Halo of the Saint

After the excitement subsided, Xiao Fan began to examine the skill he had just created.

Skill Name: Halo of the Saint

Skill Rank: Heaven-Tier Skill

Skill Description: Passive skill. For every 10 points of healing you deal to a unit, your mana capacity permanently increases by 1 point.

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

Creation Trait: Saint (Unique)

"Holy crap! It's actually a Heaven-Tier Skill! The attribute requirements are so high! It's a good thing I have a bit more in my stats." Xiao Fan felt a mix of excitement and lingering fear.

As far as he knew, the higher the skill rank, the more numerous and demanding the attribute requirements became.

Those Yellow Rank skills at most required two dimensions of attributes, with requirements around 3-4 to learn.

Yet this Heaven-Tier Skill he created not only required three dimensions of attributes, but the requirements were all as high as 8 points.

In such a situation, even if an average person knew of this skill, they wouldn't be able to learn or create it.

Not to mention that the skill's trait, Saint, was also a unique requirement.

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

"As expected of a Heaven-Tier Skill, the requirements are too harsh."

"Congratulations to the Player for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. A region-wide announcement is now being made. Would you like to hide your ID?"

The system's voice rang out. Xiao Fan took a deep breath to calm his excitement, thought for a moment, and chose to hide it.

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

Only after his mana capacity piled up and he created more skills in the later stages would he be able to experience its broken nature.

Before that, he didn't want to attract unnecessary trouble by exposing himself.

"Hide ID."

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

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

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

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

In an instant, whether they were in dungeons engaged in fierce combat, bustling main cities, or quiet, deserted corners of the wilderness, the movements of all Players stalled for a brief moment.

After a brief, deathly silence, the World Channel exploded like a lake into which a giant boulder had been thrown!

"Hea... Heaven-Tier?! Am I seeing things?"

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

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

"After the Four Heavenly Kings, someone has actually created another Heaven-Tier Skill! I wonder which big shot this is."

"I beg you, big shot, let me observe the Heaven-Tier Skill."

"Same here, let me observe it too."

"Investigate! Search for it immediately! Spare no cost to find this mysterious Player!"

In the factions of various countries, Player leaders issued orders one after another.

"Congratulations to the Player for successfully creating a Heaven-Tier Skill for the first time. You are rewarded with an additional free skill creation opportunity."

"Congratulations to the Player for successfully creating a Heaven-Tier Skill for the first time. You are rewarded with 500 Core Power."

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

Xiao Fan looked at the system prompt, unable to contain his excitement. There was no need to explain how powerful having one more skill than others in the early game was.

After thinking about it, Xiao Fan didn't create a second skill immediately.

His current attributes weren't high, and his traits were too singular, which placed great limitations on creating skills.

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

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

Stingy! Too stingy!

500 Core Power might seem like a lot, but everything in Cloud Sea required Core Power.

Leveling up required Core Power to buy experience, wanting to increase attribute points required Core Power to buy them, and even equipment and items required Core Power to be created.

Without Core Power, you weren't even qualified to breathe in Cloud Sea.

Everything was ready.

"Enter game."

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

Looking around, he realized he was standing in front of a forest. The area was already packed with classmates.

"Fanzi, you finally made it in."

As soon as Xiao Fan appeared, a chubby figure squeezed through the crowd to his side.

"Why did it take you so long just to create Basic Healing?"

"I was getting familiar with the game interface inside." Xiao Fan didn't offer much of an explanation, instead asking:

"How is your Mystic Rank Skill Chain coming along?"

At these words, the chubby guy's face immediately fell.

Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow; the expression on his friend's face wasn't right.

"Don't even mention it. The 5 million my dad spent was a total waste."

"What happened?" Xiao Fan inquired.

"Sigh."

The chubby guy let out a sigh, his tone filled with frustration.

"The first skill in that Mystic Rank Skill Chain requires 6 points of Agility (+), but I only have 5. I'm just one point short! There was no other way, so I had to choose skills from a different chain."

Xiao Fan patted the chubby guy on the shoulder to comfort him: "It's fine. You've only learned the first skill. Even though Skill Chains are fixed, you don't have to follow the subsequent skills; you can choose others instead."

"It's not that simple. Skill Chains are the optimal combinations selected by the nation. If I start mixing skills randomly, I might end up weaker than if I had just stuck to the chain." The chubby guy hung his head, sounding listless.

Xiao Fan: "At worst, you can just create your own skills."

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

The chubby guy paused suddenly, then immediately switched to an excited expression.

"Did you know? A big shot just created a Heaven-Tier Skill! It's a shame you came out late and missed the system announcement. That's the fifth Heaven-Tier Skill in Cloud Sea, but unfortunately, that big shot hid their ID, so nobody knows who it is."

Xiao Fan rubbed his nose; if he wasn't mistaken, that person was him.

"If I could create a Heaven-Tier Skill, I'd be willing to pay 5,000 Core Power for it." The chubby guy sighed with longing.

Xiao Fan: You greedy brat, you want it all, don't you?

"Students, quiet down."

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

"All students have logged into the game. I will now announce the exam rules."

"Do you see the Cloud Sea Forest behind me? In a moment, you will form groups of five and enter the forest to hunt Fierce Beasts. You have a five-hour limit, and your final ranking will be based on your total score."

"The Fierce Beasts inside are all level 1-2. As long as you are careful, there will be no danger at all. Hunting a level 1 Fierce Beast earns you 1 point, and a level 2 Fierce Beast earns you 4 points."

"Your scores will determine which Novice Village you are assigned to later."

"I hope that all students will return safely and achieve great results."

"You may now begin forming your teams. Once you have formed a group, go to the right to line up. Those who purchased starter weapons, go see Teacher Qin to collect them."

As soon as the Principal finished speaking, the crowd immediately stirred, and everyone began searching for people they knew to form teams.