The power of SSS-rank magic scrolls could destroy heaven and earth.
No wonder Lin Mo remembered a piece of history from his previous life: In the later stages of Divine Oracle, after national borders were opened and players from various countries began fighting over resources, during the period known as the National Wars.
A group of Eastern Nation players led by the [Haoshi] family took advantage of the Bear Nation army's expedition into a Golden Ghost Clan Secret Realm and launched a surprise attack on a level-three main city within Bear Nation.
At the time, Bear Nation's main fighting force had all been sent to conquer that Golden Ghost Clan Secret Realm.
The people left in the city were women, children, the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.
In fact, the moment national borders opened, every country had already agreed on wartime rules, do not kill the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled who cannot fight.
Do not abuse prisoners of war.
However, Eastern Nation openly ignored the agreement.
After entering the Bear Nation city, they not only seized huge amounts of resources, but also burned, killed, rap3d, and looted. There was nothing they did not do.
As a result, three hundred thousand Bear Nation civilians died in that massacre.
When Bear Nation's main army finally cleared the secret realm and returned, they saw the city after it had been slaughtered.
Filled with rage, a Bear Nation Assassin player named [Ivan] infiltrated a level-two main city in Eastern Nation and used an SSS-rank magic scroll called [Ghost God Summoning], obtained from clearing the Golden Ghost Clan Secret Realm.
Using his own flesh and blood as the sacrifice, he summoned a Ghost God and destroyed the entire city, killing millions of Eastern Nation players.
When news of the incident spread, countless players around the world were shocked and doubtful.
It was hard to believe that a single magic scroll could possess such destructive power.
Only now did Lin Mo fully believe that SSS-rank magic scrolls truly possessed this kind of heaven-defying strength.
Not to mention, the scroll used by that Bear Nation Assassin was [Ghost God Summoning], an SSS-rank magic scroll from the Ghost Clan, one of Divine Oracle's Supreme Races.
As for Lin Mo, the direct effects of SSS-rank magic scrolls were actually secondary.
Because no matter how powerful an SSS-rank magic scroll was, it could only be used once. Once it was used, it was gone.
What Lin Mo valued more were the permanent bonuses gained after using the scrolls.
Those effects remained forever and benefited the user for life.
"For ordinary players, anything above S-rank is already a luxury."
"And even the Golden Secret Realms of the Supreme Races, the highest-level content in Divine Oracle, can only produce one SSS-rank magic scroll as a reward. That means even players standing at the peak of the game may only stack a few layers of permanent effects in their entire lives."
Lin Mo said excitedly, "But I can evolve SSS-rank magic scrolls anytime and anywhere by burning low-rank scrolls."
"That means I can easily stack the permanent bonuses provided by SSS-rank magic scrolls."
Lin Mo's goal immediately became clear.
That was: Forget how overpowered the active effects of SSS-rank magic scrolls were.
First, max out the passive bonuses he needed.
For example, Rampage · War Stomp permanently increased Final Attack Power by 1% every time it was used, up to one hundred stacks.
Then he would evolve one hundred War Stomp scrolls and stack the passive to one hundred layers, permanently increasing Final Attack Power by 100%.
Another example: Expansion · Infinite Pack permanently increased backpack space by ten slots with each use.
Players only started with forty backpack slots.
As a result, while farming wilderness areas, dungeons, and secret realms, they often ran out of space and had to abandon resources they could not carry.
Then after maxing out attack power, he would evolve one hundred Infinite Pack scrolls and stack the passive to one hundred layers, permanently increasing backpack capacity by one thousand slots.
Or take Angel's Shield, Healing Rain, and Fortress of Life.
Their passive effects permanently increased shield effectiveness, recovery effects, and maximum HP by 1%.
These passives matched Dark Gold · Strong-Maned Pig perfectly.
Then he would evolve one hundred of each.
One hundred layers of shield, recovery, and HP bonuses would all be maxed out on Strong-Maned Pig.
Making Strong-Maned Pig's tankiness rise to another level.
Lin Mo calculated, "To evolve an E-rank magic scroll into an SSS-rank one requires 127 evolution points. In other words, it takes a total of 128 E-rank scrolls to create one SSS-rank scroll."
"The scrolls in my warehouse aren't nearly enough."
Moreover, E-rank magic scrolls were the most suitable materials for burning.
