Chapter 974: Chapter 974
After testing the Ghost Pattern Crow, the next skill advancement commenced. The feathers on the head of the giant bird correspond to Lin Yucha’s Brave Eagle’s Arrow. The skills of the two sisters needed not only advancement but also a rise in star level.
Thus, the time and Crystal Coins usually spent would be slightly more, sometimes not much less than what was needed for one’s own skill advancement. Fortunately, they had reaped a lot recently, so they were not lacking in Crystal Coins at all.
Brave Eagle’s Arrow: Shoot an arrow into the sky, with the spirit attached, searching for any target within 100 kilometers from oneself and forming an attack from above. The arrow has a strong impact and lasts for 20 minutes. (Level 33, 9 stars)
Two days later, the new skill advancement was complete. It still featured that kind of extreme long-range attack, and this time the distance was even more exaggerated, increased tenfold to a range of 100 kilometers, and the time for searching targets was also increased to 20 minutes, twice as long. As for the power of the attack, it was hard to quantify how much it had increased.
After some preliminary testing, Du You found that for someone of the same fourth tier, there was a very high likelihood of being killed instantly without proper defense from a single arrow. And this attack distance could be counted as ultra-long-range.
On a conventional battlefield, this attack distance was even farther than most technological weapons.
Without wasting time, next was the Lightning Throat Bone, corresponding to Lin Yushi’s Thunderstorm Arrow skill. It also took a little over two days, due to a relatively high compatibility.
Thunderstorm Arrow: Condense thunder and lightning power into an arrow. Once the arrow hits the target, it explodes with thunder and lightning, producing intense thunder and lightning attribute damage and a paralyzing effect, along with thunder and lightning to jump and attack nearby targets. Requires a passive thunder and lightning attribute skill. (Level 33, 9 stars)
"It seems like there isn’t much of a change, just an added ability, thunder and lightning jumping attack. Let’s test it out."
Lin Yushi nodded, then aimed at some targets prepared for the test and carried out an attack. The range of the thunder and lightning explosion was roughly the same as before, but the attack power was significantly stronger. The range of the electromagnetic shock had increased quite a bit, exhibiting stronger suppression against electronic devices.
What Du You didn’t expect was that after the thunder and lightning exploded, streaks of lightning flashed out from the light balls, like several chained lightning strikes, continuously attacking surrounding targets. Get full chapters from 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
Now, the overall attack range and killing power had indeed improved significantly. Used in group battles, the effectiveness would be even higher. Not to mention the direct attack effect, just the deterrent alone could instill fear in the enemies’ hearts.
Next was the White Tiger’s brain, corresponding to Du You’s Wild Spirit, which was a rare support skill for Summoned Beasts.
Wild Spirit: Enhances the power and speed of Summoned Beasts, increasing by 1% with each level. Includes the additional ability, Wild Intuition. (Level 33, 10 stars)
Although it enhanced the basic power and speed, the increase ratio was now higher, with the skill at level 33 enhancing by 33%, which, though only power and speed, were the most essential attributes in combat.
However, after experimentation, Du You discovered that the most significant increase was in the additional ability, Wild Intuition.
His own Summoned Beasts were not living creatures; they were transformed beings, devoid of much thought. They normally relied on their formidable power for combat and performed quite well. But Du You knew these beings actually had a slightly slower reaction speed, which was unavoidable.
Unless he took control, there would always be deficiencies. But after adding Wild Intuition, Du You found that the fighting ability of his Summoned Beasts began to fundamentally improve. They could react very quickly during combat without any input from him.
The instinctive combat maneuvers they executed were masterstrokes, turning them into true combat creatures.
Du You knew that although those who used real creatures as Summoned Beasts had various shortcomings, a powerful combat ability was enough to compensate for all deficiencies. Now, he had finally made up for this aspect himself. This kind of combat wasn’t about the hard power improvement, but this type of soft power enhancement was more valuable and had a greater extent of improvement than hard power.
Then came the big mouth, cut from a Devouring Catastrophe Beast, corresponding to his own Dark Swamp. Du You was a bit conflicted and also looking forward to what kind of skill it could advance into.
This time the process took a longer time, requiring four full days to evolve.
Devouring Swamp: Use a spell to form a vast area of dark power, constituting the Devouring Swamp. It slows down enemies trapped in it and puts them in a state of dark corruption, continuously devouring their life force and energy. It can devour souls. Maximum range is (level*30) meters with a duration of 24 hours. (Level 33, 10 stars)
Had even the name changed? Du You found that this skill was one of the rare ones to undergo a name change. Similarly, the changes in effect were much more significant, greatly increasing the offensive capability of the skill.
Now, the Devouring Swamp not only had a corrosive ability, but it could also continuously devour the life force and energy of the enemy. This was a powerful domain skill already, even though it wasn’t a domain.
The downside was that it required the enemies to be trapped in it to take effect, but the upside was low consumption and a wide range. Indeed, the range ratio had increased once again. At level 33, the swamp could spread to 990 meters, and few enemies could escape from it. Even for clearing small monsters, this terrifying skill was now much more potent than before.
Next was the Heavenly Disaster Core from the Devouring Catastrophe Beast, corresponding to Lin Yucha’s Magic Power Surge. This was a magic recovery skill, a core support, and both Du You and the sisters had high expectations for it.
If the skill effect was poor, it would significantly affect Lin Yucha’s combat ability. Keep in mind that Magic Power Surge was an essence skill, which Du You was very envious of; it was more convenient and quicker than his own Dark Spirit Light in recovering magic power.
Three days later, the new skill took shape, and everyone set aside all other matters to study it.
Magic Power Surge: Accelerates the recovery of one’s magic power, recovering level*0.005% per second. (Level 33, 9 stars)
"The magic power recovery speed has increased fivefold. According to the current level, 0.165% per second can be recovered, so it would take 606 seconds to fully restore all magic power, which is ten minutes. This speed is even faster than my Dark Spirit Light recovery rate."
What Du You was referring to was the recovery rate, as he had much more magic power himself, so the Dark Spirit Light recovered more magic power than Lin Yucha could—this wasn’t something achievable just by skill effect. Looking at Lin Yucha’s rate of magic consumption, she could now remove the Slaughter Badge and rely on her skill alone, fighting like a perpetual motion machine.