Lin Mo checked the divine artifact's stats:
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[Black Dragon Emperor Ring] (Divine Artifact):
Quality: SS Rank
Holder: Rulebound
Effect 1: Holder's normal attack damage increased by 203.25% (Every time the holder kills a physical-type monster not lower level than themselves, damage ratio permanently increases by 0.0001%)
Effect 2: Holder's normal attack speed increased by 203.25% (Every time the holder kills a magic-type monster not lower level than themselves, attack speed ratio permanently increases by 0.0001%)
Note: Every time the holder kills a player, both normal attack damage and attack speed ratios permanently increase by 0.0001%
Description: The imperial ring once personally worn by the Black Dragon Emperor, ruler of the Black Dragon Clan, one of the supreme races of the Divine Oracle Continent. It possesses unmatched power. The Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon, one of the Black Dragon Emperor's three guardians, could no longer endure the Black Dragon Emperor's brutal rule, and while escaping the Black Dragon Clan, secretly took the Black Dragon Emperor Ring while the emperor rested.
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In just one short hour, the five thousand-plus players from the five guilds had each died around twenty times at Lin Mo's hands on average.
That added up to roughly one hundred thousand kills in total.
If calculated based on the Black Dragon Emperor Ring's original growth rate, where each player kill permanently increased normal attack damage and attack speed by 0.01%, then this many kills should have been enough to strengthen both damage and attack speed ratios to over 1000%.
But Lin Mo discovered that the Black Dragon Emperor Ring used a tiered enhancement system.
In other words: when the bonus to normal attack damage and attack speed was below 100%, each increase was 0.01%.
After exceeding 100%, each increase dropped to 0.001%.
Once the bonus passed 200%, the increase dropped again to 0.0001%. And so on.
Before starting to strengthen the Black Dragon Emperor Ring, Lin Mo had thought, 'A divine artifact with no enhancement limit, where just casually killing monsters gives 0.01% growth… this thing is way too broken.'
'It doesn't feel like something the official developers would make.'
But now that he looked at it this way, it actually made sense.
"Although the Black Dragon Emperor Ring has no enhancement cap, and in theory its bonus effects can grow forever, every 100% is considered one stage. After reaching a stage, the enhancement difficulty for the next stage increases tenfold."
"That really fits Divine Oracle's design philosophy."
Still, with the Black Dragon Emperor Ring's current bonuses, Lin Mo was already extremely satisfied.
After all...
'A normal player's basic attack is fixed at 100% attack power damage. But with the Black Dragon Emperor Ring's 203.25% bonus, every one of my normal attacks now deals 303.25% damage.'
Lin Mo was satisfied. Because under normal circumstances, even an A-rank single-target skill in the world of Divine Oracle only had around a 300% damage coefficient.
Which meant every one of Lin Mo's future normal attacks was basically equal to an A-rank skill.
Most importantly: Lin Mo did not need to specially spend time and effort strengthening the Black Dragon Emperor Ring.
In the future, while doing daily quests, leveling up, killing monsters, and engaging in player battles at any time, the Black Dragon Emperor Ring would keep strengthening at the same time.
Even though the enhancement difficulty had already become extremely high at this point, as time continued to pile up, the Black Dragon Emperor Ring would always keep growing stronger.
One day, it would definitely reach the point where a single normal attack from Lin Mo could deal damage equal to an SSS-rank skill.
Lin Mo could not help sighing from the bottom of his heart, 'The SS-rank divine artifact of the Black Dragon Clan, one of the supreme races of Divine Oracle, is seriously powerful.'
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this. Ling Xue walked over with her arms crossed and raised her brows at Lin Mo with a smile, "So? Do you like this SS-rank dragon treasure, along with the set equipment and proficiency scrolls?"
"Thank you for your support, President Ling."
Lin Mo always believed Ming Yuexin could not possibly treat him this well for free.
He wanted to know what Ming Yuexin's real goal was.
So he naturally asked, "President Ling has invested so much into raising me. Is there something you need me to do for you?"
"You think if I treat you well, there has to be a reason behind it?", Ling Xue said somewhat sadly, "Can't it just be pure admiration?"
After pausing for a moment, Ling Xue continued, "Alright, actually there really is an opponent I need your help dealing with."
'As expected.'
'I knew Ming Yuexin wouldn't spend so much money investing in me and even give me the SS-rank dragon divine artifact she worked so hard to obtain.'
'So from the beginning, Ming Yuexin planned to train me and use my hands to deal with this so-called opponent of hers.'
Of course, this was normal logic.
Lin Mo did not think anything strange about it.
Just like how Lin Mo used his clone to recruit Black Night and Zhao Ling'er. Besides changing their tragic fate from his previous life, he also wanted them to become his right-hand helpers and fight alongside him in the world of Divine Oracle.
If Ling Xue truly wanted nothing and only treated Lin Mo well for no reason, that would have been the scary part.
No one would treat another person well for absolutely no reason.
