Chapter 2: An Ultra S-Class Talent! Breaking All the Rules?
Under the deft manipulation of his hands, the coveted talent that many players in his previous life had longed for vanished in an instant before his eyes.
Seconds ticked by relentlessly.
In the blink of an eye, half a minute had passed!
“26 seconds.”
“25 seconds.”
The countdown to the patching of the loophole was steadily closing in.
At this moment, Su Nian’s fingers moved so swiftly they left afterimages.
“15 seconds.”
“14 seconds.”
The time continued to dwindle. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light burst forth unexpectedly!
Instinctively, Su Nian squinted, and his hands faltered for a split second.
Yet, it was precisely this momentary hesitation that jolted him to full awareness, causing his hands to freeze his next move immediately.
A golden legend?
Focusing intently, Su Nian read the description:
[Super S-Rank Talent — Percentage Kill (Upgradeable): Each of your attacks has a 0.01% chance to instantly kill the opponent, bypassing all defenses!]
[Note: This talent comes with a stacking effect — if your attack fails to trigger the kill chance, your next attack’s kill probability increases by 0.01%, continuing until you successfully execute a kill!]
“What the hell?”
“A Super S-Rank talent? And it’s upgradeable!?”
Su Nian was utterly stunned.
In the Divine Realm, talents are ranked from low to high as D, C, B, A, S.
As for a Super S-Rank talent?
He hadn’t even heard of such a thing before!
In the Divine Realm, if you’re lucky at the start and acquire a B-rank talent, you’re set for a good gaming experience.
If fortune favors you with an A-rank talent, soon you’ll become the target of the top guilds, willing to offer all sorts of benefits to recruit you.
As for S-rank talents, let alone the even rarer Super S-rank...
Just look at the top ten players on the battle power leaderboard — all S-rank.
But this talent of his...
Not only is it Super S-rank, it’s upgradeable?
What’s more outrageous is that it can instantly kill opponents and stack its probability?
The most crucial part...
It ignores everything?
“Am I dreaming?”
“If that’s the case...”
“Given the current probability, I only need to attack ten thousand times to guarantee killing a boss?”
“And if it can still be upgraded...”
How is this fair to ordinary players?
Su Nian’s head buzzed.
On the modest side, as long as the boss can’t kill him, he could solo all the bosses.
Doesn’t matter if they have hundreds of health or billions.
In front of him, all life is equal.
On the grander scale...
If this upgrade has no limits,
Could he push the probability all the way to...
A 100% instant kill rate?
One shot after another?
“Hah...”
“Just thinking about it is thrilling!”
If he really could reach a 100% instant kill rate,
Never mind the various PvP and guild wars that would become his playground for reaping rich rewards.
Just three years later, when the monster invasion comes...
Who’s invading whom then?
“Pah, pah, pah!”
“Getting ahead of myself already?”
“Focus on the task at hand!”
“There’ll be time for daydreaming tonight, haha...”
Muttering to himself, Su Nian didn’t hesitate.
He decisively locked in the Super S-rank Percentage Kill talent and moved on to the next step — selecting his profession!
The screen flickered.
Scanning the many available classes before him, Su Nian did not immediately choose the archer, his most skilled class in his previous life.
Although the archer specializes in attack speed, movement speed, and damage — all well-suited to him — he deliberately went off-script.
For one simple reason:
After rebirth, he knew quite a bit about the future, including the origins of some rare items!
Among these was a rare trinket obtainable only in the newbie village:
An ancient necklace — increasing the wearer’s health by 10%!
Its unique skill allowed the wearer’s normal attack damage to be set equal to their maximum health!
Su Nian quickly searched his memories for details about this rare item.
If he paired this trinket with his talent,
He would have no worries about damage or health.
Therefore, what he needed to complement was simply control, teleportation, attack speed, range, accuracy, and health regeneration!
Control and teleportation were the specialties of mages.
The priest, another magic-based class,
Could definitely learn these two skills without conflict!
As for attack speed, he had his own solutions.
Regarding range and accuracy,
Firstly, the priest’s attacks are ranged.
Secondly, because priests’ damage is inherently low, their normal attacks are designed to auto-lock targets with perfect accuracy!
Moreover, many priest skills heal based on a percentage of their own health.
Combined with the necklace’s power,
This would undoubtedly shape him into a formidable hexagonal warrior in the late game!
With this in mind,
Su Nian resolutely chose the priest class!
Soon, he reached the final step before entering the game — setting his player ID.
“Gotta create an epic ID.”
“Let me think... how about... ‘Emperor’?”
“Yeah, that’s perfect—a legendary single-character ID!”
With that, Su Nian pressed confirm, decisively skipping the newbie tutorial and entering the newbie village!
[Player: Emperor]
[Super S-Rank Talent: Percentage Kill (LV1)]
[Level: LV1]
[Profession: Priest]
[Health: 150/150]
[Mana: 50/50]
[Attack: 7; Magic Power: 5; Attack Speed: 0.4]
[Armor: 5; Magic Resistance: 2; Movement Speed: 2]
[Physical Penetration: 0%; Magic Penetration: 0%]
[Free Attribute Points: 0]
[Equipment: Newbie Staff]
[Skills: None]
[Inventory: Empty]
[Newbie Quest: Kill 10 Storm Rabbits. Completion Reward: +5 Free Attribute Points]
Not wanting to waste time,
Su Nian fixed his gaze on the quest panel and took the very first step in this new life’s game!
...
Just as Su Nian stepped out of newbie village No. 5178,
He encountered a swarm of storm rabbits.
[Storm Rabbit: LV1]
[Rank: Common]
[Health: 50]
[Attack: 2.5]
[Skills: None]
Calculating the attack distance, Su Nian swung his staff.
A streak of blue light flashed across the staff.
“Whoosh!”
...