As the only rare hidden dungeon within Inferno City, Lv65 Divine Tomb had an entry requirement where players could not exceed the dungeon level, meaning level 65.
On top of that, players had to reach Silver rank and enter as a five-person team.
So Lin Mo's original plan was to wait until Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, Xia Wanwan, and the others reached Silver rank, then join up with Ning Xi and form a five-man Silver team to challenge the Divine Tomb.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi had arrived at the level-two main city three days ahead of all other players. Combined with the double ticket purchase privilege during the first three days, it was equal to having six extra days of arena battles compared to normal players.
So as long as the two of them finished tomorrow's matches, they could smoothly advance to Silver rank.
But according to estimates, Ling Xiao and the others would still need at least another week of Super God Arena matches before raising their ranks to Silver.
Unless they could rely on a higher-level [Rank Boost] scroll. That would forcibly lower the Divine Tomb entry requirement for Ling Xiao and the others from Silver Rank 1 to Bronze Rank 3.
But no matter what, it would still take at least three to four days.
"Before that, I have to make sure Zhao Lingyun stays safe."
Earlier, while controlling his clone and guarding the Undead Arena outside Undead Bone Capital, Lin Mo had deliberately observed Zhang Dong through the clone's shared vision.
At the time, he saw that every time Zhang Dong looked at him and Zhao Lingyun, his eyes were full of malice and hatred.
Clearly, Zhang Dong would never let Lin Mo's "stealing his woman" go so easily.
"Right now, my clone is already vice president of the Golden Age Guild. With the clone's strength, even if Zhang Dong wants revenge, he won't dare act."
"So there's a high chance he'll target Zhao Lingyun instead."
So Lin Mo immediately issued an order to the clone through his consciousness: [Secretly stay close and protect Zhao Ling'er twenty-four hours a day.]
To Lin Mo, someone like Zhang Dong was just a clown and not worth worrying about.
But before awakening her SS-grade talent, Zhao Lingyun truly was just a weak and insecure woman. Anyone could bully her.
So Lin Mo's protection wasn't only against Zhang Dong. It was also against anyone who might harm Zhao Lingyun.
As one of the top hundred experts in Dragon Nation's national server in his previous life, Lin Mo absolutely could not allow anything to happen to her.
The task of protecting Zhao Lingyun was handed to the clone.
Lin Mo himself continued focusing on leveling and developing his own strength.
The clone also had an extremely powerful setting. It could adjust its level at any time according to the owner's level, as long as it did not exceed the owner's level.
Which meant: even if the clone was killed back to level 0, Lin Mo could instantly raise it back above level 50.
Because of that, the clone had no need to deliberately pursue levels or develop strength. It didn't even need to worry about being killed. It was originally just a part separated from Lin Mo.
The stronger Lin Mo became, the stronger the clone became.
Sun Yang's side was still leading people through the [Blood Mine] to collect blood crystals.
The Blood Mine map only produced a limited number of blood crystals each day. If Lin Mo wanted to use the blood crystals collected by Sun Yang to forge the Divine Tomb key, [Key of God], it would probably still take several more days.
That happened to match the time needed for Ling Xiao and the others to raise their ranks.
"Once Ling Xiao and the others reach Silver rank, I should also be able to get the Key of God through Sun Yang. Then everything will be ready for the Divine Tomb."
So for now, Lin Mo's focus was on Yama Hall.
He had to raise his level and strength as quickly as possible.
Because the rare hidden dungeon Divine Tomb was not easy to clear.
Lin Mo knew very well that the current strength of him and Ning Xi was still far from enough to conquer the Divine Tomb in one push.
He would have to see whether the clear rewards from the sixth and seventh halls of Yama Hall could give them a major boost in strength.
Since the level of Yama Hall changed in real time based on the average level of the top one hundred thousand players on Inferno City's level ranking.
The First Hall's level was average level +5.
The Second Hall's level was average level +6.
And so on.
With the current average level of first-line Inferno City players being level 53, the monster in the Fourth Hall of Yama Hall, Hall of King Wuguan, the [Corpse Reciter], had already reached level 61.
For the current level 56 Lin Mo, it already posed a certain amount of difficulty.
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[Corpse Reciter] (Magic-type · Normal Monster)
Level: 61
Magic Attack: 10300
Physical Defense: 6100
Magic Defense: 5800
HP: 193000
Skills: Corpse Scripture Recital (C-rank), Corpse Song Reading (D-rank)...
Weakness: Corpse Reciters excel at reciting corpse scriptures and corpse songs with mental attacks, but as long as one covers their ears during the recitation, the mental damage received can be greatly reduced by 30%.
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Ahead of him, a scholar carrying a bookcase and wearing a long robe wandered in place while holding an ancient book and muttering to himself.
Even Lin Mo couldn't help saying after seeing it, "Elegant!"
But whether it was the face or body, the monster's skin was in an extremely rotten state, making it hard to look at.
Lin Mo entered attack range, picked up the Venom Crossbow, locked onto the Corpse Reciter, and launched an attack.
Puchi!
An Ice Snow · Grip of Extreme Cold fired an icy arrow that pierced straight through the Corpse Reciter's mouth, interrupting its chanting.
-54118 (Critical)!
Crash!
An area of extreme frost instantly spread around the Corpse Reciter.
What was shocking was that the SSS-rank Grip of Extreme Cold, which originally had a 100% freeze effect, failed to freeze the Corpse Reciter.
And that was because of the effect of the Fourth Hall of Yama Hall, King Wuguan's Aura: all monsters within the aura field gained +50% control immunity.
The difficulty of the Fourth Hall kept increasing.
Here, the "control-style" strategy used by ordinary players would be heavily weakened.
Fortunately, Lin Mo and Ning Xi did not rely on control builds.
The two of them followed a pure violent damage build.
The attacked Corpse Reciter looked toward Lin Mo and raised its ancient book, preparing to chant scripture.
Lin Mo gave it no chance at all.
Burning Heaven · Wildfire Spreads + Heaven Execution · Seven Star Volley!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrows mixed with flaming bolts rained down from the sky, striking the Corpse Reciter nonstop.
A large amount of blood-red damage numbers exploded above its head.
-54976 (Critical)! -10995 (Burn)!
-10595 (Critical)!
-10912 (Critical)!
-8455!
The corpse scholar filled with passion and knowledge died before it could even finish reciting a verse, collapsing to the ground.
[Ding~ Killed level 61 monster Corpse Reciter. EXP +300000!]
Beside him, Ning Xi's emotional support value was maxed out, "Brother Lin Mo is still as amazing as ever."
But Lin Mo was completely dissatisfied with his own damage.
He shook his head and sighed, "It takes three SSS-rank skills just to barely kill one monster."
"Sigh! Looks like I'm still too weak."
The strength created by stacking the four Yama Hall auras together really could not be underestimated.
And Lin Mo also realized: aside from the ring [Shadow · Power of Dominion], the other seven pieces of his tier-3 Venom equipment needed to be replaced.
'If I switched to a full set of tier-5 equipment, I can't even imagine how much stronger I'd become,' Lin Mo muttered.
Unfortunately, that could only remain wishful thinking.
After all, at this stage, even tier-4 equipment was rare.
As for tier-5 equipment, even Lin Mo currently had no way to get it.
Bringing his attention back to the present, Lin Mo and Ning Xi simultaneously summoned their pets, Dark Gold · Strong Maned Pig and Ah Li.
They locked onto the Corpse Reciters spread across the area.
Next, it was time to hunt.