Chu Tian, buried in hard work, toiled for half an hour.
The Corpse Guard Warrior he was targeting had its health finally drop to half.
The other hundred-plus monsters also saw a reduction in their health, albeit only by a tiny sliver.
After all, he only had the two area-of-effect skills, Sunlight's Flame and Starfall,
And they didn't even break through the defense, only forcing a small amount of damage with each tick.
Chu Tian really wanted to go back and spend a fortune to get some true damage equipment.
However, upon reflection, he figured that at this current time, there might not be any true damage equipment produced in the world of Tiandao.
Whether he could gather a full set was still a question.
More importantly, even if there were, if he invested everything from the six shops and three auction houses of the Against the Gods Alliance and the three main cities combined,
The money from all of them wouldn't be enough for him to buy the equipment.
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him; he seemed to have forgotten something.
Thinking carefully, his eyes lit up. That's right...
The Silver-tier weapons from the新手村 (Xīnshǒu Cūn - Novice Village).
Those were divine artifacts for leveling up by killing monsters of a higher level.
He quickly opened his inventory; he had always kept it in his bag and hadn't discarded it.
【Giant Crocodile · Primal Staff +30】
Grade: Silver-tier
Equipment Level: No requirement
Attack Power: 304-412 (Includes base attack: 76-103) (Includes +14 enhanced attack: 228-309)
Attribute: When attacking, adds true damage equal to the player's level multiplied by 2.
Enchantment Attribute (10): Mastery +2
Enchantment Attribute (20): All-round +2
Enchantment Attribute (30): All-round +2
Faction Restriction: Survivors
Class Restriction: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid.
The attack power was abysmal.
It was a world of difference compared to the exclusive weapon he was currently using.
But its line: "When attacking, adds true damage equal to the player's level multiplied by 2."
Wasn't that the essential attribute for killing monsters of a higher level?
Back then, in the Novice Village, he had gone through immense hardship, even faking his own death by jumping off a cliff,
Just to obtain this item.
Even though, even if a level 100 player wielded this weapon, the attached true damage would only be 200 points.
However, once players discovered the benefits of killing monsters of a higher level,
The Swamp Giant Crocodiles in the Novice Village had, for a time, become the most popular boss.
Bar none...
He directly selected to switch weapons in his inventory.
Ding...
【Moon God's Wrath, War Spear of the Healer】 was unequipped and returned to his backpack.
Coincidentally, Chu Tian's Astral Energy was sufficient to cast Starfall once.
He directly activated the skill.
Swish, swish, swish... Starlight rained down!
-1, -100...
-1, -100...
-1, -100...
...
"Hahaha... Who else can compete with me?" Chu Tian suddenly burst into laughter.
Dao Tian, who was casually sipping wine nearby, nearly fell off his stool from the shock!
"Who else can compete with you? You little brat, you scared me to death!"
"Speaking of which, half an hour has passed, where's the experience you promised? Your level? Are you going to keep this up until the New Year?"
Chu Tian completely ignored him.
He focused on counting heads, or rather, counting corpses!
He individually applied Moonfire to each Corpse Guard Warrior.
However, there were too many monsters, and he hadn't finished applying it yet.
The first Corpse Guard Warrior he applied Moonfire to had its debuff duration expire.
But using Moonfire also increased Astral Energy, and accumulating enough power would allow him to cast Starfall.
Finally, his eyes were about to go cross-eyed from counting.
He had to give up and stared intently at the Corpse Guard Warrior with 20% of its health remaining, continuing the skill rotation.
At the same time, he discovered that rotating skills accumulated Astral Energy much faster than continuously using Moonfire.
This provided him with some psychological comfort, while also inwardly cursing his own stupidity earlier.
After fighting for so long, he also discovered that the Starfall skill, within its range,
Did not damage all enemies.
The targets it damaged were only those that entered combat or were hostile towards him.
There were many Corpse Guard Warriors in the distance that were also within his skill range, but no starlight fell upon them.
This made Chu Tian feel that the skill was designed quite humanely.
At the time, he had been worried that the skill might trigger Add, pulling in unnecessary monsters.
