No wonder there are so many First-stage players in the Naga Fissure!
A person's strength doesn't just depend on their class; the rest comes down to gear, and gear dictates everything. Class determines skills, and the higher the class rating, the stronger the skills.
Take Jiang Chen's Swordsman Class, for instance. Basic Swordsmanship, Basic Footwork... all trash. Then there's Sword Qi Surging, another trash skill. It summons a Sword Qi that circles around the user, actively attacking enemies for one minute, with an attack frequency of once every 10 seconds. If that wasn't a trash skill, what was!
Thank goodness Jiang Chen awakened Hundred Times Amplification, instantly turning trash skills into god-tier abilities.
Jiang Chen remembered the Ice Mage he had met that day. The Ice Mage's skill created a barrier within a certain range, freezing enemies inside it and continuously draining their health. Isn't that skill awesome! What if it was amplified a hundred times? The freezing effect amplified a hundred times. The continual health drain amplified a hundred times. The attack frequency amplified a hundred times. And throw in a barrier size amplification by a hundred times. Now *that* would be unbelievably badass! Just one skill could lay waste to everything, making one invincible within a thousand meters...
Murong Yi chuckled, "What are you thinking about now?"
"I'm wondering if you wear your gear to bed when you sleep at night?"
Murong Yi giggled, "My dear student, you're getting naughtier, huh? Gear is equipped via the badge, you know..."
The bartender came over, passed a Bloody Mary, and joked, "Look at that, in just two days, our student has grasped the mysteries. I'd love to know too—tell me once you find out."
Murong Yi gave him a look. "Get lost!"
Murong Yi glanced at Jiang Chen and sighed.
"Why the sigh?"
"Another pure-hearted student has been corrupted..."
「In the hotel」
Jiang Chen looked at his own badge.
[Name: Jiang Chen]
[Occupation: Swordsman]
[Level: 18]
[Experience: 200/80,000]
[Constitution: 39]
[Strength: 16]
[Spirit: 40]
[Agility: 11]
[Equipment: Blood Long Sword (Silver), [Underworld Robe], [Underworld Boots], [Underworld Pants], [Underworld Ring], [Underworld Bracelet], [Underworld Belt]...]
[Space: 7]
[Skills:
Basic Swordsmanship: Condenses the body's internal power and releases a sword beam forward, attacking the enemy. Attack distance is 40 meters, power condensing time is 0.3 seconds, MP consumption: 1 point.
Basic Footwork: Boosts one's Agility for a short time to dodge enemy attacks, lasts for 500 seconds, MP consumption: 1 point.
Sword Qi Surging: Summons a hundred Sword Auras that circle around, attacking enemies for 100 minutes with an attack frequency of 0.1 seconds, MP consumption: 2 points.
Passive Skill Meditation: Stand still for 0.1 seconds and slowly recover spiritual power, recovery rate: 1 point.]
He looked at his skill tree. Basic Swordsmanship and Basic Footwork were skills on it, and with eighteen new skill points, things were about to change further down.
Jiang Chen invested nine points in Basic Swordsmanship, and suddenly the skill below lit up.
[Basic Sword Arts: Condenses the body's internal power and releases three sword beams forward, attacking the enemy. Attack distance is 40 centimeters, power condensing time is 3 seconds, MP consumption: 2 points.]
[Amplifying by a hundred times... Amplification successful]
[Basic Sword Arts: Condenses the body's internal power and releases three sword beams forward, attacking the enemy. Attack distance is 40 meters, power condensing time is 0.03 seconds, MP consumption: 2 points.]
Jiang Chen was speechless. Is this all there is to it after all that fuss?
Adding two more attacks was neither here nor there for Jiang Chen, but it did have its benefits. Demonic Beings that couldn't be killed with one sword were now falling to a single strike.
Jiang Chen allocated the remaining skill points to Basic Footwork.
After he clicked nine times, the skill below lit up.
[Flash in the Void: Increase your speed rapidly within 1 second to dodge enemy attacks, with a maximum range of two meters. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.]
[Hundred Times Amplification... Amplification Successful]
[Flash in the Void: Increase your speed rapidly for 100 seconds to dodge enemy attacks, with a maximum range of 200 meters. Cooldown time: 0.05 minutes.]
Um... Jiang Chen looked at the skill boosted by the Hundred Times Amplification.
So this is Flash in the Void? Now *this* is a true skill!
Jiang Chen glanced at the door. He immediately used his skill, Flash in the Void, only to find himself suddenly at the door.
Jiang Chen was instantly baffled. What's going on? This is Flash in the Void? This is practically teleportation! What's considered rapid? *This* is rapid! With this skill, all large-area magic spells would be child's play! Before an enemy could even cast their spell, I'd already be out of their range. That's truly incredible. In the blink of an eye, I can move from one side to the other, and the maximum range is 200 meters—that's an insane distance! If I were to encounter a First-stage class now, they wouldn't even catch a glimpse of my shadow before I disappeared from their sight. I was a bit afraid of First-stage classes before, but now! I'm not scared at all. So what if they're First-stage class? Compared to my speed, they're all insignificant!
Jiang Chen opened the window and laughed heartily, "I'm finally invincible!"
Suddenly, a loud curse rang out...
"Who the hell is it? Don't you have any common decency? Making such a racket! Don't the neighbors need to sleep? People have monsters to kill and levels to grind tomorrow!"
Jiang Chen was taken aback.
DING DING DING...
Jiang Chen checked the message; it was from Wang Gang.
Wang Gang: "Jiang bro, did you know? I've got fans now, too. Today a Priest specifically came to our guild to see me, and I saw the admiration in her eyes."
Jiang Chen: "Congratulations."
Wang Gang: "This Priest is a woman, and she's very pretty. I can feel she likes me – aren't you jealous?"
Jiang Chen: "Give me a break. Like anyone would fancy you with that physique of yours?"
Wang Gang: "Hey, who are you looking down on? I'm a Paladin! When that Priest heard I was a Paladin, her eyes sparkled, as if she couldn't wait to jump into my arms."
Jiang Chen laughed. Keep dreaming, you delusional fatty!
Jiang Chen: "What's that Priest's name?"
Wang Gang: "Wang Cuihua."
Wang Cuihua... Jiang Chen thought, speechless. So, a toad met a bullfrog, and they actually hit it off?
Jiang Chen hadn't expected the Priest he'd met that morning to actually join Wang Gang's father's guild.
The next morning, Jiang Chen got up early and stepped out of the inn.
He saw countless novices flooding the town, making it overcrowded. These people must have come for the Underworld Altar.
The Underworld Altar would be opened to the public after three initial clears, and from then on, anyone could enter to farm the instance. The first three clears were the most important, as there was a good chance sets would appear.
Just as Jiang Chen had entered the Underworld Altar and obtained a complete Underworld Set, which was his reward. In the future, this place would become a focal point where many heroes past the novice period would come to farm the Underworld Set. This was a Level 10 set provided for heroes who had passed the novice period.
At that moment, a group of warriors emerged from the Teleportation Altar, their matching sets looking formidable.