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Chapter 305
chapter 265 part 1
Chapter 264: A Major Attribute Boost, Gagaran Appears (Thanks to "Qidian Bookworm" for the 10,000 Book Currency Reward!)
The crimson light of the Magma Sea reflected in Tang Zheng's pupils. He understood all too well the significance of the job skill, 「Transcendental Technique」.
"Isn't this just another form of class respec?"
In the game YGGDRASIL, there were many skills and magic spells that required experience points to use. Once a player ran out of stored experience, these abilities became unusable.
Tang Zheng remembered that if a player wanted to perform a class respec, they normally had to do so by dying and losing levels.
However, this had a disadvantage: the lost levels would be deducted first from a high-tier job class or the last class the player had leveled up.
This made it extremely difficult to use death to respec out of job classes acquired early on. Otherwise, how would they sell pay-to-win items?
But Tang Zheng could actively choose which job to drop a level in.
"This skill, 「Transcendental Technique」... I initially thought it was just an alternative method of spellcasting to increase my sustainability and have more options in reserve. I never expected it to be this broken."
"However."
Looking at the experience in his [Experience Bar: 1/510000], he saw that after dropping the level, the value had reset directly to one point. He had assumed it would only subtract the consumed experience, not wipe it clean.
To be precise, only one point of experience remained.
"So, is this some kind of penalty for using a skill to drop a level?"
Tang Zheng mused to himself. As expected of a special job class with a higher acquisition difficulty than even 【Valkyrie】.
"The 【Ninja】 class still has two levels left."
"Attribute Stats!"
A thoughtful expression appeared on Tang Zheng's face as he willed it.
…………
【Ability Stats】
Innate Ability: 【Player】
Comprehensive Level: 48Lv
【Experience Bar: 471356/510000】
Skill Points: 66
(PS: Specific ability information has been updated in the comments section.)
...
【Attribute Stats】
Karma Value: 23【Neutral】
HP: 580→725→710 (55%)
MP: 263→538→523 (40%)
Physical Attack: 373→518→503 (39%)
Physical Defense: 280→380 (29%)
Agility: 213→418→403 (31%)
Magic Attack: 293→523 (40%)
Magic Defense: 295→525 (40%)
Overall Resistance: 445→465 (36%)
Specialty: 440→670 (52%)
Total: 362%
(The first number does not include the stats from the 【Ninja】 and 【Magic Transcender】 job classes.)
…………
Even without looking at the increased stats, Tang Zheng could feel the surging magic power and physical power within him. A single special job class had brought a comprehensive boost and enhancement.
Furthermore, the "Power of Magic Transcendence" added an extra 130 points each to his MP, Magic Attack, and Magic Defense stats.
"Based on the current information, my skill points remain unchanged after a level drop, but the stat increases from the 【Ninja】 job are gone."
Tang Zheng noticed that four of his base stats had each dropped by 15 points.
"There are still a few things I can't confirm."
"If a job is completely lost, will its skills or passives disappear with it?"
These were the two questions that concerned Tang Zheng the most. It was precisely because of these concerns that he had chosen to expend levels from his 【Ninja】 class.
He hadn't chosen 【Sword Saint】 or 【Shaman Mentor】, two of his intermediate job classes, because he had considered these two problems.
His 【Sword Saint】 level was too high; experimenting with it would be an excessive waste of experience points.
【Shaman Mentor】 was only at level one, but it was tied to the 「Totem Imbuement」 skill. Tang Zheng could be indifferent about other things, but he had spent a great deal of effort on the 「Body Armament」 ability.
If he lost 【Shaman Mentor】 and the skill disappeared along with it, there would be no point in crying.
The 【Ninja】 class was low-level, so the experience cost of experimenting was also low. Even if he lost it completely, he could just reacquire it from Tia and Tina.
As for Dougui Jieluo, his grave had likely been overgrown with grass for a while now. He was nothing but a skeleton, and even Seventh Tier Resurrection Magic might not be enough to bring him back.
"Good thing my level isn't too high right now, so I can experiment a little." Thinking of this, Tang Zheng still couldn't help but feel a pang of regret at the cost.
