Heaven-Slaying: Seven-Star Volley!

The announcements he had triggered before had mostly been regional ones, and the players in Cloudside Town already knew about [Mo Shou Cheng Gui], so hiding his name made little difference.

But a server-wide announcement was an entirely different matter!

"There's always someone stronger out there."

"Exposing myself too early to the hundreds of millions of players across the server could easily bring trouble down on my head."

So Lin Mo decisively chose "Hide."

The next second.

[Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding! Congratulations to player **** on obtaining an SSS-rank skill! As the first player on the Great Xia Server to obtain an SSS-rank skill, you have completed the achievement Tactical Master and received: Gold Coins +10, reputation +100, permanent Skill Slots +3! Title awarded: Tactical Master!"

[Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding..."

[Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding..."

The system announcement rang out three times across the Oracle World, undoubtedly driving the hundreds of millions of players on the Great Xia Server into a frenzy once again!

The Oracle Official Forum.

Blew up yet again!

"Holy fucking shit! An SSS-rank skill??"

"The official team keeps insisting the game is absolutely fair and balanced. Get out here, devs! It's only the second fucking day since launch. Where did an SSS-rank skill come from? Answer me!"

"Exactly! If it came with a top-up, fine, but this game doesn't even have a top-up feature! How the hell did someone get an SSS-rank skill?"

"I can't even fucking afford an E-rank skill book from the instructor for five silver coins... Goddamn hacker!!"

"It isn't necessarily hacking. Don't the leveling leaderboard rewards include a lottery draw? Maybe they pulled it from the first-place prize!"

"Which bro got the SSS-rank skill? Would you consider selling it? I'll pay five million yuan!"

"What the fuck! Why did I only draw a lousy E-rank skill book? If I'd been the one to get an SSS-rank skill, I'd be set for life! Five million!!!"

Beginner Village No. 116, Cloudside Town.

Lin Mo eagerly examined the skill in his hand, which had evolved from D-rank to SSS-rank-

[Heaven-Slaying: Seven-Star Volley] (Archer · SSS-rank skill):

Skill effect: Lock onto a single enemy and instantly fire seven Starlight Arrows. Each Star Arrow deals 100% physical damage (if the enemy is killed midway, the remaining attacks automatically pursue another nearby enemy).

Special effect 1: Each Star Arrow stuns the enemy for 0.5 seconds.

Special effect 2: When striking the same enemy consecutively, each Star Arrow deals 3% more damage than the last.

Special effect 3: Convert 50% of the skill's total damage into a Starlight Shield applied to yourself or one teammate, lasting 10 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Skill cost: 48 MP

At that moment.

Lin Mo's heart suddenly raced!

The blood throughout his body burned and boiled!

"A 700% damage multiplier!"

"Three special effects!"

No!

To be precise, factoring in the skill's second special effect...

At its maximum potential, this skill should deal 100% + 103% + 106.09% + 109.27% + 112.55% + 115.93% + 119.41% damage to a single enemy!

A total of 766% damage!!!

"Holy shit!"

Lin Mo couldn't help shouting.

This SSS-rank skill was absolutely insane!!

The 126 skill evolution points Lin Mo had spent evolving this volley skill from D-rank to SSS-rank hadn't gone to waste.

At a purchase price of two thousand yuan per evolution point, he had effectively sunk a total of 252,000 yuan into this one skill!

Lin Mo had been wincing at the cost.

But now that he saw how powerful this SSS-rank skill was, he instantly felt that the two hundred thousand and change had been money well spent!

Without another word, Lin Mo immediately learned [Heaven-Slaying: Seven-Star Volley]!

Someone who had never even touched a B-rank skill in his previous life now had an SSS-rank skill!

A single SSS-rank skill occupied a whopping eight Skill Slots!

However, between the one slot awarded every three levels, the one from changing classes, the three from the instructor, the five from the A-Rank Magic Scroll Skill Expansion, and the three from the system achievement reward just now...

Lin Mo already had sixteen Skill Slots in total!

After subtracting the eight occupied by Seven-Star Volley, he still had eight left, just enough to learn another SSS-rank skill!

Unfortunately, the twenty-two skill evolution points Lin Mo had left weren't enough to evolve a second SSS-rank skill.

"I'll have to wait a little longer."

"Once more people reach level 10, I'll buy up skill books!"

By then, Lin Mo wouldn't have to pay the enormous price of two thousand yuan anymore.

He could buy a book for just one thousand!

Half the cost!

That meant saving over a hundred thousand yuan when evolving an SSS-rank skill. It would be an incredible bargain!

After all, Lin Mo had only just accumulated 1.08 million yuan in assets, and this one skill had knocked that straight down to 780,000.

It felt as though a huge chunk of flesh had been carved off his body. Claiming it didn't hurt would be a lie!

Fortunately, the ten Gold Coins the system had just awarded him were worth a hundred thousand yuan, helping Lin Mo recover a little!

Lin Mo also examined the title the system had awarded him.

To his delight, this time it broke the usual pattern of white titles-it was actually a superb purple-quality title!

[Tactical Master] (Title):

Quality: Purple

Title attribute: Player skill potency +10%

Description: A symbol of honor for the first powerhouse on Oracle's Great Xia Server to obtain an SSS-rank skill...

"A 10% increase in skill potency?"

Lin Mo instinctively opened Seven-Star Volley to take another look.

He discovered that, with the Tactical Master title's bonus, Seven-Star Volley's damage multiplier per shot had increased to 110%!

It wasn't just the damage-even the potency of its special effects had increased!

Each Star Arrow stunned the enemy for 0.55 seconds!

Damage increased by 3.3% with each consecutive hit on the same enemy!

The Starlight Shield conversion rate was 55%!

"Holy shit!"

"This purple title is fucking amazing!"

Lin Mo felt his blood boil with excitement once again.

"Yep, time to head for a Level 3 Main City!"

Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.

Then he left Cloudside Town through its east gate.

The only teleportation array that led to a Level 3 Main City was on the eastern outskirts of Cloudside Town.

With how powerful he was now, staying in the beginner village would be a waste of his abilities.

Only in a Level 3 Main City could he truly shine!

He had just left town.

Ding!

Suddenly, Qin Feng sent him a private message:

"Bro Mo, someone's picking on your girlfriend, Su Yingxia!"

"There are too many of them. I'm afraid I can't hold them off! Hurry over and save her!"