These past few days, while carrying out Ah Li's growth quests, Lin Mo also played through the Super God Arena matches every day.
By now, his rank had already broken through to a new height: Platinum.
And he had already reached Platinum III.
"Outside the Serpent King Island Secret Realm, the five major snake clan dungeons correspond to ranks from Gold I to Gold V. Based on this rank setup, the required rank for Serpent King Island is most likely Platinum I."
Even if that wasn't enough, Lin Mo still had Platinum II and Platinum III as a buffer.
So there shouldn't be any need to worry about the rank requirement.
The only question was how high Ah Li could climb with her current strength.
Soon, Lin Mo and Ning Xi once again arrived at the entrance to the [Snake Demon Hinterland] dungeon, located in the southern part of Inferno City and surrounded by a forest of snakes.
Without another word, they formed a party and entered the dungeon.
[Ding~ Welcome to the Level 75 dungeon Snake Demon Hinterland. The dungeon quest has been issued!]
[Ding~ System reminder: Kill 300 venomous snakes to complete the quest and clear the dungeon. If you wish to obtain the Snake Clan Mark, you must personally kill 1,000 monsters!]
The same recipe.
The same taste.
When they entered the Snake Demon Hinterland dungeon again and saw the Level 75 demon snakes scattered throughout the damp land around them.
Ning Xi couldn't help recalling the scene from last time, when eight or nine skills in a row had all been immune to the snake demons' Petrification talent.
Even now, it still made Ning Xi frown in disgust.
Rustle!
Ahead, several Level 75 green snakes flicked their tongues, seemingly provoking Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
"Begin," With a soft command, under Lin Mo's mental command, Divine Descent Seraph · Siya raised her slender hand and locked onto a demon snake.
Whoosh!
The SSS-rank Blood Devour·Life Sacrifice landed on one of the demon snakes.
That demon snake was very quick to react and immediately activated its [Petrification] talent.
All members of the Snake Clan shared the talent of the Snake Clan Lord, Queen Medusa.
[Petrification: Actively activate to enter a petrified state for 3 seconds. During this period, the user cannot move and is immune to physical and magical damage. 10-second cooldown. When attacked, there is a 50% chance of entering a petrified state for 1 second.]
Whoosh!
As the demon snake's entire body entered a petrified state, there was no doubt that since Divine Descent Seraph · Siya mainly dealt magical damage, all of her damage was completely nullified.
Miss!
Miss!
Miss!
However, the purpose of having Siya attack was never to have her deal with the demon snakes.
It was to give the Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li buff bonuses and warm her up for the battle to come.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Divine Descent Seraph · Siya attacked the demon snake, she continuously provided Ah Li with buffs.
Physical Attack +9,907!
Physical Defense +4,272!
Magic Defense +4,469!
Max HP +31,824!
After all four buffs were fully stacked, Divine Descent Seraph · Siya stopped attacking.
Next, it was Ah Li's stage.
Under her master Ning Xi's mental command, Ah Li transformed into her Nine-Tailed Fox form.
Her body turned into a bolt of lightning and charged toward the petrified demon snakes ahead.
SSS-rank Exclusive Skill·Heaven-Burning Flash!
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
One after another, white instances of true damage that ignored physical and magical immunity instantly killed dozens of Level 75 demon snakes in petrified states throughout a large area ahead.
Watching Ah Li attack, it took only a single breath, the damp hinterland ahead was already littered with the corpses of slain demon snakes.
Even Lin Mo, who had prepared himself mentally in advance, couldn't help feeling a shock in his heart.
"She's this strong?", Lin Mo exclaimed.
Ah Li's strength had already far exceeded Lin Mo's expectations.
The exclusive skills Ah Li obtained would increase in power as her quality increased.
After Ah Li broke through to the highest Ancestral rank.
The six exclusive skills she had comprehended had all automatically risen to the highest SSS rank.
The SSS-rank Heaven-Burning Flash she had just used could unleash ten Flash attacks within 2 seconds, with each attack dealing 70% physical damage.
If a target was killed midway, the remaining attacks would automatically continue onto other nearby targets.
At first glance, this skill didn't seem to have anything special about it. Even with its damage maxed out, it only dealt 700% damage.
It could only be considered an ordinary SSS-rank single-target attack skill.
But, combined with Ah Li's Heavenly Mandate Divine Flame talent and the effects of her exclusive Zhutiant Set.
It meant that every one of Ah Li's attacks did more than just deal 70% physical damage. It would also deal additional damage to the demon snake.
+10% of the demon snake's Max HP (Talent Effect)!
+10% of the demon snake's Max HP (Zhutiant Blade Effect)!
+100% of Ah Li's Physical Attack (Zhutiant Ring Effect)!
+10% of the demon snake's Max HP (Zhutiant Crown Effect)!
All of the above effects could be triggered by every one of Ah Li's attacks.
And under the effect of Ah Li's [Heavenly Mandate Divine Flame] talent, all of the above damage was true damage that ignored defense, physical immunity, and magical immunity.
Combined with another major SSS-rank exclusive skill, [Heaven-Burning Kill], (Passive. Every time Ah Li attacks, there is a 100% chance to trigger a follow-up attack dealing the same amount of damage. The probability of consecutive follow-up attacks being triggered by a single attack is half that of the previous one, such as 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%…]
Just now, with a single Heaven-Burning Flash, Ah Li had dealt more than thirty instances of damage within 2 seconds at least.
This destructive power, it was simply enough to make one question reality.
And so, next, Ah Li began to dominate the battlefield.
SSS-rank Exclusive Skill: Heaven-Burning Art!
Summon the Heavenly Art to burn the souls of eight enemies at the same time, dealing 200% of the talent damage effect every second for 10 seconds.
-212365!
-212365!
-212365!
[Ding~ Your pet, Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li, has killed 8 Level 75 monsters, Demon Snakes…]
SSS-rank Exclusive Skill: Heaven-Burning Annihilation!
Summon heavenly tribulation to continuously attack enemies ten times, with each attack dealing 70% physical damage (can trigger follow-up attacks and combos; if a target is killed, the attack can continue onto another target).
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
[Ding~ Your pet, Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li, has killed 19 Level 75 monsters, Demon Snakes…]
SSS-rank Exclusive Skill: Heaven-Burning Chain!
Release a lightning arrow that bounces between enemies up to ten times, dealing 70% physical damage to a single enemy with each bounce (can trigger follow-up attacks and combos).
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
-421050 (Critical)!
[Ding~ Your pet, Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li, has killed 22 Level 75 monsters, Demon Snakes…]
With her true damage, Ah Li could basically kill anything the moment she reached it.
She killed the heavens, killed the earth, killed the air.
The demon snakes' Petrification talent, which could be used to nullify Lin Mo's physical damage and Ning Xi's magical damage, was completely useless in front of Ah Li.
Absolutely useless!
Entering petrification meant waiting to die.
And so, under Ah Li's massive slaughter, Ning Xi hadn't even recovered yet.
When she suddenly heard a system notification beside her...
[Ding~ Congratulations! Your number of demon snakes personally killed has exceeded 1,000. You have obtained the Green Snake Mark!]