My talent is 1.

Now, this is the last skill.

[Quick Casting]... The main effect of this skill is to increase casting speed and reduce cooldown.

Zhong Wuyai used 8 skill points to max out his skill level.

Skill 7 [Rapid Chanting Lv.4 (Max)]

Passive skill

Reduces skill cooldown by 12% and increases casting speed by 28%.

Although it has no other advantages, the cooldown time alone allows Zhong Wuyai to avoid making special equipment for cooldown purposes.

With a 121% reduction in cooling, you can replace all your coolers.

Now that the skills are sorted out, it's time to get some decent equipment.

Upon opening the package, Zhong Wuyai first placed the item 1 on top of several treasure chests and gift boxes.

11 Iron Chests, 11 Bronze Chests, and 11 Gold Chests.

We might get more gift boxes later, so let's keep them for now.

"Open it for me!"

The first black iron chest contained a sword.

Greatsword

Physics Department Equipment

Durability: 40/40

Grade: Black Iron

Wearing level: 50

Physical Attack +130

Strength+48

As a level 50 piece of equipment, its stats are terrible; it's only good for dismantling.

Zhong Wuyai didn't have high expectations for the Black Iron Treasure Chest; he just wanted to see if he could get any good materials from it.

I opened all the remaining black iron chests at once and actually got two good items.

[Beginner Enhancement Reel] [Beginner Experience Reel]

There were also a few pieces of equipment and two obsidian stones, but the last black iron treasure chest contained 10 tempering stones, which surprised Zhong Wuyai.

Next up is the bronze treasure chest.

[Earth-Splitting Axe], [Serpent Bracers], [Sighing Pendant], [Basic Reinforcement Scroll], [Ranger Longbow]... 100 Green Crystals, two Equipment Upgrade Stones...

There's also an item with fire resistance, which can only be used as material for dismantling.

But I must say, the items you get from treasure chests are much better than the equipment you craft.

Unfortunately, I didn't have a silver treasure chest, otherwise I could have gotten more stones.

The golden treasure chest is much more generous.

Dragonbone Staff

French equipment

Durability: 50/50

Grade: Gold

Wearing level: 50

Magic Attack +500

Intelligence +200

Spirit +200

Spell critical strike chance +10%

Skill cooldown time reduced by 15%.

Ignore magic defense +25

Entry 1 [Dragon Language Chant]: Reduces mana cost of skills by 50%, increases casting speed by 50%, and increases the effect of Dragon Language magic by 100%.

Attribute 2 [Dragon's Fury]: There is a 10% chance to trigger Dragon's Fury when releasing a skill, dealing 65% magic attack damage to an area with a radius of 10 around the target.

To be honest, Zhong Wuyai really wanted to use his talent on the affixes, but his skills seemed to be enough, and there was no need to waste them on Dragon Fury.

[Holy Flame Judgment] [Martial God Armor] [Sirius Bracers] [Thorn Shield]...

There are five pieces of equipment in total, but only one can be used by myself, and the materials are also very good.

20 Equipment Upgrade Stones, 5 Pet Advancement Pills, 100 Tempering Stones, 1 Advanced Experience Scroll, and 2 Advanced Enhancement Scrolls.

After upgrading these pieces of equipment to ten stars, Zhong Wuyai put them in the warehouse. It would be too wasteful to dismantle gold equipment, especially since they were all level 50 gold equipment.

Keep it for the guild members to use later.

The rest were all broken down.

As for the Dragonbone Staff, I'll try refining it first.

This time, Zhong Wuyai didn't rush to cleanse all three attributes at once, but cleansed them one by one.

Many attributes are completely useless to him.

Just like true damage immunity, magic damage immunity, and physical damage immunity, you only need to upgrade them by 10% using talents.

On the contrary, attributes like magic attack critical damage, which can be stacked without limit, are the most useful to oneself.

There's a limit to the critical hit rate, and you only need one item.

Therefore, the staff should not be used for this purpose; it's best to focus entirely on magical attack.

Staffs provide the greatest increase in magical attack.

Zhong Wuyai was unsure whether to upgrade the Magic Tome to ten stars.

After upgrading, it can be tempered, and the Magic Tome can provide a 151% magic attack bonus, making it a really difficult choice.

