"Successfully used [Lightning Element]!"
With the beginner's reward in hand, Ye Bai wasted no time and used it immediately.
A tingling sensation spread throughout his body, and Ye Bai felt the lightning elements around him becoming more active, constantly calling out to him.
"Lightning Element Affinity +100%!"
"Mana Recovery Speed +100%!"
"Learned Lightning Skills: [Lightning Arrow], [Blessing of Thunder], [Ready to Go]!"
The descriptions of the three skills appeared before Ye Bai one by one:
"[Lightning Arrow (LV1)]: Deals (50 + 1*Intelligence) lightning damage, with a 100% chance to cause a slowing effect and a 33% chance to cause a paralysis effect.
Mana Cost: 60 points
Cooldown: 3 seconds"
Ye Bai's current Intelligence attribute was 9 points, allowing a single Lightning Arrow to deal 59 points of damage.
Without considering defense, three Lightning Arrows would be enough to make a beginner player call it quits!
The HP of small monsters in the beginner dungeon ranged from [50-100], posing no threat to Ye Bai!
Just the Lightning Arrow skill alone was enough for Ye Bai to earn a decent evaluation in the beginner dungeon.
Ye Bai continued to look further.
"[Blessing of Thunder (LV1)]: Cast a blessing of thunder on yourself or an ally, adding an extra 20 points of lightning damage to normal attacks and an additional 25 points of lightning damage to magic attacks.
Mana Cost: 100 points
Duration: 30 seconds
Cooldown: 45 seconds"
"[Ready to Go]: The effect of the next lightning skill used is doubled.
Mana Cost: 10 points
Cooldown: 10 seconds"
"Hiss—"
Ye Bai didn't expect that the three randomly acquired lightning skills could actually complement each other!
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"If I use [Ready to Go] with [Lightning Arrow], the instant burst would be 118 points, enough to instantly kill a small monster!"
Ye Bai quickly calculated in his mind.
"If I change the combo sequence to: [Ready to Go] → [Blessing of Thunder] → [Ready to Go] → [Lightning Arrow]...
Double Blessing of Thunder, with an extra 50 points of magic damage, Lightning Arrow base damage 59, totaling 236 points!
The burst has doubled!"
236 points of damage, enough to instantly kill Ye Bai's current health!
With Ye Bai's years of gaming experience, [Ready to Go] was an absolute god-tier skill!
Even in the later stages of the game, [Lightning Arrow] and [Blessing of Thunder] might be phased out, but [Ready to Go] would remain his core skill!
Suddenly,
a bold idea popped into Ye Bai's mind.
"What if I use [Ready to Go] again after using it once, what would happen?"
Is he trying to exploit a glitch here?!
Ready to Go consumes 10 mana points each time and has a 10-second cooldown.
Ye Bai's mana recovery speed was enhanced by the [Lightning Element], allowing him to recover 50 mana points in 10 seconds, so he didn't need to worry about mana consumption at all.
In other words, if Ye Bai wanted, he could cycle through [Ready to Go] until the final strike!
"This is exponential growth, doubling each time! If it succeeds..."
Ye Bai felt a rush of excitement, eager to give it a try.
Apart from the Beginner's Gift Pack, the Eternal Tower also gifted a withered staff, plain and without any attributes, with the sole purpose of casting skills.
"Beginner's Gift Pack distributed, do you wish to enter the beginner dungeon?"
"Enter!"
Ye Bai felt a dizzying sensation, and the pure white space blurred instantly, his consciousness receding like a tide.
When he opened his eyes again, Ye Bai found himself in a dim corridor.
His boots clacked against the granite as Ye Bai surveyed his surroundings, unable to help but marvel.
"Eternal Tower, no wonder it's hailed as a fully simulated online game, the simulation is absolutely realistic!"
Ye Bai extended his fingers, placing them on the corridor wall.
The rough texture, uneven surface, and even some dust clung to Ye Bai's fingertips!
"Alright, time to get down to business!"
Ye Bai raised his staff and looked ahead.
The beginner dungeon he was in was a narrow corridor, 2.5 meters high and 1.5 meters wide, allowing two people to walk side by side.
On either side of the walls, torches were placed every 5 meters, emitting a faint glow to illuminate the corridor.
"According to the guide, the first section of the beginner dungeon has 20 monsters."
Ahead of Ye Bai, a massive shadow appeared, accompanied by a prompt from the [Eye of Insight]:
Monster: Cave Giant Rat
HP: 50/50
[All you need to know about it is this, use your Lightning Arrow to fry this filthy creature to a crisp!]
The rat, nearly two meters tall, blocked the other end of the corridor, seemingly aware of Ye Bai's arrival, slowly moving towards him, uttering strange syllables.
"Here it comes!"
Ye Bai raised his staff, ready to cast a skill.
"Ready to Go—"
A pale blue light enveloped Ye Bai's entire body.
He didn't rush to engage the monster but waited for it to approach slowly.
Roar—
Thump, thump, thump—
The roar, accompanied by heavy footsteps, cast the monster's shadow over Ye Bai, making it hard to breathe.
Anyone else facing such a scene would have been eager to strike by now!
Ye Bai silently counted the seconds, retreating to maintain a safe distance from the monster.
"5, 4..."
The Cave Giant Rat was close enough, its stench reminiscent of a sewer rat.
Wasn't it just a rat?
Then it's fine.
"..3, 2, 1!"
As soon as the cooldown was over, Ye Bai immediately cast the skill again.
"Ready to Go."
The pale blue light appeared once more, only this time it was a deeper shade.
"Lightning Arrow"
Ye Bai wasted no time, even though it was his first battle, he was exceptionally skilled, with no unnecessary movements.
Boom—
A lightning arrow, as thick as a finger, formed in front of Ye Bai, then shot forward at incredible speed, easily hitting the Cave Giant Rat!
Sizzle—
A series of electric sounds, accompanied by a burnt smell, and a bright red number floated above the Cave Giant Rat's head:
[-236!]
The Lightning Arrow dealt 236 points of lightning element damage!
The Cave Giant Rat's health bar emptied instantly, collapsing to the ground, its body dissolving into white light spots, leaving behind three copper coins.
Ye Bai felt a surge of energy, clenching his left fist in excitement.
"It works!"
"The effect of [Ready to Go] can stack! The first time is double, the second time is quadruple, the third time is eightfold!"
This isn't an arithmetic sequence; it's a geometric sequence, exponential growth!
Fun Fact: Ready to Go can only stack 30 times.
After stacking 30 times, Ye Bai's burst would be incredibly powerful!
Ye Bai's breathing grew heavier, he could hardly imagine how terrifying the scene would be then!
Perhaps a single Lightning Arrow would take down the boss!
Pocketing the copper coins, Ye Bai looked ahead in the corridor.
Disturbed by the previous battle, many Cave Giant Rats awoke from their slumber, starting to search for prey in the corridor!
Pressing his lips together, Ye Bai tried not to get too excited, to avoid affecting the upcoming battle.
"The real show is just beginning!"