A Very Good Suggestion, but I Choose Assassin

SSS-Tier talent?

Qin Chuan was somewhat stunned.

As far as he knew, the highest-tier talent revealed worldwide in his previous life had only been SS-Tier.

Perhaps SSS-Tier talents had existed, but their holders had failed to survive until Gods' Descent.

The sole SS-Tier talent holder had relied on that talent to stand at the pinnacle of players worldwide.

Though all were among the world's top ten experts, that person alone could beat down the other nine.

That was the importance of talent.

In his previous life, Qin Chuan had awakened the A-Tier talent Conqueror. Combined with his own talent and hard work, that had already made him one of the top ten experts.

And now, he had actually awakened an SSS-Tier talent!

"Not Conqueror?"

Qin Chuan thought rapidly.

It seemed his rebirth had brought about some changes.

For the time being, he could not say whether they were good or bad, but at least so far, it was a good thing.

This was an SSS-Tier talent.

An SS-Tier talent could produce the world's number one player. Just thinking about what heights this SSS-Tier talent could take him to made Qin Chuan's heart race.

"Was it because of the Will Shard of the Arrow God?"

Qin Chuan pondered silently as he examined the attributes of this SSS-Tier talent called Sniper God.

[Sniper God LV1 (SSS-Tier)]

[Effect 1: Ranged attacks are guaranteed to hit, and their damage type is changed to True Damage.]

[Effect 2: For every additional meter of distance from the target, damage increases by 10%.]

Even as a ten-year veteran of Apocalypse who had experienced rebirth, Qin Chuan could not help but breathe more heavily.

With just one look, Qin Chuan realized how terrifying this talent was!

"By the midgame, once players' attributes have increased, attacking from several thousand meters away won't be difficult."

"If Divinity is unlocked, attacks can even be launched from over a thousand kilometers away."

"And Sniper God's damage boost already reaches a hundredfold at one thousand meters!"

"Most importantly, ranged attacks are guaranteed to hit and deal True Damage!"

"That means unless someone activates invincibility, no amount of armor matters. Only stacking health can withstand the damage."

"But no matter how much health they have, how many hits can they take?"

"Invincible. This talent is absolutely invincible."

"And this is only LV1 Sniper God. If it keeps improving, the damage might shoot straight through the roof!"

Qin Chuan grew increasingly excited, while understanding dawned on him.

The awakening of this talent was most likely related to the Arrow God.

After all, the Arrow God had appeared and arrogantly proclaimed Its archery unrivaled in heaven and earth. If It possessed the Sniper God Talent, then It had not been boasting.

"Good thing I used seven Great Leaps and three charges to close the distance back then. Otherwise, it would have been hard to say who would have won."

Qin Chuan could not help feeling a lingering sense of fear.

Then he frowned again.

He had thought of a problem.

Under normal circumstances, anyone who obtained the Sniper God Talent would definitely choose the Archer class.

But Qin Chuan had experience killing the Arrow God. Though it had been a mutual kill, he had killed It nonetheless, so he knew the limitations of that class.

Its damage was extremely high, but its survival ability was not particularly strong.

Qin Chuan's creed was that only the living could deal damage, which was why he had chosen a warrior in his previous life.

But now that his talent had changed, choosing a warrior was clearly unsuitable.

Yet Archers had their limitations as well.

For a moment, Qin Chuan found himself in a dilemma.

At that moment, the gaming pod spoke again.

"Dear player, it has been detected that you possess an SSS-Tier talent. The class with the highest compatibility is recommended for you—Archer."

"Ding. Based on your talent tier, all hidden classes in the Archer branch have been unlocked."

Qin Chuan was not surprised by this prompt.

After players awakened their talents, Apocalypse would recommend related classes based on those talents.

If a talent was high enough, hidden classes would even be unlocked.

In his previous life, Qin Chuan had obtained Heavy Armored Warrior only because he awakened an A-Tier talent. It was a hidden class specializing in defense, and paired with the Conqueror talent, it had made him both tanky and capable of dealing damage.

Now, Apocalypse had given Qin Chuan a recommendation for his SSS-Tier talent and unlocked all related hidden classes.

That was the preferential treatment brought by high-tier talents!

However, Qin Chuan had no intention of following Apocalypse's recommendation.

He knew the weaknesses of the Archer class. Even hidden classes could not fundamentally solve those problems.

At that moment, a flash of inspiration crossed Qin Chuan's mind.

He knew what class he should choose.

Assassin.

That's right—Assassin, a class that walked in the shadows and survived on the edge of a blade.

At first glance, the Assassin class had nothing whatsoever to do with the Sniper God Talent. One could even say they ran in opposite directions.

After all, Sniper God required creating distance, while Assassins were positioned as melee damage dealers.

But what Qin Chuan valued was the Assassin's ability to survive.

Assassins were high-attack, low-defense classes that pursued ultimate burst damage. To balance that, they possessed several unconventional survival methods.

There was no need to mention basic stealth; it was the Assassin's signature skill.

Beyond that, there were various skills such as Shadow Step, Ghostcloak, evasion, and Sprint. Their defining trait was running away when they could not win.

Of course, those alone were not enough for Qin Chuan to abandon the most compatible Archer class and choose Assassin.

What Qin Chuan valued most was the Assassin's passive ability, Cloakbreaking Strike.

After breaking stealth, an Assassin's first attack would deal additional damage.

Most importantly, this damage benefited from talent and equipment bonuses.

In other words, Cloakbreaking Strike's damage could receive Sniper God's bonuses!

"I remember that the top-ranked Assassin in my previous life had a Cloakbreaking Strike damage multiplier of over ten times with equipment and skill bonuses. It was practically a guaranteed kill the moment he struck."

"If that were paired with the Sniper God Talent..."

"Even from a hundred meters away, the final damage could reach a hundredfold! And it would be True Damage that ignored damage reduction!"

"And this is only level-one Sniper God. If I obtain Talent Stones and raise it, the damage will increase even further!"

The more Qin Chuan thought about it, the more viable this plan seemed.

Apocalypse differed from ordinary online games; the boundaries between classes were not so distinct.

The simplest example was that Assassins could use bows too. They simply could not learn as many skills as Archers, nor could they learn Archers' signature skills.

But Qin Chuan did not need so many flashy skills.

He only needed to hide in the darkness and launch a Cloakbreaking Strike from several hundred meters away. That was enough.

With damage bonuses of dozens or even hundreds of times, even a casual arrow would be enough to instantly kill a BOSS!

If he had ranged skills, the damage would be even more outrageous!

After killing the target, he could enter stealth and flee.

Was there any safer way to fight?

"I've decided. I'll choose Assassin!"

Qin Chuan was not the indecisive type. Once he made a decision, he would not change it.

Faced with Apocalypse's suggestion, he directly gave his response through his thoughts.

"A very good suggestion, but I choose Assassin."

"Understood. Recommending Archer..."

For a moment, Qin Chuan felt as though the electronic synthesized voice had frozen.

Fortunately, the gaming pod quickly delivered a new announcement.

"Based on your talent tier, all hidden classes in the Assassin branch have been unlocked."

"Class selection cannot be changed after confirmation. Please choose carefully!"

Perhaps it was just his imagination, but Qin Chuan felt that the prompt had emphasized the words "choose carefully."

However, he could not be bothered to dwell on such details. Instead, he eagerly began examining the classes.

There were five hidden classes in the Assassin branch.