With an excited mood, Chu Tian opened his attribute panel, preparing to allocate his free points.
In his previous life, he played a rogue. The Druid's Feral specialization was somewhat similar to a rogue, so this life he planned to specialize in Feral Druid. (Abbreviation for Feral Specialization Druid)
As for attribute points, he had already made up his mind. Normal players received 5 free points per level. With his god-tier talent, he received 15 points per level. If he added 5 points to Strength and 10 points to Agility each level, wouldn't he soar?
However, the moment he opened the panel, all of Chu Tian's thoughts were shattered!
"Ding… Player has set free point automatic distribution: Strength 20%, Intelligence 20%, Agility 20%, Stamina 20%, Spirit 20%. This function, once set, is irreversible! Does the player confirm?"
Hearing the prompt, Chu Tian was stunned. He knew about this function. Once set, the growth direction was fixed, and players no longer needed to manually allocate attribute points upon leveling up. The system would distribute them directly according to the set ratio.
Therefore, almost no one would set this function because there were many uncertainties later on, and players needed to supplement attributes through point allocation. For example, if an equipment piece had a high Strength requirement, you would need to add Strength points to meet the requirement before you could equip it.
"No... No... No..."
"Ding... Setting complete!" The system ignored Chu Tian's response.
"Holy crap! This is so rigged!"
Chu Tian knew it must be that old man's doing again. First, he was forced into a class, and now he was forced to allocate his attribute points.
Everything had become a reality. Chu Tian, with teary eyes, cursed inwardly: The ancient saying did not deceive… that old man is so wicked!
He just didn't know the origin of this old man, who could control the system of the Heavenly Dao world.
Since he resurrected and reincarnated me, he wouldn't do it just to mess with me, would he?
(In the Heavenly Dao world, amidst chaos, the old man held his wine gourd: "Little brat, it's good I'm watching, or you would have messed up your attribute points. Then what would be the point of me painstakingly searching for thousands of years to find you, this ultimate trash physique?")
Chu Tian opened his attribute panel and calculated carefully. Others' Strength growth was 12 stars, meaning a 1.2 attribute bonus. After conversion, players who maxed out their Strength gained 6 attack points per level.
His growth was 20 stars. After average distribution, adding 1 point to Strength per level would grant 3 attribute points, with an attack bonus of 6 points as well. However, he also had other attribute bonuses, so he wasn't at a disadvantage in terms of attack power.
After calculating this, he felt relieved. Although a single specialization might not be much stronger than other players who maxed out their attributes, his all-round development might allow for more creative play.
With renewed confidence, Chu Tian stepped into the first underground level of the power plant.
Feral form!
Stealth!
After leveling up to 3, the system automatically learned the basic skill 'Stealth.'
Stealth: Transform into Feral form and enter a stealth state.
On the first level, there were only level 1-2 corrupted spiders. Not a single monster could survive a single Shred from him.
After killing a few monsters, he didn't even bother using Stealth or Shred. A single Claw attack would instantly kill them. Level 1-2 monsters had almost no defense and only around 30-something health points.
He swept through the area, and all monsters turned into 2 or 4 experience points, which he collected.
An hour passed, and he reached the entrance to the second level. Chu Tian checked his experience: Level 3, 78%.
Chu Tian frowned and thought: Too slow. Only this much experience in an hour.
If other players heard this, they would probably curse!
Looking at the 20 quests filling his quest log, he decided to continue with the quests. Killing monsters alone was still too slow for leveling.
Just as he stepped into the second underground level of the abandoned power plant, he suddenly felt a chilling premonition, causing his hair to stand on end.
This feeling was fleeting, but with his years of experience evading pursuers, he managed to catch it.
There's a rogue!
Chu Tian made a judgment immediately.
Stealth, and a somersault leap.
The Feral cat's agile body leaped onto a nearby damaged concrete wall.
A figure appeared where Chu Tian had just been standing, his dagger still held in a surprise attack posture. Seeing that the sneak attack had failed, the figure instantly vanished.
"It's him!" Chu Tian's eyes turned cold.
The figure had disappeared very quickly, but Chu Tian still clearly saw his appearance. Although there was a slight difference from his memory, he looked a bit youthful now.
In his previous life, when he was being hunted, his greatest opponent was the rogue in front of him.
Character Name: Jue Sha
It was rumored that he was also an assassin in real life; as long as there was money, he would do anything!
After the Heavenly Dao opened, Chu Tian, relying on the abilities of the [Wish Box] and his +30 equipment, ascended to godhood, earning the title of the First Rogue God.
Jue Sha, on the other hand, earned the name 'God of Assassins' with his superb assassination skills.
