Time froze at nine in the morning.
There was still one hour left before the ten o'clock assembly time Zhang Dong had announced in the studio group chat.
The timing worked out perfectly. It gave the clone enough time to peacefully help Lu Ye grind off his crime value.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo himself could go clear today's Super God Arena matches with Ning Xi.
Whether it was for reaching the Silver rank required to enter the Divine Tomb dungeon, capture a priest, and evolve Divine Descent: Seraph, or for reaching the Gold rank required to enter the Dark Underground City map and carry out Ah Li's second-stage growth mission, or even for the officially hosted Ultimate King Championship, which only King-rank players could participate in, rank was always the number one pass into a Level 2 main city.
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[Inferno City, Super God Arena]
PvP battles between players from all walks of life were in full swing.
The strong rose an entire sub-rank in a single day.
The weak not only failed to progress, but even dropped in rank while blaming the heavens and everyone else.
Lin Mo had not even entered the arena for ten minutes before finishing all of his matches.
With his level of strength, there was naturally no suspense.
Ten straight wins in solo arena.
Ten straight wins in pet arena.
Ten straight wins in duo couples arena.
Ten straight wins in five-man team arena.
Today's record: forty consecutive victories.
His rank rose from Bronze IV (40/100) to Bronze V (60/100).
Together with Ning Xi, he continued to tie for first place on Inferno City's rank leaderboard and win-rate leaderboard.
"At this rate, after tomorrow's matches, I should break into Silver rank and unlock the Silver Points Shop."
Lin Mo was somewhat looking forward to it.
The higher the points shop tier, the more valuable the resources inside.
The Silver Shop was worth quite a lot.
There should definitely be things in there that Lin Mo needed.
Next, although the main mission currently rested on the clone, Lin Mo himself naturally could not afford to fall behind either. He still had to keep improving and becoming stronger.
And aside from leveling, Lin Mo also had another rather important task at hand.
That was continuing the conquest of Yama Hall.
His previous progress had only reached the Third Hall.
But Yama Hall was divided into a total of Ten Halls.
Aside from the SS-rank magic scroll Incubated Clone from the Third Hall, the first-clear rewards from the Sixth Hall and the Tenth Hall would only be even more valuable than the Third Hall's.
In his previous life, the highest clear record for Inferno City's Yama Hall had only reached the Third Hall.
In this life, with both the conditions and strength to do it, Lin Mo naturally wanted to shatter the previous life's record and see just how high his limits truly were.
At the same time, Lin Mo was also extremely curious what rewards the Sixth and Tenth Halls would hold.
So after finishing the arena, Lin Mo left the city together with Ning Xi and headed straight for Yama Hall.
As the clock struck ten in the morning, at Inferno City's south gate, more than thirty players from Qingfeng Studio had gathered together.
At the front, Zhang Dong stood there with a beer belly comparable to a woman seven months pregnant, gesturing grandly at the studio members as though commanding an empire.
"Forget about this morning's defeat. We just happened to run into the number three player on the Heavenly Rankings, so we'll count ourselves unlucky! President Gao said we currently have the Undead Bone Capital mission to handle, so we shouldn't stir up extra trouble for now! Once this mission's settled, he'll personally step in and help us vent our anger by teaching that Black Night a lesson!"
"So this time, every one of you better give it your all, got it?"
"President Gao has over a hundred work teams under him. Qingfeng is only one of them, so we have to carve a bloody path out from those hundred teams. We have to let President Gao see that Qingfeng is the strongest among them."
"Once we reach Undead Bone Capital later, all of you better perform well! Understood?"
As soon as Zhang Dong finished speaking, everyone responded in unison: "Yes, Boss!"
Right at that moment, under Lin Mo's remote consciousness control, the clone, Mo, arrived and regrouped with Qingfeng Studio's players.
Zhang Dong sized up the tall, lean, clean-featured assassin youth dressed in black before him and asked, "You're the new guy, Mo?"
'Mo?'
The moment she heard that name, the white-robed mage girl standing beside Zhang Dong, Zhao Ling'er, suddenly trembled.
