Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

One hour later.

A forest cemetery.

There is a level 3 Nightmare Altar here, surrounded by 36 Evil Eye Undead and 1 Elite.

[Living Corpse], Level 2 Common Unit... Description: Originally the remains of an ordinary villager, revived due to deep-sea pollution.

【Evil Eye Corpse】, Level 3 Elite Unit... Description: The remains of an ordinary villager, revived due to deep-sea pollution, and endowed with even greater power by the Nightmare Altar.

This marker is quite difficult to mark.

With his current strength, Xiao Yu could not possibly complete the cleanup in less than three or four hours.

"Swords and spears!"

Sun Tzu activated the Book of War once more, and a cloud of blood mist condensed behind him, transforming into a warrior clad in armor and wielding a golden spear.

"kill!"

The warhorses neighed.

An aura of killing intent surged into the sky.

The warrior charged toward the horde of corpses at lightning speed, his long spear like the Grim Reaper's scythe, slicing through the bodies of the undead as easily as tofu.

Sweeping all the way.

They charged straight at the leader.

The level 3 elite monster, the Evil Eye Corpse, was swept away by Yi Ge and then trampled into mincemeat by Iron Hoof.

It lasted for about fifteen seconds.

The warrior vanished into thin air.

Twenty monsters, including elites, were killed.

Although there were still a dozen or so zombies at the scene, the ordinary zombies moved slowly, and their aggro was drawn away by Sun Wu.

-0!

The zombie's claws, emitting a potent green poison, couldn't even touch Sun Wu; they were immediately repelled by an invisible protective energy emanating from the Supreme Military Manual.

-0!

-0!

Several undead attacked.

Sun Tzu remained unharmed thanks to his protective powers.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xiao Yu kept shooting arrows, and he quickly wiped out the remaining zombies.

"Well done, as expected of you! I didn't expect you to be this powerful at only level 1!"

Sun Wu was very modest: "Although my current cultivation level is low, it is more than enough to deal with these insects."

More than enough.

It was a complete and utter defeat!

A level 1 Sun Tzu hero spirit can easily handle dozens of level 2 or 3 ordinary monsters!

He currently has three abilities.

The first type is the "Six Secrets of the Military Saint" martial arts technique, which cannot be used at present because it has not yet been practiced.

The second type is the two major skills attached to Sun Tzu's natal soul weapon, "The Book of War," which has been Sun Tzu's main attack method all the way.

The two main skills are:

A volley of arrows, a clash of swords and armor!

The former is a large-scale area-of-effect attack skill that fires hundreds of arrows at a designated area within seconds. Each arrow is powerful, and its firepower suppression and large-scale clearing effect are amazing.

However, the consumption is extremely high!

Each use requires 80 points of mental energy!

The latter is the summoning skill we just used, which can summon a warrior with extremely high attack, defense, and speed. Although it can only last for fifteen seconds, its single-target attack output and suppression effect are even greater.

Each use consumes 40 points of mental energy!

Activate the mark.

Put away the spoils.

[Soul Essence +2!]

[Soul Essence +2!]

[Soul Essence +2, Gray Soul Stone +1!]

【…】

[Soul Essence +11, White Soul Stone +1!]

This wave of attacks is coming.

I've gained another 83 points of energy!

Within about an hour of Xiao Yu returning to his former self, he had acquired a total of 220 units of soul essence!

Current reserves: 223/150!

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yu immediately burned 150 points of his vital energy to level up to level 4.

Seven days and seven nights in the game of chess!

Not a single trace of vital energy was gained.

Other players have ample time to level up, but so far, level 3 players make up less than 10% of the entire ship.

Level 4 players are the absolute top tier, numbering only a dozen or so in total, each a top player among their peers.

Upgrading is no easy feat!

Now it only takes an hour.

Xiao Yu caught up with the progress.

The power of Sun Tzu's spirit is evident!

Xiao Yu destroyed the Nightmare Altar and created a new marker, thus obtaining a reward chest.

[You have opened a white treasure chest. White Soul Stone +2, Strength Gauntlets +1!]

[Power Armguards], White Medium Grade, Base Defense +4, Protective Power +1, Strength Amplification +1%, Durability 15.

Another great piece of equipment.

Although epic-level heroes can sweep through everything, one cannot slack off in improving one's own strength.

Upgrading is one of the best ways to improve your strength.

However, the difficulty of upgrading gradually increases from level 3 onwards. The average person needs 500 essence, while Xiao Yu needs 250 essence.

That's not a small number!

Using Sun Tzu to kill monsters is incredibly fast.

The problem is that the power of the Heroic Spirits is consumed too much.

Although the summoning is deactivated when not necessary to prevent the waste of mental energy, even so, more than half of it is lost after several rounds of battle.

