I summon the heroic spirits of China in the infinite world.

"Alright, now for the final, most important part."

After digesting these pre-existing spoils, Li Ming began rubbing his hands together like a fly.

What he was most looking forward to was, of course, the upgrade cards dropped by the BOSS.

Last night, the BOSS dropped a total of 3 [Level 1 Upgrade Cards].

Each card corresponds to one card from the Breakthrough, Steadfast, and Listening to the Wind series.

In addition, the large number of monsters he encountered last night also boosted his summoner level once again.

Your Summoner Rank has been increased to LV7.

[Received 1 Level 1 Upgrade Card (choose one of seven), and 100 Awakening Stones (choose one of seven).]

That makes 3 + 1 = 4 cards.

First is the Breakthrough Upgrade Card.

Guan Yu, who is also a member of the Breakthrough type, is already at Tier 2, so there's no doubt that this card will be used by Lu Bu.

Since the Summoner received 100 Broken Stones for leveling up, he didn't need to wait for production.

[Lu Bu has awakened a new essence characteristic.]

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

After awakening, immediately advance to the next level.

[Would you like to consume 500 cubic coins and an upgrade card to upgrade this Servant?]

"Yes."

The shattered light enveloped Lü Bu's entire body, forming a flowing light curtain.

The cold glint of light emanating from the halberd tip became even sharper in the light, as if it were cutting through the air itself.

"ha!"

Lu Bu let out a thunderous roar, and the shattered light exploded.

The halberd spun in his hand before slamming heavily to the ground.

Lu Bu has advanced to the second tier.

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

The changes brought about by attribute improvements are visible to the naked eye.

But what Li Ming cared about more was that newly appeared term.

[Lu Bu]: Tier 2 LV3, Breaking Force

[Assault - Trait]: When dealing 100% armor penetration damage, all attributes increase by 10% for 3 seconds.

[Peerless - Passive]: Lu Bu's melee damage is all true damage.

[Flying General - 100% Breaking Energy]: Lu Bu gains +20% to all attributes for 30 seconds. Consuming energy during this time can extend the duration.

"They've activated an active skill!"

Li Ming's expression brightened.

He still lacks active skills.

The effect of this skill is equivalent to giving Lu Bu an additional layer of the [Valiant] enchantment.

The key is that it can be used not only within the territory, but also at any time during combat in the wild.

As for the "consuming energy to extend the duration" feature, we'll have to test that.

Dawn immediately summoned the Three Heroes of the Peach Garden, and another battle of three heroes against Lü Bu ensued.

The test results came back quickly.

The maximum total duration of the [Flying General] skill is approximately 60 seconds.

The base duration is 30 seconds, plus an additional 30 seconds for sustained attacks to gain energy.

Then the energy supply runs out, and the state ends.

Unless the energy limit is increased or the frequency of his energy acquisition is increased.

But 60 seconds is more than enough, and besides, if the battle lasts long enough, [Flying General] isn't something that can only be used once.

If Lu Bu can maintain his maximum attack frequency without stopping, it will only take about 2 minutes to fully charge his energy to 100%.

In roughly the ideal scenario, one minute out of every three minutes would be covered by [Flying General].

Another issue is the stacking of buffs.

Both [Flying General] and [Valiant] have a 20% chance of being included, but they are not separate ride zones.

In other words, the actual bonus is 100% + 20% + 20% = 140%.

Instead of 120% x 120% = 144%.

In comparison, independent passenger areas are better.

The 20% bonus isn't very noticeable, but it would be much more obvious if it were two +40% bonuses.

140%x140%=196%，而100%+40%+40%却只是180%。

"Fortunately, the increase is not large yet, so the dilution effect is not significant."

Dawn thought it was okay.

After finishing, Lu Bu took out the Listening Wind upgrade card.

The only hero in the Listening Wind faction is Huang Zhong, so there is no choice in this regard.

[Would you like to consume 500 cubic coins and an upgrade card to upgrade this Servant?]

"Yes."

Huang Zhong has been promoted to the second rank.

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

"Hahahahaha!"

Amidst Huang Zhong's loud laughter, the light from the ascension shattered, scattering across the ground.

Let's take a look at his panel.

Huang Zhong: Tier 2 LV4, Listening to the Wind

[Patience - Trait]: Attack power continuously accumulates before attacking, up to a maximum of 1000% of base attack power.

[Fierce Bow - Passive]: Huang Zhong's arrows can ignore 30% of the target's armor.

[Qilin Shot - 100% Wind Listening Energy]: Huang Zhong's attack accuracy is increased to 100%, and damage is increased by 100%.

"Perfect!"

The active skill brought by this second-tier skill can be said to have perfectly solved his current predicament regarding Huang Zhong.

Even last night's BOSS could be killed instantly, Huang Zhong is undoubtedly my strongest single-target damage dealer right now.

However, this single-target output still has a major problem, namely, it is only available once.

Last night, he had to expend a great deal of his heroic spirit power to ensure that the attack would hit.

Now that 100% accuracy is available, the problem is completely solved.

Furthermore, Huang Zhong cannot attack or move while warming up his [Patience] skill, so accumulating Listening Wind energy is a piece of cake, making it a completely secondary task.

Then, "damage +100%" and attack power bonus are completely independent multiplicative terms.

With the addition of Zhuge Liang's [Eight Trigrams Formation], Huang Zhong's attack power can reach a maximum of 1010%.

If you encounter "damage +100%" again, it won't be 1010% + 100%, but 2020%!

It doubled in value! That's terrifying!

It must be said that among the seven series, the Wind Listening series has the most troublesome charging method, but it also has the highest essence content.

100% energy consumption will bring two effects: 100% hit rate and 100% damage.

"With this skill..."

Li Ming hadn't expected Huang Zhong's advancement to bring such a significant leap in combat power, but he was now confident.

I'm confident I can challenge the boss in the Skull Tomb.

First, have Huang Zhong squat outside the tomb for 10 hours, and then find a way to lure the BOSS out.

Finally, no matter what kind of demons or monsters they were, they just killed them with a single arrow.

It's impossible for a wild boss to have twice the health and defense of a Dream Eater boss.

Although the BOSS's health was linked to Lu Bu's at that time, Lu Bu was not at full health either, not to mention that his other heroes had been besieging him for so long.

This back and forth is roughly equivalent to Huang Zhong's 1010% attack instantly killing the Dream Eater BOSS.

"As for this card..."

Dawn took out the Steadfast-type upgrade card again.

This card has two targets to choose from.

Both the Stone Monkey and Ma Chao are of the steadfast type.

"If we challenge that BOSS now, maybe after the stone monkey levels up it will be able to withstand a beam of light."

"But then again, even if the Stone Monkey is incredibly resilient at this stage, he probably can't compare to Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, who share the same health points."

"Moreover, Ma Chao's Iron Guards might be suitable as cheap bait to lure the BOSS out."

After comparing the two options, he gradually made a decision.

Ma Chao is already LV4, while the Stone Monkey is only LV3.

Although he also wanted to improve the stone monkey as soon as possible and transform it into the Great Sage.

But this process will inevitably be quite lengthy, so there's no rush to take the next step.

The urgent matter right now is whether we can defeat that BOSS.

Upgrading Ma Chao's rank will maximize his immediate combat power.

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