"A-rank divine artifact?"
The sudden system notification made Lin Mo's breathing heavy.
But thinking about it again: Something that could store the soul of the dead and revive them through specific conditions.
In the Divine Oracle world, something with such heaven-defying effects was probably only possible with a high-tier divine artifact.
So Lin Mo took a look at the priceless A-rank divine artifact in his hand.
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[Soul Gem] (Divine Artifact)
— Grade: A-rank
— Owner: Rulebound (temporarily granted, will be reclaimed by Pet Ambassador Andrew after unsealing the White Fox)
— Effect 1: A treasure born in hell, possessing the heaven-defying power to store the soul of a target who has died within 60 minutes, and bring them back to life.
— Note: Any target can only have their soul stored and be revived once permanently. Once revived, the target will unconditionally obey the holder of the artifact, cannot resist, and the holder may crush the target's soul at any time.
— Currently stored soul: Sky Fox Clan Princess · Liya (click to view unsealing conditions)
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"This A-rank divine artifact is really something else," Looking at the effects of the Soul Gem, Lin Mo couldn't help but exclaim.
Although Divine Oracle was still just a game right now, and players could revive even after dying a hundred times.
But once three months passed and Divine Oracle merged with reality. If a player died, it would be real death, with no chance of revival.
In his previous life, Lin Mo had personally witnessed countless families torn apart and lives destroyed. For those who survived, it was often an even greater kind of suffering.
Because of that, things like SSS-rank magic scrolls such as Revival Scrolls, or forbidden spell skills like Resurrection, anything that had revival effects, were all heaven-defying items, priceless treasures.
And this Soul Gem also possessed the same kind of heaven-defying revival effect.
At critical moments, it could revive fallen teammates.
Perhaps because its grade wasn't high enough.
Since it didn't match the tier of SSS-rank magic scrolls or forbidden spells, the path to revival for this A-rank divine artifact Soul Gem was more difficult.
But its note effect, that the revived would permanently belong to the artifact holder, was something even SSS-rank magic scrolls and forbidden spells couldn't replace.
Because Lin Mo thought of a key point, 'If I have this artifact in hand, then after Divine Oracle merges with reality, if I kill Ming Yuexin and then revive her using the Soul Gem, making her permanently submit to me, wouldn't that mean I get my revenge and also use her to indirectly control the entire Divine Nation guild?'
Lin Mo's original plan had been to kill Ming Yuexin and wipe out the entire Divine Nation guild.
But now, with this, he would only need to kill Ming Yuexin alone to complete his revenge plan.
And he could even take control of the Divine Nation, one of the top ten super guilds in the entire Divine Oracle server.
Moreover, making the once lofty Ming Yuexin from his previous life obey his every word, this was far more satisfying than simply killing her.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
It was just a pity, 'This Soul Gem is temporary. The system set it up this way just to let players successfully obtain the divine pet White Fox. Once I get the White Fox, it'll automatically be returned to the Pet Ambassador…'
'I'll have to see later if there's a way to permanently obtain this artifact from the Pet Ambassador.'
Lin Mo's thoughts gradually became firm.
For now, getting the divine pet White Fox was the priority.
So Lin Mo checked the conditions required to remove the White Fox's soul seal and revive her.
The revival conditions depended on the strength of the one whose soul was stored.
The stronger they were, the higher the requirements.
As the Sky Fox Clan's princess, with a noble identity and also the only divine pet on the entire server, Lin Mo had already expected that her revival conditions would definitely not be simple.
However, the White Fox's revival condition still exceeded his expectations—
[By consuming any [Race Core], the White Fox's seal could be removed and she could be revived.]
'Race Core?'
'That is the lifeline of a race in the Divine Oracle continent!'
Which meant, "To revive the White Fox, I have to wipe out an entire race?"
This revival condition was truly insane.
Fortunately, Lin Mo was currently in the process of dealing with a race, the Shadow Clan.
Originally, he had planned to kill the Dark Ruler · Riga, obtain the Shadow Clan's Race Core from him, and use it to strengthen his own Human race bloodline.
That's right, Race Cores weren't just the lifeline of a race.
They could also be used to strengthen racial bloodlines and enhance one's power.
But now, reviving the White Fox was clearly more important.
Instead, for Lin Mo, this revival condition was incredibly convenient.
Because he didn't need to spend any extra effort.
As long as he followed the original plan and killed the Dark Ruler, he could complete the A-rank hidden quest "Eradicate the Darkness" and obtain the White Fox at the same time, a win-win.
At that moment, Andrew continued speaking to Lin Mo, "The Sky Fox Clan has always valued loyalty and repaying kindness, especially this princess Liya."
"I've taken care of her for three years. She's very delicate and considerate. If you can save her, she will definitely become a great companion for your journey across the Divine Oracle continent."
As soon as Andrew finished speaking, the Soul Gem in Lin Mo's hand suddenly began to glow with a faint red light, and a soft, childish voice like that of a six- or seven-year-old girl came from within, ["Big brother, if you can save Ah Li, then in the future Ah Li will definitely take revenge for big brother… no, Ah Li will definitely repay big brother properly."]
"Ah Li, is that your nickname?", Lin Mo asked.
The Soul Gem continued to glow red, ["Yes!"]
"Alright, don't worry," Lin Mo said confidently, "I'll definitely save you."
After saying that, Lin Mo put the Soul Gem into his backpack.
After logging off.
This time, he could finally sleep peacefully.
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At the same time, on the other side—
[Outside the City]
Wang Junjie was still personally leading a team, searching everywhere for Lin Mo's whereabouts.
"Damn it! So many people searched all night and still couldn't find Rulebound! A bunch of useless trash," Wang Junjie cursed furiously at his subordinates.
One of his men, the Holy Knight Chaos Angel, said, "Blazing Ember City is only so big. The brothers have practically turned the whole city upside down and still didn't find him. I suspect Rulebound might not be online?"
As soon as he said that, the strategist Zhuge Jie analyzed, "According to the level ranking of Blazing Ember City, Rulebound and Liuli's levels were still updating one minute ago. That means they are online."
"I don't believe it!", Wang Junjie gritted his teeth, "Keep searching! If we don't find Rulebound, not a single person is allowed to log off tonight."
So Wang Junjie led five thousand members of the Chaos Guild, carrying out a carpet-style search throughout Blazing Ember City.
Little did they know, at this very moment, Lin Mo was offline, lying comfortably in bed, fast asleep.
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