Soul Suppressor
What happened?
Wind Snow Traveler and the others also rushed over, and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Xiao Fan was alright.
"Brother Chen, what just happened?" The fat man was still in shock; the scene of Xiao Fan's house being engulfed by red light was terrifying!
Xiao Fan scratched his head; he hadn't expected the skill book to come with such exaggerated special effects.
He was startled himself.
Xiao Fan explained the situation to everyone.
Knowing that what had just happened was merely a special effect created by the skill book, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since it concerned skills, even the most curious players in Zone 18 wisely refrained from asking further questions, knowing that the skills Xiao Fan had created were extraordinary.
Seeing that Xiao Fan was alright, everyone else dispersed.
After everyone left, Xiao Fan looked at the game interface with a happy expression.
"With such dazzling special effects, it must be at least a Heaven-Tier Skill, or even God Rank?"
Xiao Fan was feeling quite pleased with himself, but the next second, the smile on his face vanished.
Congratulations to the player for successfully creating the Earth-Tier Skill book <Soul Suppressor>.
Xiao Fan: "..."
Seriously, you're making such a big fuss over a low-tier Earth-Tier Skill book?
I thought I was about to strike it rich!
Xiao Fan remained silent.
But upon closer reflection, it makes sense. Given the nature of the <Cloud Sea> system, wouldn't Heaven Rank or God-Tier Skill book cost him hundreds of thousands of Core Power?
Moreover, this skill book, <Soul Suppressor>, isn't actually that advanced.
He came up with this on a whim to create conditions for testing the skill book.
Xiao Fan held up the skill book in his hand, and a prompt appeared on the game interface.
"View skill book?"
"Check."
Skill Book: (Earth Rank)
Skill Name: Soul Suppressor
Usage requirements: Musical instrument type weapons
Skill Description: Plays Soul Suppressing Melody, removing all control and negative status effects from friendly units and granting them a 20% damage reduction effect. (Use the skill book to view details)
Upon seeing the usage conditions, Xiao Fan's previous guess was confirmed.
The biggest difference between creation skills and creation skill books lies in the weapons.
Xiao Fan's skills can be used without weapons, but skills from skill books require weapon support.
Once you understand the pattern of creating skill books, the rest becomes simple.
Xiao Fan originally wanted to create a few skill books, but unfortunately...
I'm out of money.
This Earth-Tier Skill book drained all his Core Power, and even left him with a debt of 1000 Core Power.
He can only continue if he earns enough Core Power tomorrow, or sells the skill book.
Zhou He hasn't added him as a game friend yet, probably because he's researching new gameplay. Xiao Fan can only wait for him to contact him later.
Finally, Xiao Fan focused his attention on the resurrection skill.
Based on the current game content, the income from dungeons of the same level is far greater than the income from hunting Fierce Beast.
Having the Secret Realm Resurrection skill greatly increases the margin for error when tackling Secret Realms.
Unlike now, when we're so cautious and afraid to try many things.
The resurrection skill is not on the skill creation page, but in the upper right corner of the game interface.
There's a new resurrection icon there, which is currently grayed out.
Xiao Fan tapped the screen, and a system notification sounded.
"Sorry, you do not possess the resurrection skill."
Xiao Fan frowned. What he wanted to see wasn't this; he wanted to know how to create a resurrection skill.
Xiao Fan clicked left and right, but the system only reminded him that he didn't have a resurrection skill, without any other prompts.
Xiao Fan guessed that this situation was either because his level was not high enough, or because he had not triggered the creation conditions.
"There wasn't even an explanation, what a rip-off!" Xiao Fan couldn't help but complain.
"It seems the system doesn't want players to easily create overpowered skills like resurrection."
Xiao Fan had no choice but to give up for the time being.
Having figured out the new gameplay, Xiao Fan saw that it was still early and decided to go to the Southwest Forest to plant some Seven-Colored Flower.
Since creating the skill "Stealing Heaven and Changing Day," mana has ceased to be just mana; it has become his lifeblood.
"If I have more time, I can chop down a couple of trees and sell some materials. The sky-high prices for materials on the Trading House are really tempting."
Xiao Fan borrowed Wind Snow Traveler's axe.
While still studying the updated content, Wind Snow Traveler handed the weapon to Xiao Fan without a second thought.
He never imagined that Xiao Fan would use his weapon to cut down trees.
Arriving in the Southwest Forest, seeing the vibrant Seven-Colored Flower, Xiao Fan squatted down and replanted them all.
As he watched the blue energy steadily increase, Xiao Fan felt a surge of security, but at the same time, he thought of the bug in <Stealing Heaven and Changing Day>.
His original design was to deduct mana first when a character takes damage, but the system changed this skill to be automatically triggered when the character's health drops below 50%.
Logically, even if he was instantly killed while at full health, his health bar should have dropped below 50% at some point, but this skill just didn't trigger.
With this bug, Xiao Fan is in great danger when facing creatures that can instantly kill him.
"We'll create a skill that sacrifices health when we have the chance in the future." This was the only solution Xiao Fan could think of.
Full health makes you very fragile, half health makes you invincible.
After planting the flowers, Xiao Fan started cutting down trees.
He was glad that he had bought 20 strength attribute points before the game update.
Now it's very easy to cut down trees.
Xiao Fan calculated that a tree has about 35 units of wood.
Wood in the Trading House costs 100 units per stack, with a maximum price of 13,500 per stack, minus a 20% tax in the Novice Zone.
Cutting down three trees yields around 11,000 Core Power, which is truly astronomical.
However, this price definitely won't stay high for long; it might even drop tomorrow.
"We'll take whatever we earn."
Xiao Fan started chopping down trees. Once he had collected a set, he put it on the Trading House for 1 less Core Power than the wood listed on the Trading House. It was basically sold out instantly.
"There are so many rich people," Xiao Fan remarked.
They chopped down the trees with even more vigor from then on.
As night fell, Xiao Fan's Core Power increased from zero to fifty thousand, making a small fortune.
Keep in mind that they only gained 8000 Core Power from killing the Vitality Tree Spirit BOSS before.
The price of timber at the Trading House has now dropped by three times.
Back in the Novice Village, Xiao Fan returned the axe and 1000 Core Power to Wind Snow Traveler.
"You went out to hunt Fierce Beast all by yourself?" Wind Snow Traveler asked curiously.
"No, go to the Southwest Forest to cut down trees. The price of wood at the Trading House is reasonable today. You can go if you need any."
Xiao Fan didn't hide anything; after all, this business wasn't exactly private.
Wind Snow Traveler stared at Xiao Fan in disbelief.
"So, you lent me your weapon to cut down trees?"
Although Wind Snow Traveler's axe was just a Novice White Equipment weapon, it had been with him for many years and fought alongside him, so their bond was very special.
It was only because of Xiao Fan that Wind Snow Traveler was willing to lend him the money, and he actually used it to cut down trees?
The Wind Snow Traveler was heartbroken.
Xiao Fan scratched the back of his head, feeling that he might have gone too far, but the chop was already done...
"Once I create the skill book, I can sell you two of them cheaply."
"Are you serious?" Wind Snow Traveler immediately put down his weapon, his face showing surprise.
He had a deep understanding of how powerful the skills Xiao Fan created were.
If Xiao Fan were to sell skill books, it wouldn't be long before everyone in the Cloud Sea would go crazy for them.
It's just a broken weapon. If it can buy two of Xiao Fan's skill books cheaply, it's worth chopping down as many trees as possible.
That evening, Xiao Fan finally received Zhou He's friend request.