The SSS-grade passive skill Bloodbath · Iron Wall, together with the complete golden Venom Set upgraded from level 20 to level 30, pushed the durability of the Ancestral-grade Black Gold · Strong Maned Pig to an unbelievable new height.
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[Black Gold · Strong Maned Pig] (Pet)
— Quality: Ancestral Grade
— Position: Physical · Tank
— Owner: Rulebound
— Level: 30
— Physical Attack: 1590
— Physical Defense: 3370
— Magic Defense: 3240
— Mana: 5100
— HP: 148800
— Skill: Bloodbath · Iron Wall (SSS Grade)
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Nearly 150,000 HP. Combined with Strong Maned Pig's talent that reflects damage, every time it takes damage it can deal as much as 1488 points of reflected damage back to the opponent.
With the reflection reaching this level, it was already quite high.
After all, at this stage, even a level 30 second-tier Mage or Archer who ranks among the first-tier players in Blazing Ember City might not necessarily be able to deal that much damage.
And judging by their roughly 5000–6000 HP, if they so much as hit Strong Maned Pig four times, they would be killed by the reflected damage instead.
Strong Maned Pig's role, after all, was a tank.
When a tank could already output damage like this, what more could anyone ask for?
And the third effect of the SSS-grade Bloodbath · Iron Wall skill: increase recovery by 100%, combined with the second effect: automatically restore 0.5% of maximum HP every second.
That meant Strong Maned Pig could automatically recover 1% of its maximum HP every second.
At this moment, above its head a green recovery number kept popping up every second without stopping—
"+1488"
"Hiss!"
Such terrifying recovery made Lin Mo suck in a sharp breath.
You had to know: based on Lin Mo's current level 36, the highest-level potion he could use was the Level 8 Life Potion, which sold in the shop for 40 copper coins per bottle. Its recovery effect was only 10,000 HP, plus 1,000 HP per second for 10 seconds.
But Strong Maned Pig's built-in recovery effect per second had already reached 1.5 times that of a Level 8 Life Potion.
With this automatic regeneration, in future battles he might not even need potions anymore.
It had to be said, Lin Mo's SSS-grade talent Soul Flame, although not as domineering and fierce as Ning Xi's SSS-grade Supreme Nine-Five, which could display terrifying combat power directly, its configuration ability was truly powerful.
More than 3000 defense. 150,000 HP. And 1400+ recovery per second.
Strong Maned Pig's tankiness was completely maxed out.
At this time, Lin Mo stored the other items he had obtained from the lottery in the main city warehouse.
In the past, whenever he got something good, the first thing he thought about was selling it for money, all to accumulate 50 million in total recharge.
Now that Lin Mo had already achieved his cumulative recharge goal, these rare resources that money could hardly buy, high-level skill books, magic scrolls, and the like, had to start being stockpiled.
Whether it was for emergencies in the future, or to use them to train guild members when he built a guild later on, they would all be extremely useful.
At this moment, after Ning Xi finished drawing the lottery, she silently looked at the palm of her left hand.
This time, the prompt "Miracle" did not appear in her palm.
She murmured to herself, "Why was it that the last time I helped Brother Lin Mo draw the first prize, that Miracle prompt appeared..."
"But this time, when I drew the lottery, it didn't appear?"
Just as Ning Xi was puzzled and unable to figure it out, Lin Mo's voice beside her pulled her thoughts back.
"Let's go. Log off and rest first. Tomorrow we'll dive into Corrosion City."
With Lin Mo's current strength, he could already handle the level 42 dungeon Corrosion City.
But when it came to the fourth dungeon, the level 48 Scorpion Empire, and the final level 50 fifth-tier boss Dark Ruler · Liga, he still had no confidence.
He had to use the corrosive agents produced in the Corrosion City dungeon, and the crystal cores produced in the Scorpion Empire dungeon, to upgrade the grade of the Venom Set and strengthen its set skill.
Only by continuing to raise his strength step by step could he ultimately confront the Dark Ruler with a greater chance of victory.
Things could only be done gradually.
There was no rushing it.
So even if he stayed up all night tonight, it would not have much meaning.
It would be better to conserve energy and fight again tomorrow.
Thus, Lin Mo and Ning Xi used Return City Scrolls to go back to Blazing Ember City, and then logged off on the spot.
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Night fell.
Darkness covered the earth.
Everything was silent.
East of Blazing Ember City, wilderness area, Lv31 Bone Land.
"AHH!"
Along with a scream that pierced the sky.
Under the siege of five players with the ID [Blood Dance] above their heads, the level 30 second-tier Assassin youth [Long Aotian], ranked 37th on the Blazing Ember City Heavenly Ranking, collapsed into a pool of blood. A moment later, he turned into a beam of white light and drifted away.
Nearby, among the several Blood Dance players who had killed Long Aotian, a level 30 second-tier Sharpshooter girl stepped forward.
She wore a tight azure chainmail armor, perfectly outlining the girl's curvy and graceful figure.
Her skin was fair, her eyes curved slightly.
Her temperament was refined.
The girl's ID was [Ruoxi].
