Chapter 175: New Talent! New Skill! Stats Boosted! (Subscribe!)

"Given your identity as the first player to clear the dungeon, you will receive a new achievement talent?!?!"

Looking at the prompt that surfaced at the end, even the usually composed Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a slight jolt of surprise.

One had to know that a professional's strength or weakness had a great deal to do with their own talent.

Back then, it was precisely thanks to his S+ talent, Holy Angel's Guardian, that—

—he had been able to activate the Holy Knight class option at the class-change ceremony.

And now, clearing the dungeon could actually grant a new talent.

This was something he could never have imagined.

"Still, this should be a privilege exclusive to Silver-rank dungeons and above."

"After all, when I broke the record on the Bronze dungeon during the college entrance exam, this prompt didn't appear."

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yi quickly accepted reality.

After all, the Fubenda Sect itself came from the Creator God.

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Since the dungeon prompt said he could obtain a new talent, then naturally he could obtain a new talent......

Moreover, this was something beneficial to himself, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.

"Three talents, choose any one."

"This is quite user-friendly—no need to worry about getting a useless talent."

He looked through them one by one......

All three talents were A-rank, and could be considered relatively rare talents.

"Firm Guardian is suited for Holy Knights walking the tank route; it's not much use to me."

Firm Guardian was the first talent Zhou Yi ruled out.

"Swift Stride... while in combat, continuously increases movement speed, up to a maximum of 50%. That's a pretty good talent."

One had to know that movement speed was an extremely important stat.

With high movement speed, whether to attack or retreat, the initiative was in your own hands.

"But compared to Focus Aura, Swift Stride is still slightly inferior."

Zhou Yi quickly made a decision.

【You have selected 1: Focus Aura.】

In an instant.

Zhou Yi's head felt lighter, a refreshing sensation flooding his body, and he felt his reaction speed had improved considerably.

"Very good......"

In actual combat.

From seeing the enemy's attack, to reacting, to executing a counter—it took time.

A powerful enemy's strikes were extremely swift; before you could even react, you might already be cut down.

At such times, nerve reaction speed became especially precious.

The tide of battle changed in an instant; reacting a bit faster often meant one more measure of safety.

"And Focus Aura also gives me a 30% chance of not being interrupted when casting skills—that's quite rare too."

What did it mean for a skill to not be interrupted?

For example, the Divine Descent Technique he had cast back in the Gale Mountain Range was an uninterruptible skill.

Of course, the Divine Descent Technique was far more advanced than this.

Not only would it not be interrupted, but it also made the caster immune to all damage.

But that was a one-time God-level secret technique; Zhou Yi didn't expect this A-rank talent to reach that level.

A 30% chance of not being interrupted was already excellent.

Once triggered in battle, it could produce a powerful effect capable of turning the tide!

After choosing his talent, Zhou Yi began tallying the rest of the rewards.

First were the 13,212 experience points, which pushed his experience bar up quite a bit:

【Level: 18 (35536/42000)】

"Over ten thousand experience points, placed on other level 13 or 14 freshmen, would probably be enough to level up once or twice."

"Unfortunately...... for me at level 18, it can only push the experience bar up a bit."

"But with just over six thousand experience left until the next level, that's not bad either."

Once the experience came in, the 25 free attribute points were also distributed evenly by him.

Pushing his four primary stats up another small notch.

【Strength: 167, Constitution: 176, Agility: 166, Intelligence: 175】

Next came the new skill.

He didn't know if it was because dungeon clear rewards were tied to class.

Or simply his good luck, but the skill book obtained was an exclusive Holy Knight skill.

【Hammer of Repentance: Swing a massive hammer condensed from holy power at enemies ahead, causing those struck by the hammer to take tremendous damage.】

(Note: Requires Spear of Victory LV5 and Gift of Courage LV7 or above to learn.)

This was a solid offensive skill, and恰好 Spear of Victory and Gift of Courage had already met the level requirements for Zhou Yi.

So he casually chose to learn it and add points.

With this, Zhou Yi's offensive capability improved considerably once more, and it was an area-of-effect skill to boot.

If he challenged this Abyss-rank dungeon again, relying on Hammer of Repentance, his clear speed would improve quite a bit.

"Finally, another skill that purely relies on holy power, aside from the Hand of God."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but smile slightly.

Nowadays, most of the spell-damage skills he mastered were related to elements.

Light element, fire element, and lightning element......

It made him seem like an elemental mage.

But in reality, a Holy Knight should rely more on holy power.

"Last of all, there's this totem stone pillar."

Zhou Yi looked at the not-so-distant spot.

By now, a massive weapon had already appeared beside the corpse of the Xiong Guai chieftain.

It was a stone pillar roughly 1.9 meters long with a radius of about 10 centimeters, carved with special patterns and runes.

Under the Appraisal Technique, the weapon's information was laid bare:

【Equipment: Xiong Guai's Totem Shi Zhu】

【Quality: Gold ☆☆】

【Attributes: Strength +38, Constitution +42】

【Level Requirement: Level 20 or above】

【Race Restriction: None】

【Class Restriction: Warrior, Knight.】

【Effect: After equipping, Earth Element Affinity increases by 30%, Earth-type skill strength increases by 20%.】

【Note: The faith totem of the Xiong Guai clan. Whenever that eerie voice echoes through the castle, the Xiong Guai shamans would lead everyone in prayer.】

"The attributes aren't bad, and I can equip it too."

"But I haven't mastered any Earth-type skills, so this special effect is useless."

"With the special effect useless, this Gold Rank equipment is half wasted......"

"I'll go back later and list it directly at the school shop or auction house."

"Some tank-class jobs might like it."

"But this note is quite interesting—it looks like there's an Easter egg."

Looking at the note on the last line, Zhou Yi couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

Many pieces of equipment in Eternal Game were tied to the game's storyline, and after merging with reality, those connections remained.

Quite a few pieces of equipment had similar notes.

In fact, such equipment could even become a key item for triggering NPC quests.

But now that there weren't even any NPCs left, the notes could only serve as Easter eggs.

"Alright, time to head back."

Zhou Yi was about to choose to exit the dungeon.

Suddenly, a bizarre low growl, as if coming from hell itself, echoed throughout the entire castle.

At the same time, a prompt appeared in his mind:

【Abyss-level dungeon cleared.】

【Open bonus stage?】

【Clearing the bonus stage will further improve your rating and grant additional rewards.】

"Hm? There's actually a bonus stage?"

Zhou Yi's sword-shaped brows rose.

"I wonder if this bonus stage is only for me, or if all the new students have it."

"But to be safe, I'll clear the bonus stage too."

"Plus there's another wave of rewards after clearing it—not bad."

The steady Zhou Yi's heart stirred, and he chose to open the bonus stage.

Rumble rumble~~

On the wall ahead, stained with Xiong Guai blood, a passage slowly emerged.

Zhou Yi moved and quickly headed for the entrance.

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