Volume One, Chapter Nine: A Bountiful Harvest, Tremendous Advancement!

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Lin Yu was clearly indifferent to the sensation caused outside. He had already hidden his nickname, so there was no need to worry about his identity being exposed. After allocating the fifty free attribute points—forty to attack and ten to health—his gaze settled on the two pieces of equipment and skills obtained from this mission.

As for the Dark Moon Sword, Lin Yu didn’t bother with it. Since it was a mission item, even if he wanted to examine it, no information could be gleaned from it.

Without hesitation, Lin Yu opened his inventory.

First, the skills.

[Invincible Fury (Active Skill, Rank C): Level 1
Effect: Gain a 50% increase of own maximum attack power for 30 seconds.
Energy Cost: 50
Cooldown: 24 hours
Proficiency: 0/3 (Requires skill book to upgrade).]

Lin Yu glanced over it briefly and tossed it into his backpack. Such a worthless skill was only good for raising proficiency. In the Divine Demon Continent, the number of times one could learn a skill was limited; learning a skill like this was a complete waste of a skill slot. As a reborn player, Lin Yu would never make such a rookie mistake.

Next, his attention shifted entirely to the two pieces of equipment.

The first to catch his eye was the Ghost Scorpion Battle Armor.

[Ghost Scorpion Battle Armor (Black Iron Equipment)
Wear Requirement: Knight or Warrior
Level Requirement: None
Effect 1: Defense +105
Effect 2: Consume 30 energy to gain a magic shield equal to 50% of maximum health.
Durability: 100.]

"Truly fitting for equipment dropped by a Black Iron-level boss," Lin Yu murmured with admiration upon seeing its stats.

One hundred and five defense points was very impressive for a player at this stage. Even for defense-focused Knight classes, the panel defense at level ten hovered around 100.

Therefore, the Ghost Scorpion Battle Armor was practically a divine artifact for defense-oriented classes, especially with its magic shield effect.

"Too bad, with my absolute defense, I don’t really need the extra defense stats."

Though the armor was excellent, it was somewhat redundant for Lin Yu, as defense was his least lacking attribute. The magic shield effect was even less impactful for him, since current wild monsters couldn’t even penetrate his defenses.

Moreover, a magic shield amounting to 50% of maximum health was quite modest for him. His health was only 600, so 50% meant just 300.

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After some consideration, Lin Yu finally decided to list the Ghost Scorpion Battle Armor in the marketplace. Given the scarcity of early-stage equipment, selling it for tens of thousands should be no problem, which would nicely replenish his funds.

After stowing the armor in his backpack, Lin Yu’s eyes turned to the bronze equipment he was allowed to choose, a fiery gleam burning within.

In Divine Demon Continent, equipment levels ranged from Common, Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Epic, Legendary, Immortal, to Artifact.

Generally, only players above level twenty qualified for bronze equipment, underscoring the high status of bronze gear in early stages.

[Select Bronze Equipment—Use?]

As Lin Yu’s finger hovered and then clicked on the selectable gear, a prompt appeared before him.

“Yes, select as weapon!”

Without hesitation, Lin Yu chose weapon. What he lacked most now was attack power. After the torment of farming the Ghost Scorpion King, he certainly didn’t want to endure that again.

With his choice made, a faint golden light suddenly flared, and a new panel appeared.

[Light Sword (Bronze Equipment)
Wear Requirement: Warrior only
Level Requirement: None
Effect 1: Attack +320
Effect 2: Critical Rate +10%
Effect 3: Deals an additional 10% true damage to dark attribute wild monsters
Durability: 100.]

“Hiss—”

Lin Yu drew a sharp breath after reading the Light Sword’s stats. No wonder it was bronze-level gear.

The 320 attack bonus completely made up for his current lack of attack power. Frankly, his attack power now might rank among the top in the entire game.

For context, even the highest attack class—the Assassin—had panel attack stats of only around 170 at level ten.

This was an enormous boost. The hidden mission’s rewards were truly generous.

Eagerly, Lin Yu equipped the Light Sword and opened his status panel.

[Nickname: Ji Yu
Level: 4 (80/100)
Class: Warrior
Health: 600/600
Energy: 110/110
Attack: 456
Magic Power: 2
Defense: 559
Critical Rate: 10%
Skills/Talents:
Absolute Defense (Talent, Divine Level) Lv2:
Effect 1 (Ultimate Defense): Each time attacked by an enemy, permanently gain +0.05 defense.
Effect 2 (Thorns): When attacked, reflect damage equal to 15% of maximum defense as true damage.
Proficiency: 8250/50000
Taunt (Active Skill, Rank S) Lv1:
Effect: Actively taunt one target, forcing it to attack you exclusively and unable to use skills on you, lasts 3 minutes.
Cooldown: 3 hours
Energy Cost: 50
Proficiency: 0/10 (Upgrade requires skill book)
Tenacious Will (Passive Skill, Rank S) Lv1:
Effect: Immunity to one control effect; after triggering, immune to control for 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 12 hours after triggering
Proficiency: 0/10 (Upgrade requires skill book)
Warrior Specialization: Attack and defense attributes increased by 5%
Equipment: Light Sword (Bronze Equipment)]

Gazing at his stats, Lin Yu’s eyes brimmed with uncontrollable joy.

This haul had boosted him enormously. His stats were far more impressive than many warriors at levels above ten.

Most terrifying of all were the skills he possessed: all three were Rank S or higher.

“Not much time left today; I should return to report to the village chief.”

Closing the game interface, Lin Yu’s excitement was quickly tempered as he recalled he had wasted a lot of time killing the Ghost Scorpion King. Now, less than half an hour of online time remained.

He had to hurry back to submit the mission, especially since he was very interested in the rewards.

The previous mission’s reward had already been a Rank S skill; this time wouldn’t be any worse.

Without hesitation, after a brief preparation, Lin Yu set off toward the novice village.

However, shortly after Lin Yu left Ghost Scorpion Valley, a graceful figure draped entirely in a black robe slowly appeared at the entrance of the valley’s cave.

As she stepped inside and saw the massive corpse of the Ghost Scorpion King lifelessly lying there, a meaningful expression flickered in her eyes.

“Interesting. It seems I’m not the only one like me...”

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