Chapter 133 - 111: Testing Skills
[Instant Body LV1]
[Requires P2 Stage to Use]
[Skill Type: Active]
[Cost: 700 Physical Strength Value]
[Effect: Push your body’s functions to their absolute limit, allowing for a single, rapid movement within a 3-meter range in an extremely short amount of time.]
[Remark: In the world of martial arts, no defense is unbreakable; only speed is absolute.]
Lin Ye noted that so far, none of the skills he had obtained possessed the concept of a "cooldown."
After all, he was in the real world. Energy and stamina should be the only true limitations.
But this skill’s cost was abnormally high.
A single use consumed a full 700 points of Physical Strength Value.
With his current maximum of 2400, he could only use it three times in a row.
He clicked open the skill preview.
The level cap for [Instant Body] was also LV10.
After leveling it to max, the Physical Strength Value cost, instead of decreasing, actually increased to an astonishing 1,000 points per use.
But at the same time, the movement range expanded from 3 meters to 8 meters.
Furthermore, the skill description explicitly added the words "faster movement speed."
This was a skill born purely for high-level maneuvers.
High cost, high reward.
An 8-meter blink distance was enough for him to dodge any fatal, targeted attack on the ever-changing battlefield, or to appear in the enemy’s most unexpected position to deliver a deadly blow.
It would completely change his fighting style.
Where Lin Ye could once only be a Warrior balanced in both offense and defense, he could now also play the role of an agile assassin-type warrior, possessing both burst damage and mobility.
Lin Ye’s gaze fell upon the last skill.
[Combat Bloodline LV1]
[Skill Type: Passive]
[Cost: None]
[Effect: You have awakened the Combat Bloodline within you. All damage you deal is increased by 1%. The growth potential of your Strength and Agility is increased to 1.1x.]
[The maximum level for this skill is LV5.]
[Remark: So long as there is life, the battle never ends.]
This was a passive skill similar to [Toughened Hide].
But this skill enhanced Lin Ye’s offensive capabilities.
A 1% increase to final damage might only be 5% when maxed out.
But the 5% damage reduction from Toughened Hide had already proven its worth countless times.
This 5% final damage increase was also destined to shine brilliantly!
In addition, the growth of Lin Ye’s Strength and Agility attributes had finally caught up to his Endurance.
Lin Ye acted with almost no hesitation.
He immediately allocated 5 of his 12 skill points and maxed out Combat Bloodline directly.
There was no reason not to max out a god-tier passive like this right away.
[Ding! 5 skill points have been consumed. You have unlocked and upgraded the passive skill: Combat Bloodline!]
[The current skill has been upgraded to LV MAX!]
[Combat Bloodline LV5 (MAX)]
[Effect: All damage you deal is increased by 5%. The growth potential of your Strength and Agility is increased to 1.5x.]
A torrent of Qi and Blood, far more ferocious than before, erupted from the deepest part of his body.
This power washed over his entire being.
His attribute panel flickered wildly.
Strength and Agility, which had previously lagged behind Endurance in value, instantly skyrocketed under the correction of the growth coefficient.
[Strength: 152.3 → 228.4]
[Agility: 165.8 → 248.7]
His two main offensive attributes were now basically on par with his main survival attribute, [Endurance], and had even surpassed it slightly.
There were 7 skill points left.
Lin Ye’s gaze returned to [Instant Body] and [Frenzy].
’[Instant Body] is the core of my tactics, the key to my operational ceiling. Its priority is unquestionable.’
He invested another 5 skill points into it.
[Ding! 1 skill point has been consumed. You have unlocked the P2 skill: Instant Body!]
[Ding! 4 skill points have been consumed. The skill ’Instant Body’ has been upgraded to LV5!]
Mobility, secured.
Lin Ye put the final 2 skill points into [Frenzy].
[Ding! 1 skill point has been consumed. You have unlocked the P2 skill: Frenzy!]
[Ding! 1 skill point has been consumed. The skill ’Frenzy’ has been upgraded to LV2!]
With that, all 12 skill points were spent.
Lin Ye slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and then abruptly clenched his fist.
The air let out a muffled BOOM.
An unprecedented feeling of power, a strength that felt capable of tearing anything apart, filled his every cell.
All his points had been allocated.
Feeling the explosive increase of unrefined Qi and Blood within him, his mind couldn’t help but conjure images of the clusters of blooming Source Crystals in the ruined city.
That was an untapped, rich treasure trove.
A trace of irrepressible regret flashed through Lin Ye’s mind.
Lin Ye was certain that if he had enough Source Crystals to completely refine the Qi and Blood in his body, his martial arts cultivation could break through from the Early Stage of the Vein Opening Realm all the way to the middle stage in one unstoppable push.
Fully clearing all twelve major meridians wouldn’t be a problem.
But Lin Ye only pondered for a moment before completely dismissing the insane notion of returning to the ruined city to fight the authorities for the Source Crystals.
The risk was too great.
Setting aside the fact that such an act was a grave crime, a blatant challenge to the authorities...
The simple fact that he could directly digest and absorb Source Crystals without suffering from their potent toxins and radiation absolutely could not be known by a second person.
As far as he was concerned, the ruined city, this starter zone, was completely cleared.
It was time to scout for a new "Leveling Area."
As his thoughts swirled, a name and a face surfaced in his mind.
Yan Hui.
He remembered that face looking down on him condescendingly.
Immediately following that was another name, vaguer, yet more profound.
Xue Wangshu.
The monstrous genius who, in just a single day, achieved the horrifying combat record of slaughtering several members of the Celestial Abyss Race, casually withdrew from the competition, and yet still sat firmly in first place on the scoreboard.
The publicly acknowledged, undisputed number one of Dongjiang City’s younger generation.