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Chapter 1080 - 731: Skill Upgrade

Chapter 1080: Chapter 731: Skill Upgrade

In the basement of the main camp at General’s Mountain, Li Changhe chuckled and explained the rewards from this mission to his companions.

"Your haul is more bountiful than several plot missions combined!" Xiang Wu couldn’t hide his envy.

"Actually... I’m more curious about whether Xuan City has plenty of pretty girls or not," He Feng quipped.

"If I’d known, I would have gone too. What a pity..." Bai Luohe sighed.

Mr. Bai’s face turned red, for it was because of his invitation to Bai Luohe that his sister had missed out on the mission to Xuan City.

After all, the rewards were substantial.

Two Title Skill upgrades, one of which could even evolve the Immortal Cavalry.

Apart from that, there was an upgrade to a top-tier skill, and two extremely terrifying Protections!

[Divine Kingdom Protection] and [Savior’s Blessing]

The former could distribute lethal damage received to Believers, which was definitely a life-saver. Three times a day of sharing ... trading lives would be worth it.

Of course, this ability currently had no effect on Li Changhe.

His Believers were all in Xuan City, all in the plot world.

Moreover, this Protection couldn’t be synchronized to the Immortal Cavalry. It could only be tested slowly in the later stages.

However, the latter’s effect was quite evident. It offered a 20% reduction in damage from human attacks.

For human players, this made Li Changhe even more difficult to deal with.

Li Changhe’s defensive capabilities were already notoriously tricky to overcome.

Being a main Physique player, he was already extremely tough, with various damage reduction measures and the Killing Aura Surrounding from activating the Jiuli Sequence.

Even without wearing any equipment, other players found it hard to breach his defense.

Now, with the addition of Savior’s Blessing, the number of human players who could break through Li Changhe’s defense was drastically reduced.

"It is a mythological mission, after all. From what you’ve said, there was battlefield drama, divine creatures acted. Plus, you completed several hidden sub-quests, so getting such rewards is quite normal," He Feng replied after listening to Li Changhe’s brief recount, "However, the insect god’s revival was actually unlocked when we were on Mysterious Island. Too bad, we didn’t meet the prerequisites at the time and didn’t encounter the insect god, so we got no reward. But this time, it made up for you."

"That’s right, it’s a pity you were not part of this mission. You missed out on unlocking the reward."

"That’s nothing to regret. The participants of this mission actually matched very well. Mr. Xiao’s strength was enough to rival the queen of Xuan City who was under Divine Kingdom Protection, and Chen Yu’s ability could guide the people of Xuan City. As for Qiu Wentian... I’ve never interacted with him. But his strength must not be underestimated. Moreover, if it were not for your identity as the Great Tang Tian Ce General, it would have been difficult for players to cooperate with the Great Tang Protectorate. If it weren’t for your Black Mud Divinity’s strong corrosion ability, players might not have been able to complete the mission. Or would have forcibly shattered the statue, leading to the insect god’s resurrection and bringing endless disaster to that world. It would have been impossible to leave anything of the Great Tang Protectorate behind. If it were me going..."

"What would you have done?" Yun Ting asked curiously.

"Attempt... to charm the queen of Xuan City," He Feng pondered for a moment before adding, "Then get locked in a dark room and tortured beyond human recognition?"

"Tsk, anyway, no one else could have achieved this result. It’s only natural for you to obtain such rewards. Your Great Tang Tian Ce General’s identity and your Black Mud Divinity were key to completing the sub-quests. That’s irreplicable," He Feng said, "Plan well now, and I need to remind you, evolving a top-tier skill, although upgrading to a higher tier, might disrupt your existing skill synergy. You should pay extra attention to this."

"Understood," Li Changhe nodded and then began to plan his rewards.

Firstly came the top-tier skill upgrade. Li Changhe’s currently highest-level skills included Breath of Thunder, Pressure Throne, Bone Gate Summoning, and Abyssal Stomping.

