Chapter 626: The Trial Begins, Skills Sealed

Facing enemies rushing in from all sides, Jiang Chen resolutely activates the "Gather Power" Skill provided by the "Entity" character.

"Gather Power: Consolidates the power of a designated Summoned Entity, inherits all of the Summoned Entity's Skills, and merges part of the Summoned Entity's attributes. Duration 5 minutes, cooldown 60 minutes."

The description of the Gather Power Skill flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

"Five minutes, not enough!"

The number of enemies is too great; five minutes is completely insufficient to kill them.

He subconsciously checked his attributes and couldn't help but furrow his brow.

"Jiang Chen"

"Level: 74"

"Strength: 1,000,000"

"Agility: 1,000,000"

"Spirit: 1,000,000"

"Constitution: 1,000,000"

"Skills: Raging Blast Kill, Elemental Riot, Soul Shot Kill, Legion Enhancement, Legion Recovery, Purge, Charge Kill, Group Defense, Exemption"

Four-dimensional Attributes, each only at 1,000,000, are pitifully low.

Even without the Gather Power Skill, his base Strength attribute is 430,000, plus an additional 500,000 bonus from the Monarch Scepter.

His Strength and Agility each already reach 930,000.

His Constitution attribute even reaches 1,030,000.

His highest Spirit attribute is even higher; counting the Monarch Scepter, it exceeds 2,000,000.

Now that he has used the Gather Power Skill, the Four-dimensional Attributes average only 1,000,000 each.

Surprisingly, that's weaker than when he doesn't use Gather Power.

Jiang Chen feels that using this Skill was a lonely effort.

Fortunately, he inherited Skills from a Skeleton, a Headless Knight, and a Lich General.

Having Skills versus none still makes a huge difference.

Jiang Chen first used the Legion Enhancement Skill from the Lich General.

"Legion Enhancement (Divine Power Level 7): All Attributes increase 70%, Attack Speed increase 70%, Casting Speed increase 70%, Physical Defense increase 70%, Elemental Defense increase 70%, Control Resistance increase 70%."

All attributes are boosted by 70%, reaching 1,700,000.

Especially the 70% increase in Attack Speed, the effect is even more noticeable.

Jiang Chen feels his whole body brimming with power, becoming light.

At this moment the enemies are already nearby: "Begin!"

Excited, Jiang Chen lets out a low shout, activates a Skill, and rushes toward the enemies.

Skill: Charge Kill!

Under the Charge Kill Skill, his speed is as fast as Lightning, 3,000 meters per second, a velocity Jiang Chen has never experienced.

His storage space is also sealed, preventing him from retrieving a Weapon.

With no Weapon in hand, he will smash with his fists.

But it's fine; Jiang Chen sees the enemies wield Weapons—Blade, Spear, Sword, Shield, Bow—each available for him to choose.

The enemies appear as a mass of Black Shadow, like thick smoke, with no discernible shape.

They seem somewhat humanoid, yet constantly shift.

Especially when Jiang Chen approaches with a gale, the Black Shadow sways left and right in the wind.

Each Black Shadow towers over five meters, its size far exceeding Jiang Chen's.

Using the Charge Kill Skill, Jiang Chen crashes heavily into the Black Shadow, then unleashes a powerful punch.

With a booming blast, the Black Shadow explodes on the spot.

The Charge Kill Skill deals damage five times his own Strength attribute, a considerable attack power.

The Black Shadow's form, its two‑handed greatsword still airborne, is seized by Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen's Strength is immense; the greatsword, weighing several thousand jin, is grasped single‑handed with no effort.

Just as Jiang Chen smashes one Black Shadow, other Black Shadows surge forward, brandishing various Weapons toward him.

The greatsword sweeps across, Weapons clash, Jiang Chen shudders; the opponent's strength is not far behind his.

Without using Skills, the two sides are evenly matched, with him holding a slight edge.

Sharp arrows whiz toward him; the Archer has already launched an attack on Jiang Chen.

At that moment Jiang Chen feels a surge of power entering his body, but there's no time to discern what it is.

He dodges the arrows with his side, yet more arrows follow, forcing Jiang Chen to keep evading.

The arrows are extremely accurate, seemingly locked onto Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen dodges while battling the Black Shadow.

He discovers the Black Shadow's attack power is comparable to his own, and its combat techniques are also top‑tier, not far behind him.