After all, it was a directly cast AoE skill, and players couldn't control where it landed.
When casting the skill, whether to keep unneeded monsters out of the range,
None of this could be controlled, and Starfall was, as far as he knew, besides a Forbidden Spell,
The skill with the largest coverage range.
He suspected that even if players could control it, in a dungeon with narrow spaces,
This skill would have to be abandoned, and the Feral Druid would lose their AoE capability.
However, what he needed now was for more monsters to appear, so he began circling on top of the stone pillar.
He lured all the Corpse Guard Warriors within his attack range using Moonfire.
"What are you doing... These monsters aren't finished yet, and you're luring more? You're really going to fight until the New Year!"
Dao Tian grumbled again.
However, he also noticed that the monsters' health was decreasing faster.
"Huh? Where did this additional 100 damage come from?"
As he spoke, Chu Tian felt a jolt.
He looked back and saw the eyes of his clone emitting golden light, staring at him.
"Holy cow... What skill is that? Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze?"
"Ouch..."
While Chu Tian was turning his head, he wasn't watching his feet. The top of this stone pillar wasn't flat ground.
He stepped into a pit and stumbled, falling off the pillar.
Transformation: Human Form!
He reacted instantly and grabbed the edge of the stone pillar.
In Feral Form, he only had wings, no fingers. Fortunately, he reacted quickly.
A cold sweat trickled down his temples.
"Dao Tian, you old scoundrel, if you want to kill me, just say so... Hurry up and pull me up!"
The moment he fell, the clone also jolted.
It quickly stepped forward and grabbed him.
Chu Tian used the leverage to climb back onto the stone pillar.
Dao Tian, who had been scolded by him, sheepishly rubbed his nose, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Without another word, he turned back to the wine table and continued drinking his wine.
However, as he drank, he muttered, "Isn't this weapon a bit too overpowered? If everyone could level up like this, wouldn't their levels skyrocket?"
All the Corpse Guard Warriors within his attack range had been lured over.
Now, over two hundred Corpse Guards were howling beneath his feet.
Although it was noisy, Chu Tian still overheard Dao Tian's murmuring.
"You're talking nonsense. First of all, how many people can even get my top-tier shoes?"
"Even if they did manage to gather them, these skills allow them to jump onto this stone pillar."
"You're restricting the area for the Survivors faction, where are they going to find monsters of such high levels?"
"The highest level monsters in the war zone right now are level sixty, right?"
"The experience difference between a level sixty monster and a level sixty-one monster is a hundredfold!"
"Besides, on the Slaughterers' side, I haven't heard of any equipment that provides such widespread true damage."
Chu Tian fired off a string of words.
He didn't want the system to release an update or a patch while he was grinding monsters.
If they modified this weapon's attributes, it would be a real pain.
He analyzed it convincingly.
Dao Tian listened, pinched his chin, and thought carefully. It seemed reasonable.
So, he picked up his wine glass and continued drinking.
Meanwhile, Chu Tian glanced at him from the corner of his eye, thinking: That was close, otherwise, the attributes on this weapon might have been lost.
Although he had said that earlier, he knew very well that.
Once the method of leveling up by killing monsters of higher levels and mobbing was widely known,
This weapon was indeed too powerful.
It could significantly increase the speed at which players leveled up by killing higher-level monsters.
However, it couldn't be used by players of the Slaughterer faction.
As for the Survivors, in the later stages, when higher-level monster maps were opened,
And players' levels had also increased.
For players who started the game later to use such methods to quickly increase their levels,
It would still require strength.
Otherwise, any monster-mobbing spot would become a battlefield for contention.
To grind monsters peacefully, one would still need the strength to clear the area.
Seeing that Dao Tian no longer mentioned the weapon, Chu Tian opened his mouth, wanting to ask him about the thief's skill.
He searched the clone's skill bar but couldn't find this special skill.
He was really too curious about what that skill was; it seemed like he could directly see the equipment on his body.
However, considering the situation, it was better not to talk to him right now.
He would ask him after he had completely forgotten about this weapon!
【Author's Notes】
The first chapter updated in 2022.
A new year, a new month.
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