Chapter 206: Self-researched Skill Power Increase

"Looks like after completely absorbing the Divine Soul Pearl, willpower should reach around 800." Xiao Feng secretly rejoiced.

To break through level 200 Holy Realm, 1000 willpower points are needed.

If he could reach 800 in one go, the training time he'd need afterward would be shorter; maybe he could meet the standard in just a few days!

With a joyful mood, he didn't stop for a moment, continuing to draw the soul power from the Divine Soul Pearl.

-19892 (true damage)

Suddenly, a golden flame burst from his body, and a damage number popped up above his head.

Xiao Feng looked and saw it was the curse of the Golden Holy Dragon taking effect.

This curse only triggers occasionally when he's idle; the damage might be high for ordinary people, but it's not much of a threat to him.

He ignored it, continuing to immerse himself in his growth plan.

1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours……

The Divine Soul Pearl, this 'big water tank,' was gradually sucked dry by him; the soul power it contained slowly turned into his willpower.

The Golden Holy Dragon's curse also triggered from time to time; over three hours it went off 11 times, burning away over 200,000 of his HP.

【You have drawn soul power from the Divine Soul Pearl, Willpower +10!】

Accompanied by the last system message flashing by, the Divine Soul Pearl in Xiao Feng's hand was completely drained, shattered into powder, and vanished into the air.

Opening his personal attribute panel, he saw his willpower points had now reached 833!

"Feeling pretty powerful..."

The increase in willpower made Xiao Feng feel his mind much clearer, his perception of elements more obvious, allowing him to clearly sense the water and fire elements in the air.

"Water Arrow Technique!"

He condensed a water arrow and shot it at the small tree beside him.

Pfft~

The water arrow struck the tree trunk; the thick-as-a-thigh small tree directly cracked open a fissure and swayed, about to fall.

【Congratulations! Proficiency of your self-researched skill 'Water Arrow Technique' increased, effect strengthened!】

The system popped up a reminder.

Xiao Feng opened his skill panel and saw that the power of Water Arrow Technique had risen from an initial 5% of attack power to 17%, increasing more than threefold in one go!

The boost in willpower had a significant effect!

"Let's try a small fireball!"

With a thought, he threw another fireball.

But this fireball was no small thing—its size was exactly the same as the fireball technique released by ordinary players!

Boom~

The fireball hit that very tree; the poor landscape tree exploded outright, split into pieces, and turned completely black.

【Congratulations! Proficiency of your self-researched skill 'Small Fireball Technique' increased, effect strengthened!】

Looking again at the skill list, the name of Small Fireball Technique had changed to 'Scorching Fireball,' its power reaching 330% of magic attack, higher than the standard fireball technique's 250%!

Seeing these changes, Xiao Feng's heart surged with excitement.

"What Teacher La Luo Na Er and Shen Chuo said is indeed true—when you play this game to the end, you have to research skills yourself!"

With just over 800 willpower points, the power of his self-researched skills already surpassed that of skills learned from skill books.

Thus, as long as he fully understands the principles of the skills he has mastered, all skill effects will receive a huge boost!

Of course, learning magic isn't something that happens overnight; it's a very long process.

He can only learn magic one by one, slowly, until his skill list is completely replaced.

Beep beep beep~

The friend list was flashing; someone was looking for him.

Opening it, he saw it was a message from Li Li.

"Old Xiao, old Xiao, are you done yet? There are only 10 minutes left until the Garrison Defense Battle! We're already ready at the garrison; all we need is you!"

"Ten minutes?... Just wait a moment, I'll be there soon!"

Xiao Feng checked the time and replied.

"Alright, we'll hold the line first—hurry up, don't wait for the Welfare Boss to leave before you come!" Li Li said, worried that this damage-dealing machine might fail at a crucial moment.

This Welfare Boss is the moment that the 100th member of the Demolition Team Guild has been dreaming of.

If everything goes smoothly, everyone will be able to share a massive amount of experience, and their levels will soar to an unimaginable extent!

For this moment, the three great guilds—Gods, Dragon Soul, and Conquest—have made thorough preparations, with a total of 200,000 people from the three guilds coming out to help defend the city.

At current player levels, having 200,000 people defend together can basically be said to be foolproof.

Xiao Feng replied: "Don't worry, this Welfare Boss will definitely let you have a blast!"

Then he cut off the chat, quickly left Xiao Zhai, and headed for the Teleportation Array.

Before the Welfare Boss begins, he plans to first complete his fourth class change.

The fourth class change can greatly boost his attribute growth, significantly increasing his attack power.

Moreover, he can learn several more high-power skills to strengthen his output.

He only has ten minutes, which seems a bit urgent.

However, the Garrison Defense Battle takes two hours in total, so there's still time to change classes.

Xiao Feng teleported to Flame City and headed straight for the Flame God Temple.

"Archbishop! Flame Archbishop~~"

Before he even entered the temple, Xiao Feng's voice had already carried far away.

"Who goes there? No loud noises in the sacred precincts of the temple!"

The temple knights at the gate blocked his way with their spears, not letting him pass.

Xiao Feng pointed to the Badge of Gods' Glory on his chest.

"Ah! It's you!" The temple knight saw the badge, immediately recognized him, knowing he'd caused a disturbance at the temple gates a few days earlier and had even killed a high‑ranking knight.

The two knights were annoyed and wanted to beat Xiao Feng up to avenge their fallen comrade.

But with the Badge of Gods' Glory in hand, they dared not act on that thought.

"Move, move, you're wasting time!" Xiao Feng shoved them aside impatiently and strode into the temple.

Just inside the door, a figure in red robes barred his way—a bishop named Ka Ka.

"Xiao Feng, warrior and bearer of the Badge of Gods' Glory, welcome to the Flame God Temple. What brings you here?" Bishop Ka Ka asked politely.

"I'm looking for the archbishop." Xiao Feng got straight to the point, unwilling to waste a moment.

As for the Flame God Archbishop's name, he'd forgotten it.

Western names are impossible to remember!

"Oh, you're looking for Archbishop Bei Lu Te. The archbishop is communing with the gods in the rear hall; you might have to wait a bit…"

Bishop Ka Ka said.

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Feng hurried straight to the rear hall.

"Hey, Xiao Feng, you can't go there—you're not a member of this temple, so you can't just barge into the rear hall!"

Bishop Ka Ka shouted.

The few temple knights in the main hall heard the noise and came over, hoping to stop Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng was momentarily speechless.

"Get out of my way and stop bothering me!" He drew the Wrath of the Fire God, held it aloft, and kept moving.

"Uh… it's… the token staff of the former archbishop!"

This magic staff is extraordinarily useful—more so than the badge Xiao Feng wears.

At this point Xiao Feng no longer bore the curse of Ao Tu Gu, and no temple would actively reject him.

Therefore, once the staff appeared, all clergy made way for him and no longer blocked his path.

"Whoa, who is this guy? Even NPCs get brushed aside by him!"

The surrounding players saw this and looked at Xiao Feng with admiration; upon seeing his name and level, they almost swarmed him to ask for his autograph.

Fortunately, the temple had many clergy maintaining order, preventing chaos.

Xiao Feng rushed into the rear hall and at once spotted Archbishop Bei Lu Te beside the Divine Power Pool.

At that moment Archbishop Bei Lu Te had just finished communing with the gods and was resting with his eyes closed.

Hearing Xiao Feng's movement, he turned his head and smiled: "It's you, Xiao Feng. Perfect timing—I just retrieved the Canon of the Weather God from Shen Jie."