At the moment, the synergy between these skills was already quite perfect.

Pressure Throne was a group control skill, while Bone Gate and Stomping could even alter the terrain.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Changhe chose Breath of Thunder.

As the earliest skill Li Changhe had acquired, it had been pushed to its limits by Li Changhe.

It was also Li Changhe’s sole enhancement-type skill; even if it evolved, it would still be an enhancement-type skill.

It wouldn’t affect the synergy with his other skills.

[Choose to promote Breath of Thunder—promoted to Thunderbolt Extreme Speed!]

[Thunderbolt Extreme Speed]

[Skill Type: Enhancement Skill]

[Consumption: Consumes one physical strength value every 10 seconds]

[Effect 1: Once activated, agility attribute +2, strength attribute +1]

[Effect 2: Melee attacks will have a paralysis effect, with the probability of success related to the number of attacks][The higher the opponent’s physique, the lower the probability]

[Effect 3: During activation, you will obtain damage reduction from the Mysterious System-Lightning damage]

[Note: Transform into thunderbolt, a path of sparks and lightning!]

If one were to look solely at the enhancements, Thunderbolt Extreme Speed doesn’t differ much from Breath of Thunder. But Effect 2 is extremely twisted.

Melee attacks with paralysis effects... If Li Changhe activates Thunderbolt Extreme Speed during combat with the enemy, any hesitation or sluggishness on their part would lead to immediately being beheaded.

This is simply a step further in enhancing Li Changhe’s melee output capability. It’s equivalent to enhancing Li Changhe’s Extraordinary Soldier!

As for Effect 3... Li Changhe isn’t too worried about defense against the Mysterious System. Of course, one wouldn’t complain about having too much damage reduction.

Li Changhe smiled inwardly and turned his attention to his other rewards.

Title Skill upgrade.

This time, he received two opportunities to upgrade Title. One could be used to upgrade a plot Title like Immortal Cavalry, while the other could upgrade Hundred-Headed Shooter.

Let’s first take a look at the three upgrade paths for Hundred-Headed Shooter.

[Hundred-Headed Shooter·Anchor Point]

[Imparts a mental imprint on the target of the attack]

[Upgrading this path, Hundred-Headed Shooter will mark the traces of those hit within the user’s mental perception range][Perception range 1000 meters]

[Hundred-Headed Shooter·Explosion]

[Enhance the long-range bombardment capability of Hundred-Headed Shooter]

[Upgrading this path, the explosive effect of Hundred-Headed Shooter will increase by 30%]

[Hundred-Headed Shooter·Hunting]

[Grants long-range attacks the ability to track]

[Upgrading this path, long-range attacks will gain the ability to autonomously track targets. Maximum tracking range 1000 meters. Effect disappears after five turnarounds.]

"This is somewhat troublesome," Li Changhe mused, frowning at the evolutionary paths.

The first and third options actually tend to suit extremely fast players and Assassin Type players.

But the problem is, the first path requires a hit before marking. This was immediately ruled out.

Hundred-Headed Shooter·Starfall combined with Black Mud deals nearly ten thousand points of damage. Any player without a strong Protection, if hit, would either die or be heavily injured.

This would be putting the cart before the horse.

That left only options 2 or 3.

However, enhancing the explosive power in option two... it’s not really practical. The enemies Li Changhe faces at his current level are unlikely to be shaken by explosive power alone. Keep in mind that the defense of the Immortal Cavalry has to be directly hit to be penetrated. Strengthening explosive power tends to be more suited to clearing minor troops... it seems somewhat unnecessary now. The current Hundred-Headed Shooter is already sufficient.

"Then we’ll choose 3," Yun Ting suggested in his mind. "Even if we can’t catch up to Assassin players or those with extreme speed. With this ability, we can at least know their general direction. I think it’s quite useful."

"As a sort of early warning?" After pondering for a moment, Li Changhe decided to evolve Hundred-Headed Shooter into Hunting!