Chapter 25: Boundary Enhancement

Wu Shaochen looked at each statue, each representing the fall of a war god, and naturally felt a heavy heart. He arrived at the Gate of Vortex and a system prompt sounded:

  "Ding, would you like to challenge the War God's Secret Realm? Each player can challenge it once a day."

  "What's the use of challenging the War God's Secret Realm?" Wu Shaochen asked.

  Soon, a message about the War God's Secret Realm appeared before Wu Shaochen: "Inside the War God's Secret Realm, a random illusion of a war god corresponding to your realm will appear. Defeating the illusion is considered a successful challenge. After a successful challenge, you will be promoted to the corresponding realm. Increasing your realm can enhance your own talent potential. Each realm promotion grants a large number of attribute points and a corresponding War God Medal. If a player performs well and is recognized by the war god spirits, they may even randomly comprehend a skill corresponding to the war god!"

  "Oh, so this is the place to enhance my realm," Wu Shaochen realized. He had previously thought that his talent characteristic of stacking toxins by killing bosses not lower than his own realm was based on his level, but it turned out to be his realm.

  "But what does enhancing talent potential mean? Can talents be upgraded?" Wu Shaochen wondered. Well, he would find out once he had a go.

  I have already defeated both the Black Iron and Silver bosses, and my talent characteristics cannot be triggered anymore. Let's first enhance two realms and see. The first person to successfully challenge and promote their realm should also receive a reward.

  With these thoughts in mind, Wu Shaochen directly selected "Yes."

  Soon, the Gate of Vortex opened, and Wu Shaochen walked in, only to find himself in a closed space with nothing around.

  At this moment, an illusion condensed not far ahead, resembling a middle-aged man, but it was hard to make out. Wu Shaochen used his Insight skill:

  [War God Illusion] Black Iron Level

  Level: 11

  Health: 80,000

  Physical Attack: 400

  Physical Defense: 150

  Magic Defense: 80

  Speed: 60

  Skill 1: Green Light Slash: Unleashes a slash of green light forward, dealing 150% damage to targets in its path. Cooldown: 20 seconds.

  Skill 2: Block: Blocks the next attack. Cooldown: 5 seconds.

  Is that it? Wu Shaochen looked at the attributes of the War God Illusion, shaking his head disdainfully. He thought it would be much stronger, but its attributes are only slightly better than those of the Boar King, and it even has one less skill than him.

  But thinking about it, the War God's Secret Realm can only be challenged solo. If it had skills like the Boar King, no one would stand a chance. The current attributes are practically impossible for players at this stage to solo. It's probably only after changing classes and reaching a certain level and obtaining better equipment that it becomes possible.

  However, these attributes are a bit unimpressive for Wu Shaochen now. To save time, he activated his Extreme Speed, endured two attacks from the illusion while applying three layers of poison, and then leisurely walked away. With his movement speed of over a hundred, he looked at the illusion's speed of 45 and felt like the other party was as slow as a snail.

With 66 defense and 1,750 HP, Wu Shaochen endured two attacks from the illusion without even losing half of his HP. After leaving the battle, he regenerated a staggering 17 HP per second, easily restoring his health. As for the skills, their damage was nothing special. He could handle it with just one bottle of medium health potion. Wu Shaochen could completely ignore the second skill; its 5-second block might annoy others, but it was useless against him.

With the poison dealing 69 HP damage per second, it only took about twenty minutes to kill the illusion.

As expected, twenty minutes later, the illusion fell, and the challenge was successful. While Wu Shaochen wondered if any war god spirits had taken notice of him, he was already being teleported out. Apparently, he didn't receive recognition from the war god spirits. He didn't know if it was because his realm was too low to trigger their attention or if his sneaky playstyle wasn't appreciated by anyone.

Returning to the War God Temple, a system prompt followed soon after.

  "Ding, congratulations on your successful challenge. Your realm has been promoted to Black Iron level. You gain +10 to all attributes, 10 free attribute points, and obtain the [War God Medal] Black Iron level. As the first player to reach the Black Iron level, the system rewards you with an additional 10 free attribute points."

  "Huh, there's no server-wide announcement?" That's even better. He really didn't want to appear on TV. He was practically becoming public enemy number one.

  "The attribute bonus from realm promotion is really high. +10 to all attributes is equivalent to 60 attribute points, and with an additional 10 free attribute points, it's a total of 70 attribute points. And this is only the lowest level of realm. The higher the realm, the higher the attribute increase."

  It seems that besides equipment, realm is also a crucial factor in determining a player's strength.

  Taking out the [War God Medal], he glanced at its simple yet powerful attribute: Attribute Boost: +10%. Heh, he liked it.

  Looking at the unallocated 50 free attribute points, Wu Shaochen pondered his attributes. With the Immortal Body, he no longer needed to invest in Constitution. Strength wasn't necessary either, and Intelligence goes without saying. There were only three attributes useful to him. The first was definitely Agility, which was currently his main focus. Secondly, Vitality was necessary because he would encounter mages and magic-based enemies later on, and his magic defense was currently too low. Lastly, Spirit was important because as he acquired more skills, his mana would surely be insufficient, although it was currently enough.

  After considering Agility and Vitality for a while, Wu Shaochen ultimately allocated 20 points to Agility and 30 points to Vitality. Currently, his Agility was already quite high, so he could take a break from adding more points to it. Defense was more urgent at the moment.

  His realm had been upgraded, attribute points had been added, and the medal had been worn. Wu Shaochen's strength soared once again.

  Name: Dust Sealed

Chapter 25: Boundary Enhancement

Level: 11

Health: 1910

Mana: 280

Physical Attack: 157

Magic Attack: 32

Physical Defense: 111

Magic Defense: 70

Movement Speed: 142

Attack Speed: 30%

Critical Rate: 5%

Experience: 2060/30000

Strength: 37+10%=40 (less than 1 point does not count)

Intelligence: 15+10%=16

Constitution: 62+10%=68

Root Bone: 55+10%=60

Spirit: 15+10%=16

Agility: 108+10%=118

These attributes don't seem like those of a level 11 player. I've explored most of Jinling City and haven't encountered any NPCs that trigger quests. However, it doesn't matter much since Wu Shaochen didn't have high expectations. This game is mainly about grinding monsters, and there are very few quests in the main city, except for the newbie village.

It's time to go out and grind monsters. It's been a while since I've improved my talent. I checked the map and found a plain 5 kilometers south of the south gate. There's a group of goblins living there, with levels ranging from 17 to 20.

After confirming the location, Wu Shaochen headed in that direction. With a movement speed of 142, it only took a few minutes to reach Goblin Plain. Looking at the ugly goblins, Wu Shaochen used the Insight skill.

[Goblin]

Level: 16

Health: 18000

Physical Attack: 320

Physical Defense: 130

Magic Defense: 60

Speed: 45

Skill: Heavy Strike - Swing the wolf tooth club in hand to viciously smash the target, dealing 155% physical damage.

To be honest, the growth rate of monster attributes in Divine Oracle is really high. The attack and defense of these goblins surpass even the Wild Boar King, but they just have two fewer skills. It's really frustrating to have such attributes for regular monsters.

But for Wu Shaochen now, it's no big deal. With the activation of [Swift], movement speed exceeds 200, and attack speed reaches 80% (percentages stack up instead of multiplying). He applies three layers of poison and takes two hits before running away, then continuously poisons three more goblins. With a defense of 111, a goblin can only deal 209 damage to Wu Shaochen with one hit, and their skills can only deal a little over 300 damage. Three goblins are already the limit, and he occasionally needs to use some potions.