My talent is 1.

The Skull Sea, as the name suggests, is an ocean formed entirely of bones...

The endless skeletons are enough to send chills down your spine.

Crunch, crunch, crunch...

[Mission: Find the Codex of Destruction]

Phase 5: Proceed to the Skull Sea and Master the Power of Destruction (0/10)

[Hint: The skills of the Annihilation Mage contain the power of laws.]

Zhong Wuyai didn't understand what was going on with this mission. Even after killing all the insects in the Tomb, nothing changed. The only thing that came up was a prompt to come to the Skull Sea.

Frost Spear~...

[Ding! Killed Skeleton Archer, gained 0 experience points]...

Just two seconds later, the fallen skeleton archer stood up again...

Zhong Wuyai was startled. It refreshed so quickly?

A blast of flames!

After pushing all the skeletons away, most of them were left with low health, and those with low health were killed on the spot.

Soon, Zhong Wuyai discovered that the skeletons killed by the raging flames had stood up again!

"What the hell is going on here?"

Zhong Wuyai continuously unleashed a rain of fire to protect himself from harm, but no matter how he attacked, these skeletons seemed endless...

"How am I supposed to complete this damn task?"

You can't kill them all, you simply can't kill them all. They respawn in two seconds. There are countless skeletons on the sea, thousands of skeletons. Although it's easier to kill them when they're all huddled together, I'll eventually run out of energy if this continues...

Zhong Wuyai began to ponder the contents of the mission prompt...

Mastering the power of destruction and annihilation... The skills of the Annihilation Mage contain the power of laws...

The law? ... Zhong Wuyai was about to take out the Azure Dragon Seal... but he held back.

Under normal circumstances, there is only one Azure Dragon Seal, and this kind of task could never be completed using the Azure Dragon Seal.

So it comes down to skills.

Annihilation is a passive skill; the other one... is Annihilation...

Zhong Wuyai stopped using fire rain and started using chain lightning... As the lightning bounced, Zhong Wuyai stared intently at each skeleton.

Until they found a skeleton that hadn't died after being hit three times in a row, they unleashed an Annihilation spell...

The skeleton exploded instantly, turning into dry bones, and two seconds later, it didn't stand up again.

That's right, the power of destruction is the power of destruction. If it weren't for my various cheat-like modifications, only the power of destruction could deal damage to the monsters in the Insect Tomb.

Annihilation, annihilation is the power of destruction.

The monsters in the Skeleton Sea can only be killed with Annihilation.

Thankfully, ten repetitions were enough, otherwise, we would have been exhausted here in the sea of ​​skeletons.

There's another place in the Skull Sea: those giant skeletons. Once you awaken them, the other skeletons won't revive after you kill them. Finally, just use Annihilation to kill the giant skeleton monster.

But Zhong Wuyai never plays by the rules and is used to brute force. Suddenly having to use his brain is a bit of a shock.

Chain lightning! Chain lightning! ...Annihilation!

Several chain lightning strikes are very efficient; although some will be killed instantly, most will be left with very low health.

With a little calculation, a normal attack or an extra bounce can keep the enemy under 500 HP and prevent them from dying.

At this moment, Wuyai wanted to turn off the Five Elements attribute...

Many enemies with a thousand or two thousand HP weren't enough to unleash Annihilation, but they would die after just one hit, leaving Zhong Wuyai feeling helpless.

The only option is to cast more Chain Lightning and look for skeletons that can be killed with Obliterate...

[Ding! Congratulations on mastering the power of destruction and annihilation!]

[Ding! Congratulations on your job advancement to Ruin Archmage!]

Having finally completed his second job advancement, Zhong Wuyai really didn't want to stay here any longer; these skeletons were disgusting to look at.

【Zhong Wuyai】

Talent: 1

Class: Ruin Archmage

Reputation: 131700

Rating: 54

Experience: 231262500/800000000

Health: 263250/263250

Mana: 311350/311350

Physical attack: 125

Magic Attack: 70590

Spell critical strike chance: 45%

Spell critical strike damage: +480%

Magic Hits: 98

Physical evasion: 76

Magic Evasion: 76

Physical defense: 1185

Magic Defense: 1068

Power: 125

Agility: 297

Physical condition: 282

Intelligence: 1643

Spirit: 1342

Magic Vampirism +23%

Lightning Attack +760

Soul Resistance +760

Physical damage reduction +22%

Magic damage reduction +22%

True damage saving throw +19%

Control reduction +29%

Movement speed: 18

Health restored per second: 23

Mana restored per second: 45

Free attribute points: 1269

Skill points: 82

……

With the remaining experience, he soared to level 54, firmly securing the top spot on the level leaderboard.

