[7 P.M.]
It was the weekend again.
Inferno City was packed with people and extremely lively.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As two beams of white light descended, Lin Mo and Ning Xi logged in at the same time.
With Divine Descent Seraph · Siya, a top-tier support who could deal damage, heal, and provide buffs, Lin Mo hadn't used a health potion in ages. He had already forgotten what they tasted like.
So he and Ning Xi only went to the pharmacy to restock some high-level mana potions.
Before setting out, Lin Mo asked Ning Xi again, "Xiao Xi, do you have enough Reputation?"
After all, the place they were about to conquer was a Gold-rank Secret Realm of a rare race in Oracle.
Although their main goals were the Divine Forging Cauldron map fragment and the Snake Clan treasure Ruyi.
The Secret Realm itself was also extremely valuable.
When they cleared the Secret Realm and claimed the rewards, they needed to trigger the tenfold reward amplification effect of Ning Xi's SSS-rank Nine-Five Supreme talent to maximize their gains.
Naturally, that would consume quite a lot of Reputation.
"Enough!", Ning Xi said with a smile, "Brother Lin Mo, I have more than 22 million Reputation now!"
"That much?"
Lin Mo was stunned.
His first thought was: If all that Reputation were given to him, it would probably be enough to directly max out his SSS-rank Soul Flame talent.
It really was.
The poor die of thirst while the rich drown.
Ning Xi said, "The Divine Might Tower has already been upgraded to Level 3, and the third floor has been opened. Players who kill monsters on the third floor have a 1% chance of receiving an additional 3 Reputation."
"And the commission I receive from players killing monsters in the Divine Might Tower has also increased to 30%. Now, the amount of Reputation I earn every minute and every second is quite substantial."
Lin Mo nodded, "Looks like this Divine Might Tower really is a good place."
However, 22 million Reputation still wasn't enough.
Because they had calculated it before: the total Reputation required to open all the treasure chests obtained from the Divine Tomb dungeon with tenfold reward amplification was more than 50 million.
Over the past few days, Lin Mo and Ning Xi had never forgotten that there was still such a huge pile of treasure waiting in their warehouse to be opened with amplification.
But as long as they had the Divine Might Tower, let alone 50 million, even obtaining 500 million Reputation for Ning Xi wouldn't be a problem.
Once they upgraded the Divine Might Tower to Level 10, completed the territory quest, permanently obtained the artifact reward [Life Token·Heavenly Might], and unlocked unlimited upgrade permissions.
Later, if they upgraded this Life Token·Heavenly Might to SSS rank.
Ning Xi would never have to worry about her Reputation again for the rest of her life.
Speaking of artifacts, just then, Lin Mo suddenly seemed to think of something.
"Right, Xiao Xi, when we completed Ah Li's final stage of growth quests earlier, didn't we also get an S-rank artifact?"
At the time, after completing the quest, all the attention had been focused on Ah Li, so they had actually overlooked such an important reward.
After Lin Mo reminded her, Ning Xi also remembered.
"Oh, right! I almost forgot!" (Yes, that's right, the two of them really did forget. The author isn't taking the blame for this.)
As she spoke, Ning Xi opened her inventory and took out the artifact reward she had received at the time, whose quality had been increased from its initial B rank to S rank through the tenfold quality amplification of her SSS-rank Nine-Five Supreme talent.
A crystal-clear blood-red gem.
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[Heart of the Sky Fox] (Artifact):
Quality: S-rank
Effect 1: Increases all attributes of the holder's fox-type pets by 30%.
Effect 2: When the holder has a fox-type pet, if the pet receives a lethal attack, it enters the Sky Fox Protection state. While in this state, it is immune to all control effects and damage for 10 seconds. 12-hour cooldown.
Description: Condensed from the racial core of the Sky Fox Clan of the Oracle Continent. Even though the core has shattered, the heart of the Sky Fox Clan will never fade.
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A completely exclusive artifact tailor-made for the Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li.
It was easy to imagine that once Ning Xi equipped this artifact.
Ah Li's upper limit would definitely become even higher.
At present, in her Tier-3 state, Ning Xi had three artifact equipment slots, yet she only had one C-rank Shadow Cloak equipped.
