15: New entries unlocked

Chapter 15: New Perk Unlocked

"Level 10!" Lu Ran's eyes lit up.

He was quite satisfied with this leveling speed.

He casually picked up the equipment dropped by the Frostwolf King BOSS, scanned it, and found that one of the purple rare items was a magic-user's shoes, which he could use. Lu Ran immediately equipped it.

There was nothing else special, so he put them in his inventory.

Then, he eagerly opened his skill panel.

He had studied various professions during his schooling, so he clearly knew that the skill unlocked at Level 10 was Undead Touch.

Skill: Undead Touch

Cooldown: 2 minutes

Cost: 10 Mana

Effect: Summons Undead Touch within a ten-meter radius, binding the enemy unit for 3 seconds!

It was the Undead Mage's first crowd control skill.

For magic-based professions, crowd control skills are especially important, as they provide more output time and prevent enemy units from getting close.

A bind duration of three seconds is neither long nor short.

But for Lu Ran, he immediately thought of how terrifying this thing could be.

He had no skill cooldown!

As long as his mana was sufficient, he could cast infinitely, continuously stacking and extending the bind duration within a ten-meter radius.

Thus, all enemy units in front of him would be forced to take a beating on the spot!

As long as Lu Ran's mana didn't run out, the opponent could only stand there!

"Good stuff!" Lu Ran excitedly licked his lips.

Then he looked at the gold perk panel.

A gold perk is unlocked at Level 5, and counting the initial Heavenly Master's Borrowed Law, this was now the third.

Perk: Broad Inclusion

Effect: From the day this perk is unlocked, for every enemy unit killed, all skill casting ranges increase by one meter, with no upper limit.

Oh?

Lu Ran was stunned for a moment but immediately recovered.

"Kill one monster, and the skill range increases by one meter?" Lu Ran pondered.

Currently, the Summon Skeleton Soldier range is 10 meters, meaning Lu Ran can only summon Skeleton Soldiers within ten meters of himself.

This Perk: Broad Inclusion perk might seem useless at first glance, just allowing him to throw Skeleton Soldiers further.

But it's important to know that this perk applies to all skills!

When reaching high levels, who doesn't kill millions of monsters?

For Lu Ran, a million monsters mean a million meters!

That's a thousand kilometers!

In the later stages, Lu Ran could summon Skeleton Tyrants and Abyssal Bone Dragons!

He could even continuously drop Bone Dragons on a city from hundreds of kilometers away!

One person, from hundreds of kilometers away, could easily destroy a city, and no one would know he did it!

At the same time, Lu Ran would also unlock the Undead Mage's offensive skills later on.

That would truly be taking heads from a thousand miles away!

Even now, Lu Ran could constantly farm dungeons, and after just a few runs, his skill casting range could expand to hundreds of meters.

After farming for a day, his skill casting range could reach several kilometers!

At this stage, he could completely cover the entire dungeon with all his skills!

Thinking of this, Lu Ran was incredibly excited, growing more thrilled the more he thought about it. He had originally planned to head home for dinner but couldn't resist running another Frostwolf Valley dungeon.

Because he was purely testing the perk's effect, Lu Ran wasn't in a hurry to tackle the Level 10 dungeon, wanting to save it for tomorrow.

It was still the Hard difficulty Frostwolf Valley.

He fought his way to the final BOSS, the Frostwolf King's BOSS arena.

Lu Ran used an Undead Touch, and several black tentacles immediately emerged from beneath the Frostwolf King's feet, coiling around its limbs.

This also triggered the BOSS battle. The bound Frostwolf King roared at Lu Ran from where it stood but couldn't break free.

The bind duration was only three seconds.

Lu Ran estimated the time and threw Undead Touch after Undead Touch.

It was just as he had thought!

The Frostwolf King stood still, and Undead Touch continuously extended and refreshed the three-second binding duration.

He played for a full two minutes.

The pitiful Frostwolf King could only howl in place, completely unable to move or attack Lu Ran.

"It will be much safer to farm BOSSes from now on," Lu Ran nodded in satisfaction.

Then, while continuing the Undead Touch, he controlled the Skeleton Soldiers to surround it and use Corpse Explosion, easily and effortlessly taking down the Frostwolf King!

Meanwhile, in the Hard difficulty Frostwolf Valley dungeon, there were three areas with a total of three hundred regular Frost Wolves, plus three elite Frost Wolves, and one Frostwolf King BOSS, making a total of three hundred and four enemy units.

Lu Ran's skill casting range also increased by three hundred and four meters!

Lu Ran could now casually throw Skeleton Soldiers over three hundred meters away!

He could also endlessly bind someone's movements from three hundred meters away; even if the opponent was a ranged attacker, they couldn't touch Lu Ran and could only stand there, waiting to be Corpse Exploded!

"If I encountered those three assassins again now, it would be much easier," Lu Ran mused.

After all, Undead Touch itself was an area-of-effect crowd control.

Although it only had a ten-meter range, it was enough to make those three assassins, known for their agility, wait for death in place, with no escape!

After this run, having verified the effects of the perk and skill, Lu Ran was satisfied.

He left the dungeon, first dumping all the equipment he had acquired today into the exchange, and then went to eat.

It's worth mentioning that the equipment from the Rift dungeon, as well as the equipment Lu Ran obtained in Frostwolf Valley, had mostly been sold.

Lu Ran had priced them low, so they sold quickly.

Adding the money plundered from the three assassins, Lu Ran now had a full two hundred and twenty thousand gold coins!

But who would have thought that just yesterday, before awakening his profession, Lu Ran only had a few hundred gold coins in his pocket, completely broke!

He could now completely buy low-level top-tier equipment, but it wasn't worth it; it would be a pure waste of money.

His leveling speed was fast enough, and equipment was updated quickly, with very limited benefits for Lu Ran.

Only at higher levels could the bonus attributes of top-tier equipment provide a qualitative leap in Lu Ran's combat power!

After dinner, Lu Ran returned home, unable to sleep.

Lying on the wooden bed in his rented room, which he had been accustomed to for ten years, Lu Ran sighed with emotion.

The Undead Mage itself was very normal, very ordinary.

But the bonuses brought by the perk system were simply terrifying!

He was only Level 10, and counting the initial perk, he only had three perks.

But these three perks alone were enough to allow Lu Ran to crush any hidden profession in the world!

Not to mention that more perks would be unlocked later.

Just as he was thinking.

Knock, knock, knock~

A knocking sound came.

Lu Ran glanced at the door, then realized the knocking was coming from the window.

Lu Ran was startled, then leaned closer and found that Qin Wuyao was outside the window.

"Miss Qin, it's pitch black outside. What are you doing?" Lu Ran said, exasperated.

"Hehe, I came to play with you," Qin Wuyao chuckled.

"In the middle of the night, a single man and woman, what can we play?" Lu Ran glanced at Qin Wuyao's gradually developing figure and muttered.

"It's not the middle of the night yet, it just got dark not long ago," Qin Wuyao pouted.

Then she climbed through the window and jumped in.

She looked around and said, "Your place is smaller than my bathroom."

Lu Ran couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He said, between laughter and tears, "My lady, you didn't come all this way just to make fun of me, did you?"

Qin Wuyao quickly waved her hand and said, "How could I? I just wanted to ask you, do you want to serve your country?"