Her mind instantly recalled the person who had messaged her a few days ago, telling her to come to Inferno City.
'His name was also Mo… Could that person really be him… or is it just a coincidence?'
Zhao Lingyun's clear eyes remained fixed on Mo, filled with curiosity and confusion.
As expected, Zhang Dong did not recognize Lin Mo's clone as the person who had ordered the Shadow Sword God Black Night to wipe out Qingfeng not long ago.
After confirming that Mo was the newbie reporting to the studio, he instructed him, "Fall in. Perfect timing, you can come with us on a mission."
"Understood, Boss."
Under Lin Mo's remote control, the clone calmly agreed and successfully infiltrated Qingfeng.
Afterward, Mo followed Zhang Dong and the Qingfeng Studio players out of the city toward Undead Bone Capital.
Along the way, Zhao Lingyun could not suppress the suspicion in her heart.
She could not help glancing back at Mo again.
But Zhang Dong noticed immediately, and jealousy exploded within him.
"Zhao Lingyun! You're already my girlfriend, and you're still looking at other men?"
As he spoke, Zhang Dong turned around, pointed at Mo, and barked harshly, "I'm warning you, this is your boss's woman, understand? If you dare have any improper thoughts about her, I'll fire you immediately."
Hearing this, on the other side, Lin Mo, who was remotely controlling the clone, nearly burst out laughing.
"Isn't the whole reason I sent the clone into your studio because of Zhao Lingyun?"
"If the clone didn't have thoughts about Zhao Lingyun…"
"Then what, was it supposed to have thoughts about you, you fat pig?"
Of course, outwardly, under Lin Mo's control, the clone still maintained a respectful attitude.
"I wouldn't dare."
Zhang Dong smirked proudly, "Good. Better not."
Then Zhang Dong continued mocking Zhao Lingyun with sarcasm and contempt, "Don't think that just because you've got a decent face, men will actually like you! The game may have restored your virgin body, but that's only because they don't know you're a cripple with a disabled left leg in real life!"
"What's more, you're a cripple in-game too, since you don't even have a talent! Besides me, what other man in this world would want you?"
"Zhao Lingyun, from now on you'd better behave yourself! Stop attracting attention from other men, hear me?"
Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, Zhao Lingyun was so ashamed she wished she could disappear, yet she had no strength to refute him, because in her own mind, she really was "useless."
All she could do was bite her lip and softly reply, "I understand…"
Through the shared vision of the clone, even Lin Mo felt fury rising in his chest as he watched Zhang Dong publicly humiliate Zhao Lingyun like this.
It was only inconvenience in her left leg.
Besides, Zhao Lingyun's leg was not untreatable. Her family simply could not bear to spend the money on treatment.
'Zhao Lingyun is kind-hearted. She often rescues stray cats and dogs.'
'She's gentle and virtuous too. Laundry, cooking, housework, she handles all of it herself.'
Ning Fei had not only investigated Gao Han and Zhang Dong.
He had investigated Zhao Lingyun too.
So judging from Zhao Lingyun's character and personality, even with a disabled left leg, she was still far more than worthy of a divorced man like Zhang Dong.
In his previous life, after Zhao Lingyun married Zhang Dong, she had never once looked down on him. She always stayed dutiful and fulfilled her role as a wife.
Yet Zhang Dong simply did not know how to appreciate what he had. His usual womanizing was one thing, but in the end, he even betrayed Zhao Lingyun and sold out such a wonderful girl for profit.
Zhao Lingyun's good character was one aspect.
But the bigger reason was this, before Oracle descended in the previous life, under the influence of her family and society's constant conditioning, Zhao Lingyun truly saw herself as "useless."
After years of brainwashing from her parents and Zhang Dong, she genuinely believed that being with a rich man like Zhang Dong was her blessing.
She genuinely believed that aside from Zhang Dong, no other man in the world would ever want her.
Thinking of this, the anger in Lin Mo's eyes became impossible to hide.
And his determination to pull Zhao Lingyun out of this hellhole only grew stronger.
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