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

This is the most basic advanced quest for mages.

Collect a large amount of material related to the mage profession.

Magic crystals are the most common type of material; any extraordinary material can be given to an alchemist to be refined into magic crystals.

As for other monster materials, the only ones you can collect in Shangjiang City are the minions of the Gale Wolf and the high-temperature core of the Flame Demon. You can also find the Flying Sword Azure Fish by taking a longer route.

However, the remaining Lightning Listener and Rock Spirit don't spawn here, so you'll have to buy them.

It is said that at the very beginning of the Cataclysmic Era, major cities were initially isolated by the wilderness.

Back then, even if a professional had potential, it was very difficult to get promoted.

The biggest challenge is that we don't know exactly where the various monsters are located, so we can only rely on luck, and it's extremely dangerous to keep wandering around outside.

It wasn't until later, when humanity gradually regained control of the planet, that the wilderness became the resource-rich area that humanity can now exploit at will.

Later, professional merchants emerged, and materials from different regions were exchanged.

The material issue has only been resolved now.

All that's left is to have the strength to complete the combat mission.

The entrances to the Abyss are mainly controlled by various universities and military headquarters in each district, while a small number of entrances that pose no great threat are controlled by some powerful forces.

Ordinary professionals can pay someone to contact those forces to obtain passage to the edge of the abyss and find monsters.

Alternatively, you can simply find someone to capture the Abyss Monster alive and hand it over to the person who needs it to kill it themselves; that way, you can complete the mission.

As for An Bai, he can ask Shang Guozhi, the leader of the Seventh District, for a favor, or he can wait until he goes to university and gain the qualification to enter the Abyss.

However, An Bai was not in a hurry, because when he stopped at level 20, a bold idea popped into his mind.

"Since attributes can be gained additionally by downgrading and retraining."

"If I re-enter the game, will I get another chance to participate in the lottery?"

An Bai saw that he still had two chances to draw prizes in his affix system, one of which was even a super draw that could yield a red affix!

If I level up to level 20 again, can I still get the red attribute?

The thought of this possibility made An Bai feel excited.

"A red-listed term that's definitely worth trying!"

However, An Bai was also worried that a direct downgrade might eliminate the existing draw opportunities.

Therefore, An Bai used up the valuable downgrade pills first to draw lots.

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

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

[Used 1 chance. This chance was obtained upon reaching level 20. This time it has been upgraded to a deluxe version of the lottery....]

[Successful draw! Congratulations on obtaining the Red Mythical-level skill attribute: Ambition to Conquer!]

"It really is a red entry!"

An Bai couldn't help but show his delight upon seeing this.

First, we need to deal with the golden keyword, "speed up," an effect that's easy to understand literally.

However, I currently lack movement skills.

If it's given to a [Basic Mage], the result will undoubtedly be a growth-oriented increase in Dexterity.

However, he doesn't have a high pursuit of speed.

After a moment's thought, An Bai suddenly activated his riding pet skill—

Guardian Spirit!

Aww—(Don't worry, Master, Leng Leng is here!)

With a cold howl, it ignored the Gale Wolf that was still entangled with it and immediately rushed to An Bai's side.

Then it transformed into a ball of blue-green flame and crashed into An Bai's chest.

[You have received the blessing of the Guardian Spirit Dragon Pet (level 7): Constitution +3600, Dexterity +1300, Spirit +1400!]

[You have gained the following additional effects: Half-spirit, Ghostly Eyes, Super Regenerative Blood, Low-Level Dragon's Might, and Curse Immunity!]

[Gain additional skills: Will-o'-the-Wisp Breath Lv1, Ghostly Command Lv1, Hunting Perception Lv1!]

An Bai then realized that Leng Leng had already reached level six.

They also discovered that the guardian spirit provides attribute boosts: +100 to Physique, +50 to Dexterity, and +80 to Spirit for each level up.

These attributes, effects, and skills have all been added to him.

An Bai then checked it out and found that he could indeed open the extra skills he had gained in this state on the panel, and he could also directly select these skills in the attribute list!

"That's good, that's good. This way, we have even more options."

"We could consider pet skills. Speeding up the hunting perception would probably increase movement speed when chasing enemies, but for me, hunting perception is more important than chasing them. I'm actually finding the enemy's movement trajectory."

"As long as I see where the other person is going, I can throw a fireball directly there without having to chase after them myself."

After thinking about it, An Bai felt that the term "acceleration" wasn't a very crucial one, so he decided to use it to try something new.

Finally, he gave it the pet skill "Ghost Curse".

He wasn't actually trying to improve the skill; in fact, he hadn't even considered what effect it would have, so he just gave it a try. Even if it failed, it would only be a waste of a non-critical affix, so the impact wouldn't be significant.

Ghost Curse Lv1: Upon hit, the target is weakened, all attributes are reduced by 10%, and the target is afflicted by a ghost spirit, triggering once every ten seconds, randomly consuming 5% of one attribute or one buff effect. (Acceleration, Ghost Spirit Affliction triggers once per second.)

Holy crap, there's even such a speed-up effect?

The trigger time has been reduced from once every ten seconds to once every second, and the accelerated triggering effect is also accelerated!

"Once per second, it randomly consumes 5% of the opponent's attributes each time. Over 20 seconds, that's equivalent to completely destroying the opponent's entire attribute!"

"So this is how the literal meaning of the term can be used, speeding up its implementation."

"If that's the case, if we apply the 'acceleration' attribute to the Will-o'-the-Wisp Breath skill, will it change from dealing damage once per second to dealing damage ten times per second?"

If you get a duplicate next time, you can try again.

The next one is the even more crucial red keyword: "The Will to Conquer".

Looking at this name, An Bai knew that this entry was absolutely crucial.

However, compared to the previous red-label entry "Immunity Substitute," this one feels more like an offensive entry, since it's called "Conquest."

Since that's the case, let's give it an attack skill.

As the only offensive skill, it wouldn't be a waste to make the Fireball spell even stronger.

bang——

The entries have been merged.

Fireball Lv10: (Omitted). The Will to Conquer: Enemies killed by Fireball are permanently marked. Each kill increases the conquest progress against that type of enemy, and damage against the same type of enemy is increased. When it reaches 100%, Fireball can unconditionally execute that type of enemy (a rule-based instant kill ignoring all restrictions). It also has a 50% execute effect against enemies of the same large category (only applies once per unit).

What the hell!

The effect...

That's pretty intense!

Unconditional kill, ignoring all defenses, even level, attributes, and health.

For example, after you kill the Gale Wolf and achieve a 100% conquest effect, you can directly kill any level 100, 200, or even 300 level True God-level Gale Wolf God!

A rule-breaking instant kill!

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