Chapter 165: A New Skill
Chapter 165: A New Skill
Two hours was not a very long time, but Chen Mo was short by less than a thousand Points, and Xue Ye Hua was almost the same.
The two did not plan to kill monsters honestly. If they killed monsters honestly, two hours might just barely be enough.
It was only a thousand Points. They only needed to kill ten Sea Clan players, and then both of them would immediately get enough Points.
There were fewer and fewer Human Race players now, and the Sea Clan players were largely to blame. Many Sea Clan players lingered near the front lines to kill Human Race players.
Sea Clan players would run away when they saw Chen Mo, but now that Xue Ye Hua was with him, Chen Mo’s approach was very simple. When Sesshylow found enemies, he asked Xue Ye Hua to act as bait, set Vortex Traps on the ground, and have Xue Ye Hua lure the Sea Clan players over.
Soon, Sesshylow found a group of Sea Clan players. Chen Mo immediately set up traps and then told Xue Ye Hua to go forward and lure them.
“Huh, it’s that female Warrior again!”
When this Sea Clan group saw Xue Ye Hua, one of them exclaimed in surprise.
Xue Ye Hua quickly recognized this group as well; it was the same team of Sea Clan players that had killed her earlier.
Xue Ye Hua immediately pretended to be scared and turned to run.
“Chase!” The Sea Clan players would not let her escape. Even though it was only one person, killing her would still give each of them a decent amount of Points.
Boom!
They had only chased a few steps when this group of Sea Clan players met their tragic end.
The Vortex Trap that Chen Mo had set was triggered!
“It’s him!” The six Sea Clan players were terrified, but unfortunately they discovered it a little too late; they were already dragged into the Vortex Trap.
Once caught in this trap, they would either die or be severely injured.
Chen Mo gave them absolutely no chance to escape. Sesshylow was already watching closely nearby. When the Vortex Trap’s effect ended, Chen Mo, Sesshylow, and Xue Ye Hua fiercely attacked the three survivors. The three had no chance to fight back and were quickly killed.
Several System Notifications appeared one after another. Chen Mo and Xue Ye Hua instantly gained 660 Points.
“Just a few more kills, and it will be enough.”
With Xue Ye Hua as bait, it was much easier to kill a few Sea Clan players compared to when Chen Mo was alone.
Ten minutes later, Chen Mo and Xue Ye Hua killed another group of Sea Clan players, and now both of them had enough Points.
“Let’s go back and exchange for the rewards first.”
The two then returned to Eastern Sea City. However, Chen Mo did not go straight to the City Lord’s Mansion. Instead, he went to the warehouse NPC, took out the “Seaspear Proficiency” Skill Book and others, and only then went back to the City Lord’s Mansion with Xue Ye Hua.
Xue Ye Hua went to exchange for her final reward, while Chen Mo took out the “Seaspear Proficiency” Skill Book to learn the skill.
System Notification: You are about to learn the talent skill “Seaspear Proficiency”. Do you wish to use a Skill Mutation Scroll?
Use it!
A System Notification sounded, and Chen Mo quickly agreed to use it.
What he had taken out from his backpack, besides the “Seaspear Proficiency” Skill Book, was a Skill Mutation Scroll!
When learning a talent skill, you absolutely must use a Skill Mutation Scroll!
Chen Mo had obtained five Skill Mutation Scrolls in total. Among them, he had used one each for the Capture Skill, Trap Mastery, and Plunder. Now, for Seaspear Proficiency, he used the fourth one, leaving one left in the warehouse.
Chen Mo felt that the number of Skill Mutation Scrolls was still too few, far from enough. Otherwise, when learning the Vortex Trap, he would have used a Skill Mutation Scroll to make the Vortex Trap mutate.
If that had happened, the Vortex Trap would definitely have been incredibly overpowered!
System Notification: You have learned the talent skill “Seaspear Proficiency (Mutated)”!
Seaspear Proficiency (Mutated): Off-hand weapon slot is unlocked, allowing you to equip Sea Spear-type weapons. After throwing a Sea Spear weapon, it will automatically return. Sea Spear-type skill damage is increased by 15%, skill Cooldown Time is reduced by 15%, Sea Spear retrieval speed is increased by 10%, and there is a 3% chance for the Sea Spear to return instantly. Players who master this talent skill will have their Attack Power reduced by 25% and Defense reduced by 25% when facing Sea Clan NPCs or during Quests targeting the Sea Clan.
After using the Skill Mutation Scroll, indeed, the Attributes of Seaspear Proficiency were fully improved. But when Chen Mo looked carefully at the Attributes, compared to the non-mutated Seaspear Proficiency’s Attributes, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not only was the Sea Spear’s retrieval speed increased by 10%, there was also a 3% chance for the Sea Spear to return instantly!
This was the most powerful aspect of a mutated skill!
For a Sea Spear user, he did not lack damage. What he lacked most was having the Sea Spear in his hand take too long to return. A 10% increase in retrieval speed was more important than a 10% increase in Sea Spear Attack Power.
Moreover, the mutated Seaspear Proficiency also had a 3% chance for instant retrieval.
The chance was small, but it would happen from time to time. If it triggered at a critical moment, the Sea Spear skill would become incredibly overpowered.
System Notification: You have learned the skill “Powerful Throw”!
Next, Chen Mo learned the Powerful Throw skill and went to Vena, spending two thousand Points to upgrade the Powerful Throw skill to Intermediate level.
Powerful Throw (Intermediate): Charge and throw a Sea Spear to attack an enemy, dealing 200% Damage to the enemy. Skill Cooldown Time is 180 seconds.
