Chapter 28: The Unique Skill of the Array Trickster—Sword Draw!
Lu Ming’s goal was to use Tian Xuan, ranked eighth among the national teams of Daxia, as a shield to quietly develop himself in the early stages.
Meanwhile, Qing Yan used her name to clear the dungeon and trigger an announcement, effectively promoting their Tian Xuan team to attract more members.
It was a win-win situation; neither side had any objections.
So, while Qing Yan was widely recruiting under the banner of having just cleared the dungeon, Lu Ming quietly slipped away.
On the way back to Moonfall Town, Lu Ming eagerly opened his backpack and took out the skill scroll worth one billion US dollars!
[Infinite Growth Skill Scroll]
[Description: Upon use, you will randomly obtain a unique, upgradable skill…]
“Is this really worth one billion dollars? That’s over seven billion yuan!” he mused, weighing the scroll in his hand—it was surprisingly heavy.
Currently, the online world was abuzz.
Since the announcement of the Hell Difficulty clearance of the Bloodstained Zone dungeon, it was widely known: the second Infinite Growth Skill Scroll in the world had appeared!
The forums were already in an uproar.
A major tycoon from the capital had already offered three hundred million!
Though far from the billion-dollar price tag, if Lu Ming truly wanted to sell, the price wouldn’t be an issue.
Selling it could guarantee Lu Ming a lifetime of wealth and comfort.
But Lu Ming deeply understood a truth about the Abyssal World.
“True power can bring you everything beyond comprehension—wealth, status, identity.”
“Money only ever brings limited gains within the scope of one’s understanding.”
Just today, it was because Lu Ming was powerful enough that he broke through the Hell Difficulty Bloodstained Zone, a feat no rich or influential person had managed, earning this priceless skill scroll!
Therefore, Lu Ming had no intention of selling the only skill scroll in all of Daxia.
A second-tier player could master up to three skills.
Besides War Stomp and Life Fortress, there was one empty skill slot.
Without hesitation, Lu Ming crushed the scroll.
[Ding~ Congratulations on mastering the unique skill of the Trickster: Draw Sword!]
He opened his skill list to take a look.
[Draw Sword] (Unique Skill, Level 10)
[Rank: F] (Upgradeable)
[Skill Effect: When drawing the sword, release a sword shadow that deals true damage ignoring defense equal to (100% attack power + 85) to a single enemy within range.]
[Cooldown: 60 seconds]
[Skill Cost: 34]
[Proficiency: 0/100] (Each use grants 1 proficiency point; full proficiency upgrades the skill to E rank)
Looking at the skill effect, Lu Ming was exhilarated: “With full talent amplification, this means it can deal true damage equivalent to 20 times my attack power!”
“And that’s just at F rank!”
No wonder it was a unique skill!
With this Draw Sword skill, Lu Ming was no longer the joke of the world—a Trickster who could only buff teammates, utterly powerless alone and considered useless once separated from the team.
He would prove to the world that the Trickster could deal damage and kill silently!
Besides this skill, Lu Ming also gained other substantial rewards from the dungeon.
However, since he had entered the dungeon using his alt account, Dawn, all rewards were credited there.
So, Lu Ming opened his account panel and switched accounts.
In an instant, Lu Ming was still Lu Ming, but “Nether” became “Dawn”!
The moment he logged into “Dawn,” a pleasant system notification sounded in his ear.
[Ding~ Congratulations on clearing the Bloodstained Zone dungeon at Hell Difficulty! Rewards: 100,000 experience points, 10 gold coins, 5 Level 10 Bronze Equipment Boxes, 3 E-rank Skill Scrolls!]
“Hell Difficulty rewards are this generous?” Lu Ming was pleasantly surprised.
Just 10 gold coins alone were worth around 200,000 yuan on the market!
Five Level 10 bronze items were worth approximately 50,000 yuan total!
Three E-rank skill scrolls were valued at 70,000 to 80,000 yuan!
