97: Chapter 97: Acquiring a New Entry! Why Are We Waiting Here?

[Fast Casting] (legendary rank)

Increases skill casting speed by 20%.

Wei Donglai boasted, "This was originally prepared for me by my old man, meant for me to use after I reached Rank 20."

"I suddenly feel like it's also quite suitable for Brother Fei."

Wang Fei snatched it, his eyes lighting up.

"Then this book belongs to me!"

"Once we're out, I'll just get you another one."

What he didn't notice was that his mindset had already changed from before.

In the past, he would still have felt a trace of awe toward such valuable items.

If anyone had offered to lend him one, he most likely wouldn't have dared to accept it.

But now.

After hanging out with Zhang Jian for so long, what good things hadn't he seen or used?

Isn't it just a legendary passive skill book? Just find a few Dungeons to farm, and wouldn't he have one?

He quickly learned it, and after upgrading it to max level, he also triggered the max-level trait.

[Fast Casting] (legendary rank) Lv6/6

Increases skill casting speed by 20% (+30%).

Max-level trait: [Battle Intent Concurrency]

When releasing offensive Spells, final attack power increases by 10%.

When releasing Support Spells, final Support effects increase by 10%.

Wang Fei tested it, and the trait of this skill did not conflict with his talent.

The original 50% boost became 60%, which was quite good.

After upgrading his three major skills to legendary rank, he also began his show.

Golden lights flashed one after another, making Yan Han, who was in the air, incredibly envious.

I want to level up too; who can let me out?

In no time, Wang Fei leveled up to Rank 14.

He upgraded all three of his growable pieces of equipment.

Looking at the expectant eyes of Wei Donglai and Yan Han, Wang Fei calmly shared a screenshot of his equipment.

[guardian medal] (Exclusive)

Quality: legendary

Rank Requirement: 14

Defense +176 (+88)

Spirit +110 (+55)

Evasion +16.5% (+4%)

Qi and Blood +72% (+18%)

[Invincible Golden Body]: When receiving damage exceeding 90% of your own Qi and Blood in a single instance, triggers the Golden Body effect, granting invincibility for 5 seconds. Can only be triggered once per hour.

Indestructible

...

"That's monstrous!"

Wei Donglai stared in shock.

Although he also owned this medal, his attributes were more skewed toward offense.

He was insanely envious of this percentage increase to Qi and Blood.

Wang Fei glanced at him, his expression disdainful.

This is already monstrous?

The scarier stuff hasn't been posted yet; I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it!

Many items had dropped earlier, but Wang Fei hadn't been too careful in selecting them.

He just picked a few pieces between Rank 13 and 14 that increased basic attributes like Defense, Health, and Mana.

Under the expectant gaze of the others, he revealed his attributes.

4500 Qi and Blood, 3000 Mana, and his Defense had broken through the 400 mark!

After the attributes of the two little glass cannons were boosted, their confidence soared.

They patted their chests to assure Zhang Jian.

"Brother Jian, feel free to charge ahead!"

Zhang Jian nodded and charged into the darkness.

Because he didn't need to use skills, didn't consume Mana, and didn't need to wait for skill cooldowns.

Other than [Lone Wolf Breakthrough] increasing his attack range, he basically had no need for Wang Fei's major Support skills.

Zhang Jian quickly disappeared from Wang Fei's field of vision.

He kept searching for bugs nearby and quickly killed them.

Only then did he discover how useful the [Primary Eagle Eye] trait was.

In areas with poor visibility, it helped him discover the presence of monsters faster.

However, he didn't go too deep.

He would charge in for a short distance and then return.

While checking on the furnace and his teammates.

Although Wang Fei and the other were still attacked by monsters popping out from time to time, they clearly had decent defensive capabilities now.

Much stronger than before.

Enough to hold out until Zhang Jian's "check-in" every minute or two.

And Zhang Jian, rushing back and forth, didn't find it boring.

He could occasionally reap a small surprise.

"You have performed 100 consecutive basic attacks within 5 minutes. [King of Affixes] has activated. You have obtained the achievement affix [Combo Resonance]."

[Combo Resonance] (rare)

Your basic attacks will automatically carry additional trait effects.

Currently triggerable:

Every 3 consecutive basic attacks activate [Gale] BUFF: Attack speed +10%, lasting 3 seconds.

