124: Dark Skills

Even though he won this time, Li Changkong still felt a lingering fear.

His victory this time mainly relied on the crushing advantage of his Rank and strength; if the opponent's Rank had been higher, the outcome would have been uncertain.

Tantai Mingyue and Yue Shan were complete opposites.

The latter focused on stacking defense, turning himself into an unyielding rock.

The former focused on stacking her own attack power, making it impossible for enemies to get close.

Both of these approaches had their drawbacks, but if they could form a combination, they would undoubtedly unleash power greater than the sum of their parts.

If he had to face both of them at once, Li Changkong estimated it would be quite tricky.

Of course, it wouldn't be impossible to defeat them, otherwise, this Rank suppression would have been for nothing.

The subsequent award ceremony was largely unremarkable.

The top few participants this time all received corresponding rewards, and Li Changkong received the qualification to enter the fifth floor of the National Library.

"Now, follow me."

After the battle ended, Thunder King casually waved his hand.

Li Changkong felt his body lighten, and he actually floated up.

This was the Mage profession's Flight spell, which could only be learned upon reaching Rank 50.

Once learned, one could freely take others and fly in the sky.

Li Changkong had long coveted this Flight spell, but unfortunately, his Rank wasn't high enough, and experts above Rank 50 were indeed not common.

Li Changkong felt the wind rushing into his ears and had to close his eyes tightly.

When he opened his eyes again, it was only a moment later, and he was already in front of a pavilion.

His current location was already within the inner wall.

In the central part of the capital city was the military'sstation, a place where experts gathered, with almost no one below Rank 40.

It was even harder for ordinary people to enter than to ascend to the heavens.

The National Library was located here.

Although the pavilion sounded like it only had five floors, each floor was over ten meters high, filled with various skill scrolls.

These skill scrolls were basically collected from before, or found from various hidden treasures.

"You go in first; you can choose three skills, but remember, you cannot choose basic Dark-type skills. If you really learn them, it won't do you any good."

Thunder King looked at Li Changkong in front of him and meticulously cautioned him.

His previous interactions with Li Changkong had already made Thunder King greatly admire him.

He knew that if Li Changkong truly grew, he would definitely be a great talent in the future, making significant contributions to humanity.

However, he also had to prevent him from making a wrong turn and wasting all his talent in other areas.

If Li Changkong started learning Dark skills in pursuit of power, it would definitely be a major hidden danger for humanity.

"Okay."

Li Changkong nodded, but felt somewhat guilty.

He had come this time specifically targeting those Dark skills, otherwise, there would have been no need to come.

However, he had no way to explain that he could also quickly increase the Rank of Dark skills without harming himself or others.

In this situation, he could only choose to lie.

"That's good, I know you are not someone who would harm yourself. I'll give you an hour, hurry up and choose."

Thunder King nodded in satisfaction and continued to speak.

Li Changkong entered the first floor of the National Library, and the first thing he saw was a dazzling array of skills.

The first floor basically contained only some basic skills, which were not considered precious.

However, the categories were very numerous, divided by Warrior, Shield Warrior, Mage, Priest, and so on.

Just by casually glancing, Li Changkong saw some very rare skills.

These skills, if used in combat, should be able to produce miraculous effects.

But Li Changkong didn't have that many skill slots; he still had to save them for those Dark skills later.

In the next few floors, the number of skills could be said to have sharply decreased.

However, the quality of those skills became higher and higher, but Li Changkong didn't pay too much attention and quickly entered the fifth floor.

Within the entire fifth floor, the number of books plummeted.

There were only two rows of bookshelves, and the bookshelves contained tightly protected skills, including even the legendary Forbidden Spells.

Forbidden Spells were also unique existences; if one was taken, there would be a record of it.

This included those Dark skills, which also had some records.

Once those Dark skills were taken, there would also be a relatively clear record.

These skills were kept in this place not for people to learn, but for people to reference.

Li Changkong tentatively opened the Book of Mentors, only to find many light-colored imprints on it.

These light-colored imprints were actually some characters.

Li Changkong also understood that as long as he placed one hand on these imprints, he could copy them.

This way, there would be no need to take these scrolls, and naturally, these records could be ignored.

Looking at these skills, Li Changkong carefully searched.

Soon, he found three Dark skills, all of which were extremely excellent.

The most important thing was that he only had six skill slots remaining.

Each of these Dark skills required two slots.

This was only after Li Changkong had cleared some skills to free up the space with great difficulty.

[Black Magic Ball: Lv1, deals two times Mental Energy damage to the enemy, and causes Rank percentage armor penetration damage, ignoring the opponent's armor.]

[Skeleton Summoning: Lv1, can summon monsters killed by oneself. The higher the skill Rank, the more monsters summoned and the stronger their strength.]

[Soul Severing Slash: Lv1, can deal true damage to the enemy, burn their health, and reduce the opponent's defense.]

These three skills, when used in combat, could all play a significant role.

After selecting these three skills, Li Changkong was still able to take away three skill scrolls.

For Li Changkong, these three skill scrolls were naturally equivalent to being given for free.

After carefully observing, Li Changkong took away three Mythical skill scrolls.

Although he couldn't use them now, it didn't mean he wouldn't be able to use them in the future.

When Mythical scrolls could be used later, he could also use them.

Even if they were useless, Mythical-level skills could be sold for at least billions of chinese yuan.

This was completely priceless; once brought out, they would make countless people crazy.

Let alone three scrolls, even one was an extremely terrifying existence.

If Thunder King knew that his first thought after obtaining these three scrolls was to sell them, he would probably be half-dead with anger.