Just like medals, a ten-star medal obviously provides a higher bonus, but a magic book might not provide such a high bonus because it increases magic attack by a percentage.

Magic Attack: 0

Spell critical strike damage: 0

Spell critical strike damage: 0

After washing it more than ten times, Zhong Wuyai's attributes were all changed to damage-increasing attributes.

After enhancing to +3, Zhong Wuyai dragged the 1 up...

Dragonbone Staff +10

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 50/50

Grade: Gold

Wearing level: 50

Magic Attack +5435

Magic Attack +15645

Intelligence +623

Spirit +623

Spell critical strike chance +22%

Spell critical strike damage +120%

Skill cooldown time reduced by 15%.

Ignore magic defense +377

[Blank][Blank][Blank]

Tempering: Lv.10

Magic Attack: 11000

Spell critical strike damage: 100%

Spell critical strike damage: 100%

……

"Is the tempering attribute really that high?"

This one piece of equipment is equivalent to someone else's entire set...

The bonus from the Thunder Staff is almost negligible. Even if Thunder Devour is incredibly powerful, it's nothing compared to this fully-starred and fully-tempered equipment.

After equipping the Dragonbone Staff, it prominently appeared at the top of the equipment rankings.

The full tempering had already suppressed all the attributes of the Beast King's Call.

The Tidal Belt should have been retired long ago, but Zhong Wuyai couldn't bear to part with it. Now, with the ability to quickly decompose it, it can be dismantled directly.

What kind of belt should I make?

Zhong Wuyai thought for a moment and realized that now, besides speed, the only other thing to improve was defense. It would be best to develop something with immunity to certain effects.

He then used a large amount of iron blocks, black iron, a refined gold block, and two pieces of dark gold animal hide to make a belt.

【Starry Sky Belt】

French equipment

Durability: 42/42

Grade: dark gold

Wearing level: 50

Health +12000

Physical defense +124

Magic Defense +78

Physical evasion +12

Magic Evasion +12

Entry 1 [Star Shield]: When health is below 50%, the user is surrounded by star power, forming a star shield equal to 10% of maximum health, lasting for 20 seconds. During this time, the user gains 10% physical damage reduction and 8% magic damage reduction. The cooldown is reset after leaving combat.

Entry 2 [Starry Space]: Increases backpack storage space by 10 slots.

"Hmm...this equipment is interesting!"

Storage space equivalent to 10 backpacks—that's a rare feature.

However, it seems I don't really need them myself; I've thrown away so many things.

Just to be on the safe side, let's get the star rating up first.

After cooling down, Zhong Wuyai placed all seven rolls on the low-level reinforced reel.

I received two high-level enhancement scrolls, and I'm saving the last one for use on equipment.

The gold crystal was enhanced to +2, 7 scrolls were enhanced to +9, and then two high-level scrolls were enhanced to +11.

"May all the gods bless me, I succeeded on the first try! ...Success on the first try!"

[Ding, enhancement failed!]

"Damn, I knew it!"

Let's continue! This time, we won't invoke any gods or Buddhas; we'll just use them directly.

[Ding, enhancement successful... Ding, data error, repairing...]

[Starry Belt +10]

★★★★★★★★★

French equipment

Durability: 42/42

Grade: dark gold

Wearing level: 50

Health +68400

Physical defense +688

Magic Defense +642

Spirit +764

Physical damage reduction +11%

Magic damage reduction +11%

……

Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to upgrade to the last star, and didn't care about tempering anymore.

Let's start with 111% magic damage reduction.

You could say it's completely immune to magic.

Magic damage reduction has a maximum cap of 80%, but due to the Star Belt, it's increased to 111%. Physical damage reduction is 33%.

Currently, the magic attack is 88111 points, the physical defense is 2463 points, and the magic defense is 2905 points.

The key is magic damage immunity; you can stand still almost without taking much damage.

Especially with 450,000 mana, the magic shield can absorb more than 9.4 million damage.

With the added shields from the Star Belt and Elemental Gauntlets, Zhong Wuyai is now even more resilient than the BOSS.

This is completely unkillable.

True damage remains unchanged unless all equipment is level 50, in which case true damage will increase.

