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[You have consumed 33 Evolution Points, 155 points remaining.]
[Depths of Darkness (Emerald → Diamond → Epic → Legendary): Passively gain +1 → 1 → 1 → 2 Stealth Level, and every 5 → 4 → 4 → 3 seconds, increase Stealth Level by 1. This skill can provide up to +3 → 3 → 4 → 5 Stealth Level. Required Level: 14]
[Legendary-level new effect: Each level of your Stealth Level will add 200 points of Stealth Break Attack when breaking stealth.]
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When this skill evolved to the Legendary level, Qin Feng was a bit dumbfounded.
"Up to 5 levels of Stealth Level?"
"Isn't that too powerful?"
"Counting the 2 levels from the class passive and the 1 level from the stealth skill itself, my Stealth Level can reach up to 8!"
Under normal circumstances, without considering combat power, purely stacking Stealth Level to 8 would require at least a level 30 Assassin player to have even a slight chance of achieving it.
But Qin Feng now...
Just this one skill, 'Depths of Darkness,' provides up to 5 levels of Stealth Level!
"Passively add 2 levels of Stealth Level, and after entering stealth, gain 1 level every 3 seconds, reaching the maximum of 5 levels in 9 seconds."
"At that point, I'll have 8 levels of Stealth Level, with an additional 1600 points of Stealth Break Attack..."
The new effect at the Legendary level is also quite satisfying.
You should know that Qin Feng now has three stealth skills.
The Epic-level 'Subshadow' skill adds 500 points of Stealth Break Attack.
The Epic-level 'Silent Concealment' skill adds 800 points of Stealth Break Attack.
As for the stealth from Shadow Blink Slash, it's purely stealth without any additional Stealth Break Attack.
However, the Stealth Break Attack from 'Depths of Darkness' can be stacked with these three stealth skills.
The Stealth Break Attack from Subshadow increases from 500 points to 2100 points.
The Stealth Break Attack from Silent Concealment increases from 800 points to 2400 points!
Even Shadow Blink Slash, which originally had no Stealth Break Attack, will gain 1600 points of Stealth Break Attack!
"My damage has increased significantly."
"Moreover, I've reached level 15 now. After dealing with Qian Shishi in Magic City, I can consider further class advancement when I return."
The first class advancement greatly enhanced all three passive effects of Qin Feng's 'Shadow' class.
What changes will the second class advancement bring?
Even Qin Feng himself doesn't know.
After all, in his previous life, he never encountered the 'Shadow' class.
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Following the coordinates provided by Qin Feng, Wang Meng led four official male players all the way to the ruins of the northern city gate!
As they were about to arrive, they were all a bit shocked to see piles of monster corpses in the ruins.
"As expected of the Shadow master, these monsters would take us several minutes to kill."
"That's right, and these monsters would run if they couldn't win!"
"The Shadow master doesn't have to worry about that; it's always a one-hit kill."
"This leveling speed is simply against the heavens... We haven't even reached level 11, and he's already level 15."
"But, why did such a powerful master call us here?"
"Stop talking, just follow orders."
Wang Meng led the four over.
Among them were two members of his team: the Sharp Eyed Archer and the middle-aged Card Master.
The other two were priests requested from Director Dai's side, just to be safe.
Although these two priests weren't hidden classes, their levels, equipment, and skills were not bad. They were top players in the Abandoned Gods Game, specially cultivated by the officials.
One of them was tall, nearly 1.9 meters.
Although he was a priest holding a staff, he was more imposing than Wang Meng.
His codename was 'Steady as an Old Dog.'
Steady as an Old Dog: "Captain Wang, we're at the place, right? I don't see the Shadow."
Wang Meng raised his hand, signaling him to be patient.
He opened a private chat to ask Qin Feng...
Soon, he looked up, glancing towards the northwest: "Shadow wants us to head that way. See the spire on that mountain? That's our destination."
Steady as an Old Dog took a deep breath: "That spire is at least three kilometers away, right? It's said that the monsters outside the city are fierce. Can the five of us make it?"
Wang Meng patted his shoulder: "You're so sturdy, yet you're more timid than anyone else? Let's go, Shadow said he cleared all the monsters on the way!"
The group moved forward.
Steady as an Old Dog walked at the back, looking around cautiously, appearing very vigilant.
Wang Meng didn't mind.
They continued forward and indeed saw some twisted and bizarre monster corpses in the thorny forest along the way...
These monsters were all level 15 and above!
Sometimes, dozens of monster corpses were piled together!
Wang Meng and the others were terrified.
If they were moving through this thorny forest, they would probably be devoured by the monsters...
However, as they continued forward, they didn't encounter any living monsters!
This made Wang Meng and the others click their tongues in amazement.
Finally, they climbed the mountain along the thorny forest and soon arrived near the ancient spire on the hilltop.
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[Player 'Shadow' requests to join the team!]
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Team leader Wang Meng received a system prompt.
This surprised Wang Meng.
"Wasn't the Shadow master always a lone wolf? Why join a team now?"
When he clicked agree, Qin Feng's avatar, with his face obscured, appeared in their team list!
Qin Feng spoke directly in the team channel: "The NPC we're about to encounter is a bit cunning. The stronger I appear, the more expensive the items he sells... In short, my combat power will seem ordinary, and you all need to step up and take down a Gold-level BOSS."
"As long as we pass the challenge, we can buy good stuff from the NPC. You won't be disappointed."
Hearing Qin Feng say this, Wang Meng and the others were a bit nervous!
"No wonder the master joined the team."
"So it's to appear less strong in front of the NPC..."
"But, NPC?"
"In this Abandoned Gods Game, we haven't seen any NPCs yet. What do they look like?"
"Never mind that, just listen to the master and take down the BOSS first!"
Wang Meng and the others were all eager to get started.
Only Steady as an Old Dog, being cautious, clenched his big fists and nervously asked: "Wait a minute, master... What skills does the BOSS have? Do I need to dodge any skills? What if the BOSS targets me?"
Shadow: "The BOSS is a ranged magic type and won't move. It has a fire-breathing skill. When the BOSS breathes fire, get close and move clockwise to avoid getting hit. Also, dodge the black oil, and I'll tell Wang Meng how to handle the other skills targeting the main tank."
Steady as an Old Dog asked again: "By the way, how long will the battle last? I need to manage my mana. And what if someone dies or there's an unexpected situation?"
Shadow: "..."
Wang Meng, feeling a bit embarrassed, privately messaged Qin Feng: "Master, don't mind him. Despite his size, he became very cautious after two teammates were lost due to unexpected events during a previous mission..."
"It's okay, I understand."
Not to mention having experienced such things.
Even for ordinary players, in the Abandoned Gods Game, you can't be too careful.
So Qin Feng explained the strategy for the Gold-level BOSS they needed to challenge in detail in the team channel.
After he finished explaining, Wang Meng and the others finally arrived at the entrance of the spire's base.
Tower of Divine Authority!
Since Qin Feng joined the team, when Wang Meng and the others arrived, they saw Qin Feng's figure clad in Emerald-tier 'Black Flame Ceremony' leather armor.
His semi-transparent stealthy figure stood at the spire entrance, holding a Platinum-tier assassin's dagger, looking incredibly cool!
That figure made Steady as an Old Dog's spine tingle.
He had always heard of Shadow, but this was the first time he saw what 'Shadow' looked like!