Chapter 146: Learning New Skills
Chapter 146: Learning New Skills
“I really don’t know you, why should I do you a favor?” Chen Mo couldn’t hold back.
As the saying goes, when there is a big crowd, all sorts of strange people will appear. I’m not your subordinate. If you say join the team, I just join? You would save face, but what about my own dignity?
I treat face like fleeting clouds. I can do without face, but I can’t feel unhappy. Joining the team just because you said so, no matter how I think about it, doesn’t make me happy at all.
“Brother, join the team. Boss Money is a good guy.” A male Warrior player behind No Lack of Money walked up with a smile to persuade him. While speaking, he privately messaged Chen Mo, “This isn’t a threat, but you’d better be sensible and join the team. Boss Money values face the most. Previously, there was a skilled player who refused him, and as a result, Boss Money hired people to kill him for half a month straight.”
Hehehe, so impressive!
Chen Mo gave a cold laugh upon hearing this.
“Boss Money, do you mean you want to buy points with money?” However, Chen Mo asked No Lack of Money with a smile.
“You can think of it that way. I’d prefer to buy you entirely!” No Lack of Money was rich and imposing. Seeing that Chen Mo’s attitude seemed to be changing, he felt quite pleased.
“I’m too expensive; you can’t afford me. But points are something to consider. Since you have no lack of money, I won’t be polite with you either. I’ll charge you ten thousand Huaxia Currency per point.” Chen Mo nodded and said casually.
The people around were stunned when they heard Chen Mo’s words.
Ten thousand Huaxia Currency per point? One thousand points would be ten million, five thousand points for one piece of Purple Equipment would cost fifty million!
Daring to suggest such an outrageous price… either this guy is an idiot, or he’s deliberately making fun of No Lack of Money.
Which one it was, needless to say, everyone knew.
“Kid, do you think I, No Lack of Money, am easy to mess with?” No Lack of Money’s face darkened upon hearing Chen Mo’s words.
“Mess with you? I don’t have time for that! Since you dare to call yourself No Lack of Money, you should be prepared to be taken advantage of. Ten thousand Huaxia Currency per point. I’m clearly planning to rip you off. Take it or leave it.” Chen Mo said calmly.
Hearing Chen Mo’s words, No Lack of Money was slightly taken aback. He looked Chen Mo up and down for a while, then suddenly laughed heartily, “Hahaha, brother, you’re something! This time, it was my fault. If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll make it up to you!”
After saying that, No Lack of Money waved his hand and left with his group of followers.
Chen Mo was a bit confused. He had already prepared to have Sesshylow attack and instantly eliminate No Lack of Money and the others in one move. But he didn’t expect that No Lack of Money not only didn’t take action but even apologized to him. Could it be that this guy plans to first lull his vigilance and then have people ambush him later?
If that’s really the case, he’s made a huge miscalculation! No matter how many people come, he’ll kill them all!
The players around who were killing monsters while watching the spectacle were even more astonished. That No Lack of Money, who was so obsessed with face, actually apologized? It was like the sun rising from the west!
“Boss Money, are we just letting that kid go like that?”
No Lack of Money led the group away. One person behind him, seeing that he genuinely seemed to have no intention of acting, couldn’t resist asking.
Normally, if someone dared to defy No Lack of Money like that, he definitely wouldn’t go easy on them.
“This person has some real skill. We can’t afford to offend him.” No Lack of Money waved his hand.
Can’t afford to offend him? Boss Money has people he can’t afford to offend?
After being around No Lack of Money for half a month, these players knew very well that No Lack of Money truly had no lack of money. While other players were still dreaming about a single piece of Purple Equipment, Boss Money had already waved his hand and acquired a full set of Purple Equipment! When encountering people who dared to offend him, he would spend huge sums of money to teach those who offended him a lesson!
Now, hearing Boss Money say there’s someone he can’t afford to offend, they really couldn’t believe their ears!
Boss Money glanced at the group of followers beside him and sneered.
How could these people understand his intentions?
At his level, of course, he didn’t play the game like ordinary players. He put on that nouveau riche appearance precisely to warn other players: if you want to offend me, you’d better weigh your own capabilities. If you want to get benefits from me, you have to follow my wishes!
He didn’t have the time to individually figure out why other players gathered around him. This method allowed him to quickly filter out the majority of players.
Take that skilled player whom he paid to hunt down for half a month; that player completely treated him as a sucker, trying to sweet-talk him into swindling a large sum of money.
Facing such an arrogant guy who didn’t know his place, No Lack of Money naturally had to give him a small lesson to prevent others like him from bothering him again.
The remaining portion consisted of those who didn’t covet his money and weren’t afraid of his wealth.
These people often had real skills and were worth associating with.
His followers who gathered around him for money couldn’t understand this, and No Lack of Money wouldn’t explain it to them.
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One Sea Clan monster after another died at Chen Mo’s hands. Chen Mo’s Points soared rapidly.
Every time he killed a Sea Clan monster, he gained 7 to 15 Points. Not long after No Lack of Money left, Chen Mo’s Points broke through 100.
Chen Mo opened the Ranking List. The Ranking List was still full of question marks; no one knew who the top ten were. However, Chen Mo could see his own position.
Silence, Points 102, Rank 3320.
