Chapter 49 - A Brand New Skill! No one can break it?

Inside Qingfeng City.

Chen Ming was the first to run and deliver the SSS ranked quest.

As expected, he gained a considerable amount of experience, 8 silver coins, and a piece of Inherited Leather Armor equipment.

[Heirloom Leather Armor - Hood].

Required level: 10

Defense: 20

Agility +6, Stamina +6

Two-piece set effect (1\/2): Attack speed +10

Four-piece set effect (1\/4): +50% Bludgeoning damage

Six-piece set effect (1\/6): [Slit Throat], [Backstab] trigger buff

Slit Throat]: The next hit that ends stealth will definitely hit a bludgeon.

Backstab]: 50% additional damage when attacking from behind.

Introduction: A leather armor suit inherited from ancient times, with the blood of top stalkers still on it!

...

Finally, a cape!

Chen Ming had a strange blessing for cape!

He always felt that putting on a cape would make him look much more handsome.

Putting on the cape hood.

Chen Ming's attributes had skyrocketed once again.

His overall handsome appearance had also increased by a large margin.

"Handsome as ever."

Chen Ming was very pleased with this equipment.

All that was missing was a pair of shoes, and the entire set would be complete.

Go to the Adventurer's Guild and find the Career Tutor.

After completing the quest and receiving the Bright Thief Guild's Junior Medal, Chen Ming was finally able to become a Junior Thief!

And the NPC Mentor finally revealed his name.

"Dark Walker-Sophia."

Talking to Sophia, Chen Ming was able to learn two brand new skills.

One was the thief's specialty, stealth!

It was the same skill that the Queen's sister had used before.

Although this skill was learned from the mentor in Clear Wind City, with enough luck, it could also be exploded in the early stages, just like Chen Ming's Hardened Poison.

The second skill, on the other hand, was a moderate output skill for thieves, Backstab!

Each skill required a tuition of 5 silver coins.

For an ordinary player, it was definitely a big pain to the point of no training.

But the rich Chen Ming didn't even think about it, and finished learning it twice.

"Congratulations on learning the [Submerged Zinc] skill."

"Ding - the [Ghostly Specter] race has triggered the [Sneak Mastery] skill, the [Submerged Zinc] skill has been upgraded to [Specter]!"

"Congratulations on acquiring the [Backstab] skill."

"Ding - Profession [Shadow Walker] empowered skill [Assassination Mastery] triggered, [Backstab] skill upgraded to [Sword Blade Storm]!"

Two beeps jumped backwards.

Chen Ming almost froze.

His own hidden profession and hidden race ... had triggered passive skills in unison?

Really fake?

Was this even possible?

Chen Ming showed a look of ecstasy.

Although he had long known that some of the thief's skills would be upgraded by his own empowerment.

But that was limited to skills learned from skill books.

He had never imagined that the skills he had learned from his mentor through conversation could also receive such an enchantment!

He hastily opened the Skill Bar and took a look.

[Ghostly Shadow] (Purple Level Legendary): The empowerment skill of the ghostly shadow race, it can vanish into nothingness and hide itself, leaving the outside world with only the shadow of a second ago.

Blade Storm](Blue Grade Rare): A unique technique to control the flying daggers, allowing them to form a storm of steel that strangles nearby enemies.

Purple Grade Legendary!

Blue Grade Rare!

Chen Ming couldn't help but smile.

These two skills were nothing but bullish!

Especially [Ghostly Shadow]!

A normal thief's sneak attack would leave a not-so-clear black shadow, revealing the thief's location.

A top thief would have to rely on the terrain to truly come and go without leaving a trace.

The [Ghostly Shadow] skill Chen Ming had obtained directly ignored this limitation!

The shadow he left behind was the position he had been in a second ago.

Even though he couldn't achieve complete invisibility, it was still too much stronger than normal stealth!

Chen Ming had an itchy hand and tried the skill.

He instantly disappeared in place, and only after he walked out a few steps did the black shadow that had remained in place a second ago silently appear.

"Unfortunately, there's still the delayed black shadow that appeared a second ago, it would be nice if I could be completely invisible ... But think about it, that would just be too unbalanced." Chen Ming smiled and shook his head to deny his thoughts.

