One Skill Point Per Second, I Turned Fireball into Forbidden Magic
Chapter 23

Taking Stock of the Spoils, Platinum Necromancy Greatsword!

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Lin Yi's job change was remarkably plain and unremarkable, with nothing special about it.

The fixed attribute point gain from each level-up had simply increased from 1 point to 2.

And the effect of adding Spirit attribute points on magic damage and mana recovery was stronger than it had been after the First Turn.

Although he had known for a long time that the Second Turn would grant him a new Active Skill and a new Passive Skill.

The two skills he had unlocked were clearly both rather ordinary.

He had obtained Fireball during his First Turn and Ice Arrow during his Second Turn.

Fire and Ice were the most common specializations among Mage Lords across all of Blue Star.

Because most people obtained the corresponding skills during their First and Second Turns.

In an environment where skills were so difficult to acquire.

Most people naturally had no choice but to commit to becoming Fire Mages or Ice Mages.

Once they had invested all their Skill Points, switching to another element later became even harder.

However, Lin Yi did not dislike either Ice Arrow or Mana Shield.

Because any skill, so long as it was a skill.

Would become exceptionally valuable in his hands!

After successfully completing his job change.

Lin Yi opened his personal panel and assigned all the attribute points gained from leveling up to Spirit.

Tier 7 spells were all massive mana burners.

Not to mention the Tier 8 spells and even Forbidden Spells that would come later.

It was foreseeable that once his Passive Skill, [Divine Grace Chant], which sped up casting, reached Tier 9, he would definitely be able to Instant Cast Forbidden Spells.

By then, Lin Yi did not want to become a pathetic Mage who could not cast due to a lack of mana once the free-casting effect granted by [Mana Storm] disappeared.

After allocating his points, Lin Yi's panel had undergone an almost qualitative transformation compared to two days ago.

[Lin Yi] [Class: Intermediate Mage (Second Turn)] [Specializations: Fire Element (Primary), Storm Element (Primary), Ice Element (Secondary)] [Level: LV.39 (4.30%)] [HP: 410/410] [Mana: 39620/39620] [Strength: 41] [Agility: 41] [Spirit: 566] [Constitution: 41] [Endurance: 41] [Talent: Gift of the Gods (SSS)] [Unallocated Attribute Points: 0] [Unallocated Skill Points: 312685] [General Skill: All-Knowing Eye] [Class Passive Skills: Mana Storm (Passive), Divine Grace Chant (Passive), Mana Shield (Passive)] [Class Active Skills: Fire Element (Tier 1–7 Spells), Storm Element (Tier 1–7 Spells), Ice Element (Tier 1 Spell)]

After completing his job change, Lin Yi had leveled up another 9 times, including the enormous amount of experience granted by the Mutated Death Knight, as well as the experience he gained from instantly killing countless undead soldiers.

After the level restriction had been lifted, none of that experience had gone to waste.

Lin Yi's total mana had surged from the three or four thousand points he could barely reach only after drinking an Alchemical Potion.

To nearly forty thousand points.

Even without relying on the free-casting effect of [Mana Storm], Lin Yi could now cast Tier 7 spells three or four times using his own mana.

As for the two newly acquired class skills, Lin Yi checked his remaining Skill Points.

He was just short of being able to raise both skills to Tier 7.

However, Lin Yi was not in a hurry.

His gains this time were far more substantial than those from Howling Forest.

After all, the Mutated Death Knight's level was there for all to see. The items it dropped would certainly fetch a good price.

With that in mind, Lin Yi walked out of the Job Change Sanctuary.

Then he returned home.

It was noon.

Three or four dishes Lin Yi liked were set on the table at home, along with a note his mother had left behind.

"If the food gets cold, heat it up in the microwave yourself."

"Your homeroom teacher came looking for you this morning. She said there was something urgent concerning your future. Remember to ask what it is."

Lin Yi's father, Lin Guodong, worked in a mine. It was not exactly dawn-to-dusk labor, but every time he went down into the shaft, he basically had to work seven or eight hours.

Going in and out of the mine was too troublesome, and making frequent trips would only waste a great deal of time.

His mother, Xu Qingfang, was a teacher. Of course, she was not a Class User, and she only taught ordinary academic subjects.

Lin Yi had long grown accustomed to a life where his parents did not come home at noon and the family could only gather in the evening.

After eating his fill, Lin Yi returned to his room.

He took out everything dropped by Death Knight Ravenardale from his Inventory Space.

First were more than a dozen pieces of equipment.

Unfortunately, none of them could be used by Mages.

Lin Yi checked their grades. Eight or nine were Silver Grade, while three were Gold Grade.

And the final one was Platinum Grade.

It happened to be the black greatsword Ravenardale had held earlier.

[Necrotic Rune Greatsword] [Type: Weapon (Two-Handed)] [Grade: Platinum] [Equipment Level: LV.60] [Equippable Classes: Warrior, Knight-type Class Users] [Weight: 29.3 kg] [Physical attack power +845] [Strength +97] [Endurance +88] [Durability: 100/100] [Special Effect: Plague Corruption] [When striking a target, there is a 10% chance to infect the target with plague, dealing 200 Dark-element damage per second for 30 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times.]

Lin Yi had never seen other level 60 equipment or weapons, so naturally, he did not know whether this two-handed greatsword's attributes were good.

However, he knew that weapons with special effects were never cheap.

But that was precisely what gave Lin Yi a headache.

Because he could not sell it right now, along with the other three Gold Grade pieces of equipment.

In this Blue Star World after the transmigration.

Great Xia's controls over equipment possessed by all Class Users could be said to be extremely strict.

Great Xia Official strictly prohibited equipment above Silver Grade from entering the civilian Class User market.

Once discovered, they would trace its origin to the end.

This was actually the same logic as Great Xia's gun ban on Earth in his previous life.

Equipment was the easiest external means for ordinary people—or people with ulterior motives—to increase their strength.

Someone with a very low level and few Skill Points invested.

Could still cause immense destruction if they were equipped with a full set of excellent gear.

Therefore, apart from special organizations such as high-ranking officials and Military Professionals stationed in base cities, merely possessing equipment above Silver Grade was already a violation of regulations for other Class Users.

Once discovered, they would be severely punished without exception.

Of course, that did not mean Class Users who obtained such high-grade equipment had to let it rot in their hands.

The authorities had established dedicated acquisition channels.

If you obtained good equipment, Great Xia Official would buy it back at a high price.

A genuinely high price—the kind guaranteed to satisfy you.

Thus, most Class Users had no complaints.

However, the reason Lin Yi could not sell this equipment was that, based on his current level and apparent strength, he could not explain where it had come from.

If he claimed he had farmed it himself, he would have to explain even more things.

Lin Yi hated trouble.

So, Lin Yi planned to keep the equipment in his Inventory Space for now, until the strength he publicly displayed later became sufficiently powerful.

At that point, when he sold these items, the officials would no longer question him so closely.

Lin Yi put the three Gold Grade items and the Platinum Necromancy Greatsword back into his Inventory Space, then took out two Skill Scrolls.

These were the truly valuable treasures!

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