Name: Zhang Chen Skill (Second Order): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000) Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)] Points: 1100
Zhang Chen stared at the new skill, Dragon Qi, and was utterly stunned. When he had upgraded Mysterious Golden Light back then, it had only required fifty points. Yet upgrading this new skill, Dragon Qi, actually required two thousand points?
"Could it be that every skill requires different amounts of points to upgrade?" Zhang Chen looked at his new skill, Dragon Qi, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes. "That would be normal. After all, skills have their strengths and weaknesses, their highs and lows."
Zhang Chen gazed at Dragon Qi on his Golden Finger Interface, deep in thought, wondering what use it had. Just as thoughts flickered through his mind, a beam of golden light suddenly burst from the Golden Finger Interface. A dragon-shaped phantom roared, seeming to shake the Four Seas and Eight Desolations, before plunging into Zhang Chen's primordial spirit. Then, Zhang Chen felt as though some inexplicable information had appeared in his mind, as if he had gained knowledge he had known since birth.
Dragon Qi (Unranked): Can control all unranked beasts within one hundred meters for one shichen. Cooldown: one day.
Zhang Chen somehow knew the details of Dragon Qi, and he could not help laughing. "This skill is good! This skill is good! It's actually an area-of-effect skill that can control every unranked beast within a hundred meters. This is practically a super buff for hunting in the mountains! If wild beasts hid in caves, I could make them crawl out and deliver themselves to their deaths. This is simply a godly skill. With this skill, why would I need to enter the mountains to hunt? I can just make the beasts walk straight into the net."
"This skill is rather heaven-defying. It can control every wild beast within a hundred meters. If I took a stroll through the mountains, wouldn't I be able to gather an army of beasts..." Zhang Chen's brow furrowed as he looked at the new skill. "No, there's a flaw. It can't last longer than one shichen, and it has a one-day cooldown." The skill was good, but its restrictions were simply too great. A great many things could be done in one shichen, but even more could not.
If he encountered an enemy, did he have to find a way to gather a pack of wild beasts from the mountains, then climb over hills and ridges to chase after them?
Moreover, he had to account for the time needed to escape. If he controlled those fierce, dangerous beasts, he had to leave himself enough time to get out alive, didn't he?
"A one-day cooldown is a little too long." Zhang Chen looked at the skill interface, somewhat dissatisfied.
Zhang Chen closed his eyes. Centered on him, projections of animals suddenly appeared within a radius of one hundred meters, entering his senses.
"Hmm? There are ants, and snakes too? But aren't there a little too many snakes here?" Zhang Chen suddenly shuddered. As he sensed the animals around him, his eyes filled with horror. There were densely packed thousands of snakes within a hundred meters. This was practically a snake nest. The snakes were coiled in the surrounding earth, seemingly hibernating within the frozen soil.
"How can there be so many snakes? I picked up Dragon Qi, and so many snakes have gathered here. There must be a connection between them." Zhang Chen's expression turned grave.
There were many snakes nearby. Some were as thick as water vats and more than ten meters long, looking like enormous pythons and utterly terrifying. As for the smaller snakes, some were only as thick as chopsticks, lurking around the frozen soil in hibernation.
Only then did Zhang Chen realize something. He hurriedly looked toward the stone tablet. How could this stone tablet drop skills? And why did it drop Experience Points?
Zhang Chen stared at the stone tablet and saw that it was now spotless and pristine, not a speck of dust on it, as though it had just been carved. Most importantly, the bloodstains he had smeared on it yesterday had vanished without a trace.
"This..." Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet before him and could not help sucking in a breath of cold air. A chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head. He had already felt that this tomb was strange, but he had never expected that merely digging out a gravestone would stir up such an eerie matter.
"This stone tablet?" Zhang Chen silently activated the Light of the Righteous God for defense. He cautiously stared at the stone tablet, but saw nothing unusual about it, and quietly relaxed.
"This stone tablet can drop skills. That is a good thing for me. If it could drop a few more, wouldn't I strike it rich?"
Zhang Chen recalled that he had smeared blood over the stone tablet yesterday. Could the stone tablet dropping skills be related to the blood he had smeared on it?
Zhang Chen squatted before the stone tablet. He always felt that this tomb was strange, but faced with the temptation of Experience Points and skills, he could not bear to give them up.
If he did not keep digging, where would he get Experience Points? How could he upgrade his skills?
After pondering briefly, Zhang Chen still felt that the bold died stuffed while the timid died starving. He had to keep digging.
Zhang Chen took out his hammer and continued digging through the frozen soil. Unbeknownst to him, a White-Haired Fox had arrived outside the cave. The White-Haired Fox stood at the entrance, gazing into the dark, bottomless cavern and listening to the clanging of the chisel within. The fox's face was full of hesitation and indecision. After staring at the cave for a long time, the fox finally turned and left.
A day passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Chen wore animal hides over his body, and this time, he had dug for much longer.
Experience Points +18 Experience Points +7 Experience Points +16 Experience Points +32 Experience Points +77 Experience Points +15 Experience Points +9 ...
At a certain moment, Zhang Chen stopped digging. After shaking the dirt from his body, he looked at his Golden Finger Interface.
Name: Zhang Chen 1 Skill (Second Order): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000) 2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)] Points: 1500
"I actually gained four hundred Experience Points today. That really is good news for me. Once I collect another five hundred Experience Points, Dragon Qi should be able to upgrade. But I am now faced with two choices. The first is to save up five thousand Experience Points and upgrade my Second Order skill, Light of the Righteous God, pushing it to Third Order. The second is to upgrade my second skill once I reach two thousand skill points, raising it to First Order. It will surely receive an enormous boost then." Zhang Chen looked at his Golden Finger Interface, contemplation flashing through his eyes.
The Light of the Righteous God could ward off evil, particularly suppressing ominous forces that affected the soul. His second skill acted directly on animals' bodies. If he raised the level of his second skill and directly controlled the Fox Spirit, wouldn't he be able to make her serve him tea, wash his clothes, and make his bed?
Zhang Chen secretly weighed the matter in his heart. "But it is difficult to determine exactly what order of anomaly that Fox Spirit is. She is at least Third Order, right? After all, I cannot see through her at all right now. It never hurts to overestimate her. Overestimating her will not affect the overall situation, but if I underestimate her, I am afraid I will die a miserable death!"
Thanks to reader "PingAnAnAnqiqi" for the reward of three hundred points.
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