[Announcement (Blazing Ember City): "Ding~ Attention all players: The second round of Blazing Ember City ranking events has ended. Congratulations to player Liuli for ranking first on the Reputation Board; congratulations to player Rulebound for ranking first on the Equipment Board; congratulations to player Hero of Troubled Times for ranking first on the Wealth Board. All other ranking rewards have been sent to players' mailboxes. Please claim them yourselves."]
Midnight, a sudden system announcement lit up the mood.
According to the rules, the Reputation, Equipment, and Wealth boards were revealed 24 hours after the Level Board.
And now, it had been exactly 24 hours since Rulebound first reached level 30 and unlocked the Level Board.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Offline, Wang Junjie was jolted awake by a frantic phone call. He picked up, and Chaotic World Zhuge's voice came through, ["Brother Jie, the rankings are out. Congrats on getting first place on the Wealth Board. Log in and do your lottery draws."]
Buzz!
Hearing this, Wang Junjie instantly lost all sleep. He jumped up in excitement.
"Hahaha!"
"I'm drawing first prize! I'm getting a divine artifact!"
"I'm about to rise!"
He immediately logged in.
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[Online, in Blazing Ember City]
The moment Wang Junjie entered the game, he saw that with a massive 54,250 gold coins, he sat firmly at first place on the Wealth Board.
Unshakable.
Even Lin Mo could only sit behind him with just over 2,300 gold.
In a sense, this was probably the first time Wang Junjie had ever "beaten" Lin Mo.
Looking at Rulebound ranked second beneath him, Wang Junjie laughed wildly.
"You think you're so capable? Didn't expect to see the day you're stuck behind me eating my dust!"
"Hahaha! Once I pull a couple first prizes and grab a limited divine artifact or forbidden spell skill book, I'll crush you!"
He quickly opened his mailbox and claimed his Wealth Board first-place rewards: 300,000 RMB cash, 100 Reputation, 3 lottery draws.
The cash and reputation meant nothing to him.
All his focus was on the lottery.
Under the watchful eyes of his newly recruited Chaotic World Guild members, Wang Junjie rubbed his hands and spun the wheel.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you won Seventh Prize: Gold +5!]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you won Seventh Prize: E-Rank Skill Book +1!]
[Ding~ Congratulations, you won Seventh Prize: Normal-grade Pet Egg +1!]
Three spins, three lowest-tier seventh prizes.
The smug smile on Wang Junjie's face froze. He exploded in rage.
"Are you kidding me? I spent that much money, collected that many gold coins just to take first on the Wealth Board!"
"And you give me this trash?"
"Official, I—"
[System: "Ding~ Detected abusive language toward the system. You are muted for 30 minutes!"]
Bang!
Overcome with anger, Wang Junjie's brain went blank. His body stiffened, and he collapsed to the ground.
Around him, the newly recruited Chaotic World Guild members remained unmoved.
"Guild leader fainted. Should we help him?"
"He doesn't look mentally stable. What if he scams me later?"
"With that much gold, why didn't he split it among people and take first through tenth place rewards?"
"That's why I said he's not too bright."
"Yeah… seems like it."
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[Venom Swamp Dungeon]
After a night of grinding, Lin Mo and Ning Xi had successfully collected enough Poison Gas Bottles to upgrade Ning Xi's and Strong-Maned Pig's Poison Sets from level 20 to level 30.
Right at that moment, they received the system message about ranking rewards.
For Lin Mo, it was double happiness.
Through mail, Lin Mo claimed first on the Equipment Board, second on the Wealth Board, and second on the Reputation Board.
Total rewards: 840,000 RMB cash, 840 reputation, and 7 lottery draws.
Ning Xi received first on the Reputation Board and third on the Equipment Board.
Total rewards: 540,000 RMB cash, 54,000 reputation (100x bonus from Nine-Five Supreme), and 5 lottery draws.
Next came the most thrilling moment.
As usual.
"Let Su Yingxia stay single for fifty years. Let me pull one more first prize."
[T/N: LMAO!]
After praying, Lin Mo and Ning Xi spun their wheels.
Unfortunately, no miracles this time.
Still, overall luck wasn't bad.
Between the two of them, they pulled:
5 seventh prizes, 4 sixth prizes, 2 fifth prizes, and 1 fourth prize.
Among them was something Lin Mo urgently needed.
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[Iron Bones] (Pet Skill Book · Passive)
— Rank: E
— Requirement: Tank, Warrior types
— Effect: Max HP +5%
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This came from a sixth prize.
In Divine Oracle, pet skill books were far more valuable than player skill books.
And Iron Bones was practically tailor-made for Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig.
Like players, pets consumed skill slots to learn skills, unlocking one slot every 3 levels.
With limited slots, Lin Mo had already decided to sacrifice Strong-Maned Pig's damage potential and fully build him into a high-HP, high-defense tank.
Using SSS-Rank Soul Flame, Lin Mo began evolving Iron Bones.
[Ding~ Consumed 1 skill evolution point. Iron Bones evolved from E to D rank!]
[Ding~ Consumed 2 skill evolution points. Iron Bones evolved from D to C rank!]
[Ding~...]
[Ding~ Consumed 64 skill evolution points. Iron Bones evolved to SSS-Rank—Bloodbath · Iron Wall!]
Lin Mo stared at the SSS-ranked skill that had evolved step by step from E-rank.
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[Bloodbath · Iron Wall] (Pet Skill · Passive)
Rank: SSS
Requirement: Tank, Warrior types
Effect 1: Max HP +100%
Effect 2: HP recovery effects +100%
Effect 3: Restores 0.5% of max HP per second automatically
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Even though Lin Mo already had five SSS skills himself, he was still stunned by the power of this SSS pet skill.
"Who would've thought a passive skill could be this broken."
Whether passive or active, equipping an SSS skill required 8 skill slots.
After a full night of grinding, under the 20% EXP requirement, Strong-Maned Pig had already rocketed to level 30.
Unlocking one slot every 3 levels, he now had 10 skill slots.
Without hesitation, Lin Mo directly taught Strong-Maned Pig the SSS skill Bloodbath · Iron Wall.
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