The improvement in strength after the second job advancement is like heaven and earth. The growth rate has increased significantly, and the conversion attributes are also much higher.

现在1点体质100点生命值，1点精神100点魔法值，1点智力1.5魔法攻击……

Agility remains unchanged; only the defense magic defense has changed from converting 5 points to 1 point to converting 3 points to 1 point.

There are also free attribute points; starting from level 50, you get 100 free attribute points per level.

The second job advancement also gave me 50 skill points, which is the most important thing, as my skills are still at level 1.

As for the 100 points given at level 99, I doubt I'll live to see them; it's too difficult.

On the ranking list, he was first, Shen Mengli was second, but Zhong Wuyai found it unbelievable that Gong Yu was third.

Level 42, this kid's leveling speed is not slow. If he didn't have a cheat code, he would definitely be number one.

I'm level 50 now, time to work on my skills...

After the second job change, you can learn one job skill and one talent skill.

Zhong Wuyai was a little uneasy. What skills could his talent possibly grant him?

Upon arriving at the Mage Tower, Zhong Wuyai walked to the crystal ball in the center and placed his hand on it...

[Ding! Awaken your talent skill?]

"Yes!"

[Ding, talent awakening in progress...]

A nine-colored ray of light enveloped Zhong Wuyai, and then...

[Ding, database matching failed, this talent is not found... Ding, accessing permission data... Ding... Unknown data generated... Ding...]

Damn it, if even a talent skill is like this, what's going on with my own talent? Is this really some kind of fantasy world?

[Ding! Congratulations on acquiring Talent Skill 1]

What does "Wonima~" mean?

Zhong Wuyai opened the panel...

Talent Skill [1]: Can be used 1 times per hour, effect unknown...

What the hell is this? It doesn't even have a level.

Zhong Wuyai tapped on his skills, only to find his talent skill bar empty and a 1 appearing in his hand...

Damn it, they put the talent into the skills?

Moreover, he even removed this skill from his own account.

This is probably due to my own talent...

No, the 1 in the talent bar is still there, doesn't that mean...?

Zhong Wuyai placed the number 1 in his hand onto his talent...

[Ding, use failed, unable to apply to the talent]

Then the talent skill reappeared, and the same 1 was still lying quietly inside.

Holy crap... what the hell is this?!

Zhong Wuyai then removed the number 1 from his skill bar and used it on his equipment...

[Ding, skill use failed. Equipment that has already been used cannot be used again.]

So all that effort was for nothing...

Zhong Wuyai was still unwilling to give up. He put the number 1 on the skill bar for once per hour, but when he removed the number 1, the skill bar was empty, so he had to put it back.

He then removed the "1" from his talent list and placed it after "1," and after a series of clinking sounds, Zhong Wuyai jumped up happily...

Talent Skill [1]: Can be used 11 times per hour, effect unknown...

"Hahaha, it's done!"

With the added talent, I can use it 12 times per hour. Wouldn't it only take two or three days for the whole guild to change their equipment?

This talent skill is amazing...incredibly awesome...

No rush, no rush... Let's focus on developing skills first.

The new class skill is Obliteration.

However, learning this skill requires 3 skill points and one skill slot, so Zhong Wuyai hesitated.

Looking at the Chain Lightning, Zhong Wuyai remembered that he had a skill book. Should he forget about it and take a look?

[Ding! Your Chain Lightning skill is at Lv.2. Forgetting this skill will refund 0 skill points. Forget it now?]

Zhong Wuyai immediately clicked "no." What a joke! Skill points can be refunded?

Does that mean I can farm skill points myself?

If I forget it now, I'll only have 10 points left after using the talent, which is such a waste...

Zhong Wuyai looked at his skill points... He'd take the risk; at worst, he'd just lose a few.