The next second.

Instead, his eyes suddenly widened.

Wait!

The black shadow that appeared from the [Phantom Shadow] skill was exactly the same as the black shadow that appeared from the [Submerged Zinc] skill.

Did this mean ... that he could use this black shadow to deceive others?

Upon thinking about it, Chen Ming was immediately convinced by his flexible brain.

He himself was so damned smart!

With this, the tiny bit of incompleteness of the [Phantom Shadow] skill was also completely made up for!

"Worthy of an empowerment skill brought by a hidden race, so strong!"

As for Sword Blade Storm.

As the name suggested, it was an AoE skill.

The Thief profession had terrifying single damage, but it was lacking in the AoE department.

Although Sword Blade Storm didn't have a high enough damage factor, it was strong in that its range wasn't bad.

Moreover, it could also be combined with Chen Ming's Poison Hardening skill!

In the future, he would no longer have to run around stabbing monsters to keep his Poison Hardening skill.

One Sword Blade Storm in place, done!

"Comfortable!"

Chen Ming was very satisfied with this harvest.

After taking care of this, he went to the stables near the Adventurer's Guild and spent a hefty 50 silver coins to buy a good horse.

According to the owner, this horse had the bloodline of an ancient magical beast.

Indeed, it was much bigger and stronger than an ordinary horse, and it also had a pair of bull horns on its forehead.

It didn't look like an ordinary thing.

The Marika Mountain Range was far away, and without a horse, Chen Ming was afraid that even if he walked for seven or eight hours, he wouldn't be able to get there.

Mounting this bull, Chen Ming sped up and rode off.

The entire journey would take twenty hours.

Chen Ming did not want his liver to burst overnight.

In other words, it would take about two hours.

The destination would not be reached until tomorrow night.

During those two hours, someone might rise to the occasion and catch up to his level.

However, after opening the novice treasure chest, there was no substantial reward for being ranked first, it was just a false reputation.

Chen Ming didn't care about false fame.

What he cared more about was what kind of treasure was hidden in the chess puzzle that had plagued the entire ground for several years in his previous life.

He believed that this treasure must be much, much more important than an upgrade.

What's more, with Chen Ming's strength, it would be easy to restore his rank.

"I also wonder what exactly is the reward for this device ..."

Chen Ming's heart was filled with anticipation.

...

In front of the puzzle cave.

The number of players sitting alone, frowning in thought, had increased.

However, the first place on the rankings remained unchanged.

It was still that female Divine Teacher, "The Female Streamer"!

However, she was different from before.

Her scores had improved.

Within half an hour, she was playing the game over and over again.

From losing in only 16 hands at the beginning, she climbed all the way up to 32 hands.

It was possible for her to win something with every hand.

It was only at the end of 32 hands that she didn't immediately move on to the next round after failing as she had before, but instead closed her eyes and thought carefully.

Time passed.

The others slowly caught up.

But without exception.

All stopped at 32 hands.

Originally, the melon eating masses at first saw the big brothers one after another power, all thought that it would be easy to take this game.

But who ever thought ...

The bigwigs, actually stopped at the neighboring 32 hands in unison.

"What's going on, is this hand difficult?"

"It seems ah ... all the big brothers are stuck here."

"Big Brother is so great, I can't even get out of 10 hands!"

"I hope the big brothers can break through as soon as possible, let's see what kind of treasure is inside."

Just like that, everyone was talking.

Finally, the female streamer sitting on the ground opened her eyes.

"The female streamer has opened her eyes! Is she about to start a new challenge?"

"The Female Stream Grandmaster makes progress every time she strikes, and I'm sure this time will be no different!"

"Is it really worthy of a Tsinghua teacher to find a way to decipher it so quickly?"

"Truly a woman of the female current! Fantastic!"

Everyone shouted in admiration.

But what they didn't expect was this.

The Female Streamer did not enter the next game.

Instead, she stood up, swept the cave in a circle with complex eyes, and finally shook her head, "No one can break this chess game ... among us present!"

A single speech.

Shocked everyone!