For skill enhancement, Zhong Wuyai chose Chain Fireball and Annihilation...

On one hand, Fireball has the highest damage output, and on the other hand, Fireball and Annihilation are the most effective skills in the skill ascendancy.

As for innate skills, they can't be upgraded at all. After clicking on them, they still only show a 1, and can't be changed or removed, which makes Zhong Wuyai somewhat helpless.

[Rapid Fireball Cast Range +10] [Rapid Fireball Damage +5%] [Rapid Fireball Maximum Fireball Power +1]

[Annihilation cast range +10] [Annihilation cast maximum health +1%] [Annihilation cast automatically triggers when attacking and meeting the conditions for its release]

Needless to say, there's not much difference between 51 and 52 fireballs, but the 5% damage and 10-point range are still useful.

Annihilation is really powerful... all its skills have no cooldown, so this makes it like it's on autopilot...

Establishing a base requires a level 5 guild. Let's wait until others have accumulated enough experience by doing guild quests.

Moreover, few guilds dare to accept the challenge now. Even if they do fight a guild war, the resources they plunder will only benefit other guilds.

Now for the last item, Zhong Wuyai and the others had their talents and skills ready to be used, and took out the statue.

[Pala Statue]

Special items

A statue of Pala, the goddess of fortune and the central deity.

Luck +20

Charm +50

Item drop rate +50%

The drop rate for top-tier items is increased by 5%.

The success rate of triggering probability events is increased by 20%.

It will take effect once placed in your backpack.

You can build temples, place statues of gods on altars for worship, and help the goddess of fortune gain faith.

It was this very thing that allowed Zhong Wuyai to obtain a lot of equipment when opening chests, and also significantly increased the success rate of high-level enhancement scrolls.

Otherwise, with only a 10% success rate using two advanced enhancement scrolls, upgrading the Starry Sky Belt would be impossible.

I still have 10 Azure Dragon Seals left. Should I upgrade this thing?

Helping her gain faith is one thing, but even God is an enemy. What's really tempting is getting a 51% drop rate for this top-tier item.

In the unknown space... a figure clenched a fist...

"This kid's really good at causing trouble, setting his sights on this thing. But he's a mid-level god, and a suppressed one at that. It's not like we can't win him over!"

Then, a divine thought was released from the primordial spirit...

As Zhong Wuyai was struggling with his decision, the statue of Pala seemed to flash with a golden light, which then vanished in an instant...

"Huh?...What's going on? Am I imagining things?"

At the same time, in a temple within the realm of gods, the goddess of fortune suddenly opened her eyes...

The divine fire within the divine essence flickered, and a message entered the mind...

After hesitating for a while, Zhong Wuyai decided to try strengthening the item first and not use the talent skill for now. If it still didn't work, he would add points to the drop rate of rare items.

After all, the idol is unique.

After using the Azure Dragon Seal, Zhong Wuyai placed the enhanced scroll on the statue of Pala.

The figure in the unknown space had to continue to send out its divine sense, covering the statue through the endless space.

"What's with this guy's Daoist aura? It even works on statues of gods! It's already incredible enough for a mortal to possess Daoist aura, but to have it work on the incense offerings of celestial beings!"

"It's not the Way of Heaven, nor the Way of Earth, nor the Way of Humanity, and it doesn't even qualify as the Way of Demons. It certainly can't be the Great Way!"

[Pala Statue +1]

Then... nothing else changed except for one more attribute: the Goddess of Fortune gains 5% more faith.

"Damn it, this is all for nothing! I've made a profit for someone else!"

According to Shen Mengli, these gods devour players to strengthen themselves, so aren't I just aiding and abetting evil...?

That's it, I can't move anymore, I should just stick to increasing the drop rate.

then……

"Are you trying to kill me, brat? My life force can't withstand this kind of torment!"

Two more divine thoughts shielded the area, barely managing to stabilize it.

After Zhong Wuyai finished doing all that, he made some pet collars with a 110% success rate, and then called Shen Mengli and Shen Youchu over.

I promised to help her level up, but I've been dragging it out until now.

"Youchu, team up with me! Baixiaoniu, here, take this!"

Shen Mengli froze on the spot after receiving the collar...

