After walking east from Yunbian Town for more than ten minutes, finally, a massive white curtain of light appeared in his field of vision.
That was the teleportation passage from the beginner village to the Tier 3 main cities.
At this moment, players who had occasionally reached level 10 and completed their class change hurried over from the direction of Yunbian Town and stepped into the light curtain.
At the same time, every time a player completed the teleportation, the name of the city they entered would appear on the light curtain.
Lin Mo also stepped into the light curtain.
In a blank white space, the system prompt rang in his ears—
[Ding~ Please choose the Tier 3 main city you wish to travel to.]
As soon as the voice fell, a selection panel popped up in front of Lin Mo, containing more than three hundred options. Each one corresponded to a Tier 3 main city of the Human race, Beast race, or Elf race.
Lin Mo quickly made his choice, "Human main city, Blazing Ember City."
Because in his previous life, the Tier 3 main city Lin Mo chose had been Blazing Ember City, and he was extremely familiar with its layout.
[Ding~ Human Tier 3 main city · Blazing Ember City. First teleportation is free. The system is teleporting you now. Please wait.]
Whoosh!
White light flared, and Lin Mo vanished from the teleportation space.
At the same time, on the light curtain outside, a name appeared, Blazing Ember City.
The words only flickered for three seconds before disappearing.
But they were still completely seen by a pair of eyes not far away.
———
[Meanwhile, Offline]
Inside a bedroom filled with the mixed smell of dopamine, the large bed creaked loudly. Wang Junjie, completely naked, was thrusting hard into a girl in front of him, the pleasure on his face impossible to put into words.
Just at that moment, a phone ringtone rang at the worst possible time.
Wang Junjie finished his final thrust, let out a long sigh, flopped onto the bed, and picked up the call.
"Boss! Rulebound went to a Tier 3 main city, Blazing Ember City! I saw it with my own eyes."
Hearing this news, an extremely excited expression appeared on Wang Junjie's face, "Damn it! I've been waiting in the beginner village for so long, and finally that trash went to a Tier 3 main city!"
"Blazing Ember City, right? Rulebound, the humiliation you gave me in the beginner village, I'll pay it back to you a hundredfold in the Tier 3 main city."
As he spoke, Wang Junjie opened several Chaotic World guild group chats at the same time and sent the same message to all of them. [After everyone reaches level 10, gather in Blazing Ember City.]
Each group had several hundred people.
With five or six groups combined, there were several thousand people in total, all following Wang Junjie's lead. The group chats instantly filled with countless "Received" messages.
Wang Junjie sneered viciously, "Rulebound, just wait for me! Let's see if once you get to the Tier 3 main city, I don't mess you up!"
"I swear, Blazing Ember City will be your grave!"
———
[Ding~ Player Rulebound, welcome to the Oracle Continent, Human Tier 3 main city · Blazing Ember City!]
Crash!
White light scattered down, and Lin Mo appeared inside a magnificent city.
By comparison, the beginner village he came from was basically a pigsty.
It couldn't be compared at all to the splendor before his eyes.
At this moment, the system prompt rang again:
[Ding~ The second round of the Bounty Tournament event has begun. The Blazing Ember City level ranking, equipment ranking, wealth ranking, and reputation ranking functions have been activated. Players, please strive for the top and win great prizes.]
'It's here!'
Lin Mo felt as if the prize money was waving at him.
He opened the officially released event page and took a look.
To his delight, Lin Mo discovered that not only had the top prize increased from the previous one hundred thousand in the beginner village leveling event to a terrifying three hundred thousand this time.
But based on level, equipment, wealth, and reputation, there were a total of four rankings, and the rewards for each ranking were independent and could be stacked.
Which meant that—
"If I can get first place on all four rankings at the same time, I can get a total of 1.2 million in prize money, plus twelve lottery chances."
"And even if the lottery hits only the guaranteed seventh-tier prize, that's still worth ten thousand each. Twelve draws combined, no matter how bad it gets, that should still be around two million, right?"
