[Notice: Using "Advancement" talent skill three consecutive times will cost ??? years of lifespan.]
[Insufficient remaining lifespan.]
[You have three free usage opportunities. Do you confirm using all chances to advance your exclusive talent skill "Advancement" to a higher tier?]
"Holy cow, does even the Multiverse Game not know how many years of life it'll cost?"
Those three question marks were quite something!
Hearing the system prompt, Jack Miller's heart skipped a beat before his face lit up with joy.
Just as he thought - exclusive talents could be advanced too!
And after advancement, the target tier would increase as well.
An S-tier talent becomes SS-tier after one advancement, and SSS-tier after two.
Would three consecutive advancements surpass SSS-tier?
In the Multiverse Game's documentation, no talents of that tier existed.
No wonder the cost showed as three question marks.
The Multiverse Game probably never expected someone like Jack Miller to go all-in like this.
With a permanent maximum health of only one point and just a year to live, Jack Miller decided to take this massive gamble.
He only had a year to live anyway - if this bet paid off, he'd hit the jackpot!
Thinking this, Jack Miller made his choice without hesitation.
"Confirm using all chances!"
The system prompt didn't immediately respond, as if crashed by this outrageous move.
Jack Miller couldn't help feeling nervous.
If this gamble failed, he'd have to take things one step at a time.
After several anxious minutes, Jack Miller suddenly felt an unsettling power burst from within.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three overlapping pillars of light shot skyward, stirring the dark space outside the celestial chamber.
As the light pillars intertwined, multiple colors shifted and changed.
When all the light dissipated, the long-awaited system prompt finally appeared again.
[Notice: Exclusive talent skill "Advancement" successfully advanced to higher tier.]
[Congratulations player "Nightwhite" for obtaining the unique forbidden-tier exclusive talent skill - "Catastrophe".]
"I won the bet!"
Jack Miller clenched his fist, his excitement evident.
Unique forbidden-tier!
That title alone sounded extraordinary.
An exclusive talent skill meant only he possessed it, so did "unique" mean "Catastrophe" was the only forbidden-tier talent in the entire Multiverse Game?
Thinking this, Jack Miller eagerly opened the talent description.
[Catastrophe]: Unique Forbidden-tier Exclusive Talent Skill
Skill Effects:
Advancement: Permanently advance any object one tier, no cost.
Transcendence: Consume certain resources to permanently advance any object two tiers.
Catastrophe: Consume certain lifespan to permanently advance any object three tiers and add catastrophic properties.
(Tier limit exceeded, unsearchable, uncopyable, unplunderable, disappears upon player "Nightwhite's" permanent death.)
The terrifying effects of Catastrophe left Jack Miller dumbfounded.
Advancing one tier now had no cost.
The advancement target changed from "any skill" to "any object"!
This was absolutely insane.
Money, equipment, skills in the game - these were all objects.
Even... classes and himself!
After carefully reviewing the skill description several times, Jack Miller drew a sharp breath.
Even he, the instigator, felt this talent was too overpowered!
"Wait... advance one tier with no cost?"
Jack Miller suddenly realized something, his pupils dilating as his face showed wild joy. With a thought, he used Catastrophe.
Advancement target: Catastrophe!
Bug exploitation can be addictive.
However, this time his scheme failed.
The skill advancement light pillar didn't appear, and a cold system prompt sounded.
[Sorry, this skill's tier has exceeded limits, cannot use Catastrophe.]
"Guess I got too greedy."
Jack Miller smiled slightly, not surprised by the advancement failure.
If he could advance indefinitely like this, would the Multiverse Game crash completely?
He had some guesses in mind.
The Multiverse Game must be relatively new, otherwise such an obvious bug wouldn't exist.
Just as he prepared to check his other skills, the system prompt sounded again.
[Notice: Your unique forbidden-tier exclusive talent "Catastrophe" has new usage restrictions.] (Click to view details)
[Catastrophe]: Unique Forbidden-tier Exclusive Talent Skill
Usage Restrictions: Cannot affect the talent itself, cannot affect player body, cannot affect catastrophic properties, repeated use on same target will overwrite previous enhancement effects.
"Damn..."
Jack Miller was stunned.
Talk about a backfire.
Not only did the advancement fail, but he got four new usage restrictions.
Looks like the Multiverse Game had patched this bug.
"But I didn't come away empty-handed."
Looking at the last line in the skill description, Jack Miller's eyes lit up.
(Can use Catastrophe effect once without cost.)
He was mentally prepared for Catastrophe to have restrictions.
If it could be used repeatedly without overwriting enhancement effects, couldn't all low-tier objects be freeloaded to maximum tier?
That wouldn't be realistic.
Now with one free use of Catastrophe's effect, Jack Miller was satisfied.
"Besides talents and my body, this is most worth enhancing."
Looking at his pitiful attribute panel, Jack Miller activated Catastrophe again.
[Notice: Advancing Undead Mage class three tiers requires 100,000 years of lifespan.]
[Insufficient remaining lifespan.]
[You have one free use of Catastrophe effect. Do you confirm using this chance to advance Undead Mage class to higher tier and add catastrophic effect?]
100,000 years of lifespan!?
This outrageous cost made Jack Miller's eyes bulge.
But for a free use, the more expensive the better.
Class tiers differed from skills.
According to the information in his mind, the Multiverse Game had three levels: normal class, hidden class, and unique hidden class.
What would happen after three consecutive advancements?
Would it become a unique forbidden-tier class like the Catastrophe talent?
Suppressing his excitement, Jack Miller took a deep breath and made his choice.
"Confirm using this chance!"
Hum~
As Catastrophe activated, Jack Miller felt himself instantly wrapped in a mysterious power.
Then, a series of system prompts sounded.
[Notice: Your "Undead Mage" class successfully advanced to higher tier.]
[Congratulations player "Nightwhite" for changing to exclusive hidden class - "Death Sovereign".]
[Your attribute growth has changed.]
[You learned new skill "Life Link".]
[You learned new skill "Summon Enhancement".]
[You obtained exclusive item "Book of Death".]
[Your exclusive hidden class "Death Sovereign" gained catastrophic effect.] (Click to view details)