Qin Feng examined the skill book in his hand:
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[Darkest Hour (Platinum Level): Assassin Skill. Unleashes a burst of dark light from the blade, blinding all enemies within range! Cooldown: 60 (34.3) seconds. Required Level: 10]
[Range: 20 meters]
[Base Duration: 10 seconds (The higher the target's mental attribute, the shorter the duration)]
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In simple terms, this is a blinding skill.
"Doesn't this perfectly match my class traits?"
"As long as I blind the enemies, even if I'm not in stealth, I can still trigger double damage!"
Of course, this 'blindness' state can be dispelled.
In PVP, you need to be wary of opponents with group dispel skills, like healers or support classes such as Paladins and Priests.
It's quite useful for fighting bosses.
Even if a boss has high mental attributes, against a boss of the same level, it should last three to five seconds without issue.
There's just one thing to note.
Bosses have resistance to the same negative effects. If the first blind lasts five seconds, the second might only last three, and the third even shorter.
"Learn."
Qin Feng learned the 'Darkest Hour' skill.
Additionally, he found a higher-level Platinum Assassin weapon from the corpse of the Plague Wraith!
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[Plague Blade (Platinum): Assassin Weapon. Attack +216, Agility +42. Weak Point Attack Multiplier +0.3. Equipment Requirement: Level 10]
[Unique Effect: All your attacks will carry a toxin that explodes after three seconds, dealing 50% of the attack's damage.]
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The unique effect essentially boosts any damage by 50%!
It just takes three seconds to settle.
In comparison, Qin Feng's previous 'Ghost Ship Twin Blades' had a unique effect of dealing double damage with each normal attack...
"I'm not playing a normal attack build right now."
"Switch to Plague Blade directly!"
Qin Feng equipped the weapon.
As for the Platinum-level Ghost Ship Twin Blades, for other Assassins, it's already considered a divine weapon.
At this stage, having a Platinum-level weapon would at least double, if not triple, other Assassins' output!
"Selling it for three thousand won't be a problem."
Qin Feng glanced at the remaining loot. There was nothing else useful for an Assassin, so he stored everything away.
Next were the Evolution Points.
After defeating four Silver-level bosses, the Golden-level Plague Wraith, and occasionally killing some small monsters along the way, Qin Feng had accumulated 98 Evolution Points.
"My damage is sufficient for now, and there's no rush to evolve Darkest Hour."
"I can save up and continue evolving the Epic-level Greedy Hand to Legendary."
Qin Feng checked his skill list:
Subshadow (Platinum): Requires 13 points to evolve.
Backstab Enhancement (Emerald): Requires 21 points to evolve.
Greedy Hand (Epic): Requires 210 points to evolve.
Venomous Dart (Emerald): Requires 13 points to evolve.
Shadow Blink Slash (Epic): Requires 210 points to evolve.
Phantom Blur (Epic): Requires 80 points to evolve.
Gift of Liberation (Legendary): Requires 200 points to evolve.
Blacklight Shield (Epic): Requires 50 points to evolve.
Additionally, there were three skills—Blossoming Curse, Piercing Strike, and Darkest Hour—that had not been evolved yet.
"Keep grinding!"
...
The number of bosses in each starting town is quite limited.
Qin Feng didn't continue collecting boss coordinates.
The bosses in Glowfire Town were almost all defeated, and it would take a long time for them to respawn.
"Just over ten thousand experience short, I'll grind small monsters directly."
Qin Feng equipped the 'Plague Blade', with higher agility and speed, and arrived at the coastline in just over ten minutes.
He continued grinding level 10 monsters.
Each small monster gave 100 experience points, so killing over a hundred would net him the fifty thousand experience needed for his first class advancement.
"Unfortunately, the monsters in the Abandoned Gods Game don't respawn infinitely like in typical online games..."
"Otherwise, leveling up would be a breeze."
Finding monsters on the map wasn't easy.
For example, the lobster-like 'Crimson Armor-Bearer' was hard to spot with the naked eye, as they were usually buried in the sand.
Qin Feng was alone.
In the eyes of these monsters, he seemed easy prey.
As soon as he passed by, the monsters would sneakily approach.
Once they got close, there was no escape, as Qin Feng would instantly kill them with a single strike!
And so, it continued until 8:30 PM.
Qin Feng finally gathered fifty thousand experience!
To reach level 11 required one hundred thousand experience, so there was no rush.
In comparison, using the fifty thousand experience for the first class advancement would significantly boost his strength!
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[Your Shadow Class has advanced!]
[Current: Tier 0 → Tier 1!]
[Class Attribute Bonus: Strength 3 → 9, Constitution 3 → 9, Agility 8 → 24, Mental 5 → 15!]
[Class Passive 1: Stealth duration doubled! New: Can use stealth skills while in stealth!]
[Class Passive 2: +1 → +2 Stealth Level!]
[Class Passive 3: If attacking outside the enemy's line of sight, the attack deals double damage (2x damage → 3x damage)!]
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Relying solely on leveling up, improving equipment, and skills won't get you far in the Abandoned Gods Game.
Because leveling up is difficult, and equipment and skills often have limits.
After reaching level 10, class advancement is also a crucial step in enhancing strength!
Originally, Qin Feng's Shadow class attribute bonuses were Strength 3, Constitution 3, Agility 8, and Mental 5.
When he advanced to Tier 1, the attribute bonuses tripled!
More importantly, the three class passives improved.
"Finally, seamless stealth!"
Qin Feng was pleasantly surprised by the new effect of the first class passive.
Originally, all stealth skills couldn't be used during the stealth duration.
In other words, even if the stealth duration was longer than the cooldown, you had to wait for stealth to end before using stealth skills again.
But now...
Qin Feng could use stealth skills while in stealth!
In other words, as long as he didn't attack, he was permanently in stealth!
"As the only hidden class, Shadow might seem average early on, but its late-game abilities are definitely strong."
Qin Feng was optimistic about the class's potential.
With this class advancement, he gained an additional level of stealth, and the damage from attacks outside the line of sight increased from double to triple!
"More damage."
"Just in time to head to the continent and find a Platinum-level boss for a first kill."
Qin Feng checked the time.
It was 8:30 PM, and by now, quite a few players had reached level 10.
However, to Qin Feng's surprise, the first players to reach level 10, besides himself, weren't the North American players from his past life memories.
Instead...
They were players from Jianghai City!
And several of them reached level 10 at once!
Of course, these level 10 players were familiar faces.
"Not bad. It seems selling so much equipment and skill books was beneficial for me too."
"The faster Jianghai City's players level up, the sooner I can head to the continent!"
Qin Feng chuckled.
As he completed his class advancement, a system notification arrived.
The number of level 10 players in the Jianghai City area reached seven, and the passage to the Forsaken Gods Continent finally opened!
Any player who reached level 10 could return to the town and use a one-way teleport to the Forsaken Gods Continent!