Considering his current Evolution Points weren't enough to create gold equipment for all eight slots-weapon, ring, robe, belt, leggings, hat, necklace, and boots-
Lin Mo kept only three white base items: the Magic Cloth Robe, Magic Boots, and Magic Ring.
He incinerated all the other white equipment!
For his weapon, he planned to keep using the [World-Shattering · Flowing Light Sword].
He already couldn't afford gold equipment for every slot. Making a level 5 gold weapon to replace his level 1 gold weapon wasn't worth it.
Besides, evolved equipment automatically became bound and couldn't be sold. Even incinerating it again yielded only half the Evolution Points!
"While equipment is still valuable, I'll sell off all the spare green and blue pieces first."
With that, Lin Mo headed into the auction house carrying eighteen green items, eight blue items, and one purple item.
He listed the relatively inexpensive green equipment first.
He selected cash transactions.
He listed ten green items at 2,000 yuan apiece.
Lin Mo then posted anonymous messages in the regional chat channel.
[Anonymous player]: "The auction house has loads of cheap, high-level green equipment! Come buy it!"
It had been less than three hours since the servers opened.
The players had all gained a painfully clear understanding of how appalling the monster drop rates in Oracle were.
As a result, at least ninety percent of the server's players were still wearing nothing but level 1 white starter equipment.
At this stage, level 5 green equipment was naturally a hot commodity!
Soon, plenty of players came flocking over.
"Damn! Two thousand for one level 5 green item? Who's the genius who listed this? Are they that desperate for money?"
"That's a little pricey. Can you lower it? I'll buy it for two hundred!"
There was no shortage of complaints, curses, and people calling it overpriced.
But big spenders were everywhere, too.
Before long, Lin Mo's mailbox began flashing as successful sale notifications rolled in!
And so, while selling equipment,
Lin Mo also evolved his own gear.
Starting from white quality, he evolved it step by step, six times in succession, investing a total of 315 Equipment Evolution Points.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have evolved the level 5, tier 1 · white equipment Magic Cloth Robe into the gold-quality Demonized · Holy Light Mage Robe!]
Excited, Lin Mo examined the level 5 gold equipment in his hands-
[Demonized · Holy Light Mage Robe] (Lv5): Quality: Tier 1 · gold Health: +420 Bonus attribute: Constitution +25 Special effect: Regeneration (restores 20 health per second) Description: A mage robe brimming with immense magical power. Put it on, and you can become as outstanding as I am-Card Master Carl... Note: Bound...
"Twenty-five Constitution works out to 250 health!"
"One robe gives me 670 health? Level 5 gold equipment... that's ridiculously strong!"
Lin Mo couldn't help marveling.
If he'd had this robe earlier,
Wind Soughs Sadly, with his A-rank Mutual Destruction talent, couldn't have killed Lin Mo even if he'd blown himself up five times!
Next, brimming with anticipation, Lin Mo began evolving the second and third items.
Each item likewise consumed 315 Evolution Points.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have evolved the level 5, tier 1 · white equipment Magic Ring into the gold-quality Demonized · Holy Light Ring!] [Ding! Congratulations! You have evolved the level 5, tier 1 · white equipment Magic Boots into the gold-quality Demonized · Holy Light Mage Boots!]
The results proved that, even at the same tier 1 · gold quality,
Level 5 equipment was considerably stronger than level 1 equipment-
[Demonized · Holy Light Ring] (Lv5): Quality: Tier 1 · gold Attack: +70 Bonus attribute: Strength +25 Special effect: Armor penetration (attacks ignore 55 points of enemy Defense) Description: A magic ring brimming with immense magical power. Put it on, and you can become as outstanding as I am-Card Master Carl... Note: Bound...
[Demonized · Holy Light Mage Boots] (Lv5): Quality: Tier 1 · gold Agility: +42 Bonus attribute: Agility +25 Special effect: Acceleration (activate to gain 40 Agility for 10 seconds; cooldown: 60 seconds) Description: Mage boots brimming with immense magical power. Put them on, and you can become as outstanding as I am-Card Master Carl... Note: Bound...
"This is just absurdly powerful!"
Lin Mo felt that, with these three level 5 gold items equipped, he could do more than solo the hidden quest.
He could even solo the tier 17 boss [Vampire Emperor Eino Gae], who had killed him in his previous life!
He now had 209 Evolution Points left.
Lin Mo spent 48 of them to evolve his orange-quality [Novice Pants] into the gold-quality [World Shatterer · Overlord]!
Their Defense rose from 18 to 45!
Their bonus Constitution increased from 6 to 20!
Their damage reduction effect soared from 20 points to 50!
Whoosh!
With five gold items equipped, Lin Mo's entire body burst into a divine, golden radiance of creation!
In his previous life, Lin Mo had always lived in the dark depths of Oracle, like a filthy sewer rat who could only stare up wide-eyed at the powerful players.
Now, he savored every moment!
"So getting stronger really does feel even better than taking off as a captain!"
He disabled his equipment effects.
Lin Mo opened his status panel for a look.
[Golden Gear War God · Mo Shou Cheng Gui] (Lv5): Talent: Soulfire (unique SSS-rank) Class: None Race: Human Reputation: 33 Strength: 37 Constitution: 53 Agility: 95 Spirit: 8 Endurance: 14 Attack: 180 Defense: 59 Health: 950 Mana: 40 Money: 7 silver, 25 copper Experience: 2830/3200 Description: The strong need no further introduction...
Thinking yourself strong didn't make you strong.
But when even the system acknowledged your strength, you truly were strong!!
"With these stats, I should be able to crush that hidden quest, right?"
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this,
Another piece of good news arrived: all ten green items consigned at the auction house had sold!
After the three-percent transaction fee, 19,400 yuan landed in Lin Mo's bank account!
He then listed the remaining eight green items at two thousand apiece.
They promptly sold for another 15,520 yuan!
Lin Mo priced the remaining eight blue items at five thousand each.
As for his lone purple item, he listed it for twenty thousand yuan outright!
Equipment unlocked bonus attributes upon reaching blue quality.
Once it reached purple quality, it could even unlock powerful exclusive special effects!
That made blue and purple equipment must-haves for paying players.
Lin Mo wasn't worried in the slightest that they wouldn't sell at those prices.
He also had one final listing slot left.
Perfect-Lin Mo listed the E-rank skill book Poisoning, which the Man-Eating Flower leader had dropped.
Without the slightest hesitation,
He priced it at thirty thousand!!
"Cloudside Town has so many people."
"There have to be a few suckers with money to burn, right?"
And those were exactly the people Lin Mo intended to fleece!
After all, he urgently needed a huge sum to top up his account and claim the cumulative top-up rewards in three months, right before Oracle swallowed reality.
Lin Mo did the math.
"I spent thirteen gold on card draws in total. That's 130,000 yuan."
"If all this leftover equipment sells, it'll bring in over ninety thousand. That means this whole set of gold equipment only cost me forty thousand!"
If evolved equipment weren't bound,
A single gold item could sell for at least seven figures right now!
That was no exaggeration.
In his previous life, Lin Mo had personally seen someone spend over a million on a level 10 gold item!
In other words, Lin Mo had turned forty thousand into several million!
What a killing!
"Once I finish this hidden quest in Cloudside Town, I'll make another huge sum!"
With that thought, Lin Mo eagerly headed toward the destination of the hidden quest [Slay the Wolf King]: the level 8-10 Wild Wolf Ridge.
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