Chapter 152: Intermediate Skill Crystal
Titles like pioneer and pioneer are purely enhancements to oneself, with no side effects, and are extremely valuable.
The effects of the titles also vary.
However, the title Enemy of Demonized Monsters has both positive and negative effects.
The damage to Demonized Monsters is +50%, which is a very high bonus, exceeding titles like Pioneer.
Pioneer only adds 3% to all attributes, while Pioneer and Fearless only add one level; the former adds 5%, and the latter only 25%, far less than the 50% of Enemy of Demonized Monsters.
However, pioneer adds the noble true attributes, Pioneer is effective on all skills outside of inherent skills, and Fearless, although it only adds cultivation techniques, has no restrictions.
Although the bonus of Enemy of Demonized Monsters is high, it is only effective against Demonized Monsters; against Awakeners or other monsters, it is equivalent to a blank slate.
It also has a huge side effect.
It will cause strong hostility from Demonized Monsters, and the world where the holder resides is also prone to attacks from Demonized Monsters.
"There are both pros and cons."
Noah quickly calmed down.
Unlike titles such as Pioneer, Enemy of Demonized Monsters can be accepted or discarded by the recipient because of its negative effects.
Once discarded, this title will be destroyed, and the series of titles will also disappear. No matter how many Demonized Monsters Noah kills later, he will no longer be able to obtain Enemy of Demonized Monsters and subsequent titles.
"Discard it? Why would I do that?"
"Of course, I’ll accept it."
Noah didn’t hesitate. After he confirmed, this title also appeared on his attribute panel, becoming his fourth title.
This is a 50% damage bonus. If he had this title before, Noah could have killed those five Fourth-Order Monsters with one arrow, without needing to spend more effort.
Demonized Monsters are the first Disaster encountered by Blue Star, and they will be a huge threat to Blue Star for a long time in the future.
How could he not choose a title that increases damage against them?
This type of title obtained by killing enemies is different from Pioneer and others. It cannot be obtained repeatedly, nor can it be synthesized, but it can evolve into higher-level titles with stronger bonuses by continuously killing Demonized Monsters.
As for the negative effects, Noah didn’t care at all.
Since both sides are already fighting to the death, why care about strong hostility? According to the information Noah collected, once a Remnant World discovers an Awakened World, it will continuously launch attacks until it is completely destroyed.
The Blue Star Civilization killing six Fourth-Order Monsters this time has already attracted the attention of the Demonized Monsters, so there is no possibility of low-key development.
Noah also didn’t leave the 10 lottery chances unused.
A huge roulette appeared before him, which made Noah a little regretful that the highest quality of the prizes was still perfect.
But thinking about it, it’s normal.
It was just a Ghost-Level Calamity, and the strongest Demonized Monsters that appeared were only Fourth-Order. No matter how great his contribution, the reward has a limit.
Noah was also very much looking forward to the lottery.
After all, the prize range is very large and is not limited to one dungeon, offering more possibilities.
Sun Shooting Bow was obtained through the lottery.
Soul Resonance was also drawn by Claire in the lottery.
"Start the lottery."
The roulette began to spin rapidly, and prizes appeared one by one.
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade material - Barman Alloy."
"Congratulations on drawing an excellent-grade special item - Yellow Marrow Rice."
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade equipment - Sky-Stepping Shoes."
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade equipment - Shadow Cloak."
"Congratulations on drawing a perfect-grade item - Intermediate Skill Crystal."
"Congratulations on drawing an excellent-grade item - Gene Evolution Fluid."
"Congratulations on drawing an excellent-grade skill - Setting Sun Leg."
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade material - Ancient Moon Treasure Jade."
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade skill - Ice Storm."
"Congratulations on drawing a rare-grade item - Talent Upgrade Pill."
One perfect grade, six rare grades, and three excellent grades. Noah quickly scanned them.
"The luck this time is relatively average."
There were no powerful weapons like the Sun Shooting Bow. Among the ten prizes, Noah was only somewhat interested in three: yellow marrow rice, talent upgrade pill, and Intermediate Skill Crystal.
The talent upgrade pill was just right for Claire.
When Noah asked about soul-type skills last time, Claire unhesitatingly gave Soul Resonance to Noah and didn’t make any requests.
At that time, Noah didn’t have anything suitable for Claire, so he wasn’t in a hurry to compensate her.
What does Claire need most? Noah knew very well that it wasn’t any skill, nor any equipment, but a talent upgrade pill.
Noah already knew that this kind of item that can upgrade Talent is at least rare grade.
It couldn’t be more suitable for her.
[Intermediate Skill Crystal]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Type: Item]
[After use, skill level +1, effective on perfect-grade skills at most.]
The effect of this item is simple and clear: it increases skill level.
"There’s such an item."
Noah was a little surprised.
This was the first time he had seen an item that could increase skill level. The only similar thing he had an impression of was sword sect disciple cultivation experience.
That was a special item. After use, it could grant a large amount of Sword Dao Experience. At that time, after Noah used it, his rare-grade Swordplay Specialization increased by as much as 7 levels.
Seven levels versus one level seems like a big difference, completely not matching the perfect grade quality.
However, Noah knew very well that this was not the way to look at it.
This skill crystal can be used on any skill. Its versatility is much stronger than sword sect disciple cultivation experience.
To maximize the benefits, this Intermediate Skill Crystal should naturally be used on a perfect-grade skill, and used on the last three levels, especially level 10.
The difficulty of skill upgrading increases the further you go.
The first few levels upgrade quickly, while the later ones are extremely difficult, especially the last level, which requires an absurd amount of experience.
Several of Noah’s skills are stuck at level 9 and haven’t been able to break through yet.
If he used this Intermediate Skill Crystal, it could save a lot of time.
This kind of skill upgrade mechanism is clearly unreasonable.
Noah has a powerful Talent that allows his skills to continuously gain experience. His skill upgrade speed is at least dozens of times that of Ordinary people. Even he finds it so difficult, let alone others.
But what is the benefit of upgrading? It’s just a 5% increase.
The increase is small, but Noah believes that existence is reasonable. The reason this mechanism can exist must have its value.
Noah had once activated Insight, wanting to get an answer.
However, it involved too high a level and consumed too much, so Insight closed as soon as it opened. He only got a relatively vague answer.
That is, after a skill reaches the maximum level, there will be a qualitative change.
However, this qualitative change will only occur in high-quality skills.
"If perfect grade still can’t undergo a qualitative change, then it must be Epic grade."
Noah understood in his heart.
