Reinforcement, 21x Damage Increase!

"Ding! Would you like to adjust your appearance?"

"Adjust, lower by 40%." Su Yu quickly replied.

In his previous life, he had entered the game without adjusting his looks, and it had landed him in enormous trouble.

Because his appearance was too high, countless women swarmed around him. Every day he logged in, he would receive over a dozen flirtatious private messages, leaving him utterly exhausted.

"This life, I can't be so reckless. Women will only slow down my casting speed." Su Yu thought.

"Entering the game now. Countdown 3, 2, 1, 0."

The countdown ended, and Su Yu was teleported into the game.

Novice Village 6, Nolan Village.

Nolan Village was a lively little village.

In the central square of the village, countless flashes of white light flickered as a large number of players were born here.

The newborn players were filled with curiosity about this unfamiliar world.

Staring at the houses and tree shadows that looked no different from the real world, they ran, jumped, and chatted excitedly:

"This game is way too realistic!"

"Yeah! It's completely like another world!"

"It's absolutely incredible! I was so dismissive of the 100% realism claim back in the promos, but I never thought they could actually pull it off?"

"What kind of black tech is this from?"

"So amazing! That 30,000 bucks was totally worth it. I've got to drag my friends into playing!"

Listening to the new players' enthusiastic chatter, a faint smile curled at the corner of Su Yu's mouth.

"Youth is wonderful!"

In his previous life, when he first entered the game world, he too had been stunned by its outstanding performance.

But now he was already used to this world, so it didn't matter to him anymore.

Su Yu left the crowded crowd. In a corner of the square, he opened his own attribute panel.

Character: [Kexing]

Level: lv1

Class: Mage

Bloodline: [Star Bloodline (Legendary)]

Attributes:

Strength: 5, Agility: 5, Intelligence: 8, Constitution: 4, Luck: 10

Spell Power: 9

Health: 80

Mana: 100

Defense: 6

Spell Critical Strike Rate: 0

Movement Speed: 1.2

Experience 0/1000

Wealth: 7,378,888,890 Psionic Coins

Equipment: [Novice Staff lv1 (Common)] Spell Power +1

[Novice Robe lv1 (Common)] Defense +1

Skills: [Magic Missile (Common)], [Star Point Hand (Legendary)]

[Magic Missile (Common)]: Fires a magic missile, dealing 100% Spell Power damage to the target. Cast Time 1.5 seconds, Mana cost 5.

[Star Point Hand (Legendary)]: Consumes Experience Points or Psionic Coins to upgrade an item or skill to a higher quality.

The quality tiers for equipment and skills are the same as those for bloodlines: they are divided into Common (White), Uncommon (Green), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple), and Legendary (Orange).

And his skill, [Star Point Hand], could upgrade the quality of items and skills.

Su Yu gave it a try.

"Ding, spend 10 Psionic Coins to upgrade [Novice Staff (Common)]?"

"Confirm!"

"Ding, [Novice Staff (Common)] quality upgraded to [Novice Staff (Uncommon)]. Gains Spell Power +4, bonus attribute: Spell Penetration +3."

"Ding, spend 100 Psionic Coins to upgrade [Novice Staff (Uncommon)]?"

"Confirm!"

"Ding, [Novice Staff (Uncommon)] quality upgraded to [Novice Staff (Rare)]. Gains Spell Power +5, bonus attribute: Intelligence +3."

Unfortunately, when Su Yu tried to strengthen it again, the system prompted, "Further strengthening requires Level 10."

He had no choice but to stop.

However, the [Novice Staff]'s stats had now become:

[Novice Staff (Rare)]

Spell Power +10

Spell Penetration +3

Intelligence +3

"These stats are incredible! After strengthening, it's almost as good as a Level 10 green-quality staff!" Su Yu exclaimed.

In for a penny, in for a pound—he also strengthened the [Novice Robe] to blue Rare quality.

[Novice Robe lv1 (Rare)]

Defense +10

Physical Resistance +3

Mana Recovery Speed +3

"This means I can wear Level 10 gear at Level 1. No wonder it's a [Legendary Bloodline]!"

Su Yu couldn't help but think of his previous life, where he only had a common-quality [Human Mechanic Bloodline] (Repair Cost -10%). It was nowhere near comparable to now.

Besides equipment, skills could also be strengthened.

"Ding. Spend 100 Psionic Coins to strengthen [Magic Missile (Common)]?"

"Confirm!"

"Ding. [Magic Missile (Common)] quality upgraded to [Magic Missile (Uncommon)]. Spell damage increased by 100%, Cast Time -0.5 seconds, Mana cost +5."

"Ding. Spend 1000 Psionic Coins..."

After strengthening, [Magic Missile]'s quality had been upgraded to [Magic Missile (Rare)].

[Magic Missile (Rare)]: Fires a magic missile, dealing 300% of Spell Power as damage. Cast Time: 0.5 seconds. Mana cost: 15 points.

Compared to the original skill, [Magic Missile (Rare)]'s damage had increased from 100% to 300%—triple the original! Cast Time had also dropped from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds!

The only minor flaw was that the Mana cost had also tripled.

But the good far outweighed the bad.

Su Yu was very satisfied: "Now I finally understand why those freaks from my previous life dealt so much damage! Even the Archer's signature Level 20 skill [Snipe] only has 300% base damage!"

"Wait! If [Magic Missile] can be strengthened, can [Star Point Hand] itself be strengthened too?"

Su Yu quickly gave it a try.

But he soon received a game prompt: "Ding! Strengthening a Legendary-quality skill requires Level 30."

He had to drop it.

Still, after this round of strengthening, Su Yu's Spell Power had increased from 9 to 21 points.

Combined with [Magic Missile]'s triple damage increase and triple cast speed reduction, his DPS (damage per second) was now at least 21 times that of other novice mages!

"The hidden quest can wait. I should head to the monster area and test my farming efficiency first!" Su Yu's hands itched to try out his monster-clearing ability.

But before farming, there was one thing he had to do: buy enough Mana potions.

His Mana was only 100 points, and [Magic Missile] cost 15 Mana per cast. Running out of Mana after just six or seven spells would be awkward.

With that in mind, Su Yu quickly headed toward the mage's hut in the Novice Village, where potions were sold in abundance.