It would be too wasteful to burn high-rank magic scrolls, which were difficult to obtain.
Those should be kept for strengthening the guild in the future.
After all, the SSS-rank magic scrolls evolved by Lin Mo could only be used by himself and his pets. They could not be shared with other people.
So Lin Mo opened Inferno City's chat channel and posted a purchase notice.
[Silver · Supreme Lord · Rulebound (Lv65 Third-Turn Soul Shooter · Heavenly Ranking No.1): "Buying E-rank magic scrolls for 2,000 each. Any type accepted. Unlimited purchases. Instant mail transactions."]
Magic scrolls had not depreciated as severely as equipment.
After all, most scroll effects were tied to the player's own strength. The stronger the player, the stronger the scroll's effect.
And the price Lin Mo offered, 2,000 per scroll, was already around 10% to 20% above the market value of E-rank magic scrolls.
As soon as the message was posted, coupled with the attention brought by the title of Heavenly Ranking No.1, it immediately attracted countless players throughout Inferno City.
It was not even a pinned message.
Before long, Lin Mo's mailbox started flashing nonstop.
Players from all over sent him all kinds of E-rank magic scrolls.
Lin Mo bought every one of them at the stated price.
Two thousand for one E-rank scroll.
That meant creating a single SSS-rank scroll cost 256,000 yuan.
One hundred scrolls, enough to max out one passive effect, would cost 25.6 million.
The huge expense made Lin Mo feel a little pained.
"It looks like after dealing with the mastermind behind everything, my next plan has to be making money."
Otherwise, even with assets worth three hundred million, he could not keep burning money like this.
He still needed to save up for top-ups.
It was impossible to collect that many magic scrolls in a short time.
Even E-rank scrolls were not something people could get whenever they wanted.
Of course, Lin Mo never intended to max out every passive effect at once.
Even if conditions allowed it, his finances did not.
There were thousands upon thousands of types of magic scrolls in Divine Oracle.
That meant thousands upon thousands of different passive bonuses.
If he tried to max out all of them, even several hundred billion probably wouldn't be enough.
Slowly but steadily, the scrolls would keep coming in, and money would keep being earned.
As soon as he received them, he would burn them.
Maybe he couldn't max out every passive effect.
But one day, through SSS-rank magic scrolls, Lin Mo would max out every passive bonus he actually needed.
Next, Lin Mo shifted his attention back to the chat channel.
He discovered that things were developing exactly as he had expected: After the Divine Tomb Dungeon was activated, everyone in Inferno City now knew that players only needed to reach Silver rank to enter the dungeon.
The most excited group consisted of players currently at Bronze Rank II.
Because if things went well in tomorrow's matches, they would most likely reach Bronze Rank III.
Then they only needed to use three D-rank Rank Scrolls to temporarily raise their rank to Silver Rank I and meet the dungeon requirement
In their eyes, D-rank Rank Scrolls were practically tickets into the Divine Tomb Dungeon.
As a result, the value of D-rank Rank Scrolls skyrocketed.
People in the chat channel had already started offering as much as 100,000 for a single scroll.
It should be known that an ordinary D-rank magic scroll was only worth ten to twenty thousand.
Yet despite that, not a single person in all of Inferno City could produce even one D-rank Rank Scroll.
To Lin Mo, this meant the timing was finally right.
He could start selling Rank Scrolls.
However, he could not do it personally.
Otherwise, his purpose of luring the snake out of its hole would become too obvious.
So Lin Mo sent a message to Qin Feng, ["Find someone reliable and help me sell something."]
Although Qin Feng's strength was average, his ability to handle things was first-rate.
That was why Lin Mo liked assigning tasks to him.
["Brother Mo, just say the word! What are we selling?"]
["I can sell anything!"]
]"I can even sell condoms!"]
When Lin Mo sent over the illustration for the D-rank Rank Scroll, Qin Feng was stunned.
["Holy shit! Brother Mo, isn't this the thing everyone in the city is talking about? The only pass to the rare hidden dungeon, the Divine Tomb?"]
["This thing is worth a fortune! Brother Mo, where did you get it?"]
["Brother Mo, I'll sell it for you! This thing can go for 100,000 each!"]
["No,"] Lin Mo said, ["I want you to sell them for one million each."]