[Ding~ Killed Level 70 monster Hell Apostle x6. EXP +6.6 million. Divine Artifact Nirvana Luck +0.06%. Divine Artifact Black Dragon Emperor Ring Basic Attack Speed Permanently +0.0006%.]
Looking at the six Hell Apostles lying dead ahead.
Lin Mo examined Thunder's Wrath in his hand, still carrying traces of the skill's power, and couldn't help feeling pleased.
"This skill is pretty good."
The evolved SSS-grade skill, World-Shattering · Annihilation Shot, like Frozen Snow · Extreme Cold Grip before it, was originally a single-target skill with a 700% damage multiplier.
But this skill's special feature was that after killing a target, it triggered a follow-up attack.
Each follow-up attack dealt 80% of the previous hit's damage.
In theory, as long as it kept killing, it could keep chaining attacks forever.
It was originally a single-target skill.
Yet Lin Mo had turned it into an AOE skill.
Next, Lin Mo tested the combat power of his other new skills.
SSS-grade Judgment · Soul-Devouring Arrow!
The moment Lin Mo locked onto a Hell Apostle ahead and activated the skill, a blood-red barrier suddenly appeared behind the Hell Apostle, pinning it to the barrier.
"This skill effect!"
"It's that crazy?"
Lin Mo thought to himself.
Of course, the barrier wasn't just for appearance.
It also reduced defense by 30% and increased damage taken by 30%.
The next second, the Soul-Devouring Arrow lunged toward the Hell Apostle pinned to the barrier like an evil spirit and pierced straight through its body.
At the same time, combined with SSS-grade Hunt · Death Theft, the two SSS-grade skills chained together and instantly triggered two blood-red damage numbers above the Hell Apostle's head.
-527,132 (Critical)!
-463,224 (Critical)!
The latter was more of a support skill, so its damage was slightly lower.
Still, the two SSS-grade skills together were more than enough to kill a Hell Apostle.
Thud!
As the Hell Apostle dropped to its knees, a battle notification sounded.
[Ding~ You used the SSS-grade skill Hunt · Death Theft to kill a Hell Apostle. The skill's passive theft effect has triggered. You have stolen the Hell Apostle's skill: Eye of Hell (C Grade)!]
"This skill is interesting."
Lin Mo checked the stolen skill.
[Eye of Hell (C Grade): Increases attack power by 20% and damage by 15% for 10 seconds, but damage received increases by 20% during this period.]
[Note: This skill is temporary and can only be held for up to 10 seconds.]
"In theory, this thing can steal any skill."
"If I steal a player's ultimate skill while killing them, what happens then?"
'That would be amazing.'
After all, player ultimate skills had a cooldown of sixty seconds.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo's Hunt · Death Theft only had a cooldown of ten seconds.
Trading a ten-second cooldown skill for a sixty-second cooldown skill was absolutely worth it.
Seeing that the stolen Eye of Hell skill only lasted ten seconds, Lin Mo didn't waste it and used it on the spot.
With the combined bonuses of Thunder Myriad Force and Siya's Holy Light Protection, his attack power gained another 20% increase, reaching 36,840 points.
"Let's test this one too."
Lin Mo locked onto another full-health Hell Apostle and raised Phantom World · Thunder's Wrath.
SSS-grade Armor-Breaking · Heart-Piercing Arrow!
Thud!
The sharp arrow tore through the air and pierced straight through the Hell Apostle's body, leaving nothing behind.
Except for a massive blood-red damage number above its head...
-912,886 (Critical)!
The Hell Apostle died instantly.
One-shot kill!
"Damn!"
"This one is insane!"
Lin Mo was thrilled.
Armor-Breaking · Heart-Piercing Arrow came with 100% armor penetration. The higher the target's defense, the higher the final damage. At maximum, it could reach twice the skill's original damage.
This Hell Apostle had received a 50% defense boost from the Urban King aura of the Eighth Hall, giving it 19,500 physical defense.
Without the buffs from Thunder Myriad Force and Siya, Lin Mo's base attack of 18,280 wouldn't even be enough to break its defense.