Altogether, this dungeon brought Lu Ming over 300,000 yuan worth of loot!!!
Just one dungeon run earned him more than he had earned in two or three years in his previous life!
At this moment, Lu Ming couldn’t help but be grateful: “Ye Ling’er, I really must thank you. Without you, how could I have gotten back to Level 10, entered this dungeon, and obtained all this?”
An ordinary Level 8-10 newbie dungeon could bring Lu Ming such terrifying profits.
He dared not imagine how much he could earn running higher-level dungeons in the future!
With this ten-star account in hand, Lu Ming was filled with hope and anticipation for what lay ahead.
“The future is truly promising!”
Lu Ming began processing the loot.
He sent everything via mail to his main account.
Then he switched back to his main account, Nether, to claim the mail.
“Level 10 bronze gear is decent, but at my current leveling speed, I’ll be obsolete in two days at most.”
“Besides, my Necromancer Legion’s main damage comes from my formation bonuses, so I don’t need much equipment. Better to sell these boxes for a better deal.”
On the market, a piece of Level 10 bronze gear sold for 8,000 to 10,000 yuan.
But unopened bronze equipment boxes could fetch about 20% more!
Because the box’s contents would be tailored to the opener’s class, it appealed to a wider audience than class-locked gear.
So, at a unit price of 12,000 yuan, Lu Ming put all five boxes up for sale in the trading hall.
He also listed several Black Iron Moon Demon set pieces, dropped by Ye Chen and others, priced between 2,000 and 3,000 yuan each.
Since none were usable by the Trickster.
As for gold coins, Lu Ming only listed five with a total asking price of 100,000 yuan.
The remaining five he kept.
He would need them soon for the Black Market in the Abyss’s second tier.
Finally, he opened all three E-rank skill scrolls.
Such items, perfectly synergizing with his full amplification talent to maximize his strength, were priceless to Lu Ming and not for sale.
He acquired the Trickster skills: E-rank Enclosure, E-rank War Stomp, and E-rank Revival of All Things.
Enclosure weakened the armor of enemy groups within range.
Revival of All Things boosted health regeneration for friendly groups in range.
Both were excellent skills, but for now, Lu Ming had no extra skill slots.
He had to store these two in his backpack temporarily.
Using the E-rank War Stomp replaced the original F-rank version.
This upgraded the base amplification of War Stomp from 10% attack power + 50 to 20% attack power + 50!
For Lu Ming, who had Level 2 full amplification talent increasing all skill effects twentyfold, that translated to a bonus of 400% attack power + 1,000!
“Within my War Stomp formation’s range, even an ant could kill an elephant!”
Meanwhile, the two accounts shared experience.
While the alt gained experience, the main account also received 100,000 experience points as dungeon rewards.
At this moment, Lu Ming’s experience had already tripled the requirement for the current level, reaching the cap.
No need to suppress his level anymore.
So, Lu Ming manually clicked to level up twice.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two beams of golden light poured down.
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching Level 11…]
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching Level 12! Five attributes +1, mana +15, health +25, 3 free attribute points. Next level requires 100,000 experience!]
“Once a player exceeds Level 10, they can leave the first tier and enter the second.”
Lu Ming glanced at the time: it was already nine in the evening.
“Only one day has passed…”
He had reached Level 12 in just one day.
In his previous life, Lu Ming had spent nearly half a month grinding 18 hours a day to barely reach this level.
This proved one thing: in the face of talent, hard work counted for nothing!
His leveling speed was fast enough now; no need to grind like before.
“I’ll log off for a late-night snack, have some skewers and wine, take a shower, and sleep comfortably. Tomorrow, I’ll enter the second tier!”
Just as he was about to happily return to the city and log off, he looked up in surprise.
Before him stood a figure blocking his path, appearing out of nowhere.
The figure was cloaked in black, radiating an aura of profound mystery.
From this presence, Lu Ming sensed an extraordinary power.
It was as if what stood before him was not a mere mortal—
but a deity.