After receiving Shifeng's confirmation, Hei Zi briefly explained Ling Yi's recent recruitment. Tsk, tsk.
Overwhelming Smile's appearance had not caused Ling Yi's recruitment to decline. On the contrary, it had become even more popular. More players had applied to join Ling Yi. There were even some players from other Guilds that had left to join Ling Yi.
A sea of people crowded the entrance of Ling Yi's Residence. The scene was a perfect representation of White River City's scenery.
Those who did not know the situation would think that Ling Yi had already become White River City's master. Those who were aware of the situation would laugh inwardly.
Originally, Ling Yi's Guild had only had around 5,000 members. After two days of frantic recruitment, the Guild had grown to over 10,000 members. If not for Overwhelming Smile's recruitment plan, Ling Yi's member count would have easily broken past 30,000.
The reason for this situation was that many players had taken Ling Yi's test. Once they passed, they would immediately join Overwhelming Smile. By doing so, they would receive three times the benefits of other Guilds. In other words, they would receive twelve times the benefits of other Guilds. How could they not be envious?
"If this continues, Ling Yi will suffer as well. We need to think of a solution as soon as possible." Shifeng frowned when he heard Hei Zi's words.
If this continued, Overwhelming Smile would have to spend money like water. However, poaching Ling Yi's members would also increase Overwhelming Smile's prestige, greatly increasing Overwhelming Smile's strength in White River City.
Others might not know that Overwhelming Smile had Underworld as its backer, but Shifeng did. Moreover, Underworld controlled the other four cities around White River City. If a war broke out in the future, Ling Yi would be surrounded by enemies from both sides.
After Hei Zi finished explaining Ling Yi's situation, she immediately returned to Ling Yi's Workshop. Meanwhile, Shifeng began his training. Now that he had finished absorbing the Level 10 Nutrient Fluids, it was time to further improve his physique.
However, compared to his previous strengthening training, Shifeng's current training focused more on adjusting his physique. In the afternoon, Shifeng casually ordered takeout. After finishing his meal, he logged back into God's Domain.
Faced with Overwhelming Smile's financial pressure, Shifeng could not think of any good ideas. The only solution was to increase his own strength.
As soon as the Shifeng came online, they began the tedious task of finding and killing monsters.
After two days of searching, the Shifeng had roughly grasped the respawn time of the monsters around the Sword Peak Mountain. If there was really a place with the most monsters, it would be Sword Peak Mountain.
However, the Shifeng did not go up. It was not because the Shifeng did not want to go, but because the Shifeng always had a kind of intuition. One of the Ten Great Saints' Legacies wasn't easy to clear. Although dealing with the Bone Giants and Blade Demons was already difficult enough, a Legendary Quest wasn't that easy.
In the eyes of the Shifeng, the Sword Peak Mountain was the most dangerous place in the Origin Sword Domain.
Therefore, Shifeng usually searched for monsters near the Sword Peak Mountain. He had never stepped into the Sword Peak Mountain, secretly increasing his strength.
Inside the Origin Sword Domain, players were unable to obtain EXP, and the only loot they could obtain were Legacy Chapters and Broken Steel Forging Design fragments. However, there was a benefit to being in the Origin Sword Domain.
Skill Proficiency!
That's right. The monsters here were all Level 25 and above Elite monsters. Even the Bone Giants and Blade Demons that the Shifeng mainly dealt with were Level 30 Chieftains. In terms of levels, these monsters were eight Levels higher than the Shifeng. After the Shifeng used a Skill to attack, the Skill Proficiency of the Shifeng increased. The proficiency of the skills he obtained would be increased by five or six points each time.
In the outside world, there was no endless supply of high-level Chieftains for players to kill. Hence, in the Origin Sword Domain, the Shifeng's Skill Proficiency was very fast. Originally, players needed a lot of time to level up their Skills. However, in just two days, the Shifeng's attack-type Skills had all reached Level 10 or above. Some had even reached Level 11.
