My talent is 1.

Chapter 30 Star Set

Zhong Wuyai bought a variety of foods, including crab roe jelly, jellyfish jelly, and oyster sashimi.

Of course, crab roe paste was the most purchased item.

When he flipped to the very bottom, Zhong Wuyai also discovered a special dish.

Sea urchin pastries

Special foods

Consuming this item grants a +1 to all attributes. Limited to one use per person; multiple uses will have no effect.

Barnacle Bread

Special foods

Increases strength by 3 points after consumption, lasting for 30 minutes.

Coral Grill

……

Among several special foods, sea urchin pastry is the only one that is permanent.

Even though I can only eat it once, I can always improve my talent...

However, whether you eat one or 11, it seems that all your attributes will increase by 11, so Zhong Wuyai simply put it after "all attributes +1".

"Crunch~!" Zhong Wuyai took a bite, and it was fragrant, soft, and crispy...

What was that phrase again...? Crunchy, seafood flavor, all attributes, eleven times the power!

Upon arriving in the capital, Zhong Wuyai discovered musical instruments on the blacksmith's item crafting page.

Musical instruments are tools for special professions such as bards; they are expensive to manufacture and require specific materials.

"What the hell... You need epic materials to craft a crappy horn?"

Zhong Wuyai was at a loss for words.

I then sent a message to Zhang Haitao, listing the necessary materials for him.

"Well... the others are fine, but the shark spine is a bit troublesome. Currently, the only auction is held by the Iron Blood Alliance."

"Tell them it's a buyout for five thousand gold coins!"

Although epic materials are expensive, five thousand gold coins is far beyond that.

Zhang Haitao didn't mince words and immediately contacted the Iron Blood Alliance.

In just ten minutes, Zhang Haitao arrived with the shark spine.

"Sure, you received two?"

"Eight thousand gold coins? They're not stupid. Even at an auction, they couldn't get such a high price."

Zhong Wuyai didn't waste any words and went straight to the trade, immediately producing the Naga Horn.

The crafting cost of the two Naga Horns alone was three thousand gold coins. Zhong Wuyai really went all out. Two epic items, and there's no clear way to use them yet. All we know is that they can improve the relationship with the sea creature NPCs. With that much money and materials, you could make an epic piece of equipment.

Teleport back to the mountain city. As usual, first complete the Thousand Peaks Stronghold instance.

Hell difficulty was still played solo, while Hard difficulty was a new record for all the teams led by Sikong Shen, Shen Mengli, and Lin Xihang.

If it weren't for the large mines and resource points in the capital, Zhong Wuyai would have already moved the guild members to the mountain city. Putting aside everything else, the income from running a dungeon once a day would be quite substantial.

The number of players in the mountain city has always been the highest in the entire Azure Dragon Empire, already more than twice that of the royal capital.

Once the talent cooldown was over, Zhong Wuyai opened a low-level experience scroll...

With a 510% experience bonus, Zhong Wuyai's experience points skyrocketed.

With no one holding him back, Zhong Wuyai swept through everything in his path, not even bothering to look at the gold materials and crystals.

Especially after defeating the second-in-command, the elite bandits gained tens of thousands of experience points, and the experience points from killing monsters above their level reached 183600.

Before even reaching the council hall, Zhong Wuyai had already leveled up to level 29.

Inside the council chamber, after defeating the elite bandits, the experience points given by the two bosses made Zhong Wuyai exclaim "Holy crap!"

[Ding! You have defeated the Gold BOSS, Thousand Peaks Stronghold Strategist, and gained 2295000 experience points. You also gained an additional 10327500 experience points for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

Previously, experience was shared among several people, so it didn't seem like a big deal, but now... with over ten million experience points, Zhong Wuyai leveled up directly to level 30, and his experience bar reached over 80%.

Three fireballs followed immediately, taking down the leader.

[Ding! Defeat the epic boss, the leader of Thousand Peaks Stronghold, and gain 3060000 experience points. An additional 12240000 experience points will be gained for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

Another ten million or so. If I hadn't leveled up, the boss would have contributed over seventeen million experience points.

Unsurprisingly, it leveled up again, this time by two levels.

