Purple-talented twins

"Where are the skill books? Did you get them?"

"Yes, I got them. One 'Hunter's Mark' and one 'Concussive Shot'."

Xia Mingwei handed the two skill books she had received to Yang Jian.

Yang Jian thought about it and didn't learn them immediately, deciding to check with the skill trainer first to see what the situation was.

Walking into the Professional Hall, which was open during the day, the doors were now open.

A row of professional trainers stood there ramrod straight, silent, and unblinking.

Their heads displayed a list of names. Yang Jian walked up to a middle-aged man whose name read 'Hunter Trainer Huang Bin'.

His gaze sharpened, and a virtual panel appeared before his eyes.

"Name: Hunter Trainer Huang Bin's Mirror Image"

"Description: An artificial intelligence operated by 'salvation' administrator Eonar, capable of simple interactions. You can learn skills, but it's best not to turn in quests now!"

"Remark: You wouldn't want your hidden quest to be swallowed, would you?"

"Hello, how may I help you?"

Uh, so polite?

I still prefer your untamed gaze from earlier today.

"Learn skills!"

As soon as he spoke, another virtual panel appeared before him.

The panel only showed one skill, 'Serpent Sting', available to learn.

He was already level five, yet he could only learn three skills?

"Name: Skill Learning Panel"

"Description: For skills, you can only learn what the trainer knows. This trainer is mediocre and only knows eight or nine skills..."

"Remark: While the rules are gamified, don't actually treat this as just a game!"

Tianmu Zhenjun: Quickly arrange to buy all the skill books on the market!

Yueyin Qingya: ...They've already started acting! We've even put up an online order!

Tianmu Zhenjun: I can always trust you to handle things!

Yang Jian immediately stopped hesitating and took out two Hunter skill books.

He clicked 'Learn'.

The two books transformed into two streaks of light that drilled into Yang Jian's body.

"Hunter's Mark: Instant, consumes 25 Mana. Marks a target, increasing the intensity of ranged attacks against it by 10 points and preventing it from stealthing/disappearing."

"Concussive Shot: Melee range instant, consumes 15 Mana. Reduces target's movement speed (effect stronger than Concussive Shot) and deals a small amount of damage."

Now that he had both a buff skill and a control skill, he felt significantly stronger.

"Are there skill books for other professions?"

Xia Mingruo replied, "Boss, there's also 'Summon Water Elemental' for Summoners, 'Touch of Healing' for Druids..."

Indeed, with a base of 200 million players, there would be all sorts of lucky individuals.

Tianmu Zhenjun: Is your talent fake? Why haven't you seen a single skill book?

Yueyin Qingya: ...I have eleven skills now! [Skill: Frost Nova], [Skill: Pyroblast]... [Skill: Blink]

Tianmu Zhenjun: Food... hungry!

Zhou Yue felt like she was going crazy. After a smooth combo killed a Gnoll, she quickly exited combat and walked to the roadside.

She felt like her eyes were tainted; she needed to calm down and wash her eyes.

Lingyun 4, who was always running errands, came over to report on work.

"Boss Zhou, I've recruited three people who want to join the studio! All of them have blue talent!"

Playing games and earning money at the same time... they wanted to try it too!

Zhou Yue waved her hand.

"Send them an electronic contract! Send them both part-time and full-time contracts and let them choose!"

"Understood!"

Opening Yang Jian's dialogue box again and looking at it, Zhou Yue decided to ignore it.

At this moment, Lingyun 9ge picked up the drops from the Gnoll.

Since they were in a party, Zhou Yue had set item drops to free-for-all.

"Sister Yue, it's a skill book."

"Momo, it's one thing for you, a girl, to play a tank, but why did you choose such a name? Trying for a contrast moe?"

Su Mo hooked her arm through Zhou Yue's.

"If this game didn't lack race and gender choices, I would have wanted to play a male character!"

Hehe!

Zhou Yue reasonably suspected her orientation and subtly pulled her arm out of Su Mo's embrace.

She took the skill book, saw 'Blizzard', and casually clicked to learn the skill.

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After the jokes, Yang Jian began to seriously consider the two sisters' requests.

'salvation' inherently advocated teamwork.

After all, it was a matter of life and death.

Broadly speaking, having one more world capable of resisting the Abyssal invasion was far better than sending thirty billion souls to the Abyss!

One should know that the Abyss desired not just this land and this plane.

It also wanted these pure souls as nourishment to nurture Abyssal creatures... Therefore, while 'salvation' team experience would be less than soloing,

the overall experience gained would be increased.

