Chapter 375: Legendary-Level Equipment, and Still Sealed? |
"Slayed Level 31 Magical Creature Giant Ape Bear. [Crag Breaking Strike] Proficiency +500 (+2000)."
A full 2,500 points of proficiency!
From Level 21 to 31, a span of a full 10 levels, directly granting an additional 400% proficiency boost!
Without any doubt, the Exceptional-Grade skill [Crag Breaking Strike] directly ascended to Epic Level.
"Skill [Crag Breaking Strike] Lv6 (300/300) has leveled up!"
"Current skill [Crag Breaking Strike] Lv7 (Max)."
"Gained +5 basic attribute points in Strength!"
"Has automatically evolved into a new skill—Tyrant's Leap!"
"Learned skill [Tyrant's Leap]! Gained +5 basic attribute points in Strength!"
It looks like a pretty good AoE burst skill.
The evolution route choices were fairly standard, both options to increase power. Lin Mo deliberated briefly and chose one of them.
[Thunder Dragon Devour] Proficiency +500 (+2000).
Thunder Dragon Devour was even less of a question. It was already close to ascending, and this quickly filled the final gap, triggering evolution directly!
"Skill [Thunder Dragon Devour] Lv8 (2000/2000) has leveled up!"
"Current skill [Thunder Dragon Devour] Lv9 (Max)."
"Gained +10 basic attribute points in Mana!"
"Has automatically evolved into a new skill—Myriad Thunder Burial!"
"Learned skill [Myriad Thunder Burial]! Gained +10 basic attribute points in Mana!"
This time, it was an ascension to Legendary Level, and the gained basic attribute points were considerably more than before, directly granting 20 points in basic Mana.
And this newly acquired skill sounded incredibly powerful too.
[Myriad Thunder Burial] Lv1 (0/60): Condenses Mana to resonate with the Lightning Element, transforming into a skyful of thunderous light that pours down, dealing massive damage to enemies it touches! (All thunderous light can be precisely controlled.)
Lin Mo briefly sensed the specific Mana Circuits and quickly understood this skill.
This was a fairly comprehensive skill. After Mana transformed into a skyful of thunderous light, he could either choose to let the light fall directly, creating a large-scale thunderstorm to bombard groups of enemies, or he could concentrate all the light into an impenetrable thunder net for single-target annihilation!
That scene would probably be more intense than a heavenly tribulation...
In short, it was an extremely powerful Legendary-Level magic spell.
The choice of evolution route for a Legendary-Level skill naturally required more careful consideration.
Please choose an evolution direction—
Evolution Route 1: Startling Thunder I: Thunderous light damage increased by 20%.
Evolution Route 2: Swift Thunder I: Thunderous light travel speed increased by 20%.
Evolution Route 3: Thunder Net Max: After thunderous light converges, it will automatically track targets, never ceasing!
There were actually three evolution routes?
Lin Mo was momentarily stunned. The Legendary-Level skills he had obtained before didn't seem to have three routes. It probably varied by skill...
And this extra evolution route was an additional effect, not a tiered one. If chosen, and if Lin Mo decided to use "Myriad Thunder Burial" for single-point strikes, then all the thunderous light would directly gain an auto-tracking effect!
This kind of mechanical enhancement could ensure that this terrifyingly powerful skill landed in full. The destructive power it would display would likely be considered excessive even among Legendary-Level skills.
Without any hesitation, Lin Mo directly chose Evolution Route 3. As for the other two, there would be plenty of opportunities to choose them later.
The last skill to benefit from this proficiency boost was the already Legendary-Level [Shattering Void Fist].
[Shattering Void Fist] Proficiency +300 (+1200).
"Hiss—!"
Lin Mo immediately frowned. Was the proficiency gained from slaying an Epic-Level Magical Creature still decaying this severely?
It seemed the difficulty of improving Legendary-Level skills was indeed much greater than he had imagined.
But this was understandable. After all, Legendary-Level was the pinnacle.
At least, within human knowledge, there were no skills surpassing Legendary Level.
Lin Mo estimated this wouldn't be his limit. There must be even more powerful skills beyond Legendary Level, though he didn't know what rank they would be... God-Level?
