'200% poison effect increase?'
'200% poison immunity?'
'100% poison penetration?'
When he saw the effects of the skill Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, Lin Mo was stunned.
Everyone knew: the most powerful part of the Venom Set lay in the poisoning effect attached to its set skill, one that could not be dispelled.
Because the equipment attributes of all eight pieces of the Venom Set had to work together with the poison status to achieve their best effect.
But once everyone put on the Venom Set, the equipment wasn't that impressive anymore.
Because the Tier-2 Venom Set skill, Hundred Poisons Immunity, had 100% poison immunity, which perfectly countered the poison effect.
That meant when both sides were equipped with the complete Tier-2 Venom Set, their set skills would cancel each other out and neither would take effect.
But now—
"After my Venom Set skill was strengthened into Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, it gained an additional 100% poison penetration effect, which can break through the 100% poison immunity of Hundred Poisons Immunity."
"In other words, the Tier-2 Venom Set's Hundred Poisons Immunity will have no effect on me, but my Tier-3 Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity can ignore poison immunity and completely suppress anyone equipped with the Tier-2 Venom Set."
And that wasn't all.
Lin Mo discovered that after the set skill was upgraded, the attribute effects on all eight pieces of venom equipment he was wearing had also improved.
Weapon · Poison Damage: All attacks deal an additional 280 → 500 poison damage to poisoned enemies.
Ring · Poison Break: When attacking poisoned enemies, ignore 300 → 500 points of the target's defense.
Necklace · Poison Kill: When attacking poisoned enemies, consume 10 mana to deal an additional 300 → 550 poison damage, and restore 150 → 300 mana upon killing a poisoned enemy.
Belt · Poison Blood: Killing a poisoned enemy restores 1500 → 2500 HP.
Pants · Poison Immunity: Damage taken from poisoned enemies is reduced by 300 → 500 points.
Clothes · Poison Reflection: When damaged by a poisoned enemy, the enemy falls into deep poisoning, losing 200 → 400 HP per second for 3 seconds.
Shoes · Toxin Conversion: For every 1 point of poison-type effect the wearer has, it converts into an additional 0.1 → 0.2 Agility.
Helmet · Poison Body: When attacking or being attacked by poisoned enemies, increase your defense by 20 → 40 for ten seconds, stacking up to ten times.
These were only the base effects.
After receiving the 200% amplification from the set skill Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, all of the above equipment attribute effects would become three times stronger.
Moreover, the original Hundred Poisons Immunity only inflicted a poison that drained 1 HP per second on enemies, which was basically decorative, existing only to make it easier to trigger the poison-related effects attached to the equipment attributes.
But now, Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity could deal damage equal to 1% of the enemy's maximum HP every second.
Just standing still, even a Level 200 opponent could only last 100 seconds.
"After the upgrade, the effects of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity are just completely insane."
This wave of improvements could be called an unprecedented, across-the-board upgrade.
Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh.
"Looks like those four million were more than worth it."
Before he knew it, the time had already settled at 9 PM.
From noon until now, he had been running all over the territory of Blazing Ember City, killing bosses everywhere without stopping.
Lin Mo planned to take Ning Xi out for dinner first, then continue improving his strength tonight to prepare for the ultimate boss, Dark Ruler · Riga.
So the two of them crushed their Return Scrolls, returned to Blazing Ember City, and logged out.
———
[Offline]
[Ning'an City, Tianyuan Residence Community]
"Hoo!"
Lin Mo took off his helmet and let out a long breath.
"Eighty-four days left before Divine Oracle descends."
"Even though the world of Divine Oracle has everything. As long as you have enough gold coins and become rich, you can experience a life that's no different from reality, maybe even more interesting."
"But some delicacies in the real world still can't be perfectly recreated in Divine Oracle."
"So before Divine Oracle descends, I'd better go eat more good food."
With that, Lin Mo walked out of his bedroom and knocked on Ning Xi's door next door.
"Little Xi, let's go out and eat!"
'Little Xi?'
Being called that so affectionately by Lin Mo for the first time, Ning Xi suddenly felt a strange flutter in her heart.
She replied, "Okay! Brother Lin Mo, wait for me a bit. I'll change clothes!"
"Alright, I'll wait in the living room."
Lin Mo sat on the sofa in the living room. With nothing to do, he picked up his phone and started browsing the Divine Oracle official website, planning to see the current situation in the various Tier-3 main cities.
But unexpectedly, the gossip ended up being about him.
[The No.1 God-Ranked Player of Human Blazing Ember City Solo Kills One Hundred Bosses in a Single Day!]
A post with this title had rushed into the top ten of the trending list.
The netizens of this generation were incredibly active.
But as the saying goes, people don't rise early without profit.
Th is game, Divine Oracle, had indeed supported quite a few bloggers in the real world.
Even if their own gameplay wasn't great, they could gather valuable information from the Divine Oracle world, edit it, and post it online, easily gaining a huge amount of traffic.
Since he had come across a post about himself, he might as well go take a look.
So Lin Mo clicked into the post.
The blogger had attached a system announcement screenshot, proving the authenticity without doubt.
