[Lv20 Insect Nest Dungeon]
Outside the exit, densely packed, there were several thousand Chaotic World Guild players, who had already completely surrounded the entire dungeon, sealing it tight.
Within the crowd, Wang Junjie, a level 13 warrior clad in golden armor from head to toe, leisurely toyed with a long, flowing-glow sword in his hand that looked extremely valuable, his gaze fixed mockingly on the exit of the Insect Nest Dungeon.
He seemed to be getting a bit impatient.
Wang Junjie cursed impatiently, "Fack, that trash, still not coming out! Died inside or what?"
"I can't wait any longer to go in and chop that Rulebound piece of trash to bits!"
As his voice fell, the level 12 black-robed mage, the strategist Chaotic World Zhuge, pushed up his glasses with his index finger and analyzed the map information of the Insect Nest Dungeon in front of him, "The Insect Nest Dungeon is divided into a total of ten floors. Players must complete the previous floor's quest before they can obtain the qualification to enter the next floor."
"Rulebound is on the second floor, and at most we can only enter the first floor right now. Even if we go inside, we won't be able to catch him."
"However, the Insect Nest Dungeon has only this single entrance and exit, and Rulebound doesn't know we've already set up an ambush outside. We don't need to go in, we just wait here like a hunter by the tree stump."
"As long as Rulebound comes out, he will die for sure."
Hearing this, Wang Junjie grinned viciously, "Rulebound, I really can't wait to see what kind of expression you'll have when you come out and see the big gift I've prepared for you!"
"Hahahaha! If I don't make you eat shit until you're full later, I'll facking take your surname!"
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At the same time—
[Blazing Ember City]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As several streaks of silver light fell, Lin Mo, Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, Skinny Monkey, and Fat Dahai, the five of them, teleported back to the city.
Skinny Monkey couldn't help but laugh, "Just thinking about that dumbass Wang Junjie, still stupidly waiting outside the dungeon, thinking we're still inside, makes me want to laugh."
Fat Dahai smacked his lips, "One Return Scroll costs 1 gold coin, that's equivalent to ten thousand yuan. So damn expensive! The ten-thousand-plus we got from the leveling event in the newbie village, gone just like that, sigh…"
Xia Wanwan comforted the chubby guy, "Stabilizing our levels is what matters most. I did the math. Once we get the Blazing Ember City leveling rewards, even if seventy percent goes to Senior Lin Mo, with just the remaining thirty percent, there'll still be at least sixty or seventy thousand."
Xia Wanwan's words instantly brought Fat Dahai back to life.
Lin Mo checked the time and instructed them, "Log off and eat dinner first. Gather before eight tonight."
"Okay!"
As they spoke, Ling Xiao and the other three logged off.
Lin Mo didn't rush to log off. Instead, as agreed, he went to the Blazing Ember City warehouse management area to meet Qin Feng.
"Brother Mo, are you alright?", Qin Feng asked with concern, "The Chaotic World people didn't do anything to you, did they?"
Lin Mo said appreciatively, "Thanks to your timely help."
Receiving recognition from his idol, Qin Feng scratched his head and chuckled, "Just a small favor!"
It turned out that after Qin Feng told Lin Mo that the Chaotic World people had their eyes on him.
Lin Mo had already anticipated that Wang Junjie was very likely leading people to guard the outside of the Insect Nest Dungeon, and the moment he came out, he would immediately fall into an encirclement.
So he came up with a plan and had Qin Feng buy five Return Scrolls from the Blazing Ember City shop and send them to him via mail.
After that, the five of them used the Return Scrolls to teleport directly back to the city.
Although using Return Scrolls was expensive.
Compared to being killed by the Chaotic World people and suffering the penalty of losing one level, it was nothing.
After that previous battle of fighting outnumbered against Su Muqiu and the Dragon Soul Guild players, Lin Mo had already deeply realized that in the Divine Oracle, there was no such thing as the protagonist's ability from xianxia novels, where one man could hold a pass and block ten thousand foes.
This game had no absolute invincibility.
Even in his past life, the SSS-tier talent user Xiyue, the number one female emperor of the Dragon Nation national server, was able to maintain her lofty position only because countless S-tier and even SS-tier talent powerhouses protected her side.
So in that situation just now, if Lin Mo had gone out and faced the thousands of troops from the Chaotic World Guild alone, he would have died without a doubt.
Pulling his thoughts back, Lin Mo asked Qin Feng for his account number and transferred 500,000 yuan to him on the spot.
Qin Feng was stunned, "Four hundred twenty-five books cost 425,000, Return Scrolls were 50,000. Forty-seven fifty thousand is enough. Brother Mo, you gave too much."
"The extra counts as your hard work fee," Lin Mo said.
To help Lin Mo collect books, Qin Feng had spent so much time in the newbie village.
And Return Scrolls could only be bought with gold coins, so in order to get five gold coins to buy them, Qin Feng had also spent a lot of effort asking people everywhere just now.
"I've seen all your efforts."
Lin Mo's seemingly casual sentence instantly made Qin Feng feel that everything he had quietly done was truly worth it.
"Hehe! It was nothing, as long as you don't keep holding a grudge about that thing where I competed with you for Su Yingxia before…"
"Oh right, Brother Mo, did you and Sister-in-law… have a fight?", Qin Feng asked in confusion, "Do you want me to help persuade her? Based on my many years of experience with countless women, she's really one of the few truly excellent girls."
"If you miss her, that would be such a pity!"
Lin Mo's gaze suddenly turned cold, "This is none of your business."
Qin Feng immediately shut up, "Then I'll take the brothers out to grind levels first. Brother Mo, contact me if you need anything!"
"Alright."
After parting with Qin Feng, Lin Mo found a secluded spot and used his SSS-tier talent, Soul Flame, to incinerate all 425 E-rank skill books, obtaining 425 skill evolution points.
This time, it was a massive bloodletting.
Lin Mo's funds had dropped from over a million at the start to seventy-something.
Now he was left with only three hundred thousand.
Although it hurt, Lin Mo knew very well that all of this investment was for even greater returns in the future.
So he opened his bag and, between the archer class's Fire Arrow and Ice Arrow E-rank basic skills, Lin Mo chose Ice Arrow.
Because, "For pure damage, Seven-Star Volley is enough. Fire Arrow isn't really necessary for now."
"And Ice Arrow at E-rank already comes with a slight crowd control. If I evolve it to SSS-tier, the control effect should be pretty good."
Having control and damage would allow Lin Mo to handle all kinds of combat situations with ease.
Thinking this, Lin Mo began evolving the skill with eager anticipation.
[Ding～Consumed 1 skill evolution point. Congratulations, you have evolved E-rank Ice Arrow to D-rank!]
[Ding～Consumed 2 skill evolution points. Congratulations, you have evolved D-rank Ice Arrow to C-rank!]
[Ding...]
After seven consecutive evolutions.
[Ding～Consumed 64 skill evolution points. Congratulations, you have obtained the SSS-tier skill Ice Snow·Extreme Cold Grasp!]
"The second SSS-tier skill is finally here!"
Lin Mo stared excitedly at the Ice Snow·Extreme Cold Grasp in his hands.
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