Since the fifth stage of the SSS-grade talent Soul Flame had unlocked the ability to burn and evolve magic scrolls, Lin Mo intended to push this ability to its limit.
Although he currently didn't have the means to raise all the permanent enhancement effects from the countless magic scrolls in the Divine Oracle to one hundred stacks at SSS grade.
At the very least, he could first focus on the scrolls that provided major improvements.
He had been continuously buying magic scrolls.
E-grade scrolls cost 2,000 each, and Lin Mo had been collecting them all along, posting a purchase request almost every hour.
After lunch, Lin Mo logged in, withdrew another large batch of scrolls from the mail, and burned them all into Scroll Evolution Points.
Then he used those Evolution Points to focus on evolving one specific magic scroll.
[Ding~ Consumed 127 Scroll Evolution Points. Congratulations! E-grade Magic Scroll · Skill Expansion has been evolved to SSS grade with one click!]
[Ding~ Consumed 63 Scroll Evolution Points. Congratulations! E-grade Magic Scroll · Skill Expansion has been evolved to SS grade with one click!]
[Ding~ Consumed 7 Scroll Evolution Points. Congratulations! E-grade Magic Scroll · Skill Expansion has been evolved to B grade with one click!]
Skill Expansion was one of the items players in the Divine Oracle could use to permanently increase their skill slots.
And for each grade of Skill Expansion scroll, a player could only use one in their lifetime.
So far, Lin Mo had already used E-grade, D-grade, A-grade, and S-grade Skill Expansion scrolls.
There were still four grades left that he could use.
So Lin Mo evolved one each of the unused C-grade, B-grade, SS-grade, and SSS-grade Skill Expansion scrolls.
After using all of them, he gained 3 + 4 + 10 + 15, for a total of 32 skill slots.
He opened his skill list.
The list showed that Lin Mo currently had a total of 85 skill slots, gained through class advancement rewards, level-up rewards, scroll rewards, mentor rewards, achievement rewards, and other sources.
With the golden title [Resourceful], all of Lin Mo's skills occupied one less skill slot, with a minimum of one slot.
As a result, his four SSS-grade skills only occupied 28 skill slots.
Not noticing was one thing. Looking closely was another.
"Fifty-seven empty skill slots?"
"I can equip eight more SSS-grade skills?"
"I didn't expect there was still so much room for improvement in terms of skills."
Lin Mo didn't waste any time.
He immediately selected eight E-grade Soul Shooter skill books from his warehouse according to his needs.
Then, under the evolution of Soul Flame.
These E-grade trash skills that nobody would bother picking up even if they were lying on the ground instantly became top-tier divine skills beyond the reach of every player on the server.
[World-Shattering · Annihilation Shot (SSS Grade): Single-target burst. Kills trigger unlimited chain attacks.]
[Armor-Breaking · Heart-Piercing Arrow (SSS Grade): The higher the target's defense, the higher the damage. 100% armor penetration, specialized in killing tanks
[Dark Night · Dance of Death (SSS Grade): Single-target burst. Kills trigger small-area splash damage.]
[Rending · Skybreaking Arrow (SSS Grade): Percentage-based HP execution. Boss killer.]
[Judgment · Soul-Devouring Arrow (SSS Grade): Soul lock. Enemies have nowhere to escape.]
AOE skills were far too rare in the Divine Oracle.
Otherwise, with Lin Mo's burst power, if he learned only AOE skills, one skill could wipe out a whole group of enemies.
That would be incredibly satisfying.
Besides that, burst damage and output alone weren't enough.
Starting now, Lin Mo wanted to pursue complete perfection, break away from being known as a pure stat-based player, and become a master of mechanics.
Therefore, the remaining three skills focused more on utility and greatly increased his operational ceiling.
[Flash Strike · Shadow Shift (SSS Grade): Attack an enemy or object and switch positions with the arrow.]
[Phantom Vision · Anti-Stealth Strike (SSS Grade): Breaks stealth and grants continuous true sight.]