*Swish!*
Tang Zheng reached out and grabbed the air. A crimson fish scale half the height of a man was retrieved from his item box. It was a scale from the Sun Anglerfish.
With its innate fire resistance, the Sun Anglerfish scale was the perfect test subject for his next skill.
"「Word of Elemental Collapse」—"
Tang Zheng first flicked his wrist, tossing the massive scale into the air. Then, using the passive ability of his 【Mad Mage】 class, he converted a Third Tier Lightning Ball into a fireball.
"Fireball!"
*Thump!*
In that instant, a phantom appeared before Tang Zheng. It looked like a miniature fire dragon, about three meters in size and wreathed in flames.
Magic power surged!
A dazzling crimson fireball condensed in the mouth of this miniature fire dragon phantom before being spat out.
A streak of red light tore through the sky.
It struck the airborne scale with perfect accuracy.
*BOOM!*
The flames exploded. The scale, which originally possessed fire resistance and even nullification, was instantly burned to ashes by the flames released from the fireball.
The entire process seemed slow, but it was actually completed in the blink of an eye, not much different from a normal spellcasting speed.
"Is that a fire dragon?"
Tang Zheng snapped back to his senses, staring blankly at the fire dragon phantom as it began to dissipate.
"No, this form is closer to a lizard. Is it the fire elemental, Salamander?"
This was no ordinary phantom, but a representation of an elemental spirit, one of the masters of the Four Great Elements!
The Water Elemental Spirit, Undine.
The Fire Elemental Spirit, Salamander.
The Wind Elemental Spirit, Sylph.
The Earth Elemental Spirit, Gnome.
"Using the spirit that governs an element to ignore resistances of its own kind... how fitting. A pity the cooldown is 100 hours. It can't be used as a conventional skill."
He calmed his surprise.
"The effect is very strong. Used unexpectedly, it could easily grievously wound or even kill an opponent."
Tang Zheng's gaze shifted to the trump card skill of the 【Magic Transcender】 class. The description alone revealed how terrifying this skill was.
"Kali..."
Tang Zheng softly chanted, preparing to cast magic. But after uttering just a few words, he stopped abruptly. His brow furrowed slightly, and he remained silent for a long moment.
Chapter 264: A Major Attribute Boost, Gagaran Appears (Thanks to "Qidian Bookworm" for the 10,000 Book Currency Reward!)
The crimson light of the Magma Sea reflected in Tang Zheng's pupils. He understood all too well the significance of the job skill, 「Transcendental Technique」.
"Isn't this just another form of class respec?"
In the game YGGDRASIL, there were many skills and magic spells that required experience points to use. Once a player ran out of stored experience, these abilities became unusable.
Tang Zheng remembered that if a player wanted to perform a class respec, they normally had to do so by dying and losing levels.
However, this had a disadvantage: the lost levels would be deducted first from a high-tier job class or the last class the player had leveled up.
This made it extremely difficult to use death to respec out of job classes acquired early on. Otherwise, how would they sell pay-to-win items?
But Tang Zheng could actively choose which job to drop a level in.
"This skill, 「Transcendental Technique」... I initially thought it was just an alternative method of spellcasting to increase my sustainability and have more options in reserve. I never expected it to be this broken."
"However."
Looking at the experience in his [Experience Bar: 1/510000], he saw that after dropping the level, the value had reset directly to one point. He had assumed it would only subtract the consumed experience, not wipe it clean.
To be precise, only one point of experience remained.
"So, is this some kind of penalty for using a skill to drop a level?"
Tang Zheng mused to himself. As expected of a special job class with a higher acquisition difficulty than even 【Valkyrie】.
"The 【Ninja】 class still has two levels left."
"Attribute Stats!"
A thoughtful expression appeared on Tang Zheng's face as he willed it.
…………
【Ability Stats】
Innate Ability: 【Player】
Comprehensive Level: 48Lv
【Experience Bar: 471356/510000】
Skill Points: 66
(PS: Specific ability information has been updated in the comments section.)
...