One hundred Points, ranked over three-thousand something. Considering the number of players in Eastern Sea City, this ranking wasn’t actually low.
But over three thousand people had already reached over a hundred Points so quickly. It seemed there were still plenty of strong players in the game.
Chen Mo continued to focus on killing monsters. If the Ranking List were open and visible, and if the rankings beyond that could be seen, surely someone would notice that one person’s Points were increasing rapidly, quickly leaving other players behind. In no time, his rank rose from over three thousand to within the top one thousand.
Reaching within the top one thousand was just the beginning.
For players not in the top one hundred, the Point differences weren’t actually that big.
After that, every time Chen Mo killed a Sea Clan monster, his ranking rose by a dozen to several dozen places.
Half an hour later, when Chen Mo’s Points reached over 450, he broke into the top one hundred!
Sesshylow was indeed powerful, easily getting him into the top one hundred. It’s important to remember that other players had started killing monsters nearly an hour earlier than him!
If he had started at the same time as those people, even if he wasn’t first, he would definitely be in the top ten.
Soon another half hour passed. Chen Mo’s Points reached one thousand, and his ranking reached 13th place. He figured he wasn’t far behind those ahead of him.
However, Chen Mo realized he had been a bit mistaken.
Another half hour passed. His Points soared to over 1500, but his ranking only rose from 13th to 12th—he still hadn’t squeezed into the top ten!
Chen Mo was surprised. His speed of gaining Points wasn’t slow by any means. He originally thought that after this half hour, he could easily break into the top ten. He didn’t expect to still be at 12th, not even reaching 11th.
This meant that ahead of him, there were eleven people who had methods of gaining Points as fast as, or possibly even faster than, him.
Impressive. The game world is indeed vast, and there are many strong players. He had been a bit arrogant. Only a small portion of players were currently participating in the battle, and among this small portion, eleven players had monster-killing speeds no weaker than his. If all players were counted, he didn’t know what his ranking would be.
However, Chen Mo knew his speed could still improve. His current monster-killing speed was basically maintained by Sesshylow.
He hadn’t reached Level 20 yet. His equipment and Attributes were average. His personal monster-killing speed was definitely no match for those high-level players with top-tier gear.
But he was about to reach Level 20. Once he hit Level 20, his monster-killing speed would increase significantly!
A little over twenty minutes later, Chen Mo’s Points reached over 1700.
His ranking was still 12th. His earlier guess was correct; there really were eleven people whose monster-killing speeds were still above his.
Without another word, Chen Mo put away Sesshylow and hurried back to the City Lord’s Mansion.
“Brave Adventurer, how may I serve you?”
Vena smiled at the approaching Chen Mo and brought up the Points exchange list.
“Exchange it all for Experience Points!”
Chen Mo didn’t even look and gave the instruction.
His over 1700 Points instantly decreased by 1700, leaving only 13 Points.
However, Chen Mo’s experience bar began to surge at a crazy speed!
System Notification: Your Level has increased to 19!
System Notification: Your Level has increased to 20!
Two System Notifications rang out in succession. Two holy-looking glows continuously rose from Chen Mo’s body.
“Leveled up twice in a row!”
The players around were utterly shocked.
Leveling up twice consecutively was rare even in the Starter Village. After entering the Main City, no one had seen it happen again.
“Exchanged Points for Experience. He must have exchanged over a thousand Points at least!”
“How did he get over a thousand Points?”
The surrounding players looked at Chen Mo with surprise and envy, discussing animatedly. Chen Mo ignored them, turned, walked out of the City Lord’s Mansion, and headed towards the warehouse.
He spent 1700 Points, but Chen Mo’s ranking remained 12th.
The ranking was based on the total Points a player had obtained, not their current Points. As long as the total Points obtained were high enough, even if all the Points were used up, it wouldn’t affect the ranking.
Arriving at the warehouse NPC, Chen Mo took out all the equipment and Skill Books usable at Level 20 in one go.
System Notification: You have learned the skill “Stone Skin”!
System Notification: You have learned the skill “Vortex Trap”!
System Notification: You have learned the skill “Trap Manipulation”!
Faint white glows flashed one after another on Chen Mo’s body. Chen Mo instantly learned three new skills.
Seaspear Proficiency and Powerful Throw could also be learned now, but it wasn’t the right time yet. He had to wait until after the Sea Clan’s attack.
Among the three skills, Stone Skin was a general skill, a Novice Level skill. After use, it only increased the player’s Defense by 5% and reduced damage taken by 3%. The effect was weak, almost negligible. However, once the skill Level increased, its power couldn’t be underestimated.
Trap Manipulation was a skill he obtained today. As Chen Mo had thought, Trap Manipulation indeed allowed control over a Trap’s detonation time. However, the Novice Level Trap Manipulation effect was still quite limited. He could only control the Trap after someone stepped on it, allowing him to trigger its effect at any time within three seconds. Furthermore, he could only manipulate one Trap at a time. He didn’t know if the number of controllable Traps and the control effect would improve after the skill Level increased, potentially allowing him to trigger it immediately or keep it inactive until desired.
As for Vortex Trap, it was the only advanced Trap skill Chen Mo had learned so far. Its area of effect was unprecedentedly large!