[Hunt · Death Theft (SSS Grade): Kill enemies and steal skills.]
He reopened his skill list.
Looking at the twelve SSS-grade skills in the list, Lin Mo was finally satisfied.
Of course, Lin Mo couldn't focus only on himself.
Next, he continued evolving another two complete sets of Skill Expansion scrolls from E grade to SSS grade.
One set was for Strong-Maned Pig and the other for Siya.
He maxed out their skill slots as well.
Then, based on Strong-Maned Pig's talent characteristics, he taught it nothing but passive skills that increased HP and defense.
Several SSS-grade passive skills were added.
Strong-Maned Pig's defense instantly jumped from over 22,000 to over 40,000.
Its HP surged from over 1.02 million to over 2.3 million.
What did that mean?
To put it simply, the level 65 Black Demons in the Divine Tomb dungeon only had around 15,000 attack power.
Even a same-level Tier 4 Boss only had around 2.5 million HP.
What was invincibility?
This was invincibility.
As for Siya, Lin Mo gave her a full set of SSS-grade healing and buff skills.
After all, her exclusive weapon, Heart of Eternity, was currently damaged, so its attack-healing effect couldn't be activated.
The battle-healer route wasn't available for now.
After Heart of Eternity was repaired, they could see how things turned out and replace skills if needed.
With the SSS-grade talent Soul Flame in hand, Lin Mo could evolve SSS-grade skills whenever he wanted.
Even if some of the SSS-grade skills he learned now were later overwritten, it didn't matter.
After thoroughly improving himself and his pets.
Lin Mo said with satisfaction, "Now this feels much better."
"It's time to challenge the Yama Hall."
Thus, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately left the city and headed straight for the Yama Hall.
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At this moment, when the two arrived there again, the place was no longer as deserted and empty as before.
Because the Yama Hall map only required Bronze Rank One to enter, by now, there were already quite a few players in Inferno City who had reached Bronze Rank One.
As a result, many players had gathered outside the Yama Hall.
Voices rose one after another.
Player A: "This Yama Hall is divided into ten halls, and the map is huge. Based on my years of gaming experience, a place like this definitely has treasure."
Player B: "Top-tier team looking for one more. We have a healer, a tank, and physical DPS. Need a high-burst Elementalist. Leaving immediately. Let's go treasure hunting in the Yama Hall together."
Player C: "Don't go in, brothers! Damn it, five of us went in and four died. I'm the only one who made it out! It's way too hard."
Player D: "That's right! The Hellhound in the First Hall is already level 62. Damn! And there's an aura that gives monsters 5,000 extra defense resistance! How the hell are we supposed to fight that?"
Player E: "According to the Yama Hall's rules, once someone clears a floor, all players can enter that floor directly. I just checked and we can already enter the Ninth Hall? What the hell! The First Hall is already this difficult, so who made it all the way to the Ninth Hall?"
While players outside the Yama Hall discussed this question in disbelief, and fewer and fewer people dared to enter recklessly.
Two figures stepped out from the crowd.
Under everyone's gaze, they entered the Yama Hall.
The next moment, a flash of light appeared briefly atop the Tenth Hall at the peak of the pyramid-shaped Yama Hall.
It indicated that someone had entered the Tenth Hall.
The players outside were instantly stunned.
"Wait! They entered the Tenth Hall? Isn't the Ninth Hall the highest one currently unlocked?"
"Could it be that they were the ones who cleared the Ninth Hall, so they're allowed to enter the Tenth Hall?"
"No way! Who are those two? The monsters in the Ninth Hall are already level 70. And there are nine layers of aura buffs stacked on top. It's basically hell difficulty. How could they possibly clear the Ninth Hall?"
"Rulebound and Liuli. Number one on Inferno City's Heavenly Rankings, number one on the Super Arena Rank List, and number one on the Win Rate List."
"Oh. Then never mind."