Moreover, starting from level 30, each level grants 20 free attribute points, causing Zhong Wuyai's free attribute points to skyrocket to 209.

The only problem is that I still have the same number of skill points as before. Skill points are just too hard to obtain.

And, fortunately, another guild token was discovered.

Zhong Wuyai picked up a few materials and a scroll from the ground and exited the instance.

The completion time on Hell difficulty has been refreshed again, at 3 minutes and 26 seconds.

If it weren't for spending most of the time traveling, Zhong Wuyai could have compressed the time to clear the level to less than 1 minute.

After leaving the instance, Zhong Wuyai headed west.

They didn't even bother fighting the strange Zhong Wuyai on Thousand Peaks Mountain. The journey was quite long. They came down from the Zhijie Plateau, followed the edge of the mountain range into the Zhijie Plain, and then headed towards the desolate valley.

At the junction of the Ara Valley and the Kazehara Rift Valley, you can directly reach Lake Nichiyo.

North of Sunrise Lake lies the Tranquil Forest, and to the west of the Tranquil Forest lies the Goling Beach.

This journey took several hours.

"Damn it, isn't there even a teleportation array? Running back and forth like this would be exhausting!"

The experience scroll had long since expired, and Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to fight any monsters along the way. Occasionally, he would just take out any monsters blocking his way with a single fireball.

After all, using the experience scroll will significantly increase your typing speed.

For example, killing a level 60 monster now gives 15000 experience points, with an extra 120000 experience points.

However, if you use the low-level experience scroll, you will get 76500 experience points, and the extra experience will skyrocket to 612000 points.

Upgrading requires seven million experience points, but I can upgrade quickly.

The priority now is to complete the quest and get the last piece of equipment after the talent cooldown.

If anything happens in the capital, I'll have to go there immediately.

The area around Sunny Lake is filled with level 40 and 50 monsters, except for the area in the center of the lake which is a level 70 monster zone.

At the border between Sunny Lake and the Tranquil Forest, Zhong Wuyai also saw the shadow of an elf.

Even though it's a question mark, you can still fight it, but once you start, you'll miss out on the hidden quests here and it'll just be a monster-farming area from now on.

After finally arriving at Goling Beach, the scenery before him made Zhong Wuyai feel refreshed and happy.

Unlike the southern part of Qianfeng Mountain, this place is more like a resort, if it weren't for these crabs and turtles...

Zhong Wuyai could easily eliminate level 20 and 30 sea turtles with a single chain lightning attack, killing a large number of them in one go.

Of course, the experience gained is pitifully low, and there are no drops, with only a meager ten or so copper coins occasionally falling... The level difference is too great, so the drop rate is negligible.

The Watcher's location was obvious; glowing conch shells were scattered on the yellow sand, and broken seashells covered the shallows like stars. The Watcher stood on the seashells, its tail supporting its body...

Apart from this area, you can't see a single conch shell anywhere else.

The Watcher's upper body is completely human-like, with all the right curves and a perfect figure; its breasts are neither too big nor too small, and there are no pants under its clothes, just a tail...

I feel like the Songling race is the same as the snake demon I saw in my previous life who was half-transformed.

However, it's more like a combination of a snake and an elf.

Zhong Wuyai approached and began to communicate with the Watcher.

"Human mage, this is the territory of the Songling race. Please leave!"

The voice was calm, without malice, but not friendly either...

"I've seen a sea creature that looks a lot like you. I wonder if it's one of your Songling tribe."

Carrie Gloria immediately changed her attitude after hearing this...

"Human warrior, can you tell me where you saw her?"

[Ding! The affection level of the Songling Watcher Carrie Greya towards you has increased by 10.]

"It's far from here, and I can't really say exactly where it is. Maybe I'll go there again sometime in the future."

Unable to complete the quest directly and having to argue with the NPCs, Zhong Wuyai was really having a tough time.

……

After a series of insincere arguments, Zhong Wuyai received a notification...

[Ding, accept the mission? Carrie Gloria's request.]

"yes!"

[Mission: Carrie Gloria's Entrustment]

[Mission Description: On the night of Carrie Gloria's 100th birthday, her sister Delis Gloria, wearing a flower crown woven by Carrie Gloria herself, disappeared in the whirlpool of Golling Beach. Help the Watcher Carrie Gloria find out where Delis Gloria is.]

