By eleven at night, the time limit for the A-grade hidden mission "Eradicate the Darkness" would come to an end.
Which meant that before that, Ning Xi had to gather 280,000 reputation points to apply a tenfold reward amplification to the mission.
And the fastest way to collect reputation was: kill bosses.
So, Lin Mo did the same as before.
Right after logging in with Ning Xi after lunch, he immediately opened the Blazing Ember City chat channel and spent 10 silver coins to post a pinned message.
[Rulebound (Male, Lv48 Second-Class Soul Archer · Rank 1 on the Heavenly List): "100,000 for elite monsters, 500,000 for Tier 1 bosses, 1 million for Tier 2 bosses, 3 million for Tier 3 bosses, buying unlimited. Send location, get paid!"]
As soon as the message went out, millions of players in the city erupted.
[Laozi Shudao Shan (Male, Lv34 Second-Class Thief): "Holy crap! Finally waited for the big shot to buy bosses again! I've been guarding a Tier 2 boss here for a whole day! Just waiting for this line from you!"]
[Not Zaizai (Female, Lv31 Second-Class High Priest): "Wow, big brother, that price is so tempting! But I still have to go to work soon, accompany my boss to meet clients, and later pick up his son from school. I only came online during lunch break to play for a bit. Otherwise I'd go find bosses too!"]
[Destined Wage Slave (Male, Lv33 Second-Class Berserker): "Sis, how much does your boss even pay you? You're acting like a nanny and a mom! If you just find one elite monster and sell it to Rulebound for 100,000, wouldn't that equal one or two years of your salary?"]
[Kou Ni Ji Wa (Male, Lv36 Second-Class Magic Knight): "Work can be done anytime, but the big shot doesn't buy bosses all the time!"]
[Not Zaizai: "You're right! I'm going to ask my boss for leave right now!"]
[I Love Black Stockings (Male, Lv34 Second-Class Fantasy Mage): "The boss-harvesting machine has returned for a limited time. Bosses of Blazing Ember City, tremble!"]
Having strength alone wasn't enough. A person also had to have money at all times.
And sure enough, as soon as Lin Mo's message spread out, over two million online players in the entire city mobilized, spreading across Blazing Ember City to help Lin Mo find bosses.
Before long, boss information started pouring in.
Lin Mo didn't have to worry about anything at all.
He only needed to pay, then follow the coordinates they sent and bring Ning Xi over to harvest the bosses.
And so, the bosses across Blazing Ember City suffered once again.
Since Lin Mo had already used this method last time to clear out almost all the bosses in the city, most of the bosses he received this time were ones that had already lost their first kill and had respawned.
And in the Divine Oracle world, every time a boss dies, the value of its drops decreases by 50% compared to the previous time.
Second and third kills saw their value greatly reduced.
Which just showed that a level 3 main city ultimately had limited development space.
At Lin Mo's current strength, if he wanted further growth, he needed to go to a level 2 main city.
But since he couldn't go there yet, he could only make do with farming these bosses for now.
Of course, he wouldn't buy these bosses at the original price anymore.
Second-hand goods, half price.
Third-hand, half of half, and so on.
It didn't matter much if other drops decreased.
The real problem was that the reputation gained from killing them also decreased, which was frustrating.
A Tier 2 boss originally gave around 100 reputation for the first kill.
Second kill dropped to 50, third kill to 25.
Good thing Ning Xi had a hundredfold reputation bonus.
Otherwise, at this rate, they'd need to kill at least ten thousand bosses just to gather enough reputation to amplify the hidden mission reward.
At this moment, Lin Mo suddenly felt, 'That Ruoxi from the Blood Dance Guild, her S-grade talent Summoning… that's really nice.'
Because the bosses summoned were not only high tier, but all counted as first kills.
For Lin Mo and Ning Xi, it was basically like traveling around Blazing Ember City while playing, and the two of them never got tired of it.
Meanwhile, Ah Li and Strong-Maned Pig also gradually became familiar with each other.
At first, Ah Li was wary of Strong-Maned Pig's fierce and intimidating appearance and didn't dare talk to him.
But after spending the whole afternoon following their masters around killing bosses, she gradually grew bolder and started talking to him.