The comments below were all kinds of things, full of praise, admiration, respect, and worship for Lin Mo.
Honestly, Lin Mo felt pretty great reading them.
"Hmm, looks like my charm isn't bad!"
Just as Lin Mo was completely immersed in the netizens' praise and couldn't pull himself out, a gentle, sweet voice suddenly came from beside him.
"Brother Lin Mo, let's go."
He looked up and realized Ning Xi had already changed her clothes and come out of her room at some point.
Every time she went out with Lin Mo, even if it was just for dinner, Ning Xi would carefully dress up.
This time was no exception.
Right now, Ning Xi was wearing a green dress, her shoulder-length hair softly framing her face, giving off an elegant and gentle aura.
Automatically associating her with her previous life identity as the Empress admired by hundreds of millions, the No.1 female player in the Dragon Nation national server, even Lin Mo found it hard to take his eyes off her at this moment.
Until—
Grrr!
The sound of Ning Xi's stomach growling pulled Lin Mo back to reality.
Ning Xi's face turned red. She tried to cover the embarrassment with her voice.
"Brother Lin Mo, let's go eat…"
Lin Mo saw through it but didn't say anything, smiling instead.
"Alright, let's eat."
———
[Capital of Dragon Nation, Imperial City]
[Cemetery]
In front of a gravestone—
Two girls dressed in black, both breathtakingly beautiful and identical in appearance, placed flowers down and stood with lowered heads.
"Sorry, Dad. We came to see you so late."
As soon as the older sister Han Ruoli finished speaking, the younger sister Han Ruoxi said with firm determination in her eyes, "My sister and I have never given up. Don't worry, Dad. We will definitely avenge you, bring down the Ling family, and make Ling Xue pay the price."
The two sisters bowed deeply to the gravestone before leaving the cemetery with heavy hearts.
"In the real world, we can't topple the Ling family or take revenge on Ling Xue. Divine Oracle is our only chance."
At that moment, the older sister Han Ruoli asked Han Ruoxi, "How is the handling of the new power of the Divine Nation Guild in Human Blazing Ember City going?"
"I changed my mind, Sister," Han Ruoxi said.
"Originally, I wanted to use the Chaotic World Guild to get rid of the No.1 God-Ranked player, Rulebound. But this Rulebound is highly valued by Ling Xue, and he keeps creating miracles, server-wide announcements, first dungeon clears, even solo killing one hundred bosses in a single day."
"Rulebound is a talent worth training. I want to recruit him into our Blood Dance Guild. That way we'll have a better chance against the Divine Nation Guild under Ling Xue."
Han Ruoli immediately saw the situation clearly.
"This man probably won't be easy to recruit. Otherwise, he would already be on our Blood Dance Guild member list."
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Han Ruoxi's eyes flickered.
"My original plan was to wait until the Chaotic World Guild crippled Rulebound and Ling Xue kicked him out of the guild. Then we'd take the opportunity to recruit him."
"But after thinking about it, if Rulebound really gets crippled, that would be such a waste. Even if we could spend more resources later to help him rise again, it would still greatly limit his development."
"Mm," Han Ruoli said, "That can only be the last resort. The best outcome would be to let him keep his current state and join our Blood Dance directly."
Han Ruoxi nodded, "The last few times I contacted him through messages, and he rejected me. This time, I'm planning to meet him in person and try to persuade him."
As she spoke, Han Ruoxi's moist eyes were filled with fury and hatred.
"Divine Nation Guild, I will destroy you."
"Ling Xue! You killed my father and took everything that belonged to our Han family! You used the flesh and blood of our Han family to build the walls of your Ling empire!"
"Everything the Ling family has today, every position of power they hold, should have belonged to our Han family!"
"Your identity and authority should have been mine and my sister's!"
"The hatred for killing my father and stealing my Han family, I, Han Ruoxi, will make you repay it in blood!"
Han Ruoli knew her younger sister had an impatient temperament. With such deep hatred weighing on her heart, she might sometimes even resort to extreme measures.
She couldn't help feeling worried.
"No matter whether you succeed or fail, never sacrifice yourself. If anything happens, tell me immediately."
"Don't worry, Sister. I know my limits."
———
On the other side—
After dinner, Lin Mo and Ning Xi returned home.
On the way, Ning Xi accidentally twisted her ankle.
So Lin Mo carried her on his back.
Ning Xi wrapped her arms around Lin Mo's neck and gently rested her head on his shoulder. Feeling the warmth of his body, waves of warmth rose in her heart.
After returning home, Lin Mo placed Ning Xi on the sofa, brought some pain killers, and crouched in front of her, carefully and gently applying medicine to her ankle.
During the whole process, Ning Xi sat there like a well-behaved little rabbit, quietly watching Lin Mo the entire time.
"How can you be this clumsy?", Lin Mo sounded like he was scolding her.
But his eyes were filled with concern.
"Brother Lin Mo."
Ning Xi suddenly looked at Lin Mo and called out softly.
Just as Lin Mo raised his head, unsure what she meant, Ning Xi suddenly leaned forward.
Her soft lips pressed against Lin Mo's.
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