[Hint: You have completed the task!]

Zhong Wuyai smiled and opened the panel:

Beginner Village Chief's Favorability: 20

Galligrea, the Watcher of the Songling Clan: Affinity: 10

Next comes feeding.

"I'm a little hungry, would you like something to eat?"

Zhong Wuyai took out the crab roe paste, ate a bite himself, and then handed over another portion.

[Gift: 1 Crab Roe Paste for the Watcher]

[Confirm][Cancel]

Zhong Wuyai clicked "OK".

The Watcher naturally accepted the crab roe paste...

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Wuyai took out a lot of seafood and gave it away five times, after which he received a notification...

[Ding! The Watcher's favorability towards you has increased by 20.]

Zhong Wuyai continued to give gifts, and by the tenth time, all the crab roe paste had been given away.

[Ding! The Watcher's favorability towards you has increased by 30.]

That's great, 60 points now.

"Thank you for the food, friend!"

Not bad, not bad, so we're friends now.

Okay, we can move on to the next step.

"Oh right, I remember now, I found this in that same spot!"

Zhong Wuyai took out the Naga Horn, along with two fishbone flutes and a conch shell.

"Can I take a look?"

[Ding! The Watcher's favorability towards you has increased by 20.]

Zhong Wuyai handed over everything.

The watcher's tears streamed down his face...

[Ding! The Watcher's favorability towards you has increased by 20.]

[Hint: The Watcher's affection level with you has reached 100, and your current relationship has been upgraded to Best Friends!]

Holy crap? ...The effect is actually pretty good!

Zhong Wuyai was overjoyed... and immediately sent a message to Shen Mengli...

"My favorability rating is 100, what's the next step?"

"So fast?...How did you do that?"

"Never mind all that, can we turn in the quest now?"

"If you turn in the task now, you might fail, and your favorability could even turn negative. This mechanism is very user-friendly. Leave first, and turn in the task in half an hour. The rewards for both tasks are inside, and the surprise is there."

"Then I'll go practice my level."

"Wait, you're already level 32! How did you level up so fast? Can you help me out?"

"We'll talk about it later, you're not busy right now."

"We just recruited seven people, one with S-level talent and another with a hidden profession. You're not allowed to steal them!"

Ha... Why bother robbing them? We'll just take you in too...

Zhong Wuyai left the Watchers' territory to give himself a break, sitting quietly on the beach and enjoying the scenery.

If it weren't for the fact that the crabs and turtles on the beach were only level 20 or 30, Zhong Wuyai would have really wanted to build his base here.

After his talent cooldown ended, Zhong Wuyai upgraded his last piece of equipment to 10 stars.

[Demon Heart Bracelet +10]

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 33/33

Grade: Silver

Wearing level: 25

Magic Attack +1410

Magic Attack +9014

Magic critical strike damage +100%

Intelligence +171

Spirit +161

Magic Hit +38

The entry 【Heart of Magic】: Reduces mana cost by 10%, increases casting speed by 10%, and restores 1% of the caster's mana upon each kill.

Increases hit rate, increases healing, and increases casting speed.

Zhong Wuyai's casting speed has now increased.

Reluctantly, she removed the Flame Heart Bracelet and put on her new equipment.

[Ding! Ten-star set activated. Please select skill to upgrade.]

Zhong Wuyai looked at it and realized that all skills could be upgraded, even the power of destruction and annihilation.

However, Zhong Wuyai can only choose two skills to upgrade.

After observing the effects, Zhong Wuyai focused the biochemical effects on the power of destruction.

Even if Annihilation increases the released life by 100%, it's only 1000 points, which is not very useful.

Enhanced Set Bonus: True Damage +9500

Skill 2 Ascension: [Chain Lightning Launch Distance +2] [Chain Lightning Cast Distance +10] [Chain Lightning Launch Speed +50%]

Skill Enhancement: [Ruin Power grants an additional 1% bonus to armor penetration and magic penetration based on Spirit Power][Ruin Power's normal attacks deal an additional 5% bonus to magic attack damage][Ruin Power ignores physical damage reduction and increases magic damage reduction by 2%]

Talent Skill Enhancement: None

The ten-star set can enhance one normal skill, one class skill, and one talent skill, but currently there is no talent skill, so it remains empty.

