After reading the fairy race information, Lin Yu was certain this was the race he was looking for. By relying on the mixed-blood mechanic, he could obtain two special talents with absolute certainty.
He opened the human race panel and selected mixed-blood fairy. After setting the ratio to nine parts fairy and one part human, Lin Yu began choosing his fairy talents.
"Exceptional Cunning, Transcendent Soul. Those are the two!"
The moment Lin Yu clicked confirm, the back button in the upper-right corner vanished.
Now that he had chosen his two talents, it was time to draw random talents.
[Steel Bones (S) (Talent trait 1: Strength growth +0.5, Constitution growth +0.5 Talent trait 2: Physical defense +100% Talent trait 3: Strength attribute +3 per level, Constitution attribute +3 per level)] [Great Strength (C) (Talent trait: Strength growth +0.1)] [Riding the Wind (S) (Talent trait 1: Agility growth +0.5 Talent trait 2: Agility attribute +3 per level Talent trait 3: Grants the ability to fly)] [Analysis Eye (B) (Talent trait: Upon seeing a spell cast in full, the user can see through it and attempt to analyze and master it. Analysis speed depends on the user's Spirit attribute)] [Hunter (B) (Talent trait: Presence -50% while lying in wait, speed +100% while pursuing prey)]
After glancing at the talents he had drawn, Lin Yu decided not to choose yet. He would wait until he had finished synthesizing his special talents.
With the deluxe edition player privilege, Lin Yu could get whatever traits he wanted.
For his negative traits, Lin Yu chose: Heaven's Jealousy (Strength and Constitution growth -0.5), Born Frail (HP -20, Stamina -20, Agility growth -0.5), Afflicted by Illness (physical injuries and stamina are harder to recover from, permanently gain one negative status), Fragility (Defense -10), and Short Life (maximum HP -10).
For his positive traits, Lin Yu obtained: Mind Like an Abyssal Sea (Spirit growth +0.2), Mind Over Matter (Spirit growth +0.2), Soul Strengthening (Spirit growth +0.2), Genius (learning efficiency +100%), and Lucky Star (Luck +2).
The first four positive talents were all preparations for synthesizing special talents. As for Lucky Star, Lin Yu thought the Luck attribute would probably be hard to obtain, so he chose it from among the traits he had drawn.
Once he had finished the preliminary preparations, Lin Yu began synthesizing according to the information from his deluxe edition privilege.
The two special talents Lin Yu planned to synthesize this time were Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses and Mortal Body, Divine Mind.
[Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses synthesis method: Possess one of the three talents Genius, Eccentric Genius, or Monster + trait: Heaven's Jealousy + trait: Born Frail + trait: Afflicted by Illness + trait: Fragility + trait: Short Life. Once all the above conditions are met, synthesis can be performed after completing an advancement trial. During character creation, the talent Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses can be synthesized directly.]
[Mortal Body, Divine Mind synthesis method: After obtaining Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses, possess talent: Transcendent Soul + trait: Mind Like an Abyssal Sea + trait: Mind Over Matter + trait: Soul Strengthening. Once all the above conditions are met, synthesis can be performed after completing an advancement trial. During character creation, the talent Mortal Body, Divine Mind can be synthesized directly.]
At present, Lin Yu was still missing one talent: Genius.
Lin Yu had prepared for this long ago. He had chosen the Genius trait specifically to obtain that talent.
Among the talent upgrade methods he had randomly received from the deluxe edition player privilege was the method for upgrading Exceptional Cunning to Genius.
All he needed was to obtain the Genius trait and complete an advancement trial to upgrade the talent to S-rank Genius. Likewise, during character creation, he could upgrade the talent to Genius directly.
With a thought from Lin Yu, the talent and trait began to fuse. Before long, the fusion was complete on his panel.
The talents on Lin Yu's panel had now changed.
[Heaven's Jealousy of Geniuses (Special): (Talent trait 1: Strength growth -0.5, Constitution growth -0.5, Agility growth -0.5 Talent trait 2: HP recovery -50%, stamina recovery -50%, base physical defense -50% Talent trait 3: Each day, randomly gain one of three statuses: Weakness, Sluggishness, or Fragility (Weakness: Physical attack -50%, speed -50%, natural stamina recovery speed -50%, natural HP recovery speed -50%; Sluggishness: Dexterity -50%, reaction -50%; Fragility: Defense -50%, all damage received is counted as weak-point damage) Talent trait 4: Learning efficiency increased by 20,000%, experience gained from learning knowledge increased by 2,000%, can easily learn any skill)] [Mortal Body, Divine Mind (Special): (Talent trait 1: Strength growth -0.2, Constitution growth -0.2, Agility growth -0.2 Talent trait 2: Spirit attribute +10 per level, Spirit growth +2 Talent trait 3: Strength, Constitution, and Agility changed from +1 per level to +1 every 5 levels)]
"Damn, so that's what the cost of special talents mentioned in the privilege meant! Can I give these special talents back?"
Looking at the two talents, Lin Yu sucked in a sharp breath. The stat bonuses these special talents gave were truly outrageous, but the price was just as steep.
After that offhand complaint, Lin Yu turned his attention back to the talent draw.
Looking at the five talents, Lin Yu was honestly a little torn.
Lin Yu ruled out Great Strength and Hunter first. With Steel Bones being a superior version of Great Strength, there was no need to even consider the latter.
As for Hunter, it was completely useless with Lin Yu's current panel. With his current Strength growth rate, it was bound to be very low; even if it doubled during a pursuit, it probably wouldn't increase much.
That left three talents to choose from.
First was Steel Bones. Choosing it would give him a little more margin for error. With the combination of talents and traits he had, he didn't dare imagine how low his HP and stamina would be. Steel Bones should give him a little more room for error.
The same went for Riding the Wind. Raising his Agility attribute should improve his ability to dodge.
As for the last one, Analysis Eye, Lin Yu thought the talent suited him quite well. Although it was only a B-rank talent, it depended on his Spirit attribute and could directly analyze and learn magic. With Mortal Body, Divine Mind, Lin Yu's Spirit attribute would definitely be high enough. With Analysis Eye, he wondered if he could learn magic after seeing it just once.
If he could, he could learn a whole bunch of skills. As long as he had enough skills, Lin Yu believed he could make up for his shortcomings. If he learned a shield after entering the game, that should make up for his low HP, right?