Then I started upgrading Chain Lightning, but it stopped at Lv.4 and couldn't be upgraded any further.

Fortunately, I'm level 50 now, and I can advance my skills in the Mage Tower...

Should we advance first or forget first?

升到Lv.3用了2点技能点，Lv.4用了5点技能点，加上最初用的1点，一共8点。

However, if you forget your skills, you only get 4 points back.

Zhong Wuyai didn't think so. He believed that if he used his talent here, he would only have 41 skill points.

This isn't an announcement; the notification only comes after the item arrives. It means it hasn't been returned yet; it will only be returned after you confirm.

So, how much will you get after advancing?

Never mind, even if they don't give it to me, I can just upgrade Fireball to Lv.4 and make up for the loss.

[Ding! Upgrading Chain Lightning to Lightning Chain requires 10 skill points. Advance skill now?]

"Yes!"

[Lightning Chain Lv.1]

Active skills

Unleash several bolts of lightning to attack targets in front, dealing massive lightning damage and paralyzing them for 5 seconds. Up to 10 targets can be attacked simultaneously.

Mana cost: 500

Damage bonus: 600 + 100% magic attack

Release distance: 100

Cooldown: 150 seconds.

Damage range: 0~100 fan-shaped area

Continue upgrading...

I couldn't level up any further when I reached Lv.5, as I was already at the Max level.

The paralysis time has been increased to 8 seconds, it can attack 20 targets at the same time, and the release range has been increased to 120.

It's safe to say that the amplification from Chain Lightning is many times stronger than that from Chain Lightning.

Except for the inability to launch, all other aspects have been significantly improved.

However, the cost was huge; he only had 39 skill points left.

Most people use up all their skill points on just this one skill.

No wonder Bai Xiaoniu said that after level 50, most people choose skills with proficiency, relying entirely on proficiency to improve and then advance.

Zhong Wuyai tremblingly activated the Forgotten Lightning Chain skill...

[Ding! Your Lightning Chain is now Lv.5 (Max). Forgotten skill will refund 21 skill points. Forgotten now? Note: This skill is already at its maximum level!]

That's quite fitting, I even gave a special hint, but...does it even need to be said...?

Drag skill number 1 out and place it after skill number 21... [Confirm]...

Zhong Wuyai looked at his stats: 250 skill points...

Suddenly, Zhong Wuya became incredibly happy.

He took out the Chain Lightning skill from his bag and learned it immediately. Without thinking, he advanced to the next level and then reached the highest level.

Continue to forget... but this time... I can't drag it out any longer...

"Damn it, this can only be done once!"

I really regret forgetting the Fire Seed skill in such a hurry; it was a huge mistake...

Zhong Wuyai had no choice but to stop, though he had to save his skills.

But where would be the right place to put this 1?

Releasing the distance can maximize the effect, but when encountering dense groups, 200 targets are obviously more useful.

No, two hundred people and twenty thousand people are actually the same. If they are far away, a direct burst of flames will take care of them. If they are close, a chain lightning is obviously more useful.

[Lightning Chain Lv.5 (Max)]

Active skills

Unleash several bolts of lightning to attack targets in front, dealing massive lightning damage and paralyzing them for 8 seconds. Up to 210 targets can be attacked simultaneously.

Mana cost: 500

Damage bonus: 1000 + 150% magic attack

Release distance: 120

Cooldown: 100 seconds.

Damage range: 0~120 fan-shaped area

That's perfect, with 210 targets, almost everyone within that range will be caught.

Next up, naturally, is Fireball...

Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade... and then, advance...

[Ding! Fireball can be upgraded to Fireball Explosion and Fireball Barrage. 10 skill points are required. Please select.]

The Fireball deals high damage and explodes upon impact. The blast radius is small, but the damage is 50% of the total damage.

The Chain Fireballs is a lock-on skill that can fire multiple fireballs at once.

In terms of range, all of my skills are ranged attacks, including Chain Lightning and Fire Rain. Moreover, I don't know what the upgrade of Frost Spear will be like after level 80. Chain Fireball is obviously more cost-effective.

However... I'm here to farm skill points, so I'll check both out first, and try out Fireball first...

After making the selection, Zhong Wuyai immediately upgraded the Fireball skill to its maximum level.

