Chapter 143: Massive Gains (Part 1)
Chapter 143: Massive Gains (Part 1)
Sesshylow could not wait any longer. She ran anxiously around one of the Treasure Chests, urging Chen Mo to come and open it.
“Coming, coming.” Chen Mo had never seen Sesshylow with such an expression before. He was very curious about what was inside the Treasure Chest. He moved his arms and legs, swimming to the Treasure Chest and quickly opening it.
System Notification: You obtained the item “Mermaid’s Tear”!
From the Treasure Chest, Chen Mo took out a deep blue gem that looked like a crystal, but according to the system notification, this thing was not called a crystal.
But before Chen Mo could check the item’s Attributes, Sesshylow swam up to him, snatched the Mermaid’s Tear, and stuffed it into her small mouth.
System Notification: Your Pet Sesshylow’s abilities greatly improved!
Greatly improved?
Previously, after devouring ten crystals, it only said her abilities improved!
Chen Mo was shocked. He quickly looked at Sesshylow’s Attributes panel.
Sesshylow, Level 23!
Health Points: 120,000!
Physical and Magic Attack Power: 280 – 700!
Her Level actually jumped straight to Level 23?
What exactly was this Mermaid’s Tear? It actually made Sesshylow’s Level instantly increase by 3!
Chen Mo could not help but feel a little regretful. He knew he might have let Sesshylow devour this thing a bit too early. If he had waited a little longer, Sesshylow might have been able to reach an even higher Level. She stopped at Level 23 because it was limited by his own Level.
He was only Level 18. He guessed that Sesshylow’s maximum Level was probably only 5 Levels higher than his. If not for this restriction, if Sesshylow could ignore his Level and keep improving, he would only need to find enough crystals for Sesshylow’s Level to far surpass the current Players’ Levels. That would be too unbalanced. Such a game setting could not possibly exist.
If he had reached Level 20 first and then let Sesshylow devour this Mermaid’s Tear, Sesshylow’s Level might have been able to increase to Level 25.
However, Chen Mo never expected that a single Mermaid’s Tear would have such a powerful effect. It seemed that in the future, if he obtained something that Sesshylow wanted so badly, he needed to carefully consider when to let her devour it. At the very least, he should not repeat today’s mistake.
After quickly glancing at Sesshylow’s Attributes, Chen Mo then discovered that this Mermaid’s Tear gem not only raised Sesshylow’s Level by 3 but also gave Sesshylow an additional skill!
Mermaid Form: In aquatic environments, Sesshylow can transform into a Mermaid Form. In this form, she will possess special Attributes and abilities, but some Attributes and abilities from her normal form will not be available in the Mermaid Form.
She gained a Mermaid Form!
Sesshylow, who possessed the Mimicry ability, could already transform to look like a mermaid as long as she had seen one.
But this Mermaid Form was clearly different from the mermaid form achieved through Mimicry. The mermaid form from Mimicry could not attack or be attacked; otherwise, she would revert to her original form. In contrast, Sesshylow in her Mermaid Form possessed the ability to attack!
Chen Mo really wanted to see what differences there were when Sesshylow turned into her Mermaid Form. However, there were still four unopened Treasure Chests at the moment, so it was not the time to test Sesshylow’s new abilities.
After devouring the Mermaid’s Tear, Sesshylow’s abilities greatly improved, and her body grew a little bigger once again. If this continued, it would not be long before she grew to be not much different from an ordinary adult. Her figure was becoming increasingly alluring.
System Notification: Sesshylow’s Favorability towards you increased by 5 points!
Having obtained the Mermaid’s Tear, Sesshylow was in a very happy mood. She swam close to Chen Mo and rubbed against him. Chen Mo then received the system notification.
Hahaha, not bad, not bad! This time he really hit the jackpot! Regardless of anything else, Sesshylow’s Favorability increased by another 5 points. This way, Sesshylow’s Favorability had reached 35 points. He had taken a big step closer to 50 points!
After having Sesshylow stand guard to the side, Chen Mo swam towards the second Treasure Chest and reached out to open it.
System Notification: You obtained the Skill Book “Trap Manipulation”!
Trap Manipulation?
Chen Mo was startled. He quickly looked at the skill description.
Trap Manipulation: After learning, the user’s understanding of Traps will greatly increase. When setting a Trap, the user can spend a little more time to make the Trap more sturdy and reliable, thereby allowing the Trap’s activation to be manipulated!
Damn! This skill seemed to make Traps function like timed Traps!
Chen Mo could hardly believe his eyes. If Traps could be triggered at a set time, that would be incredibly powerful!
He could not be completely sure yet, but judging from the skill description, even if it wasn’t exactly that, it was probably very close.
Trap Manipulation could only be learned at Level 20. Chen Mo could not immediately find out the skill’s specific properties.
He was now eager to reach Level 20. Upon reaching Level 20, he could learn Trap Manipulation, and also learn the advanced Trap, Vortex Trap. Additionally, he had the Level 20 Skill Book “Stone Skin” and a Level 20 Purple Weapon, the Powerful Stone Crossbow!
Once he reached Level 20, his strength would see a noticeable improvement immediately!
After leaving this Shipwreck, he would focus all his efforts on leveling up!
Having made up his mind, Chen Mo swam towards the third Treasure Chest.
System Notification: You obtained the Innate Skill Book “Seaspear Proficiency”!
Innate Skill Book?
This time, Chen Mo truly wondered if he was seeing things!
He had never heard anyone say that Innate Skills could be obtained from Skill Books!
But he rubbed his eyes and confirmed it was true. It really was the Innate Skill Book “Seaspear Proficiency”!
