After leaving the Hunter Professional Guild, Chen Mo went around Red Sand City to familiarize himself with the layout of the buildings in the city. At the same time, he bought some items that he might need in Katarin Town.
This was especially true for the Crimson Cage skill, which required monster blood. The Level 30 + monster blood he had previously purchased would no longer be effective against monsters above Level 40 and second promotion players. Therefore, Chen Mo needed to purchase the blood of monsters above Level 40.
Crimson Cage required ten bottles of monster blood at a time. Chen Mo would need to buy at least a hundred bottles. He didn't know how long it would take for him to buy them. After all, level 40 monster blood was still very rare.
Although monster blood didn't have many uses, the production was too low.
Chen Mo thought about it and tried to contact Lian Hongyu.
"Great expert, what business do you have for me?"
Lian Hongyu replied immediately. She was able to receive Chen Mo's message, which meant that she was also in Red Sand City.
Lian Hongyu's voice was a little excited. But it was no wonder. A professional businesswoman like her had to pay attention to the game at all times. She was on the game forums every day.
The incident at the City of Elves more than a week ago was a hot topic on the forums. It was impossible for Lian Hongyu not to know about it. There were too many players who participated in the fight against the Black Bug boss. Someone recorded a video and posted it on the forums. Although there was only a back view in the video, Lian Hongyu recognized Chen Mo as soon as she saw the video.
Although she knew that Chen Mo was strong, Lian Hongyu had never seen Chen Mo fight with her own eyes. She didn't know how strong Chen Mo was until she saw the video. Only then did Lian Hongyu know that Chen Mo was much stronger than she had imagined.
After watching the video, Lian Hongyu wanted to contact Chen Mo. However, Chen Mo didn't come online for two days. Lian Hongyu couldn't contact him and thought that Chen Mo had run off to some place where he couldn't receive news. She could only give up. Now that Chen Mo was contacting her, he definitely wasn't here to catch up with her. She couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Every time she traded with Chen Mo, she would earn quite a bit of service fees. It could be said that this was a 100% profitable business.
Chen Mo didn't beat around the bush. Seeing that he could contact Lian Hongyu, he went straight to the point. "I have something I need your help with. I want to buy some monster blood of level 40 and above. What's the price?"
"Level 40 monster blood. It's the same as the Level 10 monster blood. Although not many people want it, the production is also very low. The current price is 45 silver per bottle," Lian Hongyu quickly replied.
This wasn't the first time Chen Mo had bought monster blood. He had bought it before, so Lian Hongyu had always paid attention to the price of monster blood. When Chen Mo asked Chen Mo, she answered without thinking.
"No problem. Help me buy 100 to 200 bottles. It doesn't have to be the same. As long as it's Level 40 or above, it's fine."
This price was 50% higher than the price of Level 30 monster blood. However, it was still within the normal range.
The only thing that gave Chen Mo a headache was that using Crimson Cage was a complete waste of money.
4.5 gold per use was equivalent to 4,500 Chinese dollars. It was simply too extravagant.
The only thing that comforted Chen Mo was that every time he used Crimson Cage, he could earn back the cost and make a lot of money. So, he didn't feel any heartache when spending money like this.
100 to 200 bottles!
Lian Hongyu was startled, but she quickly regained her spirit.
With so many bottles, she could negotiate the price with others and lower the price.
If nothing unexpected happened, she could earn a few thousand Chinese dollars from this transaction with Chen Mo. Moreover, it would only take her two to three hours at most.
If she could do this every day, it would be hard for her not to become rich.
Unfortunately, high-quality customers like Chen Mo were too rare.
"Oh right, I've already completed my second class advancement. After a while, when I find replacement equipment, I'll have to trouble you to help me deal with my equipment." Chen Mo thought for a moment and then informed Lian Hongyu in advance.
"No problem!" Lian Hongyu was even more spirited.
She didn't know what Chen Mo's stats were, but from the back view in the video, his equipment was definitely not simple.
Just thinking about it made Lian Hongyu filled with anticipation.
After contacting Lian Hongyu, Chen Mo went outside Crimson Sand City. He found a monster respawn point and started fighting.
After their second class advancement, a player's Attributes changed too much. This was also the first time Chen Mo fought a monster above Level 40.
Players' Attributes increased greatly, but monsters' Attributes increased even more than players'.
Chen Mo had a Dark-Gold Weapon in hand, and his equipment's Attributes were also not bad. When fighting, he didn't find these Common monsters difficult to deal with. However, if it were other players, it would be difficult to kill these Common monsters.
This was especially true for players who had just completed their second class advancement and had yet to replace their equipment. Killing Level 40 and above monsters would be very difficult. It wouldn't be strange for them to be killed by monsters instead.
However, this was a stage that every second class advancement player had to go through. After their second class advancement, returning to kill monsters below Level 40 would only give a small amount of EXP. If they didn't kill monsters above Level 40, it would be very difficult for them to level up again.
