Lin Mo was an archer.
Ning Xi was a mage.
Both of them were backline damage dealers.
What they lacked the most was a frontline tank to take damage.
So for the first Ancestral–tier pet, Piggy Pig was the only choice.
Without another word, Lin Mo immediately evolved the pink little Piggy Pig in front of him.
[Ding~ Consumed 1 pet evolution point. Congratulations, your Normal-grade pet Piggy Pig has evolved in quality to Elite-grade Flame-Patterned Pig!]
[Ding~ Consumed 2 pet evolution points. Congratulations, your Elite-grade pet Flame-Patterned Pig has evolved in quality to Rare-grade Flame-Mane Berserk Pig!]
[Ding~ …]
[Ding~ Consumed 16 pet evolution points. Congratulations, your Legendary-grade pet Silver-Armored Rampage Pig has evolved in quality to Mythical-grade Golden-Armored Rampage Pig!]
[Ding~ Consumed 32 pet evolution points. Congratulations, your Mythical-grade pet Golden-Armored Rampage Pig has evolved in quality to Ancestral–tier Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig (Maximum Tier)!]
[T/N: Strong-Maned Pig is Zhu Ganglie from Journey to the West.]
Whoosh!
The delicate, pink Piggy Pig before him suddenly transformed into a towering pig general clad in black-and-gold heavy armor, gripping a nine-toothed rake. With sharp tusks, piercing eyes, a height of nine feet, and an overwhelming, untouchable aura, he looked like a heavenly marshal descended to earth.
"So this… is the top-tier pet in the World of Divine Oracle, the Ancestral–tier pet that not a single player in the entire world possessed in my previous life?"
Looking at the imposing Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig, who radiated such pressure that even Lin Mo, his master, felt a strong sense of oppression just standing near him, Lin Mo couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.
At the same time, a system notification rang in his ears:
[Ding~ Congratulations! As the first player in the entire Divine Oracle server to obtain an Ancestral–tier pet, you have achieved the achievement: Strongest Divine Pet! A global server announcement will now be issued. Please choose to reveal or hide your ID.]
'Global server announcement?'
Lin Mo was instantly stunned.
A global server meant hundreds of servers, facing players from countries all around the world.
Back when Lin Mo first obtained an SSS-rank skill, it had only triggered a national announcement for the Dragon Nation server.
And from what Lin Mo remembered, in his previous life he had heard no more than three global announcements in total.
"The value of an Ancestral–tier pet is actually this high?"
Suppressing his excitement, Lin Mo chose to hide his ID.
After all, this was a cross-nation announcement, a major matter.
To some extent, it was no less significant than a national military secret.
The next moment, three consecutive system announcements resounded across more than two hundred servers in the World of Divine Oracle—
[Global Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player **** from the Dragon Nation Server for obtaining the Ancestral–tier pet Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig and achieving the achievement Strongest Divine Pet. Rewards: Gold +1000, Reputation +1000, Golden Title · Supreme Lord. All players in the Dragon Nation Server receive the Favor of Fortune buff: For 7 days, pet capture success rate is doubled, and pet leveling experience requirement -30%!"]
[Global Announcement: "Ding~ …"]
[Global Announcement: "Ding~ …"]
The moment the announcement was made.
This time, the entire world erupted.
On the official Divine Oracle website, player messages from IPs all over the globe flooded in—
Players from the Sun Nation: ["Ancestral–tier pet? Did someone in Dragon Nation hack the game? Isn't Mythical-tier the highest rank for pets?"]
Players from Gods Nation: ["Is Dragon Nation really this strong? Truly worthy of being a world power."]
Players from South Nation: ["That Favor of Fortune buff is amazing! I wish I were a Dragon Nation player!"]
Players from Eastern Nation: ["So what if you have an Ancestral pet? When cross-nation war opens, you Dragon Nation monkeys will still be crushed by us!"]
Lin Mo did not care how lively the official website was.
His attention was completely focused on the achievement rewards.
1000 gold.
1000 reputation.
A golden title.
"So this is the value of a global announcement?", Lin Mo could not help but exclaim.
Suppressing his excitement, he checked the title—
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[Supreme Lord] (Golden Title)
— Title Effect 1: Permanent pet deployment slot +1
— Title Effect 2: Pet leveling experience requirement -50%
— Title Effect 3: Pet death penalty -50%
— Description: As the first player in the world of Divine Oracle to obtain an Ancestral–tier pet, you are the rightful Supreme Lord.
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"Permanent pet deployment slot +1?"
Just this first title effect alone deeply attracted Lin Mo.
According to the rules of Divine Oracle, every player only had one pet deployment slot for life.
Originally, Lin Mo planned to use Strong-Maned Pig as a temporary pet and then replace him with the server's only divine pet White Fox once he obtained it from Pet Envoy Andrew.
But this title allowed him to break the rules.
With the assistance of his SSS-rank talent Soul Flame.
He can afford to breed two Ancestral–tier divine pets at the same time.
Secondly, raising a pet required experience, equipment, and skills, just like raising a player.
It was no different from leveling a second account.
"With the title reducing pet experience requirements by 50%, even if I raise two pets at once, it's equivalent to the cost of other players raising just one."
"And with the title effect stacked with the Favor of Fortune buff, that means my pet's experience requirement is only 20% of normal?"
Lin Mo was shocked, "This golden title… it's absolutely nuts!"
Next, Lin Mo shifted his attention to the Ancestral–tier pet before him.
"Let me see just how strong an Ancestral–tier pet is, something no player in my previous life ever had."
Filled with excitement and anticipation, Lin Mo opened the pet status panel—
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[Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig] (Pet)
— Quality: Ancestral–tier
— Role: Physical · Tank
— Master: Rulebound
— Level: 0 (0/20)
— Strength: 10 (1 Strength = 3 Physical Attack)
— Agility: 10
— Constitution: 10 (1 Constitution = 100 HP)
— Endurance: 10 (1 Endurance = 5 Physical Defense + 4 Magic Defense)
— Spirit: 10 (1 Spirit = 30 Mana)
— Physical Attack: 30
— Physical Defense: 50
— Magic Defense: 40
— Mana: 500
— HP: 1000
— Skills: None
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As expected, a normal player needed 100 EXP to go from level 0 to level 1. Strong-Maned Pig only needed 20.
A normal level 0 player's five core attributes added up to around 10 total. Strong-Maned Pig had 10 in each stat, totaling 50 at base.
A normal level 0 player's physical attack and defense growth was only 1, and mana and HP growth were only 5–10.
Even Lin Mo, after his second job advancement, only had 1.8 physical attack growth.
Strong-Maned Pig's initial physical attack growth directly reached 3.
And the most terrifying part was: Strong-Maned Pig was a tank, not even a damage dealer.
At this moment, Lin Mo could not help but inhale sharply, "Ancestral–tier pets… are awesome!"
Stats and growth were only secondary.
For a pet, the most important thing was its talent.
Just like players, every pet had an exclusive talent skill.
However, pet talent ranks were defined differently from player talents.
A pet's talent quality depended on its own tier.
Which meant… As an Ancestral–tier being, Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig possessed the highest-tier Ancestral talent from the very beginning.
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