Although Lin Mo had no dealings with Black Night in his previous life, he had at least heard of a world-renowned top expert like this.
So based on his memories from his past life, he knew, "In the Divine Oracle world, hidden classes are also divided into eight ranks, from E to SSS. And Black Night's Shadow Sword God belongs to an A-rank class."
"The core effect of the Shadow Sword God class is to absorb the souls of the dead within 60 seconds of death, converting them into Shadow Breath. At most, one can absorb a hundred strands of Shadow Breath at the same time."
"In battle, you can freely switch between two states: Concealed Breath and Explosive Breath."
"In the Concealed Breath state, each strand of Shadow Breath provides the Shadow Sword God with a 0.5% increase or reduction in damage. Stacked to a hundred layers, it can reach 50% damage increase and reduction."
"In the Explosive Breath state, each strand of Shadow Breath can be converted into a Shadow Sword Puppet. The puppet perfectly inherits all attributes of the Shadow Sword God, as well as all basic skills without class amplification. However, in the Explosive Breath state, the Shadow Sword God's main body cannot act and will enter a weakened state with greatly reduced attributes."
Hearing this, Ning Xi said in surprise, "Brother Lin Mo, you really know this class well."
"Of course!"
Although Lin Mo in his previous life was weak, just like all bottom-tier players, he had a dream of becoming a top powerhouse.
So in his spare time, he liked to analyze and study the various top players on the Heavenly Rankings.
Because of that, Lin Mo didn't just know about Black Night's class traits.
He even knew, "And Black Night's A-rank talent happens to perfectly match his hidden class."
"His talent effect also absorbs the souls of the dead within 60 seconds. Each soul provides the user with a 0.5% increase to all attributes, stacking up to a hundred layers. During the duration, it grants a 50% boost to all attributes."
Whether it was the 50% damage increase and reduction from Concealed Breath, or the strength of the Shadow Sword Puppets in Explosive Breath, combined with the 50% all-attribute boost from the talent, it was like adding wings to a tiger.
Therefore, when the talent and class effects are combined, it can only be described as perfect.
In his previous life, Black Night even proved with actions: even a pure SS-rank talent user, or a pure SS-rank hidden class user, was no match for him in a one-on-one fight.
Because having both a high-level talent and a high-level hidden class at the same time is an extremely rare thing to happen to a single person.
Black Night could be called a child of destiny.
By the time he got here, even Lin Mo himself was getting fired up.
"Looks like I need to take him in as soon as possible, so no one else gets to him first."
As he spoke, Lin Mo stepped into the Inferno Forest, preparing to find Black Night and take the skill book.
But just then, a sudden commotion came from behind.
Along with it came a shout: "Surround the Inferno Forest! Without my order, don't let even a fly out."
Lin Mo turned toward the sound and saw a large group of players rushing toward the Inferno Forest like a tide.
"It's people from the Storm Guild."
Noticing the IDs above their heads all started with the character "Storm," Ning Xi frowned slightly, "How did they know we were here?"
Lin Mo's first reaction was also to think that the Storm Guild players were targeting him and Ning Xi.
After all, just yesterday, they had teamed up with the Chaotic World Guild to wipe out five guilds, including Storm.
He thought they had come for revenge.
Until the scar-faced assassin at the front of the crowd, Tyrant, waved his hand and gave the order, "Black Night is in this forest. Brothers, follow me and kill!"
'Wait, they're here for Black Night?'
Considering the heavy crime value on Black Night, as well as the S-rank skill book he carried, Lin Mo speculated, "Could it be that Black Night took that book from Storm?"
"And Storm is here to take it back?"
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, the thousand players of the Storm Guild had already completely surrounded the entire Inferno Forest map.
At the same time, Tyrant and Tyrannosaurus, standing at the front of the crowd, also happened to spot Lin Mo and Ning Xi inside the forest.
Dark Wizard Tyrannosaurus's first reaction was surprise, "Rulebound! Liuli? Why are the two of them here?"
On the other hand, Tyrant looked around and didn't see any players from the Chaotic World Guild or Blood Dance Guild.
When he confirmed that there were only Lin Mo and Ning Xi, a flash of wild joy appeared in his sharp eyes, "Heaven is helping me!"
"I originally planned to get the skill book first, then use it to lure Rulebound out of the city alone and ambush him."
"I didn't expect him to walk right into this by himself."
At that moment, Tyrannosaurus pointed into the forest, "Black Night is over there."
Tyrant sneered, "Good! Very good!"
"Saves me the trouble later. I'll take this chance to wipe all of you out in one go."
With that, Tyrant drew his blade and gave the order, "Brothers, kill!"
"Except for Black Night, Rulebound, and Liuli, don't let a single lone player go. Kill them all!"
The Storm Guild had always grown by killing and looting.
So seeing quite a few lone players in this forest, Tyrant decided to take the opportunity to harvest them.
At the same time, the lone players in the forest who were teaming up to hunt Inferno Skeletons for leveling were thrown into panic by the Storm Guild's sudden attack.
"What are the Storm Guild trying to do? We didn't provoke them! I don't even know them!"
"Storm has always liked killing and looting! Once they target you, you're basically done!"
"These bullying bandits, brothers, fight them!"
With one call, many responded.
Hundreds of lone players in the forest organized themselves and worked together to resist the Storm Guild.
But how could a ragtag group of lone players stand against a well-organized thousand-man guild?
Under the Storm Guild's fierce assault, the resisting lone players quickly suffered heavy casualties.
"Damn! They've got numbers, we can't beat them at all!"
"If we fall into the hands of these bandits, it's over!"
"Damn it! I gave up half a day of rest just to finally reach level 51! If I die, I'll drop back to level 50!"
"And if I drop a piece of gear, the loss will be even worse!"
Just as the lone players were trembling with fear, ahead of them, a large group of Storm assassins gripped their blades, eyes filled with greed, like predators hunting prey, as they charged in.
At the moment these lone players felt despair—
Whoosh!
A dark-gold barrier materialized above the Storm players.
Soul Archer ultimate, SSS-rank Annhilation · Storm Arrow Rain!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Endless golden arrows rained down from the barrier, instantly covering a large area of the ground, engulfing dozens of Storm assassin players.
-46258 (Critical)!
-45882 (Critical)!
-46981 (Critical)!
In an instant, dozens of white lights shot into the sky.
All the Storm assassins caught in the rain of arrows were wiped out in seconds without exception.
While still in shock, the lone players turned to the right and saw Lin Mo, the Soul Archer, standing there with a golden bow in hand, his presence overwhelming. A surge of joy rose in their hearts.
"Number one on the Heavenly Rankings, the undefeated god, boss Rulebound!"
"Damn! So Boss Rulebound is here too!"
"Wait! The one next to him is… the top player on the Heavenly Rankings! Liuli?"
"And behind us, there's also the third-ranked hidden class player, Shadow Sword God Black Night."
"Holy shit! All three top players are on our side! This is great, brothers! We're saved!"
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