God-Tier Skill

"Hahaha, success! The skill creation was a success!"

Xiao Fan's face flushed red with excitement.

In his eyes, this skill could completely change the current situation in Zone 18.

However, the system had still placed restrictions on this skill.

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Whether it was the 200 mana cost, the 24-hour CD, or the fact that it could only take effect on targets no more than five levels higher than himself, these were all forced additions by the system during the review process.

Even so, it was more than enough for now.

As for the mana cost, he didn't need to consider it at all because of the Halo of the Saint skill.

He was currently level five, and the level ten Fierce Beasts were exactly within the five-level limit for the skill to take effect.

The only pity was that this was not a skill that could be upgraded like Gift of the Saint.

"Jiu Chen, are you done yet! If your rank one skill is ready, activate it first!" The roar of Wind Snow Traveler came from afar. The battle at the village entrance had become extremely brutal; if Xiao Fan couldn't create a skill, everyone was going to die!

Xiao Fan didn't have time to be happy. Hearing the voice, he hurriedly cast his new skill, Flower Grafting.

He marked the feet of all Players in Zone 18 with the [Flower] sigil, calculated the timing, and placed the [Wood] sigil at the spot where the level ten Fierce Beasts were about to pass.

Immediately, a 5-second countdown began.

5!

4!

Outside the village, only three level nine Fierce Beasts remained, and the [Wood] sigil was right behind these beasts.

"Jiu Chen, we can't hold on anymore, hurry up and activate the healing skill first!" Wind Snow Traveler was like a dying Tiger at this moment, his voice filled with despair, but Xiao Fan did not move.

What he needed right now was low health!

Only then, after the states of both sides were swapped, would the health of those level ten Fierce Beasts be as low as possible.

"Jiu Chen, didn't you hear me? I told you to activate the skill first!"

Seeing his teammates' health dropping lower and lower, reaching the brink of death, Wind Snow Traveler's roar carried a hint of tragic sorrow.

"Wait, just wait a little longer! Two seconds, just two more seconds and it will be ready."

Xiao Fan's hands were trembling with tension. Watching the level ten Fierce Beasts ahead step into the [Wood] sigil he had marked, he counted silently in his heart.

2!

"If you wait any longer, people are going to die!" Seeing one teammate left with less than ten health points, Wind Snow Traveler was furious.

1!

"Activate the skill!"

0!

Swap!

"It's over!" Wind Snow Traveler's face turned ashen. He watched helplessly as the teammate with less than ten health was struck by a Fierce Beast's paw.

And then...

He stood back up.

Wind Snow Traveler: ...

"What the hell, he didn't die?" Wind Snow Traveler was shocked.

The Player who had thought he was going to die was even more shocked.

"I didn't die?"

The Player looked at his health bar in disbelief, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head at what he saw.

"2000 HP!!!!!"

So...

That Fierce Beast's slap didn't just fill his health, it even added an extra 900?

What kind of logic was this?

The novice Players also noticed their health had become 2000 and were instantly stunned.

An experienced Player who was in the middle of fighting saw the change in his health and was so shocked he forgot to react, getting slapped by a level nine Fierce Beast.

-30 HP

"Huh? Why is the damage lower than before?"

For a moment, everyone fell into a state of bewilderment.

Little did they know, the level ten Fierce Beasts were even more bewildered than the Players at this moment.

Although they lacked intelligence, the instincts of a Fierce Beast told them that something was wrong.

But the Beast Tide mechanism of the system forced them to continue their attack.

"Ah! Look at the health bars of those level 10 Fierce Beasts!"

Finally, an experienced Player noticed something wrong.

Hearing this, everyone looked toward the Fierce Beasts outside the village.

8/1100

560/1110

700/1200

Good heavens, not a single one of them was at full health.

Wait! That's not right!

Why do these health bars look so familiar?

And just a moment ago, these Fierce Beasts had 2000 health; how did it drop to 1000?

"We swapped health bars with these Fierce Beasts!"

At this moment, someone finally realized what was happening.

No wonder these health bars looked so familiar; weren't they just their own health values from a moment ago?

It... it really was a swap!

How could such a bizarre thing happen?

Wind Snow Traveler suddenly remembered something, turned his head to look at Xiao Fan, and his eyes widened in shock.

"This... this wouldn't happen to be a new skill you just created, would it?"

Xiao Fan let out a long sigh of relief internally, but on the surface, he put on a profound expression.

"Health Bar and Resistance Swap lasts for three minutes. Now, you have two minutes and forty-eight seconds left."

"It really is you!"

With his guess confirmed, Wind Snow Traveler was shocked to his core once again.

How could a skill even be created like this?

Is this something a human could come up with?

