CHAPTER 28: CHAPTER 28: NEW SKILLS AND NEW ENTRIES

Early the next morning.

Lu Ran and Qin Wuyao went to school for the morning meeting as usual.

Although Lu Ran already felt there was no need to attend the morning meeting, after all, he was dominating the newcomer rankings at number one, with no suspense.

It was purely an obligatory display of prowess.

He didn’t even need the academy’s newbie guide.

But the school’s rules still had to be followed.

He noticed that Liang Shaoyu wasn’t there, and even Wang Yujiao was absent.

From that day on, no one in Black Fire City saw Wang Yujiao again, and no one knew where she went.

Predictably, Lu Ran was level thirteen, still dominating the number one spot!

Qin Wuyao was level eleven, firmly in second.

But that guy in third place was only a mere level eight.

Such a huge gap!

After the morning meeting, Lu Ran declined the large number of classmates trying to curry favor and quickly went home with Qin Wuyao.

The three guild leaders who had been waiting for a long time immediately stood up, and the five of them entered the dungeon again!

Once again, they started a speed run in the difficult Death Mine!

The whole day passed, and by late afternoon, Lu Ran finally leveled up to fifteen!

Upon hearing the news.

The three guild leaders, including Qin Wuyao, immediately gathered around, each eagerly looking at Lu Ran.

Of course, Lu Ran knew what they were waiting for.

With some anticipation and nervousness, he opened the skills panel.

The level fifteen skill was now unlocked.

[Skill: Netherworld Blood Spear]

[Cooldown: 30 Seconds]

[Cost: 20 Mana]

[Effect: Communicate with Netherworld undead energy, condense a blood spear, and release it after charging, tearing through the Netherworld Space to deal 100% of base Magic Attack damage. Can charge up to eight seconds, with a 50% damage increase per second charged!]

The people beside him couldn’t wait any longer and urged:

"Did you see it? What does it look like?"

"The level fifteen skill is the Blood Spear, right?"

"That’s right, I remember now, the primary attack method for early Undead Mages, Blood Spear!"

"I think that thing can charge up?"

"Whether it charges or not isn’t important! What’s the new trait you unlocked?"

...

Lu Ran certainly knew about the Undead Mage’s Blood Spear.

A cooldown of only thirty seconds, can be charged for eight seconds, and when fully charged, it deals 500% of the base Blood Spear damage! The damage is extremely high!

It’s a turning point for the Undead Mage’s monster-farming experience.

An Undead Mage with a Blood Spear is vastly different from one without.

Without the Blood Spear, you’d have to rely on controlling Skeleton Soldiers, which either die or detonate.

Though there is a control skill, it has a long cooldown and brief control duration.

But with the Blood Spear, an Undead Mage finally has a single-target attack, providing much more confidence!

And it’s even a charging skill!

Often, the Skeleton Soldiers hold back, the Undead Touch binds, and then the fully charged Blood Spear releases, dealing massive damage in an instant!

When teaming up with others, there’s no need to rely solely on Skeleton Soldiers anymore; you can charge the Blood Spear from the back of the team.

That’s why nobody wanted to team up with an Undead Mage before level fifteen, but their status suddenly skyrockets at level fifteen.

Then, Lu Ran looked at the traits panel.

[Trait: Sleeping on Firewood and Tasting Gall]

[Effect: Charging skills will have no maximum charging time limit, allowing for unlimited charging]

"Holy crap!" Lu Ran couldn’t help but curse upon seeing this.

Blood Spear was already a pretty solid single-target attack skill.

The newly unlocked trait now is practically tailor-made!

It removed the charging time limit, allowing for unlimited charging!

What does this mean?

Lu Ran can hold the Blood Spear without releasing it, increasing damage by 50% every second, reaching 3000% damage in a minute! That’s thirty times the damage!

In ten minutes, that’s three hundred times! A little over an hour, three thousand times the damage!

"What’s the matter? Is it awesome? What’s the effect?" Lei Tai eagerly awaited nearby.

Lu Ran simply shared the panel with them.

A few seconds later.

Their faces all turned exceptionally strange.

"Unlimited charging, doesn’t that mean unlimited damage increase? If Lu Ran has enough time, is there anything left in the world he can’t insta-kill?" Liu Xinxin exclaimed.

"I knew you’re my brother, big sis had no doubts about you!" Ye Hongyi laughed excitedly.

Saying that, she pulled Lu Ran firmly into her embrace, holding him tight.

Lu Ran’s head rubbed against her soft chest, coughing a few times as he breathed in Ye Hongyi’s unique fragrance, feeling a bit restless.

"It’s a pity Lu Ran’s level is too low, otherwise, what’s that damn Black Dragon Mountain, Lu Ran could just hold a Blood Spear and directly insta-kill that freak Black Dragon!" Lei Tai said regretfully.

Liu Xinxin remained rational.

Pondering, she asked, "The base damage of the Blood Spear is your Magic Attack, Lu Ran, what’s your Magic Attack now?"

Lu Ran opened the panel, took a look, and said, "Six hundred."

"Increasing the base damage by 50% per second, in a minute that’s thirty times the base damage, which is eighteen thousand Magic Damage, ten minutes, one hundred eighty thousand! One hour, one million eighty thousand!" Liu Xinxin calculated.

Nearby, Lei Tai gulped and said, "Well, my Life value is only over six hundred thousand..."

He was the hidden class Earth Knight!

The dignified National Defense Army’s guild leader!

The absolute SSS-level king of tanky professions!

With a Life value as high as over six hundred thousand!

And yet he couldn’t take a Blood Spear from a level fifteen Undead Mage?

"Why panic, aren’t you a tank? Your Magic Resistance is high," Ye Hongyi teased.

"High is high, but Lu Ran doesn’t just charge for an hour, this guy can charge for ten hours, even a day! Ten hours of Blood Spear, how much damage is that? Ten million!" Lei Tai was about to cry.

As the first tank in Huaxia, for the first time, he felt the safety his profession brought him vanish in an instant!

That’s an insta-kill just like that!

And if even he can’t withstand it, who under the heavens can?

"And don’t forget, besides the two pieces of equipment you two gave him, he’s fully decked in trash! He’s only level fifteen! Later on, when his base Magic Attack gets higher, the power of this Blood Spear..." Lei Tai reminded everyone.

Hearing this, they all involuntarily swallowed.

On the contrary, Qin Wuyao weakly reminded from the side, "Lu Ran’s casting range has been farmed all day today, it should be around forty kilometers now, right? Does this Blood Spear apply?"

Hearing this, the three froze, including Lu Ran.

Then, they all widened their eyes!

"From a thousand miles away, take out the enemy general!" Lei Tai squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.

"Blood Spear charged for a day, with a forty kilometer casting range, it hits wherever you point!" Ye Hongyi said excitedly.

Only Lu Ran.

A phrase popped into his mind: "This isn’t a Blood Spear, is it? Isn’t this a Barrett? No, no, no, this far surpasses Barrett’s range, it’s practically an intercontinental missile!"

Liu Xinxin smiled and said, "Lu Ran, just charge up whenever you have nothing to do, it’s always good to be prepared."

Lei Tai approvingly said, "Right, right, if anyone dares to assassinate you, just go up with a charged Blood Spear!"