Unclear... He hadn't gotten any information from Lily or Joan either. He probably had to fully max out a Legendary-Level skill himself to find out.
Although the proficiency gained had decayed significantly, it still raised the level a few times.
"Skill [Shattering Void Fist] Lv1 (60/60) has leveled up!"
"Skill [Shattering Void Fist] Lv2 (120/120) has leveled up!"
"Skill [Shattering Void Fist] Lv3 (240/240) has leveled up!"
"Gained +6 basic attribute points in Strength, +4 in Constitution!"
"Skill [Shattering Void Fist] Lv4 (600/600) has leveled up!"
"Current skill [Shattering Void Fist] Lv5 (480/1080)."
It directly reached Level 5. One more level to 6, which was likely another node for gaining attributes and choosing an evolution route.
There wasn't much to deliberate about for the evolution route choice. He directly chose Evolution Route 1, which he hadn't chosen last time, to increase the skill's power.
After reviewing all the skill information, Lin Mo took a short moment to compose himself before walking towards the corpse of the Magical Creature named Giant Ape Bear lying on the ground.
This was his first time slaying an Epic-Level Magical Creature. He wondered how Epic-Level monster meat would taste?
He could try it later.
Storing the entire creature into his Portable Space, Lin Mo looked ahead. At the far end of this white space, he could indeed see a very plain-looking small door.
That should be the endpoint of this Secret Realm.
Lin Mo walked quickly towards it and pushed the door open.
What appeared before him was no longer a lounge like before, but a room that looked very ancient.
It was genuinely ancient. Everything before him was imbued with a sense of profound age, as if it had been here for a thousand or ten thousand years.
However, the moment Lin Mo stepped inside, a miraculous scene unfolded. Everything before him seemed to rewind like a clock, rapidly changing from dilapidated to worn, then to brand new...
The entire process took less than a minute. The small hut was now a clean, tidy-looking room.
This miraculous sight left Lin Mo utterly dumbfounded. He didn't know how much time had reversed in that brief minute, but it must have been an astonishing number.
Lin Mo's gaze was soon drawn to the object on the room's only table.
Everything in this room seemed utterly ordinary, nothing particularly special. Only on that table lay a ring quietly emitting a silvery-white radiance.
"This is..."
Lin Mo slowly approached the table, and information about the ring appeared before his eyes.
[Ring of Time and Space] (Sealed)
Equipment Type: Special
Grade: Legendary (Sealed)
Attributes: Durability ???, Sturdiness ???
Equipment Amplification: Time: Increases Time Magic effects by 20%; Reduces Time Magic consumption by 20%.
Space: Increases Space Magic effects by 20%; Reduces Space Magic consumption by 20%.
Equipment Skill: Time and Space: You already hold time and space in your hand!
Note: A miraculous ring, upon which everything concerning time and space is recorded! However, it is currently sealed and can only exert a minuscule portion of its effects.
This...
Lin Mo was stunned, reading it several times over.
Ring of Time and Space? Even while sealed, it still reached Legendary-Level. If it weren't sealed, what grade would this piece of equipment originally be?
In terms of its current effects alone, this equipment wasn't particularly powerful. It just enhanced Time and Space skill effects by 20% and reduced their consumption by 20%.
The equipment skill was also cryptic, its function unclear, and even how to use it was unknown.
As mentioned in the equipment's note, for now, the role this equipment could play was not significant, with the vast majority of its effects sealed away.
But regardless, the phrase "upon which everything concerning time and space is recorded" was enough to prove this equipment's inherent value.
If he had a chance to unseal it in the future...
However, Lin Mo then frowned.
Because he currently already had two accessory-type pieces of equipment equipped. According to this world's established rules, the effective limit for accessory-type equipment was two pieces. If he wore this ring on his hand now, one of the three accessory pieces would lose its effect, becoming purely decorative.
But...
Lin Mo's gaze swept over the "Equipment Type" information again.
What was displayed wasn't "Accessory," nor did it say "Magic Equipment." It said "Special."
Could it be...?
Lin Mo tried putting the ring on his finger.
The next moment, he distinctly felt a marvelous sensation. His understanding of both time and space became smoother than before.
Clearly, the ring had taken effect.