(Combo judgment standard: Continuous attacks within every 3 seconds take effect)

(To upgrade affix quality: Use basic attacks to kill 0/1 monster not lower than your own Rank)

(To upgrade affix quantity: Perform 0/10 effective basic attacks on monsters not lower than your own Rank)

Zhang Jian looked at the seconds of the new affix with great interest.

He stepped forward and swung his sword at the huge, pitch-black bug in front of him.

-8110!

-8110!

-8110!

This Leader monster, after being buffed by [Hells Power], had a Defense as high as 800 points.

If it were an average Rank 20 Professional, they would very likely be unable to break its defense.

At this moment, Zhang Jian didn't have the attack-boosting BUFF from Wang Fei, and his damage looked average.

But after three consecutive sword strikes.

He felt his body suddenly become lighter.

When he attacked again, it was clearly a bit faster.

He became interested and continued to swing the weapon in his hand.

-506!

-506!

Although the Leader monster's attack wasn't low, a casual strike dealt several hundred damage.

Occasionally, a skill would deal over a thousand points of output.

But [Sword Qi Gale] still steadily blocked it, so it didn't have much impact.

Zhang Jian started to get addicted to farming.

In no time, he killed this Leader monster.

Among the rows of notifications, a few unexpected surprises appeared.

[Combo Resonance] (legendary)

Your basic attacks will automatically carry additional trait effects.

Currently triggering:

Every 3 consecutive basic attacks activate [Gale Lv3] BUFF: Attack speed +30%, lasting 3 seconds.

Every 5 consecutive basic attacks activate [Heavy Strike Lv3] BUFF: Deals an additional 30% true damage.

Every 10 consecutive basic attacks activate [Deterrence Lv3] BUFF: Reduces the attacked target's movement speed by 30%, lasting 5 seconds.

(To upgrade affix quality: Use basic attacks to kill 37/100 monsters not lower than your own Rank)

(To upgrade affix effect: Perform 610/1000 effective basic attacks on monsters not lower than your own Rank)

Watching the affix constantly improve, Zhang Jian was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

This over-level bonus effect was quite good; one Leader monster 12 Ranks higher than him, once defense was broken, counted as 48 points of progress.

The same applied after killing it.

Not only did the affix quality rise by two levels, but the attached BUFFs also successively improved to Lv3.

He attacked with increasing enthusiasm.

...

In front of the Star Gate.

The Reception Envoy, along with all the examinees, had been waiting for over an hour.

Seeing that the few hadn't come out yet, a trace of joy appeared on his face.

They hadn't been instantly killed and kicked out, which meant they could still hold on.

He hadn't expected them to successfully clear it on their first try.

Instead, he was thinking.

As a brand-new Dungeon that had the Hell-level difficulty activated.

The longer Zhang Jian and his group could hold out inside, the more they could gain.

Most importantly, they could collect more detailed information about the monsters.

When they entered again next time, they would have a better idea of what to expect.

After all.

Being able to successfully clear it, especially a perfect clear, was a big deal.

Just as he was thinking this.

A few discordant voices came from below.

"They've been in there for so long with no movement; the top four in the ranking are nothing special."

"It took them so long just because the difficulty was increased by one level; I really don't know how they achieved their previous results."

The Reception Envoy couldn't help but look toward the source of the voices, and it was indeed Park Jun-ho and Li Yongzhe.

He frowned and said nothing.

These two hadn't been successfully admitted and were not students of Galaxy Academy.

Although he didn't like them, he really didn't have the right to reprimand them.

But just because he didn't express his stance didn't mean others would remain silent.

Sun Yu was directly enraged and pointed at Park Jun-ho, accusing him.

"If you have the ability, why don't you trigger Hell-level difficulty too? Why are you being so snide here?"

Zhu Jiurong also looked displeased as he looked at Li Yongzhe.

"It's one thing for that guy to be brainless, but why are you getting involved?"

Kamishiro Chio and Han Xueyao looked at the two with even more disgust, almost ready to fight them directly.

Seeing the gazes of the people around him, Park Jun-ho shrank his neck in fear.

Li Yongzhe, however, was completely unafraid and instead raised his head.

"What, I can't even question them?"

"So many people are wasting time here just to wait for them to clear it?"

"Isn't it just a Dungeon slightly harder than Nightmare-level? Is it worth making such a big fuss?"

After he finished speaking, many people fell silent.

That's right.

We admit they are strong.

But just waiting here foolishly, what is it for?

"Since everyone has questions."

"Then let me tell you why!"

Facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, the Reception Envoy spoke.