Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

Chapter 93 The Second Fortune

This day.

Entering the instance once again.

Xiao Yu was engaged in his daily cultivation.

After the Nightmare Tsunami and the near annihilation of the believers' forces, the resources of wild monsters in Suiyang have decreased significantly.

The Chosen Ones mainly rely on Nightmare dungeons to level up, and this is Xiao Yu's sixteenth time leading his team to challenge the Kuaiji Altar dungeon.

This time, the team members are three close confidants.

Jiang Xiaoxia, Lu Dahai, and Zhao Gang.

Jiang Xiaxia has already reached level 10 after following Xiao Yu through multiple dungeons, while Lu Dahai and Zhao Gang are close to breaking through to level 9.

The current dungeon challenge.

It is in its final stages.

Xiao Yu once again awakened the evil Goujian in the form of "Purgatory Fallen Dragon," but as a mirror nightmare BOSS, Goujian's strength has obviously dropped significantly.

Although Goujian reached the status of a deep-sea overlord, the deep-sea overlord can be further divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower.

The true strength of the corrupted Goujian in the Nightmare dungeon is only that of a beginner-level lower-tier overlord, posing no threat to Xiao Yu at all.

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Of course, strength and weakness are relative.

Currently, there are more than twenty level 9 and 10 Chosen Ones in Suiyang, all of whom are qualified to challenge the Kuaiji Altar, but only Xiao Yu is capable of challenging Goujian in his Fallen Dragon form.

Wang Yang and Su Qingmeng can also lead a team to raid the Kuaiji Altar, but they need to form a team of at least six people and only dare to trigger the weaker version of the Fallen King Goujian.

Facing the imposing and awe-inspiring fallen dragon Goujian, Zhao Gang, Xia Xia, and Fatty were all on high alert and dared not be careless in the slightest.

Xiao Yu didn't even summon a named Heroic Spirit; instead, he used the weakest of the four Heroic Spirits, the Unnamed Heroic Spirit.

however.

Compared to half a month ago.

The nameless heroes have undergone tremendous changes.

When he is summoned, he not only appears in his well-equipped warrior form, but also rides a majestic black-armored warhorse.

He held a war bow and carried a long spear, resembling a powerful general who intimidated the Xiongnu on the frontier.

Xiao Yu has invested a lot of resources in the cultivation of heroic spirits in the past few days, which naturally includes the only nameless heroic spirit.

The Nameless Warrior Spirit not only reached level 10 in cultivation, but also achieved a new breakthrough by fusing with the high-quality blue spirit "Nameless Guardian General"!

Nowadays, not only has the form of the nameless heroes changed, but their names and abilities have also changed.

From "Nameless Warrior" to "Nameless Frontier General", his aptitude has reached the maximum level of 40, and he is not far from being purple.

Before the change.

His abilities include "Swift Arrow Technique" and "Hundred Battles Spear Technique".

After the change.

His abilities include "Swift Wind Archery", "Sudden Rain Archery", "Hundred Battles Spear Technique", and "Warhorse Summoning".

The Gale Arrow Technique remains the core skill, officially known as the Gale Hundred Battles Arrow. Its level cap has been increased from 4 to 5, and its core green sub-skills "Gale Assault" and "Gale Rapid Fire," as well as more detailed basic skills, have all received significant enhancements.

Sudden Rain Archery is a top-tier green skill with a maximum level of 4. It has two skills: "Sudden Rain Archery Technique" and "Five Arrows in a Row". It is a set of archery techniques that attack in an area.

The highest level of the Hundred Battles Spear Technique was originally level 3, but it has now been upgraded to level 4, making its quality similar to that of the Sudden Rain Arrow.

Other than that.

The nameless border general possesses the ability to summon warhorses. Although it is only a white summoned unit, it is a very useful skill.

All skills.

Everything is now complete!

The nameless border general is as strong as a top-tier lord of the same level. If he is empowered by Xiao Yu's secret military arts, he will be fully capable of fighting against a rare lord of the same level!

