Two Treasure Chests

Submitting the quest, Su Jiang instantly leveled up twice, reaching level 12.

It really is faster to level up by doing quests!

Meanwhile, Allison held out a jet-black box and said, "Esteemed adventurer, this is a reward from our Holy Grace Divine Cult."

"We acquired this item by chance, and the holy light power contained within it surprised us. We originally planned to hand it in after returning to the Grand Cathedral, but we feel you need this item more."

"After all, you provoked a terrifying Deity because of us."

An unexpected bonus?

Su Jiang accepted Allison's gift in surprise.

"Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Dimensional Avatar core item [Judas' Oath]."

Su Jiang's eyes widened in shock.

Could this be another epic-grade core item?

It's only been a week since the server opened, are epic items already this common?

Su Jiang opened the black box. Inside lay a spear emitting a faint golden glow.

Dimensional Avatar Core Item: [Judas' Oath] (Rare) (Unique)

Item Description: The core item for the fantasy character Theresa Apocalypse. It can only be used by those who possess the "Dimensional Avatar" talent.

Effect: Upon use, you can obtain the avatar and skill panel of the fantasy character Theresa Apocalypse. (Note: Some skills will be adjusted based on game balance.)

Rare...

Su Jiang frowned and thought, This is probably Theresa's most ordinary nun form. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a rare-grade item.

In his past life, Theresa's core item was apparently obtained by a saintess from the European Papal States. It's also possible she only became a saintess after obtaining this item. Su Jiang didn't know the specifics, but there was no doubt that this fantasy character, which appeared relatively late in the game in his past life, had now fallen into his hands.

This truly is the unpredictability of life.

It seems the player who first completed the "Prelude to the Anomaly" quest in his past life didn't receive a reward from the Holy Grace Divine Cult. They brought this core item back to the cult, stored it deep within their warehouse, and only then did the European Papal States obtain it.

Su Jiang put away his memories and said to Allison, "Thank you for your generous gift, Sister. If you ever need my help, I will spare no effort."

After completing the quest, Su Jiang left the association.

Let's check my stats after leveling up.

There's no point looking at my main body's stats, as they'll be reset to zero soon anyway.

Kurumi Avatar's Stat Panel:

Level: Lv12 (EXP 32%)

Life Level: Kabbalah Spirit (The power of the Kabbalah Spirit is slowly being released. Currently, stat growth points per level for each attribute: 21)

Talents: Zafkiel (Advanced Talent), Charm (Intermediate Talent)

Skills: "First Bullet (Aleph) LV.1", "Second Bullet (Bet) LV.1"...

Attack: 377 (Time Gun +100) ((Strength + Intelligence) / 2, balanced development attack calculation)

Defense: 27.7 (Constitution * 0.1)

HP: 2770 (Constitution * 10)

MP: 1385 (Spirit * 5)

Time Value: 153 (Zafkiel Max +100, Time Gun Max +100)

Stats (Balanced Development): Strength 277, Intelligence 277, Constitution 277, Spirit 277. (Third Bullet passive +10%)

These stats are insane, absolutely insane.

A week ago, my attack power was only 10, and now it's 377!

This growth rate is simply marvelous!

Normal players probably only have around 150 attack power now. Kurumi's avatar stats are double theirs! And that's without even counting the inherent skills.

Su Jiang felt that with his current stats, he could take on a hundred of them!

However, that wouldn't be the case after level twenty. After level ten, players can learn many skills, and Kurumi's avatar's weakness is long-range attacks. Professions like archers and mages are very effective counters to Kurumi.

There were still two Talent Enhancement Chests. Su Jiang rubbed his hands together and opened the first chest.

"Ding—, successfully opened Talent Enhancement Chest. Congratulations, your talent skill [Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi] proficiency has increased, First Bullet skill level +1."

Uh, normal...

It was an expected outcome, after all, a skill level +1 is the easiest item to get.

Skills: "First Bullet (Aleph) LV.2"

Cost: 10 Time Value

Passive Effect: Increases all of your speeds by 15%.

Active effect: Upon being hit, the target's all speeds increase by 100% for ten seconds, with a one-minute cooldown.

Not bad. The passive effect has increased by 5%, and the duration has also increased by five seconds.

