147: Chapter 147, Day Four: Passive Skill Unleashed!

A brand new entry gleamed on Zhang Jian's panel.

[All-Law Omnipotence] (legendary rank)

For every passive skill you learn that is at least legendary rank, all attributes will increase by an additional 10 points.

(To upgrade entry quality: learn 0/1 epic-grade passive skill)

Although this entry was only legendary rank at the start, it still made Zhang Jian incredibly excited.

The five passive skills he had already learned were now providing a full 50 points to all attributes.

This gave him an all-around boost.

And this could still be upgraded in quality; the effects would be even stronger in the future!

Zhang Jian was even more impatient to learn more passive skills.

He woke up early the next morning.

While there was still some time before the monster siege, he immediately sought out the two mentors from Galaxy Academy.

They were Yun Haiyi, a Level 71 top-tier class Divine Grace Guardian Warrior, and Hai Mengen, a Level 72 top-tier class God-Given Priest.

When Zhang Jian stated his purpose—wanting to purchase suitable legendary rank or even epic-grade skills from them—

Both of them expressed their full support.

Their original purpose was to represent Galaxy Academy and provide logistical support for Zhang Jian.

When they came, they even brought a mythical level item.

It could connect to the Galaxy Academy's contribution point System, allowing Zhang Jian to earn contribution points and upgrade his Galaxy Medal at any time and place while on this mission.

Within this System,

There were tasks for handing in rare Materials and high-quality skills to exchange for the corresponding contribution points.

According to the task requirements, Zhang Jian first took out all his legendary rank skills.

Aside from leaving a portion behind as Materials for upgrading entry skills, he handed in a total of 32 books.

He obtained 3,200 contribution points.

Adding in the scores from the original Unified Examination and the Star Gate Dungeon, the converted contribution points—

Totaled 6,400 points.

From the Galaxy Treasury that Hai Mengen carried with him, Zhang Jian spent 2,000 contribution points to pick out two skills suitable for himself.

After bidding them farewell and returning to his room,

Zhang Jian first took out the [Shadow Absorption] that had dropped in the previous Dungeon and used it to upgrade an entry.

[All-Law Omnipotence] (epic-grade)

For every legendary rank passive skill you learn, all attributes will increase by an additional 20 points.

For every epic-grade passive skill you learn, all attributes will increase by an additional 100 points.

Currently learned: [Sword Soul Power] (Legendary), [Sword Qi Extension] (Legendary), [Sword Heart Insight] (Legendary), [Critical Hit Mastery] (Legendary) x2.

(To upgrade entry quality: learn 0/2 mythical level passive skills)

With the new entry, not only did the bonus for legendary skills increase from 10 to 20 points,

But there was now also a bonus for epic-grade skills.

Unfortunately, one could only learn epic-grade skills after the Second Job Change.

Zhang Jian thought with regret.

Just as he was about to learn more skills, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Wait, that's not right.

Others can't learn them naturally without a job change.

But the skills I originally learned are entry effects; they can be upgraded!

If I upgrade them, would I directly enjoy the epic-grade bonus?

However, of the four skills I've already learned, which one should I upgrade?

Zhang Jian thought for a moment, took out another copy of [Shadow Absorption], and slapped it onto one of them.

[Boundless Sword Domain] (epic-grade)

Lv 0/8

When using sword-type weapons, your normal attack range increases by 10 meters and gains an additional [Powerful Penetration] effect: deals additional Sword Qi true damage equal to 20% of the damage value; effect is halved when releasing skills.

As an epic-grade skill, both the attack range and the additional effects had been significantly improved.

Zhang Jian immediately began to level it up.

"You consumed 500,000 experience points, [Boundless Sword Domain] increased by 1 level."

"You consumed 1,250,000 experience points, [Boundless Sword Domain] increased by 1 level."

"You consumed..."

"You consumed 305,175,781 experience points, [Boundless Sword Domain] increased by 1 level."