What on earth was he thinking?

So, skills could be played like this?

Wind Snow Traveler wanted to say something more, but Xiao Fan spoke again: "You have two minutes and thirty-nine seconds left."

"There will be plenty of time to ask later; for now, killing the Fierce Beasts is what matters."

The level 9 Fierce Beasts had been wiped out, and the level 10 Fierce Beasts had already reached the village entrance.

This time, it wasn't just the 20 experienced Players holding the line; every Player in Zone 18 stood guard at the village entrance.

The novice Players now possessed the health bars and resistances of level 10 Fierce Beasts, and they were so excited they couldn't wait to rush out of the village and slaughter everything in their path.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Fan finally relaxed, only then realizing that the clothes on his back were soaked through.

"It's a good thing it worked."

"Ding, congratulations to the Player for creating a God-Tier Skill. A zone-wide announcement will now be made. Do you wish to hide your ID?"

With the crisis averted and his nerves settled, Xiao Fan realized that Flower Grafting was a God-Tier Skill.

"This game actually has God-Tier Skills that are even higher than Heaven-Tier Skills? Why haven't I heard anyone mention this before?"

After thinking it over, Xiao Fan guessed that since the game's inception, no Player had ever created a God-Tier Skill, which is why Players assumed the highest level of skills in the game was Heaven-Tier.

"So, I am the first person to ever create a God-Tier Skill!"

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up.

"The rewards must be incredibly generous."

The appearance of a God-Tier Skill would inevitably attract the attention of all factions across Blue Star. Since Xiao Fan was still low-level, he chose to hide his ID to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious Player for creating a God-Tier Skill. This is a special announcement."

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious Player for creating a God-Tier Skill. This is a special announcement."

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious Player for creating a God-Tier Skill. This is a special announcement."

The Novice Zone could not see the zone-wide announcements, so the people in Zone 18 did not yet know that they were currently using the only God-Tier Skill in the entire Cloud Sea.

"Congratulations to the Player for successfully creating a God-Tier Skill for the first time. Reward: two additional free skill creation opportunities."

"How... how many?"

Xiao Fan's relaxed body suddenly tensed up again.

"Two free skill creation opportunities! I've hit the jackpot!"

Previously, Xiao Fan had been struggling with whether to create a damage skill or a survival skill once he reached level 5.

There was no need to think about it anymore.

As expected, only children make choices; he could have it all!

"Congratulations to the Player for successfully creating a God-Tier Skill for the first time. Reward: 50,000 Core Power."

"Congratulations to the Player for being the first in Cloud Sea to create a God-Tier Skill. Reward: 500,000 Core Power."

Xiao Fan: o(￣▽￣)ブ.

If he hadn't misread it, that was 500,000 Core Power.

Xiao Fan stared fixedly at the system interface, counting again and again, finally confirming that it was indeed 500,000!

When he first created a Heaven-Tier Skill, he was only rewarded with 500 Core Power, but a God-Tier Skill actually rewarded 50,000! As the first player to create a God-Tier Skill, there was an additional bonus of 500,000!

Xiao Fan: So happy I could die.

This money was enough for his early-stage development, and he could also improve his family's situation.

"In seven days, I can temporarily log out of the game and return to reality. When that time comes, I'll sell some Core Power points so that Uncle and Aunt won't have to work so hard."

Xiao Fan had transmigrated here, taken over the original owner's body, and chosen to shoulder the original owner's responsibilities as well.

Of course, this was only because he approved of the original owner's family.

Cloud Sea world.

As the system broadcast ended, the game world seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and all players stared at the system message in disbelief.

God-Tier Skill!

Someone had created a God-Tier Skill!

There was actually a God-Tier Skill above Heaven-Tier Skills!

This system broadcast almost shattered everyone's understanding of the game.

Heaven-Tier Skills were already the ceiling of player combat power; how strong must a God-Tier Skill be!

"Damn it, I told you to find those two people who created Heaven-Tier Skills last time, but nearly a month has passed and you haven't found them. Now, another person who created a God-Tier Skill has appeared."

"This time, no matter the cost, you must find this person for me."

"Yes."

Various factions were stirred into a frenzy.

Zone 18.

Three minutes had passed, and only two or three low-health Fierce Beasts remained outside the village. As the mark vanished, all players' statuses were instantly restored to full, and those three low-health Fierce Beasts were also taken out by the final explosion damage.

By this time, the sky was slightly brightening, and no new Fierce Beasts had appeared after the Level 10 ones.

Novice Zone 18 had been saved, and everyone had survived.

The celebratory cheers of the players who had survived the disaster echoed through the heavens and earth.

"We survived, that's great!"