All of Chen Mo's Trap Skills had been upgraded to Advanced. While fighting monsters, aside from familiarizing himself with the changes to his body's Attributes, Chen Mo's main task was to test the effects of his Skills and Agility.
Aside from Chen Mo, who didn't have many Trap Skills, the only ones he could use were Maelstrom Trap, Explosion Trap, Crimson Cage, and Spatial Tear.
As for Spatial Tear, although it had been upgraded to Advanced, Chen Mo hadn't used it even once.
Chen Mo's main task was to test his two main Trap Skills, Crimson Cage and Maelstrom Trap.
After Crimson Cage had been upgraded to Advanced, the range of Crimson Fog had increased from the Intermediate Skill's 40-meter radius to 45 meters. Each level also increased the fog's growth rate by five meters.
Crimson Fog's duration hadn't changed. Just like before, it lasted for three minutes.
Most importantly, the Blood Shadow Doppelganger's Attack Power had increased. However, Chen Mo couldn't test how much it had increased.
In a situation where there was only one monster, the Blood Shadow Doppelganger's combat power wasn't that great. Only when the number of enemies within the Crimson Fog had reached the requirements to awaken it would the Blood Shadow Doppelganger's true strength would be revealed.
The other main Trap was the Maelstrom Trap. After it had been upgraded to Advanced, the radius of the Maelstrom in the middle of the Trap had increased to five meters, while the suction radius had increased to ten meters. The suction duration of the Maelstrom Trap had also increased to five seconds.
As for the Basic Trap, Thorn Trap, and Shock Trap, other than the Shock Trap's special effect, the Basic Trap and Thorn Trap's improvements weren't that obvious. After upgrading to Advanced, the enemy would only be able to deal 180% of the player's Skill Damage after triggering the Trap. If Chen Mo hadn't used Skill Solidification on his body, allowing him to directly deal damage to the enemy by touching them, he would've given up on these two Traps.
Single-target Traps had low damage. In a normal battle, it was almost impossible to hit the enemy.
After testing the Trap Skill, Chen Mo proceeded to test the Agility Attribute that he was most concerned about.
The Agility Attribute was mainly tested on the burst of Movement Speed and Attack Speed.
It didn't take long for Chen Mo to have a rough idea.
Since Chen Mo would add one Free Attribute Point to Agility every time he leveled up, Chen Mo's current Agility Attribute wasn't low. It was over 240 points.
With over 240 points of Agility, Chen Mo could enter a state of Explosive Burst in battle. If it was just a simple burst of movement speed, he could double his movement speed for 30 seconds. It was extremely powerful!
If he entered a burst state of Attack Speed, his Attack Speed would be doubled for 20 seconds.
If his Movement Speed and Attack Speed both burst out at the same time, he would be able to maintain the burst state for 10 seconds.
"Assassins, Warriors, and Archers will become even more difficult to deal with in the future."
After the test, Chen Mo knew that the players of these three professions would benefit the most.
Among these three professions, an increase in Attack Speed would significantly increase their damage output. For professions like Hunters and Mages, even if their Attack Speed increased, the time taken to set up traps and cast spells would not be much shorter.
After fighting outside the city for nearly an hour, Chen Mo returned to Red Sand City and traded with Lian Hongyu. After obtaining the monster blood, he once again left the city to look for You Ji.
You Ji was waiting for Chen Mo in the wooden house outside the Trial Tower. Chen Mo knocked on the door and entered. You Ji looked at Chen Mo with a wary expression.
"Put on this cloak. Don't be so eye-catching. Come with me to Katrin Town."
Chen Mo only chuckled. He then took out a gray cloak that covered his entire body and gave it to You Ji.
It couldn't be helped. You Ji was really too eye-catching. If he didn't do this, who knew how many people would stare at him and You Ji along the way.
Although it was good to be envied by others, Chen Mo didn't want to become a monkey that others stared at.
Although it was a little strange to wear a cloak, there were many people who did this in the game, so everyone was used to it.
"Are we leaving now?" You Ji took the cloak and asked.
"Let's go now. Take a carriage from Red Sand City to Katrin Town. It won't take long. If things go well, you can leave soon."
"Okay."
You Ji couldn't wait to go to Katrin Town immediately, help this guy solve his problem, and then leave. In the future, no matter what, she would stay far away from this guy.
Red Sand City and Moonlight City were two super cities. Transportation between the towns under their jurisdiction was very convenient. Players didn't need to move by themselves. They could hire carriages to go there.
Chen Mo and You Ji returned to Red Sand City. They spent two gold coins to hire a carriage and went straight to Katrin Town.
Inside the sealed carriage, You Ji felt a little uneasy. She was worried that this guy would mess around. However, Chen Mo ignored You Ji. Instead, he buried himself in sorting out the information about Katrin Town.
After a careful search, he finally found some clues about the news about Katrin Town on the forum.
There were several small towns under Red Sand City. Katrin Town was located in a more remote area to the west of Red Sand City. The monsters around it ranged from Level 40 to Level 50. It was a coastal town.
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The first one was even better.