One skill point per second, I turn fireballs into forbidden spells.

Chapter 107 Specializing in the Ninth Tier, the Abyss Descent Begins!
Lin Yi was not surprised that his talent had unlocked a new function once again.

Skill mastery points can now also be obtained through AFK (away from keyboard) gameplay.

At the same time, specialization points can also be purchased with real money.

And the first purchase only costs 1 Xia coins!

Cool!
Sure enough, I won't need to allocate dungeon runs to farm skill points and specialization points anymore.

You can get it by idling or by spending real money.

I just don't know how many specialization points and breakthrough crystals it would take to master a skill to level 9?

With that in mind, Lin Yi opened the skill interface.

He chose the skill he most wanted to specialize in at the moment.

[Lightning Element Tier 6 - Thunderclap Flash]!
This skill is an extremely useful movement skill. If the cooldown time could be shortened, it would undoubtedly be very useful for both traveling and dodging certain attacks.

[To upgrade Thunder Strike's specialization level to Tier 1, you will need: 100 Specialization Points and 0 Breakthrough Crystals. Do you want to specialize now?]

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow.

It only takes 100 specialization points to advance from specialization level 0 to level 1.

Lin Yi spent 1 Xia coins.

I directly purchased a batch of specialization points.

[By spending 1 Xia Coins, you have gained 97632 Specialization Points!]

Subsequently, Lin Yi chose to specialize in Thunder Flash.

[Your Thunder Flash Mastery level has increased by 100 Skill Mastery Points!]

The following are the skill changes:

[Increased base skill damage and increased skill speed damage bonus!]

[Cost: 15000 Mana → 14000 Mana]

[Cooldown time: 10 minutes → 8 minutes]

Maximum flashing distance: 100 meters → 150 meters

[Dodge effect duration: 0.3 seconds → 0.4 seconds]

Lin Yi's eyes widened.

What a huge improvement!

It seems I was really blinded by my own limited perspective before, thinking that the only way to improve my skills was through advancement.

It now appears that, in some cases, improving one's skills by specializing in a particular skill is no less effective than upgrading a skill.

Lin Yi continued to add points.

He gradually discovered a pattern.

That is, the specialization points consumed by skill specialization are not as terrifying as the skill points consumed by skill advancement.

Let's take the example of going from six to seven.

Upgrading requires a full 10 skill points.

Upgrading from Specialization Level 6 to Specialization Level 7 only requires 50,000 Specialization Points.

It's half the skill point cost.

However, correspondingly, after mastering level three, the upgrade from level three to level four requires consuming breakthrough magic crystals.

Fortunately, the breakthrough magic crystals consumed were still within an acceptable range.

4~6阶消耗的突破魔晶分别是1、3、5枚。

The number of breakthrough magic crystals required to upgrade from rank 6 to rank 7 has obviously increased to 10.

Lin Yi's previous stockpile, plus the breakthrough magic crystals he received from the daily supply distribution over the past two days, has now been exhausted.

After a moment's thought, Lin Yi first completed the "Apocalypse Siege" instance.

He then went to the Shenxiao Treasury Distribution Center.

I used 1000 of the credits I earned yesterday to exchange for 50 Breakthrough Magic Crystals.

Then I spent over 100,000 Xia coins to buy ten days of specialization points.

Lin Yi opened the skill interface and continued to allocate skill points.

[Consuming 10 skill mastery points and 5 breakthrough magic crystals, your Thunder Flash mastery level has been increased to LV.7!]

[Consuming 25 skill mastery points and 25 breakthrough magic crystals, your Thunder Flash mastery level has been increased to LV.8!]

Lin Yi got stuck here again.

It's not that we lack expertise.

But breaking through to the Magic Crystal level isn't enough!

To reach the ninth level of specialization, you need 100 breakthrough magic crystals!

Lin Yi was somewhat taken aback.

No wonder this thing has become a hard currency similar to skill point scrolls, and is firmly controlled by the state.

Because the consumption of this thing might be far greater than he imagined, Lin Yi gritted his teeth.

100 breakthrough magic crystals, which is equivalent to 2000 credits.

Changed!

Anyway, you can earn credits later.

He's determined to master this skill to level nine today.

[Consuming 50 skill mastery points and 100 breakthrough magic crystals, your Thunder Flash mastery level has been increased to LV.9 (MAX)!]

Lin Yi opened his skill interface and checked his Thunder Flash skill after reaching level 9.

[Thunderbolt Flash]

[Type: Active Skills]

[Level: Level 6]

Specialization Level: LV.9 (MAX)

[Class: Lightning]

[Cost: 1000 Mana]

[Chanting Time: None]

[Cooling time: 10 seconds]

[Effect: Transform into lightning, granting yourself immense acceleration and a spatial blink. Shortly after landing, your next basic attack gains increased power.]

Maximum flashing distance: 3000 meters

[Flickering speed: Depending on the environment, the maximum speed can be increased to the speed of light.]

[Gain 1.5 seconds of 100% evasion during the blink start and after blink landing.]

[Note: Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?]

Lin Yi's eyes lit up.

Holy crap, is this the same skill as the previous Thunder Flash?
All the pain points have been solved!

Previously, it consumed a lot of resources, had a long cooldown, and a short range.

Specialization enhancement is entirely about optimizing these three aspects.

Now, a teleport can occur every 10 seconds, at any point within a three-kilometer radius, at near the speed of light.

Lin Yi couldn't even imagine how useful this skill was.

For some short-legged melee classes, it would probably make them drool with envy.

……

three days later.

Early morning hours.

The Sanctuary, Level 1 (basement).

Before a massive stone gate made of an unknown material, Lin Yi and the other 99 participants in the Abyss Level 0 dungeon stood ready.

Over the past three days, Lin Yi has saved up all his dungeon attempts.

There's no need to farm the skill specialization dungeon anymore. Just save those attempts and research them after you clear the Abyss Level 0, unlock the level, and are able to level up and change jobs.

Lin Yi was mainly studying the entire Heart of the Swarm dungeon strategy.

After all, it is one of the most difficult dungeons on the entire Blue Star, the Abyss Level 0, so he has to take it seriously.

crunch--

The stone door, carved with countless strange patterns and symbols, suddenly opened a crack!
next moment!
A chill that seemed capable of freezing one's soul blew out from behind the door.

This sent a chill down the spines of all the Shenxiao students present.

Aura of the abyss...

Moreover, it possessed an incredibly dense abyssal aura!

This abyssal aura was far more chilling and frigid than anything Lin Yi had encountered in any of the surface dungeons before!
"Attention all!"

"The Abyss Dungeon is about to open!"

"The window to enter the instance is only 1 minute!"

"You must be quick!"

Several high-ranking instructors from the five academies, with serious expressions, gave instructions to Lin Yi and the others.

"And remember this!"

"Once you enter this instance, if you're lucky enough to meet up, try to team up and conquer it together!"

"You all come from Shenxiao. I don't care if you have any grudges against each other in the past because of competing for rankings, but in the dungeon, please unite as one!"

"You are about to face the entire swarm of insects!"

(End of this chapter)