As long as a Skill reached Level 12, it would upgrade to a Tier 1 Skill.
Although players had weapons and equipment that could upgrade their Skill Proficiency, such an upgrade would not result in a qualitative change to the Skill. At most, it would upgrade the Skill from Level 12 to Level 14 or higher. However, players would not be able to upgrade their Skills to Tier 1. They would need their own Skills to reach Level 12.
As long as they grasped a Tier 1 Skill, the Shifeng's combat power would increase significantly. Hence, the Shifeng patiently grinded monsters outside of the Sword Peak Mountain.
Just like this, the Shifeng continuously searched for and killed monsters. They continuously used their Skills, allowing their Skill Proficiency to increase rapidly.
However, as the number of monsters they killed increased, the Shifeng discovered something strange.
The drop-rate of Legacy Chapters and Broken Steel Forging Design Fragments was decreasing.
In the beginning, the number of Legacy Chapters and Broken Steel Forging Design Fragments dropped from every four or five monsters. Now, however, the number of Legacy Chapters and Broken Steel Forging Design Fragments in the Shifeng's hands was increasing. It was also becoming increasingly difficult to collect them.
If they did not increase their killing speed, they might not be able to collect them within three to five days.
However, one could not help but admit that, in the outside world, players would normally need eight or nine days to upgrade their Skills from Level 11 to Level 12. However, in the hands of the Shifeng, they only needed a few hours. Their efficiency was extremely high. In just half a day, the Shifeng's Chop had already upgraded to a Tier 1 Skill.
[Chop] (Action-type) Requires: Sword Tier 1, Level 1 (Proficiency 0/30000) Additional 600 base damage. Can execute a maximum of three consecutive Chop attacks per second. Damage increased by 50% if the attacks hit the same location. Attack range: 6 yards Cooldown: 3 seconds
Compared to the Level 12 Chop, the base damage was not much higher. However, Shi Feng could execute three Chop attacks per second. In other words, he could execute three Chop attacks per second. Moreover, if the attacks hit the same location, the damage increased by 50%.
Compared to Tier 0 Skills, not only did Tier 1 Skills have an increase in power, but the freedom of attack also increased significantly.
In other words, the more skilled a player was, the higher the damage they could deal. This would further widen the gap between players.
This was also why Tier 1 players were much stronger than Tier 0 players of the same level. Not to mention, Tier 1 players had more Attributes and Skills. Tier 0 players simply could not contend with Tier 1 players.
"It's been a long time since I last used Tier 1 Chop. Let's use you as a guinea pig."
Shifeng dashed to the Skeleton Giant's side and used Tier 1 Chop. A layer of sharp sword aura enveloped the Abyssal Blade's blade. In an instant, Shi Feng executed three slashes.
The three sword auras merged into one, transforming into an even stronger and sharper sword aura. The sword aura then slashed at the Skeleton Giant's joints.
-1,376, -2,048, -2,062
In an instant, aside from the three high damages, the Skeleton Giant, which had remained unaffected by Shifeng's attacks, suddenly fell to the ground. The might of a Tier 1 Skill was evident.
After the Skeleton Giant fell to the ground, Shifeng's attacks became much easier.
Suddenly, Shi Feng used one skill after another.
As long as the Skeleton Giant stood up, Shi Feng could use Chop to attack the Skeleton Giant's joints once more.
In a short moment, Shifeng easily dispatched the Skeleton Giant.
Due to the Tier 1 Chop, Shifeng had a much easier time killing the Skeleton Giants and Blade Demons. Their killing efficiency increased, and the frequency of their skills also increased.
After spending another two days, Shifeng finally upgraded Thunder Flame Explosion, the most difficult skill to upgrade, to a Tier 1 Skill.
With this, Shifeng's Attack Skills, which required Proficiency, were all upgraded to Tier 1 Skills. Compared to before entering the Origin Sword Domain, Shifeng's combat power had increased by a large margin.
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