26: Review of achievements and new attributes

The usual routine: I added the five points gained from leveling up my four Irritable Wild Chicken minions, who are already level 3, and then sent two of them to the Emerald Dream.

They're minions who have put in work for me, after all; it would be too heartless to just toss them out to fend for themselves!

After spending over ten minutes, I finally gathered four new Goat minions!

I also took the liberty of renaming them.

【Happy Sheep (Beautiful Sheep, Lazy Sheep, Boiling Sheep), Pet of Player 'Shi Chuan'】

【Level: 3】

【Experience Points: 0 / 3000】

【Strength: 12+2.8】

【Agility: 17+2.3】

【Stamina: 20+1.4】

【Health: 428+150】

【Physical Attack: 29.6 + 30】

【Physical Defense: 18+15】

【Magic Defense: 10+15】

【Skill: Charge: Launch a straight-line Charge at a target ten meters away at extreme speed, dealing 180% damage and stunning for one second. Cooldown: ten seconds!】

Looking at the stats of these Goats, Xu Shian felt a bit depressed!

They have skills, but no mana? Thumbs down!

Plus, my self-raised minions only get 5 free stat points per level up, yet the wild monsters out there get so much stronger with every level!

How am I supposed to build my own force like this? It's like a damn joke! Sigh!

Although I can use lifespan to upgrade skills to Black Iron Tier, which might add new affixes, stats are stats—if they can't compare, they just can't! It's worrying!

Let's look at the gear the BOSS dropped earlier.

First, I'll learn the skill 'Vanish'!

This skill has a prerequisite; you must know Stealth to learn 'Vanish'. After all, it's a skill that forces invisibility during combat, clears aggro, and exits combat!

Of course, everything depends on the relative strength of both parties and the skill level...

【Ding, you have learned the skill 'Vanish'】

【Vanish, Level 1】 Normal Skill

【Upgrade Requirement: Successfully use the Vanish skill in a battle against enemies of equal level or higher, 0 / 50】

Use: Allows you to forcibly enter an enhanced Stealth state during combat for 10 seconds, clearing your own aggro and exiting combat status.

Cooldown: 5 minutes, consumes 20 mana.

Not bad, not bad, that's a good skill!

Xu Shian had originally planned to choose between 'Vanish' and 'Feign Death'! Whichever I stumbled upon first would do!

【Piercing Dagger】

【Black Iron Tier】

【Weapon, Melee】

【Equipment Requirement: Level 5】

【Physical Attack + 20】

【Strength + 2】

【Durability: 30 / 30】

(Use with caution, don't hurt your own hand!)

That's that; it's a piece of gear destined for the Auction House.

【Fishbone Ring】

【Bronze Level】

【Ring】

【Equipment Requirement: Strength 20, Agility 15】

【Strength + 8】

【Agility + 8】

(Did a small workshop use top-tier materials? A ring made of fish bones... which genius came up with this?)

The ring actually has no level requirement? This means Xu Shian can equip it right now!

Adding 16 points to main stats can already be considered the best of the best!

After all, you can't expect a ring to increase defense, can you?

Xu Shian checked his personal panel, thought for a moment, and began allocating points!

All that fancy maneuvering was for nothing, but whatever, I'll equip this Bronze Level ring first!

I should maintain the good habit of spreading stats around, but I'll have to wait until I level up again to add points specifically.

Regardless, for a Summoner, there are no useless stat points.

Even Spirit...

After all, I can contract various magic-type summons later; there's no such thing as a useless stat point.

I opened my personal panel again.

The stats and other aspects were much more luxurious!