Later, Huang Xueyi hired Jue Sha at a high price to hunt Chu Tian multiple times. In the beginning, they were evenly matched. Later, Chu Tian's equipment gradually failed to keep up with his level because his [Wish Box] had been designed and stolen by his former brother, Huang Xueyi.
Without equipment support of the same level, Chu Tian gradually began to lose.
Finally, he was cornered by Jue Sha at the resurrection point, where his low-level +30 equipment was almost entirely lost.
Without equipment support, Chu Tian fell into endless ambushes, being killed all the way back to level 1, returning to the新手村 (newbie village).
The grudges of his previous life must be settled in this life!
Just as Chu Tian was recalling the past, that chilling feeling struck again.
"Bad!" Chu Tian thought inwardly.
Jue Sha's figure appeared behind him, and a Cheap Shot.
Chu Tian's transformed black cub's body, struck by the Cheap Shot on its head, was revealed from stealth.
[Cheap Shot: Skill used in Stealth. Paralyzes a non-combat target for 1 minute. Any damage taken will wake them up. Can only be used on one target at a time.]
Chu Tian gave a wry smile. When he leaped onto the concrete wall just now, the slight dust kicked up under his feet had been observed by Jue Sha.
As expected of the 'God of Assassins' from his previous life, he was already this formidable at this early stage.
The paralysis from Cheap Shot lasted for one minute. Time ticked by, and Chu Tian knew that the opponent's surprise attack skill was about to follow.
Ambush (stun for 5 seconds), but he wasn't worried. The opponent was a level 2 rogue with only the skill Backstab, no finishing moves yet. With his 160 health points and 20 defense, he couldn't instantly kill him. Chu Tian even doubted if the opponent could break through his defense.
As long as the five seconds passed, he could kill him with a single skill.
Minute by minute passed, and the one-minute paralysis was about to end. The opponent had not attacked him at all.
"Did he leave? Damn it, just attack me, and the Cheap Shot will be dispelled!" Chu Tian thought.
When he played a rogue himself, he often did this: used Cheap Shot on someone and then left.
Unless the opponent had a crowd control removal skill, they would have to stay paralyzed for the full minute.
Cheap Shot was an extremely annoying skill. Although it could only be used in Stealth, and the opponent was in combat, you couldn't use it on them.
However, people hit by Cheap Shot, unless attacked or possessing a crowd control removal skill, would be paralyzed until the duration expired.
But even with crowd control removal skills, no one would use them to remove Cheap Shot. Using Cheap Shot would not break the stealth effect.
Because once you used it, and the opponent remained in stealth, you wouldn't be able to catch them, effectively wasting a skill.
What might follow is Ambush, which cannot be dispelled by taking damage. Without a crowd control skill, you would just be beaten up.
Therefore, everyone would endure it, waiting for the opponent to use Ambush on them. Only after they emerged from stealth would they use the dispel, to avoid being passively beaten.
Thus, the rogue's triple Cheap Shot was the most annoying. The fourth hit would be immune, but the three combined could control you for a full 1 minute and 45 seconds.
Now that he was being Cheap Shot here, he suddenly felt: Rogues are so damn annoying!
There were still three seconds left on the Cheap Shot. Chu Tian counted down the time, preparing to use Stealth as soon as the timer ran out.
3... 2...
"Ding… You have been Cheap Shot by player Jue Sha. Paralyzed for 30 seconds (original 1 minute, effect reduced for consecutive skill hits)."
The system prompt sounded again.
"What the f**k!"
Chu Tian immediately prepared for a counterattack.
What the hell? The 'God of Assassins' who never minced words when killing was so underhanded when the game first started?
Chu Tian found it hard to believe that this was the God of Assassins he knew: Jue Sha!
In his memory, Jue Sha's name had appeared in public when he assassinated the president of the number one guild in Shengjing City at the time: Tianya Kuangdao.
Tianya Kuangdao was a Shield Warrior. Rogues generally wouldn't engage with such high-defense physical classes.
That assassination, it was said, involved Tianya Kuangdao bringing his newly acquainted girlfriend and over three hundred brothers to clear out a monster spawn point, then he leveled up with his girlfriend in the middle.
Whether they were leveling or engaged in… intimate activities, no one knew.
Jue Sha infiltrated stealthily, breaking through the three layers of defensive circles formed by over three hundred people.
When he found Tianya Kuangdao, he initiated a series of burst and control skills like Ambush, Kidney Shot, Gouge, Vanish, and another Ambush, perfectly executing the rogue's ultimate control-kill.
It was said that Tianya Kuangdao was controlled for a full forty-nine seconds, and a top-tier Shield Warrior was slowly ground to death.
From then on, the title 'God of Assassins' rose rapidly. Almost everyone he assassinated was a prominent figure at the time.
But in this life, Chu Tian secretly decided that he must end him.