just Tier 2 small fries.'

'But the dungeon boss of Corrosion City will rise to Tier 3.'

'Even though my Poison Set has reached level 35, and with my current strength plus the help of SSS-Talent user Ning Xi, we shouldn't have a problem killing a Tier 3 dungeon boss.'

'But! If we want to achieve a perfect-clear rating, I'm afraid it won't be that easy.'

Only the 100% drop rate from a perfect-clear rating could efficiently collect Corrosive Agent.

Even if it dropped just one level to an Excellent rating, which only had a 30% drop rate for Corrosive Agent, Lin Mo's collection efficiency would be greatly reduced.

Originally, it might take only one day to gather enough Corrosive Agent to upgrade the Poison Set to Tier 3.

But instead, it would take three days to achieve that goal.

That extra wasted time might as well be used to repeatedly farm Venomous Swamp, continue collecting Poison Gas Bottles, and help Ning Xi raise the level of her Poison Set too.

At the same time, Lin Mo could also take this opportunity to develop his pet.

'After waiting so long, the top-tier players of Blazing Ember City are finally about to reach level 30.'

'Once they complete their job advancements and receive Pet Exchange Scrolls from their mentors, I can purchase those scrolls in bulk from them, trigger the hidden opportunity from the Pet Envoy, and obtain the server's only divine pet, The White Fox.'

Thinking of the official promotional image of it growing into the Ancestral tier and unlocking its human form, [Heavenly Bewitchment · Fox Empress], Lin Mo could not help but feel a little excited.

Checking the time, it was already six in the evening.

Lin Mo then said to Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, and the others, "Alright, break it up. Go home, go find your moms."

"We'll talk about the rest tonight."

After saying that, Lin Mo logged off first with Ning Xi.

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At the same time, elsewhere—

[North of Blazing Ember City, in the Wilderness]

[Lv30 Hedgehog Forest]

A large group of high-level players, all uniformly level 28–29 and considered first-tier within Blazing Ember City, were beating level 30 monsters, [Storm Hedgehogs], down to low health, then sending the nearly-dead hedgehogs to a warrior player to finish them off.

And that warrior was Wang Junjie.

Slash!

As Wang Junjie raised and dropped his sword, easily killing two Storm Hedgehogs with only 1 HP left.

Whoosh!

A beam of golden light fell from above his head.

Wang Junjie leveled up to 20.

He took out from his backpack the full set of Tier 2 gold-quality Poison equipment, which he had spent several million to upgrade using snake gallbladders, and equipped it.

Laughing wildly in triumph, he said, "Rulebound, so what if you killed me back to level 0?"

"Didn't I still reach level 20 in just one day?"

"Just wait! I won't let you have it easy!"

As he spoke, Wang Junjie opened WeChat and pulled Chaotic World Zhuge out of the blacklist.

He sent him a message, ["I'll give you one last chance to prove yourself. This time, if you perform well, you stay. If you don't, you can go die."]

———

At the same time, offline—

Unwilling to lose Wang Junjie, the big sponsor who had made him more money in just a few days than he could earn in a lifetime, Chaotic World Zhuge had been kneeling outside his villa the entire time.

When he received Wang Junjie's message, his heart trembled, and he instantly all smiles.

["Brother Jie! Just say the word! I absolutely won't disappoint you this time! I swear!"]

Not long after sending the reply.

The security guard at the villa suddenly said to Chaotic World Zhuge, "Young Master Wang told you to come in."

"Ah! Okay!"

Afraid of delaying even a second, Chaotic World Zhuge scrambled and rushed into the villa.

Face to face, Wang Junjie said to him, "Give me a way to deal with that NPC army under Rulebound."

The moment he heard this, Chaotic World Zhuge's heart shook.

He thought, "Deal with that level 50 thousand-man NPC army?"

'I might as well just go kneel outside again.'

Just as Chaotic World Zhuge fell into despair, Wang Junjie added a sentence that instantly lit up his eyes, "You don't have to kill them all."

"Killing one isn't a loss, killing two is profit."

"As long as you can kill more than ten, I'll let you come back as vice president of my Chaotic World Guild, and from now on I'll pay you five million a month."

Hearing this, Chaotic World Zhuge instantly felt his heartbeat accelerate, his breathing grow rapid.

Every inch of his skin trembled.

Because he realized that while wiping out the entire NPC army was impossible, killing just ten was something he was absolutely confident in.

And he understood even more clearly that what stood before him now was not just a chance to prove himself.

It was a chance to change his life.

Chaotic World Zhuge adjusted his glasses, eyes full of determination, "Alright! Don't worry, Brother Jie! Just give me a little time. This time, I'll definitely come up with a plan that will completely satisfy you!"

"If I fail again, I, Zhuge Jie, will cut off one of my own arms!"

Wang Junjie looked at Chaotic World Zhuge in disbelief, "Wait, your real name is actually Zhuge?"

Zhuge Jie: "Yeah!"

Wang Junjie: "What status do you think you have, daring to share a character with my name? Change your name tomorrow!"

Zhuge Jie: "..."

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Chapter 187 - Chapter 187: Poison Set Upgrade!