If he doesn't use Skills, he really can't handle them.

More and more Black Shadows surround him, shrinking Jiang Chen's maneuvering space.

A resolve hardens in Jiang Chen's heart; he activates a Skill.

Skill: Elemental Riot!

This Skill, from the Skeleton Great Mage, has Jiang Chen target no specific enemy, instead unleashing indiscriminate attacks on a radius of one hundred meters around him.

The elements explode in a kaleidoscope of colors, exceedingly beautiful.

Jiang Chen is unsure whether this Skill can kill the opponent; while the elements are still exploding, he has already moved in for a finishing strike.

He kept slashing with a series of swords, another Black Shadow was killed, and Jiang Chen now had an extra two‑handed greatsword in his hands.

He held a two‑handed greatsword in each hand, and Jiang Chen moved with blinding speed.

The Elemental Riot effect was good, heavily wounding the enemies, and Jiang Chen also took the opportunity to kill several.

Jiang Chen discovered that each kill brought a strange aura into his body.

The aura was extremely faint; without a sufficiently keen soul, one would not notice it.

However, Jiang Chen never had time to investigate the aura's source, as more and more Black Shadows surrounded him.

Jiang Chen fought wildly among the Black Shadows, fighting to the point of madness.

He hadn't engaged in close‑quarters melee for a long time; this time he fought with exhilarating vigor.

Jiang Chen truly enjoys this kind of close combat; he has often joined melee battles before, transforming into a Knight leading his Undead Legion to clash head‑on with the BOSSes.

Jiang Chen feels he might have the potential to be a Warrior.

As time became unbalanced, Jiang Chen fought more smoothly, gradually grasping the Black Shadows' combat style.

He discovered that their combat techniques, though strong, were nearly perfect.

Yet they were rigid and inflexible, lacking agility.

Moreover, their vitality was extremely weak; a single strike could usually slay them.

Thus Jiang Chen began to trade injury for life.

Without using any Skill, he exchanged minor, insignificant wounds of his own for the opponent's life.

At this point, the Legion Healing Skill proved immensely effective; minor flesh wounds healed with a single treatment.

Even if the injuries were slightly heavier, two or three treatments sufficed.

In such a situation, Jiang Chen used a Skill whenever he had one; otherwise, he traded injury for life.

The Black Shadows were swiftly cleared.

The first wave of charging Black Shadows numbered over a thousand, all cut down cleanly by Jiang Chen.

When no Black Shadows remained in sight, Jiang Chen finally stopped.

By now five minutes had long passed, yet the Gathering Power Skill was still active.

Jiang Chen was surprised; he was certain that when he used a Skill, the feeling was exactly the same as before.

The five‑minute Skill duration was genuine.

However, as the battle progressed, the Skill's duration seemed to keep increasing.

"It must be because killing Black Shadows extends the Skill's duration."

"In other words, as long as I kill fast enough, the Gathering Power Skill can persist indefinitely."

"Moreover, by the end of the fight, I felt my power increase again, and the twin swords became lighter."

Jiang Chen checked his attributes.

The attributes had indeed risen, each reaching 2.04 million.

"2.04 million in attributes means the base attributes have reached 1.20 million."

"The Black Shadows just now were about 2,000; each kill could raise the attributes."

Jiang Chen understood that killing Black Shadows not only extended the Gathering Power Skill's duration but also boosted his base attributes.

Moreover, based on his experience, Jiang Chen guessed the test could not consist of only one wave.

There would definitely be a second wave, a third wave.

If the Yuan Shi Mi Jing trial were this easy, the success rate wouldn't be so low.

As expected, Jiang Chen hadn't even caught his breath when new enemies appeared nearby.

This time it was a group of Knights, Flame Knights.

They were engulfed in intense flames, wore heavy armor, and even their mounts were sheathed in airtight plating.

Jiang Chen judged at a glance that they feared no fire and had extremely high defense, making them far harder to deal with than Black Shadows.

Flames streaked like swift light, and the Flame Knights charged.

Jiang Chen tensed all over and couldn't help exclaiming, "Damn it."

Their Skill turned out to be the Charge Attack Skill he had just used.

They were using his own Skill against him.

The Charge Attack Skill was so fast that a distance of several kilometers closed in an instant.

Jiang Chen didn't even think, swung his twin swords, Skill: Elemental Riot!

Centered on himself, a hundred‑meter radius erupted explosively.