It was Saturday.
A day off for students and office workers alike.
It was also eight in the morning, the time when people were at their most energetic.
Inside and outside Inferno City, the streets were packed with players.
According to the system's statistics, the city currently had 8,963,254 players online in real time.
It was almost at full capacity.
This showed that, at least for now, Divine Oracle was an extremely successful game.
Under these circumstances, as the number one player on Inferno City's Heavenly Rankings, the pinned message Lin Mo posted instantly caused a sensation throughout the city.
[Wild Ultraman (Male, Lv56 Third-Turn Thief): "A wild Rank #1 player! Catch him!"]
[Walking on Thin Ice (Male, Lv57 Third-Turn Berserker): "Divine Might Tower? That name sounds awesome. You can get Reputation rewards by challenging it? Nice! Sounds interesting!"]
[It's Too Deep, I Can't Take It (Female, Lv55 Third-Turn Healer): "Since Brother Rulebound is personally advertising it, I have to go check it out!"]
[Only Eats Cilantro (Female, Lv55 Third-Turn Elementalist): "@Rulebound Say 'Princess, please come,' and I'll go!"]
Lin Mo had always been famous, bringing his own popularity wherever he went.
But besides that, the promise of earning Reputation by challenging the Divine Might Tower was genuinely eye-catching.
After all, everyone knew that Reputation was an extremely valuable resource for forging top-tier equipment.
Some players weren't very good at the game, so they gave up on leveling altogether. Instead, they spent their time grinding long and tedious chain quests, farming Reputation to forge equipment and sell it for money, earning over a thousand yuan a day.
Others spent more than half a month saving up Reputation for a single piece of equipment, and after getting a gold-quality roll, their lives changed overnight.
Unfortunately, there were very few ways to obtain Reputation in Divine Oracle.
Only elite monsters, Bosses, and quests awarded small amounts of it.
That was exactly why Reputation was so precious.
Now that people heard the Divine Might Tower could award large amounts of Reputation, and the guarantee came personally from Rulebound, the Rank #1 player, it naturally attracted a huge amount of attention.
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[At the Same Time]
[South of Inferno City, the Lv61 Ghost Capital]
[Underground, Inside the Hidden Map, Undead Imperial City]
[Ding~ Player Hero of Troubled Times, congratulations! You and your teammates have successfully conquered the Lv61 hidden map, Undead Imperial City. Reward obtained...]
Whoosh!
A sea of golden light instantly enveloped every Chaotic World Guild player throughout the Undead Imperial City.
More than a thousand Chaotic World Guild members leveled up at the same time.
Three beams of golden light rose one after another above Wang Junjie's head.
His level shot up from Lv57 straight to Lv60.
On the level rankings, he instantly climbed from 5,438th place in Inferno City all the way to 4th.
Behind only:
The first-place Lv68 Rulebound;
The second-place Lv68 Liuli;
And the third-place Lv61 You Ming.
Looking again at his inventory, the system reward included:
An A-rank skill book.
An A-rank magic scroll.
Tier 5 equipment.
Along with all kinds of top-tier resources that couldn't be bought no matter how much money you had.
Wang Junjie was so excited he could hardly contain himself.
He couldn't stop grinning, "Holy crap! Since I started playing this game, I've never dug up such a huge treasure!"
"This is awesome! So damn awesome!"
"Strategist! Tell me! Was my judgment right or not?"
It had to be said, even Chaotic World Zhuge hadn't expected this.
Because besides Ghost Capital, the other two places Lin Mo had mentioned, the Cursed Academy and Death Valley, had also allowed the Chaotic World Guild to make a fortune overnight.
At this moment, even Chaotic World Zhuge completely changed his opinion of Lin Mo.
"Rulebound really made a huge gesture this time."
"It looks like, Brother Jie, he's already accepted you as a friend from the bottom of his heart. That's why he was willing to tell you about opportunities worth a fortune."
"A friendship like this doesn't come easily. Brother Jie, you have to cherish it."
Wang Junjie sighed regretfully.
"I should never have gone against Rulebound when Divine Oracle first launched."
"If I'd been supporting him from the beginning, maybe with his help I'd already be number one on the entire server."
"Damn it! I'm such an idiot!"
Pushing up his glasses, Chaotic World Zhuge said, "Brother Jie, you're right."
"No!"
"I mean, it's still not too late!"
Wang Junjie's eyes suddenly lit up, "Hasn't Brother Mo been collecting Bosses recently?"
"Go! Immediately buy me a hundred Bosses and deliver them all to Brother Mo."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chaotic World Zhuge advised, "At this stage, nearly every Boss worth finding in Inferno City has already been farmed several times by Rulebound and Liuli. They don't have much value anymore."
"Brother Jie, instead of offering him Bosses, I have an even better idea."
Chaotic World Zhuge opened Inferno City's chat channel and looked at the pinned announcement Lin Mo had posted ten minutes earlier.
He said to Wang Junjie, "Rulebound is inviting players from all over to challenge a place called the Divine Might Tower."
"I've already had people investigate it. This Divine Might Tower is a territory Rulebound captured for his girlfriend, Liuli."
"Holy crap? He's even got a territory now?", Wang Junjie's admiration for Lin Mo grew even stronger, "Brother Mo is incredible!"
Chaotic World Zhuge continued, "It's just like a newly opened business in the real world. The beginning is always the hardest."
"Brother Jie, why don't we bring some people over to support Rulebound's Divine Might Tower and help boost its popularity?"
"Yoshi!", Wang Junjie's eyes lit up, "Great idea!"
"Pass down the order! Everyone in the Chaotic World Guild is heading to the Divine Might Tower!"
"Everyone, go support Brother Mo!"
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[The Divine Might Tower]
While the announcement had already been posted and players from all over were still on their way, no one had arrived yet.
Lin Mo, Ning Xi, and the others decided to try the Divine Might Tower themselves first.
After all, if they didn't even understand exactly how it worked themselves, how were they supposed to welcome visitors later?
Even they had to pay for tickets.
According to the price Ning Xi had set, ten copper coins per ticket.
Lin Mo first spent one silver coin to buy ten tickets from Wuna.
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[Divine Might Tower Ticket] (Level 1)
Description: Allows entry into the first floor of the Divine Might Tower. Using a ticket randomly summons one Level 51–55 monster. Defeat the monster to obtain rewards...
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At the same time, as the Lord of the Divine Might Tower, Ning Xi received a system notification.
[Ding~ Honorable Lord! Player Rulebound has purchased ten Level 1 tickets in your Divine Might Tower. The system has deducted its 50% commission. You have received 50 copper coins.]
The outrageous maintenance fee of ten thousand gold coins was one thing.
But the system also took a commission as high as fifty percent.
Even Zhao Lingyun couldn't help complaining, "The official developers are so greedy!"
In reality, though, this was perfectly normal.
After all, they made the game to make money.
The three of them started the challenge.
The next second...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The system teleported them into a vast rainforest stretching as far as the eye could see.
[Ding~ Welcome to the first floor of the Divine Might Tower. Please note: You may summon monsters by using tickets. Each monster defeated has a chance to reward Reputation.]
[Ding~ Please begin your challenge!]
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