When the level-two main cities had just opened, the Oracle officials launched an event for every level-two main city The first 10 players to enter each level-two main city would receive, for three consecutive days, double the daily purchase limit for Super Arena tickets.
Players ranked 11th to 30th would receive the same benefit for two days.
Players ranked 31st to 100th would receive one day of double ticket purchases.
Both Nether and Frost Dance had entered a level-two main city in the first wave, earning the three-day double-ticket privilege.
And before running into Lin Mo and Ning Xi in today's Couples Tournament, they had maintained a 100% win rate.
With their arena experience capped every day, their ranks had long surpassed the top tier of the ranking leaderboard, reaching Silver III.
Even so, it still wasn't enough to meet the requirements to enter the Dark Underground City.
Although, in another two days, they would steadily reach Gold through the daily Super Arena matches.
But time wouldn't wait.
"Rulebound is definitely looking for this Mo Chen too."
Nether said, "His rank has already reached Silver V. Tomorrow he'll break through to Gold and enter the Dark Underground City before us."
"If he finds Mo Chen first, this plan won't work anymore."
At that moment, however, Ji Ningshuang looked as if she had already prepared for this.
She slowly took several magic scrolls out of her backpack and said, "What if we add these?"
The moment Nether saw the scrolls, he was stunned.
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Rank Boost (Magic Scroll)
Quality: C
Description: Temporarily increases your rank by one tier after use. Lasts for three hours.
Note: Can only be used by players at Silver rank or below. Up to three scrolls can be stacked at once...
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A Silver III player could use three C-rank Rank Boost Scrolls to skip Silver IV and Silver V, temporarily reaching Gold I and meeting the entry requirement for the Dark Underground City.
Nether had thought of this long ago.
But no matter what he tried, he had never found a way to obtain C-rank Rank Boost Scrolls.
"Even Rulebound couldn't get C-rank Rank Boost Scrolls. Otherwise, he would've temporarily boosted his rank and entered the Dark Underground City early to look for Mo Chen."
Seeing not just one, but several of them in Ji Ningshuang's hand, Nether couldn't help asking in surprise, "Where did you get these Rank Boost Scrolls?"
Ji Ningshuang gave a sly smile, "You can always trust sugar daddy."
"Just like he promised he'd help you find your childhood sweetheart."
"Any other questions?"
Nether took the scrolls and said, "Yes."
"The Dark Underground City belongs to the Dark Demon race. A Black Demon Legion guards the outside of the city. If we want to get in, we'll have to deal with those Black Demons first."
"There are too many of them. With just the two of us, we might not finish clearing them even in three days. We'll need help to wipe them out quickly."
Ji Ningshuang still looked completely confident, "Don't worry. Sugar daddy has already solved that problem for us."
"We're heading straight to the Dark Underground City."
With that, Ji Ningshuang turned and set off toward the Dark Underground City.
Nether, however, remained where he stood, momentarily dazed.
He grew curious, 'Who exactly is the boss? He's capable of so much!'
'If that's the case... maybe he really can find Xin'er.'
Determination shone through Nether's guilty eyes.
'I'm sorry, Rulebound.'
'Compared to losing Xin'er, this is the only choice I have.'
After saying that, Nether hurried after Ji Ningshuang.
The two left Inferno City through the north gate.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere...
South of Inferno City stood the Divine Might Tower.
Outside the tower, countless players had gathered after hearing its reputation.
Since only a limited number of players could enter at the same time, everyone else had no choice but to wait in line.
Only when one player came out could another go in.
As a result, the queue outside had already stretched for ten thousand meters.
The sight was truly spectacular.
Passersby couldn't stop talking about it.
Passerby A: "Holy crap! Are they giving away free eggs or something? It's just a dungeon. Does it really have to be this crazy? Is there gold inside the Divine Might Tower?"
Passerby B: "I heard this territory belongs to Rulebound and Liuli, the number one players on Inferno City's Heavenly Ranking. Not only do monsters in the Divine Might Tower have a chance to drop Reputation, but if you complete kill achievements, you can also claim rewards like A-rank skill books, A-rank magic scrolls, and even Tier 5 equipment."
Passerby C: "Damn! Tier 5 equipment? Seriously? If I got one and sold it, I'd strike it rich overnight."
Passerby A: "Say no more, brothers. I'm getting in line first!"
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[Inside the Divine Might Tower]
The competition between the players of the two guilds, Chaotic World and Genesis, was still going strong.
At around three o'clock that afternoon, the second floor of the Divine Might Tower had opened.
The battlefield of the two guilds had moved from the first floor to the second.
The monsters on the first floor were generally levels 51 to 55, with only a 1% chance to grant 1 Reputation point per kill.
The monsters on the second floor were levels 56 to 60, with a 1% chance to grant 2 Reputation points per kill.
Furthermore, according to Ning Xi's achievement settings for the Divine Might Tower, killing one monster on the second floor counted as two kills.
As a result, the overall rewards on the second floor were much better.
So even though a ticket for the second floor cost 20 copper coins, twice the price of the first floor, countless players were still willing to pay.
The first floor of the Divine Might Tower was set in a rainforest.
The second floor, however, was a landscape of rolling hills.
At this moment, on one of those hills, wang Junjie was leading the Chaotic World guild players, while Liu Kai led the Genesis guild players, as both sides competed fiercely in killing monsters.
With these two around, even the independent players grinding monsters nearby didn't find the process boring.
Slash!
With one swing of his sword, Wang Junjie killed a level 58 mantis monster.
Standing on its corpse, he mocked Liu Kai, who was fighting monsters on the other side.
"My Chaotic World brothers have already killed 250,000 monsters! You guys are only at 210,000?"
"I say stop wasting your effort. Just admit defeat already, kneel down, and call me Grandpa three times!"
Liu Kai refused to back down. He shot down a monster with one arrow and shouted back, "Defeat my ass! As long as I haven't stepped out of the Divine Might Tower, I haven't lost!"
Wang Junjie wasn't in a hurry. Resting his sword on his shoulder, he said lazily, "Fine! I'll see how much longer you can keep this up!"
Just then, Liu Kai suddenly received a voice call labeled Dad.
He answered it, "Hello, Dad. What's up?"
"Huh? Right now?"
"Okay, I'll head over in a bit..."
After hanging up, Liu Kai's face instantly looked worse than if he'd just eaten shit.
He finally made up his mind, "Fine!"
"A bet's a bet. I admit I lost!"
With that, Liu Kai suddenly dropped to his knees in front of Wang Junjie and shouted three times, "Grandpa!"
"Grandpa!"
"Grandpa! Have a safe journey! Your grandson has failed you!"
Then he stood up and shouted to every Genesis player grinding monsters nearby, "Brothers, we're pulling out!"
This completely unexpected stunt left Wang Junjie utterly dumbfounded.
"What the hell!"
"???"