Chapter 19 : Chapter 19
Chapter 19: The Sixth Trait! Do You Want to Come with Big Sister?
【Killed elite Fiend: Blood-Skeleton Fiend, EXP +375!】
【Ding! Your level has increased to: Level 6!】
【Talent — You have gained one ‘Infinite Golden Traits’ draw!】
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Although Lin Feifei and the others were visibly shocked, Ye Ze himself was not surprised in the slightest.
With Panda’s current Strength and attack bonuses, if it still could not instantly kill a Blood-Skeleton Fiend that had already been controlled...
that would have been the truly surprising thing.
After the Blood-Skeleton Fiend fell, four Crystal Stones and one piece of blue equipment dropped beside its corpse.
Ye Ze put everything into his backpack space, including the Blood-Skeleton Fiend’s corpse.
“At the very least, it can still be exchanged for 20 Military Merit in the Scout Camp. No point wasting it.”
Although the four members of the team beside him had also taken part in the battle, none of them had the slightest intention of asking for a share of the spoils.
The four of them might have looked as though they had fought fiercely, but in truth, they had at most chipped away ten percent of the Blood-Skeleton Fiend’s health.
If Ye Ze had not stepped in, there was no guarantee they would even have survived.
The Greatsword Fighter team leader took the initiative and cupped his fist toward Ye Ze.
“Little bro—ah, no, Expert, thank you for saving our lives!”
Even though Ye Ze was younger than they were, and lower in level, not one of them dared look down on the boy before them anymore after seeing that display of combat power.
If he was already this strong at level 6, then if he were the same level as them, how terrifying would he be?
So now...
a group of level 10 First-Advancement Class Users calling a level 6 boy an “expert” no longer felt strange to anyone at all.
“You’re from the East China Hunter Guild?”
When Ye Ze noticed the insignia on the team leader’s clothing, he could not help asking.
The Hunter Guild was one of the top ten civilian guilds in the East China Region, roughly on par with the Zhao Guild.
Its operations included accepting commissions, hunting, clearing wild dungeons, and more...
Ye Ze had originally thought that if he failed to get into a university, joining a civilian guild would not have been a bad option.
But now, that was no longer something he needed to consider.
The team leader replied, “That’s right. I’m an official member of the East China Hunter Guild. My name is Hu Shan.”
“My three teammates are all from the Hunter Guild as well.”
“If you ever need help, just call on us at any time!”
Sure enough, the four of them were from the same organization and had fought together before. Otherwise, they could not have made it this far so quickly.
Unfortunately, they still had trouble dealing with a Blood-Skeleton Fiend.
Thinking of the large amount of experience a Blood-Skeleton Fiend gave, Ye Ze could not help asking another question.
“Have you seen any other elite Fiends?”
The experience from killing one elite was 375!
That was several times more than a Corpse Fiend, almost comparable to the final boss of a Hell-Difficulty Dungeon!
If he could kill a few more, then his next level-up would not be far away.
But Hu Shan immediately gave a bitter smile.
“If we had encountered elite Fiends earlier, we probably would not even have made it this far.”
Elite Fiends were extremely dangerous to most temporary scout teams.
After all, most temporary scouts were only around level 10. Against a level 15 elite Fiend, a single mistake could wipe out the entire team.
And what Hu Shan found hardest to accept was this: the level 6 high school student before him was actually planning to specifically hunt elite Fiends!
The gap between people was truly enormous!
Seeing that Ye Ze merely nodded and said nothing more, Hu Shan tactfully stopped bothering him and prepared to take his team back to continue killing Corpse Fiends.
Before leaving, the Archer girl, whose leg had already been bandaged, waved at him.
“Expert, my name is Lin Feifei. If you ever need extra hands, you can call me~”
Of course, Ye Ze was clearly soloing.
And Lin Feifei did not mind. It did not matter if she could not form a team with him...
Leaving an impression in front of an expert was what mattered most!
Ye Ze politely declined.