At this moment, Goujian's attention was drawn to Xiao Yu, Lu Dahai, and Zhao Gang.

Several dark gold sword energies were intercepted by the sacred shield, while Lu Dahai barely managed to suppress Goujian's protective power.

The nameless border general seized the opportunity to gallop at high speed, drawing his bow and shooting arrows at such a speed that they were almost invisible.

Arrows flew out rapidly.

Each successful attack would cause the dragon scales of Goujian to explode and leave obvious burn marks.

—104 (Critical Hit!)

—108 (Critical Hit!)

—109 (Critical Hit!)

The nameless flying general and the fallen dragon Goujian were originally of vastly different strengths. Logically speaking, even if the latter's protective power was weakened and suppressed, it would still be difficult for him to break through the defense with his attack methods.

However, due to the blessing of the Four Spells of the War Saint and the divine weapon descending from the sky, the attack power is greatly increased, and these basic attacks can all hit critical hits and deal nearly a hundred damage.

It also has an extremely high rate of fire.

Therefore, the output effect.

It can take away one or two thousand lives per minute.

If you use a high-speed arrow like Gale Strike, which has armor-piercing properties, you can deal over three or four hundred damage each time!

Obviously.

Having only level 1 Military Saint Four Symbols Secret Technique and level 1 Military Saint Yin Yang Secret Technique is not enough to increase the strength of a mere Nameless Flying General by such a large margin.

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Xiao Yu's Military Strategy has become even more powerful.

In the past two weeks, I have spent nearly 9 units of energy cultivating the Four Symbols of the Military Saint to level 3 and the Yin-Yang of the Military Saint to level 2.

What is the concept of a Level 3 Military Saint Four Symbols?

The Four Symbols of the War Saint is a red-level cultivation technique and also a superior technique of the Four Curses of the War Saint. Only the level 3 Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain Curses can be used to enter the Four Symbols of the War Saint.

This training is equivalent to raising all four spells by 2 levels. Xiao Yu can now use the Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain Spell at level 5 with all his might.

兵圣四咒每提升1级，基础效果能增长20%，当历经连续4次複利增长，5级咒效果至少比1级咒强107%！

Accumulate cultivation level.

The increase will only be higher.

Therefore, the nameless warrior's attack speed is so fast and his attack power is so strong that there are very few people in Suiyang who can fight against him one-on-one.

This is only Xiao Yu's weakest heroic spirit. The other heroic spirits have been trained for half a month and their strength is now unfathomable.

Xiao Yu was not idle.

A righteous spirit empowers the whole body.

He has mastered both of his sword techniques, "Alluring Sword Dance" and "Righteous Sword Technique," to the maximum level.

This process not only brings a significant permanent attribute boost, but also increases sword attack damage by 36 points due to the improvement in swordsmanship.

Max level Haoran Sword.

His righteous spirit is inexhaustible.

Xiao Yu can control the intensity of his attacks. At this moment, he is constantly unleashing powerful sword energy. Although the damage of a single attack is not high, the attack density and frequency are very high.

Although some of the attacks were blocked or deflected by Goujian, some still managed to hit, leaving an invisible blood curse mark with each hit.

In just a moment.

The Heavenly Blood Curse has accumulated to more than twenty.

"The Decisive Strike!"

Xiao Yu realized that the kill threshold had been triggered, so he immediately and decisively consumed more than 100 points of mental energy to launch a curse attack on the BOSS, who still had about one-third of his life left.

The Blood Curse erupted in full force.

It transformed into an incredibly powerful slash.

This attack is like the scythe of death. Although you can clearly feel it, there is no way to avoid it. Even using escape techniques or teleportation is useless. Once it is launched, it will hit!

Ignore armor.

Ignoring physical strength.

Although the protective power could negate the damage, under the continuous and intense attacks, Goujian's protective power simply couldn't recover in time, resulting in an astonishingly high level of damage.

—3830 (Critical Hit)

All remaining life force is wiped out at once.

This powerful overlord unit didn't even have time to go into full berserk mode before Xiao Yu easily dealt with it!

The dragon Goujian fell.