The damage of Fireball is already off the charts, so whether or not it's ascended doesn't matter.

The fact that the skill enhancement effects have increased from two to three is quite impressive.

The increased speed of Chain Lightning's projectiles means an increased damage frequency. Should I consider how to increase the damage of Chain Lightning in the future?

A 55% magic attack bonus is really not enough.

【Zhong Wuyai】

Talent: 1

Class: Destruction Mage

Reputation: 87400

Rating: 32

Experience: 3122500/7000000

Health: 184850/184850

Mana: 155850/155850

Physical attack: 46

Magic Attack: 66331

Spell critical strike chance: 45%

Spell critical strike damage: +480%

Magic Hits: 98

Physical evasion: 76

Magic Evasion: 76

Physical defense: 1136

Magic Defense: 914

Power: 69

Agility: 267

Physical condition: 226

Intelligence: 1149

Spirit: 804

Magic Vampirism +23%

Lightning Attack +760

Soul Resistance +760

Physical damage reduction +22%

Magic damage reduction +22%

True damage saving throw +10%

Control reduction +20%

Movement speed: 18

Health restored per second: 23

Mana restored per second: 43

Free attribute points: 209

Skill points: 19

Enhance set bonuses...

Star-level skill enhancement...

After the Flame Heart Bracelet was removed, it greatly affected Zhong Wuyai's magic attack, directly reducing his magic attack by nearly 20,000.

However, the ten-star skill upgrade also greatly improves the skills, and the three amplification effects of the Power of Destruction provide an even greater boost to oneself.

Moreover, these are all transitional. Once you reach level 50, you can refine your equipment and get a +51 or +61 enhanced item, or even a +110 enhanced item. All your attributes will reach a new level.

Alternatively, you can use a reinforcement scroll to reach +8, then get a +11 advanced reinforcement scroll to directly reach 8 stars, and spend money to get materials to reach 10 stars. With further improvements to the talent, whether it's the stats or attributes, it will become even more overpowered.

Perhaps this could be done with the next cooldown item.

"Boss, the guild experience is full, and we have enough resources. We can level up now!"

Xiang Yang's message surprised Zhong Wuyai. So fast?

"Where do you get so many guild resources?"

How did those few deputy positions manage to acquire so many resources?

"Boss, you don't know, there are merchants from all over the world at the US mines. When we were raiding, the mines were overflowing with loot. We couldn't collect it all, we simply couldn't collect it all! We donated anything we could to the guild as soon as we found it, and our inventory is still full!"

"Did you get it?"

"Of course we took it! Everyone's cursing in the world chat, didn't you see?"

Zhong Wuyai opened the world chat channel and unblocked it; the channel immediately started flooded with messages…

"It's one thing for Zhong Wuyai to be a pervert, but are all the people in Xianyang Palace this perverted?"

"Can anyone tell me how archers can deal over 10,000 damage? I'm a hidden class with over 10,000 HP, and someone just one-shotted me with a triple shot!"

Ordinary members of Xianyang Palace only have 3 points of the Five Elements attribute, but elites have 5 points and elders have 6 points. This is probably because we've encountered that elite member archer in the guild.

"The Chinese are shameless! They attacked us during our trade and brazenly stole all our resources!"

"You from the Sakura Kingdom, if you're not satisfied, let's keep fighting! When I first entered the main city, I was in Sea Breeze City. How did you bully the Dragon Kingdom players then? What are you yelling about now!"

"Our nation's top combat force is about to reach level 20. We will be back! You shamelessly seized our mines, and we will settle this score with you sooner or later!"

"Come on, you scruffy bird, come here!"

"What are the Dragon Kingdom people trying to do? The Dingguo Army Guild is attacking our herb spawn point and targeting a group of sub-class members. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"Damn it, how did people from Xianyang Palace end up here? They're even trying to steal a level 30 gold boss from us!"

"Protest! Dragon Kingdom players have occupied the capital; are they trying to incite the wrath of all human players?"

"This idiot is hilarious. You think you can represent all of humanity? ...The Azure Dragon Empire has over forty main cities and thousands of villages and towns. What, can't it contain you?"