If two people teamed up, the experience would be split, and each person would receive an additional 10% team experience bonus.

For example, if killing a monster yielded 100 experience points, two people in a party would each get 50+5 experience!

Three people in a party would get 50+10 experience points.

A maximum of 5 people could form a small team, and up to 5 people could kill a monster worth 100 experience points.

Then, a total of 350 experience points could be harvested! This amplification was quite significant... Since there were no special quests at hand right now, it was quite worthwhile to guide these two promising newbies.

Yang Jian thought for a moment and handed Xia Mingwei a skill book, [Blessing of Kings].

When Xia Mingwei received the skill book, she was completely stunned.

This boss, he looked more handsome the more she looked at him!

Never mind, she'd learn the skill first.

After learning Blessing of Kings, she immediately cast it on the three of them.

Looking at the +5 to all attributes buff on himself, Yang Jian couldn't help but exclaim how powerful this skill truly was!

"You two go prepare, empty your bags, and let's go level up!"

This time, Yang Jian didn't plan to go to the Murloc village from before.

He intended to level up along the riverbank all the way to the sea.

"Name: Weathered Diary"

"Description: To learn how to find fishing spots, you need to learn the prerequisite fishing skill! Fishing Master Nat Pagle is night fishing on the east coast where the river meets the sea. Once he catches the fish he desires, he will depart from this place..."

"Remark: Given Nat Pagle's habits, he will leave at most by dawn!"

In less than ten minutes, the two Xia sisters were fully armed and came together.

"Let's go!"

Swallowing another white item on cooldown, Yang Jian felt terrifyingly strong now!

"Talent: Devour (White)"

"Description: Devour a white item no higher than your level, inheriting all of its attributes. Can be stacked infinitely."

"Cooldown: Remaining time 59:19"

"Upgrade Condition: 16/50"

"Current Devoured Attributes: Attack +139, Defense +51, Space Slot +8"

The attributes from devouring equipment were almost double his own attack power... It was practically a reversal of the natural order.

Taking the two level-one hangers-on, they exited the Newbie Village's east gate and traveled along the main road.

Monsters on the roadside continuously rushed towards the two level-one characters. Yang Jian didn't even draw his bow.

Desert Eagle, one shot per little friend, leaving the two level-one characters stunned.

"This game has guns?"

Xia Mingruo really wanted to try that gun.

Outside, it was, after all, a society governed by law. Their family's financial situation was average, and they had never touched a gun.

Chinese people always had a filter when it came to guns!

"Hunter's professional weapons include bows, crossbows, and guns. You're a mage; you can't use it!"

This statement wasn't entirely accurate.

In fact, shooting a bow was possible, but without system calibration, it was uncertain if they could hit a monster.

Moreover, as magic-attack classes, mages had extremely low physical attack and couldn't break through monster defenses with a Desert Eagle!

The only real benefit of bringing two subordinates was probably not having to pick up equipment himself!

Anything below a wild boar was basically one-shot for Yang Jian.

Wild wolves, however, required two shots.

And at this point, the second benefit of having two subordinates became apparent.

He gave each of them 200 bullets, and when a clip was empty, he had them take turns reloading!

"Boss Yang, is this game's mechanism so complex? Does it really require reloading bullets like this?"

Xia Mingruo had a bitter expression, and Xia Mingwei wasn't doing much better.

They didn't get to play with the gun, but they certainly got their fill of reloading bullets.

They hadn't even reached the sea, and both sisters had already leveled up to three!

However, it must be said, there was no game experience whatsoever!

Upon reaching the seaside, it became the territory of various crabs and sea turtles.

"Sea Turtle"

"Level: 8-10"

"Defense Enhanced, Shell Armor"

..."Crab"

"Level: 8-10"

"Rend, Combo"

These monsters all had two skills now?

Quite powerful!

Because he was dragging two hangers-on, Yang Jian had followed the main road all the way to the sea.

It was a bit far from the river he had jumped into earlier that day.

But it was no big deal; knowing the general direction, he could clear monsters while heading that way!

The two sisters also spread out, ready to act!

Xia Mingruo was the first to start channeling Frostbolt. A blue light flew out, and a big 'MISS' appeared above the monster's head!

???

The distant sea turtle was already a red-named monster under the influence of the Blood Moon. Now, even without a direct hit, it quickly drew the monster's aggro.

Xia Mingwei stepped forward, using Judgment to engage.

Yang Jian followed up with Arcane Shot...