Chapter 3 Are you intentionally triggering a bug with this?

"Successfully used [Thunder Element]!"

With the novice reward in hand, Ye Bai didn't waste a second and used it directly.

A tingling sensation spread throughout his body, and Ye Bai felt the surrounding thunder elements becoming more active, constantly calling out to him.

"Thunder Element Affinity +100%!"

"Mana Recovery Speed +100%!"

"Learned Thunder Skills: [Lightning Arrow], [Thunder Blessing], [Gathering Power]!"

The introductions of the three skills appeared one after another in front of Ye Bai:

"[Lightning Arrow (LV1)]: Deals (50+1* Intelligence) lightning damage, 100% chance to cause slow effect, 33% chance to cause paralysis effect.

Mana Cost: 60 points

Cooldown: 3s"

With Ye Bai's current intelligence attribute of 9 points, one Lightning Arrow could cause 59 points of damage. Without considering defense, three Lightning Arrows would practically make novice players say goodbye!

The HP of the novice instance monsters ranged from 50 to 100, posing no threat to Ye Bai!

Just the Lightning Arrow skill alone was enough for Ye Bai to achieve a high rating in the novice instance.

Ye Bai continued reading down.

"[Thunder Blessing (LV1)]: Casts a Thunder Blessing on oneself or an ally, normal attacks deal an additional 20 points of lightning damage, magical attacks deal an additional 25 points of lightning damage.

Mana Cost: 100 points

Duration: 30s

Cooldown: 45s"

"[Gathering Power]: Doubles the effect of the next Thunder skill used.

Mana Cost: 10 points

Cooldown: 10s"

"Hiss—"

Ye Bai didn't expect that the randomly acquired three thunder skills could actually complement each other!

"If I use [Gathering Power] with [Lightning Arrow], the instant burst will be 118 points, enough to kill the small monsters instantly!"

Ye Bai calculated quickly in his mind.

"If the combo sequence is changed to: [Gathering Power] → [Thunder Blessing] → [Gathering Power] → [Lightning Arrow]"

"Double Thunder Blessing, with an additional 50 points of magic damage, Lightning Arrow base damage is 59, totaling 236 points!"

"The burst damage is doubled!"

With 236 points of damage, it was enough to kill Ye Bai's current HP in an instant!

With Ye Bai's years of gaming experience, [Gathering Power] was definitely a god-tier skill!

Even in the later stages of the game, when [Lightning Arrow] and [Thunder Blessing] might be replaced, [Gathering Power] would still be his core skill!

Suddenly,

A bold idea emerged in Ye Bai's mind.

"What would happen if I use [Gathering Power] again after using [Gathering Power]?"

Could it glitch out?

[Gathering Power] consumed 10 mana each time, with a cooldown of 10 seconds.

Ye Bai's mana recovery speed had been strengthened by [Thunder Element], restoring 50 mana in 10 seconds, completely eliminating any concerns about mana consumption.

In other words,

If Ye Bai wanted to, he could cycle [Gathering Power] until the last strike!

"This is exponential growth, it doubles every time!"

"If it works successfully."

A wave of excitement surged in Ye Bai's heart, eager to try it out.

Apart from the novice gift package, the Eternal Tower also gave a wooden staff, a blank slate with no attributes, the only purpose being to cast skills.

"Novice gift package distribution complete, would you like to enter the novice instance?"

"Enter!"

Ye Bai felt a moment of dizziness, the pure white space instantly blurred, and his consciousness receded like a tide.

When he opened his eyes again, Ye Bai found himself in a dim corridor.

Leather boots stepped on granite, and Ye Bai surveyed the surroundings, unable to help but sigh.

"The Eternal Tower, no wonder it's called a fully simulated virtual game; the simulation is absolutely real!"

Ye Bai extended his fingers, placing them on the wall of the corridor.

A rough texture, uneven surface, and even some dust sticking to Ye Bai's fingertips!

"Alright, time to get down to business!"

Ye Bai lifted the staff, looking ahead.

The novice instance he was in was a narrow corridor, 2.5 meters high, 1.5 meters wide, allowing two people to walk side by side.

On both sides of the walls, torches were set up every 5 meters, emitting a faint light, illuminating the corridor.

"According to the strategy, there are 20 monsters in the first section of the novice instance."

In front of Ye Bai, a large shadow appeared, accompanied by a prompt from [Eye of Insight]:

"

Monster: Burrowed Giant Rat

HP: 50/50

[You only need to know this much about it - use your Lightning Arrow to roast this dirty guy into charcoal!]"

The rat, nearly two meters tall, blocked the other end of the corridor. It seemed to sense Ye Bai's arrival and slowly moved towards him, emitting strange syllables from its mouth.

"Here it comes!"

Ye Bai raised the staff, releasing the skill.

"Gathering Power—"

A faint blue light enveloped Ye Bai's entire body.

He didn't rush to fight the monster but waited for it to approach slowly.

"Roar—"

Boom boom boom—

Roaring accompanied by huge footsteps, the shadow of the monster cast over Ye Bai's head, making it difficult for him to breathe.

For others, facing such a situation, they probably would have already attacked!

Ye Bai silently counted the seconds, backing away to ensure a safe distance from the monster.

"5, 4"

The Burrowed Giant Rat was close enough now, and it seemed to have a mousey odor.

Wasn't it a rat to begin with?

That's fine then.

"3, 2, 1!"

As soon as the cooldown was ready, Ye Bai immediately released the skill again.

"Gathering Power."

The faint blue light appeared once again, only this time the color was a bit deeper.

"Lightning Arrow."

Ye Bai wasted no time; even though it was his first battle, he was exceptionally skilled, with no unnecessary movements.

Boom—

A lightning arrow, as thick as a finger, gathered in front of Ye Bai, then shot past at an extremely fast speed, effortlessly hitting the Burrowed Giant Rat!

Sizzle—

A series of electric currents, accompanied by a burnt smell, a bright red number floated above the Burrowed Giant Rat's head:

[-236!]

Lightning Arrow dealt 236 points of lightning damage!

The Burrowed Giant Rat's HP instantly emptied, collapsing to the ground with a thunderous sound. Its body turned into white dots and slowly dissipated, leaving behind 3 copper coins.

Ye Bai's spirits lifted, clenched his left fist, and felt quite excited.

"It works!"

"The effect of [Gathering Power] can stack! The first time is 2 times, the second time is 4 times, the third time is 8 times!"

This wasn't an arithmetic progression but a geometric progression, exponential growth!

[Fun Fact: [Gathering Power] can only stack 30 times]

After stacking 30 times, Ye Bai's burst would be exceptionally terrifying!

Ye Bai's breathing couldn't help but become heavier. He could hardly imagine how terrifying the scene would be when that