Chapter 11: First Acquisition of an Item—The Time to Spend Life Energy Has Arrived!
[Congratulations on acquiring: Frost Spell!]
[Frost Spell: Upon use, your next basic attack transforms into an ice spike, inflicting a strong control effect on the target for 3 seconds! (Grade B Skill)]
“A Grade B skill!”
“And it’s a strong control type?”
Su Nian’s heart leapt with joy!
Had divine intervention come?
Although this kind of skill had an obvious drawback—
It had to rely on a basic attack to trigger perfectly...
But don’t forget.
He initially chose the Priest class for a reason—
One being the guaranteed 100% hit rate!
[Do you wish to learn Frost Spell?]
“Learn it!” Su Nian did not hesitate.
[Successfully learned!]
[Skill: Frost Spell (Grade B)]
[Level: LV1]
[Mana cost: 200]
[Cooldown: 15 seconds]
“Only fifteen seconds of cooldown at level one?”
‘If it reaches dozens of levels, then...’ Su Nian’s anticipation grew.
To upgrade skills,
One must have skill points!
Right now, to get skill points, besides completing tasks in the newbie village to unlock them,
There was only one other way...
Exchanging experience points!
Indeed!
Skill points could be purchased with experience!
But in the early stages of the game,
This system was heavily imbalanced—high cost, small return!
Only as the game progressed to its later stages would players remember this setting and start using small amounts of experience to buy skill points...
Yet without a doubt,
This system was a huge boon for Su Nian!
After all, he could already solo bosses.
Would he ever lack experience in the future?
Thinking this way...
His excitement only deepened!
“Now that I have a skill, let’s see what’s on the second floor!”
Even if he couldn’t defeat the monsters on the second floor outright,
With his strength and skills, he could always retreat unscathed!
Soon, the stone door opened.
He dashed inside!
Arriving on the second underground level.
This space was much larger than the first floor.
Similarly, the monsters here...
[Toxic Spider: LV6]
[Rank: Elite]
[HP: 650]
[Attack: 50]
[Skills: Toxic, Web]
“This might be a bit tough to handle!”
Su Nian stared at the toxic spiders’ menacing faces and the green venom oozing from their bodies, his expression growing serious.
One or two wouldn’t be a problem,
But there were seven toxic spiders right in front of him!
Time for a showdown!
“Hiss... hiss hiss!”
Before Su Nian could attack, the toxic spiders noticed this outsider and launched their web skill first!
Fortunately, Su Nian had anticipated this!
The moment he caught their gaze, he quickly distanced himself, searching for the right moment to strike!
“Pfft pfft pfft!”
Seeing several webs miss, the spiders’ eyes glowed an eerie green as they decisively lunged toward Su Nian!
[-65]
[-62]
[-59]
[Passive skill not triggered...]
After just a few hits,
The lead toxic spider took advantage of the webs hanging from the ceiling passage and closed in on Su Nian!
“You’re not stupid!”
Before the words left his mouth, Su Nian decisively activated his skill!
[-80]
The ice spike struck down. Taking advantage of the spider’s control stun, he quickly followed with several basic attacks, shattering the webs above!
Meanwhile,
The other toxic spiders silently crept closer!
“Hiss hiss hiss!”
They released webs simultaneously.
At such close range, the webs seemed to merge into one large net, descending upon Su Nian!
“Damn, this is tricky!”
Su Nian burst into speed and barely avoided the web net with a forward roll.
Yet even so...
His arm brushed against the webs!
[HP -22]
[HP -22]
[...]
Just the scratch’s lingering poison reduced Su Nian’s HP by nearly two hundred in five seconds...
For him now,
This was destined to be a brutal fight!
Ten minutes later...
[Skill Triggered: Frost Spell!]
The last ice spike depleted his mana. Su Nian quickly followed with several basic attacks, finally taking down the last toxic spider!
“Phew... it’s over!”
Su Nian wiped the sweat from his brow.
Leaning against the wall, he gasped for breath.
After this fierce ten-minute battle,
Although he successfully cleared the second floor,
His mana was completely drained...
And his HP was barely above five hundred.
“Let’s see what treasures this floor holds!”
Su Nian approached the treasure chest. Familiar prompts appeared again, but this time the rewards were completely different!
[Congratulations on clearing the Treasure Domain!]
[Second Underground Level Rewards: One Random Item, 200 Gold Coins, 10 Free Attribute Points!]
“Random item?”
Su Nian’s eyes gleamed brightly!
Was this another moment to invest heavily?
Items were also ranked.
Even the lowest-tier item was worth as much as a purple-grade piece of equipment!
And in his previous life, those godly items...
Far surpassed red-grade gear!
Comparable to ancient divine equipment!
“This is my lucky break...”
“I’m going for it!”
[Would you like to open the random item?]
“Open it!”
[Congratulations, you have obtained: Dual Mask!]
[Dual Mask: Wearing it allows you to change your in-game name once. Removing the mask reverts your name to the original. (Note: The change does not affect friends already added in-game!)]
Su Nian: “???”
What kind of nonsense was this?
You could change your name while wearing it?
Then take it off and revert back?
Multiple IDs?
This thing seemed useless...
Wait!
His pupils contracted!
If he remembered correctly, the game’s system for red-name status only tracked player IDs, not real-name verification, right?
If so...
“My alt account’s red-name value from killing players shouldn’t affect my main account, right?” Su Nian suddenly found the item much more appealing!
Killing players increased red-name value.
If it was low, no big deal.
It only affected drop rates and the chances of equipment dropping.
Doing quests could eliminate red-name status.
But if it was high...
That was a huge problem!
In his previous life, he knew a level 90+ player who, because of a high red-name value, not only lost dozens of levels upon death but also had all his gear dropped except for his underwear...
A tragic fate indeed!
“Whether it works well or not, I’ll test it on some unlucky soul once I’m out. For now... what name should I choose for my alt?”
Su Nian pondered deeply.
Suddenly, a cunning idea struck him!