[The capital of Dragon Nation, Imperial City]
The towering Ling Group headquarters shot straight into the clouds.
Pedestrians passing by nearby all looked up at the luxurious and imposing skyscraper with admiration in their eyes.
Joining the Ling Group and becoming an employee of the Ling enterprise was the dream job countless office workers longed for.
[10 A.M.]
A top-tier supercar worth over a hundred million, a globally limited edition, roared as it drove into the underground parking garage of the Ling building.
With long hair over her shoulders and a black OL skirt that perfectly showed off her figure, Ling Xue stepped out of the car in high heels. Her long, round, fair legs carried her to the elevator.
As soon as she reached the top-floor conference room, she heard a burst of noisy chatter coming from inside.
But the moment Ling Xue stepped into the meeting room, every voice instantly stopped.
Only after Ling Xue took her seat at the president's position did the executives present, all high-level managers with K7 rank in the company, dare to speak again.
"President Ling, the Blood Dance guild is getting more and more arrogant!"
"They don't dare clash with us head-on, but behind the scenes they're targeting our Divine Nation guild everywhere!"
"The twelve new guild recruits we just brought in at the Beast race's third-level main city, Shadow City, five of them were deliberately killed over five times by Blood Dance players. Their levels dropped like crazy! In the early stage of the game, level is everything. They were directly knocked out of the Heavenly Ranking and basically crippled!"
"Over in the Elf race's Sky City, three new recruits just joined and already submitted resignations. There's a big chance Blood Dance was behind that too!"
"Blood Dance is suppressing the new blood of our Divine Nation guild across all third-level main cities just to slow down our development!"
"Compared to our Divine Nation guild, the overall strength of Blood Dance isn't worth mentioning! But the key problem is their people are spread across all the major third-level cities. It's obvious they planned this in advance!"
"Meanwhile our Divine Nation's main force is all concentrated in Wind Snow City. Before everyone gathers in the second-level main cities, our guild power in the other third-level cities is too weak to fight Blood Dance."
"If all the new recruits we brought in across those cities get wiped out, the development of our guild will definitely be heavily affected!"
While the executives sitting around the table panicked like ants on a hot pan, restless and anxious, Ling Xue, however, looked completely unconcerned.
Holding a cup of coffee, she said casually, "Blood Dance? Just a bunch of clowns. Not worth worrying about."
"If they leave, they leave. If they get crippled, so be it. After all, this was only my first round of preliminary screening."
"No rush. The game has only just begun."
"In fact, for me this is actually an opportunity. Perfect timing to use Blood Dance to help me filter out the good from the bad."
As she spoke, Ling Xue looked at everyone in the room and gave an order.
"Activate a 24-hour assessment system. Anyone who passes Blood Dance's screening and manages, by any means necessary, to kill three or more Blood Dance players within 24 hours, submit the kill records and their rank will be promoted to K2."
Taking a small sip of coffee, Ling Xue set the cup down and continued, "Also, put some focus on protecting Rulebound in the Human race's Blazing Ember City. Just make sure he stays safe until he clears the third-level main city."
"Anyone else can run into problems."
"But Rulebound absolutely cannot."
"I want to see an unharmed Rulebound in the second-level main city."
Under Ling Xue's commanding voice that tolerated no disobedience, the executives all responded at once.
"Yes, President Ling!"
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[Blazing Ember City]
Whoosh! Whoosh!
White light scattered. Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged in at the same time.
They called over Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, and Qin Feng, and the five of them headed out through the north gate.
On the way, Qin Feng asked, "Brother Mo, where are we heading?"
"The Corrosion City dungeon."
The moment those words came out, the others, barely just over level 30, felt their backs turn cold.
"Holy crap! A level 42 dungeon?"
"I'm only level 30. Won't one monster skill just instantly kill me?"
Right after Qin Feng said that, Ling Xiao replied, "You're overthinking."
"You don't need any skill. A basic attack can kill you."
Qin Feng: "..."
Xia Wanwan didn't care at all.
"What are you scared of? We've got Senior Lin Mo and Sister Liuli, the two Heavenly Ranking number ones leading us. We just lie down and get carried!"
At that moment, Lin Mo said to Ning Xi, "Let's team up for the first half hour and clear it with a perfect rating, then we'll split up and lead separate teams."
Now that Lin Mo had the Ancestral pet Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig, his combat power had doubled. Soloing the level 42 Corrosion City dungeon would be no problem.
And he had already done the calculations.
