Ten Level Attributes, Enhanced Skills

Inside Wolf King Valley, Su Yu was also paying attention to the level rankings.

"Thousand Cups Not Drunk, Iced Tea, Cangshan Youjing. I didn't expect these top players to emerge so early," Su Yu exclaimed.

Cangshan Youjing was a renowned grinder from the Skycutter Guild, an expert in game lore with a keen sense for hidden quests.

Iced Tea was a lone wolf, the top Assassin in his previous life, with an unshakeable reputation in the gaming world.

As for Thousand Cups Not Drunk, he was a truly interesting character.

Thousand Cups Not Drunk was also a lone wolf, and he was the most legendary figure in the early stages of the game.

In the real world, he was born into a martial arts family, and his martial arts prowess was undisputed number one in the entire Chinese martial arts community.

Moreover, he didn't practice flashy, performance-oriented martial arts, but genuine, practical combat skills!

After entering the game, due to his exceptional skills, no minor monsters could even touch him, effectively giving him 100% evasion. This made him the fastest leveling player in the game.

However, he disliked the Assassin class, finding its stealthy nature incompatible with his personality. He hadn't played too seriously in the early stages.

It wasn't until the third expansion pack, "The Panda Empire," was released, introducing four new classes: Warrior, Monk, Taoist, and Alchemist.

Thousand Cups Not Drunk, through a hidden quest, transferred to the Warrior class. Then, with his superb skills and incredible luck, he rose rapidly, becoming a force comparable to Snowflake Leopard in the third expansion.

These three could be considered among the absolute top players in the game.

Su Yu casually sent friend requests to Thousand Cups Not Drunk and Iced Tea.

After waiting for a while, he received no response.

Perhaps they were also inundated with friend requests from numerous players and were busy rejecting them.

Su Yu shook his head and opened his own attribute panel.

After reaching level 10, Su Yu's attribute panel displayed:

Character: [Nemesis]

Level: lv10

Class: Mage

Bloodline: [Star Bloodline (Legendary)]

Attributes:

Strength: 14, Agility: 14, Intelligence: 46, Constitution: 14, Luck: 10

Spell Power: 66

Health: 170

Mana: 1280

Defense: 81

Spell Critical Rate: 0

Movement Speed: 5.8

Experience: 3/12000

Wealth: 7,378,758,150 Psionic Coins

Equipment: [Staff of the Village Chief lv5 (Gold Rare)], [Hillside Sheep's Leather Hood lv4 (Rare)], [Goddess's Tear (Epic)].

Skills: [Magic Missile (Rare)], [Star Point Hand (Legendary)]... [Lightning Shield (Rare)].

Reaching level 10 brought significant improvements.

His equipment and skills could be upgraded again, reaching Epic quality.

"Ding, do you want to spend 10,000 Psionic Coins to enhance [Magic Missile (Rare)]?"

"Confirm!"

"Ding, please select the enhancement direction for [Magic Missile]: 1. [Elemental Burst]: Upon hitting an enemy, deals 30% damage to all enemies within 4 meters; 2. [Magic Manipulation]: Can be channeled for a small range after casting."

"Note: Enhancement directions can be modified by spending 10,000 Psionic Coins."

Upgrading to Epic quality even allowed for choosing enhancement directions?

"I'll choose 2," Su Yu picked one casually, as he wouldn't be using this spell anyway.

"Congratulations! [Magic Missile (Rare)] has been upgraded to [Magic Missile (Epic)]."

A brilliant golden stream of light enveloped Su Yu's [Magic Missile] skill icon, then exploded with a "bang."

The color of the [Magic Missile] skill icon turned a pleasing purple.

Su Yu didn't stop and continued upgrading.

"Ding, please select the enhancement direction for [Lightning Arrow]: 1. [Hundred Thousand Volts]: Increases the chance of triggering the [Paralysis] status to 100% upon hitting a target; 2. [Forked Lightning]: Has a 50% chance to hit an additional target."

"Choose 1."

"Ding, please select the enhancement direction for [Ice Arrow]: 1. [Bone Chilling]: Adds a 15% chance to freeze enemies; 2. [Ice Bloodline]: Every third cast of this spell will be free of cost."

"Choose 1."

"Ding, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Ice Shield]: 1. [Physical Barrier]: Immune to the first physical damage you receive; 2. [Magical Barrier]: Immune to the first magical damage you receive. (Note: Immune damage cannot exceed 10 times the maximum shield value)."

"Select 1."

"Ding, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Chain Lightning]: 1. [Elemental Echo]: 20% chance to cast an additional instance of this spell; 2. [Multi-Bounce]: Damage bounce count increased to 5."

"Select 2."

"Ding, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Blink]: 1. [Flash]: This spell has two charges; 2. [Warp]: Teleportation distance increased by 5 meters."

"Select 1."

"Ding, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Invisibility]: 1. [Stealthy]: Cooldown reduced by 1 minute; 2. [Unveil Strike]: The first spell or attack damage you cast while invisible increases by 30%."

"Select 1."

Su Yu enhanced all his skills.

After the skill quality improved to Epic, it wasn't just a simple increase in stats; there were also some additional special characteristics.

Some characteristics were of little use to Su Yu, such as the mana consumption reduction characteristic of [Ice Arrow].

But some characteristics were very powerful!

For example, the [Physical Barrier] characteristic of [Ice Shield].

Su Yu roughly calculated that with [Ice Shield] active, he should be able to withstand the first attack from a level 30 Warrior or Archer. In reality, it would be completely capable of blocking a bullet from a handgun!

And as his level increased, this characteristic would become even more potent!

At higher levels, it could even easily withstand a missile explosion!

Besides skills, his equipment could also be enhanced.

However, after looking around, only the [Staff of the Village Chief] needed enhancement. The other cloth armor pieces were not necessary to strengthen for now.

At this stage, his damage output was sufficient, and wearing dual movement speed equipment was better, making leveling and completing quests much faster.

If he encountered a boss he couldn't defeat later, or if his leveling speed slowed down, it wouldn't be too late to switch to high-level cloth armor.

Therefore, Su Yu only enhanced the [Staff of the Village Chief].

"Ding, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Staff of the Village Chief]: 1. Additional Skill: [Blink]; 2. Spell Power +10."

"It even has an 'Additional Skill'?" Su Yu's eyes lit up.

Without a second thought, he directly chose 1.

Additional skills were generally only found on Legendary quality equipment. He hadn't expected the [Staff of the Village Chief] to gain an additional skill option after enhancement!

The meaning of the [Staff of the Village Chief] having an added [Blink] was that even if Su Yu didn't know the skill himself, he could still cast [Blink] using the [Staff of the Village Chief].

Furthermore, the [Blink] on the [Staff of the Village Chief] did not share a cooldown with his own [Blink].

This meant that with the added charge from the [Blink] upgrade, Su Yu could cast 3 consecutive [Blink] spells in a short period! His survivability had been greatly improved!