2: Chapter 2 Reaching the Pinnacle!

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Peak Mastery (God-Tier)

1. All active/passive skill levels are automatically raised to max level status.

2. Ignore class restrictions, learn all class skills.

3. Skill Limit Break (Locked, requires mastering ≥ 30 skills at max level.)

4. Skill Fusion (Locked, requires mastering ≥ 100 skills at max level.)

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Lin Bei's gaze was vacant as he stared at the God-Tier talent he had awakened, lost in a daze.

After a while, he finally snapped back to reality and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Holy crap, this talent... is way too overpowered, right?"

"I can only say, it's worthy of being a God-Tier talent! This is too exaggerated!"

"Although only two of the talent abilities are unlocked so far, any one of these talent abilities alone is enough to crush other SSS-Tier talents!"

Lin Bei's breathing quickened, his mood stirred, and he found it hard to calm down for a long time.

At this moment, he knew better than anyone else that in this lifetime, he was truly going to take off!

With the God-Tier talent combined with his ten years of gaming experience, even he felt that he was simply invincible!

By the time Lin Bei completely regained his composure, several minutes had passed.

He glanced at his initial attribute panel.

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[ Name ]: Beiming

[ Race ]: Human

[ Level ]: 0 (0/100)

[ Health Points (HP) ]: 100/100

[ Mana Points (MP) ]: 200/200

[ Strength ]: 5 (Affects physical attack, weight capacity)

[ Agility ]: 5 (Affects movement speed, attack speed, evasion, critical hit)

[ Constitution ]: 5 (Affects health points, physical defense)

[ Spirit ]: 10 (Affects mana points, spell power, spell defense)

[ Free Attribute Points ]: 0

[ Class ]: Mage (Apprentice)

[ Talent ]: Peak Mastery (God-Tier)

[ Skills ]: None

[ Equipment ]: None

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"It's alright, just ordinary, no initial attribute critical hit occurred."

Lin Bei muttered to himself.

When players initially create a character, there is an extremely low probability of an attribute critical hit occurring, granting 20 points to all initial attributes.

However, it was clear that Lin Bei's luck was rather average; aside from awakening a God-Tier talent, he did not trigger the attribute critical hit effect.

But for Lin Bei, this wasn't a problem. A mere few dozen attribute points meant nothing to him, and he didn't care about them. He could just find any SSS-Tier hidden class to transfer to later on.

[ Notification: You have completed character creation. Do you want to teleport to the Novice Village immediately? ]

"Yes."

Lin Bei did not hesitate and chose to teleport immediately.

In the next second, a spatial vortex appeared around his body, and at the same time, the surrounding scenery became blurry and distorted.

By the time his vision cleared, he had already appeared on the plaza of the Novice Village.

"Forming a party for clearing, four waiting for one, need a female Priest, come quickly!"

"War God Guild is recruiting! Private message if you have C-Tier talent or above!"

"High-price acquisition of Novice Village monster materials! Fair prices, don't miss out if you want to make money!"

As soon as Lin Bei appeared, he heard all sorts of lively shouts in his ears.

"War God Guild?"

Lin Bei narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.

In his previous life, this player guild had done plenty of bullying, and what's more... his parents' deaths were inseparable from the people of the War God Guild.

After the Syncers appeared in his previous life, several restaurants hired killers, and they were the ones who sought out people from the War God Guild!

Not only that, the War God Guild was corrupt from top to bottom; instead of restraining its members, it encouraged them to commit crimes, expanding barbarically in his previous life.

In Lin Bei's view, there wasn't a single good bird in the entire War God Guild.

"Heh, what a small world," he scoffed.

Lin Bei sneered, his mind already beginning to calculate a plan against the War God Guild.

This time, he must make them pay the price they deserved!

He opened his backpack space; inside, there was only a red Novice Gift Pack.

[ Novice Gift Pack: After opening, you can obtain random novice rewards corresponding to the player's initial class. ]

Lin Bei clicked to open the gift pack.

[ Notification: You have opened the Novice Gift Pack! ]

[ Notification: You have obtained Fireball × 1! ]

[ Notification: You have obtained "Primary Novice Staff (Common)" × 1! ]

[ Notification: You have obtained Copper Coins × 1000! ]

[ Notification: You have obtained magic ring (Bronze) × 1! ]

A green light flashed in front of Lin Bei.

This was the special effect that only appeared after the gift pack produced a Bronze-quality item.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of surrounding players.