The skill seemed average, but when Chen Mo equipped the Sea Stone Bone Spear, the Attributes were completely different!
The Sea Stone Bone Spear had a base Physical Attack Power of 170 – 220. Chen Mo’s total Strength was now 312 points. Plugging into the formula, Chen Mo’s current Attack Power reached a terrifying 589 – 1153!
Of course, this was only the Attack Power when using the Sea Spear. For Hunters, the Sea Spear was a special weapon. Trap Damage was not calculated based on the Sea Spear weapon’s Attack Power. They could only equip a Hand Crossbow or gloves in the off-hand weapon slot; otherwise, Trap Damage would be zero.
With such overpowered Damage, plus the Damage bonuses from Sea Spear skills and Seaspear Proficiency, Chen Mo could not wait to see just how powerful the Sea Spear skills really were.
He still had over eight thousand Points left, so Chen Mo exchanged them for a pair of Level 20 Purple shoes.
Before Purple Equipment was exchanged, its type was unknown. What equipment you would get was entirely up to luck.
System Notification: You have obtained the equipment “Feather Soaring Shoes”!
Feather Soaring Shoes
Description: Shoes woven from bird feathers, very lightweight.
Equipment Quality: Purple
Requirement: Level 20 or above
Attributes:
Physical Defense +50
Magic Defense +60
Movement Speed Cap +5
Jump Height +1
Special Effect: When falling from a high place, the player can activate the “Soaring” effect, greatly reducing the user’s falling speed for 30 seconds. The effect’s reuse Cooldown Time is 30 minutes.
A pair of Purple shoes that seemed quite useful, but also seemed not very useful, appeared in Chen Mo’s backpack. The Feather Soaring Shoes could slow the falling speed when dropping from high places. From that aspect, these shoes were quite good. However, as far as Chen Mo knew, there were very few places in the Game where these shoes would be useful.
Among the Three Major Cities, Eastern Sea City and Stormwind City were completely useless for this. Outside Eastern Sea City were vast beaches; outside Stormwind City was even more extreme, all desert and wasteland. The only place where they might be useful seemed to be Shadow City.
The giant trees outside Shadow City were extremely tall. If someone had the interest to jump down from them, the Feather Soaring Shoes would be somewhat useful.
But regardless, the Feather Soaring Shoes added 5 to the Movement Speed Cap and one meter to jump height. Chen Mo felt they were already quite good. His main reason for wanting Purple shoes was to increase his Movement Speed a bit.
“I’m going offline to rest,” Xue Ye Hua said after exchanging her reward, stretching lazily.
A while earlier, before they went killing monsters, she knew Chen Mo would return to the Land of Exile to do his Quest. Knowing that the Quest reward included a Dark Gold Weapon, Xue Ye Hua felt a bit envious, but she also knew it was not something just anyone could get; not everyone could receive this Quest.
Xue Ye Hua went offline, and Chen Mo decided to leave the city to test the power of the Sea Spear.
After changing into the Feather Soaring Shoes, Chen Mo passed through the Crimson Poison Mist and exited the city gate.
“Chen Mo? You can pass through this Crimson Poison Mist?”
In front of the city gate, someone was anxiously pacing near the Crimson Poison Mist. When Chen Mo came out, he happened to run right into her.
As soon as this person saw Chen Mo, she exclaimed in surprise.
“Well, if it isn’t Class Belle Yang.” Chen Mo greeted her. She was none other than Yang Liu, the class president.
“Do you have a way to get into the city? Take me in! I accepted a Quest and need to get back to the City Lord’s Mansion,” Yang Liu said urgently.
“Are you sure you want my help?” Chen Mo looked at Yang Liu’s graceful figure and his expression turned peculiar.
“Yes! I accepted a letter delivery Quest. The NPC told me to deliver it to the City Lord as soon as possible. I’ve already been delayed quite a bit; if I don’t deliver it soon, it will be too late,” Yang Liu quickly nodded.
“Well… it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but the method to send you in might be something you’d resist.”
Chen Mo explained what was required to get her into the City Lord’s Mansion. After hearing it, Yang Liu’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment.
That’s the only way to get into the city? It’s just too embarrassing!
But she knew Chen Mo probably wasn’t lying; she had seen with her own eyes how he had walked out from inside.
“Take me in!” Yang Liu gritted her teeth and said.
“Alright.” Chen Mo nodded. He stood closely behind Yang Liu, pressing against her body, and held her around the waist.
Being held by Chen Mo, Yang Liu’s body immediately stiffened.
Chen Mo didn’t mind and just chuckled.
Yang Liu’s body was not like Xue Ye Hua’s; she was very slender. Moreover, Sesshylow had grown quite a bit by now, so the two of them didn’t really need to be pressed so tightly together. However, Chen Mo clearly had ulterior motives, which was why he was pressing so closely against the beautiful Yang Liu.
“Let’s go.”
“Mmm.”
The two began to move. Yang Liu walked nervously, unsure what this guy might do.
After walking a good distance, Chen Mo had not taken any strange actions, so Yang Liu couldn’t help but feel a bit relieved, and her impression of Chen Mo improved a little.
She had already prepared herself to let Chen Mo take some liberties; after all, in such an ambiguous position, any man would find it hard to resist.
Chen Mo wanted exactly this effect, though he was having a hard time restraining himself.
Soon, the two reached the City Lord’s Mansion. Yang Liu ran into the Great Hall on the first floor. The old NPC who gave the Quest, upon hearing Yang Liu’s words, immediately rushed up to the second floor.
Then, not long after, they saw a figure leap out from a second-floor window, pass through the Crimson Poison Mist, and disappear into the vast night.