Halo of the Saint

After the excitement wore off, Xiao Fan began inspecting the skill he had created.

Skill Name: Halo of the Saint

Skill Rank: Heaven Rank

Skill Description: Passive skill. Every time you heal a unit for 10 points, your mana permanently increases by 1 point.

Creation Attributes: Intelligence 8 (+), Spirit 8 (+), Constitution 8 (+)

Creation Trait: Saint (Unique)

"Holy crap! It's actually a Heaven-Tier Skill! The attribute requirements are incredibly high! Good thing my attributes are a little higher." Xiao Fan was excited, but also felt a lingering sense of relief.

As far as he knew, the higher a skill's rank, the more attributes it required—and the higher those requirements were.

Yellow Rank skills required at most two attributes, with requirements of around 3–4 points to learn them.

But the Heaven-Tier Skill he had created required not only three attributes, but also a whopping 8 points in each.

Under normal circumstances, even if someone knew about this skill, they wouldn't be able to learn it.

That was without even mentioning that this skill required the unique Saint trait.

In other words, even if someone met the attribute requirements, they still couldn't learn the skill without the Saint trait.

"As expected of a Heaven-Tier Skill. The requirements are way too strict."

"Congratulations, player, on creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. A region-wide announcement will now be issued. Would you like to hide your ID?"

The system's voice rang out. Xiao Fan took a deep breath to calm himself, then thought it over and chose to hide his ID.

Although Halo of the Saint was a Heaven-Tier Skill, it was completely useless for leveling up in the early game.

Only after he had built up his mana and created more skills later on would he be able to appreciate just how overpowered it was.

Until then, he didn't want to attract unnecessary trouble by revealing himself.

"Hide my ID."

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious player for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This announcement is hereby issued."

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious player for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This announcement is hereby issued."

"System: Congratulations to the mysterious player for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This announcement is hereby issued."

The system's voice echoed through every corner of Cloud Sea.

In an instant, whether they were in the midst of intense battles in Dungeons, in bustling main cities, or in quiet, deserted corners of the wilderness, all players paused for a moment in unison.

After a brief silence, the World Channel erupted like a lake struck by a boulder!

"Heaven... Heaven Rank?! Am I seeing things?"

"A Heaven-Tier Skill?! How is that possible?!"

"Holy crap, someone actually created a Heaven-Tier Skill?"

"After the Four Heavenly Kings, someone else has created a Heaven-Tier Skill! I wonder which big shot it is."

"Please, big shot, let me take a look at the Heaven-Tier Skill!"

"Same here. Let us take a look."

"Investigate! Find that mysterious player, no matter the cost!"

Leaders of the players in each nation's faction issued orders one after another.

"Congratulations to the player on being the first to successfully create a Heaven-Tier Skill. As a reward, you have received one additional free skill creation opportunity."

"Congratulations to the player on being the first to successfully create a Heaven-Tier Skill. As a reward, you have received 500 Core Power."

"Creating a Heaven-Tier Skill for the first time actually gives you an extra free skill creation opportunity!"

Xiao Fan looked at the system notification, so excited he could hardly contain himself. There was no need to explain how strong it was to have one more skill than everyone else in the early game.

After thinking it over, Xiao Fan didn't create a second skill right away.

His attributes were still low, and his traits were too limited, so there were many restrictions on the skills he could create.

It would be better to wait until his attributes were higher and he had gained a few more traits before using it.

As for the second reward, Xiao Fan curled his lip.

Stingy! So stingy!

Five hundred Core Power might sound like a lot, but everything in Cloud Sea required Core Power.

Leveling up required Core Power to buy experience, and gaining extra attribute points also required Core Power. Even equipment and items had to be created with Core Power.

Without Core Power, you didn't even deserve to breathe in Cloud Sea.

Everything was ready.

"Enter the game."

A gentle breeze brushed past, and Xiao Fan caught the fresh scent of trees.

He looked around and found himself standing in front of a forest. His classmates were already crowded all around him.

"Fanzi, you're finally in."

As soon as Xiao Fan appeared, a chubby figure pushed through the crowd and came over to him.

"How come it took you so long to create a Basic Healing skill?"

"I was getting familiar with the game interface," Xiao Fan said, giving no further explanation. Instead, he asked, "How did your Mystic Rank Skill Chain go?"

At that, the chubby boy's face fell.

Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow. Something was off about the kid's expression.

"Don't even ask. My dad's five million was a complete waste."

"What happened?" Xiao Fan asked.

"Ugh."

The chubby boy sighed, his voice full of dejection.

"The skill in the first link of that Mystic Rank Skill Chain requires Agility 6 (+). I only have 5, just one point short! I had no choice but to pick a skill from a different Skill Chain."

Xiao Fan patted the chubby boy on the shoulder to comfort him. "It's fine. You've only learned the first skill. Even though the Skill Chain is fixed, you don't have to create the skills that come later. You can choose other skills instead."

"It's not that simple. Skill Chains are the best combinations selected by the nation. If I put together random skills later, the result might not even be as strong as this Skill Chain." The chubby boy hung his head, looking utterly dejected.

Xiao Fan: "Worst comes to worst, you can create your own skills."

"Please, creating skills isn't that easy. Oh, right!"

The chubby boy suddenly paused, then immediately put on an excited expression.

"Did you hear? Some big shot just created a Heaven-Tier Skill! Too bad you came out late and missed the system announcement. It's the fifth Heaven-Tier Skill in Cloud Sea, but that big shot hid his ID, so nobody knows who it was."

Xiao Fan rubbed his nose. If nothing unexpected had happened, that person was him.

"If I could create a Heaven-Tier Skill, I'd be willing to pay even five thousand Core Power for it." The chubby boy sighed.

Xiao Fan thought, You really want to have your cake and eat it too, huh?

"Students, quiet down."

As the Principal's voice rang out, the noisy grounds instantly fell silent.

"All the students have logged into the game. I'll now announce the rules for the exam."

"Can you all see the Cloud Sea Forest behind me? In a moment, form your own teams of five and enter the forest to hunt Fierce Beasts. You'll have five hours. Your final scores will determine your ranking."

"The Fierce Beasts inside are all level 1 or 2. As long as you're careful, you'll be perfectly safe. Hunting a level 1 Fierce Beast earns you 1 point, while a level 2 Fierce Beast earns you 4 points."

"Your scores will determine which Novice Village you enter later."

"I hope every student returns safely and gets a good score."

"Form your own teams now. Once your team is ready, line up on the right. If you want to buy a beginner weapon, go to Teacher Qin to collect it."

As soon as the Principal finished speaking, the crowd sprang into action, everyone searching for familiar people to team up with.