Chapter 1022

This talent is equivalent to a modified version of "10x Amplification", slightly stronger than Yun Shangyan's talent, and can guarantee not being forcibly sealed.

A fivefold mana cost seems a bit lossy, but for Shen Di, it's just taking a few more blue potions, no problem.

Li Li saw this and laughed: "Great, another slot secured, and it's an old acquaintance—nice!"

Shen Di, possessing 3+4 talents, can undoubtedly participate in the server-wide event together.

Everyone are old acquaintances, often teaming up for dungeons; although basically each time it's Xiao Feng alone having fun, they've still built up some rapport.

If we could bring our old teammates to the server-wide event, it would definitely be better than bringing strangers.

Shen Di was in a good mood, smiling: "If I could swap two more main artifacts for output slots, I'd have confidence to aim for a top-ten kill ranking in the next territory war."

His lightning magic already has a wide range; if the damage is strong enough, the hope of making the top ten is still great.

"I'll try to get it for you, but this largely depends on luck; most main artifacts have level requirements, so few can be worn in advance." Xiao Feng said, not daring to guarantee.

Everyone continued waiting.

Chu Long, with the attack boost from the Pseudocivilization Sword, plus the output and healing effect of the Lifesaving Golden Needle, gradually cleared 500 floors.

Like Shen Di, he didn't waste time; after clearing 500 floors, he came out voluntarily and handed the items to the next challenger—Zhan Tian.

Zhan Tian had previously cleared fewer floors; after entering, it took him three and a half hours to finish and exit, barely clearing 500 floors, but he managed.

Finally was Zhaoge; lacking a main artifact weapon made the difficulty higher.

After over two hours of challenge, he ultimately stopped at floor 471, missing out on a fourth-tier talent.

The three presidents after them also exchanged for talents.

Chu Long only exchanged a fourth-tier talent. He had more patience, unwilling to spend points on a third-tier talent, planning to save it for later use.

Like Shen Di, Zhan Tian exchanged a third- and a fourth-tier talent in one go, greatly boosting his strength.

Zhaoge exchanged a third-tier and a second-tier talent.

The three's talents are still not bad.

Chu Long's talent Overbearing Might: 4th tier, permanently reduces final damage taken by 80%; can actively activate Overbearing state to share damage among all allied players. When Overbearing is actively activated, it absorbs 80% of damage taken by teammates, raising the user's final damage reduction to 95%, lasting 10 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.

Zhan Tian's talent Ferocious Battle Intent: 4th tier, crit rate +50%, crit damage +1500%; if an attack does not trigger a crit, the next attack is guaranteed to crit.

Zhan Tian's talent Heavenly Wolf: 3rd tier, attack power increased by an additional 50%, lifesteal +10%; when receiving a fatal strike, can reflect the full damage back to the enemy.

Zhaoge's talent King of Battle: 3rd tier, attack power increased by an additional 50%; each minute of combat increases own damage amplification by 30% and damage reduction by 10%, stackable up to 10 layers (damage reduction cap 99.99%).

Zhaoge's talent Infinite Block: 2nd tier, when using a weapon to block melee attacks, block always succeeds, reducing damage by 99.99%.

Among the five talents, Zhan Tian's Ferocious Battle Intent is still the strongest; adding crit rate and crit damage equals an enhanced version of "10x Amplification", and when the enemy's defense attribute is weak, its ceiling surpasses even Mang Mei's.

Chu Long's talent is also not bad; it increases the survival rate of all team members, and he himself becomes very durable, making it a very practical talent.

Zhaoge's two talents form a certain combo effect, making him very strong in arena duels, but not very suitable for team combat; for this server-wide event, he probably can't be brought along.

Everyone's talents have been exchanged, and quite some time has passed.

Others did not continue borrowing the Pseudocivilization Sword and the Supreme Treasure to keep challenging.

Anyway, having obtained the talents, they didn't hold much hope of clearing 600 floors; even borrowing weapons would only add a dozen or so floors at most.

For future challenges, it's better to wait until level and equipment improve, then rely on one's own strength to continue.

The Supreme Treasure returned to Xing Yun Miao's hands, and the Pseudocivilization Sword was returned to Xiao Feng.

At this moment, Zhang Fan suddenly said to Li Li: "My Endless Tribulation is about to start; if you can heal, please give me a heal."

Li Li patted his chest and guaranteed: "Leave it to me!"

Xiao Feng and the others were all curious about what would happen next, waiting quietly.

About five minutes later, Zhang Fan said in a low voice: "Here it comes!"

Immediately after, a sheet of blood light suddenly burst out from his body!

Boom boom boom!

Invisibly, a series of muffled sounds rang out.

Although Zhang Fan was clearly standing in place, he seemed to be suffering a frantic beating from several invisible assailants; he hunched his body, let out painful cries, and continuously displayed damage numbers in the millions.

"Holy shit, can't heal!" Li Li saw his good brother getting beaten and hurriedly tried to heal him.

But after using the healing skill, it produced no healing effect at all, as if healing the air.

Pfft!

A sound of a blade piercing the body rang out, and a bloodstain appeared on Zhang Fan's abdominal armor.

Although it looked fine, it felt as if he had been viciously stabbed.

His head displayed a -14 million damage, his health bar nearly emptied.

But fortunately, he still had over 2 million HP left, so he didn't die.

"Damn, this talent is really insane!"

The beating lasted less than 20 seconds before ending.

Zhang Fan sat down on the ground, drenched in sweat, as if he had just undergone a real beating, feeling extremely painful.

"How do you feel?" Xiao Feng asked, concerned, and casually gave him a full revive.

Zhang Fan replied bitterly: "Just now I seemed to see three black-clad men assassinating me; they were incredibly fast, I had no time to react before being beaten into a cripple. Moreover, the pain felt incredibly real, just like being beaten in real life offline—it was practically life‑threatening."

Uh...

Everyone was astonished, never expecting his talent to bring such torment.

"What about the reward? Successfully undergoing tribulation should have some benefits, right?" Li Li asked.

Zhang Fan caught his breath, nodded, and said: "Indeed, this time it gave 2000 potential points; judging by the description, each tribulation's reward varies, and I'm not sure what the next one will be."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng felt it sounded pretty impressive!

"2000 potential points per time, that's 6000 per month, 72000 per year, 720000 in ten years! Insane!" Li Li expressed shock.

Although not every tribulation grants potential points, it's expected the difference won't be too large, at least it won't keep getting worse.

After calculating, this fourth‑rank talent is still a long‑term growth type—the longer the time, the higher its value, so it remains quite significant!

Just… always getting beaten like this, the cost is also quite high.

"Before the server-wide event starts, I can still go through four more killing tribulations; I hope to get some bigger improvements, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the event." Zhang Fan said with a hint of regret.

The single‑time gain from this talent is still not enough to affect his strength; if it remains like this now, he still has a considerable gap to reach the server‑wide top‑level player.

"Hopefully." Xiao Feng also felt quite helpless.

Seeing that everyone had already finished the challenge and had no intention to continue fighting, he said: "It's getting late, let's all return to Shen Jie. I also need to prepare to make a trip to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield."