Seeing that Yangliu's impression of Chen Mo had increased, Luo Hua became anxious. When he heard Gu Feixing say that Chen Mo had reached level 23, he immediately took the opportunity to subtly reduce Chen Mo's impression of Yangliu.
Level 23 was only one or two levels lower than them. It was normal for her to come over, but it would be abnormal if she didn't!
Luo Hua's tone and expression were very particular, so no one would think that he was purposely targeting Chen Mo. However, how could Chen Mo not know what this guy was trying to do?
Damn, you little brat, just you wait, see if I don't screw you over!
Chen Mo sneered in his heart. He had made up his mind to find a chance to screw Luo Hua over.
Chen Mo revealed his advanced swimming skill and said, "I was lucky that I didn't drown in the sunken ship. There were five treasure chests at the bottom of the sunken ship. After I opened them, I received experience books that could directly increase my level."
"Tsk, why didn't I have such luck?" Gu Feixing said enviously.
This was an excuse that Chen Mo came up with to avoid trouble. However, looking at the advanced swimming skill, Gu Feixing and the others did not doubt Chen Mo's words.
They had also died in the sunken ship. Later on, they found out that there were five treasure chests at the bottom of the sunken ship. The sinking of the ship had a lot to do with the five treasure chests. They did not expect that Chen Mo would obtain all five treasure chests in the end.
"This guy's luck is actually so good!"
Luo Hua could not help but be jealous. This guy actually had such good luck. If he had obtained those five experience books, he would have directly jumped to level 30 and become the highest level player in the game.
"I still have something to do, so I'll return to the city first. You guys go ahead."
Chen Mo had no intention of chatting with the group. He said goodbye to them and turned to walk back to Eastsea Citadel.
System Notification: Yangliu has sent you a friend request. Do you accept?
After walking for a while, a system notification appeared. Chen Mo was a little surprised to see it.
Hehe, could it be that she saw how smart I am and sent herself to me?
Chen Mo thought for a while and then accepted the request.
"Yo, beautiful class monitor, what's the matter?" Chen Mo greeted her.
"You lied." Yangliu said quietly.
"What?"
"You didn't level up from the experience books from the treasure chests at the bottom of the sunken ship. You leveled up from the experience points you gained from defending the city, right?"
"Amazing. How did you know?"
Chen Mo exclaimed in surprise when Yangliu pointed it out, but he did not deny it.
"Judging from the way you speak, I have this feeling."
"It's good that you know. Don't tell anyone else." Chen Mo warned.
Damn, a woman's intuition is so scary!
Chen Mo believed that his performance was flawless, but he did not expect Yangliu to see through it.
"Hmph, I just want to tell others." Yangliu seemed to be deliberately going against Chen Mo and coldly snorted.
"Beauty, don't force me. If you tell others, I will also tell others that you went to my bed that night." Chen Mo immediately threatened.
"You dare?
Damn pervert! "Yangliu clenched her teeth and shouted.
"I'm just joking. But don't tell others about this. I'm not familiar with the people in the class. I don't want them to know. I'm afraid of trouble." Chen Mo said seriously.
"Don't be too arrogant. You only played for a few more hours and earned some points."
Yangliu curled her lips. But for some reason, after hearing Chen Mo's serious explanation, she felt much better.
"I'm not being arrogant. I'm very powerful now. I'm first in the rankings. If you have any problems in the game in the future, you can ask me for help."
"Keep bragging. You only dare to brag like this because you can't see your name on the rankings." Yangliu was unhappy again.
What did this guy think she was? If he wanted to brag, at least make it more believable. Level 23, first in the rankings, who would believe it?
Damn it, these days, no one would believe the truth!
Chen Mo rolled his eyes and did not continue to explain to Yangliu.
"Yangliu, what's wrong?"
Luo Hua could not help but ask when she saw that Yangliu was a little absent-minded.
"Someone just told me that the first in the rankings is a Level 23 person. Do you think it's true?" Yangliu thought for a while and asked the people around her.
"Hahaha, how is that possible? Who's your friend? How could he believe such news?" Gu Feixing laughed.
"That's right, Yangliu. You don't have to think to know that the first in the rankings is at least Level 25. Level 27 or 28 is most likely." Luo Hua smiled and agreed.
See, who would believe that a Level 23 person was first in the rankings? Only that shameless guy would dare to say such a thing!
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"Brave adventurer, how may I be of service to you?"
When he came to the City Lord's residence again, there were many more players in the hall on the first floor. Chen Mo squeezed closer to Wei Na with great difficulty. Wei Na's familiar voice sounded.
The reward exchange list popped up. Chen Mo chose the skill proficiency reward with ease.
System Notification: You have spent 100 points. Skill "Trap Control" proficiency increased by 10%!
System Notification: You have spent 100 points. Skill …
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A series of system notifications kept ringing in Chen Mo's ears. To upgrade a skill from Beginner Level to Intermediate Level, it required 2,000 points.
Chen Mo first used 2,000 points to upgrade the Trap Control skill from Beginner Level to Beginner Level.
With Chen Mo's 12,000 points, he could already exchange for a Level 25 Purple equipment with decent attributes. However, Chen Mo did not consider exchanging for Purple equipment at all.
He already had enough equipment on him. It would be a waste to exchange for Level 20 equipment. He would not be able to use Level 25 equipment for the time being. Furthermore, unless it was a weapon, exchanging for Level 25 Purple equipment would not give him much of an improvement. Furthermore, it would be eliminated sooner or later.
On the other hand, skill proficiency was not easy to increase. Once it was increased, it would always be there. There was no such thing as elimination.
Therefore, Chen Mo planned to use all his points to increase skill proficiency.
Trap Control (Intermediate): After activating this skill, two traps can be buffed consecutively for a short period of time. Buffed traps can delay triggering for up to four seconds.
After upgrading Trap Control, the effect of the skill was lower than Chen Mo had expected. From Beginner to Beginner, the delay was four seconds. From Beginner to Intermediate, the number of traps that could be buffed was only two.
However, this skill was a little too powerful for a Trap Hunter. It was normal for the skill's effect to be limited after the upgrade.
At this point, Chen Mo's Whirlpool Trap, Shock Trap, and Trap Control had all been upgraded to Intermediate Level. Of course, there were also two Grandmaster Level skills, Chain Trap and Alchemy.
Next, Chen Mo spent another 2,000 points to upgrade Poison Strike to Intermediate Level.
Poison Strike (Intermediate): After entering combat, every time a player deals damage to an enemy, 15% of the damage will be converted into Poison Energy.
When the Poison Energy reaches 500 points, the player can use this skill to deal an additional 700 points of Poison Damage to the enemy when attacking.
The Poison Energy will be reset to zero when the player leaves combat or does not deal any damage within 30 seconds.
When an attack is launched from the back, there is a chance to deal double the Poison Damage.
Poison Strike. After obtaining this skill, Chen Mo had only used it when killing monsters. He hadn't really used it much. However, it wasn't because the skill wasn't powerful enough, but because his pet was too powerful. As long as Poison Strike's level increased, its effects would become more and more lethal. Sooner or later, it would come in handy.
With 8,000 points remaining, Chen Mo could upgrade four skills. Chen Mo wanted to upgrade Blood Refining to Intermediate Level first. However, he soon discovered that after choosing the reward, he couldn't choose Blood Refining. It wasn't just Blood Refining; he couldn't choose any of his Lifestyle Skills.
"Damn it, I can't use points to upgrade my Lifestyle Skills."
Chen Mo sighed. He had so many Life Skills, and he was hoping to use the points this time to upgrade them all to the Intermediate level.
This was especially true for Blood Refining. It was extremely difficult to upgrade this skill. Even after learning it for so long, the number of times he could use it was still extremely limited. He was still far from reaching Basic Level, let alone Intermediate Level.
Chen Mo couldn't do anything if he couldn't upgrade his Lifestyle Skills. However, he still had many skills on him.
Explosive Trap, Thorn Trap, Poison Crossbow … Chen Mo upgraded several of his Lifestyle Skills to Intermediate Level one by one.
Chen Mo didn't use up his remaining 2,000 points. Instead, he saved them for later use.
After the siege, he still wanted to learn Sea Spear Mastery. When that time came, he would need to spend points to upgrade Powerful Throw to Intermediate Level. It was better to save some points for later use.
"Brave adventurer, you've finally arrived. I have something important to discuss with you regarding the Sea Tribe's invasion. Please help me!"
After exchanging for Skill Proficiency Points, Chen Mo went to the side to look for the quest NPC. Who would have thought that before he could even open his mouth, the old man who gave out the quest excitedly spoke to him.
There were many players around, but this kind of quest NPC could face many players at once. Everyone could only see the NPC's reaction to them. They couldn't see the reactions of others.
Chen Mo couldn't see the old man's reaction when he saw other players. However, he could roughly guess that it was probably because his ranking was too high. That was why the old man was so excited to give him the quest.
"Of course. What is it?" Chen Mo asked.
"Thank you, brave adventurer!
The situation is like this. The Sea Tribe's invaders have already invaded Eastsea Citadel and are preparing to destroy it from the inside!
If they succeed, the entire Eastsea Citadel, and even the entire human race, will suffer heavy losses!
Adventurer, I would like you to enter the city and find those invaders. Kill them and expel them from the city!
For every invader you kill, you will receive a handsome reward! "
"They've invaded Eastsea Citadel?
Does that mean they have a way to disguise themselves?
If that's the case, how can I recognize them? "Chen Mo asked with a frown.
The invaders were the Sea Tribe's players. Under normal circumstances, the Sea Tribe's players would appear as red enemies. When the guards at the main city gates saw them, they would instantly treat them as enemies and kill them. If they could enter Eastsea Citadel, it must be because the Sea Tribe's players could disguise themselves.
"Don't worry, brave adventurer. I have a tool here that can help you identify whether they are invaders or not," the old man quickly said.
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