For now, because their rank wasn't high enough, they couldn't enter the Hall of Yama.
So Lin Mo and Ning Xi returned to the Inferno City.
They planned to play some matches first and raise their rank.
Thus, the two arrived at the [Super God Arena] located in the core area of the Inferno City.
They bought tickets from the arena guard, Nord.
According to the rules: players could purchase up to ten tickets per day for solo, duo, five-player, and pet competitions.
However, as two of the first ten players to enter the Inferno City, both Lin Mo and Ning Xi received a system reward: for the first three days, the number of Arena tickets they could purchase would be doubled.
Which meant their daily purchase limit for each type of ticket was twenty.
The ticket price was 10 copper coins each.
Without another word, Lin Mo immediately bought 20 tickets of each type, a total of 80 tickets.
Once purchased, the tickets were bound. They couldn't be dropped or traded, only used by the player themselves, but they had no expiration date.
Stepping into the arena—
[Ding ~ Welcome to the Super God Arena! Record function has been activated. Wishing you victory from the very start!]
Whoosh!
A status panel popped up in front of Lin Mo.
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[ID: Rulebound] (Soul Archer):
— Level: 50
— Rank: Black Iron Tier 1 (0/100)
— Points: 0
— Ranking: None (Ranking leaderboard unlocks when the number of players in the Inferno City reaches 100,000. Rankings can increase point bonuses)
— Solo Match Record: 0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses
— Duo Couple Match Record: 0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses
— 5v5 Team Match Record: 0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses
— Pet Match Record: 0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses
— Overall Record: 0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses
— Overall Win Rate: 0%
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This panel instantly stirred up memories in Lin Mo's mind, making his old face flush red.
Because Lin Mo remembered that in his past life, his record panel had never had an overall win rate above 10%.
One could imagine just how trash he had been in his past life.
"This life, I'm going to create a miracle win rate."
Lin Mo made up his mind.
Looking around, he saw that within the vast arena grounds, there were many NPC guards maintaining order.
After all, don't be fooled by how the entire arena was empty right now.
In a few days, this place would be packed with people 24 hours a day.
If there weren't these level 80 NPCs maintaining order, the arena would be in total chaos by then, there'd probably even be people taking dumps in the corners.
At this moment, Ning Xi asked curiously, "Brother Lin Mo, right now there are only the two of us in the entire Inferno City. Does that mean we'll end up fighting each other later?"
Lin Mo smiled faintly, "What, don't want to hit me, or worried you can't beat me?"
Ning Xi's little face turned red, but she looked serious, "Brother Lin Mo, I don't want to fight you. I don't want to become your opponent."
Honestly, you really couldn't say for sure.
Lin Mo actually wasn't confident he could beat Ning Xi.
After all, her Nine-Five Supreme talent was just too overbearing.
And her divine pet White Fox also perfectly countered Lin Mo's Strong-Maned Pig.
So Lin Mo coughed lightly and said, "Let's stagger it. I'll do solo matches, you start with pet matches."
"Okay!"
As they spoke, the two of them each took out an Arena ticket.
Just as they were about to use the tickets, they received a system prompt—
[Ding ~ Since the total number of players in the Inferno City is less than 100,000, Arena matches cannot be opened for now!]
'Damn!'
Lin Mo had miscalculated.
He had thought that if there weren't enough players, the system would enable a PvE mechanism and match him against AI opponents.
Originally, Lin Mo had been thinking that fighting AI would be much easier than fighting real players. He could easily farm points and boost his win rate, taking advantage of the empty Inferno City for a few days.
Who would've thought that the officials had set the rules of the Super God Arena so tightly.
Not giving Lin Mo even the slightest chance to take advantage.
Ning Xi lowered her head, "Brother Lin Mo, we came to the Level 2 main city too early for nothing."
Originally, coming early to the Level 2 main city was meant to seize the initiative.
But who would've thought the system wouldn't allow any advantage at all?
Still, this really wasn't Lin Mo's fault.
After all, he had been so weak in his past life.
When Lin Mo arrived at the Level 2 main city, the Inferno City, in his past life, the city was already almost full of players.
He came and immediately started competing.
How would he have known that the Super God Arena would only open when the main city population exceeded 100,000 players?
With no other choice, the two could only leave the Super God Arena for now.
"Since we can't fight matches,"
"Then Brother Lin Mo, let's go do our third job advancement quests first."
As Ning Xi finished speaking, Lin Mo frowned slightly.
Because he vaguely had a feeling: the third job advancement quest also seemed to be tied to rank.
But he wasn't completely sure, so he said, "Alright."
Thus, the two arrived at the class hall of the Inferno City.
They each received their third job advancement quests from the Archer instructor Selina and the Mage instructor Ruth:
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[Super God Competition] (Soul Archer exclusive third job advancement quest)
— Difficulty Rating: 1720
— Description: In this Level 2 main city where rank is just as important as strength, having strength alone without rank will leave you unable to move an inch; please raise your rank to Black Iron Tier 3 and prove to Selina that you have the ability to stand firm in a Level 2 main city…
— Time Limit: None
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'As expected.'
Just as Lin Mo had guessed, the third job advancement quest was indeed related to rank.
At this moment, even Ning Xi felt a bit mentally shattered, "Brother Lin Mo, we really came to the Level 2 main city too early. We can't do anything right now…"
"Well, it's not completely for nothing," Lin Mo comforted himself, "At least, we can stock up on a few extra days' worth of tickets ahead of other players."
"There's a daily purchase limit for Super God Arena tickets for every player, and you can only buy them after reaching a Level 2 main city."
"We can buy the maximum number of tickets every day and save them. Once players from all the Level 3 main cities gather here in a few days and the Arena opens, we'll use them all at once."
Whether they fought matches day by day or all at once later, the rewards would be the same.
The only regret was that they couldn't raise their rank in advance and enjoy the privileges of the Level 2 main city.
Especially not being able to enter the Hall of Yama to obtain the SS-grade magic scroll Incubated Clone.
But it wasn't a big deal.
Because Lin Mo had already calculated it, "The rank requirement to enter the Hall of Yama is Bronze Tier 1."
"Under normal circumstances, even if a player wins all forty matches every day starting from Black Iron Tier 1, it would still take at least three to four days to reach Bronze Tier 1."
"And during these days, as long as we take advantage of the double purchase and buy the maximum number of tickets every day, once the Inferno City reaches enough players, we can jump straight to Bronze rank on the first day."
So, even if Lin Mo couldn't enter the Hall of Yama right now, compared to other players, he still had the advantage of entering it several days earlier.
So the first-clear reward of the Hall of Yama, the SS-grade magic scroll Incubated Clone, was something Lin Mo was determined to get.
Just at this moment, Ning Xi lowered her head, looking a bit down, "Does that mean all we can do every day is buy tickets and just sit around doing nothing…"
"Brother Lin Mo, is there any place in the Inferno City that doesn't require rank to enter?"
Ning Xi's words were like a sudden enlightenment, instantly reminding Lin Mo.
"There actually is."
"And that place has a treasure that can increase the consecutive win point rewards in the Super God Arena."
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