[Ding~ You killed the Level 85 Ghost Beast Bone-Eater Beast. EXP +3.9 million (Base 100% + Level-Crossing 30%)!]
Roar!
With a howl, the Bone-Eater Beast collapsed to the ground.
Lin Mo instantly felt drained as well.
Not physically drained, but mentally drained.
"It took a full half a minute just to kill a single trash mob."
"Ever since I started this life with an SSS-rank talent, when have I ever suffered such humiliation."
Lin Mo looked around and couldn't help sighing.
"Moreover, this is still near the Ghost Domain around the safe zone. These are the lowest-level Level 85 Ghost Beasts in this secret realm."
"This secret realm ranges from Level 85 to Level 95."
"That means the Ghost Beasts here can reach as high as Level 95!"
He had already struggled this much against a Level 85 Ghost Beast.
It was obvious, if he encountered a high-level Ghost Beast, Lin Mo would have an even harder time fighting it.
Of course, Lin Mo also knew that the key reason was: the Thunder set he was wearing was simply too outdated.
Level 50 equipment.
And he was using it to fight Level 85 monsters.
How was he supposed to fight?
Unfortunately, Lin Mo was powerless to change the situation for now.
"Looks like I'll have to wait until I complete the SSS-rank hidden quest, Heart Knot, and get that Tier 8 set from the quest rewards before I can change the situation."
Lin Mo muttered to himself.
By then, his Level 50 Tier 5 set would be replaced with a Level 80 Tier 8 set.
For Lin Mo, that would be a huge, earth-shattering boost.
Returning his attention to the present, the 3.9 million EXP reward from a Level 85 monster was certainly not low.
But compared to the total 4 billion EXP required for a Level 79 player to reach Level 80, it was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
The increase in Lin Mo's EXP bar was less than one-thousandth.
Negligible.
Fortunately, Lin Mo's EXP bar was already over 90%.
At this rate, he would only need to kill a little over a hundred Ghost Beasts to level up.
"The most urgent thing is to enter that Ghost Venerable's residence and obtain the secret realm quest."
"For now, I'd better not stray too far from the Ghost Domain. I'll use these low-level Ghost Beasts nearby as targets and get to Level 80 as quickly as possible."
Thus, Lin Mo didn't take a break nor did he leave the Ghost Domain.
He stepped over the Bone-Eater Beast's corpse and quickly locked onto his next nearby target.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Divine Descent Seraph · Siya performed as usual, continuously stacking four layers of buffs to full for Lin Mo and Strong-Maned Pig.
Strong-Maned Pig was responsible for absorbing damage and drawing aggro.
Lin Mo was responsible for dealing damage.
The three had a clear division of labor.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
[Ding~ You killed the Level 85 Ghost Beast Bone-Eater Beast. EXP +3.9 million!]
[Ding~ You killed the Level 85 Ghost Beast Bone-Eater Beast. EXP +3.9 million!]
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More than an hour later...
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light descended from above.
Lin Mo finally got his wish.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've leveled up! Five attributes +1, Free Attribute Points +3! Current level: 80. You have reached the third class advancement level cap. Please advance to the fourth class advancement before you can continue leveling up!]
"These monsters are really too hard to kill!"
Lin Mo couldn't help letting out a breath.
He said, "Hopefully, this secret realm quest isn't just about killing monsters."
If it was purely about killing monsters, with Lin Mo's current strength, it would be far too difficult.
But if he had to find something in this Land of Abandoned Ghosts, then it would be much simpler.
After all, if he couldn't beat them, couldn't he still avoid them?
With the two powerful aides, the top-tier tank Blackgold · Strong-Maned Pig and the top-tier support Divine Descent Seraph · Siya , protecting him at close range.
Even though Lin Mo struggled to kill these high-level Ghost Beasts.
For them to kill Lin Mo was still as difficult as reaching the heaven.
After successfully reaching Level 80, Lin Mo immediately headed back.
