All players: Become a Dharma King, with unlimited skill stats.

[Downgrade Pill (Orange)]: Reduces level by 1, can only be used once per tier.

The description of this downgrade pill is only one simple sentence.

An Bai didn't think too much about it at first.

However, she soon realized what was going on.

"This is definitely good stuff!"

"Especially for those whose talent may not be outstanding, the Demotion Pill is a miraculous medicine for future breakthroughs!"

Each profession requires an advancement assessment at levels 20, 60, and 100, which are known as the first, second, and third job advancements.

As for going further up, you advance once every 40th level and every 100th level, such as 140/200/240/300.

Regardless of whether a career can undergo a qualitative change, once you reach this level, you will need to be given assessment tasks, and only by completing them can you continue to advance.

The only difference is that after advancing to a higher-level profession, the profession will evolve and its growth potential will become stronger.

The number of times a profession can evolve depends on its tier.

Even a basic mage like him needs to take an exam, but his profession remains the same after the exam, and his advancement is not that significant.

This kind of pill is for those who have reached a certain level but lack the strength to break through.

Using a downgrade pill and then leveling up again will allow you to gain attribute growth once more, essentially giving you a free attribute boost of one level!

For professionals, level is not the key; attributes are the real combat power. Leveling up is to gain stronger attributes, and downgrading is also for the purpose of gaining stronger attributes.

"Although I don't need to worry about not being able to advance, it would still be a big benefit for me to get a free level of attributes!"

An Bai immediately stored it in his spatial ring, intending to use it later.

The attribute boost from this upgrade is also quite significant.

In addition to the regular 96 points, because of the [Dharma King] attribute, the mental strength will increase by 10%. At level 16, the mental strength is 747, so an extra 75 points are added (rounded up if less than 1).

Current attributes: Physique 836, Dexterity 835, Spirit 918, Fire Affinity 114.

This does not take into account the inherent attributes of any external equipment or items.

"It's basically comparable to the top-tier first-job classes."

An Bai estimated.

Of course, he didn't know the exact data for the first turn, only a rough feeling.

He then proceeded to draw a new entry.

[Using 1 chance, currently drawing a gold-tier affix....]

[Draw successful! Congratulations on obtaining the legendary gold skill attribute: Levitation]

Another entry whose literal meaning is easy to understand, yet it still leaves An Bai perplexed.

"Where would it be best to use this term?"

An Bai tilted his head and opened his skill list browser.

"By the way, maybe giving this would have a good effect!"

[Illumination Lv1]: Consumes mental energy to condense light elements. Levitate: All targets hit by Illumination will be forced into the air.

Haha!

Life is full of surprises!

The Light spell, which was originally a somewhat useless choice due to necessity, was transformed into a powerful area control skill after an attribute was added.

Because it's a gold-level entry.

Even though the term "levitation" is quite common, many skills can achieve this effect.

However, the effect of the gold bonus is to force the user to float in the air, and keep them floating until the light disappears!

Almost all melee classes are now useless.

They couldn't get close to Anbai at all.

Once you get close and are spotted, you'll float into the air. Without the ground as a point of leverage, you can't exert any attack power at all.

Because each level uses the same assessment and scoring system, An Bai had no choice but to sit and meditate while waiting after drawing all the entries.

Nearly an hour and a half later, I heard the notification sound.

An Bai then opened his eyes, ending his meditation.

[Logged into the second level of the special assessment instance, checking candidate information—]

[An Bai, Basic Mage - Spell Apprentice, Level 17, Assessment content matched!]

The second stage has begun, and the dungeon level has increased by one.

The scene is similar to the first layer.

A larger arena than the first level.

Moreover, the site is not a large blank area, but rather has many ruins and even dilapidated buildings that can be used as cover.

In addition to the exit at the front, there is also an exit on the left and right sides.

As the countdown progresses...

At the same time, a large number of enemies emerged from the three exits.

They are not the beast-like enemies found on the first level.

Instead, it was a semi-intelligent humanoid monster. Directly in front of it was a group of goblins, a small army of more than thirty people led by an elite goblin chieftain and an elite goblin high priest.

On the left is a group of orcs, whom An Bai has never encountered in the wild before; this is the first time he has seen them.

Orcs are extremely strong-looking, possessing the strength of beasts, and are able to walk upright and use weapons.

Finally, coming out from the right was a group of goblins, shorter than goblins, but each of them wore special armor.

Moreover, these armors were connected to multiple arms on the back, some with three or four arms, others with seven or eight, each arm holding a weapon. These goblins looked like octopuses who had become weapon masters.

but....

None of that matters!

The light curtain disappeared.

Fireball burst!

Boom—!

-580050!

-579054!

-588848!

The terrifying roar exploded in three directions almost simultaneously.

Moreover, because these enemies act collectively, it is even simpler than the first level.

An Bai had to throw ten more fireballs on the first level because several lightning falcons flew into the sky as soon as they came out and almost strayed far from the main force.

Although there are elite enemies this time.

Even a level 17 elite monster doesn't have 500,000 HP!

Even a level 15 purple elite skeleton only costs close to 300,000.

However, An Bai cleared the level easily and in seconds.

Lin Qingshan, standing outside, was dumbfounded once again.

"How could this happen!"

"I specifically increased the monsters' HP using the triple Inferno buff; each one has over a million HP!"

Yes, An Bai misunderstood; this monster's health was indeed higher than expected.

He didn't pay much attention to it because they were all sold out in seconds.

Lin Qingshan retrieved the data again and found that after the upgrade, it was still the basic fireball spell, but this time the attack power had increased from just over 500,000 to nearly 600,000.

But logically speaking, this shouldn't be an instant kill!

"Many other things were covered up in the explosion, and it's really impossible to accurately estimate them just by looking at the data."

"This kid is giving me more and more surprises!"

The reason is actually quite simple.

Because the monsters simulated in the dungeon have the same health as real monsters.

To change data, such as the reason why the same monster is very different in normal and infernal difficulties, it is simply by giving the monster a special buff.

However, An Bai's fireball has an entry for "elimination".

The explosion forcibly removed all the buffs, reducing his health back to less than 300,000, and he was instantly killed.

……