"The Dragon Kingdom players in the Azure Dragon Empire are just relying on their numbers; the millions of Dragon Kingdom players in the Demon Dragon Empire are treated like grandsons!"

"We urge players of the Azure Dragon Empire to cease your evil deeds, or the allied nations of the Flame Dragon Empire will massacre all players of the Azure Dragon Empire!"

"Stop pretending, who do you think you are? Seventeen guilds alliance, prepare for war, let's wipe out the Korean guilds first!"...

Zhong Wuyai was somewhat surprised to see this. This Xiahou Shen was quite domineering, directly declaring war on all the Korean guilds in the Yanlong Empire.

"Let me ask you something. How much do you know about Xiahou Shen?"

"Why are you asking him?" Shen Mengli asked upon seeing the message.

"Didn't you watch the world channel?"

"I've seen so many! They're scrolling faster than I can turn the pages!"

"Tell me about this person!"

"The Guild Master of the Prodigy Guild, an SSS-level talent who turned the tide, and the future founder of the Heavenly Empire!"

"What were the effects of turning the tide?"

Shen Mengli tidied it up and sent it to Zhong Wuyai.

Talent: Turning the Tide (SSS)

Talent Effect 1: For every 1% decrease in health, increase physical and magical attack by 5%.

Talent Effect 2: For every 1% decrease in health, all damage is increased by 2%.

天赋效果3：生命值低于50%，每降低1%生命值，增加1%物理免伤和1%魔法免伤。

Talent Effect 4: When attacked fatally, enter an invincible state with a fixed health of 1 point, immune to control effects, and immune to all true damage for 5 seconds. After the state ends, 50% of all damage received during the invincibility period is converted into health. Cooldown: 1 hour.

Talent Effect 5: Each time a target is killed, restores 5% of your own health and reduces the cooldown of all skills by 5%.

Seeing such talent, Zhong Wuyai had to admit, "No wonder it's an SSS-level talent."

It seems that the Star Dragon Empire and the Demon Dragon Empire will not be peaceful either.

Zhong Wuyai opened the guild channel...

"What's the situation now?"

"Reporting to the Guild Master, the level 30 epic boss spawn point in the north has been captured, and we are now heading to the next herb spawn point!"

"The Ironblood Alliance is clashing with Yage, and the World Alliance is on its way to provide support. Currently, Xianyang Palace has suffered no casualties, and other guilds have also suffered minimal losses!"

"Call me if you run into a tough opponent!"

"Boss, the only tough ones are the two guilds from the US. We wiped them out twice, and they've already left the capital."

"The Korean guild has colluded with the White Elephant guild. We're temporarily abandoning the herb shop and heading to the west of the city to support the Zhang Group. Hurry!"

Zhang Haitao's people were involved too? Does he have that kind of ability?

Zhong Wuyai hadn't expected this.

However, if I go back to the city now, it will take a long time to get back. I should finish the quest first, and then go check it out...

"Where's Chen Wenyu? Go help out at the Zhang Group!"

"Boss, Chen Wenyu went to the Iron Blood Alliance. Yage has united with several small countries. Although they don't have a guild, they have quite a few people!"

"Forget it, just try not to die. I'll be back after I finish the mission!"

After Zhong Wuyai finished speaking, he immediately sent a message to Shen Mengli...

"The capital was in such a state of chaos, didn't you go?"

"I'm on my way. To be honest, if Youchu hadn't called me, I really wouldn't have wanted to go. There are so many disgusting people in these guilds!"

"Let's forget about that now and focus on fighting this enemy!"

"Where are you? Haven't you finished your mission yet?"

"Ready to hand in the mission!"

"Hurry up, turn in the quest and head back to town. You can put the rest on hold. Besides, you still need to come to the capital to buy things!"

Huh? What are you buying? ...This woman, why didn't she say so earlier!

This time, Zhong Wuyai didn't waste any time and, in a hurry, directly placed the crystal coffin in front of the Watcher...

[Ding! Quest complete. You have gained 1000 reputation points and 50000 experience points.]

[Ding! Quest complete. Your friendship with Watcher Carrie Greya has improved, intimacy +10]