161: Chapter 161 Skill Awakening! First Dungeon Failure!

The two consecutive Heavenly Dao rewards had caused Ye Tianchen's strength to rise level by level.

In terms of the current talent skill effects, they were completely on par with the known Divine-Grade Professionals.

If one were to factor in the effectiveness when coordinated with the team, it far exceeded that.

And if those two instances had such effects, it went without saying that the other three—Wang Fei, Wei Donglai, and Yan Han—who had followed Zhang Jian to receive four consecutive Heavenly Dao rewards, had seen their own characteristics strengthened to a level unimaginable to the outside world.

As for Zhang Jian.

These four times did not grant any new special effects; it was merely a cumulative enhancement based on the original foundation.

[Skill Deification Buff] (Reached Limit)

The number of skills obtained after each level-up is increased to three times the original amount. Additionally, one can consume ten times, one hundred times, and one thousand times the original experience cost to repeatedly learn the same skill, with the effects stacking.

As of now.

The number of skills Zhang Jian could learn was a full six.

Aside from the [Spirit Enhancement] and [Soul Conversion] he had learned previously, there was still room for four more skills.

He first spent 30,000 contribution points to exchange for three [Attack Extension] and one [Berserker Power] from the Galaxy Academy treasury.

Through the conversion effect of his entry, these became [Sword Qi Extension] and [Sword Soul Power].

Then, he successively upgraded them to max level.

"You have consumed 16 million experience points, [Sword Qi Extension] has been upgraded to max level."

"You have consumed 160 million experience points, [Sword Qi Extension] has been upgraded to max level."

"You have consumed 1.66 billion experience points, [Sword Qi Extension] has been upgraded to max level."

With the two [Sword Soul Power] books, it only cumulatively added 600 points of base attack power and a 10% increase in physical attack power.

However, having accumulated four [Sword Qi Extension] books, the effects were truly extraordinary.

Especially after using the original epic-grade skill [Boundless Sword Domain] as the base embryo for [Sword Qi Extension] to perform repeated learning.

[Sword Qi Extension] (legendary rank) (Deified 3 times) Lv6 / 6

When using sword-type weapons, your normal attack range increases by 20 meters and comes with an additional [Penetration] effect: deal 100% of the damage value as true Sword Qi damage. This effect is halved when casting skills.

[Sword Momentum Flow]: When the attacked target is killed before suffering the true damage, this damage effect will randomly transfer to a nearby hostile target, and the final effect is increased by 80%.

Given that the Heavenly Dao reward [Skill Deification Buff] had reached its limit and could not be improved further.

The [Sword Qi Extension] that had been deified 3 times could be considered to have reached the limit of this skill.

Therefore, even though upgrading the entry quality required consuming four epic-grade passive skills, he used all his reserves and upgraded it without hesitation.

The final effect after upgrading to max level did not disappoint him.

[Sword Qi Rampage] (epic-grade) (Deified 3 times) Lv8 / 8

When using sword-type weapons, your normal attack range increases by 40 (+100) meters, and comes with an additional [Penetration] effect: deal 200% (+500%) of the damage value as true Sword Qi damage. This effect is halved when casting skills.

For every epic-grade weapon or equipment you equip, your attack range increases by 10%, and the [Powerful Penetration] effect increases by 10%.

When using non-sword weapons or attacking unarmed, this effect drops to 10% (+25%) of the original.

[Sword Light Differentiation]: Every attack has a 30% chance to trigger a split attack effect, which can randomly differentiate into 2-5 rays of golden light, dealing 70% of the selected attack damage to secondary targets near the main target. If the main target is killed instantly, sword light is guaranteed to split.

In the final finished skill, although the utility trait [Sword Momentum Flow] had disappeared.

What he gained in return was the even more powerful trait: [Sword Light Differentiation].

After learning and upgrading these four passive skills one by one, another entry finally blossomed with the radiance it deserved.

[All-Law Omnipotence] (epic-grade)

For every legendary rank passive skill you learn, you gain an additional 20 points to all attributes.

For every epic-grade passive skill you learn, you gain an additional 100 points to all attributes.

Currently learned: [Soul Conversion] (epic-grade), [Sword Qi Rampage] (epic-grade) X4, [Sword Soul Power] (legendary rank), [Sword Heart Insight] (legendary rank), [Critical Hit Mastery] (legendary rank) X2, [Spirit Enhancement] (legendary rank)

(To upgrade entry quality, need: Learn 0/2 mythical level passive skills)

A full 10 passive skills added 600 points to all of Zhang Jian's attributes.

From attack and defense to HP and Mana, he had received an all-around boost.

Feeling the surging energy within his body, Zhang Jian was restless and eager for action.

His sword was already thirsting for battle!

However, when he confidently led the four of them into the [Abyss Core], he encountered an unexpected situation.

The monsters in the Dungeon not only had base attributes that were a cut above what they had imagined.

They were also extremely difficult to deal with.

Various forms of crowd control skills and curse skills.

Made it extremely difficult for Zhang Jian to perform smoothly.

Under the influence of several curses from the final BOSS, his original attack power was reduced significantly, and his Deterrence was greatly diminished.

Although Ye Tianchen was piloting the [wind walker] to hold the line on the side.

And relying on Wang Fei's various support skills, Zhang Jian's strength could still be maintained at an impressive level.

Yan Han's occasional ice-type control skills could also affect the BOSS's movements.

But after his attack power dropped, he no longer possessed his original super-strong burst power.

With the opponent's super-high critical resistance, critical hits were also difficult to trigger.

Zhang Jian could only rely on slowly grinding it down, and only then managed to kill the opponent.

Although he successfully cleared the Dungeon, it took a full 22 minutes.

He only received an SS Rank evaluation and failed to activate the Hell difficulty.

This result was unacceptable to everyone.

Just when they thought it was destined that they wouldn't be able to clear three Extreme difficulty Dungeons in a row today.

Yun Haiyi gave them a surprise.

She took out a rare item: a [Dungeon Reset Scroll].

It could reset a Dungeon that was not higher than level 65.

She had originally intended to keep it for herself after this mission ended.

Given the current situation, she felt that Zhang Jian needed this item more than she did.

Zhang Jian naturally accepted it gladly, and firmly kept in mind Yun Haiyi's act of providing help in a time of need.

However, before using the scroll, he first performed some upgrades on himself.

For other Professionals, something that could not be achieved even with over 400,000 attack power would certainly not be expected in the short term.

But for Zhang Jian, it was not a problem.

It just so happened that the six skill slots obtained after reaching level 20 had all been learned and used.

The subsequent Dungeons were basically all super high level.

So he chose to start leveling up.

In one go, he soared directly from level 20 to level 30.

His critical hit rate increased by 5%, and his critical damage also increased by 10% accordingly.

There were also 50 free attribute points.

Of course, these did not affect the big picture.

The most important thing was.

The growth limit of all his equipment and weapons also increased accordingly.

With enough accumulated kill progress and experience, Zhang Jian directly upgraded everything that could be upgraded to the limit.

In the end, looking at the various attributes on his panel, even Zhang Jian could hardly believe it.