"If my luck's good and I pull a second-tier prize, a first-tier prize… wouldn't that be an instant takeoff?"
"Looks like the officials really went all out to boost the game's popularity."
Lin Mo's blood immediately began to boil.
His goal and plan instantly became clear.
That was to take first place.
And not just one, he wanted all four first places.
Although judging by the current situation, Lin Mo had already easily met the benchmarks.
Level 13, 81%, Blazing Ember City level ranking first place.
31.18 gold, Blazing Ember City wealth ranking first place.
Level 10, tier-two golden Burning Heaven · Blazing Flame Sacred Ring, Blazing Ember City equipment ranking first place.
270 reputation, Blazing Ember City reputation ranking first place.
But he knew very well, "At present, only three beginner villages across the entire server have successfully killed their boss. That means the vast majority of top players have already met the requirements to enter a Tier 3 main city, but are still staying in the beginner villages for the sake of the boss."
Just from the fact that a Tier 3 main city could hold up to three million players, while Blazing Ember City currently had only a few tens of thousands of players, it was obvious.
"Once the powerhouses from all the beginner villages finish killing their bosses and gather in the Tier 3 main cities, my position as number one on the Heavenly Rankings could be threatened at any moment. If I want to hold onto first place, I have to keep growing nonstop."
At the same time, precisely because many beginner village bosses had not yet been killed, if Lin Mo wanted to obtain the other two Hearts of Shadow from the other "King of the Hunt" (the exclusive title for killing the beginner boss) and open the hidden dungeon [Shadow Holy Hall], he would have to wait a bit longer.
"In that case, perfect. I'll use this time to make preparations for the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon in advance."
Recalling his previous life, there had once been a wealthy player who spent a massive thirty million, buying three Hearts of Shadow from the three players who got the first kills on the beginner bosses, and used those three Hearts of Shadow to obtain the qualification to enter the hidden dungeon, Shadow Holy Hall.
After that tycoon entered Shadow Holy Hall, he live-streamed the entire process.
But due to insufficient strength, he was killed out of the dungeon in less than ten minutes.
As for who that tycoon player was, there was no need to go into detail.
It was enough to say that his surname was Wang.
Back then, Wang someone was mocked across the entire internet.
Everyone laughed at how he had flushed thirty million down the drain.
But Lin Mo remembered very clearly the extremely excited smile on Wang someone's face after he was killed out of the dungeon.
He spent thirty million and got killed out in ten minutes. Why would he still be that happy?
There was only one explanation: In those short ten minutes, the value he gained from Shadow Holy Hall had already exceeded the amount he invested.
"Earning more than thirty million in just ten minutes."
"If I stay in there for the full maximum exploration time of one hour, then what?"
Perhaps this single dungeon alone could bring Lin Mo enough value to directly accumulate the fifty million needed for cumulative recharge.
At the same time, Lin Mo remembered that he had also watched that live stream.
According to what he knew, the reason Wang someone was killed out of the dungeon in ten minutes was not because the dungeon monsters were too powerful.
The main reason was because, "There's a poisonous aura lingering inside Shadow Holy Hall, called Shadow Breath. When players are inside it, they continuously lose HP by a percentage."
"In my previous life, before entering the dungeon, Wang Junjie spent a massive amount of money crafting a full set of top-tier red equipment and made every possible preparation. In the end, he was still poisoned to death, which caused him to survive only ten minutes in Shadow Holy Hall."
Lin Mo thought for a moment and said, "And within Blazing Ember City, there's a set-type equipment called the [Deadly Poison Set]. A full set of Deadly Poison gear not only provides powerful poison damage, but also grants poison damage immunity to the wearer."
"If I can collect a full Deadly Poison set and then enter Shadow Holy Hall, immune to the corrosion of Shadow Breath, surviving for sixty minutes will definitely not be a problem."
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