In front of the petite girl in black leather armor and the Ghost Spirit, the four or five members of the 'Asura Hall' all raised their hands, looking both fawning and nervous.
Clearly, Qin Feng's recent one-shot kill of nine players inside the Evil Spirit Academy, with two of them truly dying, had thoroughly terrified the members of 'Asura Hall'!
Is the Ghost Spirit related to Shadow?
Otherwise, in such a vast place as the Magic Metropolis Ruins, why would Shadow appear specifically at the Evil Spirit Academy?
And why would it specifically help the Ghost Spirit take out their people?
After all, they had never heard of 'Shadow' harming the innocent.
It's evident that ordinary people aren't even qualified to be considered opponents by 'Shadow'!
Since it made a move, it means...
They have already provoked Shadow!
This cast a shadow over all 200-plus members of the 'Asura Hall' guild, and in just a short while, more than twenty players had already chosen to leave the guild.
While the Ghost Spirit was somewhat dazed yet still vigilant, the guild leader of Asura Hall, a bespectacled young man, finally rushed over with his people in a hurry.
Seeing the Ghost Spirit, his eyes lit up immediately.
He wanted to come over to chat and apologize.
Unfortunately, the Ghost Spirit couldn't bebothered to pay him any attention. Before he could approach, she casually flung out the chain blade in her hand, hooking onto an abandoned rooftop more than ten meters away, and leaped up...
A few seconds later, she disappeared from the sight of the Asura Hall guild players.
This made the players of the Asura Hall guild breathe a sigh of relief.
It seemed this little Lolita girl didn't plan to hold a grudge against them...
However...
They turned their gaze to the edge of the Evil Spirit Academy area, where a semi-transparent barrier appeared, their expressions becoming indescribably shocked.
"This is a magical barrier of a hideout."
"That's right, I've seen it around the official Riverside Wreck."
"Is the Evil Spirit Academy actually a hideout?"
"Look at the size of it, it's several times larger than the official Riverside Wreck!"
"Several times? Who are you underestimating? This is at least dozens of times larger!"
"Could this be... the hideout of the great Shadow?"
...
Not only the nearby Asura Hall players but also players within several kilometers around the Magic Metropolis all saw the transparent barrier rising in the Evil Spirit Academy area!
It formed a hemispherical shape, covering a large area and protecting it!
For a moment, countless players in the Magic Metropolis were in an uproar!
Given this scale, this was a Platinum-level hideout!
While players speculated which guild had claimed this hideout, a piece of insider news quickly spread...
Shadow!
Once again, with his own power, he took down the Platinum-level BOSS in the Evil Spirit Academy area.
He became the owner of the 'Evil Spirit Academy Hideout'!
"Holy crap! Shadow is just too defying, isn't he? How many Platinum BOSSes is this now?"
"I don't know... It's said that over in Jianghai City, the officials have already bought a hideout from him, reportedly for over a thousand years..."
"Wow, that's just too profitable, isn't it? Just casually defeating a BOSS is worth over a thousand years of lifespan?"
"Casually defeating? Why don't you try casually defeating one?"
"I say Shadow will be the richest man of the new era, who agrees, who disagrees?"
"Oh my god, I really want to become Mrs. Shadow, just thinking about it is exciting, what do you guys think, do I have a chance..."
"Wait, isn't Shadow a player from Jianghai City? How is he snatching resources from us locals in the Magic Metropolis?"
"What, do you need a Magic Metropolis residency to kill monsters here? How big is your face?"
...
While Qin Feng, with his own power, stirred up countless discussions among the Magic Metropolis players, he looked at a piece of universal equipment in his hand, lost in thought.
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[Mutated Witch's Ring (Emerald): Universal for all classes. All attributes +22, cooldown speed +30%. Equipment requirement: Level 14]
[Unique Effect: Increases skill range by 25% and area damage by 10%]
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The basic attributes are average, but the 'skill range' and 'area damage' entries are quite rare attributes!
Even if it only had one of these attributes, it would be several times more expensive than equipment of the same level and grade!
"Boosts all attributes, reduces cooldown, and increases skill range and area damage."
"For many classes, this is a semi-endgame ring!"
Although this is just a level 14 ring, it's no exaggeration to say that even after several years, many players would be willing to pay a high price for it!
Because, the percentage increase in area damage is an additional damage multiplier!
"Even for me, equipping this ring is a significant boost."
"Shadow Blink Slash, Night Ring Blade, are both area skills."
"The important thing is Shadow Blink Slash, a 10% damage increase is not low!"
Qin Feng took off the previous Gold-tier 'Cursed Ring.'
This Gold-tier ring was actually quite a gem, as it added a 0.1 weak point attack multiplier, otherwise, Qin Feng wouldn't have worn it until now.
But now, this Cursed Ring is clearly inferior to the Emerald-tier 'Mutated Witch's Ring.'
Among the loot the Mutated Witch dropped for Qin Feng, besides this ring, there was also a skill book he could use.
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[Venomous Trap (Platinum-level): Assassin/Hunter skill. Place a trap with a level 5 stealth rating. Enemies stepping on it will suffer 500 points of poison elemental additional damage and receive a 5-second slow and continuous poison damage.]
[Slow: 50%]
[Poison damage per second: 100%]
[You can place up to 3 traps, placement cooldown 10 (4.65) seconds, trap duration up to 3600 seconds.]
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This is a trap skill.
Of course, Qin Feng was happy to call it a 'Poison Mushroom.'
"This skill..."
"Currently, it seems a bit redundant."
Qin Feng learned the skill first but didn't evolve it for now.
This kind of skill is generally used to deal with other players, but now when Qin Feng wants to kill, he doesn't need to go through such trouble.
Qin Feng glanced at it.
He currently has a total of 363 Evolution Points.
"I can evolve Subshadow or Backstab Enhancement."
These two initial skills are currently Epic-level, consuming 340 Evolution Points to evolve to Legendary-level.
Qin Feng thought for a moment and chose to evolve the 'Backstab Enhancement' skill!
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[You consumed 340 Evolution Points, remaining 23 points.]
[Backstab Enhancement (Epic → Legendary). Passive effect: When attacking from behind the target, damage increases by 75% → 100%.]
[Legendary Effect: While stealthed, all your damage is considered a backstab!]
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Seeing the Legendary effect after the skill evolution, Qin Feng was a bit surprised.
"This effect is nice!"
"As long as I'm in stealth, all damage will be considered a backstab, receiving a 100% backstab damage increase!"
You know, Qin Feng can't hit the target's back with every attack.
For example, the 'Mutated Witch' just now didn't have a back!
Even with ordinary monsters, Qin Feng had to circle around to attack the target's back each time, which was actually quite troublesome.
With this effect, Qin Feng can save a lot of unnecessary operations, thereby further increasing his DPS!