[Instant Shadow Slash (Silver Tier): Assassin skill. Blink in one direction (up to 15 meters) and enter stealth (lasts 5 seconds), dealing 3 slashes to all enemies along the path. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds. Learning requirement: level 4.] [Slash width: 2.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 attack power and always counts as a back attack.]
Qin Feng held the skill book in his hand and learned it immediately.
If he had learned this skill earlier, he could have killed that Silver Grade Cursed One in half the time!
Most importantly...
This skill not only let him remain in stealth, but also dealt area damage!
As for the cooldown, 12 seconds was the skill's base cooldown, while 10.43 seconds was its effective cooldown.
After all, Qin Feng had a 15% cooldown speed bonus from his equipment.
An attack area 15 meters long and 2.1 meters wide.
Perfect for clearing mobs.
Evolution should increase its range... but there's no rush.
Qin Feng focused his attention on Greedy Hand.
He had evolved Greedy Hand four times before. This would be its fifth evolution.
The Evolution Points required were 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8, respectively.
So the Evolution Points required for each evolution equal the sum of the previous two?
If I'm right, the sixth evolution of any skill should cost 13 Evolution Points?
As Qin Feng thought this over, he spent 8 Evolution Points and evolved Greedy Hand again!
[You have consumed 8 Evolution Points. Remaining: 4.] [Greedy Hand (Emerald → Diamond): Assassin skill. Can be used on Demon corpses, with a 160% → 220% chance of obtaining an additional set of loot rewards. Additional loot obtained has a 20% → 40% chance of increasing by 1 grade.]
Qin Feng sucked in a breath when he saw the skill's improvements.
Now every monster I kill is guaranteed to give me two extra sets of loot!
Killing one monster is the same as other people killing three!
There's even a 20% chance of getting three extra sets of rewards...
And a 40% chance of raising their grade by one!
As the skill evolved, Qin Feng felt it was becoming more and more absurd!
When he checked Greedy Hand's next evolution requirement, he found that it did indeed require 13 Evolution Points.
Without Greedy Hand, gathering those 13 Evolution Points would probably have taken Qin Feng half a day...
But now that he had Greedy Hand, Evolution Points would come easily as long as there were bosses!
I've got 4 Evolution Points left. I'll improve my combat power first.
Qin Feng realized that he could no longer instantly kill a Silver Grade boss.
He needed to improve his combat power too. Otherwise, if he encountered a higher-grade boss, a drawn-out fight could easily lead to trouble.
[You have consumed 3 Evolution Points. Remaining: 1.] [Instant Shadow Slash (Silver Tier → Gold → Platinum): Blink in one direction (up to 15 → 18 → 21 meters) and enter stealth (lasts 5 → 6 → 7 seconds), dealing 3 → 4 → 5 slashes to all enemies along the path. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds.] [Slash width: 2.1 → 2.6 → 3.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 → 150 → 200 attack power.]
Evolving Instant Shadow Slash didn't reduce its cooldown?
That's a bit disappointing.
Still... Instant Shadow Slash alone can keep me in stealth indefinitely now.
Three slashes became five. That damage is insane!
He had 1 Evolution Points left, but none of his skills could be evolved with it for now.
Qin Feng looked over the remaining loot again.
There was nothing else he could use, but there was a Silver Grade Warrior skill book, War Cry, which increased the team's attack power and defense by 20 points when used.
Learning this skill could double an entire team's damage output and durability in the early stages!
If I'd had this skill early on as a Warrior in my previous life, I'd have been practically invincible.
But now I can only sell this skill book...
Qin Feng felt a little regretful.
Remaining in stealth, he looked around...
This dense forest was already a spawning area for level 4-5 Demons. The originally level 2 Cursed One had also risen to level 4 after digesting lifespan, which was why it had dropped level 4 loot for Qin Feng.
In the shadows of the trees nearby, three rotting Grafted Crawlers were warily examining the Cursed One's corpse.
Before they could react...
Instant Shadow Slash!
-725!
-725!
-725!
Ordinary level 4 mobs had around a thousand health each.
But with a single Instant Shadow Slash, Qin Feng's figure appeared for roughly 0.1 seconds before he instantly flashed more than ten meters away.
Along his path, each of the three Grafted Crawlers took two slashes and was killed instantly!
[You have killed a Grafted Crawler (Lv4).] [You have gained 80 experience points.] [You have gained 5 days of lifespan (tradable).] [...]
A string of system notifications rang out in Qin Feng's mind.
After effortlessly killing the three mobs, he returned to their corpses and used Greedy Hand...
Good thing Greedy Hand has no cooldown.
It's just a shame I can only loot each monster's corpse once...
If anyone had known what Qin Feng was thinking, they would probably have cursed him out.
Guaranteed triple rewards still weren't enough for him?
He wanted to loot them a few more times?
Did he have no shame?
After learning Instant Shadow Slash, Qin Feng's monster-farming efficiency skyrocketed!
Looks like reaching level 10 will only take two hours.
The corners of Qin Feng's mouth lifted slightly.
While Qin Feng worked toward level 10 so he could bring his abilities into reality...
In the real world on Blue Star.
People around the globe finally began reaching level 3, and every one of them returned to reality immediately.
More and more people had been entering the Godforsaken Game after falling asleep.
In reality, their bodies became translucent and illusory, terrifying those around them. All kinds of claims about the end of the world spread rapidly!
But as level 3 players returned to reality one after another...
The public finally learned the truth!
"After we fall asleep, our consciousness actually goes to a land abandoned by the gods?"
"The Godforsaken Game? Is it like an online game?"
"Playing a game can make us stronger? I, Zhuo Benwei, declare myself invincible!"
"Don't get too optimistic. Apparently, most people are just dying over and over right now, and every death takes away half their lifespan."
"Killing monsters in the game gives you lifespan? Doesn't that mean we could live forever?"
"Who knows whether any of this is real?"
"But it can pull everyone in the world into a game when they fall asleep. Who can explain that kind of power?"
"It's true. There was an old geezer in my town who only had a few days left to live. He went out and died a few times, then dropped dead on the spot. Every player in town got a death announcement, but I don't know whether he died in reality too..."
Countless discussion threads appeared on major online forums across the world.
The Godforsaken Game instantly became a trending term on every website around the globe!
River-Sea City, Jianghai Normal University.
Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan, who had already returned to their dorm to rest, had naturally heard about the Godforsaken Game too!
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