A pale purple ball of light burst forth.

Xiao Yu examined the ancient sword in his hand and said with satisfaction, "The level 10 Heavenly Fate Attribute Carved Sword is indeed very useful!"

This period of two weeks.

Xiao Yu has been improved in all aspects.

He not only improved his heroic spirits and greatly enhanced his skills, but also devoted a lot of time and resources to strengthening his main equipment.

The original blue low-grade Destiny Attribute Carved Sword has now been upgraded to blue high-grade, and its level has been enhanced to level 10.

The current attributes are as follows:

【Destiny's Crafted Sword】, Blue Superior Grade, Equipment Level 10, Base Attack +88, Physical Attack Damage +39%, Agility +42, Strength +30, Amplification of All Four Basic Attributes +10%, Sword Skill Damage +22%, Attached Skill "Destiny's Blood Curse", Durability 80.

Overall performance.

More than doubled!

In terms of attack power alone, it is slightly higher than the Corpse-Slaying Whip, which is also a level 10 blue-grade weapon.

Its extremely high attribute bonus can bring Xiao Yu an immediate increase in strength, enough to make him significantly stronger than half a month ago.

of course.

Both the carved sword and the corpse-beating whip have their own merits.

Although the Corpse Whip has a slightly lower base attack than the Elemental Sword and no attribute bonus, it also has additional magic attack and a very high critical hit damage bonus.

Two weapons, one main and one secondary.

It is the most perfect combination at this stage.

Although Xiao Yu has focused most of his resources and time on this sword these past few days, the improvements to his various armor pieces and accessories have also been significant.

His main armor and accessories have all reached the green superior grade and been upgraded to level 10. Only he in the entire Suiyang can be so wealthy and powerful.

That's one way to put it.

With current skills and equipment.

Xiao Yu's overall strength is enough to easily crush the fallen dragon Goujian when he goes all out. Even if he travels back to the time when he was exploring the dungeon fifteen days ago, he would still be able to fight Goujian, who has been strengthened by the deep sea, in a one-on-one battle without the assistance of heroic spirits.

Zhao Gang: "Boss, I've leveled up!"

Lu Dahai: "Hahaha! Me too! Finally level 10!"

Jiang Xiaoxia: "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Zhao Gang and Lu Dahai were overjoyed, having successfully achieved their old maximum level achievement.

Moreover, both of them are quite good in terms of equipment, skills, and heroic spirits, and their overall strength ranks around the top five or six.

"good!"

Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction.

As his past adventures in Suiyang draw to a close, in order to better prepare for future challenges, he has recently been taking care of promising chosen ones and his trusted confidants, helping them level up.

Although this will take away some of Xiao Yu's vital energy resources, the impact on him is limited. In the long run, it can generate several times or even more returns.

Xiao Yu checked the reserves of vital energy.

This dungeon run yielded nearly 20,000 spirit points.

Currently, the body's vital energy reserves have reached over 3.

Xiao Yu's current skill cultivation can be roughly divided into three core techniques.

For example: the Four Symbols of the Military Sage Level 3, the Yin-Yang of the Military Sage Level 2, and the Illusory Dream of Mirror Flower Level 1.

Three core techniques.

All are of red quality!

Among them, Mirror Flower Illusion is Xi Shi's innate heroic spirit skill. Xiao Yu has already trained the two sub-skills Mirror Flower Water Moon and Illusion Bewitching Soul to level 3.

Based on this, he consumed more than 3 units of vital energy and finally succeeded in comprehending the highest-level skill, making it the third set of introductory red-level techniques.

Three major techniques.

Extremely high grade.

The upper limit is extremely high.

However, it is extremely difficult to cultivate.

There is still significant room for improvement.

In addition to the three core techniques, there are also relatively easy-to-learn low- to mid-level skills.

Skills such as Alluring Sword Dance, Righteous Sword Technique, Crimson Evil Thunder Curse, Ash Escape Technique, Gale Arrow, Sudden Rain Arrow, Hundred Battles Spear, Concealing Breath Technique, and Warhorse Summoning.