Several players from the War God Guild responsible for recruiting on the plaza also immediately noticed the green light that flashed and vanished in front of Lin Bei.

The few looked at each other, a trace of greed flashing in their eyes.

In the next second, they stepped forward, pushing aside other surrounding players, their gazes fixed tightly on the ring in Lin Bei's hand that was emitting a pale green light.

"It really is Bronze-grade equipment! This kid has such good luck!"

War God Invincible said excitedly: "According to the official website's introduction to the Novice Gift Pack, the highest quality reward this thing can produce is Bronze-grade! I didn't expect to encounter it in our Novice Village! Hahaha, heaven is truly helping me!"

He stepped forward, arriving directly in front of Lin Bei, and said: "Kid, I want this ring, name your price."

Hearing this, Lin Bei narrowed his eyes slightly, casually put the magic ring on his finger, and then asked in return: "And if I... don't sell it to you?"

"Not sell? Heh, then you'd better weigh your own worth carefully."

War God Invincible curled his lips, his tone arrogant.

At the same time, the other few players from the War God Guild beside him quickly approached, spreading out around Lin Bei and blocking the latter's retreat.

Obviously, they intended to force a sale.

"Why don't you reconsider?"

War God Invincible's smile deepened, and he said in a playful tone: "Our War God Guild is one of the top ten guilds in the Yanhuang Official Authority. Kid, I suggest you be sensible; otherwise, I have a hundred ways to make sure you can't leave the Novice Village!"

"Are you threatening me?"

Lin Bei's tone turned a few degrees colder.

"Threatening? No, no, no. To deal with a small fry like you, I wouldn't go so far as to threaten you. I'm just... reasoning with you."

"How about this, I won't scam you. I'll offer 100 blue star coins to buy the Bronze-grade ring in your hand. Tell me your bank account, and I can transfer it to you immediately."

"Of course, if you don't sell it, then from now on, don't even think about leaving the Novice Village alive."

War God Invincible said with a brilliant smile: "I will let you know the power of the War God Guild."

"I'll give you ten seconds to consider. If you don't hand over the equipment, don't regret it when we have to do it ourselves!"

Seeing this, the surrounding players gathered around to watch the drama.

"Holy crap, look, it's War God Invincible from the War God Guild. This guy is notoriously vengeful. If this kid doesn't agree, it's going to be tough! If you ask me, he should just sell the equipment to them!"

"Are you kidding? This is Bronze-grade equipment at the very start of the game! War God Invincible actually wants to get it for just 100 blue star coins, why doesn't he just go rob someone? Besides, this is a rarer accessory item. If you ask me... at the current stage, this piece of equipment can sell for at least 10,000 blue star coins!"

"Heh, isn't this just blatant robbery? If it were you, would you dare not to sell? If you don't sell, they'll arrange a few guild members to camp at the village exit. As soon as you go out, they'll kill you. Not only will the Bronze-grade equipment be gone, you won't even have a chance to leave the village! How are you supposed to level up?"

"Yeah, I saw the official announcement saying that once a player creates a character, if they want to delete it and start a new account, they have to wait for a month. If he really deletes the character and retrains, it'll be too late for everything! It's not worth it at all for a piece of Bronze-grade equipment!"

The surrounding players discussed it in a hubbub, but everyone was just a bystander, waiting to watch the show. They didn't care at all about Lin Bei's choice.

Because no matter what he chose, they didn't believe that someone with War God Invincible's personality would let him go.

By then, there would surely be a good show to watch.

Lin Bei smiled.

His smile was somewhat meaningful.

He didn't say much more, but instead took out the Fireball skill book and chose to learn it directly.

Afterward, he waved at War God Invincible and his group, saying in a calm tone: "Let's go, let's go outside the village and spar."

"Kid, you've got guts! But... don't worry, I'll make you die a miserable death!"

War God Invincible was stunned for a moment, then a cruel arc curled at the corner of his lips.

He waved at his subordinates: "Let's go, go out and beat the crap out of him!"

Lin Bei also walked towards the village entrance.

At the same time, as he used the Fireball skill book, a pleasant system notification sounded in his ears.

[ Notification: You have learned Fireball! You have mastered Fireball (lv.1)! ]

[ Notification: You have triggered the "Peak Mastery" effect! Your Fireball level has been raised from lv.1 to lv.100 (Max)! ]

[ Notification: Your Fireball has been raised to max level! You have obtained Fire Attribute Enhancement +20! ]