Therefore, for this artifact that provided no boost to Lin Mo whatsoever, Ning Xi didn't consider giving it to Lin Mo first like she used to whenever she obtained something good.
She equipped it herself.
As the effect of the S-rank artifact Heart of the Sky Fox took effect.
Ah Li, as a fox-type pet, immediately received a 30% increase to all attributes.
Her attack power, which was already an extremely outrageous 71,000 points, suddenly soared to an astonishing 92,300 points.
Defense!
Health!
Mana!
All of them also received massive increases.
Ah Li truly demonstrated what it meant to be invincible.
With the boost from this S-rank artifact, the Heart of the Sky Fox, their upcoming trip to the Snake Clan Gold-rank Secret Realm, Serpent King Island, was even more secure.
Soon, Lin Mo and Ning Xi arrived at the sea.
Looking at the huge island standing in the middle of the sea, Lin Mo and Ning Xi simultaneously activated the Secret Realm teleportation array through the five Snake Clan Marks on the backs of their hands.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As a golden light curtain appeared before them, the two stepped into the light curtain and disappeared from the shore.
[Ding~ Welcome to the Lv80 Snake Clan Gold-rank Secret Realm, Serpent King Island! Without disturbing Queen Medusa, enter the Serpent King Palace and steal the Secret Realm quest scroll, then obtain the Secret Realm quest through the scroll!]
[Ding~ Please note! Queen Medusa possesses the Advanced Petrification talent and will possess the power of absolute immunity to physical and magical damage! Be sure not to disturb Queen Medusa, otherwise you will be hunted down!]
As the system notification sounded, Lin Mo, who had spawned on a dark island shrouded in darkness, exclaimed, "Absolute immunity? In other words, there's no downtime, and this Queen Medusa has physical and magical immunity at all times."
In that case, the system was actually quite considerate.
It had given the players a warning in advance to prevent them from seeking death.
Because judging from Queen Medusa's talent characteristics, it was no longer a question of strength.
Even if Lin Mo reached Level 100, as a Soul Archer who dealt purely physical damage, he still wouldn't be able to hurt Queen Medusa in the slightest.
Unless he was like Ling Xiao and possessed the A-rank talent Burning Jade Together, which could deal true damage.
But obviously, this Queen Medusa's rank probably wouldn't be lower than a Tier 6 Boss.
Even with Ling Xiao's current nuclear-bomb-level damage, he still wouldn't be able to take down a Tier 6 Boss.
The design of this Secret Realm meant that players didn't actually need to kill Queen Medusa. They only needed to avoid being hunted by Queen Medusa and quietly complete the quest.
But Lin Mo was determined to do the opposite.
"I want the Secret Realm quest!"
"I want the treasure Ruyi!"
"I want the Divine Forging Cauldron map fragment!"
"I want Queen Medusa too!"
Ning Xi: "Hmm?"
"Brother Lin Mo, what did you say?"
"Hmph! Then go get your Queen Medusa!"
"Ah Li, let's go!"
"Okay, Sister Xi!"
Lin Mo immediately trembled.
He grabbed Ning Xi, and his survival instincts instantly went into overdrive.
"Uh… I mean, I want to kill Queen Medusa."
"I don't want Medusa. I only want you."
To be fair, if Ning Xi weren't here this time, Lin Mo really wouldn't be able to deal with Queen Medusa.
Pure physical and magical immunity.
In the eyes of any player, Queen Medusa was invincible.
There was only one person who could break through it.
And that was, the Heavenly Bewitchment Fox Clan Empress·Ah Li.
They immediately began conquering the Secret Realm.
Under normal circumstances, players had to sneak into the Serpent King Palace carefully and avoid attracting the attention of Queen Medusa, who was resting inside the palace.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi, however, fought their way through and slaughtered the Level 80 venomous snakes they encountered along the way.
Making a huge commotion, they were practically afraid that Queen Medusa wouldn't notice them.
And as it turned out, they really did attract her attention very quickly.
Before they even had time to approach the Serpent King Palace at the center of Serpent King Island.
A roar suddenly came from inside the Serpent King Palace.
Ning Xi looked at Lin Mo playfully and said, "Brother Lin Mo."
"Your Queen Medusa is here."