When Qin Feng made his choice, the grayish-white wheel in front of him began to spin.
A faint, ethereal gray pointer gradually stopped on a section marked with a question mark!
"Is this... a hidden reward?"
Qin Feng's heart suddenly raced!
As the gray pointer settled, the question mark in the wheel's section slowly morphed into a black symbol.
It resembled the Greek letter 'φ', but was slightly different.
Both ends of the symbol were as sharp as sword blades, radiating a deadly intent!
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[Congratulations! You have obtained the class: Shadow (Unique)!]
[Shadow: A unique hidden class. You are born of shadows, become one with shadows, a reaper in the darkness.]
[Passive Class Ability 1: Invisibility duration doubled!]
[Passive Class Ability 2: +1 level to Invisibility!]
[Passive Class Ability 3: If you attack without being in the enemy's line of sight, the damage of that attack is doubled!]
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A hidden class, Shadow!
Qin Feng's heart filled with excitement!
"This class is the god of solo play!"
"In my previous life, there was supposedly a Shadow player too, but they were eliminated early on. I never got to see how powerful the class could become later..."
"But just these three initial passives already mean my survivability will be extremely high!"
In the Forsaken Game, what's the most important thing?
At first, many didn't understand.
But as more and more people died, they finally realized...
Survival is the most important thing in the Forsaken Game!
In the game, dying doesn't mean true death, but you lose half of your remaining lifespan!
This is the real cruelty of the Forsaken Game!
Players can gain lifespan by killing monsters, and lifespan even becomes the universal currency of the world.
However, if you die in the game, your remaining lifespan will be halved...
"When your lifespan hits zero, you die."
"If you're killed in reality, you die too."
"To maintain strength in reality, you must use lifespan to extract in-game gear and skills into the real world..."
"The importance of lifespan is clear!"
Of course, survival is crucial, but damage is just as important.
And with the 'Shadow' class, as long as you attack without being in the enemy's line of sight, your damage doubles!
"Not in the enemy's line of sight... invisibility counts as well!"
"In short, this class offers both strong survivability and considerable damage."
"As expected of a unique hidden class."
Qin Feng was already satisfied with this class.
At the very least, it was far superior to the ordinary 'Warrior' class he had in his previous life.
Once he's fully leveled up, even thick-skinned warrior classes won't be able to withstand a single strike from him!
Next, Qin Feng checked his starting skills.
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[Starting Skill: Shadow Veil (Poor). Enter an 8-second invisibility state. Attacking will break the invisibility. After breaking invisibility, the next attack's power increases by 30. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]
[Starting Skill: Backstab Boost (Poor). Passive effect: Attacks from behind the target deal 10% more damage.]
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The first skill grants invisibility, while the second passively boosts backstab damage.
Both skills were of the lowest 'Poor' quality, but that was normal since all starting skills were of this rank.
"With my Shadow class's passive effect, the invisibility duration doubles...
...so that's 16 seconds of invisibility."
"A 30-second cooldown, still a bit short for infinite stealth."
Qin Feng felt slightly regretful.
But soon, that regret faded.
Because...
The passive effect from the 'Judgment's Authority' finally activated.
Once Qin Feng's class was confirmed, the system randomly granted him a top-tier talent!
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[Congratulations! You have obtained the talent: Infinite Evolution!]
[Infinite Evolution: A primordial talent of gray-white quality. When in solo status, you have a chance to obtain 'Evolution Points' from killing monsters. These points can be used to evolve your skills!]
(Note: You will automatically gain 5 evolution points every 24 hours. Killing a boss-level monster in solo play guarantees obtaining evolution points!)
[Current evolution points: 5 points!]
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"What the...?"
"Wasn't it supposed to be an Immortal-level talent?"
"Why is it a gray-white quality primordial talent?"
Qin Feng was dumbfounded.
Primordial? He had never heard of this rank before!
And gray-white quality? Could it be worse than poor-quality gray and white?
It certainly didn't look like a top-tier talent!
But...
Whether a talent is strong or not depends on its effects.
"Infinite Evolution can evolve skills?"
"In that case, let's try evolving the 'Shadow Veil' skill first?"
Qin Feng decided to give it a try.
He checked and saw that evolving the 'Shadow Veil' skill would cost 1 evolution point.
When he chose to evolve it...
The skill did indeed change.
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[You consumed 1 evolution point, remaining points: 4.]
[Starting Skill: Shadow Veil (Poor → Normal). Invisibility duration: 8 → 12 seconds. Attacking will break invisibility. Attack bonus after breaking invisibility: 30 → 60. Cooldown: 30 → 28 seconds.]
——
"Invisibility lasts longer?"
Qin Feng's eyes lit up.
With the Shadow class's passive effect, that was now 24 seconds of invisibility!
If...
"Let's evolve again!"
——
[You consumed 2 evolution points, remaining points: 2.]
[Starting Skill: Shadow Veil (Normal → Bronze). Invisibility duration: 12 → 16 seconds. Attacking will break invisibility. Attack bonus after breaking invisibility: 60 → 90. Cooldown: 28 → 26 seconds.]
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Spending 2 points brought substantial results.
The invisibility duration increased to 16 seconds, which, with the class passive doubling it, reached 32 seconds!
Now, that was longer than the cooldown time!
"Shadow Veil starts its cooldown as soon as it's used."
"With this long invisibility, I've effectively achieved infinite stealth. Plus, each attack after breaking invisibility will add 90 extra damage!"
Don't underestimate that 90 extra damage.
In the early stages of the Forsaken Game, most classes like Mages, Archers, or Warriors had only about 20 to 30 damage points.
An additional 90 damage was several times higher than anyone else.
On top of that...
"My Shadow class's passive doubles attack damage if the enemy can't see me."
"This 90 extra damage is effectively 180 extra damage!"
Qin Feng couldn't help but be amazed.
His current combat power was already equivalent to what he had after a day of leveling in his previous life.
This was the power of a unique hidden class combined with a top-tier talent!
"Primordial talent... it seems it really is the most powerful talent!"
"And this talent's name is Infinite Evolution."
"Does that mean I can keep evolving my skills, making them more and more broken?"
Qin Feng could only think...
This reincarnator's buff was truly living up to expectations.
And since evolution points could be earned by grinding monsters, there was no need for Qin Feng to be conservative.
Use them whenever possible and convert them into power for the highest benefit.
Time to keep evolving!