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[Deadly Poison Spider] (Physical-type · Normal Monster)
— Level: 20
— Physical Attack: 625
— Physical Defense: 420
— Magic Defense: 390
— HP: 2900
— Skills: Venom, Poison Silk
— Description: Under the influence of the poisonous arts of the Insect Shaman · Moya, the toxin potency within these Deadly Poison Spiders has increased tenfold, gradually posing an ever-growing threat to the lives of Blazing Ember City's citizens. Three years ago, the city lord of Blazing Ember City personally led troops to exterminate the poisonous insects, driving the Deadly Poison Spiders into the Insect Nest Underground Palace for suppression, repeatedly extracting the venom from their bodies to craft anti-poison equipment and enhance the city's overall resistance.
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"Worthy of being a level 20 monster. That's strong!"
"With these stats, it's almost catching up to the level 15 tier-two boss, the Spider Queen."
Lin Mo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
As he spoke, he took the Hero's Golden Bow off his back.
Locking onto the Deadly Poison Spider ahead that had entered his attack range.
Whoosh!
An arrow tore through the air, summoning a golden pentagram array.
The next second, seven consecutive golden star arrows rained down from the barrier, like world-shattering thunder, continuously piercing through the Deadly Poison Spider's body.
SSS-grade, Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley!
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
-503!
-519!
-804 (Critical)!
-554!
-858 (Critical)!
-887 (Critical)!
-611!
'Level 20 monsters really do have high resistance.'
With Lin Mo's 188 Agility, out of seven hits he only triggered three critical strikes.
Still, the damage was already maxed out.
Hiss!
The Deadly Poison Spider didn't even have time to react to what had happened before it was trapped in the combined 3.85-second stun from the seven star arrows.
Its HP bar was emptied on the spot, and amid a low, hoarse hiss, it died.
Lin Mo couldn't help but marvel again, "SSS-grade skills are really insane. Even a level 20 monster can be one-shot."
Besides that, level 20 monsters weren't stingy at all.
Killing a monster seven levels above granted an extra 40% experience bonus. Add to that the Blessing Aura's 10% and the title's 1%.
A single Deadly Poison Spider gave Lin Mo a full 1510 experience points, instantly pushing his experience bar up by a full 1%.
At this moment, Lin Mo walked over to the Deadly Poison Spider's corpse and picked up the five copper coins it dropped.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
Lin Mo already knew this, "The lower the floor, the lower the venom drop rate."
"If I remember right, spiders on the first floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace only have about a 10% venom drop rate."
Lin Mo's goal was to quickly collect venom and exchange it with Guard Captain William for Deadly Poison set equipment.
So he had to reach the final floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace as fast as possible: the tenth floor.
Because the poisonous insects on the tenth floor had a 100% venom drop rate.
Every single poisonous insect would definitely drop a bottle of venom.
That meant every ten poisonous insects could be exchanged for one piece of Deadly Poison equipment.
This would undoubtedly allow Lin Mo to collect a full archer Deadly Poison set at maximum efficiency.
So, stepping over the Deadly Poison Spider's corpse, Lin Mo locked onto his next target.
After waiting for his skill cooldown.
Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
[Ding~ You have killed a level 20 Deadly Poison Spider. EXP +1510!]
"So good!", Lin Mo couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.
What was terrifying was that such an outrageous skill only had a 15-second cooldown.
Every 15 seconds, Lin Mo could use a single Seven-Star Volley to instantly kill one Deadly Poison Spider.
The only flaw was how fast it drained mana.
After killing just two spiders, Lin Mo's mana bar was already empty.
Of course, Lin Mo also knew that the biggest reason for this problem was that the necklace slot, which could increase mana, was still empty.
"Once I reach level 15 and equip the tier-two orange-quality Poison Burst Necklace dropped by the Spider Queen, this problem should be solved."
Thinking that, he took a level-two mana potion from his bag and downed it in one gulp.
After restoring his mana, Lin Mo continued shooting down Deadly Poison Spiders.
This kind of barely-breaking-even combat didn't make Lin Mo feel regretful or bored.
Because whether it was the terrifying damage or the stunning visual effects.
Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley!
This top-tier SSS skill filled Lin Mo with emotional satisfaction every single time he cast it.
After consecutively killing eight Deadly Poison Spiders.
Clink!
At last, a bottle of purple liquid dropped from a Deadly Poison Spider's corpse.
Lin Mo picked it up.
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[Venom] (Quest Item)
— Description: Venom condensed within poisonous insects. It is said that the forging masters of Blazing Ember City can use it to refine anti-poison equipment.
— Note: Cannot be traded. Cannot be dropped.
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"Eight spiders just to drop one bottle of venom. That wasn't easy."
Putting the venom into his backpack, Lin Mo continued killing spiders.
After killing more than a dozen Deadly Poison Spiders in a row—
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light descended from above.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you've reached level 14. All attributes +1, free attribute points +3. EXP required for next level: 250,000!]
After leveling up, the experience gained from killing spiders dropped by 10%, while the experience required to level up surged by 100,000.
That meant the difficulty of leveling had increased significantly.
But just thinking about how reaching level 15 would allow him to equip the Poison Burst Necklace and solve the mana shortage problem, Lin Mo felt as if his whole body was brimming with endless energy.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as Lin Mo was crazily shooting Deadly Poison Spiders one after another, suddenly, a loud system announcement descended from the sky—
[Citywide Announcement (Blazing Ember City): "Ding~ Congratulations to player [Dragon Soul] Dusk for completing the E-rank hidden quest · Endless Flame, achieving the Hidden Player achievement, and receiving rewards: Gold Coin +1, Reputation +10, and the title Hidden Player!"]
"Endless Flame?", Lin Mo fell into thought.
This hidden quest buried in Blazing Ember City was something he actually knew about.
However, compared to the value that the hidden dungeon [Shadow Holy Hall] could bring, Lin Mo hadn't bothered to spend time on this E-rank hidden quest.
What truly made Lin Mo's heart subtly tremble was the person who completed it.
The Dragon Soul Guild, one of Blazing Ember City's top-tier guilds in his previous life.
Its strength and scale were no weaker than Wang Junjie's Chaotic World Guild, and might even have been stronger.
Because although Chaotic World Guild had numbers, its members were all bought with money by Wang Junjie. No skill, no awareness, just second-rate random players.
As for the Dragon Soul Guild, according to what Lin Mo knew, "Its guild leader, Dragon Soul Aoshi, is a business tycoon in the real world. Before Oracle was released, he already loved playing a strategy war MMO called [Apocalypse]. In that game, he was already a dominant overlord, with a huge number of top-tier players with exceptional mechanics and awareness gathered under him."
"He would also frequently hand out red packets and benefits in the guild chats, and players from all over were willingly loyal to him."
"After Oracle launched, he founded the Dragon Soul Guild and recruited all the elite players he had known from Apocalypsem"
So every single member of the Dragon Soul Guild was a professional, top-tier gaming expert.
Some were even national server players from [Apocalypse].
Completely incomparable to the mixed bag that was the Chaotic World Guild.
As for this Dragon Soul Dusk announced just now, Lin Mo didn't recall the name.
"Still, being able to complete Blazing Ember City's hidden quest this early, this person's status within the Dragon Soul Guild is probably anything but ordinary."
And the reason Lin Mo was paying so much attention to the Dragon Soul Guild.
Was actually because…
"If I remember correctly, the second Shadow Heart of Blazing Ember City should be in Dragon Soul's hands."
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