28: An unexpected surprise

Eye of Insight: Special Passive Skill.

Effect: Able to insight unknown information and abilities, not exceeding twenty Ranks above the player's Rank.

Cost: None.

Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Proficiency: None.

Lin Yue's eyes lit up; this skill was a treasure. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

For Lin Yue, who could hunt monsters above his Rank, the effect of the Eye of Insight was very significant. First, it could investigate the detailed attributes of various high-Rank bosses.

Second, he could see through NPC disguises, Rank, and other information.

Furthermore, he could now use the Eye of Insight to observe the Dao in advance for Assassins with skills like stealth or disguise.

"Learn!"

The Eye of Insight turned into a beam of white light and merged into Lin Yue's body. Immediately after, Lin Yue felt the world suddenly become incredibly clear.

The Village Head, who previously showed only question marks, now had all his attributes clearly displayed.

"Novice Village's 508th Village Head: Rank 15."

"HP: 1.48 million / 1.48 million"

"Attack Power: 2888."

"Skills: Sharp Blade Thrust, Gale Sword Arts, Gale Curse, Sword Qi Protection."

"???"

Seeing the Village Head's attributes, Lin Yue was completely dumbfounded. How was such a powerful Village Head tied up by an Evil God Emissary who was only Rank 12?

"Adventurer, how did you break the Magic Shield of the Evil God's lackey?"

The Village Head's eyes were filled with confusion and curiosity. How did a mere Rank 10 Adventurer achieve something that he, a dignified Rank 15 Sword Master, couldn't?

"It's actually quite simple... focus on one point, and once the damage is sufficient, it breaks."

Lin Yue gave a brief explanation. Since it involved mechanical skill, the NPC might not understand even if he explained more.

"I see."

The Village Head wore an expression of understanding, but whether he actually understood, Lin Yue didn't know.

"Ding! You have completed the quest 'Rescue the Village Head.' Reward: free attribute points +20."

He didn't expect an extra reward; Lin Yue was slightly surprised.

"Within my authority, I can only give you this small gift. I hope you don't mind."

"I don't mind at all."

Lin Yue was more than happy; after all, these were free attribute points, which would be very useful at a critical moment.

The Village Head smiled and continued, "Adventurer, you are very powerful. I assume you came here for the treasure of the gods. Originally, you would have had to pass my trial to obtain it, but since you helped me kill the Evil God's lackey, your strength has earned my recognition. I can safely entrust this Treasure Trove to you."

Lin Yue smiled; it looked like the Treasure Trove was finally within reach.

"Follow me."

With his hands behind his back, the Village Head led Lin Yue to a secret chamber.

"I built this secret chamber specifically to protect the treasure of the gods. That Evil God's lackey had no idea the Treasure Trove was right in front of him."

The Village Head touched the stone wall of the chamber and pressed down on a recessed area.

A stone slab then moved aside, and a familiar treasure chest appeared before Lin Yue's eyes.

"I entrust this treasure chest to you. I hope that if you encounter an Apostle of the Demon God in the future, you will surely slay them."

Gods, Demon Gods.

Interesting.

A smile played on the corner of Lin Yue's mouth; he had unexpectedly discovered information he hadn't known in his previous life.

Taking the treasure chest, Lin Yue opened it immediately.

"Ding! You have obtained the treasure of the gods."

"Ding! You have obtained Critical Strike Potion x1, mysterious fragment x1, and Intermediate Skill Scroll x50."

Last time he got a luck potion; this time it was a Critical Strike Potion.

"Ding! Your Spell Critical Strike has permanently increased by 10%."

At this point, the quest to collect the treasure of the gods reached (3/9). Combined with the 120 free attribute points he had gained, this harvest was quite bountiful.

Like the Luck attribute, the Critical Strike attribute cannot be increased via free attribute points.

However, compared to Luck, the Critical Strike reward was slightly weaker.

Lin Yue wasn't greedy; opening treasure chests involved an element of luck, and compared to other quests, this reward was already excellent.

He opened his attribute panel.

Nickname: White Emperor.

Rank: 10 (10,831 / 110,000)

Class: Mage.

HP: 75,550 / 75,550.

MP: 2,010 / 2,010.

physical attack: 50. magic power: 2,998.

Armor: 108. magic resist: 113.

Casting Speed: 3.0, Movement Speed: 8

spell penetration: 20%. physical penetration: 0%.

Spell Accuracy: 50%. Spell Lifesteal: 20%.

Special Attributes: Critical Strike 10% + 50%, Luck 2

free attribute points: 170.

Talent: Life Miracle (Supreme Grade)

Skills: Chain Fireball (3-star), Beginner Spell Combo (3-star), Vibrant Life (2-star), Gale Technique (1-star), Magic Power Amplification (1-star), Eye of Insight (1-star), Explosive Flame (1-star), Rapid Leveling (1-star)

Equipment: Subjugator - Redi (Epic), Purple shadow set (Rare).

From the perspective of a Rank 10 player, this attribute panel was absolutely explosive.

Especially the skills; aside from Chain Fireball and Magic Power Amplification being relatively common, the other skills were incredibly powerful for this stage.

It wasn't that Lin Yue couldn't learn other skills, but rather that the output efficiency of other offensive skills—like Lightning Spell, Wind Blade, or Ice Spike—was inferior to Chain Fireball.

It wasn't about the quantity of skills, but their quality.

Besides the skills, he also had a whopping 170 free attribute points.

He could use them to stack dual resistances, or wait until his class advancement to stack Casting Speed or Movement Speed.

Currently, there weren't many situations requiring Movement Speed, but once he left the Novice Village and entered the massive open-world maps, Movement Speed would become crucial.

Before obtaining a mount, players could only reach various monster zones by running across the map, which undoubtedly wasted a lot of time.

Furthermore, the faster the Movement Speed, the better one could kite monsters while grinding; even dodging was related to Movement Speed.

After a brief moment of thought.

Lin Yue decided to save his free attribute points for now. He didn't need high Movement Speed currently, and if he encountered a difficult boss like the Evil God Emissary, those free attribute points could be the key to victory.

It's always better to be prepared.

Having an extra trump card meant an extra layer of security.

After checking his attribute panel, Lin Yue had just stepped out of the Village Head's house when he received a message from Feng Yun, Young Master Leng.

"White Emperor Boss, how did you know that the Ba Tian Group's stock price would rise recently? Do you have inside information?"

If not for the fact that White Emperor had saved his life, Feng Yun, Young Master Leng wouldn't have allocated 200 million in funds to play along with White Emperor at this stage.

His heart was itching with curiosity; why did White Emperor dare to fearlessly invest 500 million?

500 million—even he wouldn't dare spend it like that.

After all, the stock market was no joke; it was unpredictable from one moment to the next.

After thinking it over, Lin Yue told him, "Take a good look at the leaderboard. The Rank of the Overlord Guild members is already ahead of the main force."

Upon receiving the message, Feng Yun, Young Master Leng immediately opened the leaderboard. Upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered something fishy.

The average Rank of Overlord Guild players had reached the top tier, even higher than many players from major guilds!