CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 72: ACTIVATING A LARGE SECRET REALM, LIN YE’S INFLUENCE

The purification of Orange-grade equipment requires an overwhelming amount of Spiritual Essence.

So, Lin Ye did not purify this Orange Quality Two-Handed Warhammer.

As for the remaining equipment, the only piece inclined towards magic is a piece of Blue Quality equipment, a mask named ’Face of the Secret Art Master’.

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Name: Face of the Secret Art Master (Purifiable, Distance from Quality Upgrade: 0/3)

Type: Mask (Blue)

Equipment Requirement: Level 10, 60 Spiritual Power, consumes 1 Mana Value per second after wearing

Attribute 1: Spell Strength randomly increases from 0.1 to 1 during Spellcasting

Attribute 2: When the wearer becomes the target of a Spell, marks the Caster’s position; the stronger the wearer’s Spiritual Power, the stronger the effect

Attribute 3: Has a chance to avoid being locked by ’Guaranteed Hit’ Skills; the stronger the wearer’s Spiritual Power, the stronger the effect

Description: A peculiar mask from an Alternate Space, highly sensitive to Mana flow

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Setting aside its requirements, this mask’s attributes definitely make it a top-tier piece of magic system equipment.

Randomly boosting Spell Strength from 0.1 to 1 point during casting—even in the worst-case scenario, it boosts 0.1. With a bit of luck, it could be a 1-point boost.

This is already a significant enhancement at Level 10.

But what Lin Ye valued the most were Attribute 2 and 3 of this mask.

"It can mark the caster and has the effect of breaking lock; this is quite nice." Lin Ye was quite fond of this attribute.

Marking the caster; this attribute can expose ambushers, undoubtedly a Divine Level attribute!

The effect of Attribute 3 on this mask is also quite powerful, providing a chance to avoid being locked by ’Guaranteed Hit’ Skills.

Guaranteed Hit Skills are usually relatively advanced skills. Once hit, it’s quite troublesome.

Just like when in the Ruined Town, the Witch Demon cast ’Death Finger’ on Lin Ye, which is a skill with the ’Guaranteed Hit’ attribute. Once locked, it will definitely hit, with no chance to dodge.

So the most direct way to avoid such skills is not to be ’locked,’ solving the problem at its root.

The only abstract issue is that this mask’s requirements are indeed a bit absurd.

A Level 10 piece of Blue Equipment with a requirement of 60 Spiritual Power is already high, and after equipping, it consumes 1 Mana Value per second, which is simply unsustainable for the average Professional.

So no matter how top-notch it is, it can at most be used for emergencies.

But for Lin Ye, this isn’t an unbearable burden.

"Let’s purify it to Purple Quality and see."

Among so many pieces of equipment, this mask was most to his liking. It wouldn’t make sense not to purify it to Purple Quality.

Consuming nine Spiritual Essences, Lin Ye successfully enhanced this mask to Purple Quality.

The upper limit of Attribute 1’s random Spell Strength boost increased from 1 point to 2 points.

Additionally, it unexpectedly gained a new attribute which surprised Lin Ye.

Attribute 4: Steal the target’s status and use it for oneself.

"This attribute is nice."

Upgrading to Purple Quality, the value of this mask skyrocketed more than tenfold!

Especially the newly purified Attribute 4, which is quite a classic move.

Having sorted his equipment, Lin Ye went directly to rest. Starting tomorrow, he could only challenge those Secret Realms Level 10 and above.

From here on, Secret Realms will have a significant increase in difficulty.

Generally speaking, Secret Realms below Level 10 will be considered newbie Secret Realms. Their scale, difficulty, and process are considerably easier.

But Secret Realms Level 10 and above can be considered the realm of serious Professionals.

Secret Realms of this level are in no way comparable to newbie Secret Realms.

Secret Realms above Level 10 will introduce large-scale ones, no longer limited to Five-Person Secret Realms, and the battles involved will naturally be more intense.

Therefore, Level 10 is viewed as the dividing line between newbies and true Professionals.

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The next day, Lin Ye appeared at the Professional Plaza.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Ye chose to wear the ’Face of the Secret Art Master’ mask directly.

This bizarre mask perfectly concealed Lin Ye’s identity.

Moreover, it did not attract much attention. After all, the equipment of Professionals is varied, and a strangely shaped mask doesn’t draw much notice.

Today, the Professional Plaza was much busier than usual.

"I wonder when Lin Ye the Great will recruit team members today?"

"What’s the point of recruiting if you can’t afford the cost?"

"I’ve already had my parents mortgage the house just to get on Lin Ye the Great’s team once."

"Damn, that’s ruthless?"

"No choice, gotta take the chance and upgrade..."

Conversations like these occasionally popped up in the plaza.

Many people, early in the morning, did not go to team up to attack Secret Realms but waited for a notice recruiting team members from Lin Ye.

Some even went so far as to spend their parents’ savings for a spot on the team.

Apart from these people, there were noticeably many who had come from other places. They did nothing but dart their eyes around the crowd.

Clearly, they too were looking for a certain figure...

Lin Ye passed through without paying much attention to his surroundings.

He did not plan to form a team this time.

Currently, the newbie rankings in Shan City still placed Ke Jue at the top.

Holding the top spot at Level 14.

As for Lin Ye’s name, it had long been pushed out beyond the top 100 rankings.

Since this ranking was based on total experience points, even at the same Level, rankings could vary by dozens of places.

Moreover, Lin Ye was four levels behind Ke Jue.

Being more than a hundred places behind was completely normal.

"I need to accelerate now."

To wait for the emergence of the Cannibal Exotic Realm, he wasted a full ten days. If he didn’t work harder now, he would have to relinquish the top newbie rank to someone else.

Given this goal, Lin Ye decided not to waste time on Five-Person Secret Realms anymore.

For the time being, his Attributes were already considerably above average, and replicating Talents wasn’t an immediate need. Leveling was the priority now.

"The most suitable Secret Realm for leveling should be this one..."

Lin Ye looked at the crowded surroundings and made the best choice.

In the next instant, he disappeared on the spot.

[’Lin Ye’ has opened the large-scale Secret Realm ’Purification of Stratholme (Level 15)’! (Remaining slot this round: 1/100)]

A message appeared before every Professional in the plaza.

At that moment, those filial sons who mortgaged their parents’ house just to join Lin Ye’s team couldn’t hold back anymore!

"A large-scale Secret Realm? Isn’t this something everyone swarms over to tackle together?"

"A large-scale Secret Realm is a large-scale Secret Realm! I’m going too!"