Liam decided to return to the white field, as it was much safer. You never know when a psychopath will decide PK the others awakened. In the white field, this was extremely forbidden.
"Operator, what are my gains?"
"Soul Core - 1x, Blood Core - 877x, Rank-G Chest - 4x, Rank-E Chest - 1x, 1077 Contribution Points."
Liam made a quick decision.
"Operator, first hand me the Rank-G Chests."
He opened the 4 chests and received 20 Blood Core, a copper-colored war spear, and two skills books. Being one of them repeated. It was the Haste ability.
This time, he decided to first check the skill before learning it.
"Operator, identify this ability."
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Shadow of Darkness (Active): the ability to create clones from the actual shadows.
Rank: G (0/50)
Effect: Creates true clones with 10% of user attributes and all abilities (except Shadow of Darkness), user titles and equipment.
Duration: 30 seconds
Quantity: 2 Clones
Cost: 5000 MP for Clone
Cooldown: 30 minutes
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Although it is impossible for him take advantage of this ability for now, Liam did not hesitate to learn this skill.
"Operator, my luck looks incredible, does not it?" Liam boasted.
"This has nothing to do with the user. The Order of the Gods paid a tremendous price to increase the fate of all those awakened within the limits of the forcefields. "The orb's cold response was like a cold water bath.
Liam had a slight impression that the orb did not like him very much. He sighed before continuing:
"Hand me the other chest."
Facing Liam, the Rank-E Chest handed him a roll of old parchment.
[You received a title scroll. Would you like to open it?]
Liam immediately agreed.
[You got the title 'Brave Warrior'.]
He checked the title right away.
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Brave Warrior: A title given to brave warriors who fight even when victory seems impossible.
Effect: Strength, Vitality and Dexterity increases +2 permanently at each leveling
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Receiving this title, all of Liam's hesitation has disappeared. Without hesitation, he distributed all 10 Attributes Points to Mental Power.
Stolen novel; please report.
Then he asked for the Soul Core and before using it, Liam asked the orb to identify him.
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Soul Core: a mysterious gem capable of increasing the power of a skill in a rank.
Effect: Replaces the required amount of Skill Points to climb to the next rank. Single use.
Restriction: Effective only on Rank-G, F, E, D, C, and B abilities.
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Then he took a deep breath before using it at Time Stopping.
[Soul Core was used.]
[Time Stopping increased from Rank-G to Rank-F.]
[Soul Core was consumed.]
Liam opened the skills window and saw the changes.
Before:
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Time Stopping (Active): the ability to stop time. The user is no longer affected by time.
Rank: G (0/100)
Duration: 3 seconds
Range: 3 meters around the user
Restriction: does not affect those that are 3 levels and above
Cost: 100 MP
Cooldown: 60 seconds
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Now:
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Time Stopping (Active): the ability to stop time. The user is no longer affected by time.
Rank: F (0/200)
Duration: 6 seconds
Range: 10 meters around the user
Restriction: does not affect those that are 10 levels and above
Cost: 200 MP
Cooldown: 50 seconds
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Seeing MP increase, Liam could not help but sigh.
"At least the cooldown has decreased, in addition to having increased the duration of the effect and the range... Mm... Wait... Can I, I can not reduce the cost of MP by decreasing the duration...? Maybe even reach?"
...
Liam spent almost three hours practicing. Which was pretty boring most of the time, since every time he used the skill, he had to wait 50 seconds to use it again, but that proved impossible, since he did not MP enough to use it . So he decided to use his free Skill Points to increase the rank of Mana Regeneration to Rank-F.
Its effect on Rank-G was to restore 10 MP every minute. Now, in Rank-F, restore 20 MP every minute.
In the end, he found that he could stop the time in up to 6 seconds, but the cost would still be the same and the range was 10 meters, whether he wanted it or not.
And within a 10-yard radius of where he activated the ability, only he could move without being affected. Even the orb was stopped in time. Once activated, it could deactivate it within 6 seconds at will.
Already familiar with his power, Liam decided to level again. He was eager to take advantage of the title effect, Brave Warrior.
...
Li Yun, a 23-year-old Chinese and addicted to games and novels, was the first in the general ranks of awakened people on Earth.
His luck was huge when he opened the mysterious chest in the white room and gained a cheating ability early on.
"Ascension of the Dead." he exclaimed within the third layer.
The demons that were killed by him and his army of undead, raised and under his command, attacked the demons.
The demons that were killed soon after, rose without him needing to use the ability again and under his command, attacked the demons still alive and went so forth.
His ability was a complete fraud. When he activates it, for a certain time, within a certain range, all the demons killed by him and his undead would rise again as undead and would be under his control.
When time is up, the undead do not disappear, because that's not how it works. When the time is up, he should simply wait for the cooldown to be able to summon more undead to join his already existing army of undead.
With streams of experience flowing into him, even if it's only 50%, as it's split with the undead who killed the demon, he's still leveling at ridiculous speed.
But of course with such overwhelming effect, there would be some restraint. The number of live monsters he can summon is equal to the points of his Magic Power. That's why when leveling, he was distributing everything to his Magic Power. But even so, his other attributes were also increasing, thanks to some special titles that he acquired.
"Operator, buy 3 more Soul Core."
He spent 30.000 Contribution Points as if they were nothing.
...
Li Yun was not the only one with fraudulent skills. All of the Top 10 had fraudulent skills and equipment.
One of them even had something completely fraudulent, even for the other Top 9. This person had a skill with a simple name and a simple description.
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Soul Mana (Passive): the ability to generate unlimited Mana.
Rank: SSS
Effect: Mana and Mental Power Infinite
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If Liam knew this ability, he would definitely vomit blood. He, suffering for not having enough MP to use his abilities, while another had the ridiculous ability that gave him infinite mana. How unfair was that?
Fortunately, the entire Top 10 was in different Altares, otherwise, hunting would be even more difficult, since these monsters seem to hunt down demons as if it were some kind of walk in the park.