Looking at the spot where Long Aotian had disappeared after dying, Ruoxi let out a soft sigh.
"The blood feud between our Blood Dance and Divine Nation guilds shouldn't have dragged you people into it."
"It's just that the B-grade hidden quest over in Wind Snow City has already been found by Ming Yuexin first, and she completed it by obtaining the Snow Crystal. My sister even suffered the punishment for failing the quest because of it. The Divine Nation guild has already begun to gain the upper hand and has taken one step ahead of our Blood Dance."
"If we don't cripple all the new forces like you who are within the territory of the third-level main cities before clearing them, then once you gather together in the second-level main cities, the power of the Divine Nation guild will grow even stronger. At that point, the chances for our Blood Dance guild to overturn Divine Nation will become even slimmer."
Picking up the dozen silver coins Long Aotian had dropped upon death, along with a clearly valuable level 28 second-tier purple-quality ring, Ruoxi handed the silver coins and ring to a middle-aged second-tier Berserker man beside her named [Blood Dance Berserker], instructing him, "Return these things to him. Our Blood Dance guild only seeks revenge, not profit."
"Yes!"
Blood Dance Berserker accepted the order and immediately sent the items to Long Aotian via mail.
After a pause, Blood Dance Berserker said to Ruoxi, "Second Miss, at present within the territory of Blazing Ember City, among the ten players selected by the Divine Nation guild, three have already been poached by our Blood Dance."
"Another three who refused to leave Divine Nation have already been crippled by us."
"Now there are four people left: Dragon Soul Dusk, Dragon Soul Aoshi, Rulebound, and Liuli!"
"But Dragon Soul Dusk and Dragon Soul Aoshi each have a guild of a thousand members under them. Making enemies with the entire Dragon Soul guild just for the two of them wouldn't be worth it."
"In comparison, the other two, Rulebound and Liuli, don't have any forces under them. They're alone, which makes them easier to deal with. But the Chaotic World guild still hasn't taken action against Rulebound and Liuli. Second Miss, should we take action ourselves and cripple them first?"
As soon as Blood Dance Berserker finished speaking, Ruoxi shook her head.
"I've been observing Rulebound for a long time. This person is far from ordinary."
"Even Ming Yuexin values him so much. Her judgment can't be wrong."
"So what we need to do is make him leave Divine Nation and join our Blood Dance guild."
Hearing this, Blood Dance Berserker asked in confusion, "In that case, Second Miss, why did we still ally with Wang Junjie and guide him to kill the NPC soldiers under Rulebound, causing Rulebound to suffer a huge penalty and become crippled?"
"Rulebound's resolve is too strong. I've sent him invitations many times, even offering salary and treatment far higher than what Ming Yuexin gives him, but he rejected them all," Ruoxi said in a deep voice, "So when dealing with someone this stubborn, there's only one method."
"That is to cripple him!"
A cold light flickered in Ruoxi's beautiful eyes.
"Rulebound thinks Ming Yuexin values him, but what he doesn't know is that Ming Yuexin has always only focused on immediate benefits, never long-term considerations. Once Rulebound becomes crippled and can no longer provide value to her guild in the short term, she definitely won't keep paying a huge price to cultivate him. She'll kick him out of the guild immediately."
Blood Dance Berserker nodded.
"I understand!"
"Second Miss, you mean we wait until the Divine Nation guild kicks Rulebound out, and then we invite him to join our Blood Dance guild!"
Ruoxi said, "In Divine Oracle, strong players aren't created just by levels and equipment."
"The reason Rulebound can firmly hold the number one spot on the Heavenly Ranking is inseparable from his talent grade, awareness, and operation skills. Even if he's killed back to level 0 and all his equipment is dropped, as long as his talent and awareness remain, once our Blood Dance guild helps him a little, he'll rise again in no time."
At this point, a trace of guilt flickered in Ruoxi's beautiful eyes.
"I'm sorry, Rulebound. If you were willing to join our Blood Dance guild directly, we could even help you fight against Wang Junjie."
"But since you insist on staying in the Divine Nation guild, I can only use this method to make you see Ming Yuexin's true face, and then bring you over to our Blood Dance guild!"
Ruoxi's eyes shone like a psycho, "Once you join our Blood Dance guild, I will definitely compensate you properly for all your losses!"
"Second Miss, you really don't need to blame yourself like this!"
Blood Dance Berserker said, "Even if we hadn't pushed things along, the Chaotic World guild definitely wouldn't have let Rulebound go easily."
"What I'm worried about now is actually that Chaotic World might not be able to cripple Rulebound!"
"After all, the NPC army under Rulebound is extremely powerful. And Wang Junjie, as the richest man in Ning'an City of Jiang Province, has enormous wealth and commands a ten-thousand-member super guild. With such a huge advantage, he still keeps stumbling against Rulebound and getting played in circles. I find it hard to believe that Wang Junjie is even human…"
Ruoxi also found it a little unbelievable, but she still comforted herself.
"I think Wang Junjie prepared very thoroughly this time. It shouldn't fail again."
"Let's wait and see."
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