And simultaneously, his other two accessory pieces of equipment did not lose their effects.
Indeed, this piece of equipment existed outside the world's rules, which only added to the ring's mysterious aura.
Not lingering further, Lin Mo observed his surroundings once more. Confirming nothing was left behind, he prepared to leave.
Yet, after taking only a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned, and looked back at this ordinary room.
He wanted to directly store this entire small hut into his Portable Space.
Although everything here looked commonplace, who knew if there was actually something special about it?
Thinking it, he acted. Lin Mo immediately began the attempt. However, unlike before, during the process of storing the hut, it felt as if something was blocking his perception of this space-time, causing the storage to fail.
Just as Lin Mo was about to give up in resignation, the vague barrier suddenly vanished. Before he could even react, everything inside the small hut before him had already been stored into a corner of his Portable Space.
Then, what appeared before him was once again the same boundless, white space.
However, the door at the far end still existed.
Lin Mo walked forward, pushed the door open, and after a momentary disorientation, he found himself face-to-face with another version of himself.
This was the Shadow Split he had left outside the Secret Realm. Because the time spent inside the Secret Realm far exceeded a day, this split had consumed a considerable amount of his Qi and Blood. After regaining his bearings, Lin Mo directly dismissed the split.
Then, he released Ellie and the others.
The moment they landed, everyone looked over. Ellie approached, sniffing the air. Finnie and Flora, being bolder, directly reached out to touch him.
"Hmm, seems fine."
Flora, having satisfied her urge to touch, nodded.
The corner of Lin Mo's mouth twitched. He rolled his eyes somewhat helplessly, then, without holding back, directly "retaliated."
In front of so many people, Flora wasn't quite that uninhibited. She immediately blushed and begged for mercy.
These scenes were something everyone was pretty much used to by now.
Only Lily, the newcomer, stood to the side like a statue, looking utterly bewildered, not knowing where to put her hands.
Everyone in the Empire knew that Princess Lily had always preferred solitude, with very few friends... commonly known as being socially awkward.
Not skilled at interacting with people to begin with, faced with this kind of situation, she was already so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole and hide.
Fortunately, the interactions here didn't last too long, as there were still things to do next.
As Lin Mo had guessed, after he left that Secret Realm, the "spatial overlap" phenomenon before him directly vanished.
The Dungeon returned to its original state. Well then, it was time to finish the remaining tasks.
Because they had just experienced a Secret Realm adventure, the current Dungeon exploration seemed much more mundane by comparison.
The tasks themselves weren't particularly difficult, just requiring visits to several locations.
Everything proceeded smoothly. A day later...
Using a Teleportation Magic Array, Lin Mo brought everyone back to the first floor of the Nasadok Dungeon.
This adventure hadn't actually taken that long, but perhaps because of the many events experienced, when they left the Dungeon and returned to the outside world, there was a distinct feeling of relief.
They needed a good rest for a while...
It was already getting late, so they naturally had to hurry to the Adventurers' Association to submit their tasks before dark.
In the evening, the Adventurers' Association was unusually crowded. However, most were Bottom-tier adventurers. The tasks Lin Mo's team had taken were of a higher grade, so they didn't have to queue for long.
"Hello, are you here to submit tasks?"
Lin Mo nodded.
"Alright, please follow me..."
For tasks of A-rank and above, staff would escort them to a dedicated reception room for settlement, maximizing both prestige and comfort.
In the reception room, Lin Mo reported the numbers of the tasks they had previously accepted one after another and presented the spoils.
The staff were highly efficient. The appraiser on the side quickly verified the spoils. After cross-checking them one by one, Lin Mo completed the submission of all tasks.
"Your total earnings from all tasks combined amount to... 570,000 Gold Coins. Plus the materials you sold, the total is 750,000 Gold Coins. Please take them."
750,000. Not bad... Added to the previous 600,000, he now had 1.35 million Gold Coins on hand.
His wallet was plump again.
"Please wait a moment..."
Just as Lin Mo was about to leave, a Young Mistress from the guild suddenly hurried over and stopped him.
Lin Mo looked at her questioningly. She said, "Regarding the key information you previously provided to the Association, headquarters has approved the reward. Please wait a moment."