And just as Lin Mo's front foot had returned to the Ghost Domain, his back foot had barely left...
Outside the Ghost Domain city, black mist rose in waves from beneath the ground.
Immediately afterward, the corpses of the Ghost Beasts that Lin Mo had killed, one after another, were once again infused by the black mist, revived, and crawled up from the ground.
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[Inside Ghost Domain City]
After returning to the city, Lin Mo went straight toward the mysterious residence in the city, which was as resplendent and magnificent as an imperial palace.
The moment he stepped into the residence, he could clearly feel an extremely powerful aura permeating the entire place, an aura of absolute darkness that was almost suffocating.
Of course, Lin Mo wasn't surprised.
After all, Ning Fei had already found out that this residence had once been the exclusive domain of the Ghost Clan's Venerable, Soul Master·Raffa.
Ghost Venerable.
That was an existence of the supreme Ghost Clan of Oracle, whose bloodline strength and status far surpassed those of Ghost Beasts, Ghost Soldiers, Ghost Generals, Ghost Kings, and Ghost Saints, second only to the Ghost Emperor.
It was only natural for it to possess such a powerful aura.
However, Lin Mo only hoped, "Hopefully, this Ghost Venerable isn't right here in the residence?"
Of course, even if he really was, it actually wouldn't matter.
After all, the Ghost Domain had been designated by the system as the safe zone of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts.
Even if the Ghost Venerable personally arrived, he couldn't break this setting.
Having spent two years in the Oracle world in his previous life, Lin Mo knew very well:
The system would always be the supreme law of the Oracle world.
Even after Oracle descended upon the world in the future, this would remain unchanged for all eternity.
As Lin Mo continued exploring deeper, deep within the residence, an ice-sealed throne came into view.
And upon that throne, there was actually a Ghost Clan Venerable sealed in ice.
At this moment, Lin Mo's breathing involuntarily quickened.
Because, through the transparent ice, he could clearly see: The Ghost Clan Venerable sitting on that throne wore a blood-red royal robe, beneath which was a skeleton devoid of flesh and blood.
Even though he seemed to have already been "dead" for hundreds or thousands of years.
The powerful aura of the Ghost Clan Venerable still exerted pressure over the entire area.
Yes, that's right.
According to the SSS-rank Eye of Insight.
The Ghost Clan Venerable sealed in ice upon the throne was precisely the Level 100 Ghost Venerable, Soul Master·Raffa.
The powerful aura of the Ghost Clan's Ghost Venerable radiated from Soul Master·Raffa.
It made Blackgold · Strong-Maned Pig and Divine Descent Seraph · Siya, two dignified Ancestral-rank pets, both feel somewhat unable to breathe.
"Fortunately, he's dead."
Lin Mo felt relieved, yet also somewhat regretful.
This could also be considered the first time in both his previous and present lives that Lin Mo had seen a Ghost Venerable of the supreme Ghost Clan.
He clearly remembered that in his previous life, a single Ghost Saint was already enough to effortlessly destroy a player's Level 2 main city with the snap of a finger.
If this had been a living Ghost Venerable.
Without the protection of the safe zone.
Lin Mo would probably have been killed by a single look from him ten thousand times over.
At this moment, it wasn't only the Ghost Venerable Soul Master·Raffa who was sealed in ice.
In front of him, there was also a scroll floating at low altitude, sealed in ice.
"Could it be the secret realm quest scroll?"
Lin Mo's eyes lit up.
As soon as he approached and reached out to grab the scroll, the ice surrounding it rapidly melted.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've obtained the Land of Abandoned Ghosts Secret Realm Quest Scroll (Unique)!]
"It's a quest scroll after all."
Lin Mo was delighted.
Without saying another word, he immediately crushed the scroll.
The system's pleasant notification instantly sounded in his ears.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've obtained the unique exclusive quest of the Land of Abandoned Ghosts Secret Realm: Annihilation! Please complete the quest according to the prompts to clear the secret realm!]