So this Hell Apostle's defense was definitely very high.
Armor-Breaking · Heart-Piercing Arrow was perfect for dealing with this kind of monster.
Before this, Lin Mo had always relied on pure stats to crush enemies.
Now he suddenly realized that skill combinations could be just as fun.
As a result, the Hell Apostles in the Tenth Hall became practice targets for Lin Mo.
Lin Mo thoroughly enjoyed testing all kinds of new SSS-grade skills.
At the same time, Ning Xi relied on the tenfold damage granted by her SSS-grade Supreme Emperor and joined Lin Mo in killing monsters.
Just as the two rapidly killed Hell Apostles and accumulated challenge progress.
Ding!
Qin Feng suddenly sent Lin Mo a message.
["Brother Mo, I found the NPC named Mo Chen that you asked me to look for."]
Seeing Qin Feng's message, Lin Mo was delighted.
He had originally been worried that after twenty years, according to Divine Oracle's settings, it wasn't even certain whether Mo Chen was alive or dead.
Since Mo Chen was still alive, it meant Siya's Heart of Eternity could be repaired.
"Once Heart of Eternity is repaired, Siya can take the battle-healer route, and I can also use Heart of Eternity to quickly collect the treasure chests in the Divine Tomb."
With such a win-win situation, Lin Mo wanted to go find Mo Chen immediately.
But the most urgent matter right now was clearing the Tenth Hall of the Yama Hall.
After all, there was only this one chance.
If he left halfway through, he would never be able to come back.
So Lin Mo instantly lost all interest in playing around and focused entirely on eliminating the Hell Apostles as quickly as possible and clearing the Tenth Hall.
"I won't play with you anymore for now."
"We can take it slow another time."
As he spoke, Lin Mo stopped holding back.
He directly took out a magic scroll from his backpack and crushed it on the spot.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Instantly, flames erupted across the ground within a huge area centered on Lin Mo, stretching a thousand yards in radius.
As the blazing fire burned, all Hell Apostles caught inside let out miserable screams.
Huge burn damage numbers appeared above their heads one after another.
-331,840!
-331,840!
-331,840!
A few seconds later, the sea of fire fell silent.
[Ding~ You used the SSS-grade magic scroll Death · Inferno Scorching Heaven and gained a permanent effect: Final Fire Damage +1%!]
[Ding~ Killed Level 70 monster Hell Apostle x683. EXP +751.3 million! Divine Artifact Nirvana Luck +6.83%! Divine Artifact Black Dragon Emperor Ring Basic Attack Speed +0.0683%!]
Whoosh!
Golden light descended from above.
Lin Mo reached Level 67.
Ning Xi, despite doing nothing, also advanced to Level 66.
The truth was that Lin Mo could have ended the battle quickly using SSS-grade magic scrolls from the beginning.
He had only wanted to test the power of his new skills first.
In an instant, the challenge progress bar jumped from 1.6% to 99%.
"Based on the pattern of the Third Hall and Sixth Hall, the final 1% progress should belong to the boss."
As he spoke, Lin Mo focused on the Wheel-Turning King Hall standing within the crimson Inferno ahead.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After quickly finishing off the few remaining low-health Hell Apostles.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi moved toward the hall.
Just then...
Rumble! Rumble!
The ground shook violently.
Inside the hall, a pillar of scorching fire burst into the sky with a boom.
Then, a phoenix engulfed in flames flew out from within the blazing fire.
The blood-red ID above its head was especially eye-catching.
[Infernal Fire Phoenix] (Level 70 Magic-Type · Tier 6 Boss)!
It had arrived.
The final gatekeeping boss of the Yama Hall.
"It's actually... a Tier 6 Boss?"
Ning Xi couldn't help feeling surprised.
After all, the highest-tier bosses they had encountered before were only Tier 5.
This was the first time they had seen a major boss above Tier 5.
But at this moment, there wasn't the slightest trace of surprise in Lin Mo's eyes.
Only excitement and joy.
"An SSS-grade reward!"
"It's here!"
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