Chen Mo had heard of Seaspear Proficiency. This skill was an Innate Skill that only Hunter Players who had aligned themselves with the Sea Clan could learn. Hunter Players who learned this Sea Clan innate skill were called “Sea Clan Hunters”!
This Seaspear Proficiency was equivalent to Crossbow Bolt Proficiency for Sea Clan Hunters. However, compared to Crossbow Bolt Proficiency, Seaspear Proficiency was something many Hunters yearned for.
Crossbow Bolt Proficiency offered fast attack speed, allowing for a poison Damage build.
Seaspear Proficiency had some similarities to Crossbow Bolt Proficiency. Sea Clan Hunters with Seaspear Proficiency threw Sea Spears to attack monsters. The attack speed was very slow, but the Damage was very high, comparable to that of a powerful Warrior. If they mastered the corresponding throwing skills, the Damage dealt by the thrown Sea Spears could be even more terrifying than a Warrior’s!
Of course, the biggest weakness was still the attack speed. Although the thrown Sea Spear would automatically return to the Sea Clan Hunter Player’s hand, the retrieval speed was not fast. Before the Sea Spear was retrieved, the Sea Clan Hunter could not throw the Sea Spear weapon again to attack the enemy. Basically, while a Crossbow Bolt Hunter could attack three or four times, a Sea Clan Hunter with Seaspear Proficiency could only attack once.
Even so, Seaspear Proficiency was still highly desired by many Hunter Players. After all, the high Damage that came with the extremely slow attack speed was no joke—you truly got what you paid for.
In the Game, no one did not want to possess enviably high Damage. Although, in reality, the cumulative Damage of a poison Crossbow Bolt Hunter was higher and more stable than that of a Sea Spear Sea Clan Hunter, more than 70% of Hunters surveyed expressed a desire to learn Seaspear Proficiency rather than Crossbow Bolt Proficiency.
Chen Mo had, of course, also thought about learning Seaspear Proficiency. But this Innate Skill could only be learned by Players who had aligned themselves with the Sea Clan. Many Hunter Players really wanted to join the Sea Clan, but they had no way to do so. Chen Mo was somewhat different. Because of that big commission, he needed to stay within the Human Race’s territory. Even if he had the chance to join the Sea Clan, he would most likely give it up. He never imagined that he would be able to learn the Innate Skill Seaspear Proficiency.
But now, he actually obtained a Sea Clan Innate Skill Book, “Seaspear Proficiency,” from the very bottom of a broken ship—something countless Hunter Players longed for!
He still found it a bit hard to believe, but the Skill Book was right there in his backpack. He had to believe it.
Chen Mo began to feel that things were a bit strange. Thinking about it carefully now, this Shipwreck was quite unusual.
An unkillable Sea Clan female NPC, who just teased a group of Players, appeared here. Then she said some strange things and killed all the Players inside the ship with one move.
If not for his special circumstances, he would also be like the other Players—either dead or unable to obtain these Treasure Chests.
But thinking about it this way, it made sense that there were extremely good items in the Treasure Chests here. After all, the items here originally could not be obtained by anyone. It was only because he had an overpowered Pet like Sesshylow that he managed to get them.
Thinking this, Chen Mo stopped dwelling on it and looked at the Seaspear Proficiency Innate Skill to see what this skill, desired by countless Hunter Players, was all about.
“Seaspear Proficiency”: Innate Skill Book, can be learned by Hunter class Players.
— Seaspear Proficiency: Opens an off-hand weapon slot, allowing the equipping of Sea Spear type weapons. After a Sea Spear type weapon is thrown, it automatically returns. Sea Spear type skill Attack Power increases by 10%, skill Cooldown Time decreases by 10%. Players who master this Innate Skill will have their Attack Power and Defense reduced by 30% when facing Sea Clan NPCs or during Quests targeting the Sea Clan.
“As expected, racial Innate Skills all have various drawbacks.”
After looking at the description of Seaspear Proficiency’s properties, Chen Mo was not surprised.
Seaspear Proficiency was a Sea Clan Innate Skill. When facing Sea Clan NPCs, and during various faction-related Quests, Attack and Defense would be greatly reduced. However, when just normally killing monsters, even Sea Clan monsters, there should not be any effect.
Not only was this true for Sea Clan Innate Skills; as far as Chen Mo knew, all racial Innate Skills had similar effects.
While gaining a racial Innate Skill, the Player’s threat level towards that race would be greatly reduced.
There were negative effects, but Chen Mo still planned to learn Seaspear Proficiency. For a Hunter lacking burst Damage, being able to master an Innate Skill that provided powerful burst Damage was definitely worth a few minor drawbacks.
However, after thinking about it, Chen Mo decided not to learn Seaspear Proficiency for the time being.
This was a Shipwreck. He did not know if that Sea Clan female NPC was still around. If she was, and he learned Seaspear Proficiency, he would be at a great disadvantage. No matter what, he should wait until he was out of the Shipwreck.
There were two more Treasure Chests. Chen Mo swam over to them with great anticipation.
The first three Treasure Chests had yielded very rich rewards. The remaining two were also very likely to contain good items!
System Notification: You obtained the weapon “Sea Stone Bone Spear”!
Sea Stone Bone Spear
Description: A Sea Spear made from undersea fossils. It has special bonus Damage against fire-based monsters.
Quality: Purple Weapon
Requirement: Level 20 or above, Hunter with Seaspear Proficiency.
Attributes:
Base Physical Attack Power: 170 – 220
Base Magic Attack Power: 130 – 180
Strength: +45
Agility: +20
Additional Effect 1: When used in a water Attribute environment, Sea Spear retrieval speed increases by 20%.
Additional Effect 2: When attacking fire Attribute enemies, Damage increases by 15%.