"This... 110%?... Is this even fair?"

"Stop talking nonsense and go catch the pet!"

"Hehe~...Do you have any good stuff there?!"

"Stop babbling and go catch your pet. I'm taking Youchu to level up!"

"Hmph~... Fine, I won't tell you then~... By the way, when are you going to build the base? We'll be a level 5 guild by tomorrow at the latest."

"Let's do it in a couple of days!"

"The guild members are all too low-level. Could you help them out when you have time? Otherwise, it'll be hard to defend the base after it's built, and monster sieges will be a real headache!"

"That's no big deal!"

With my current damage output, taking down the boss is a piece of cake, and dealing with the other mobs from Xianyang Palace is more than enough.

"Alright then, I'll go to the Tranquil Forest. Do you want to go to Coldwind Prefecture to grind monsters? There are level 80 monsters there, just avoid the Ice and Snow Temple on High Ridge Snow Mountain."

"Are they all level 80? Where's the boss?"

"Level 90 unique and epic items, level 80 silver and gold items, that's enough for you to farm. Call me when you're killing bosses, I still have a lot of first kills."

"Finish catching the pets as soon as possible and call Xiang Yang and the others over to Hanfeng Prefecture."

[Server-wide Announcement: The Utopia Guild of the Flame Dragon Empire was defeated in the battle against the Prodigy Guild of the Flame Dragon Empire. All resources of the Utopia Guild were looted, and the Guild was forcibly disbanded. All members of the Utopia Guild lost 50% of their current level's experience.]

"Holy crap, Xiahou Shen is ruthless!"

"Don't underestimate Xiahou Shen. The Flame Dragon Empire also has a super freak with SSS-level talent, who is the vice president of the Heavenly Pride Guild!"

"Who?"

"Huangfu Liancheng is far superior to Xiahou Shen. Xiahou Shen is completely unable to move against him and can only run!"

"Both are SSS-level talents? Is the difference really that big?"

Zhong Wuyai was somewhat skeptical. Could it be that Huangfu Liancheng had cheated like him?

"Let me summarize it for you, and you'll understand once you see his talent."

Talent: Deadly Counterattack (SSS)

Talent Effect 1: Reflects 300% of physical damage after being attacked.

Talent Effect 2: Reflects 300% of magic damage after being attacked.

Talent Effect 3: Reflects 200% of true damage after being attacked.

Talent Effect 4: After being attacked, reflect 50% of all damage to targets with a radius of 10 * yourself.

Talent Effect 5: Restores 10% of the reflected damage as health.

"This is a complete turtle shell! Forget Xiahou Shen, I can't even fight it. It could easily kill me with a single blow!"

Thinking about the terrifying and unbelievable damage he had suffered, Zhong Wuyai felt discouraged for a moment.

I was just gloating over my stats and skill boosts...

Imagine the billions of damage I'd have to endure from just one barrage of fireballs...

"No, is this reasonable?...Isn't this invincible?...Who could possibly defeat him?"

No, I'm immune to magic right now, so no matter how much damage I take, I won't get hurt.

However, true damage would be reflected back squarely; a barrage of fireballs would kill you, though Frost Spear might.

But that doesn't make sense. Under normal circumstances, who can be completely immune to injury?

"So, wiping out a guild is too easy. Do you think Xiahou Shen dares to be so arrogant in the world channel? Even if he faces you, Xiahou Shen is not afraid. He just needs Huangfu Liancheng to take care of you."

"Is there...is there really no way to control this?"

"Yes, there is, but it's a rare skill for curse sorcerers, and it requires skillful execution!"

"What skill?"

"Healing Spell~!"

"A wound-absorbing spell? One that absorbs damage?"

"Yes, after casting the Damage Reduction Spell, the target will suffer 10% of the damage they receive over 10 seconds. It's not very effective, but if there's damage reduction, casting a slightly higher-damage skill will be enough!"

"That shouldn't be enough. Huangfu Liancheng will definitely increase his health. How can 10% be enough?"

"Because he himself bears the damage from the rebound. Although it's not much, it's like he's hitting himself, and then it keeps rebounding and hitting him. The higher it rebounds, the higher it goes, until it can kill him."

"Holy crap, you can do that?"