However, upgrading Fireball requires a lot of skill points, using 51 points, which is 8 points more than Lightning Bolt.

【Fireball Lv.5 (Max)】

Active skills

Condensing magical energy to form a fireball, it deals fire magic damage to the target upon explosion, dealing an additional 50% damage.

Mana cost: 120

Damage bonus: 180%

Release distance: 100

Cooldown: 50 seconds

Explosion range: radius * 8

Honestly, this range is already quite large, and if the talent is used for damage bonus, it can be said to be my strongest attack skill at present.

But Zhong Wuyai wanted to see them all. Even if he wasn't satisfied with the chain fireballs, his skill points could definitely withstand this kind of experimentation...

Forgotten...

[Ding! Your Fireball is now Lv.5 (Max). Forgetting this skill will refund 25 skill points. Forget it? Note: This skill is already at its maximum level!]

After dragging the number 1 up, Zhong Wuyai clicked "OK"...

Suddenly, my skill points skyrocketed to 450.

Even if you don't need the remaining skill points, you can use talents to get 4510 skill points now.

You could say that even if you max out all the skills, you'd still have some left over.

Upon learning the Fireball spell again, Zhong Wuyai immediately maxed out the advanced level and chose the Chain Fireball.

The Fireball Barrage was fired in three consecutive shots, but... when Zhong Wuyai reached Lv.5, his hands started to tremble.

It cost 58 skill points, more than any skill I've used before, but the effect was incredibly powerful.

【Rapid Fireball Lv.5 (Max)】

Active skills.

Locks onto the target, gathers magical power, and unleashes 5 fireballs, dealing devastating damage to the target.

Mana cost: 600

Damage bonus: 70% magic attack

Release distance: 150

Cooldown: 300 seconds

Damage range: Single target damage.

Both the damage and the number of fireballs made Zhong Wuyai unable to stop.

Five fireballs with a 710% damage bonus, who can withstand that?

However, considering the damage-immune monsters and players, Zhong Wuyai placed 1 after 5.

51 fireballs, goodness gracious... Zhong Wuyai could no longer even imagine the scene.

Each fireball can trigger a normal attack, resulting in 102 instances of true damage and elemental attack damage, plus the user's already high magic attack...

Sigh...he's gone further and further down the path of perversion...

With 392 skill points remaining, Zhong Wuyai didn't care about the cost and directly learned the Erosion skill.

【Erosion Lv.1】

Passive skill

Skill Strength: Level 1

The skill deals damage equal to 5% of the target's maximum health, which cannot be recovered or healed during combat.

Each target can only trigger this effect once during combat, and the effect disappears after disengaging from combat.

The health required to cast Obliterate on an Erosion unit is increased by 100%.

That's just two words... perverted.

It's like immediately reducing your maximum health by 5% right from the start of a fight, and this is only level 1. Once it's maxed out... assassins with low health will be devastated...

upgrade……

Zhong Wuyai's hand trembled slightly when he clicked the upgrade button.

It took 5 skill points to level up to Lv.2, and 10 points to level up to Lv.3.

This is going to be the death of me.

Lv.4 used 20 points, Lv.5 used 50 points directly.

Zhong Wuyai suspected that this skill was never intended for anyone to level up in the first place...

Do we still need the other skills?

Actually, the Corrosion skill is most terrifying at level 99.

The Destruction Mage only needs skills that increase proficiency; all other skill points should be allocated to class skills, making them virtually unbeatable.

Job Skill 3 [Erosion Lv.5 (Max)]

Passive skill

Skill Strength: Level 2

The skill deals damage equal to 15% of the target's maximum health, which cannot be recovered or healed during combat.

Each target can only trigger this effect once during combat, and the effect disappears after disengaging from combat.

The health required to cast Obliterate on an Erosion unit is increased by 500%.

Erosion is clearly designed to work in conjunction with the Annihilation skill.

307 points remaining, let's continue...

Class Skill 2 [Annihilation Lv.5 (Max)]

Active skills.

Skill Strength: Level 3

For units with less than 3% health, unleash Annihilation to eliminate the target.

Effective against invincible units; targets with invincibility skills or status strength below level 3 can also be directly annihilated.

