Xiao Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief too.
"So he just didn't want to share his skill. Honestly! Did he know he was talking to the only player in the game with a God-Tier Skill? Would I steal a skill below God-Tier?"
A notification chime sounded.
Ye Bugu had sent over his attributes and traits.
"Hm?"
Xiao Fan noticed that, unlike other players who spread their points evenly and ended up mediocre in everything, Ye Bugu had focused his build.
Strength: 80
Intelligence: 35
Spirit: 59
Agility: 81
Constitution: 40
Overall, his attributes leaned toward Strength and Agility. It was a very solid build.
"Looks like Ye Bugu had something going for him to make it from a Yellow Rank Skill Chain player to where he is today. At least he had his own ideas about how to allocate his points."
Xiao Fan looked at his traits next.
Players got one chance to refresh their traits every five levels, though sometimes they got duplicates. At level 60, Ye Bugu had seven traits.
Parents Sacrificed to Heaven, Resilience, Sister Sacrificed to Heaven, Stealth, Messenger of the Night, Avenger, and Shadow Follows Form.
Xiao Fan had always believed that mocking someone else's suffering was incredibly uncouth—unless he really couldn't help himself!
"Parents Sacrificed to Heaven. Sister Sacrificed to Heaven."
Seeing those two traits, he nearly spat out his drink.
Once again, Xiao Fan had gained a new understanding of what traits could be.
"What kind of ridiculous traits are these?"
To keep himself from laughing, Xiao Fan thought back over every sad thing that had happened to him since childhood, until he remembered that his previous self had also lost both his parents...
Not funny anymore.
Leaving those two traits aside, it wouldn't be hard to create a skill from any of the other five.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fan fixed his gaze on the last trait.
"Shadow Follows Form. That must be the trait Ye Bugu just got at level 60. I'll use that one!"
From his previous three attempts at creating skills, Xiao Fan had realized that the more powerful the skill, the higher its attribute requirements.
To be safe, Xiao Fan messaged Ye Bugu again.
"I've figured out the skill. To make sure it succeeds, I need you to raise your Spirit to 80, and your Intelligence and Constitution to 50."
Inside the tent, Ye Bugu's expression darkened.
He had only just sent over his attributes and traits, and the other guy had already come up with a Heaven-Tier Skill? Was he taking him for a fool?
Every player who had created a Heaven-Tier Skill had spent years racking their brains, then worked through countless experiments with countless people before finally succeeding.
And him? He'd come up with one in just a few minutes?
If this could actually work, what had all his own effort been for?
Suppressing the urge to block Xiao Fan, Ye Bugu replied coolly with two words.
"Fine."
Although he agreed, Ye Bugu had no intention of following Xiao Fan's instructions.
Core Power was precious. At least until he saw the skill, he wasn't going to waste any—not even on attribute points for himself.
Ye Bugu snorted. "Let's see what kind of skill you've come up with."
Seeing that Ye Bugu had agreed, Xiao Fan edited the skill he'd already planned and sent it over.
A notification chime sounded.
Ye Bugu eagerly opened the chat window and read it carefully.
As the seconds passed, his initial skepticism and disdain gave way to an increasingly serious expression.
By the end, he wanted to bury his face in the chat window.
When he reached the final word, Ye Bugu was completely stunned.
After a long moment, he took a deep breath and finally looked away from the chat window.
He was shocked. Completely shocked.
This was a skill?
Skills could be created like this?
If this counted as a skill, what had all his previous ones been? Trash?
Just reading the skill Xiao Fan had sent him was enough for Ye Bugu to imagine how powerful it would be.
He couldn't even imagine how happy he'd be as a little player with a skill like this.
At that moment, Ye Bugu made up his mind. Even if there was a chance the skill would fail, he was going to try.
He wanted this skill too badly!
Without hesitation, Ye Bugu bought the attribute points Xiao Fan had asked for and added them. To be safe, he bought a few extra points as well.
Core Power was meant to be earned and spent, after all.
Besides, this skill was worth it!
After buying the attribute points, Ye Bugu opened the skill creation interface and carefully copied Xiao Fan's skill word for word.
"Skill creation complete. Upon inspection, this skill has not appeared in the game before and requires system review. The result may fail. Do you wish to continue?"
"It really is a new skill." Ye Bugu's eyes were red with excitement.
"Continue!"
"Ding! Congratulations, player. Skill creation successful. Would you like to view it now?"
"View!" Ye Bugu's hands were trembling.
Skill Name: Phantom Shift
Skill Rank: Heaven Rank
Skill Description: During combat, you can place three phantoms within 100 meters of yourself. The phantoms last for 60 seconds. While they remain, your attacks will also target enemy units near the phantoms. You can teleport to any phantom instantly at any time while they remain. During this time, you are unaffected by any control skills. When the effect ends, you recover 20% of your maximum HP.
Skill Cooldown: 120 seconds
Creation Attributes: Strength 80 (+), Agility 80 (+), Constitution 60 (+)
Creation Trait: Shadow-type
"It really succeeded! A Heaven-Tier Skill! It really is a Heaven-Tier Skill. I have one now too!"
Seeing the words Heaven Rank beside the skill rank, Ye Bugu felt a rush of heat shoot straight to his head. His blood was boiling.
He sprang to his feet.
Happiness had come too suddenly!
Ye Bugu was at a loss, too excited to know what to do.
It was a Heaven-Tier Skill! The Heaven-Tier Skill everyone dreamed of.
"Congratulations, player, on creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. A server-wide announcement will now be made. Would you like to hide your ID?"
"Don't hide it!"
Without hesitation, Ye Bugu chose no. He wanted the people who had once hunted him to see the message, and spend the rest of their gaming lives trembling beneath his might!
He, Ye Bugu, was a Heaven-Tier Skill owner!
"System: Congratulations to player Shadow for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This is hereby announced."
"System: Congratulations to player Shadow for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This is hereby announced."
"System: Congratulations to player Shadow for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This is hereby announced."
As soon as the system message appeared, several members of the Night Blade Mercenary Group threw open the tent flap and rushed inside, their faces alight with excitement.
"Leader, did you create a Heaven-Tier Skill?"
Ye Bugu's hand, raised in the air, froze. A second later, he clasped his hands behind his back.
"It's only a Heaven-Tier Skill. You lot act like you've never seen one before." Ye Bugu tried to sound calm.
"'Only a Heaven-Tier Skill'? Do you hear yourself?" The members of the Night Blade Mercenary Group stared at Ye Bugu in disbelief.
"Leader, you're amazing! A Heaven-Tier Skill! You're now the third person in all of Cloud Sea to create one!" The members of the Night Blade Mercenary Group were all flushed with excitement.
Ye Bugu was the leader of the Night Blade Mercenary Group. If he had a Heaven-Tier Skill, wasn't that as good as the whole Night Blade Mercenary Group having one?
Just thinking about it made their blood boil!
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