Su Jiang quickly opened the second chest.

"Ding— Successfully opened the Talent Enhancement Chest. Congratulations, your talent skill [Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi] has awakened a skill, Shadow."

"Shadow LV.1"

Cost: 50 Time Value

Active Effect: Creates two shadow clones (Time Gun +1). Clones inherit 50% of the original body's attack power, with all other attributes remaining unchanged. Clones take 100% more damage. As long as the clones are not destroyed, the original body can swap positions with them (Time Gun effect).

All right!

Finally, a self-preservation skill!

The Meta World has many targeted skills. With Kurumi's agile attack and fragile body, a few unavoidable targeted skills would instantly put her down.

But this skill can consume clones to help her block targeted skills.

For example, for a Ranger's tracking arrows, a Mage's single-target elemental attacks, or a Rogue's sap and a Knight's taunt, Kurumi can pre-emptively place a clone outside the combat range. Once she finds herself locked onto by these skills, she can immediately switch with the clone, thereby evading these fatal skills.

Honestly, targeted skills are very important in the Meta World.

Monsters don't actively dodge, so you can just use area-of-effect skills to clear them out without issue. However, once you engage in PvP with other players, without targeted skills, you'll realize how endlessly frustrating it is to fight against people!

Of course, skills that require evasion demand high operational skill from the player.

But Kurumi isn't afraid.

All the speed in her skills includes thought speed and reaction speed. If it only boosted attack speed and movement speed, she wouldn't be able to defeat monsters of a higher level with such a slight speed advantage.

This is the power of time skills!

After enhancing Kurumi's avatar by opening the treasure chest, Su Jiang reverted to his original form and then transformed into another avatar, [Dimensional Avatar: Theresa Apocalypse].

Most of her attributes are similar to Kurumi's avatar. The main difference is the lack of the passive bonus from the Third Bullet. Otherwise, their attributes would be identical. However, this avatar's quality level is Rare, and it's estimated that its attribute growth will reach its limit around level 30.

Kurumi's attribute limit is 100, so there's still a long way to go.

There are also two innate skills.

Skill: [Holy Spear]

Cost: No Cost

Active Effect: Deals four stages of close-range light spear attacks.

Stage 1: 3 * 30% Attack Power Physical Damage. Stage 2: 3 * 30% Attack Power Physical Damage. Stage 3: 4 * 45% Attack Power Physical Damage. Stage 4: 3 * 75% Attack Power Large Area Physical Damage.

A four-hit basic attack combo, its output efficiency is slightly higher than that of ordinary players, but there's nothing particularly special about it.

Let's look at the other skill.

Skill: [Holy Light Pierce]

Cost: 100 Mana

Active Effect: Charges up to deal one stage of long-range light spear physical attack, dealing 3 * 135% physical damage, with a ten-second cooldown.

High damage and long range, this skill is quite good.

Overall, this avatar is also strong in the early game, but with the game-changing skills of Kurumi's avatar, Su Jiang found these skills to be rather ordinary.

Only the talents seemed decent.

Rare-tier avatars also have two talents, which is quite uncommon.

Talent ①: "World's Number One Cutie!"

Effect: Every half hour, restores 50% of consumed Mana.

Talent ②: "Spatial-Temporal Blessing"

Effect: After an ultimate dodge, increases movement speed by 40%. Within a one-meter radius, the flow of space-time slows down by 15%, and the user is unaffected by the slowed space-time flow, lasting for 10 seconds with a five-minute cooldown.

Talent ① would be an absolute god-tier skill for a Mage! Don't underestimate it. While half an hour might seem long, as long as you open more Talent Enhancement Chests and level up this skill, the recovery interval will naturally shorten.

Talent ② would also be a god-tier skill for Kurumi! Executing an ultimate dodge is extremely difficult. Without Kurumi's speed boost, Su Jiang doesn't believe his thirty-five-year-old reaction capabilities could perform actions that meet the criteria for an ultimate dodge.

Su Jiang felt a bit regretful that such exceptional talents were concentrated on a Warrior who relies on basic attacks for output.

He could only hope to evolve this avatar later. In his past life, the Saintess who obtained this avatar template evolved it into Divine Grace Hymn (Epic) and became an incredibly powerful support.