After this period of cultivation...

Xiao Yu has already leveled them all up to the maximum level.

Among them, "Sudden Rain Arrow" and "Hundred Battles Spear" are high-quality green skills, "Concealing Breath Technique" is also a green quality skill, "Warhorse Summoning" is a white special skill, and the other five are all blue quality skills.

From the three successfully mastered red skills to the numerous low-to-mid-level skills that have been fully cultivated, each step of cultivation and breakthrough generates significant attribute bonuses, and these achievements add up to an astonishing number.

This constitutes an important foundation for Xiao Yu's culture.

This is one of the biggest sources of confidence that allows them to lead other chosen ones.

After all, at this stage, not many of the chosen ones have blue skills, and even fewer can cultivate them to perfection.

As for the four heroic spirits.

I've made quite a bit of progress during this period.

Currently, Sun Wu is level 8, Xi Shi is level 9, Zheng Dan is level 9, and the nameless flying general is level 10!

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yu poured all the essence he had just acquired into the spirit of Xi Shi.

【Soul Essence - 32000!】

Your Heroic Spirit "Xi Shi, the Beauty Who Could Topple Kingdoms" has leveled up! Current level: Level 10!

The second max-level Servant has been successfully trained!

Why did Xiao Yu prioritize leveling Xi Shi to level 10? Mainly because leveling Sun Wu was too resource-intensive, while Xi Shi was relatively easier to train!

In addition, there is another important reason.

Red-tier heroes with good fortune will begin to awaken their fortune once they reach level 10!

Xiao Yu could clearly feel a new surge of fortune emerging, giving his power an unprecedented boost.

at the same time.

I received a notification from Heaven.

Your "Fairy-like Beauty" destiny has been successfully awakened!

If we only consider the amplification effect of this "Fairy of Beauty" on herself, it is even higher than that of the "Sage of Military Strategy"!

The latter attribute is:

【Supreme Sage of Military Strategy】, an orange-tier talent with a current awakening strength of green. It increases the regular skills of you and all your Heroic Spirits by 10%, the skills of all crew members and Heroic Spirits by 5%, and allows you to summon and control 1 Heroic Spirit unit. It also comes with the talent skill "Light of the Sage of Military Strategy".

The former has the following attributes:

【Peerless Fairy】, Red Luck Talent, Current Awakening Strength is Green, Your and Xi Shi's Spiritual Attribute Skills Increase by 35%, Total Spiritual Power Increase by 10%, Total Vitality Increase by 10%, Four Basic Attributes Increase by 5%, Attached Skill "Xi Shi's Blessing".

Historical fortune.

They can be roughly divided into five categories.

These are respectively the fortunes of emperors, famous generals, famous ministers, extraordinary individuals, and beautiful women.

Although all fortune will amplify the chosen one.

However, different types often have very different effects.

For example, the luck enhancement effect of the Emperor class has a greater effect on other Heroic Spirits, and can even improve the luck effect and quality of other Heroic Spirits.

The fortune of famous ministers and generals often affects the entire Ark, or all territories, teams, and armies, bringing a boost to the basic attributes, skill power, training speed, or other abilities of a wide range of people.

Sun Tzu undoubtedly belongs to the category of famous generals with extraordinary destiny.

Moreover, he possesses an extremely strong aura of a famous general.

The other two categories are rather special.

The effects of the Qi Shi category are the most diverse and complex, encompassing a wide range of things. It includes famous doctors and craftsmen such as Hua Tuo, Bian Que, Lu Ban, and Ou Yezi, as well as famous scholars and extraordinary people such as Li Bai, Su Shi, Jing Ke, and Xuanzang.

The effects of this luck vary greatly, and the resulting increases are incredibly diverse, requiring further analysis.

As for the fortune associated with beautiful women?

It can actually be considered a branch of the fourth category.

They are usually beauties who have made a name for themselves in history, and the fortune brought by a beautiful woman is different from that brought by a king or general.

It generally does not have a large-scale effect on other heroic spirits or the entire team and territory.

