Meanwhile, Lin Mo was leading Su Muqiu, Dragon Soul Aoshi, Dragon Soul Whisper, and another core Dragon Soul player through the Scorpion Empire dungeon, farming monsters.
He opened with a Annihilation · Storm Arrow Rain combined with Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley, instantly wiping out several Shadow Demon Scorpions ahead and ending the fight.
He opened the game video Ning Xi had sent on WeChat and took a look.
Ah Li's real combat strength genuinely shocked him.
Even though most of Ah Li's damage came from the extremely powerful hardware of her Toxic Set.
Just judging by her movement and control alone, it was definitely not something an ordinary pet could achieve, not even something many players could match.
'Impressive.'
'No wonder she's the only divine pet on the entire server.'
Lin Mo analyzed the source of Ah Li's damage.
'Out of this 5000+ single-hit damage, 3000 comes from the poison damage provided by the Tier 3 full-gold Toxic Set. Ah Li's talent only contributes four to five hundred.'
'That's also because Ah Li's current quality is too low. Her talent effect can only add extra damage equal to 1% of the enemy's max HP per attack, and it's capped at 10% of her own attack power.'
'But in a sense, the poison damage from the Toxic Set works the same way as Ah Li's talent. The faster the attack speed, the stronger the damage effect.'
'Even though the Toxic Set will eventually be phased out, the talent won't. And as Ah Li's quality improves later on, her talent damage will keep increasing.'
With that, the core direction for Ah Li's future development instantly became clear.
That was: stack attack speed. stack combo hits.
So while continuing to kill Shadow Demon Scorpions and run the dungeon, Lin Mo posted a purchase request in the Blazing Ember City chat channel, ["Buying assassin-type pet skills for attack speed, basic attacks, and combo hits at high price. Send pics in private "]
As soon as the message went out, there were plenty of responses, but none of them made any sense, ["Big brother Mo wants to speed up which part? My hand speed is super fast. Wanna give it a try?"]
["Why do you need to be so fast, big brother? I won't be able to handle it! So annoying~"]
["Boss! I'm an assassin! How about I become your pet? Do you like cats or dogs? I can switch freely! Woof! Woof! Meow meow~"]
Having too much charm wasn't always a good thing.
The chat channel was full of nonsense.
Not a single person there to actually get things done.
At a crucial moment, it was still Dragon Soul Aoshi who came through, "Bro, I've got two assassin-type pet skill books here. Just dropped them with the team. Take a look and see if you need them?"
As he spoke, Dragon Soul Aoshi opened his backpack, took out two skill books, and handed them to Lin Mo.
Lin Mo took a look, and his heart lit up—
[Chain Fatal (Assassin · E-grade Pet Skill): Rapidly launches five consecutive basic attacks on a single target, but each attack only deals 20% physical damage.]
[Basic Attack Combo (Assassin · D-grade Pet Skill): Passive; attack speed +20%, and each basic attack has a 15% chance to trigger a combo.]
These two skills were practically tailor-made for Ah Li.
Lin Mo was instantly overjoyed, "I want them!"
"How much? Name a price, I'll transfer it to you."
Dragon Soul Aoshi said, "It's fine, no need for money. Take them."
"Between friends, there's no need to be so formal."
The moment he said that, even Su Muqiu and Dragon Soul Whisper, who had followed Dragon Soul Aoshi for a long time, couldn't help but quietly marvel, "Been with the boss this long, this is the first time I've heard him say something like that."
"Seriously, I always thought in the boss's mind there were only partners, no such thing as friends."
"Even President Ling from the Ling Group, our Aoshi Group's biggest investor, doesn't hold this much weight in the boss's eyes. Rulebound is the first person to gain the boss's recognition."
"That's because the boss has been around long enough to tell the difference between real feelings and loyalty."
Lin Mo didn't stand on ceremony either, "Alright, next time I get something good, I'll save it for you."
Dragon Soul Aoshi rarely smiled, "No problem."
Lin Mo immediately mailed the two skill books to Ning Xi, ["Teach Ah Li these two skills and see how it goes."]
["Okay! I'll thank you on Ah Li's behalf, Brother Lin Mo!"]
As she spoke, Ning Xi taught Ah Li the two skills: Chain Fatal and Basic Attack Combo.
Right after that, she locked her gaze onto a Shadow Demon Scorpion ahead and instructed Ah Li, "Go, Ah Li!"
Whoosh!
Ah Li moved like the wind, instantly darting in front of the Shadow Demon Scorpion.
Clang!
Light as a swallow, Ah Li dodged the scorpion's tail thrust, leaped aside, and activated her skill.
Chain Fatal!
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Ah Li unleashed a flurry of incredibly fast attacks, exploding into an astonishing combo within a single second—
-4035! -5635 (Combo)!
-4035!
-4035!
-4035! -5635 (Combo)!
-4035!
In an instant, three-fifths of the Shadow Demon Scorpion's HP was gone.
Right after that, Ah Li jumped onto the scorpion's back, avoiding its attacks.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Another burst of rapid claw strikes.
This time, it only took 3 seconds to solo kill the Shadow Demon Scorpion without taking any damage.
Breaking the previous record of 5 seconds for a solo kill.
At the backline, the four Dragon Soul players sucked in cold air.
"Damn! This is just terrifying!"
"This little fox is way too broken!"
"What kind of pet is this? A divine pet, right?"
Ning Xi couldn't help but happily send Ah Li's kill video to Lin Mo again.
After watching it, Lin Mo became even more certain of his thoughts, "Looks like this development path is correct."
After all, pets were like players, they had limited skill slots.
And with countless skills in the Divine Oracle world, it was impossible to learn everything.
In that case, focused development was the best choice.
Just like Lin Mo's development plan for Strong-Maned Pig was to give up damage entirely and stack defense and HP.
As for Ah Li—
["No need to teach her damage skills. Stack attack speed and combo skills. With her talent effect, her burst won't be low."]
Ning Xi nodded, ["Got it!"]
Whether it was to accumulate reputation for Ning Xi's tenfold amplified A-grade hidden quest reward, or to reach level 50 himself, equip a Tier 5 Shadow Ring, and push toward the level 2 main city to establish his own guild force, right now, Lin Mo was full of drive.
A mere level 48 dungeon, Scorpion Empire, was handled with ease in just 25 minutes and 35 seconds.
[System Announcement (Blazing Ember City): "Ding~ Congratulations to players Rulebound, Dragon Soul Aoshi, Dragon Soul Muxi, Dragon Soul Yingzi, and Dragon Soul Whisper for clearing the Scorpion Empire dungeon! As the third team in Blazing Ember City to clear the dungeon, they receive rewards: Gold +40, Reputation +80, Level 3 Clearance Gift Pack +1 (players who have already received clearance rewards will not receive them again)!"]
As agreed, the four members of Dragon Soul handed all the Level 3 Clearance Gift Packs awarded by the system to Lin Mo.
Without pausing for even a moment, Lin Mo immediately swapped in another four Dragon Soul players and entered the dungeon again.
Outside the dungeon, Dragon Soul Aoshi and the others couldn't help but exclaim, "A perfect clear of a level 48 dungeon in 25 minutes, soloing a level 48 Tier 4 dungeon boss… Rulebound is way beyond the standard."
"How could he not be? The top players in Blazing Ember City are only level 35, and he's already level 48."
"We're playing on the public server, and he's playing on a private server or what?"
"This is insane!"
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