41: Upgrade in seconds, unexpected power of the red moon

It was called thinking, but Ye Xiao wasn't too bothered.

After all, with the Infinite Skill Bar, he could make up for any deficiencies with a large number of skills.

However, at present, the most cost-effective attribute, besides Intelligence, was naturally Agility.

Ye Xiao decisively put all 10 free attribute points from his level-up into Agility.

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ID: Night Shadow

Level: 51

Profession: Mage

Free Attribute Points: 10

Attributes: Strength 114; Constitution 126; Agility 195; Intelligence 1926

Health: 128530 / 128530; Mana: 21770 / 21770

Skills: Fireball, Mana Spring, Experience Surge... Expand

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In fact, based on past experience in Eternal World,

Mages with ordinary resources usually allocated their points according to a rule of three Intelligence and two Agility, or three Intelligence, one Constitution, and one Agility.

This ensured a certain amount of output while maximizing survivability.

As for Mages from powerful factions, supported by strong equipment, they typically went for four Intelligence and one Agility, focusing on high damage output.

Mages like Ye Xiao, who put all their points into Intelligence, were not unheard of, and there were quite a few.

However, most of their graves were already overgrown with grass.

They were too fragile.

If it weren't for the Talent of the Infinite Skill Bar, Ye Xiao definitely wouldn't dare to play like this.

Of course, it's also highly probable he wouldn't have chosen a Mage in the first place.

However, in reality,

Ye Xiao's Agility wasn't actually low.

After all, his two Mythical Grade pieces of equipment provided him with a total of 90 Agility.

He also had the Divinity Speed skill providing him with movement speed.

It was only low relative to Intelligence.

His Intelligence now reached 1926 points; although the more times one advanced, the greater the difference in attribute points gained per level,

for now, this base number was equivalent to the bare attributes of a level 130 Professionals.

And he was only level 51.

Coupled with the buffs from various skills and equipment, it was enough to sustain him until the later stages.

Don't forget, his Talent also granted him an additional two Intelligence points after learning each skill.

So currently, his damage was saturated; adding more would be somewhat excessive.

The remaining Strength attribute was basically irrelevant to Ye Xiao.

And Constitution could also be disregarded; although Constitution increased defense and magic resistance, it didn't increase it by much.

However, relying on the Mythical Grade equipment, the endless chain of life, his Health, like his Intelligence, would never be lacking as long as he learned more skills.

Points allocated.

Ye Xiao continued forward.

Unfortunately, he didn't encounter any more demonic beasts until the next three-way intersection.

Again, trusting his intuition, he chose the leftmost path, and after entering, Ye Xiao once again encountered cave demonic beasts.

This time, however, the cave demonic beasts were level 52, and there were still 200 of them.

It took Ye Xiao a few seconds to clear them all out.

Then, he leveled up again.

Reaching level 52.

This leveling speed was unbelievable even to Ye Xiao himself.

In this manner, Ye Xiao successively chose several moreFork in the Road.

EachFork in the Road contained about 200 demonic beasts.

And with each additionalFork in the Road chosen, the demonic beasts' level would increase by 2 levels.

Just now, Ye Xiao was facing level 70 demonic beasts.

At this point, his level had also successfully reached 60, just meeting the threshold for the second advancement.

Before this, he had thought his leveling speed would be very fast.

But he hadn't expected it to be this fast.

All of this had only taken a little over an hour.

And the actual time spent in combat would certainly not exceed five minutes; most of it was spent on exploration.

Although his level had increased, Ye Xiao also noticed something.

These cave demonic beasts seemed different from the fire-elemental demonic beasts he had encountered earlier.

Aside from experience, these demonic beasts didn't drop anything.

Next, Ye Xiao chose anotherFork in the Road and entered.

However, this time, there were no demonic beasts in thisFork in the Road.

Instead, the entire cave was unusually bright.

At this moment, a rune filled with peculiar patterns on the innermost wall of the cave caught Ye Xiao's attention.

Ye Xiao approached for a closer look and saw that the patterns emitted a faint red glow, which was very eye-catching.

After a moment's thought, Ye Xiao tried to touch it.

Suddenly, the red light on the patterns flared brightly, emitting a strange energy.

At the same time, a similar red glow bloomed from Ye Xiao's brow.

The next instant, the red light from the wall merged into Ye Xiao's brow.

A surge of powerful energy poured into Ye Xiao's body.

Simultaneously, a message popped up on his panel.

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You have absorbed the power of the crimson moon token, increasing all attributes by 50 points.

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Before Ye Xiao could figure out what was happening,

the originally calm cave suddenly began to shake violently.

The next moment, a powerful energy directly pushed Ye Xiao out.

His vision shifted.

Ye Xiao found himself back in the Miasma Hidden Forest.

What was going on?

Ye Xiao was a bit confused.

He opened his panel and checked, finding that all four of his main attributes had increased by 50 points.

Only then did he confirm that what had just happened wasn't an illusion.

Furthermore, he could now be completely certain that the crimson moon token he had previously obtained was indeed connected to the cave.

It seemed that

the remaining Elemental Essence must also be in the cave.

But how to obtain it, Ye Xiao did not yet know.

Then, he picked up the star compass stone again, wanting to try to enter the cave once more.

However, a prompt appeared.

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This item is on cooldown. It can be reopened after 24 hours.

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Ye Xiao sighed, having no choice but to temporarily abandon the idea of re-entering.

He glanced at the time.

There were still about 20 hours until the Path of Exile truly opened.

After some thought, Ye Xiao returned directly to Yellow Sand City.

Then he found the Professionals Hall.

Ye Xiao's plan was to complete his second advancement before entering the Path of Exile.

Although he believed no one among the current batch of newcomers was his match,

without advancing, he couldn't level up.

The experience in the Path of Exile was quite generous, and if he completed his advancement, he could seize the opportunity to farm a lot of experience.

He might even reach level 90 without having to spend money to enter other people's secret realms.

Arriving at the stone tablet, Ye Xiao placed his hand directly on it.

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Ding! Detecting that you meet the qualifications for the second advancement quest. Generating advancement quest...

Second advancement quest generated.

Please proceed to the Phantom Labyrinth and collect 3 Phantom Hearts.

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It's this quest?

Ye Xiao frowned slightly; his luck was really bad.

It wasn't that the quest was particularly difficult, but based on statistics over many years,

the average time to complete the Phantom Labyrinth quest was two days.

This conflicted with the entry time for the Path of Exile.

Moreover, the second advancement quest was different from the first.

The first advancement quest could be refreshed with money, a convenience given to newcomers by the rules of Eternal World.

This was not the case for the second advancement.

Left with no choice, Ye Xiao could only dutifully accept the quest.

He also decided to go and see first.

If it really didn't work out, he could always return midway, which wouldn't cause any delays.