"Do you confirm the Thunder Tyrant? Once confirmed, it cannot be changed," the Guide Angel asked in a formulaic manner, seemingly reverting to her previous template.
"Confirm!" Jiang Yan said solemnly.
"Class selection successful," the Guide Angel announced. "Next, please draw your talent. Say 'stop' to halt the process."
A light screen appeared before Jiang Yan, where countless talents flashed by at lightning speed, too fast to read any words, only a dazzling array of colors flickering!
At the same time, Jiang Yan noticed a white exclamation mark at the top of the light screen!
Could it be... Jiang Yan focused his gaze, and a line of text appeared from the exclamation mark: The talent drawing machine favors the number six. If you say 'stop' at the sixth second, sixty-sixth second, or six hundred sixty-sixth second, there will be unexpected surprises.
At the end of this line of text, there was also a timer, which had already reached 8 seconds!
"This is so cool!!"
Jiang Yan was ecstatic. He had been worried that his cheat ability could only be used once or had special limitations. Now it seemed that as long as there was hidden information, he could see it!
Calm down, calm down!
Jiang Yan watched the timer, which had reached 46 seconds!
It was almost 66 seconds.
Wait!
Would it be better to wait until 666 seconds?
It didn't say so.
Jiang Yan was a bit conflicted.
After all, entering the game one second earlier could affect future development.
But thinking about how he had wasted at least five minutes reciting "The Song of the Stormy Petrel," he calmed down.
Since he had already wasted so much time, he might as well wait until 666 seconds!
With time to spare, Jiang Yan began to check his character panel:
ID: Jiang Taigong
Level: lv0 (0/20)
Class: Thunder Tyrant (Hidden Class)
Constitution: 8
Endurance: 7
Spirit: 12
Agility: 7
Free Attribute Points: 0 (Four free attribute points per level)
HP: 160 (Constitution*20)
MP: 240 (Spirit*20)
Physical Defense: 15 (Constitution + Endurance)
Magic Defense: 19 (Spirit + Agility)
Physical Attack: 16 (Constitution*2)
Magic Attack: 24 (Spirit*2)
Special Attributes:
Charisma: Hidden
Luck: Hidden
Jiang Yan had seen some closed beta players' basic data, and his was slightly above average.
Then he opened the class panel:
[Thunder Tyrant]: Lightning Mage Hidden Class!
1. Skill damage +100%
2. Critical chance +30%
3. Critical damage +100%
It was indeed straightforward and brutal, adding magic damage, critical chance, and critical damage, pushing him towards becoming a mobile electromagnetic cannon!
Jiang Yan then opened the skill bar.
After advancing to Thunder Tyrant, he automatically learned a skill and would awaken a new skill every ten levels!
[Lightning Bolt] lv1 (0/100): After a 3s chant, cast a lightning bolt on the target, dealing 150% of the base magic damage! Mana cost: 20! Cooldown: 3s!
Jiang Yan quickly calculated. His magic attack was 24, Lightning Bolt's skill damage was 150%, class skill damage increase was 100%, totaling 250%, resulting in 60 points of damage!
If it crits...
The base critical damage is twice the normal damage, plus a 100% damage bonus, making it three times, or 180 points of damage!
He could instantly kill someone with that!
Jiang Yan's own HP was only 160, with 19 magic defense, totaling only 179 magic damage resistance, just unable to withstand his own Lightning Bolt!
Of course, this didn't mean Jiang Yan could casually kill anyone now, as Warriors, Assassins, and other classes had their own class attribute bonuses, but no matter how much they added, they couldn't withstand two critical hits from his Lightning Bolt!
As time ticked by, it unknowingly reached 600.
Jiang Yan quickly focused, his eyes fixed on the timer.
608... 624... 654...
Jiang Yan didn't dare blink. When the timer hit 666, he immediately shouted, "Stop!!!"
The light screen instantly froze, and a deep red light, like a blood moon, surged out from the screen.
The Guide Angel spoke timely, "Congratulations to the player for drawing an SSS-Rank Talent: Wrath of the Thunder God."
[Wrath of the Thunder God]: SSS Rank
1. When HP drops to 1 point, MP and HP are shared
2. Lightning magic chant time forcibly reduced to 1s
3. Lightning magic mana cost and cooldown halved
4. Lightning magic skill damage +100%
5. Lightning magic critical chance +50%
6. Lightning magic critical damage +100%!
7. Adds lightning burn damage, 1 point per second, lasts 60s, no cooldown (during burn, HP recovery halved, speed -30%, effect cannot stack)
After reading the 7 attributes of the [Wrath of the Thunder God] talent, Jiang Yan was overjoyed. This SSS talent paired with his [Thunder Tyrant] class was simply a match made in heaven!
Firstly, the first attribute, as everyone knows, Mages have extremely low HP. Once a Warrior or Assassin gets close, they could empty the health bar in seconds!
But now, his MP and HP are shared, making his mana bar a second health bar. Unless they empty his mana bar too, they can't kill him!
Currently, Jiang Yan's level 0 attributes give him 160 HP and 240 MP, totaling 400, more than doubling his HP!