The experience requirement for upgrading an epic-grade skill was ten times that of a legendary rank skill.

Furthermore, the increase per level was also higher.

Combined with a level cap of 8,

Zhang Jian consumed a total of over 500 million experience points to raise it to the maximum level.

[Boundless Sword Domain] (epic-grade)

Lv 8/8

When using sword-type weapons, your normal attack range increases by 10 (+15) meters and gains an additional [Powerful Penetration] effect: deals additional Sword Qi true damage equal to 20% (+25%) of the damage value; effect is halved when releasing skills.

For every piece of epic-grade weapon or equipment you wear, attack range increases by 10%, and [Powerful Penetration] effect increases by 10%.

[Sword Momentum Flow]: When the attacked target is killed instantly before receiving true damage, this damage effect will randomly transfer to the nearest hostile target and increase the final effect by 50%.

(To upgrade entry quality: learn 0/2 mythical level passive skills)

At max level, the overall effect of the skill had reached a terrifying degree.

Zhang Jian's normal attack range was practically without equal within the First Job Change.

Striking while the iron was hot, he learned the other two skills he had just exchanged for and leveled them up.

[Strength Enhancement] (legendary rank)

Lv 6/6

Your Strength points increase by 20 (+30) points.

[Strength Conversion]: The attack power provided by your Strength points increases by 10%.

(To upgrade entry quality: learn 0/1 epic-grade passive skill)

[Stamina Enhancement] (legendary rank)

Lv 6/6

Your Stamina points increase by 20 (+30) points.

[Stamina Conversion]: The health points provided by your Stamina points increase by 10%.

(To upgrade entry quality: learn 0/1 epic-grade passive skill)

The effects of the two skills were similar.

As rare skills that increased the basic five dimensions of attribute points, their prices were also absurdly high.

Not only were they not for sale on the market, but the exchange cost was as high as 1,000 contribution points.

If calculated directly in huaxia coins, it was equivalent to 10 million per book.

But the final result was quite good.

From now on, for every 1 point of Strength Zhang Jian gained, he would increase his attack power by 2.2 points.

1 point of Stamina could also be converted into 55 health points.

Moreover,

If he obtained more epic-grade passive skills, he could still upgrade the quality of these two skills.

The potential had still not been tapped to its limit.

After the siege began, Zhang Jian appeared exceptionally excited.

He frequently killed elite-grade monsters from dozens of meters away, causing a sensation.

Meanwhile, Wang Fei and the others were complaining incessantly.

Today, the starting monster levels had reached Level 38 Leaders.

The strength of each wave of monsters was also constantly increasing.

Starting from Level 40,

Leader-class monsters with an attack power breaking 18,000 points already had the group feeling a bit apprehensive.

And with Level 41 elites having defense as high as 16,000 points, Ming Li and Ye Xun were already unable to break through their defense.

Only Wang Dong could still barely deal a bit of damage.

But the opponents often had over 30,000 attack power; any skill enhancement would deal 100,000 points of damage.

This meant the others didn't dare to be careless at all.

Although Wei Donglai could still deal damage because his [Song of Flame] skill dealt attribute-based fire damage that ignored normal defense,

The health he could recover seemed somewhat pale and weak under the attacks of these high-level monsters.

In the final wave, there was even a Level 43 excellence-grade BOSS.

Its attack power was as high as 60,000 points.

In just one encounter, it almost instantly killed Wang Fei and the others with its skills.

If not for the [Star Vault Covenant] effect, someone would have almost certainly lost their life because of it.

It was only because Zhang Jian's strength had improved again and his attack efficiency was very high.

After noticing things weren't right, he let everyone else stay back and rest.

He also tried his best to let some monsters through, close to the city wall, so his teammates could still get experience.

But his teammates didn't feel good about it in their hearts.

After the day's siege ended,

Wang Fei led the group to find Zhang Jian, his expression solemn.

"Brother Jian, we want to increase our strength!"