'Ten SS-rank classes, or one SSS-rank class?'
Given these two choices, Lin Mo barely hesitated before saying to Ning Xi, "Choose the quality enhancement. Take the SSS-rank one."
Granted, getting ten SS-rank classes would also be very good.
That way, not only Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
Even Ling Xiao, Qin Feng, Xia Wanwan, Fatty, Monkey, and the others could each change into an SS-rank hidden class.
But Lin Mo knew very well: SS-rank and SSS-rank were not on the same level at all.
In the later stages of his previous life, there were quite a few players around the world who obtained hidden classes through dungeons, secret realms, hidden quests, achievement rewards, and other methods.
On average, one out of every million players would have an E-rank hidden class.
Compared to normal classes, E-rank hidden classes had slightly higher stat growth and received small class-specific enhancements to their skills. Neither of those was particularly strong.
Their greatest advantage was that each activated class potential was equivalent to gaining an extra E-rank talent.
As for D-rank hidden classes, their stat growth and skill enhancements were higher than those of E-rank hidden classes, and each activated class potential was equivalent to gaining an extra D-rank talent.
According to statistics, there was roughly one D-rank hidden class user for every two million players in his previous life.
The probability of a C-rank hidden class appearing was one in four million.
B-rank hidden class: one in eight million.
A-rank hidden class: one in sixteen million.
From this, it could be seen that hidden classes below A-rank did not differ that much from each other. Based on rarity, each rank was about twice as rare as the one below it.
Starting from S-rank, things changed completely.
As far as Lin Mo knew, in the later stages of his previous life, only one out of a hundred million players might possess an S-rank hidden class.
As for SS-rank hidden class users, each country could barely find one or two.
As for SSS-rank hidden class users, there were only seven in the entire world.
If that still wasn't enough to show the value of an SSS-rank class, the most direct example was Nether's SSS-rank class, Judge.
Whether it was the first potential, Talent Plunder, which could steal even the highest-level SSS-rank talents, of which there had only been nine worldwide in his previous life.
Or the second potential, Judgment, which could cripple any SSS-rank talent user or even a god-level boss within ten minutes.
Both were powerful enough to overturn everything.
Besides, Ning Xi only needed 320,000 reputation to get ten SS-rank hidden class certificates through tenfold quantity enhancement.
But obtaining one SSS-rank hidden class certificate through quality enhancement required 3.2 million reputation.
Supreme Sovereign would not lie.
The reputation cost was determined according to the value of the target.
Which meant that ten SS-rank classes combined were not even worth one-tenth of an SSS-rank class.
One SSS-rank hidden class was worth the equivalent of a hundred SS-rank hidden classes.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to obtain the eighth SSS-rank hidden class in the world of Divine Oracle.
It was also a chance for Dragon Nation to possess two unmatched SSS-rank hidden class users in the future.
There was no way they could miss it.
However, they now faced another problem.
"Brother Lin Mo, the reputation needed for the tenfold quality enhancement is just too much."
"I spent a lot of reputation enhancing the treasure chests from the Divine Tomb dungeon before. I only have a little over 800,000 reputation left now. It's not enough to enhance the SSS-rank hidden class certificate."
Just as Lin Mo thought they were about to miss out on this SSS-rank hidden class.
Ning Xi suddenly changed the situation, "But I found that this challenge reward can be kept for forty-eight hours before claiming it."
Only then did Lin Mo notice the prompt on the challenge progress panel before him, please choose to submit within 47 hours 58 minutes 12 seconds and claim the first-clear reward for the Tenth Hall of the Yama Hall. (Failure to submit before the deadline will be considered a forfeiture of the reward.)
After seeing this notice, Lin Mo finally relaxed, "We still have two days. We can save enough reputation before claiming the reward."
That made things much easier.
Ning Xi's talent provided a hundredfold reputation bonus.
By killing large numbers of elite monsters and bosses, she could quickly gain huge amounts of reputation.
And all this time, Lin Mo had been using this method to help Ning Xi earn reputation.
So the two of them temporarily left the reward for the Tenth Hall unclaimed and directly exited the Yama Hall.
Although he was eager to farm bosses, Lin Mo had not forgotten another matter.
That was finding the Refiner Mo Chen and repairing Siya's Heart of Eternity.
Whoosh!
Crushing a Return City Scroll, Lin Mo and Ning Xi turned into white light and disappeared from outside the Yama Hall.
They brought Divine Advent Seraph Siya back to the crowded Inferno City.
Siya, the princess of the God Clan, possessed a cold and beautiful face, a body filled with immortal aura, and an extraordinary presence. She immediately attracted the attention of countless nearby players.
Player A: "Damn! What a beautiful NPC! She's prettier than celebrities in real life."
Player B: "Wait! What's that owner mark behind her ID? Are you telling me that's a pet? Holy crap! Divine Oracle has pets like this? I have an idea. Can this pet..."
Player C: "Yes! The officials already said Divine Oracle can do anything."
Player D: "Damn! Rulebound is living the dream. I'm so jealous! I want a beauty pet like that too, one I can use during the day and at night. I'd even be willing to let my best brother stay single for twenty years!"
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Lin Mo quickly met up with Qin Feng.
Qin Feng got straight to the point, "Brother Mo, about that NPC Mo Chen you asked me to find. After asking around all over the city, I learned from a refiner's apprentice that Mo Chen was once the greatest refiner in Inferno City."
"Twenty years ago, a disaster swept through Inferno City. Mo Chen disappeared during that disaster."
Hearing this, Divine Advent Seraph Siya immediately looked saddened.
"So... Mo Chen still couldn't escape that disaster..."
Qin Feng shook his head and continued, "No! He didn't die! That apprentice said he later heard that someone had seen Mo Chen in the Dark Underground City."
'Dark Underground City?'
Hearing this familiar map name, Ning Xi turned to look at Ah'Li, who was quietly lying on her shoulder, and said to Lin Mo, "Brother Lin Mo, isn't this the location for Ah'Li's second-stage growth mission?"
Expectation appeared in Lin Mo's eyes.
"Looks like we have no choice but to make a trip to the Dark Underground City."
Dark Underground City was a map that only players at the Gold rank could enter.
Lin Mo checked his current rank.
After finishing all of today's Super Arena matches in the morning and steadily gaining 120 arena experience points, his rank had already risen from Silver Rank 1 (80/100) to Silver Rank 3 (0/100).
At this rate, Silver Rank 4 tomorrow, Silver Rank 5 the day after and three days later, he would break through to Gold rank and meet the requirements to enter the Dark Underground City.
There, he could carry out Ah'Li's second-stage growth mission, advancing from Elite grade to Rare grade, while obtaining Ah'Li's second exclusive piece of equipment and exclusive skill, greatly increasing her strength.
At the same time, he could find Mo Chen and have Siya's Heart of Eternity repaired, allowing them to enter the Divine Tomb dungeon, collect treasure chests, and become rich.
For a moment, Lin Mo was full of anticipation for this upcoming trip to the Dark Underground City.