So Lin Mo continued asking, "Who does President Ling need me to deal with?"
Ling Xue fell silent for a moment. A trace of worry appeared in her beautiful eyes as she said to Lin Mo, "I can't tell you yet."
Lin Mo's expression became grim for a time.
From the concern in Ling Xue's eyes and the meaning behind her words, it was enough to show that she meant Lin Mo's current strength was still not enough to help her deal with that opponent.
Lin Mo could not help feeling suspicious.
If Ling Xue did not clearly understand Lin Mo's exact strength, then her concern would make sense.
But the strength Lin Mo had shown just now had been witnessed clearly not only by Ling Xue, but by every player in Divine Nation Guild present.
A full set of Tier 5 gold equipment.
An entire skill list of SSS-rank skills.
An Ancestral pet.
A single normal attack capable of instantly killing a fully healed third-class knight.
One person enough to stand against five thousand-player guilds.
Unless the opponent Ling Xue spoke of was not a player, otherwise, with Lin Mo's current strength, he could not imagine any player in the world of Divine Oracle he could not handle.
At this moment, Ling Xue continued speaking to Lin Mo, "When the time comes, I'll tell you."
Lin Mo did not ask further.
Thinking about how he would still need Ling Xue to continue investing in him later, while also using her talent to obtain more SS-rank dragon treasures like the Black Dragon Emperor Ring, Lin Mo expressed his position to Ling Xue, "If President Ling ever needs anything, I'll always be ready to help."
Ling Xue nodded.
She raised her head and looked at Lin Mo deeply before saying, "Lin Mo, we…"
Before Ling Xue could finish speaking, Ning Xi hurried over from the other side, "Brother Lin Mo, are you alright?"
Without avoiding anything, Lin Mo reached out and rubbed Ning Xi's head. Looking at Ning Xi, whose eyes were full of worry for him, he smiled and said, "I'm fine."
"But you, next time, put your own safety first. Don't make me worry."
Just like earlier, when Ning Xi used herself to hold back the five guilds.
For now, Divine Oracle was still just a game, so the consequences were not too serious. At worst, dying only meant losing levels.
But once Divine Oracle descended into reality more than two months later, in a situation like that, Ning Xi would be facing the line between life and death.
Looking at Lin Mo worrying about her, in the eyes of outsiders, Ning Xi was like an unyielding empress. Yet only in front of Lin Mo did she become as gentle as a little kitten. She obediently nodded and said, "Mm, Brother Lin Mo, I understand."
At this moment, Lin Mo looked back at Ling Xue, "President Ling, what were you saying just now?"
Ling Xue looked at the two standing closely together and lost focus for a moment.
After coming back to herself, she changed her words, "Nothing… it's late already. Lin Mo, Sister Liuli, you two should log off and rest early."
"Alright, President Ling. Then we'll head off first."
Watching Lin Mo leave while holding Ning Xi's hand, Ling Xue looked downcast.
Still, as the president of Ling Group and the guild leader of Divine Nation Guild, Ling Xue had strong self-control and would not become trapped by feelings.
After only a short moment, she recovered.
She asked Sun Yang, "How's the situation at the blood mine?"
Sun Yang shrugged, "The moment we left, Wang Junjie led Chaotic World Guild in and took it over."
"But after three days of nonstop mining from me, we already successfully collected three hundred Blood Crystals. That amount is enough to trigger the hidden quest from Miner Foreman Lyle in Inferno City."
Sun Yang lifted his chin proudly, "Hurry up and praise me!"
He Xiao immediately gave a thumbs up, "Holy shit! Yangzi is awesome!"
Lin Miaomiao happily said, "That means we don't need to waste effort on Chaotic World Guild anymore. Tonight we not only wiped out the five guilds and got a huge amount of loot, we also secured this hidden quest. Double good news."
Knowing Ling Xue was in a bad mood, Lin Miaomiao deliberately signaled at her with her eyes, "Sister Ling, shouldn't you treat us to a meal?"
Zhao Jun: "Same old rules? Barbecue skewers and some drinks?"
Sun Yang: "Whose house?"
He Xiao: "Obviously President Ling's house. Her place is so luxurious, and the swimming pool is so white Damn, I mean the swimming pool is so big! Perfect timing too, we can swim a couple laps after eating!"
Zhao Jun: "I don't even want to expose you. You think we don't know you just want to look at legs?"
He Xiao: "Yeah right, like you two didn't look last time."
Sun Yang: "I really didn't look! I wasn't even there last time!"
"Good things shouldn't go to outsiders! If we don't look now, once Ling Xue gets married in the future, besides her husband, we won't get another chance."
"Sigh! Wonder which guy will get lucky enough to enjoy that for life in the future."
Even though she knew they were deliberately trying to cheer her up, Ling Xue still could not help laughing.
"Let's go log off."
"Come to my house."
"I'll let you look at my legs."
"∑(〟OОO) Re…really?"
"Fake."
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