In the late game, as his MP skyrockets, his HP will also rise accordingly!
The sense of security is overwhelming!
The second and third attributes, reducing skill chant time to 1s and halving skill cooldown, mean he can cast a Lightning Bolt every 2.5s! It's a bit underwhelming early on, but in the late game, when spells require tens of seconds or even minutes to chant, Jiang Yan will only need 1s, and the talent's true value will shine!
As for magic skill damage, Jiang Yan calculated silently. His 24 magic attack, with Lightning Bolt's skill damage at 150%, hidden class skill damage increase at 100%, and [Wrath of the Thunder God] talent bonus at 100%, totals 350%, resulting in 84 points of damage (24*350% skill damage bonus)!
Even more insane, his critical damage has increased to four times! That's 336 (84*400% critical damage bonus), an instant kill for anyone!
Most astonishingly, the critical chance for [Wrath of the Thunder God]'s lightning magic, combined with the hidden class's critical chance, reaches a staggering 80%!
If it hits 100%, wouldn't it be infinite crits?
Jiang Yan secretly decided to collect gear that increases critical chance in the future!
"Does the player wish to enter the game?" The Guide Angel's voice interrupted Jiang Yan's daydreaming.
"Enter!" Jiang Yan immediately composed himself.
[Ding~ Welcome player Jiang Taigong to Novice Village No. 142857]
As the light flashed, Jiang Yan found himself in a crowded plaza, with countless noisy voices flooding his ears like a demonic sound.
"Damn, don't block the way here, hurry up and run outside!"
"The closed beta players said the Novice Village Chief won't give new players tasks, hurry up and level up outside!"
"Is everything the closed beta players say true? What if they're hiding something?"
"If I don't try, I won't be satisfied!"
"Who the hell is eating my double popsicle, are you trying to die?!"
"Extra, extra, the first guild of Novice Village 142857, Prosperous Dynasty, is established, feel free to DM!"
"War God Hall is recruiting, only Warriors with B-Rank Talent or above!!"
"Damn! My talent is E-Rank, gaining 20 HP per level! Is there anyone worse off than me?"
"Dark Empire is recruiting, Mages prioritized!"
"The Handsome and Cute Three Little Ones Support Club is established, only accepting cheerful, fair-skinned, and beautiful young ladies!"
The shouts echoed in Jiang Yan's ears. He quickly scanned his surroundings, seeing people everywhere, shoulder to shoulder, especially under the old crooked tree at the center of the plaza, where the Village Chief was, it was a sea of people!
Jiang Yan was secretly surprised. He was at least ten minutes late, yet the Novice Village Plaza was still so lively!
As he squeezed his way out, he opened his character panel, seeing only the system-gifted Novice Clothes and a Novice Staff in his equipment slot.
[Novice Clothes] (Bound): Defense +1!
[Novice Staff] (Bound): Physical Attack +1, Magic Attack +1!
These were the most basic common gear, with minimal attack and defense bonuses, but for Jiang Yan...
He quickly calculated, with the additional magic attack from the Novice Staff, his Lightning Bolt damage reached 87.5 (25*350% damage bonus), and if it crits, the damage would be 350 (87.5*400% critical damage bonus)!
That's an increase of 14 points over the previous 336 critical damage!
Jiang Yan increasingly felt he was evolving into a mobile electromagnetic cannon.
Closing the panel, Jiang Yan opened his backpack.
The backpack had fifty slots, containing only a Health Potion and a Mana Potion gifted by the system.
Health Potion: Restores 20 HP per second, lasts 5s!
Mana Potion: Restores 20 MP per second, lasts 5s!
Additionally, the system gifted him a hundred copper coins.
In "Pinnacle," a hundred copper coins equal one silver coin, and a hundred silver coins equal one gold coin!
A hundred copper coins weren't much, but not too little either.
Closing the backpack, Jiang Yan had squeezed to the outskirts. As he turned to look around, he suddenly noticed a white exclamation mark under the old crooked tree at the center of the plaza!
That was...
The Novice Village Chief?
He had a task?
Jiang Yan quickly focused, and soon, a line of text appeared above the purple exclamation mark: The grandson of the Village Chief of Novice Village No. 142857 set out to prove himself by ridding the village of the Boar King, but never returned. Kill the Boar King and bring its tusks to the Village Chief to earn his friendship.
Uh... seeing the content, Jiang Yan was speechless.
Because this information had already been leaked by closed beta players.
As for the so-called Village Chief's friendship, it meant free use of the Teleportation Array to outside cities.
Seeing there was no freebie to be had, Jiang Yan turned and left.
The Novice Plaza was packed, and the nearby streets were also bustling, especially the Blacksmith Shop and Potion Shop. Thanks to the closed beta players' revelations, almost all players knew these places offered tasks and taught Mining and Gathering.
Jiang Yan came here to take on tasks too, but there were simply too many people, he couldn't even get through the door!
If he queued up honestly, he'd waste at least an hour!
Forget it, time to level up outside!
Jiang Yan decisively headed towards the wild.