A New HP Passive
After the Duke Wei was killed, Lister, the Prefect of Jiangling Prefecture, and even Lord Yang of Jiang Province remained silent and observed each other for several days.
The stalemate between the two sides only eased after news arrived from the Imperial City that these people had sacrificed themselves to fight against the demonic beasts.
Of course, compared to the past friendship between Lister and Lord Yang, the two have now severed ties very quickly.
In particular, even though Yongping Emperor did not issue an edict to deal with Lister, Governor Yang did not dare to befriend Lister as before and promote his fame.
Many things are now understood by everyone without being said.
Of course, this was not a bad thing for Lister.
Being able to move freely in Jiangling Prefecture without being disturbed by anyone is a rare privilege for him.
Not to mention that players have now elevated it to new heights.
Players from the strategy and data teams now have relatively detailed information and interpretations of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.
In fact, this kind of information was already analyzed by someone using NPCs and in-game books when the server first launched, and the results were posted on the official website.
For most players, who has time to read these Expansion analyses? They're too busy leveling up.
Only after Lister's astonishing and terrifying achievements a few days ago did everyone begin to take an interest in the background of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.
They finally learned of the Duke Wei's strength; he was one of the eight great generals of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.
The fact that he was defeated by Lister's two strikes only further elevated Count Merrick's image in the players' minds.
There's been much speculation about the strength of the Kingdom of Lucian, with some players even boldly predicting on the official website that the setting for the second act of the game might very well be the Kingdom of Lucian.
As for Lister himself, he has returned to the outer city to serve as a skills instructor in the past few days.
The long queue of familiar players stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Count Merrick, I wish to learn Merrick Saber Technique."
A player with no equipment and a level 17 character appeared before us.
Lister accepted the five gold coins offered, then asked the man to stand aside and wait for the next person to pay.
He'd seen many players like the one in front of him make in the past few days.
He literally sold all his possessions to scrape together five gold coins to learn his Merrick Saber Technique.
For casual players, the already rare C-rank Merrick Saber Technique is already attractive enough.
Not to mention Lister's record of killing a hundred people with a single strike in actual combat, even if they knew full well that they might not be able to use it with the same power as Lister.
However, for most players, there is currently no cheaper way to learn C-level active skills.
Moreover, the fact that other players have learned the skills while they haven't, and they don't have any stronger skills, is unacceptable to most martial arts players.
"Bulk transfer."
Lister was tediously using the teaching function, and during this time, not only martial arts players, but also players with supernatural abilities and even magic abilities came to learn from him.
That's one of the good things about the game "Divine Revelation"—it's open and inclusive.
Skills can be learned by any profession, but for truly skilled players, wasting experience on skills that are not part of their profession's skill set actually weakens them.
Not to mention the job change after level 20, which is determined by the skills and basic attributes you have mastered.
But Lister didn't need to remind him of that; to him, the more lush green chives, the better!
"Skill Instructor Merrick: Can teach the skill 'Merrick Saber Technique' (Rank C), currently taught to 874,312 players."
In just a few days, the number of players learning has exceeded 870,000, and the number of "leeks" (victims) has tripled.
This made Lister consider the future of Merrick Saber Technique.
The number of players is relatively small in Act 1, but will increase exponentially in Act 2.
Gaining experience points through grinding monsters will inevitably be less effective than exploiting others.
However, Merrick Saber Technique, as a C-rank skill, while powerful in Act II, is ultimately lacking.
Even as a skill instructor in the Duchy of Will, the one-armed swordsmanship master in his previous life attracted a large number of players to come and learn from him.
However, the actual number was certainly less than Lister's expectations.
In particular, most players only leveled it to level 5, and then used it to clear mobs after the extended skill of Iai Slash appeared.
Even though he himself has only reached level 10 so far, he can be described as a crippled Lord Tier combatant.
His active skills are only C-rank, and the level is even lower. If it weren't for his eight passive skills, his damage and combat power would be far inferior.
In Act II, there were actually quite a few ways to learn C-rank skills in the Kingdom of Lucian, so Merrick Saber Technique was certainly not as competitive as it is now.
With this in mind, Lister couldn't help but start to consider it.
Regardless, I'll definitely still be a skills instructor in the second act.
How about we find the Crystal of Extreme Transcendence and upgrade Merrick Saber Technique skill first?
Should I use Merrick Saber Technique in the early stages to attract players while upgrading my active skills to increase my combat power?
C-tier skills aren't particularly competitive in the Kingdom of Lucian, so what about B-tier skills?
Even an A-level Merrick Saber Technique?
As long as there are enough players willing to continue adding points to Merrick Saber Technique, it will be a huge profit for him.
In order to attract more investors, initial investment seems necessary.
Immediately, while imparting his skills, Lister began searching for rare items and props at Auction Houses.
Compared to the previous period, the top players should have reached the maximum level by now.
Tasks and monster killing have become more frequent and efficient, and there are many more items on the Auction House. I habitually check the passive skills first.
Sure enough, the passive skills have increased exponentially, now totaling about 10 pages, roughly over a hundred books.
Unfortunately, it was all four-dimensional passive, Lister, with the mindset of checking every day, turned the pages to the last one.
Unexpectedly, a pleasant surprise actually occurred.
[Robust Physique (Passive, No Rank): Increases health by an additional 10% per level.]
10%?
Lister subconsciously glanced at his own health points.
[Health Points: 3912/3912]
The early-game Robust Physique was way too heavy!
Reaching level 20 grants a 200% increase in health, bringing it to nearly 8,000 points, which, combined with his original health, exceeds 10,000.
Lister couldn't help but imagine that his output had already reached its peak.
If one's own health can be replenished, even if the defense is still a bit lacking, it will be closer to the current level of a true Lord Tier BOSS, which has more than 30,000 to 40,000 health points.
These Lord Tier monsters and bosses don't have his explosive damage output.
At the same time, players' health will generally be greatly increased after the second job advancement.
The shield warrior's health and defense will receive an extremely exaggerated boost, since the damage from bosses becomes increasingly astonishing in the later stages of the battle.
If Lister were to overcome this Robust Physique, his original fragility would be immediately compensated for.
However, he could see the benefits of this Robust Physique, and the players, especially those who spent money on in-game purchases, naturally noticed it as well.
Compared to other passive skills that only provide a small boost per level in the early game, this 10% increase in health is practically undetectable.
Due to ongoing inflation, the auction price for other four-dimensional passive items is mostly around 22 gold coins.
The price of this "Robust Physique" manual had already been driven up to 140 gold coins in the auction.
Even though there were still 7 hours until the market closed, this number kept fluctuating.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lister returned to the inn from the outer city.
With the last hour of trading underway, the gold coin count had already reached 156.
As expected, special passive techniques are expensive, which reminded him of the Sharp Blade he got from Chen Shanqiang; it certainly seemed to be quite valuable.
160 gold coins.
The Auction House numbers jumped again.
After adding four gold coins at once, the number finally stopped fluctuating.
Everyone seemed to be in sync, and the bidding didn't resume until the last three minutes.
161 gold, 170 gold.
171 gold, 180 gold.
It seems that one side is determined to win this passive situation.
Seeing this, Lister stopped watching and immediately raised the price to 200 gold.
The sudden increase of 20 gold coins caught the Auction House staff, who were all focused on the passive spell, off guard.
This gesture seems far more extravagant than what they've come up with.
In the last minute, the price jumped another 201 gold coins.
Lister didn't tolerate it either, and immediately gave him another 300 gold coins.