["Big Brother Strong-Maned Pig, hello! My name is Ah Li!"]
"Roar! Roar…"
["Big Brother Strong-Maned Pig, why don't you talk? Do you not like talking?"]
"Roar! Roar…"
Facts proved, pets that could talk were much more interesting.
In one afternoon, they killed over a hundred bosses.
And finally gathered the required 280,000 reputation for Ning Xi.
The exciting moment had finally arrived.
Lin Mo couldn't wait and said to Ning Xi, "Hurry and turn in the mission."
"Okay!"
Ning Xi nodded and opened the mission panel.
Because this mission was obtained through the [Shadow Secret Scroll], it could be submitted directly after completion.
[Ding~ Triggered SSS-grade talent Nine-Five Supreme reward amplification effect. Consumed 283,500 reputation. Congratulations on completing the A-grade hidden mission Eradicate the Darkness. You receive tenfold mission rewards, Level +5 (EXP and reputation cannot trigger tenfold amplification), Gold +5000, Reputation +80,000 (hundredfold talent bonus), Level 50 Tier 3 Gold full Toxic Set box (class selectable) ×10, A-grade random player skill book ×30, A-grade random pet skill book ×30, A-grade random magic scroll ×30, E-grade artifact Shadow Cloak ×1 (Since each artifact in the Divine Oracle continent is unique, quantity amplification cannot be applied. This effect has been converted into quality amplification. The Shadow Cloak quality has been upgraded from E-grade to C-grade)!]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The moment she submitted the mission, five beams of golden light descended one after another above Ning Xi's head.
Her level shot up instantly from 42 to 47.
Only 2 levels behind Lin Mo at level 49.
And seeing this mission reward, the excitement in Lin Mo's heart at this moment couldn't be expressed with just a single "holy crap".
Ten sets of the highest-tier Toxic Sets.
You had to know: Toxic Sets originally started as level 20 Tier 2 white-quality gear.
To upgrade them to the top level, level 50 Tier 3 gold quality required huge amounts of materials like snake gall, poison bottles, corrosive agents, and crystal cores.
And based on the market price of those materials, the total cost to upgrade one set was about 12 million RMB.
Ten sets… that was equivalent to… 120 million.
Not to mention the 5000 gold.
So many A-grade items.
And even… an artifact.
Looking at Lin Mo's stunned expression, Ning Xi smiled and said, "Brother Lin Mo, do you regret giving me this mission?"
"Regret what?", Lin Mo smirked, "What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine, right?"
Ning Xi couldn't handle teasing.
The moment he teased her, her face turned red.
"Brother Lin Mo, an artifact dropped!"
Ning Xi took out a dark cloak from her storage bag, radiating an extraordinary aura of royalty.
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Shadow Cloak (Artifact)
— Quality: C-grade
— Owner: Liuli
— Active Effect: Stealth (Enter stealth for 60 seconds / can be used while under control. While stealthed, movement speed increases by 50% and cannot be targeted. Attacking will immediately break stealth. Cooldown: 12 hours)
— Passive Effect: When the holder is attacked, there is a 20% chance to completely negate the attack
— Description: A treasure seized by the human forces of Blazing Ember City during their expedition against the Shadow Clan. It is said to be the imperial cloak once personally worn by the Shadow Clan's ruler, the Dark Sovereign · Riga.
[Note: Artifacts cannot be dropped, but can be traded.]
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Seeing the active effect of this artifact, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel a kick inside.
"It can actually be used while under control? And a full 60 seconds of untargetable state… this is basically a life-saving divine skill."
"The passive is insane too! Just that the trigger rate is a bit low!"
"Yeah, after all it's only C-grade, not that high. This strength is already very solid!"
Artifacts truly lived up to being defined as the second greatest miracle-creating items in the Divine Oracle world, just below magic scrolls.
At this moment, Ning Xi held out the Shadow Cloak toward Lin Mo, "Here, you take it, Brother Lin Mo."
Lin Mo took the Shadow Cloak.
The next second, without hesitation, he personally draped it over Ning Xi's shoulders.
"You use it."
"It can protect you."
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