Sun Tzu's spirit is too powerful.

Xiao Yu is currently at level 4 and can only nurture one heroic spirit at a time, recovering only 4 points of energy per hour, while Sun Wu's heroic spirit has a maximum mental energy limit of 400 points.

In other words.

If Sun Tzu's strength is exhausted.

It will take 100 hours to fully recover!

With my current strength, it's quite difficult to control such a powerful heroic spirit, so I can't rely on it too much. Improving my overall strength is still important.

"continue!"

Xiao Yu continued his search for the monster.

He would then deal with scattered monsters by himself or with the help of archer spirits, and only when monsters gathered together would he summon Sun Tzu to clear them out in one go.

Half a day later.

Sun Tzu's mental energy was exhausted.

Vital energy reserves have reached 504/250!

Although Xiao Yu was a reborn person with rich experience, he was still shocked by this powerful efficiency. Now he could level up to level 5 at any time if he wanted to!

There are no level 5 players on the entire ship yet!

Xiao Yu's physique, which halves his experience, coupled with abundant experience and intelligence support, and his extremely powerful heroic spirits, allows him to level up at a speed more than ten times faster than other top-tier players!

Your vital energy must be used as soon as possible.

Xiao Yu did not choose to upgrade.

Logically, upgrading should increase the efficiency of nurturing heroic spirits, allowing Sun Tzu to recover his strength faster. However, there isn't much difference between 5 points and 4 points per hour.

Instead, focus on maximizing your personal abilities.

Increase monster-killing efficiency and acquire more Soul Essence. Burning Soul Essence can quickly restore Heroic Spirit Power!

[Soul Essence - 20!]

Your "Precision" skill has reached level 2!

[Soul Essence - 30!]

Your "Precision" skill has reached level 3!

Your "Accuracy" skill has been maxed out, and you have gained 1 point of permanent Agility!

【…】

First, upgrade the nameless archer's "Accuracy" to level 3.

Although the skill is relatively useless, any skill, once mastered to the maximum level, can bring a permanent attribute boost, and this is the first attribute point Xiao Yu has obtained so far.

Permanent Agility attribute.

Increased with Agility attribute.

Two completely different concepts.

The former represents the foundation, and the stronger the foundation, the better the effect of using various equipment in the future.

There are still 454 points of vital energy remaining.

Xiao Yu prepared to continue his cultivation.

Sun Tzu's "Six Secrets of Military Strategy" can be divided into "Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain" and "Yin and Yang of Military Strategy". One must first master "Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain" before learning "Yin and Yang".

The Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain skills can be further broken down into four skills with even lower entry requirements, each requiring only 450 Qi to master.

[You have learned the skill "Invasion Like Fire" through the spirit of "Sun Tzu, the Master of War"!]

【Invasion Like Fire Spell】, a purple skill... Consumes 15 points of Spirit Power. You can convert 50% of the attack power of any unit into fire attribute within 600 seconds. All fire attribute attacks will be increased by 20%, and it will also have a continuous burning effect... Current skill level 1, maximum skill level 9, consumes 500 Spirit Power to upgrade.

It is a purple skill.

It possesses immense power upon first training.

Almost all skills are enhanced as the level increases. For each level Xiao Yu gains, he can consume 2 more points of mental energy and gain an additional 1% increase in fire attribute.

He is currently at level 4.

The skill can consume up to 23 points of mental energy to activate at once, and the fire damage amplification can reach 24%.

Skills themselves can be improved.

The highest level is 9.

This indicates that the cultivation process is extremely difficult.

This also means that its growth potential and power ceiling are extremely high.

"Aggression is like a curse!"

Xiao Yu immediately consumed 15 points of mental energy to cast a spell on himself, and then found an Evil-Eyed Mountain Demon to conduct the experiment.

Draw the bow.

-15!

The arrow exploded in flames in the mandrill's chest.

Although it didn't hit the eye, it still caused a whopping 15 points of damage.

-1!

-1!

-1!

Half of the mandrill's body was set ablaze. It roared, struggled, and rolled around on the ground. Within seconds, its health bar was reduced to zero.

"Roar!"

Two more mandrills were startled.

They didn't even have time to get close.

Xiao Yu drew his golden bow in quick succession, and two arrows imbued with flames struck their targets one after another, taking them away on the spot without any suspense.

It's so useful!

This skill only incurs a single cost, yet it remains effective for up to 10 minutes, not only altering the nature of the attack but also significantly boosting attack power.

Since most monsters lack fire resistance, the output will be greatly increased when the attack is converted to fire attribute.

The most awesome thing is...

There is no cooldown period.

Not only can it continuously buff oneself, but it can also fully buff Heroic Spirits or teammates, resulting in an immediate improvement in overall strength!