Chapter 43

He used the skill book in his backpack, and the system popped up a prompt.

Xiao Feng selected confirm without saying a word.

Ding~ Congratulations, you have learned the Legendary skill—Meteor Strike!

【Meteor Strike】: Condense fire elements, summon meteors to fall from the sky, dealing spell damage equal to 2000% of attack power to the targeted area, and dealing 50% splash damage within a 30-meter radius, chant time 10 seconds, mana cost 500, cooldown 60 minutes.

Seeing the new orange skill appear in his skill bar, Xiao Feng laughed like a madman.

With 200,000 times magic damage, 815 attack power can output 163 million damage, then after scaling up 600%, there is also 81.5 million damage within a 180-meter radius! Hahaha... I'm practically a god!

He was already a bit eager to test the effect of this skill!

But no rush!

Changing jobs is more important!

The second job change is a crucial watershed; all major professions will learn skills to remove control and gain invulnerability, and attribute growth will also improve, with each attribute point being convertible into more final data.

However, Xiao Feng's job change is somewhat different from others; although he has the job change item 【Weather Mage Secret Manual】, he lacks a mentor and still needs to find an NPC to help.

The mentor who gave him his last job change, Wu Tu, has disappeared somewhere, and judging by his attitude, he probably won't help a second time.

Therefore Xiao Feng decided to find another one himself!

But...

"Where should I go to look?"

He spent most of this whole day adventuring, killing monsters to level up, or fighting with members of the World Guild back and forth.

He hasn't even done any quests, so he is naturally very unfamiliar with the distribution of some NPCs in the game.

After thinking, Xiao Feng opened his friend list and poked Li Li.

"Old Li, you're well-informed, help me find mage NPCs above level 100 excluding temple clergy; I need a second job change."

At that moment, Li Li was still leveling up and fighting bosses together with Zhang Fan, Dun Dun, Mang Mei, and some random passerby.

Upon receiving his message, he immediately replied, "Sure, I'll inquire for you."

Less than five minutes later, he sent another message: "Old Xiao, I found quite a few; I've compiled the information for you to study at your leisure. Over here we need to start a boss, so I won't chat further."

"Sure, call me anytime if we encounter a boss we can't beat." Xiao Feng responded.

Immediately afterward, he received a large batch of NPC information sent by Li Li.

He began checking them one by one.

"Wild Mage NPC Information Table"

1. Ice Snow Grand Priestess—Elena. A 175-level Mythic boss located near the Ice Main City at a place called "Frost Fortress".

2. Storm Grand Magician—Duncan. A 180-level Legendary boss located in the 4th-tier city "Iron Armor City", and is one of the city's military high officials.

3. Flame Holy Land Mage—La Luo Na Er. A 200-level Mythic boss, the quest NPC on the advanced map "Heart of the Earth Lake"; because he alone guards the Heart of the Earth Lake, he is very lonely and will enthusiastically help players' requests.

4. Moon Poet—Dai Fei Ao Na. A 150-level Mythic boss, identity is a bard, recently appeared in the 5th-tier town "Stone Town".

5. ……

The table listed information and locations for over thirty high-level mage NPCs.

Xiao Feng glanced at a dozen or so and didn't want to look further.

There were too many, making his head spin!

He skimmed from top to bottom, doing a slight filter.

"The first one, Frost Fortress sounds war-related; going there would likely get me stopped, so I'll skip it."

"The second is the same; even if the military NPC doesn't beat me up, it's still unlikely to help me."

"The third one can be considered; a 200-level Mythic, obviously a big shot. Heart of the Earth Lake… damn, it's so far, running the map would take three hours…"

"Moon Poet… huh, her it is!"

The world of "All Heavens" is truly huge; the jurisdiction of each 3rd-tier main city is comparable to the land area of China.

Although the jurisdiction also contains some 4th-tier cities with usable Teleportation Arrays, the distance between each city still exceeds 1000 kilometers, extremely far.

The "Heart of the Earth Lake" map is a 150-level monster zone located within the jurisdiction of the Blazing Main City; currently only a handful of people have gone there while doing quests.

Xiao Feng didn't want to waste too much time on the road, so he still decided to go find the nearest one.

"Stone Town, let me look for it…"

He opened the world map and directly searched the place name.

The next second, the map auto-indexed and located the jurisdiction of Storm City.