Each time a target is killed, Obliterate's cooldown is reduced by 10%.

Mana cost: None

Damage bonus: None

Release distance: 150

Cooldown: 1200 seconds.

Damage range, single-target damage.

Zhong Wuyai is now at a loss for what to choose. No matter which one he uses to enhance his talent, he will be instantly killed.

151% of maximum health damage, any fireball will leave you 51% of your health behind. How can damage reduction reduce that much?

Then there's Annihilation... 31% chance, increased by 5 times. With these two skills combined, how many lives do you have left to lose...?

No wonder there are so many skill points. If there are lucky ones, every announcement will reward them with skill points. These two talent skills will definitely be enough to max out at level 99.

Then... 15% health is instantly killed. As long as the teammates cooperate well, who can withstand it?

So, does the power of destruction still need to be enhanced? Is there any need for it to exist anymore?

After much thought, I'll decide to upgrade it and see.

Job Skill 1 [Power of Annihilation Lv.5 (Max)]

Passive skill

Increases own mental strength by 20% in armor penetration and magic penetration.

Normal attacks deal 100% more magic attack damage.

Each skill attack deals damage and is followed by a normal attack.

All attacks ignore 25% physical damage reduction and 20% magic damage reduction.

[Ding, congratulations on comprehending the Law of Annihilation... Ding, your current level is too low, the Law of Annihilation is unavailable]

Holy crap... it has this effect?

But what does "unusable" mean?

Open the panel, and the first attribute column is no longer health points, but three question marks.

It is clearly the Law of Destruction.

Open the message box...

"Little Know-It-All, what's the deal with the rules?"

It took Shen Mengli quite a while to reply to the message.

"Why are you asking this so early? That's something for level 99... When did you get to level 54? You didn't even tell me!"

"You're already level 50, what am I supposed to do with this?! Tell me about the laws!"

"After reaching level 99, you can condense the power of laws and kill level 100 bosses. Without the power of laws, you can do almost no damage to demigod bosses. When your power of laws reaches 100, you can condense your divine soul, generate divine power, and become a demigod."

Holy crap... They've quietly created all the laws themselves.

Does that mean I can now defeat a level 100 demigod boss?

No, the level is too low and it's not available yet.

But what if I used my talent to do it?

First, it attempts to annihilate, then tries to place 1 after 3...

[Ding, the laws are in disorder. The Law of Destruction has exceeded the lower realm's tolerance limit. Continuing to increase it will seal the Law of Destruction. Continue?]

This warning sent a chill down Zhong Wuyai's spine...

Thinking of the Ten Thousand Bone Armor in his backpack, Zhong Wuyai didn't dare continue...

In an unknown space...

"Is this kid crazy? I've been wiping your ass the whole time, and you've been defecating like crazy, this time you've pooped a huge pile!"

Ordinary incidents are one thing, they can be concealed and fooled by the main gods, but this time the commotion is too great.

If this isn't handled properly, the Creator God will take notice.

"You brat, just wait until you get to the Tower of Babel, I'll beat you to a pulp!"...

"This damn seal, I wonder if this kid has the ability to break it!"

Zhong Wuyai had no idea what had happened, but he dared not do anything reckless at the moment.

My professional skills are lacking; I wonder how my other skills will fare.

After maxing out the Flame Rain skill with skill points, I forgot it, gaining 131 skill points in return, which was a bit of a loss.

But there's no good solution right now. To advance Flame Rain, you need to be level 80, but we have enough skill points right now, so we don't need to miss that one skill.

After learning Flame Rain again and spending 27 skill points to max it out, Zhong Wuyai dragged the 1st skill up...

Skill 3 [Flame Rain Lv.5 (Max)]

Active skills

Summons a rain of fire that deals massive magic damage to a designated area. The fire rain then deals additional damage to targets within the area every second for 81 seconds after it lands.

Mana cost: 1000

Fire Rain Damage Bonus: 100% Magic Attack

Damage over time bonus: 25% magic attack.

Release distance: 120

Cooldown: 300 seconds

Damage range: radius * 30

If we put 1 on the duration, Zhong Wuyai can now just cast a Rain of Fire and ignore it. He only needs to cover the entire map with Rain of Fire, and anyone who steps on it will die...