Chapter 153

A Mage?

Two classes?

This… could it be a dual-class genius?

In the history of the Global Class-Change Era's development, there were indeed a very small number of dual-class geniuses, and more than half of them rose to become independent powers across the world!

But…

Even those dual-class geniuses, in the early development period right after their class change, weren't as terrifying as the guy before them!

"90% large-area slow, 90% large-area attack reduction, large-area silence…"

"Where exactly did these abilities come from?"

Yue Jiuyang didn't know!

But he had already realized.

The genius before him very likely would lead the Xia Kingdom to brand-new heights!

Of course.

Right now this genius was still developing, so not wanting to reveal his identity was normal—in fact, many geniuses did this nowadays, developing in private to avoid being targeted.

It's just that.

The genius before him had even more extreme and terrifying methods.

Going invisible directly—even he, a Nation-Protecting powerhouse, had almost failed to see through it...

Unfortunately.

Even until now, this old Sword Saint still thought he had seen through Chen Yang!

But in fact, he could only sense Ao Qingyue's position, and posed no real threat to Chen Yang at all.

Even if he instantly killed Ao Qingyue…

She would just return to her original world.

After a day she could be summoned back by Chen Yang—rounded off, it was the same as not dying.

"Here, I have a list of Origin Skill Books."

"Take a look and pick two from them."

The old Sword Saint tapped on his phone and opened an official inventory page, which listed the many Origin Skill Books in stock!

After all, this kind of material reserve was a direct boost to combat power.

One more skill learned meant one more layer of security.

So the Origin Skill Books in stock couldn't be stored for too long either—basically they'd be distributed out very quickly…

However.

Chen Yang also saw among them a category of Swordsman Origin Skill Books.

"This old man doesn't play favorites at all—get his granddaughter Sun Nu two Swordsman Origin Skill Books?"

Chen Yang was a little surprised.

Of course.

The Origin Skill Books in this stock were probably no match for that Peerless Sword Formation book…

He didn't pay it much mind either.

He began picking through the Priest and Mage Origin Skill Book libraries.

Among them was a Body-Solidification skill book—after activation, it could make oneself and teammates immune to any control effects; the effect was quite good indeed.

It was just that the duration was a bit short—the initial duration was only 3 seconds.

Then this skill increased duration by 0.5 seconds for every level.

"This skill doesn't last long enough, but I can open a Ten-Times Duration Halo to make up for it."

"It's just that…"

"I already have a Body-Solidification Halo myself! Not only is the effect stronger than this Origin Skill Book, it's also permanent—why bother learning this skill book?"

Chen Yang shook his head.

Soon, he took a liking to another Priest Origin Skill Book.

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【Impregnable Fortress (Origin): Priest-class Origin Skill Book, passive halo type. After activating the halo, oneself and surrounding teammates gain a 15% defense bonus.】

【Level Up: Defense bonus increases. After reaching Level 20, the defense bonus doubles!】

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This was a defense-type Origin Skill—the effect was very simple, just adding defense.

Perfect for Sylvie to learn!

"Only 15% defense boost at Level 1, but as long as it reaches Level 10, that's a 150% defense boost!"

"Doubled at Level 20—that's a 600% defense bonus!"

"Combined with my Ten-Times Defense Halo…"

"Defense can reach sixty times the initial value!"

Chen Yang was quite moved.

Having a Divine-grade Halo alone wasn't actually that overpowered, but his Divine-grade Halo was a final multiplier—it could stack with other effects of the same kind!

You have to know.

In this Global Class-Change Era, numerical calculation formulas were a mandatory exam subject in schools.

Take the defense stat, for example.

【Base Defense + Defense Bonus) = Final Defense】

Whether it's the Priest's BUFF, cooking elixir BUFF, skill enhancements, equipment affixes... and so on, as long as it's a percentage defense bonus, you just add them all together directly.

For example.

The Priest provides a 30% defense bonus.

The elixir adds a 20% defense bonus.

Then that class-changer's total defense bonus is 50%, equivalent to an extra 0.5 times.

But Chen Yang's Divine Aura...

Directly multiplies the final defense by ten times — that's terrifying!

A 50% bonus can be raised to 500%, going from 0.5 times to 5 times!

One can only say...

In this situation, this "Impregnable Fortress" truly lives up to its name as "Impregnable Fortress"!

Then.

Chen Yang began picking Mage skills, and soon took a liking to one.

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【Shadow Erosion (Origin): A Dark-element Mage origin skill book. Condenses dark energy to erode into a single target's body, dealing massive damage per second. Lasts 10 seconds, cooldown 300 seconds.】

【Level Up: Damage increases, duration increases, cooldown decreases. After reaching level 20, the effect can stack!】

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This is a very typical sustained single-target damage skill.

It just so happens that right now, both Isabella and Ao Qingyue have strong AoE attacks but relatively weak single-target attacks.

So Chen Yang picked this skill.

However...

Because single-target attacks can't clear mobs over a wide area, the origin experience they provide comes relatively slowly.

In fact, many single-target origin skill books aren't very popular, because leveling them up is just too slow...

Nevertheless.

Chen Yang doesn't worry about this at all.

Because...

He has the Divine Aura 【Super Split】 — once this aura is activated, single-target skills can become AoE skills, unleashed against all enemies within range.

"Looks like after learning this skill, I'll have to keep Super Split aura on while grinding mobs, so Shadow Erosion levels up faster..."

Chen Yang felt it deeply.

These aura slots just aren't enough!

If only there were enough aura slots to permanently activate all kinds of Divine Auras — how terrifying would the effect be?