With the completion of the third-stage growth quest, apart from her quality rising from Rare-grade to Epic-grade, Ah Li also obtained her third exclusive equipment.
[Heaven-Slaying Blade] (Tier-5 Exclusive Effect): Every time Ah Li attacks, she additionally deals 50% of her talent damage to the target.
[Heaven-Slaying Boots] (Tier-5 Exclusive Effect): Ah Li's true damage threshold is increased to 50% of her attack power.
[Heaven-Slaying Ring] (Tier-5 Exclusive Effect): Every time Ah Li attacks, she additionally deals true damage equal to 50% of her attack power.
As well as her third exclusive skill. And the quality of all her exclusive skills increased along with Ah Li's quality.
[Heaven-Burning Art] (B-rank → A-rank): Summons Heavenly Fire to burn the souls of 1 → 2 enemies at the same time, dealing 80% → 120% of talent damage per second for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
[Heaven-Burning Annihilation] (B-rank → A-rank): Summons a heavenly tribulation that continuously attacks a single enemy 5 → 7 times, each attack dealing 50% physical damage. Cooldown: 7 seconds.
[Heaven-Burning Flash] (A-rank): Launches seven flash attacks within 2 seconds, each dealing 50% physical damage to a single enemy. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
It could be seen that whether it was exclusive equipment or exclusive skills, everything was specifically enhanced for Ah Li.
The equipment was meant to strengthen her talent.
The skills were meant to complement her talent and unleash even higher true damage.
Lin Mo said with satisfaction, "At this rate, once Ah Li grows to the Ancient Immortal level, her strength will definitely be no weaker than yours or mine."
Ning Xi nodded happily, "She might even be stronger than us."
At this moment, Lin Mo and Ning Xi's desire to speed things up, complete all of Ah Li's growth quests as quickly as possible, and raise her to the Ancient Immortal level reached its peak.
Thus, after completing the third-stage growth quest, they immediately locked onto the next one, Ah Li's fourth-stage growth quest, Epic-grade → Legendary-grade: Rebuild the Homeland.
As expected, it had risen from the third-stage C-rank hidden quest to B-rank.
And just as Lin Mo had previously predicted: The first stage of this series of Celestial Fox Tribe hidden quests was to rescue a trapped tribe member from the First Hall of the Yanluo Palace, the Hall of King Qin Guang, thereby proving that many members of the Celestial Fox Tribe had indeed escaped after its destruction and that the tribe had not been completely wiped out;
The second stage was to go to the Dark Underground City to search for the Celestial Fox Tribe's treasure, the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern, because through the Heavenly Lantern, they could quickly sense the traces of all the Celestial Fox Tribe members;
In the third stage, they began using the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern to expand the search range and came to Peach Blossom Mountain to find more surviving tribe members;
So now, the objective of the fourth-stage quest was to help the Celestial Fox Tribe rebuild their homeland on Peach Blossom Mountain, the territory they had taken from the Cat Demon Tribe.
All these signs indicated that the Celestial Fox Tribe had a chance to rise again.
What Lin Mo and Ning Xi needed to do was help the Celestial Fox Tribe rise again and help Ah Li become the Celestial Fox Tribe's new leader.
Thus, the celestial foxes rescued on Peach Blossom Mountain, in order to thank Lin Mo and Ning Xi for helping them rebuild their homeland, also contributed the greatest strength they could.
All the celestial foxes gathered around the Celestial Fox Tribe treasure that Lin Mo and Ning Xi had brought back from the Dark Underground City, the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern.
They poured the Heavenly Fox power within their bodies into the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern.
The next moment...
Buzz!
The Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern suddenly burst into golden light.
At the same time, a system notification appeared before Ning Xi.
[Ding~ Player, please note: The Celestial Fox Tribe members have completed the restoration of the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern. When carrying the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern while carrying out Ah Li's growth quests, the player themselves, as well as up to four authorized teammate players, may ignore map rank restrictions (limited to quest locations)!]
Seeing this notification, both Lin Mo and Ning Xi were delighted.
"We originally thought this was just an ordinary quest item. So this is what the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern is for."
Judging from the previous few quests, the quests in this series involving the Celestial Fox Tribe themselves were not particularly difficult.
What Lin Mo and Ning Xi had originally been most worried about was instead the rank requirement.
Just like the fourth-stage quest they were facing now, Rebuild the Homeland. The Level 78 Shrub Forest where they needed to gather wood and the Level 78 Gravel Pit where they needed to collect stone both had a Gold III rank requirement according to the map.
With Lin Mo and Ning Xi currently at Gold II, they were already blocked and unable to enter.
Not to mention that the rank requirements for the later quests would definitely be even higher.
And now, this Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern had perfectly solved the biggest problem facing Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Since all the quest locations from now on could ignore rank requirements, Lin Mo and Ning Xi were ready to do something big.
Lin Mo: "Xiaoxi, ready?"
Ning Xi (looking very serious): "Ready!"
Lin Mo: "Let's go!"
Ning Xi (full of energy): "Okay!"
They left Peach Blossom Mountain and headed straight to the Level 78 Shrub Forest in southern Inferno City.
With the guidance of the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern, they ignored the Gold III rank requirement and entered the Shrub Forest directly.
Kill goblins, collect wood.
Once they had gathered enough wood, they immediately moved to the Level 78 Gravel Pit in eastern Inferno City. With the Fox Clan Heavenly Lantern in hand, they once again ignored the Gold III rank requirement, and Lin Mo forced his way in.
Kill stone demons, collect stone.
After working all night, at two in the morning, they returned fully loaded and successfully completed the quest.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed Pet Ah Li's fourth-stage growth quest, B-rank hidden quest Rebuild the Homeland. Congratulations, your pet, Epic-grade Nine-Tailed Divine Fox, has grown into a Legendary-grade Fox Immortal!]
Although it was hard work, this system notification was Lin Mo and Ning Xi's greatest motivation.
They logged off and rested for the night.
At eight the next morning, they logged on early and continued charging ahead.
Fifth-stage quest, Fox Clan Construction: Seek the help of high-level architects in Inferno City and have them come to Peach Blossom Mountain to help build a homeland for the Celestial Fox Tribe.
The quest level rose to an A-rank hidden quest, and the difficulty coefficient shot straight up to 8,000 points.
The difficulty had increased.
But this still couldn't trouble Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
They spent a day helping one hundred national-level architects from Inferno City fulfill their wishes, successfully recruiting them and bringing them together at Peach Blossom Mountain, where they used the existing wood, stone, and other materials to build a homeland for the Celestial Fox Tribe.
[Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed Pet Ah Li's fifth-stage growth quest, A-rank hidden quest Fox Clan Construction. Congratulations, your pet, Legendary-grade Fox Immortal, has grown into a Mythical-grade Celestial Fox Saintess!]
They rested for a night.
At eight the next morning, they logged on and continued charging ahead.
The sixth stage of Ah Li's growth quest, and also the final stage: Seize the Core.
The quest level rose to an S-rank hidden quest.
Its difficulty coefficient reached the second-highest level so far, second only to the S-rank quest [Heart Knot]: 9,550 points.
The difficulty had skyrocketed.
But this still couldn't trouble Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Never underestimate the drive of young people.
After working for a day, the quest progress reached 50%.
Lin Mo: "Let's go, Xiaoxi! Log off and get something to eat! We'll keep going after we eat."
Ning Xi (looking very serious): "Okay! Brother Lin Mo, I want rice noodles."
Lin Mo: "Okay! We'll eat! Let's go!"
Ning Xi (full of energy): "Okay!"
After eating rice noodles, they returned to the game.
And continued working.