【Player: Shi Chuan (Xu Shian)】

【Class: None】

【original body lifespan: 252 years】

【extra lifespan: 32 years 194 days】

【Level: 3 (58.93%)】 (1768 / 3000)

【Talent 1: Fisherman Never Misses】 (B-Rank)

【Talent 2: King of All Races】 (mythic)

【Talent 3: I'm Really Not a GM!】 (SSS-Rank)

【Talent 4: None】

【Talent 5: None】

【free stat points: None】

【Skill Points: 1】

【Health: 320 / 320】

【Mana: 260 / 260】

【Strength: 28】

【Agility: 23】

【Constitution: 14】

【Spirit: 13】

【Luck: 6+10】

【Charisma: 8+10】

【Physical Attack: 70】

【Magic Attack: 26】

【Physical Defense: 4+11】

【Magic Defense: 4+6】

【Active Skills: Contract Summoning (1+3 Level Normal Skill); Arcane Shot; Stealth; Scouting Technique; Vanish; Search】

【Passive Skills: Attribute Buff】

【Weapon Skills: Bow Mastery, Two-Handed Staff Mastery.】

【Current Equipment: Fishbone Ring (Bronze Level), straw hat, sheepskin coat, sheepskin boots, ram horn bow (Black Iron Tier).】

The other two pieces of boar gear require level 5, so I can't equip them yet!

Very good, I am indeed terrifyingly strong now.

However, it's a pity about that one skill point! I still have to think about how to allocate it to maximize benefits!

This skill point can upgrade a level 1 normal skill to a level 2 normal skill!

But it cannot upgrade a normal skill to a Black Iron Tier skill; that requires consuming extra lifespan...

At low levels, it's definitely more appropriate to train skill levels myself.

After all, it's simpler to level up skills at low levels!

Just looking at the Contract Summoning skill, I know that the next level requires killing 400 wild monsters!

So, for the time being, without any special needs, it's better to save this skill point and use it to upgrade high-level skills later.

After all, currently, a level 4 summoning skill is more than enough in the Novice Village.

With that settled, Xu Shian prepared to use his three fishing chances for the day by the river!

If I really catch another BOSS, I'll just treat it as a free trip back to town.

Anyway, in the Novice Village, there's no substantial loss upon death, so if I die, I die!

Dying more makes you healthier!

However, first, send the four tyrants of sheep village back to the Emerald Dream...

If he really encounters a BOSS, he doesn't want to take extra hits!

Switched to fishing form and activated the second skill: Fisherman Never Misses!

Three minutes later.

【Congratulations, you have obtained the item: Tattered Chainmail】

【Tattered Chainmail】: Broken skin and rags, bare and hairless.

(Selling it to an NPC should be worth a few coins!)

Sale Price: 1 Gold 12 Silver

Damn! Not bad, not bad, I made a killing.

I put the item into my backpack and cast the second line.

【Congratulations, you have obtained the herb: Blood Emperor Grass * 3】

This stuff... I wouldn't say it's everywhere, but sooner or later I'll be able to fill my backpack with it by gathering!

In the early stages, this item is destined to be worthless...

Forget it, better than nothing!

When casting the third line, no matter how good I talked, I couldn't help but shudder!

After all, the way I died yesterday was too uncomfortable!

The four Irritable Wild Chickens weren't beaten to death themselves, but rather died through Xu Shian's damage transfer!

When their health was depleted, it was Xu Shian himself who took the hits!

It was equivalent to dying once, but experiencing the pain of death more than five times...

What kind of spirit is this? This is the dauntless spirit of a master sacrificing himself for his minions...

It's impossible not to use such a good skill, so I can only comfort myself that I'll get used to dying eventually.

Of course, it's also because he obtained the combat-exit skill 【Vanish】 today.

If he didn't have this forced combat-exit skill as a safety net, Xu Shian wouldn't dare to be this reckless even if he were beaten to death!

Even if he's the type to forget the pain once he's fed, he's still afraid of pain!

【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the otherworldly treasure 'Flow-Riding Bead'.】

【Flow-Riding Bead】: Takes effect when placed in the backpack. Swimming speed +10%, grants the passive effect 'Underwater Breathing'!

Whew!

Good stuff. I definitely won't need it for now, but it takes effect just by being in the backpack.

Even if backpack space is tight, Xu Shian isn't short of that one slot!

That's more like it!

This is the correct way to use this skill!