【Attribute Stats】
Karma Value: 23【Neutral】
HP: 580→725→710 (55%)
MP: 263→538→523 (40%)
Physical Attack: 373→518→503 (39%)
Physical Defense: 280→380 (29%)
Agility: 213→418→403 (31%)
Magic Attack: 293→523 (40%)
Magic Defense: 295→525 (40%)
Overall Resistance: 445→465 (36%)
Specialty: 440→670 (52%)
Total: 362%
(The first number does not include the stats from the 【Ninja】 and 【Magic Transcender】 job classes.)
…………
Even without looking at the increased stats, Tang Zheng could feel the surging magic power and physical power within him. A single special job class had brought a comprehensive boost and enhancement.
Furthermore, the "Power of Magic Transcendence" added an extra 130 points each to his MP, Magic Attack, and Magic Defense stats.
"Based on the current information, my skill points remain unchanged after a level drop, but the stat increases from the 【Ninja】 job are gone."
Tang Zheng noticed that four of his base stats had each dropped by 15 points.
"There are still a few things I can't confirm."
"If a job is completely lost, will its skills or passives disappear with it?"
These were the two questions that concerned Tang Zheng the most. It was precisely because of these concerns that he had chosen to expend levels from his 【Ninja】 class.
He hadn't chosen 【Sword Saint】 or 【Shaman Mentor】, two of his intermediate job classes, because he had considered these two problems.
His 【Sword Saint】 level was too high; experimenting with it would be an excessive waste of experience points.
【Shaman Mentor】 was only at level one, but it was tied to the 「Totem Imbuement」 skill. Tang Zheng could be indifferent about other things, but he had spent a great deal of effort on the 「Body Armament」 ability.
If he lost 【Shaman Mentor】 and the skill disappeared along with it, there would be no point in crying.
The 【Ninja】 class was low-level, so the experience cost of experimenting was also low. Even if he lost it completely, he could just reacquire it from Tia and Tina.
As for Dougui Jieluo, his grave had likely been overgrown with grass for a while now. He was nothing but a skeleton, and even Seventh Tier Resurrection Magic might not be enough to bring him back.
"Good thing my level isn't too high right now, so I can experiment a little." Thinking of this, Tang Zheng still couldn't help but feel a pang of regret at the cost.
*Swish!*
Tang Zheng reached out and grabbed the air. A crimson fish scale half the height of a man was retrieved from his item box. It was a scale from the Sun Anglerfish.
With its innate fire resistance, the Sun Anglerfish scale was the perfect test subject for his next skill.
"「Word of Elemental Collapse」—"
Tang Zheng first flicked his wrist, tossing the massive scale into the air. Then, using the passive ability of his 【Mad Mage】 class, he converted a Third Tier Lightning Ball into a fireball.
"Fireball!"
*Thump!*
In that instant, a phantom appeared before Tang Zheng. It looked like a miniature fire dragon, about three meters in size and wreathed in flames.
Magic power surged!
A dazzling crimson fireball condensed in the mouth of this miniature fire dragon phantom before being spat out.
A streak of red light tore through the sky.
It struck the airborne scale with perfect accuracy.
*BOOM!*
The flames exploded. The scale, which originally possessed fire resistance and even nullification, was instantly burned to ashes by the flames released from the fireball.
The entire process seemed slow, but it was actually completed in the blink of an eye, not much different from a normal spellcasting speed.
"Is that a fire dragon?"
Tang Zheng snapped back to his senses, staring blankly at the fire dragon phantom as it began to dissipate.
"No, this form is closer to a lizard. Is it the fire elemental, Salamander?"
This was no ordinary phantom, but a representation of an elemental spirit, one of the masters of the Four Great Elements!
The Water Elemental Spirit, Undine.
The Fire Elemental Spirit, Salamander.
The Wind Elemental Spirit, Sylph.
The Earth Elemental Spirit, Gnome.
"Using the spirit that governs an element to ignore resistances of its own kind... how fitting. A pity the cooldown is 100 hours. It can't be used as a conventional skill."
He calmed his surprise.
"The effect is very strong. Used unexpectedly, it could easily grievously wound or even kill an opponent."
Tang Zheng's gaze shifted to the trump card skill of the 【Magic Transcender】 class. The description alone revealed how terrifying this skill was.
"Kali..."
Tang Zheng softly chanted, preparing to cast magic. But after uttering just a few words, he stopped abruptly. His brow furrowed slightly, and he remained silent for a long moment.