Its geographic location is about 950 kilometers northwest of Storm City, not far from the 4th-tier city "Wind Fury City", reachable within 30 minutes.

Xiao Feng, without saying a word, cleared his backpack, taking only the 【Weather Mage Secret Manual】, 【Demonic Corrosion】, and a few important items, and set out on the path to second job change.

After paying a fee of 10 gold coins, he returned to Storm City.

Then, still in place, he performed another intra-jurisdiction small-city teleportation at a cost of 1 gold coin, teleporting to Wind Fury City.

The scale of a 4th-tier city is much smaller than a 3rd-tier main city; the teleportation plaza is only the size of a basketball court, and the street width is only three or four meters.

Compared to the spacious main city, such a small city is closer to daily life, and its pace is not as hurried.

There are not many players here.

Because 4th-tier cities lack a Resurrection Array, when players die they only return to the 3rd-tier main city, so permanent residents are surely few. Moreover, the 4th-tier city itself has inferior resources in NPCs, quests, monster maps, etc., compared to the main city; thus those who stay long-term are basically casual players.

"Really rare, nobody even told me to scram."

After stepping out of the Teleportation Array, Xiao Feng looked around and saw not even a patrolling soldier; for a moment he felt somewhat unaccustomed.

He opened the map to confirm the direction of Stone Town, preparing to run there.

At that moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from beside him.

"It's you! Xiao Feng, the rich but foolish!"

The voice was soft and sweet-sounding, pleasant to hear, but its startled tone, combined with the content of the words, made it somewhat unpleasant.

Xiao Feng turned his head and saw a female player in a white robe holding a magic book, quickly running toward him.

"Don't run! This time I'll definitely pay you back!"

She took three steps as two to get close, spreading her arms to block Xiao Feng's path.

"Holy shit, I can actually run into this?"

Xiao Feng looked completely bewildered.

This female player was none other than the "Lucky Cat" who had sold him three pieces of equipment for five silver coins in the novice village, then thought it was expensive and later wanted to pay him back.

Looking at her info, she's now level 39, her class is "Moon Witch", listed on the level ranking, and her strength is quite good.

With over a hundred million players, seven main cities, and dozens of fourth-tier cities, running into her like this is practically impossible!

"Hurry, accept the trade!"

After Lucky Cat blocked him, she immediately initiated a trade request.

Xiao Feng was utterly speechless.

Five silver coins!

Just five mao of money, she couldn't even afford bottled water, yet she actually blocked the teleportation array twice!

"Fine, if you want to give it, then give it."

Xiao Feng was also helpless; meeting someone so nitpicky, if he ran away again, he'd probably be put on a worldwide wanted list by her.

After accepting the trade request, the other party put up 50 silver coins as the trade amount.

"When the server first opened, the exchange rate was 1 gold coin for 100 yuan; now it's 10 yuan, meaning the in-game currency has depreciated tenfold. The transaction price back then was five silver coins, which equals fifty silver coins now."

"The actual worth of those three pieces of equipment is about five mao, roughly equivalent to five silver coins today; I overcharged you, so I should return forty-five silver coins."

"However, a day has passed; considering interest, capital turnover, and regeneration, I'll give you an extra five silver coins as compensation."

"Click confirm, and we'll be square!"

Just fifty silver coins, and she went on and on about it.

Xiao Feng heard it in one ear and out the other; he didn't catch a word she said.

He clicked confirm, received fifty silver coins, then turned and left.

"Hey, add me as a friend!" Lucky Cat chased after him and sent a friend request.

Xiao Feng didn't even think before outright refusing.

"Why?" Lucky Cat expressed confusion.

Xiao Feng's mouth twitched.

The last time he refused her was because she opened with calling people "stupid rich", which made him hold a grudge.

But this time, Xiao Feng was purely afraid of her!

He had no choice but to be afraid!

A woman who's so nitpicky and loves accounting—if any financial dealings happened, wouldn't she nag him to death every day?

People like that absolutely cannot be friends!

Xiao Feng activated a burst of speed, unleashing the 200% movement speed of his Swiftstride Boots, and vanished without a trace.

"Stop! Damn it, what's wrong with you? What did I do to you?" Lucky Cat watched Xiao Feng sprint away at lightning speed, stomping her feet in anger.

She meant well returning his money; even if he didn't appreciate it, she still acted like she'd encountered a tigress.

"She, a mere cat person, is that scary?"