Qin Feng observed the results of this professional advancement.
In terms of attributes, although the growth rate wasn't as high as that of the second advancement, the increased values were still higher than those of the second advancement.
The most crucial part was the new effect, 'Shadow Arc'!
"I'm sure that in the previous life, those who obtained the Shadow profession didn't make it through the third advancement..."
"Otherwise, with the 'Shadow Arc' effect, the mortality rate would be greatly reduced both in the game and in reality!"
Although Qin Feng now had permanent invisibility and launching attacks wouldn't break his invisibility.
But without considering damage-absorbing shields, if he was attacked, his invisibility would still be removed.
The first effect of the Shadow Arc was that after being attacked, the removal of his invisibility would be delayed by 1 second.
During this period, as long as he cast an invisibility skill again, he could offset this effect.
Truly permanent invisibility!
"It seems that a 1-second reaction time is very short."
"But in the future, as the level gets higher, the reaction speed and skill casting speed will be faster."
"Several skills can be cast within just one second."
"It's enough time to react!"
Besides, what was truly overpowered was the second effect.
Through healing, life absorption, and shields, the damage that was delayed to take effect after 1 second could be offset!
For example.
Qin Feng's current maximum health points were 19,000, which meant that he would die if he took 19,000 damage.
But that was in the past.
Now...
Even if Qin Feng took 100,000 damage, this damage would only take effect 1 second later.
During this period, whether Qin Feng obtained healing, a shield, or life absorption, he could offset this 100,000 damage!
"My Instant Shadow Slash can stack a shield with 100% of my health points each time it hits."
"If all nine hits land, it would be equivalent to a 171,000 shield."
"Even more terrifyingly, the ultimate skill 'Scarlet Blade' has a 600% life absorption effect. If I deal 300,000 damage with one 'Scarlet Blade', I can absorb 1,800,000 health points!"
So, as long as Qin Feng had skills in hand.
Even if he suddenly took 1,800,000 damage, he could directly rely on the life absorption effect of the 'Scarlet Blade' to offset this damage!
"Is this toughness already comparable to that of an Emerald-level boss?!"
Qin Feng even felt that it was a bit absurd.
Of course, since the reaction time given by the Shadow Arc was only 1 second.
So in some cases, Qin Feng might not be able to successfully absorb health or obtain a shield.
Both of these required the existence of attack targets in front of him to take effect.
"Originally, I was a bit nervous when facing high-level bosses, and my survival ability wasn't enough."
"Now, as long as I operate properly, I can even take on Epic-level bosses..."
Qin Feng thought to himself.
Anyway, he still planned to test this effect.
He had cleared his way down the Skull Ruins, but there were still some corners that hadn't been cleared completely, and there were still some monsters left.
He simply canceled his invisibility state and walked inside the Skull Ruins shrouded in the dim and pale light...
Soon, he came to a corner of a small alley piled up with pale brick walls.
He saw...
A juvenile monster.
It was a humanoid monster with a pale body and a pale tail like a spine. It looked very small, hugging its head and shivering in the corner.
Perhaps because it was juvenile, this monster didn't look scary at all and didn't have the hideous and terrifying appearance of ordinary monsters.
Instead, it looked rather pitiful.
Qin Feng saw it, but there was no expression on his face.
In the previous life, some female players saw this kind of thing, felt pity for it, and had their 圣母心 (a Chinese term meaning overly kind-hearted or overly sympathetic) overflowing. They wanted to let it go.
But as soon as they turned around, they were attacked by it and met a tragic end.
So...
Pity was the most luxurious emotion in this era.
Not to mention monsters of different races, even among people, once you let down your guard, it was very easy to be betrayed.
Qin Feng, wearing the 'Black Flame's Gift' leather armor, approached the juvenile monster step by step.
When he crouched down in front of the monster.
The juvenile monster suddenly turned around!
Its sharp claws and spinal tail instantly stabbed towards Qin Feng's face.
If Qin Feng didn't crouch down, this juvenile monster was too short to attack his weak points.
But when he crouched down...
The monster immediately saw the opportunity!
Puff puff!
Qin Feng didn't react at all and let the monster's spikes and tail vertebra land on his face.
His instinct made him close his eyes for a moment, but the attack of this juvenile monster was really too low for him.
Even when hitting the weak points, it only caused 1,758 and 2,278 points of damage.
At the same time, on Qin Feng's health bar of 19,000, about a quarter of it turned gray. This gray part of the health bar meant that the damage would be deducted with a 1-second delay.
Qin Feng swung his pale bone blade and directly used a short-range Instant Shadow Slash!
With just one hit, the juvenile monster was already killed.
At the same time, the gray part on Qin Feng's health bar completely disappeared and was replaced by a shield bar with about 75% of his health points!
"One hit of the Instant Shadow Slash can generate a shield with 100% of my health points, which is 19,000."
"After offsetting the more than 4,000 damage, there were still 15,000 shield points left."
The situation was exactly as Qin Feng had expected.
He nodded with satisfaction and directly used the Greed Hand on the juvenile monster. He got 1 evolution point, and a level 19 mage's initial skill book 'Fireball' also dropped.
This thing was useless to Qin Feng.
Although there was Baffici's equivalent exchange agreement, this exchange had a fixed 1-hour cooldown and didn't benefit from cooldown speed bonuses. It was definitely more beneficial to use it on high-level equipment and skill books to maximize the gains.
"I can go challenge the core of the ruins now."
Qin Feng turned around and went back to the pitch-black hole just now.
At this time, he received a private message. He took a look and saw that it was from the president of the Knight's Temple, Chen Wu Ming, whose code name was Radiant Virtue.
Radiant Virtue: "Big shot, I heard that you've reached an agreement with the official and can help kill Platinum-level bosses? Well, if I find Platinum-level or Emerald-level bosses, can I cooperate with you, big shot?"
Qin Feng was a bit speechless.
This guy was really quick to take advantage of any opportunity!
It fit his stereotype of this guy from his previous life...
Qin Feng thought for a while and replied, "Yes, and the conditions can even be the same as those with the official. But for each boss, you have to prepare some Killers for me, and then we can have a long-term cooperation."
"Ah, this... Okay."
Chen Wu Ming gritted his teeth and agreed.
As long as he could cooperate with Shadow and let Shadow help kill bosses, he would make a profit no matter what!
As for the sacrificed Killer members... Just give them more contribution points.
In the Knight's Temple Guild, contribution points could be used to prioritize obtaining the drops from the guild's boss battles.
Although being killed by Shadow would cause the loss of non-tradable lifespan, the priority to obtain equipment and skill books was too attractive!
Moreover, once they could cooperate with 'Shadow'.
Then the number of high-quality loots in the future would be increasing!
As long as they could find enough bosses for Shadow to kill!
Soon, Qin Feng and Chen Wu Ming agreed.
To help kill a Platinum-level boss, 50 Killers had to be prepared.
To help kill an Emerald-level boss, 200 Killers had to be prepared.
As for Diamond-level bosses... They would talk about it when they were found!
Even Qin Feng didn't expect that the Knight's Temple, which was his nemesis in his previous life, had now become a tool guild for him to eliminate his killing value!
Soon, Qin Feng returned to the pitch-black hole.
He merged into the darkness!
After becoming invisible, Qin Feng jumped down into the pitch-black hole.
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[You have entered the 'Core of the Skull Ruins'! This area is a disaster area!]
[The lifespan loss speed in the area: 1000 times!]
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