After the group left, he took out bamboo and pine nuts again to feed his summoned beasts and rested for the time being.
Meanwhile, the squirrel’s Shadow Clones continued scouting the surrounding area.
Then he looked at the piece of equipment that had dropped:
【Blood-Skeleton Bone Armor (Rare): Assassin equipment. Fixed Defense +10, Strength +25, Constitution +25. Twenty percent of the damage dealt is converted into a shield. Level: 10.】
Assassin armor, and it even had the rare Fixed Defense affix!
The equipment effect was quite tempting as well.
But when he looked at the level requirement at the end... level 10.
Ye Ze could only sigh. This was not a dungeon. A level 15 elite Fiend could only drop level 10 or level 15 equipment.
Between feeding it to Panda and keeping it for the squirrel, Ye Ze chose the latter.
“I really do need to level up faster!”
“Otherwise, I won’t be able to wear any of the equipment dropping here.”
There was no helping it. The monsters he was farming were simply too high-level...
After that, Ye Ze put away the equipment and began the Trait draw he had obtained upon reaching level 6!
“I wonder what it’ll be this time?”
The sea of golden Traits, visible only to Ye Ze, appeared once more, flowing and revolving around him.
A moment later, a golden eye-shaped symbol stopped in front of him.
【You have drawn the golden legendary-grade Trait: Eye of Insight!】
【Eye of Insight: You can perceive all information about a target, analyze everything in your surroundings, and see through an enemy’s concealment or disguise.】
This...
seemed better suited for me personally!
For a Class User, this Trait was practically ideal!
Between Class Users, aside from class and level, it was very difficult to scout out any other information.
If he could use Eye of Insight before a fight to learn his opponent’s talent and skills in advance, then he would undoubtedly hold a massive advantage!
And the effects of Eye of Insight went beyond that.
Ye Ze tried it and assigned the Trait to himself!
【“Eye of Insight” Trait assigned successfully!】
Sure enough, it could be given to himself, though unfortunately it did not increase any other attributes.
Ye Ze checked his talent section, and as expected, Eye of Insight had appeared there.
It was as though his mind had gained a deeper understanding of the Trait.
“So this is what it feels like to be assigned a Trait.”
“Let me test it first... the ability to analyze my surroundings!”
Ye Ze was especially looking forward to that effect!
He fixed his gaze on the ground, on a small pit that had been blasted open by the aftershock of Panda’s Taiji Inner Force.
“Eye of Insight!”
In an instant, his pupils turned gold.
A torrent of data flowed through his vision, like strands of golden thread spreading from the depths of his pupils.
The next moment, an information box appeared beside the small pit in his line of sight.
【—A small pit left behind by the aftershock of Inner Force.】
So this was what it meant to analyze everything in the surroundings...
An ordinary Class User’s scouting skill could only be used on other Class Users and monsters.
But Eye of Insight allowed even every blade of grass and tree to become a target for his analysis.
With this ability, nothing that happened around him could escape his eyes!
He turned his head and looked at the ground nearby:
【Battle traces — A battle took place here between a Blood-Skeleton Fiend and human Class Users. The Blood-Skeleton Fiend died.】
Excitement flashed across Ye Ze’s face.
He was practically the greatest detective now!
“If I could make another trip to the City Lord’s Treasury...”
“I should be able to easily identify all those unknown items!”
This effect left Ye Ze extremely satisfied with the Trait.
His instincts told him that this ability would definitely have enormous uses in the future!
Whether on the battlefield or in the Contaminated Land, possessing information was equivalent to grasping the enemy by the throat!
Ye Ze shifted his gaze again.
But the information before him made him freeze for a moment:
【Scout Spirit — A scouting skill released by a Class User, Dark Spirit Assassin, appeared half a minute ago.】
Dark Spirit Assassin?
Someone else had come!
Ye Ze shut off Eye of Insight, and then suddenly heard a silver-bell-like laugh from behind him:
“Little brother, you’re pretty amazing. You can even kill elite Fiends now!”
“So, do you want to come with big sister?”