Qin Chuan had gotten what he wanted.
With the Evolution Points he had saved up, he had enough to complete Shadow Stealth's second evolution.
"This evolution will consume 2 Evolution Points. Evolve Shadow Stealth?"
"Yes!"
"Ding, Shadow Stealth has evolved! Quality increased: Black Iron Tier → Bronze Tier!"
[Shadow Stealth LV2 (Bronze Tier. Enter stealth. Cloakbreaking Strike deals an additional (Attack Power * 140% + 400) damage. Costs 5 mana. Cooldown: 16 seconds.)]
Its damage had taken off on the spot!
In a sense, Apocalypse was quite fair. It would not reset a skill's original level just because its quality had improved.
A skill's quality and level were two systems that depended on each other without interfering with one another.
"The Bronze Tier Shadow Stealth has a base fixed damage of 200, and since I upgraded it before, level two gives it 400 fixed damage."
Qin Chuan thought to himself.
"Next, let's test the damage."
Qin Chuan fixed his gaze on a Granite Giant wandering in the distance.
The Granite Giant had barely managed to shudder twice before failing to understand why. It stood there blankly, looked up at the sky, and began to think.
If left undisturbed, perhaps in tens of thousands of years, it might develop the first spark of intelligence.
But now, it could only become a stepping stone for Qin Chuan's leveling.
-6356! (Weakness Attack)
Previously, one of Qin Chuan's flying daggers could deal nearly 2,800 direct damage. Adding nearly 500 Rend damage, the total of 3,300 was already extremely outrageous.
But now, after Shadow Stealth evolved to Bronze Tier, its direct damage alone had exceeded 6,300!
He did not even need Rend damage to instantly kill a Granite Giant.
Qin Chuan emerged from the shadows, deep in thought.
He had been too hasty. He should have sold the Rend skill book to Dragon Soaring World. Five million Yan Country Currency would definitely not have been a problem.
Still, it was only a passing thought.
Qin Chuan knew full well that his current high damage came from the high fixed damage of Shadow Stealth's Cloakbreaking Strike.
But fixed damage had one drawback: even if a character's Attack Power exceeded ten thousand in the late game, the fixed value would remain the same.
In future battles, Rend's damage would absolutely not be something to underestimate.
"One more level should be enough to activate the BOSS."
Qin Chuan was rather expectant.
In his previous life, he could solo a Silver Tier BOSS, but definitely not during the Newbie Village stage.
Even the player from his previous life who had uncovered the Granite Lord had ultimately needed to call for help to defeat it.
And the battle had been brutal. The players had only worn it down by repeatedly reviving after death.
But now, Qin Chuan felt that he could handle it alone.
Meanwhile, Dragon Soaring World sat on a rock, striking the pose of The Thinker.
If cigarettes existed in the game, he would definitely have lit one.
He could not understand it.
The Divine Flame Priest Light Snow asked with concern, "Boss, are you okay?"
Dragon Soaring World waved a hand, looked up at the sky, and said blandly, "Tell me, where is Night Roaming God leveling? How is he already level 7 in the blink of an eye?"
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His teammates responded with question marks.
The scene fell silent. No one knew how to answer.
Their Elite Squad of hidden classes had been hacking away at Wild Boars for half the day, yet they were only collectively level 2, still a little short of level 3.
They had originally thought they were leveling quickly, but now their captain said Night Roaming God was level 7?
The assassin in the party complained, "I have a feeling that before we even equip those two pieces of gear, Night Roaming God will have soloed the new BOSS and gotten even better equipment."
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The Archer said excitedly, "I hope it drops another longbow."
Then he brought up the old topic again. "I told you, Night Roaming God definitely doesn't know archery. Otherwise, he would have kept the Rabbit Sinew Longbow. So, I'm still evenly matched with Night Roaming God."
Dragon Soaring World no longer had the strength to mock him.
After thinking for a moment, Light Snow said, "Is it possible that Night Roaming God previously got a dagger, but game rules prevented him from carrying a longbow, so he sold it? Whether he knows archery or not, we still can't draw a conclusion."
The Archer's expression fell.
Though he did not want to admit it, that did seem to be the case.
But he still refused to concede aloud. "Archery isn't that easy to learn. Night Roaming God definitely can't shoot. Yes, that must be it."
Dragon Soaring World collected himself, brushed the dust from his pants, grabbed his shield, and shouted, "Keep going!"
-6356! (Weakness Attack)
-6356! (Weakness Attack)
Every time a Shadow Flying Dagger flew out, a Granite Giant fell.
These level 10 elite monsters had no ability to resist Qin Chuan.
It even gave Qin Chuan a strange feeling.
Was he really playing Apocalypse?
This was far too easy.
If there was anything less than perfect about it, it was probably that Shadow Flying Dagger dealt single-target damage.
No matter how quickly he killed them, it could never compare to farming groups of monsters.
"Looks like I'll need to find an opportunity to get some general-purpose ranged skill books."
"Best case, they drop. If not, I can have Dragon Soaring World keep an eye out for them. It shouldn't be a problem."
Qin Chuan thought to himself.
The reason he had not evolved Shadow Flying Dagger all this time, aside from Shadow Stealth taking higher priority, was that Shadow Flying Dagger was a single-target skill and unsuitable for large-scale battles later on.
As a highly free virtual reality online game, Apocalypse offered skill books in addition to skills learned from class instructors.
There were even general-purpose skill books that could be freely combined into skill sets.
In other words, as long as players were willing, they could create unusual classes such as healing warriors and dual-blade priests.
It was just that their strength was painfully low, so ordinary players would not play that way.
While Qin Chuan diligently leveled and Dragon Soaring World, spurred on by the stimulation, also began leveling more industriously, Rakshasa One-Slash had gone through countless hardships before finally receiving news of where that damned Night Roaming God was leveling.
"You're saying Night Roaming God is in the Granite Hills at the northernmost edge of the Newbie Village?"
Rakshasa One-Slash sounded somewhat doubtful.
As far as he knew, that place was full of level 10 elite monsters with extremely high defense. Ordinary players were simply going there to die.
But on second thought, Rakshasa One-Slash found the news highly credible.
Others might not dare level there, but Night Roaming God definitely would.
Even Black Iron Tier Giant Wild Rabbits were no match for him, much less those elite monsters.
"Night Roaming God, I will repay the humiliation from before a hundredfold!"
Anger flashed in Rakshasa One-Slash's eyes.
As the guild leader of Rakshasa Hall, he had several thousand members under him, yet Night Roaming God had instantly killed him in full view of everyone. He had lost all face.
If he did not kill Night Roaming God, how could he continue to stand tall?
"You think Black Iron Tier stealth means you can rest easy?"
Rakshasa One-Slash curled his lips in disdain and tightly gripped the scroll in his arms.
This was a top-tier item he had acquired only after exhausting all his resources. It was specifically made to counter assassins, and it would definitely make Night Roaming God pay dearly!
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