Under Lin Mo's instructions, Sun Yang immediately led a thousand Divine Nation players and followed the map toward the direction of the [Blood Mine].
Meanwhile, Lin Mo and Ning Xi headed straight for the Hall of Yama.
When they arrived, they regrouped with Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, Skinny Monkey, Fat Dahai, Qin Feng, and the others.
"Senior Lin Mo, our ranks don't meet the requirement. We can't enter this Hall of Yama."
As soon as Xia Wanwan finished speaking, Lin Mo couldn't help but frown slightly.
Everything had been prepared, yet he had overlooked the most basic issue.
The minimum rank requirement for the Hall of Yama was Bronze Tier 1.
And it had only been their second day in Inferno City.
Even though both they and their pets were fully equipped with level 50 Tier 3 full-gold Poison sets, their strength far exceeded over 99.9% of players in Inferno City at this stage, enough to easily secure full victories in all matches over two days.
Up to now, their average rank had only just reached Black Iron Tier 3 (40/100).
Judging by this trend, Ling Xiao said, "There are four types of matches each day. Winning all ten matches gives a total of 120 competitive EXP. We'll need at least three more days to reach Bronze rank."
'Three days.'
"That's too long," Lin Mo said, "We have to deal with the Blood Emperor and clear the third hall within today."
Because the Shadow Sword God Black Night had already made contact with the five major guilds, Storm, Heaven, Bloodthirst, Martial God, Emperor, as well as people from the Chaotic World, exposing his strength.
And he had also been exposed to Mingyue Xin's attention.
The first hidden-class powerhouse across the entire Dragon Nation server, and a lone wolf without any faction affiliation, Black Night was bound to become a hot target for recruitment among all guilds in Inferno City.
So Lin Mo had to clear the third hall of the Hall of Yama as quickly as possible, obtain the Incubation Clone Scroll, and use a clone to secure Black Night ahead of others.
After three days, it would definitely be too late.
Even if Black Night honored his agreement with [Mo], the various guilds probably wouldn't give him that chance.
In fact, for Lin Mo, there was a way to let Ling Xiao and the others enter the Hall of Yama early.
"The rank system in secondary main cities isn't completely rigid."
"For weaker players with low arena win rates, if they can't raise their rank, they won't be able to move forward anywhere within the entire secondary main city, which would seriously dampen their interest in the game."
"So to boost player motivation and enrich gameplay, the officials designed auxiliary items in major secondary main cities, a type of magic scroll that can temporarily increase a player's rank."
Lin Mo thought for a moment, "This kind of magic scroll can give a significant temporary boost to rank. Even the most basic rank scroll is enough to raise a player's rank from Black Iron to Bronze."
Hearing this, Ling Xiao's heart leapt with joy, "If we have that kind of rank scroll, I can temporarily raise my rank to Bronze, enter the Hall of Yama, and help you take down that boss."
"Exactly."
However, Lin Mo fell into worry.
Because as far as he knew, in the later stages, when players generally had higher ranks, this kind of rank scroll became common and cheap, even freely exchangeable in the points shop.
But in the early stage, when everyone was still in Black Iron rank, even the most basic rank scroll was a priceless, extremely rare item.
Because even if it only raised your rank temporarily, it allowed you to get ahead of other players and seize the initiative in the secondary main city.
And right now, based on memories from his previous life, Lin Mo remembered: in the early stage, one of the sources of rank scrolls was the level 50 dungeon [Demon Hall], from the top ten first-clear reward packages.
"Damn!"
Just earlier, Ling Xue had invited Lin Mo to run the Demon Hall dungeon, and he had rejected her in front of everyone.
"If I go back and stick to her now, that'd be way too embarrassing."
Just as Lin Mo hesitated,
Ding!
A message suddenly popped up in the Divine Nation core management group chat—
[Mingyue Xin (Lv50 Tier-2 Sword Shield Warrior): "Everyone, gather immediately at the entrance of the Demon Hall dungeon!"]
There were a total of forty people in this core management group.
Aside from Lin Mo, who was K8, everyone else was K7 rank, executives of the Ling Group and the core pillars of the Divine Nation.
It was the first time they had seen Ling Xue tag everyone in the core management group and issue such an urgent message.
Everyone responded at once.
[Divine Nation · Gonggong (Lv50 Tier-2 Berserker): "What's going on, President Ling? It's just a level 50 dungeon, no need to make such a big fuss, right (covering face laugh)."]
[Divine Nation · Chang'e (Lv50 Tier-2 Elemental Mage): "Since President Ling said so, there must be a special situation."]
[Divine Nation · Dizang King (Lv50 Tier-2 Paladin): "Everyone head to Demon Hall and gather."]
Seeing the messages in the group, Lin Mo felt a surge of relief.
He had been worrying about how to swallow his pride and go back to Ling Xue to say he wanted to run Demon Hall again.
'Now this works perfectly.'
Since it was a guild-wide operation, he could use this as a reason to head over openly.
It was like getting food when hungry, a pillow when sleepy.
So Lin Mo told Ling Xiao and the others to move freely for now.
He then headed to the Demon Hall dungeon with Ning Xi.
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[South of Inferno City]
Between the valleys stood a grand hall shaped like a pagoda.
Around the hall, the place was packed.
Countless players had gathered there, competing fiercely.
Map announcements echoed throughout the valley—
[Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player Dragon Soaring Seas for achieving a five-kill streak in the Demon Domain Slaughter Arena! Come end Dragon Soaring Seas' streak!"]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player Dragon Soaring Seas for achieving a six-kill streak in the Demon Domain Slaughter Arena! Come end Dragon Soaring Seas' streak!"]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player Ironblood Loyalty has killed Dragon Soaring Seas in the Demon Domain Slaughter Arena, ending his six-kill streak! A new streak king is about to be born, celebrate!"]
Outside the Demon Hall dungeon, countless players surrounded a circular arena protected by a barrier, watching the intense PvP battles inside while cheering them on.
"Damn it! We were just one step away from getting a ten-win streak for our Dragon Soaring Guild and securing a dungeon team slot! That damn Ironblood Loyalty."
"Let's go! Vice President Danxin, go! Push for ten wins! Take the dungeon slot! As long as we get the first clear of Demon Hall, our Ironblood Guild will become famous and the number one guild in Inferno City."
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player King of War has killed Ironblood Loyalty in the Demon Domain Slaughter Arena, ending his two-win streak."]
"Haha, what a joke! You couldn't even get past two kills? And you still talk about becoming famous and number one in Inferno City? If even your vice president is this weak, the rest are obvious! Go back and farm fields, brother."
"…"
It turned out that private fighting was prohibited within the Demon Hall dungeon area.
If players wanted to enter the Demon Hall dungeon, they had to pass through the [Demon Domain Slaughter Arena], achieving a ten-win streak to obtain a team leader slot, allowing them to bring four other players into the dungeon.
Among the crowd, Ling Xue's beautiful eyes quietly focused on a figure stepping out from the crowd into the Demon Domain Slaughter Arena.
The next one to take the stage was…
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