Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Li Ming flew along the forest for a long time but couldn't find a suitable place to rest.

Fortunately, the plant wall at the edge of the forest remained unchanged, but the grayish-white color of the skull had been greatly reduced.

"Where exactly is this place?"

The original owner's memories were too scattered, and the most vivid memories were of his impoverished past. He knew most about the gossip in his city, so they were of very little reference value.

"Forget it, let's keep flying forward. There are fewer skeletons here, so the direction should be right. Let's try to find a place to land before dark."

After flying for a while, Li Ming stopped in the air and twitched his nose.

He caught a faint smell of burning in the breeze, and listening closely, he could hear a faint explosion coming from ahead.

His eyes lit up. "Ha! There's going to be a fight!"

The presence of fighting indicates that at least two groups of people have clashed ahead.

Regardless of who the conflicting parties are, it can increase his understanding of the world. Even if he doesn't figure out where he is, he can at least see the world's military power.

His previous experience of almost being captured by a bone dragon and kept as a pet is of little reference value to him now. They are too high-level, and if he encounters one, he can only try to save his life.

Li Ming flapped his wings and flew forward. The breeze that came his way brought even more of a fighting spirit. He habitually glanced at the status on the system panel. [Fog of Deception] had 10 seconds left.

"10, 9..."

He silently kept track of time in his mind, habitually reaching out to buy a [Fog of Deception] from the store.

"Wait, how many [Fog of Deception] have I used already? How come I only have a little over 7000 gold coins left?"

Nearly 3000 of the more than 10,000 gold coins were used without my knowledge.

"Isn't this spending too fast?"

"Damn, this [Fog of Deception] is useful, but it's way too expensive."

"Besides, it's really not cost-effective for me to use alone!"

The effect of [Fog of Deception] doesn't just apply to one person. In the game, it can cover all of your unnamed heroes at once, and in reality, it could probably cover even more people.

If a large enough number of people benefit from it, its cost-effectiveness becomes outstanding.

Li Ming did some mental calculations and realized that if he used all of the remaining 7300 gold coins to buy [Fog of Deception], it wouldn't even last for two hours.

"That won't do. It's not easy to get money from skeleton soldiers now. Without a source of gold, we can't afford to run out of gold!"

"From now on, let's use [Fog of Deception] only in emergencies!"

After deciding to temporarily disable [Fog of Deception], Li Ming deactivated his transformation and landed on the ground.

There was no way around it; the dragon's body was too large, and it wasn't flying very high, making it too easy for people to spot it if it were flying in the sky.

Since we don't plan to continue using [Fog of Deception], we'll need to find another way to remain invisible if we want to continue into the combat area.

A moment later, a single-edged dagger appeared in Li Ming's hand.

The blade is 3 feet 3 inches long, with irregular serrations on the back, and its entire body is a dark purple color, with a faint purple light flowing around the blade.

As energy was injected, a purple light spread from the blade to Li Ming's body, and wherever the purple light passed, Li Ming's body gradually became invisible.

This blade is called [Shadow Blade]. It is also a product of the Dota system. Its effects are: +25 attack power, +35 attack speed. It consumes 75 energy to activate the active skill "Shadow Step".

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Shadow Step: Enter stealth for 17 seconds. Stealth is canceled when the duration ends, or when attacking or casting a spell. While Shadow Step is active, movement speed is increased by 20%, and you can pass through units.

Breaking stealth deals an additional 175 physical damage.

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The cooldown of Shadow Step is 25 seconds, and the duration is 17 seconds. This means that you can enter stealth mode again every 8 seconds under the effect of Shadow Step.

For his own safety, Li Ming would certainly not leave himself such a big opening.

The instant the effect of Shadow Step disappeared, a purple amulet in his arms glowed slightly, and purple energy replenished the energy membrane on his body, allowing his half-visible body to re-enter stealth mode.

This amulet is called the [Shadow Amulet] and comes with the skill "Fade". Activating the skill will make the target invisible for 3.5 seconds. During the invisibility, the target's movement speed is reduced by 35%. The fade time is 1.25 seconds.

Don't be fooled by the short invisibility time; there's a 1.25-second gradual invisibility process.

However, as long as the timing is precise, there will be no 1.25-second gap when the person is already in stealth mode.

"This leaves 4.5 seconds for the device to become visible."

4.5 seconds isn't a long time for an ordinary person, but Li Ming considered his current abilities. 4.5 seconds was enough for him to run several hundred meters, and if he were discovered by a stronger enemy...

Li Ming imagined himself being caught by the golden skeleton and punched into a pulp with two powerful blows, and a chill ran down his spine.

He quickly shook his head to shake the image out of his mind.

"No, although I have the [Eternal Disc] and am not afraid of being ambushed, it has already triggered several times, and now the cooldown time is a full 165 seconds. At most, it can only block one fatal attack in a short period of time."

"Even with the [Holy Staff] and [Ghost Scepter], it's not safe; you can easily become a human punching bag."

"No, it's safer to stay invisible the whole time."

Li Ming turned his attention to the [Glimmering Cloak].

The Glimmering Cloak is the last invisibility item in Dota, providing 5 seconds of invisibility, during which it also grants 20 movement speed and 375 energy shield.

It just covers the remaining 4.5 seconds of visibility time.

There was no [Glimmer Cloak] available for sale in the system shop, so he bought a [Shadow Amulet] from the system shop first.

All you need to do is buy a cloak and a crafting recipe, put them together, and they will automatically craft the finished product.

However, before purchasing the replacement parts, a sudden inspiration struck him.

"[Shadow Charm] has a shared cooldown in the game, but I'm not in the game right now. What if it doesn't have a shared cooldown? Then I could use two Shadow Charms, right?"

After all, the Shadow Charm alone only costs 900 gold, while the Glimmering Cloak costs 2150 gold, a difference of 1250 gold. The Glimmering Cloak only adds 1.5 seconds to the invisibility time.

In comparison, the [Shadow Amulet] offers much better value for money when it comes to simply being invisible.

Upon realizing he could save 1250 gold coins, Li Ming immediately began testing it.

He first activated a [Shadow Amulet]. After the 3.5-second invisibility period ended, he activated a second [Shadow Amulet] with a thought, and his body, which had just become visible, became invisible again.

"Ha! That's really good!"

This reduces his invisibility interval to only 1 second.

"One second... isn't that a bit too risky?"

"There's no security redundancy; if it's discovered..."

His gaze darted back and forth between the [Glimmering Cloak] and the [Shadow Amulet], pondering whether he should spend the extra 1250 gold coins.

Finally, his gaze fell on the energy consumption of both.

"No! The [Shadow Amulet] doesn't consume energy, while the [Glimmer Cloak] consumes 125 energy points, plus the [Shadow Blade] consumes 75 energy points."

"If I want to remain invisible, it will cost a total of 200 energy points over 25 seconds."

"And my energy recovery rate... is only 5.6 points/second, and it automatically recovers 140 points every 25 seconds."

"Damn, I can't use the [Glimmer Cloak], otherwise I'll have to keep using [Purification Potion]."

The energy recovery rate of 5.6 points per second was only achieved with the blessing of the Holy Staff.

Without the Holy Staff, a level 16 Dragon Knight's energy regeneration rate is only 2.6 points per second, which is not even enough to maintain the energy consumption of [Shadow Blade].

"There's no other way, I'll have to use two [Shadow Charms]. The invisibility interval is only 1 second, so with a little attention, it shouldn't be a problem!"