Chapter 886: Chapter 886
The Photon Elf’s previous skills hadn’t changed much, but it now had two additional skills: Illusionary Light and Entity Manipulation.
"This skill, Illusionary Light, is great for deceiving perception. Although it can only create optical illusions and its usage is somewhat narrow, it’s still basically usable," Du You said first.
Lin Yucha pointed to the last skill and said, "This skill is the essence. Entity Manipulation finally gives the Photon Elf combat capabilities beyond mechanical constructs, although the controlled creatures can only be much weaker than itself. However, this skill could have spectacular effects if used for setting up and planting spies."
Du You nodded, "That’s true, but it’s not our style."
Du You’s style had always been to forcefully push through, completely disregarding the opponent’s methods. As long as he had sufficient strength, he would just barrel through. So, this skill wasn’t much use to Du You.
"Besides, those who are controlled will definitely behave unnaturally and might give themselves away by accident, likely backfiring."
Although these two skills were decent, in Du You’s view, they weren’t of much use. Apart from dealing with mechanical constructs, he would still keep the Photon Elf benched indefinitely.
Without any further ado, Lin Yucha took that special cloak to the Skill Hall.
It took three days, and the new skill, Demon Concealment Skill, evolved into the Invisibility Cloak.
Invisibility Cloak: Envelop oneself with magic power to enter an invisibility state, reducing speed by 10% while invisible. Being attacked or attacking will dispel the invisibility. While invisible, one’s presence is weakened. In a stationary state, area invisibility is possible. (Level 31, 9 stars)
The penalty for invisibility speed had been reduced from 20% to half, and the effect of hiding one’s presence was added, making it much stronger than the original optical invisibility. Even with special methods, it would be difficult to detect Lin Yucha while she was hidden.
Finally, with the area invisibility effect, after experimenting, Du You discovered that the area spanned about two to three meters. However, Lin Yucha could move within this area undetected, while others would be noticed immediately upon movement. This skill wasn’t of much use beyond temporary evasion.
Even in Du You’s view, in terms of area concealment, this wasn’t as good as the Photon Elf’s Illusionary Light skill, amounting to a rather minimal advantage.
However, the upgrade in skill level did enhance Lin Yucha’s concealment abilities. Just this ability alone made Lin Yucha’s invisibility effect in tier four not inferior to those of the Professionals.
Next was Lin Yushi’s Demons Destruction Wings, taking those unknown Magical Beast wings and the Demons Destruction Wings into the Skill Hall.
The compatibility was high this time, and in just two days, the new skill was formed.
Demons Destruction Wings: Transform magic power into a pair of wings for high-speed flight in the sky. Defense and magic resistance is (level + level), and being attacked triggers spikes for retaliation, with the spikes having Magic Breaking and severe pain effects. (Level 31, 9 stars)
"The speed and flying height have both increased significantly, and the wings’ defense has also been enhanced a lot. Plus, the spikes now have Magic Breaking and severe pain effects, which are suitable for group battles. But group battles in the air aren’t really suitable either; it seems like another feature of limited usefulness."
It couldn’t be helped; finding materials compatible with one’s own abilities was already good enough. It wasn’t possible for each skill to evolve entirely in the desired direction; this was an issue all Professionals faced.
"Let’s continue, whose turn is it next?" Du You said somewhat disappointedly.
"It’s still mine, the Drifting Feather," Lin Yushi replied as she took off her Flowing Wave Armguard. This was the first time one of her own equipment pieces had evolved into the material necessary for her own skill progression.
To expend a green quality item to upgrade a skill seemed quite worth it.
Three days later, Drifting Feather finished its evolution.
Drifting Feather: Magic power forms feathers that rotate around the body, greatly weakening external attacks and causing a significant deflection effect on single-target directed abilities. When attacked, it can automatically gather to form a feather shield. (Level 31, 9 stars)
"At first glance, it seems about the same, just gaining the ability to automatically gather upon attack. In other words, under active use, this skill is akin to a passive defense skill now, with both the defense strength and scale significantly increased."
This skill gave Lin Yushi’s defensive capabilities a substantial boost, which was quite good.
Lin Yushi was very happy internally. Now with Demons Destruction Wings and Drifting Feather, her defenses were very comprehensive. Without encountering any special attacks, the two skills together were enough to make her immune to most attacks.
Next was Du You’s own skill to work on, a broken stele, corresponding to the Disintegration Spell. After this skill evolved, he finally had a powerful ability to counter single opponents.
Before tier four, because magic resistance was easier to increase, Du You often encountered opponents with magic resistance too high, causing his Disintegration Spell to be less effective. But after reaching tier four, it was different; his Disintegration Spell was a rule-based skill. After reaching tier four, it was the beginning of the rule-type skills coming into play.
Disintegration Spell: A rule-based spell capable of splitting matter or energy from its fundamental existence. (Level 31, 10 stars)
In less than two days, due to the small changes, the description hadn’t changed at all, and the progression was quick. Du You tested it, and a white light turned a set of armor into dust.
Indeed, disintegration was now this domineering; armors not at the required level didn’t even have a chance to be shattered into fragments.
"Can’t test it out; looks like I need to find a strong target to properly test this," Du You muttered to himself, for he wouldn’t use the Disintegration Spell to experiment on others.
Once the spell was unstoppable, the result would be catastrophic.
Shaking his head, everyone continued with the next skill evolution. Next up was his Fang Necklace, corresponding to Lin Yushi’s Demon Extermination Spirit, a core skill. This one took four days.
Demon Extermination Spirit: A unique Demon Extermination Power seed structure is injected into the enemy’s body, which absorbs the enemy’s life force and energy to create a Demon Extermination Spirit upon their death. The Demon Extermination Spirit’s level cannot exceed that of the deceased’s prior level, with the highest level being the skill level -10, lasting 72 hours. Attacks carry Demon Extermination effect, consuming a portion of the enemy’s magic power with each hit. One percent of the consumed magic power will converge on the user to restore Demon Extermination Power. (Level 31, 9 stars)
"Looks like the magic power issue seems to be resolved," Lin Yushi murmured to herself.