A Comprehensive Network: An Endless Adventure Begins as a Wanderer

Chapter 86 Talent Expansion and Kobolds

Cheng Yi carefully studied the Origin Talent Tree panel.

What we've shown so far is only a small part of this vast talent tree that has been illuminated. Below each branch of talent or shadow technique, there are numerous dim extensions composed of branches and nodes—

When Cheng Yi focused his consciousness on these abilities that had not yet been activated, he was able to understand the general information about these branches.

For example, the shadow skill "Shadow Travel" has many extensions that deepen the skill, in addition to the usual nodes that increase teleportation distance and increase stealth bonus.

Multi-unit teleportation, shadow movement of weapons and spells, setting up shadow beacons for dimensional traversal and interdimensional teleportation —

And this is just an expansion of a shadow technique!

Only then did Cheng Yi truly realize how important it is to have a complete set of supermodel skills that have growth potential.

The furnace of all things is being forged, bang!

However, if the many extensions of Shadow Arts are merely overpowered in terms of mechanics, then Shadow Body and Shadow Plunder are overpowered monsters in terms of numerical values.

Extremely high resistance growth, passive health and mana regeneration.

I thought I was a soldier.

If you can't kill me instantly, then it's my turn to kill you instantly.

As for the Shadow Raid, the elite boss monsters at the same challenge level as Cheng Yi are not easy to deal with.

In theory, however, as long as there are enough elite boss monsters, he can raise all attributes to the maximum of 20 points.

This doesn't even include subsequent expansions.

But just now, Cheng Yi glanced at his stats after the transformation and discovered that his challenge level had reached 10+.

This also means that theory is ultimately just theory; almost every elite leader who can be plundered is someone of equal strength to him.

The ability to see shadows is also quite remarkable, directly fulfilling Cheng Yi's long-cherished wish for realistic vision.

In terms of countering the control that real vision exerts over him, Cheng Yi was also delighted to discover corresponding branch nodes in the subsequent expansion of Shadow Escape.

As for the final Shadow Servant, the description suggests they are excellent scouts, very useful in clearing out miscellaneous soldiers. However, Cheng Yi currently has no servants at his disposal, so it's difficult to draw any conclusions.

In short, Cheng Yi couldn't be more satisfied now.

However, the enhancement, expansion, and even release of these abilities all require the support of image quality.

The fact that Shadow Essence is obtained by killing hostile creatures is, in a universal context, certainly a sinister omen.

However, the existence of the cross-network copy can undoubtedly eliminate this omen effectively.

Cheng Yi didn't consider himself a demon, and he couldn't bring himself to harm ordinary people for the sake of power.

But if it's a monster or a villain in a dungeon, Cheng Yi doesn't have those psychological burdens.

He checked the time; a week had passed since he began smelting.

There weren't many messages on his phone, just some group chat messages with 99+ messages, and an unread message from two days ago from DM asking if he had time to make noodles.

Cheng Yi replied casually, then walked out of the old house.

It was early morning, and the air was not yet hot, with only a few clear birdsong echoing in the mountains.

He wasn't in a hurry to return to the city; instead, he planned to stay here for a while longer.

Although the old houses in the old town are comfortable enough, they are still in the noisy city, and are not as free and pleasant as the wilderness.

Cheng Yi glanced at the sky. Since a week had already passed, he opened the new weekly instance panel.

It's time to reap the first rewards of the video quality —

Weekly Dungeon: Caves, Ore, and Kobolds - Challenge Level: 8+

Dungeon Difficulty: Hard to Elite (Difficulty Selectable)

Dungeon Monsters: Kobold Miners (massive numbers), Kobold Whippers (Level 7/Warrior Template/Inspire Specialization) (large numbers), Primitive Cult Kobold Shamans (Level 8/Spellcaster Template/Primitive Fury) (small numbers), Blazing Fury Kuramanu Redscale (Level 9/Dragonvein Warlock/Elite Boss Template/Bloodline Awakening)

Dungeon Rewards: Abundant Universal Experience, Disaster Coins, Purple to Light Gold Quality Chests, and Unpredictable Magic Ore Drops. Dungeon Death Penalty: Soul Weakness (lasts 1 natural day).

Instance Description: The once bustling cave has been taken over by a gang of kobolds. These greedy creatures slaughtered the original miners and garrison, turning it into yet another goldmine for them. Many adventurers have tried to drive them away, but most have been reduced to ashes in the roaring flames.

P.S.: Please, why kobolds again? Forget dragons, even giants would be fine!

Kobold Slayer, Silver-Rank Adventurer, Ulysses: I used to be an adventurer too, until I got stepped on by a giant.

Ulysses, Goodwill Ambassador for Communication between Humans and Dwarves

Why are there jokes about dwarfs everywhere?

Cheng Yi's lips twitched.

[Enter the weekly dungeon: Caves, Ore, and Kobolds?]

"Yes."

[Teleporting character into the instance————]

When Cheng Yi opened his eyes again, he found himself inside a deep, dark mine tunnel.

Along the sides of the mine tunnel, there were piles of ore and tools, and faint scorch marks.

Every so often in the mine tunnel, a simple brazier burned, illuminating the tunnel dimly.

Cheng Yi slipped into the shadows and headed deeper into the mine tunnel.

Before long, a noisy commotion was heard, along with the sound of pickaxes striking the rock wall.

Turning the corner, the view suddenly opened up.

In this relatively wide mine tunnel, a dozen kobold miners were seen mining, occasionally throwing the unidentified ore they had extracted onto the mine carts beside them.

Behind them was an even more robust kobold, who wielded a long whip and occasionally lashed it at the kobold miners.

Every time a wound appeared on the kobolds' bodies, they seemed to be injected with adrenaline, swinging their pickaxes even faster.

[Level 5/Kobold Miner]

[Level 7/Kobold Whipper/Inspiration Specialist]

Cheng Yi deftly dodged the waving whip and circled around to the back of the dog-headed whipper.

A single sword strike to the throat.

At the same time, an invisible shadow spread out from beneath Cheng Yi's feet, connecting with the dim shadow beneath the Whip Whip's feet.

You have killed the Kobold Whiplasher and gained 100 kill experience points.

[You have absorbed the shadow of the Kobold Whipper (Level 7). Based on your innate abilities, you have gained 2 points of Shadow Matter.]

The kobold whipper fell silently, and Cheng Yi flashed to the center of the group of kobold miners who were working.

At this moment, the kobolds turned around in confusion as the rhythmic whipping stopped.

However, what greeted them was a unified, invisible sword shadow!

Rondo!