Chapter 3: Empowered – 21x Damage Boost!
"Ding! Would you like to adjust your appearance?"
"Adjust. Reduce it by 40%," Su Yu responded quickly.
In his past life, he hadn't bothered adjusting his looks, which led to a lot of unnecessary trouble. His high attractiveness caused women to flock to him, flooding his inbox with flirty messages. He could hardly play the game in peace.
"Not this time," Su Yu thought to himself. "Women will only slow down my spellcasting."
As the countdown ended, Su Yu was teleported into the game world.
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**Nolan Village, Novice Zone 006.**
Nolan Village bustled with life as newly spawned players filled the central square. White lights flashed continuously as players materialized, their faces reflecting the awe they felt stepping into this new world.
"This game feels so real!" one player shouted, unable to hide his excitement.
"Yeah, it's like a whole other world!" another chimed in, jumping around in disbelief.
"The fidelity in this game is unreal!" said one, clearly amazed by the quality.
"How is this even possible? What kind of black magic tech did they use?" wondered another.
Overhearing these conversations, Su Yu smiled faintly. It reminded him of the first time he entered this world, equally awestruck by the game's realism. But now, seasoned and aware of what lay ahead, his priorities were far different. He had no time for amazement; he needed power.
Breaking away from the crowd, Su Yu opened his character panel in a quiet corner of the square:
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**Character: Nemesis**
**Level: 1**
**Class: Magician**
**Bloodline: [Star Bloodline (Legendary)]**
**Attributes:**
- Strength: 5
- Agility: 5
- Intelligence: 8
- Constitution: 4
- Luck: 10
**Spell Power:** 9
**HP:** 80
**Mana:** 100
**Defense:** 6
**Spell Crit Chance:** 0%
**Movement Speed:** 1.2
**Wealth:** 7,378,888,890 Psionic Coins
**Equipment:**
- **New Staff lv1 (Normal)** – Spell Power +1
- **New Robe lv1 (Normal)** – Defense +1
**Skills:**
- **Magic Bullet (Normal)** – Fires a magic bullet dealing 100% spell power damage. Cast time: 1.5 seconds. Mana cost: 5.
- **Starry Hand (Legendary)** – Consumes experience points or psionic coins to upgrade items or skills to higher quality.
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His eyes lingered on **Starry Hand**, the legendary skill that allowed him to upgrade his gear. It was time to give it a try.
"Ding! Would you like to spend 10 psionic coins to upgrade [New Staff (Normal)]?"
"Do it!"
"Ding! [New Staff (Normal)] has been upgraded to [New Staff (Excellent)]! Spell Power +4, additional effect: Spell Penetration +3."
"Ding! Would you like to spend 100 psionic coins to further upgrade [New Staff (Excellent)]?"
"Upgrade!"
"Ding! [New Staff (Excellent)] has been upgraded to [New Staff (Rare)]! Spell Power +5, additional effect: Intelligence +3."
After that, the system prompted, **"Level 10 is required to upgrade further."** Su Yu had no choice but to stop.
He inspected the newly upgraded staff:
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**New Staff (Rare)**
- Spell Power +10
- Spell Penetration +3
- Intelligence +3
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"Not bad at all," Su Yu thought, impressed with the transformation. "This is as good as a level 10 green-quality weapon!" Motivated, he quickly upgraded his robe to rare quality as well:
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**New Robe lv1 (Rare)**
- Defense +10
- Physical Resistance +3
- Mana Regeneration +3
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With both his equipment significantly boosted, Su Yu was essentially wielding gear meant for players ten levels higher. The power of his legendary bloodline was becoming evident.
Next, he focused on upgrading his skills. He started with **Magic Bullet**.
"Ding! Would you like to spend 100 psionic coins to upgrade [Magic Bullet (Normal)]?"
"Go ahead."
"Ding! [Magic Bullet (Normal)] has been upgraded to [Magic Bullet (Excellent)]! Damage increased by 100%, cast time reduced by 0.5 seconds, mana cost +5."
"Ding! Would you like to spend 1,000 psionic coins to upgrade it further?"
Without hesitation, Su Yu continued upgrading until **Magic Bullet** reached rare quality:
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**Magic Bullet (Rare):**
Fires a magic bullet dealing 300% spell power damage. Cast time: 0.5 seconds. Mana cost: 15.
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The damage had increased from 100% to 300%, tripling the original output, and the casting time had shrunk from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. While the mana cost had risen, Su Yu didn't mind. The benefits far outweighed the drawbacks.
"This must be how those high-level players in my previous life dealt so much damage," Su Yu mused. "Even the level 20 archer skill **Sniper** only has 300% damage!"
His curiosity piqued, Su Yu tried upgrading **Starry Hand**, but the system quickly informed him that **Legendary skills require level 30 to upgrade.**
Still, after his enhancements, Su Yu's spell power had shot up from 9 to 21. Coupled with the 3x damage increase and 3x casting speed improvement for **Magic Bullet**, he could now output **21 times the damage of other novice magicians**.
Excited by his newfound strength, Su Yu itched to test his skills on the battlefield.
But first, he needed to stock up on mana potions. With only 100 mana, his enhanced **Magic Bullet** could only be cast 6 or 7 times before he'd run out of mana.
With that in mind, Su Yu made his way to the magician's hut in the novice village to purchase supplies before heading out to hunt.
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(End of Chapter)