"Two talent stones, and my talent only went up to A-rank. I thought each talent stone would raise it by one level! Turns out it's all about probability!"
In the battle of Tianhe Village, Suture Saint healed 106 NPCs, earning 100,000 contribution points per NPC, totaling over ten million contribution points.
In the end, he exchanged for two talent stones.
Suture Saint's talent had only been B-rank.
Now evolved to A-rank, it didn't seem that powerful either.
【A-rank Talent: Nimble Meridians
Trait 1: Nimble Hands: Your hands are extremely dexterous; the speed of any ability executed with your hands is increased by 50%.
Trait 2: Meridian Flow: Healing ability is increased by 50%.】
"I should've swapped for skill enhancement stones instead. My ultimate level 10 skill was pretty good!" Suture Saint felt regret.
But the total number of monsters in the beast tide was fixed, and adding bosses and quest contributions, it all came to 100 million contribution points.
Not everyone was willing to sell their contribution points.
So it was impossible to fully redeem all the rewards.
"I told you to listen to me, and you didn't!" Xie Lin said with schadenfreude.
He also understood that Suture Saint's talent was low, and as a healer, he probably felt replaceable, so wanting to boost his talent was natural.
However, from an expert player's perspective, he should have upgraded his ultimate skill.
For example, Xie Lin himself had swapped for six skill enhancement stones. With the one gained from being third in contribution ranking at Wangxi Village, that made seven stones, all invested in Holy Light Slash.
His original level 10 ultimate skill’ Holy Light Slash’ had become ’Holy Light Judgment,’ with a judgment range of 30 meters in diameter, transforming him from a short-range fighter to a long-range attacker.
As for Shen Chi, he bought a batch of contribution points and exchanged for two talent stones but still didn't elevate his talent to SS-rank.
Being second in the Wangxi Village rankings rewarded two enhancement stones, which doubled to four; one more from Tianhe Village brought it to five stones. He put them all into his level 1 skill ’Mechanical Fabrication.’
Level 10 ’Mechanical Overload’ was also very useful, but a mechanic's entire attack power stems from machinery, so fabrication suited him better.
Then everyone turned their eyes to Chu Fu.
"Plant girl, can you take another step? Did your talent reach SSS-rank?"
Chu Fu shrugged helplessly.
"No, I just control 10 more plants. Plus, leveling up to 15 added another 5, so now I can command 55 plants.
For skill enhancement, I'm planning to visit Fengdu Town to learn new skills first—then upgrade!
But I did get something great from my golden chest!"
Chu Fu showed the item.
【Poison Vial (Gold-grade):
Off-hand Weapon
Physical Attack: 1-5
Magical Attack: 75-95
Spirit +25
Agility +25
Magic Points +850
Toxin Fusion: Absorbs surrounding toxins and stores them in the Poison Vial, usable for extracting materials or as an attack.】
An off-hand weapon, essentially the player's second weapon.
Assassins could carry two daggers.
The shield warrior Jiaojiao Bu Jiao could wield both a shield and a longsword.
Shen Chi was still using dual guns.
For mage-type players, off-hand weapons included magic orbs, crystal balls, etc.
A poison master using a poison vial as an off-hand weapon made perfect sense.
This equaled Chu Fu gaining one more piece of gold-grade equipment.
Chu Fu opened her stats panel, and the numbers were so dazzling that even she found it hard to take in.
Chu Fu allocated all 70 free attribute points gained from the village defense and counterattack battles into Spirit, dramatically transforming her stat panel.
[ID: Who Wants to Be a Plant
Level: 15 (0.0% Experience)
Class: Venomancer
Talent: Plant Person (SS)
Skills: Venom Strike, Slow, Plague Spread +8, Poison Spray, Toxic Vein Detonation.
Base Stats:
Physique: 73 (+58)
Strength: 73 (+37)
Agility: 73 (+102)
Spirit: 207 (+212)
Equipment: Disguise Mask (Dark Gold), Beast-Hunting Heart Emblem (Gold), Forest Poison Window (Gold), Toxic Moth Cloak (Gold), High Spirit Crystal Circlet (Gold), Poison Bottle (Gold), Guardian Emblem (Silver), Green Toxic Mushroom Skirt (Silver), Malevolent Staff (Silver), Savior Emblem (Bronze)...
Wealth: 39 Gold, 32 Silver, 323 Copper.]
Chu Fu's Disguise Mask had advanced to Dark Gold rank after killing players from the Soaring Dragon Studio, granting +20 to all stats.
Just based on her core attributes alone, Chu Fu was now over ten times stronger than an average player.
She had become a truly elite player.
If the novice village had a perfect score of 100, Chu Fu had earned 120 (with bonus points from the counterattack).
That was enough.
However, compared to her brother and other players with SSS-rank talents, Chu Fu still couldn't measure up.
They had an even more broken ability.
They could directly add attribute points through their talents.
No matter how hard Chu Fu worked, she knew she couldn't compete with the prodigies described in the storyline.
So, she still needed to push herself.
"The novice village has no more resources to gather. We've even reached level 15 because we completed two village defense missions. Assign the team members, leave some players stationed in the novice village to recruit new players after the server merge. The rest of you, prepare to head to Fengdu Town!"
The teleport fee to Fengdu Town was 1 gold coin.
That was far too expensive.
Chu Fu suggested they fly instead.
On a normal route, dodging high-level monsters and taking detours would take at least half a day.
But Chu Fu and her team could fly.
Their speed was more than double that of walking, and they could take a straight path.
From the novice village to the town, it would only take an hour and a half.
Even though they had only been in the novice village for eight days,
after experiencing two monster tides, everyone felt a strong sense of belonging to the village.
After all, it was the village they had defended.
When they left, each of them carried two emblems.
There seemed to be nothing left to handle.
Yet they were deeply reluctant.
Chu Fu took one last look at the thriving village.
She believed that once the server merge happened, the famous Server 0308888 would attract many new players!
Chu Fu unfurled her flying wings and took off first.
Soon, more players joined the formation, a massive swarm like a flock of bats, all flying toward the same direction.
Half an hour later.
They flew past the outermost boundary of the novice village.
[System Prompt: You have left the novice village. Your level is 15. To avoid stealing resources from lower-level awakening users, you are prohibited from entering the novice village unless for special quests.]
[System Prompt: You have entered the 4th Mirror Map of Fengdu Town, Server 0308888.
Server 0268888 has entered the 1st Mirror Map.]
Server 0278888 enters the second mirror map.
Server 0288888 enters the third mirror map.
After 39 hours, 57 minutes, and 23 seconds, the game will consider merging servers as appropriate.
Upon server merge, world bosses will respawn, and instances will be unlocked.
[System notification: You have left the newbie village area, activating more gameplay!]
[Pet system unlocked!]
[Mount system unlocked!]
[Fullness system: deep experience now available.]
[Public quests are now permanent.]
Amid uninterrupted notifications and continuous flight,
a mighty fortress appeared in everyone’s view.
“Ahead is Fengdu Fortress!”
