dmims Chapter 36 Improves Again
Chapter 36 Improves Again
Temporary residence
Lin Tian slammed the simple bolt shut on the wooden door with a "click," shutting out the deepening twilight and the faint clamor drifting from the village entrance. He leaned against the creaking door, letting out a long sigh, as if an invisible burden had been lifted. The room was dimly lit, with only a few rays of daylight filtering through the window, illuminating his travel-worn but undeniably excited face.
Without pausing for a moment, he walked straight to the hard bed, sat down cross-legged, and did so swiftly and decisively.
[Current remaining upgrade points: 2836]
Looking at the remaining upgrade points on the panel, Lin Tian couldn't help but smile. Today's treasure map journey was simply an incredible stroke of luck! Not only did he acquire valuable skills and job-specific certificates, significantly boosting his attributes, but he also gained nearly three thousand upgrade points. At this moment, he truly understood what it meant to be "rolling in money"—this was enough capital for his combat power to undergo another qualitative leap!
With a slight thought, five skill book scrolls gleaming with a soft glow appeared in the air above his palm: [Focus], [Swiftness], [Stealth], [Fire Rain], and [Healing].
Lin Tian counted on his fingers, "It takes 5 points to upgrade from E to D, 20 from D to C, 50 from C to B, 100 from B to A, and 1000 from A to S. So, upgrading one E-level skill to S requires 1175 points. If you upgrade all five to S..." He shook his head. 2836 points wouldn't even be enough for two skills. He had to choose the most cost-effective option.
A glance at the skill bar revealed that [Fireball] was already level 3, A-rank, with a 1-second cooldown. The explosion radius and splash damage had been enhanced, making its current output quite powerful. [Freeze] was level 2, A-rank, providing maximum control. [Summon Wolf Pack] was also sufficient for the time being. [Blink] was level 10, A-rank, a fantastic escape skill. [Strengthen] and [Enlighten] were both passive skills, already adding 220 Constitution and 200 Intelligence, so they could be ignored for now.
"The key is still the new skill." Lin Tian pulled out the [Fire Rain] spell. Its E-rank effect is a fire rain with a 5-meter radius, dealing 80% magic attack damage per second for 3 seconds. Based on his current magic attack of 3428, that's 3428 × 0.8 = 2742.4 per second, totaling 8227.2 over three seconds. The 5-meter range is okay for dealing with small monsters, but it's not enough against large groups of elite monsters.
"But if we upgrade it to A-rank or even S-rank..." Lin Tian's eyes blazed with fervent light. A-rank skills usually represent a qualitative leap! Just look at [Fireball]—A-rank already boasts 200% explosive damage! Upgrading [Fire Rain] will undoubtedly result in a massive increase in range, duration, and damage multiplier!
"Upgrade [Fire Rain]."
[Ding! Consumed 5 upgrade points, [Fire Rain] E→D.] Effect: Range increased from 5 meters to 7 meters, duration extended to 4 seconds, damage per second increased to 90% magic attack, cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.
Continue to improve.
[Ding! Consumed 20 upgrade points, [Fire Rain] D→C.] Effect: Range increased from 7 meters to 9 meters, duration extended to 5 seconds, damage per second increased to 140% magic attack, cooldown reduced from 18 seconds to 15 seconds.
continue!
[Ding! Consumed 50 upgrade points, [Fire Rain] C→B.] Effect: Range increased from 9 meters to 15 meters, duration extended to 6 seconds, damage per second increased to 200% magic attack, cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
[Ding! Consumed 100 upgrade points, [Fire Rain] B→A.] Effect: Range increased from 9 meters to 20 meters, duration extended to 8 seconds, damage per second increased to 350% spell attack, cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds, and added burning effect (deals an additional 50% spell damage per second).
[Ding! Consumed 1000 upgrade points, [Fire Rain] A→S.] Effect: Range increased from 20 meters to 50 meters, duration extended to 15 seconds, damage per second increased to 600% magic attack, cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 5 seconds, inflicts a burning effect (deals an additional 50% magic damage per second), targets taking damage have their physical and magical defense reduced by 30%.
[Current remaining upgrade points: 1661]
"Hiss—!!!" Lin Tian gasped, feeling his scalp tingle and all the blood rush to his head!
50米範围！持续15秒！冷却才5秒！还带10秒灼烧和30%双防削弱？！这他妈是人能放出来的技能？！这简直是天灾！是禁咒！是地图炮！
What does a 5-second cooldown mean? It means he can unleash this devastating rain of fire almost continuously! As long as he has enough mana, he's an army! No, a walking calamity!
"Awesome! That's fucking awesome!" Lin Tian was so excited he almost jumped off the hard bed. His gaze immediately shifted to another core damage dealer—[Fireball], A-rank, level 3. Its single-target burst damage was strong, but compared to the S-rank Fire Rain, it instantly felt inadequate.
"Upgrade it too! We can't afford to lose our single-target burst damage!"
[Ding! Consumed 1000 upgrade points, [Fireball] A→S.] Effect: No cooldown, deals 800% spell damage! Deals 200% spell damage to surrounding enemies, with a 50% chance to be cast consecutively each time!
[Current remaining upgrade points: 661]
"No cooling?!" Lin Tian felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
A terrifying 800% multiplier, no cooldown! This means that as long as the casting speed is fast enough and there's enough mana, Fireball can be unleashed like a machine gun! Add to that a 50% chance of rapid-fire… the DPS is explosive! Single-target burst damage is maxed out! Elite monsters and bosses are nothing but paper in front of him!
"Hahahaha! Invincible! I'm invincible now!" Lin Tian looked at the two brand-new S-rank divine skills on the panel, and an unprecedented sense of power filled his entire body. He suppressed the urge to rush out and fight the BOSS one-on-one, and continued to deal with the remaining skills.
Moving on, the next improvement is [Focus].
[Ding! Consumed 175 upgrade points, [Focus] E→A. ] Effect: Permanently increases Spirit attribute by 200 points.
[Current remaining upgrade points: 486]
"My mental attribute has now reached 1450 points."
Continue to improve [Swiftness].
[Ding! Consumed 175 upgrade points, [Swiftness] E→A. ] Effect: Permanently increases Agility attribute by 200 points.
[Current remaining upgrade points: 311]
"My agility attribute has now reached 825 points."
Continue, improve your skill [Stealth].
[Ding! Consumed 175 upgrade points, [Stealth] E→A.] Effect: 10-second cooldown, enter stealth state, continuously consumes mana during stealth, movement speed increased by 100%, until an attack is launched, damage is taken, or the stealth is manually canceled.
[Current remaining upgrade points: 136]
"A-grade [Stealth] is equivalent to being invisible all the time, awesome!! This is simply perfect, god-level skill!!" Lin Tian exclaimed excitedly.
"I don't have enough upgrade points. The last skill can only be upgraded to rank B." Lin Tian checked the remaining upgrade points.
Continue, upgrade the last skill: [Healing Spell].
[Ding! Consumed 75 upgrade points, [Healing Spell] E→B. ] Effect: Restores 400% of the target's Spirit as health.
"Not bad! Not bad! One healing spell restores (1450 x 300%) 4350 health points, which is almost half of my current health points." Lin Tian looked at the last 61 upgrade points and was very satisfied.
Then look at the level on the panel.
"My level has increased to 10 now. Tomorrow I'll go to the altar to see how to leave the starting village and get to the main city." Lin Tian stroked his chin and pondered for a while.
Then I fell into a deep sleep.