"The problem is that the warlock might not know how to use it. The range of the Damage Relief spell is only 40, and it can be blocked by certain items and buffs. It also has a 10-minute cooldown. If a shield that can block one spell is used, the Damage Relief spell will be gone."

This might be difficult for others to execute, but it's nothing to me. With 110% damage taken, I can end the battle with a single skill.

As for shield blocking, just learn a control skill that doesn't deal damage. With such a high shield value, reflecting a little damage won't be a big deal.

This Injury Relief Spell is a must-learn. With 10 skill slots after the second job advancement, plus one from the Magic Tome, there are still 4 empty skill slots. I absolutely must master this Injury Relief Spell.

How do I obtain the Injury-Bearing Spell?

"You can't learn it anyway!"

"It has the Azure Dragon Seal!"

"You...you can really still use it?!"

"This is none of your business!"

"But you don't need to! Xiahou Shen and Huangfu Liancheng aren't our enemies!"

"Never mind that, tell me how to get this skill!"

"You can get it by opening gift boxes, chests, or by completing quests with curse warlocks. Also, you can get it from bosses. Abyss and Hell-type bosses have curse-related skills and have a chance to drop it."

"Is there no specific method?"

"I don't know. This skill isn't very useful, and it's only available to curse warlocks, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

Zhong Wuyai was a little disappointed, but just because he didn't have it didn't mean others couldn't get it.

They then contacted Zhang Haitao...

"Tell everyone I need a skill book called [Wound Absorption Spell] and a +10 enhanced piece of equipment!"

Zhang Haitao's heart rate spiked upon seeing the message. A +10 enhanced piece of equipment! What did that even mean?

Sikong Shen spent countless gold coins and materials, but he could only reach +8. This is +10! It's going to be in high demand...

Following that… the Lu family, the Li family, the Ye family… a whole host of prominent families began searching for the skill book, the Injury-Bearing Spell…

Zhong Wuyai didn't care about any of that. If they couldn't get it, it would be even harder for others, so they would have to rely on themselves to fight monsters.

Upon arriving at the Branch Plains again, Zhong Wuyai led Shen Youchu toward the Bone-Icing Swamp, while Shen Mengli went to the Tranquil Forest.

The monsters in the Bone-Chilling Swamp range from level 60 to 70. While these levels are low for Zhong Wuyai, they are quite high for Shen Youchu.

The experience gained from killing monsters of higher levels allowed Shen Youchu to take off.

"The level 70 monster zone is just ahead. Here, use this, and you'll be around level 50 after defeating the boss."

Shen Youchu was completely dumbfounded when she saw the low-level experience scroll...

510% experience bonus... That monster levels up so fast, Mengli's level is like it's on a rocket...

Zhong Wuyai also used it, but he summoned Kayla to share the experience.

If you level up too early, it will be harder to gain experience later. It's best to stay at level 54 and keep grinding until your pet reaches level 99 before leveling up yourself.

Of course, if the situation in the Dragon Empire is urgent, I can also reach level 80 and start the national war sooner.

As long as he's alive, he can get Shen Youchu and Shen Mengli to level 80 as soon as possible to start the national war, and he can just act as a deterrent.

Because of her low level, Shen Youchu received a million experience points even from small monsters due to the 510% experience bonus and the ability to kill monsters of higher levels.

When the BOSS was defeated, Shen Youchu thought she was dreaming...

"The BOSS is out, girl, watch closely... take this Gatling gun fireball!"

Fifty-two fireballs flew towards the BOSS, dealing an unknown amount of damage; the screen was filled with dense numbers. Even after the BOSS was dead, some fireballs were still flying towards its corpse...

[Ding! Defeat the Silver BOSS Five-Headed Hydralisk, gaining 3393000 experience points. An additional 61074000 experience points are gained for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

Shen Youchu's level jumped several levels at once...

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to players Zhong Wuyai and Shen Youchu's team for being the first to defeat the level 70 Silver BOSS, Five-Headed Hydralisk. Reward: 3000 Reputation, Silver Gift Box*1]

"Zhong Wuyai, you bastard! Didn't you promise to wait for me for the first kill?"

"Um, I used a skill, but who knew the boss was so weak, it died instantly."...