"Wuwuwu, I was scared to death, we won."

"We won, we actually won."

Watching the surrounding players who were excited, crying, or feeling fortunate, Wind Snow Traveler suddenly felt his eyes grow hot.

"Four years. This is the first time everyone has survived a Beast Tide."

"Yeah, even I couldn't imagine that we could actually survive again." Blade Shadow's face was no longer recognizable, and only his slightly trembling hands proved his current excitement.

"I take back what I said before."

"What did you say?"

"A genius—no matter what desperate situation they encounter, they can carve out a path to survival." Wind Snow Traveler looked at Xiao Fan, a hint of admiration even appearing in his eyes.

Next was everyone's favorite part.

Distributing Core Power.

Although the Beast Tide was dangerous, the rewards it brought were equally generous.

Wind Snow Traveler took a look; they had actually earned 71,268 Core Power in one night.

Based on contribution, Xiao Fan ended up receiving 17,920 Core Power, the 20 veteran players including Wind Snow Traveler each received 2,000 Core Power, the members of Xiao Fan Team each received 1,000 Core Power, and the other players each received over 600 Core Power.

Xiao Fan didn't stand on ceremony and accepted it directly. The others had no objections to the distribution; in fact, they felt that Wind Snow Traveler was already looking out for them with this arrangement.

The biggest winner of this Beast Tide was Xiao Fan.

Checking character information.

D: Jiu Chen

Level: 5 (0/20,000)

HP: 560/560

MP: 4490/10594 (+10029)

Strength: 10

Intelligence: 20

Spirit: 20

Agility: 22

Constitution: 20

Traits: Saint, Gardener

Skills: Halo of the Saint, Gift of the Holy Mother 4, Flower Grafting

Equipment: None

Core Power: 568415

Additionally, there are five unused Free Attribute Points.

Seeing the long string of digits after his Core Power, his sense of security was maxed out!

After reaching level five, his skill Gift of the Holy Mother could be upgraded again, and this time it required 10,000 Core Power.

"Upgrade! Money is no object!"

Xiao Fan was feeling wealthy and bold.

Although Flower Grafting was powerful, it had a 24-hour Cooldown, so his primary skill remained Gift of the Holy Mother.

Skill Name: Gift of the Holy Mother 5 (Upgradeable)

Skill Rank: Heaven-Tier

Skill Description: Upon active activation, consumes 100 Mana to unfold a pure Radiant Domain centered on the caster. All friendly units within range immediately gain 100 [Holy Light Shield], movement speed increased by 75%, all negative status effects removed, and they gain [Grace], lasting 16 seconds: restores 20 HP per second.

Cooldown: 80 seconds.

Creation Attributes: Intelligence 10 (+), Spirit 10 (+), Constitution 10 (+)

Creation Trait: Saint (Unique)

"This 10,000 Core Power was definitely worth it!" Xiao Fan nodded in satisfaction.

This time, not only were the skill effects comprehensively enhanced, but the duration had also increased by one second.

With a Cooldown of only 80 seconds, it was practically non-existent.

They had fought for the entire night.

All the Players had returned to catch up on sleep.

Only Xiao Fan and Wind Snow Traveler remained on the spot.

"Jiu Chen, the new skill you created must be Heaven-Tier, right?" Wind Snow Traveler suddenly spoke up. He couldn't see the global announcements regarding his level, so the most powerful skill he could imagine was Heaven-Tier.

"Something like that."

It's actually one rank higher than Heaven-Tier, Xiao Fan thought to himself.

"As expected, only Heaven-Tier skills could be that powerful. No, wait, this skill is powerful even among Heaven-Tier ones," Wind Snow Traveler said, looking as if everything was within his expectations.

"Heh." Xiao Fan gave a humble smile and didn't explain further.

"Two Heaven-Tier skills; to think such a genius could appear in Zone 18, the heavens truly have eyes," Wind Snow Traveler said excitedly.

Xiao Fan: It's not just two Heaven-Tier skills, there's also a God Rank one.

"Right, Village Chief, about the 1,000 Core Power I borrowed earlier."

Xiao Fan initiated a trade, but Wind Snow Traveler rejected it instantly.

"If it weren't for you, Zone 18 would have been finished. Keep the Core Power."

"Jiu Chen, I have high hopes for you. Reach level ten as soon as possible." Wind Snow Traveler patted Xiao Fan on the shoulder and left.

"Reach level ten, huh?"

Xiao Fan noticed that after level five, the experience required for leveling up doubled. With his current Core Power, he could easily reach level ten.

But Xiao Fan didn't do it.

Because he wanted to farm for traits.

He had previously hypothesized that traits were defined based on a Player's recent actions.