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[Heavenly Fire] (White Fox Exclusive Talent)
— Quality: Normal → Elite
— Effect 1: Every time the white fox deals damage to an enemy, it releases heavenly fire to burn the target's soul, dealing additional true damage equal to 1% → 2% of the target's maximum HP (this damage cannot exceed 10% → 30% of the white fox's attack power).
— Effect 2 (New): Enemies damaged by the white fox have their HP recovery reduced by 20% for 3 seconds (cannot stack).
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Percentage-based HP cut + healing reduction.
"This is bad…"
Seeing the effect of Ah Li's talent after growth, Lin Mo immediately felt worried for Strong-Maned Pig, "Originally Ah Li only slightly countered Strong-Maned Pig, now it's a moderate counter."
"At this rate, when Ah Li grows to the Ancestral level, she'll completely counter Strong-Maned Pig."
As soon as he said that, Ning Xi couldn't help but laugh, "Relax, Brother Lin Mo, Ah Li won't counter Strong-Maned Pig, because they're teammates and will never become enemies."
Already very familiar with Strong-Maned Pig, Ah Li suddenly jumped onto his shoulder armor and softly murmured to the somewhat dejected Strong-Maned Pig, who had lowered his head, ["Brother Strong-Maned Pig, you'll always be Ah Li's best friend."]
Strong-Maned Pig's fragile little heart was instantly comforted.
He said, "Roar! Roar!"
Next, the two of them focused on the exclusive skill and exclusive equipment:
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[Heaven-Burning Art] (White Fox Exclusive Skill)
— Quality: C-rank (this skill's quality increases as the white fox's quality improves)
— Skill Effect: Summons a heavenly art that continuously burns the enemy's soul, automatically dealing damage equal to 50% of the talent's damage effect once per second for 10 seconds
— Skill Cost: Consumes 26 mana per second
— Cooldown: 10 seconds (cooldown starts after the skill ends)
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As expected of an exclusive skill.
"This Heaven-Burning Art perfectly complements Ah Li's Heavenly Fire talent."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Ning Xi said happily, "This exclusive weapon also fits Ah Li's talent perfectly."
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[Heaven-Slaying Blade] (White Fox Exclusive Weapon)
— Contract Equipment: None (can form a contract with any assassin weapon; after contracting, it inherits that equipment's level and quality)
— Level: ?
— Quality: ?
— Attributes: ?
— Exclusive Effect: Each time Ah Li uses the Heaven-Slaying Blade to deal damage to an enemy, it additionally triggers one instance of 10% talent damage (increases based on the grade of the contracted equipment)
[Note: This equipment is bound to Ah Li and cannot be dropped or traded.]
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Following the prompt, Ning Xi linked Ah Li's currently equipped Venom Blade with the Heaven-Slaying Blade to form a contract.
In the next moment, the Heaven-Slaying Blade perfectly inherited the Venom Blade's level, tier, and quality.
It became a level 50 Tier 3 gold equipment.
Ning Xi said in surprise, "With the same level and quality, the Heaven-Slaying Blade's base attack is 10% higher than the Venom Blade."
"And the exclusive effect has improved too. Every time Ah Li deals damage to an enemy, it additionally triggers 50% of the talent's damage effect."
Lin Mo's eyes were filled with envy.
Looking at Strong-Maned Pig, he couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Pig, it'd be great if you also had exclusive skills and exclusive equipment."
In theory, he should have them.
After all, Strong-Maned Pig's original form, Piggy Pig, also belonged to a race on the Divine Oracle continent: the Black Gold Clan.
If the Heavenly Fox Clan had such things, why wouldn't the Black Gold Clan?
It was just that how to obtain the Black Gold Clan's exclusive equipment and skills was a question worth thinking about.
"Once we continue and complete Ah Li's next growth mission, we should be able to get more exclusive skills and other pieces of exclusive equipment."
Lin Mo said to Ning Xi, "Try activating Ah Li's next growth mission."
"Okay."
Ning Xi herself was also very much looking forward to it, and immediately activated Ah Li's second-stage growth mission:
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[Return to the Rightful Owner] (White Fox Ah Li's Exclusive Second-Stage Growth Mission)
— Quality: D-rank hidden mission
— Difficulty Coefficient: 2980
— Description: After the destruction of the Heavenly Fox Clan, the clan's treasures were looted and divided. Please retrieve the Heavenly Fox Clan's lost treasure, the Fox Clan Sky Lantern, from the Dark Underground City.
— Mission Time: 10 days
— Mission Reward: Ah Li's quality increases, Elite → Rare, and the third-stage growth mission will be unlocked. Other rewards: ???
[Note: If the mission fails, Ah Li will permanently lose the ability to grow in all subsequent stages.]
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First saving clan members, then retrieving the clan's treasure.
"Looks like the whole chain quest is about reviving the Heavenly Fox Clan," Lin Mo thought.
If that were the case, it wouldn't be bad.
At that point, Ah Li would undoubtedly become the new leader of the Heavenly Fox Clan.
Which would also mean that Ning Xi, as Ah Li's master, would indirectly gain the authority to command the entire Heavenly Fox Clan.
Thinking about it that way, Lin Mo felt an even stronger urge to quickly complete all the growth missions and help Ah Li reach the Ancestral level [Heavenly Charm · Fox Clan Empress].
So he opened the map of Inferno City and took a look.
Searching for [Dark Underground City], he found that the map clearly marked the entry requirement: Gold rank required.
Given that Lin Mo and Ning Xi were currently only at Bronze IV Rank, there was still an entire Silver tier between them and Gold.
It seemed far out of reach.
But in reality, "If we complete all ten solo, duo, pet, and five-player matches every day, and win them all, we can gain 120 arena EXP per day."
"At this rate, we can reach Gold rank in as little as six days."
Ning Xi nodded, "This mission gives us ten days. After spending six days to raise our rank, we'll still have four days left to complete the mission."
More than enough.
Of course, that was also because this mission had fallen into the hands of Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
If it were in the hands of ordinary players, even completing the first-stage E-rank mission would be extremely difficult.
It was said that in his previous life, the Beacon Nation player who obtained the divine pet White Fox had exhausted every effort and only managed to complete the first and second stages of the growth missions.
The third-stage mission failed, causing the White Fox to be permanently stuck at Rare quality.
"Before reaching Gold rank and advancing into the Dark Underground City, we might as well focus on the Hall of Yama for now."
With that in mind, he checked the time.
Before he knew it, it was already past five in the afternoon.
As the saying goes, nothing matters more than eating.
No matter how urgent things were, they still had to eat first.
So Lin Mo said to Ning Xi, "Let's log off and eat. We'll come back tonight to clear the Second Hall."
"Okay!"
The two of them immediately crushed their return scrolls and disappeared from the Hall of Yama.
After returning to Inferno City, they logged off on the spot.
And just as the two had disappeared from Inferno City, among the nearby passing crowd, a sharpshooter player with the ID [Storm Rain] happened to notice them. His eyes instantly lit up.
Opening his friend list, Storm Rain immediately sent a message to a friend named [Tyrant], ["Guild leader, I found Rulebound and Liu Li! They just logged off."]
Ding!
Tyrant replied, ["Keep an eye on their logout location. As soon as they log in, inform me immediately."]
"Yes!"
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