This kind of fortune will more effectively strengthen the heroic spirits and the chosen ones who possess it. Although the scope of its effect is small, the amplification effect is more obvious.

Therefore, we can compare the two fortunes that Xiao Yu currently possesses and has activated.

In the long run, Sun Tzu's fortune is far more valuable than Xi Shi's fortune; the former can effectively enhance the strength of the Heroic Spirit team and even the entire Ark team!

However, if we only compare the effect on Xiao Yu's personal strength, the latter is clearly stronger.

All mental skills +35%!

This effect was achieved.

Xi Shi's abilities were undoubtedly greatly enhanced.

In the future, as the level of "Mirror Flower Dream" increases, coupled with the additional boost from luck, Xiao Yu will be able to effectively utilize it in actual combat.

In addition, a 10% increase in total mental strength and vitality is a very powerful boost!

What is net asset value and what is total value?

Net value refers to the core value detached from external increases, meaning it does not include the value brought by equipment.

The attribute boosts from general equipment, skills, talents, or other abilities are usually based on net attribute value by default.

The total value is a fixed value consisting of the user's own attribute value and the equipment value, and is a proportional increase based on this value.

Although Xi Shi's luck is currently at a green level, its enhancement effect is very significant and its value is very high.

As for the innate skills that come with the Fairy of Allure.

【Xi Zi's Blessing】, a green luck skill, grants you +1000 resistance to charm skills, +500 resistance to mind control skills, +200 resistance to abnormal mental effects, and +100 immunity to mental damage.

This is a passively activated skill that supplements Xiao Yu's Luck talent, making him virtually immune to charm and greatly enhancing his resistance to various mental interferences and attacks.

"Very good, very good!"

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up slightly when he saw the innate skill.

The corrupt king Wu Zixu was extremely skilled in mental attacks.

This skill will be of great help in the upcoming challenge of "River Eye Purgatory".

In conclusion...

While Xi Shi's spirit's fortune is certainly not as valuable as Sun Wu's, it is still considered top-tier, significantly boosting one's personal strength.

Not long after.

A bombshell announcement shook Suiyang to its core.

Xiao Yu announced that he will soon take on the ultimate nightmare, "Jiangyan Purgatory"!

Why choose this time?

After half a month of training.

Xiao Yu's strength has reached a new level, and the enhancement and forging of various equipment have been completed in stages.

The time is ripe.

Things will fall into place naturally.

As for why Xiao Yu didn't continue to play it safe for a while and forge equipment of level 10 or above, or break through the Corpse Whip and the Attribute Carved Sword to the purple grade?

Why doesn't Xiao Yu try to upgrade Zheng Dan's heroic spirit and the nameless border general's heroic spirit to purple aptitude?

It's not that I don't want to.

It's not that we don't have the materials.

I've been grinding the Kuaiji Altar like crazy lately.

Xiao Yu has accumulated a lot of blue forging stones and deep-sea stones, as well as a small amount of purple-quality deep-sea stones and spirit essence.

The problem is that in the old Suiyang, a shallow old town, the level of weapon refiners and spirit refiners, as well as the hardware facilities, are all unsatisfactory.

Xiao Yu did not try.

One reason is the lack of time; after all, half a month is only enough to upgrade a set of equipment to its current level.

On the one hand, it was to avoid waste, as the old productivity and production level of Suiyang could no longer meet Xiao Yu's needs.

Therefore, staying in Diaoyang any longer would not be cost-effective, so the decision was made to challenge the Jiangyan Purgatory.

Face the ultimate challenge!

Challenge the most terrifying nightmares.

Xiao Yu will completely end the pollution that has threatened Suiyang for years to come, and will also usher in a new era for the chosen ones of Suiyang.

(PS: Unfortunately, I caught the flu. My fever was just over 38 degrees Celsius, which isn't too high, but I've had an unusually bad headache for the past two days. I'm too groggy to write during the day. I was thinking of taking a day off, but after taking some medicine, my fever subsided in the evening, and I feel a bit better. So I'll write a little less. Please forgive me.)