After using the Poison Gas Bottles last night to upgrade Ning Xi's Venom Set to level 30, with her current strength plus the tenfold damage effect of her SSS talent Supreme Nine-Five, her damage was enough to instantly kill the level 42 dungeon monsters.
Even if a monster managed to hit her, the 90% damage reduction from Supreme Nine-Five was more than enough to tank it.
So if Ning Xi soloed Corrosion City, it would actually be more stable than Lin Mo doing it.
The only issue was that the dungeon boss this time had been upgraded from tier 2 to tier 3, making it a bit troublesome.
So if they wanted to clear the dungeon within half an hour and get the perfect rating, Lin Mo still needed to team up with Ning Xi for the first run.
After that, the two of them would each lead a team, and the dungeon efficiency would double.
That's right. This time, Lin Mo's goal was still to take all ten rounds of Corrosion City dungeon rewards. In short, maximizing the profits.
After being reborn, before Divine Oracle devoured the real world in three months, Lin Mo had two main goals in this life. The first was the 50 million cumulative recharge, which had already been completed.
The second was to build the strongest guild in Divine Oracle.
Not only so he could secure a place for himself in the world of Divine Oracle and never again be alone or oppressed by guild forces like Chaotic World or Divine Nation.
But also to deal with the catastrophe that would come three months later when Divine Oracle descended, a disaster later called by future generations: The Death Era.
Yes, three months later, when Divine Oracle descended, it wouldn't simply be a matter of the game merging with reality.
Lin Mo remembered it clearly.
'The catastrophe, also known as the great reshuffle of humanity, would wipe out one-third of all elderly, weak, sick, or disabled players worldwide. Over 90% of guild forces would collapse.'
'The remaining 10% of guilds that successfully resisted the catastrophe would undergo evolutionary cleansing afterward and all be promoted. Without exception, they would become the top-tier guilds in the later stage of Divine Oracle.'
'So before Divine Oracle descends in three months, I have to create a guild capable of resisting the catastrophe. And at the same time use the catastrophe's cleansing to gain the highest-level promotion and build the strongest guild in Divine Oracle.'
Thinking back to that catastrophe from his previous life still made Lin Mo uneasy.
But at the same time, he was also full of anticipation for the evolutionary cleansing after it ended.
As for the huge amount of money needed to create a guild and build a force, the one hundred million Lin Mo currently had was barely a drop in the bucket.
So Lin Mo teamed up with Ning Xi and brought Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, and Xia Wanwan into the dungeon.
[Ding~ You have entered the level 42 dungeon Corrosion City. Please find the dungeon mission and complete it according to the mission instructions to clear the dungeon!]
[Ding~ Corrosive Breath is continuously eroding you. You will receive poison damage equal to 5% of your maximum HP per second (Venom Set skill Hundred Poisons Immunity has taken effect, poisoning damage negated)!]
As the system voice fell, the five of them were teleported by the system into a desolate city filled with the stench of decay.
"Ugh! What is that smell? It stinks!", Xia Wanwan frowned.
"Rotting corpses," Ling Xiao said, "There's probably nothing more unbearable in this world than the smell of corpses."
Hearing that made everyone's scalp tingle.
The timer had already started the moment they entered the dungeon.
Relying on memories from his previous life, Lin Mo quickly led Ning Xi and the others to find the NPC soldier Jini, who was imprisoned in Corrosion City, and received the dungeon mission: Kill the Corpse King.
The mission itself was pretty much the same as the previous two dungeons.
Kill 300 dungeon monsters, defeat the boss, and rescue the NPC hostage.
The difference was that the monsters this time were level 42 Rotting Corpses.
And the boss had reached tier 3, The Corpse King.
Ning Xi always got into action faster than Lin Mo.
She raised her Venom Staff and immediately opened with her ultimate.
Elemental Mage E-rank ultimate, Blizzard!
Whooooosh!
In an instant, violent winds howled and a blizzard descended.
Up ahead, a huge area was instantly covered in snow.
Several level 42 Rotting Corpses standing within the blizzard zone suddenly had huge crimson damage numbers popping above their heads—
-10120!
-10120!
-10120!
In a blink, the five Rotting Corpses inside the Blizzard skill area were instantly killed.
Behind her, Qin Feng and the others immediately sucked in cold air.
"Holy crap! That's the Elemental Mage E-rank ultimate Blizzard? Why is it so insanely strong?"
Only Lin Mo knew the truth.
Ning Xi's ultimate Blizzard was indeed E rank. But its actual killing power had already surpassed Lin Mo's SSS ultimate, Annihilation · Storm Arrow Rain.
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