The sea of magma reflected in Lyle's pupils, casting a crimson glow. He understood all too well the significance of the professional skill 'Transcension Technique'.
"Isn't this just an alternative way to reset classes?"
In the game 'YGGDRASIL', there were many skills and spells that required the consumption of experience points. Once a player ran out of stored experience, these skills and spells could no longer be used.
Lyle remembered that if a player wanted to reset their classes, they normally had to do so by losing levels through death.
However, this had a drawback: the lost levels would be deducted first from High-tier Classes or the last class the player had leveled up.
This made it extremely difficult to wash away early-game classes through death; otherwise, how would they sell pay-to-win items?
Lyle, however, could actively choose which class to de-level.
"I originally thought the 'Transcension Technique' skill was just an alternative casting method to increase sustainability and have a trump card, but I didn't expect it to be so rule-breaking."
"But..."
Looking at the experience in [Experience Bar: 1/510,000], after the level dropped, the value had actually turned into a single point. He had assumed only the consumed experience would be deducted, but he didn't expect it to be completely cleared.
To be precise, only 1 point of experience was retained.
"So, is this considered an alternative skill penalty for using skills that drop levels?"
Lyle thought to himself; it was truly worthy of being a Special Class with a higher acquisition difficulty than [Valkyrie].
"Does [Ninja] still have 2 levels left?"
"[Attribute Panel]!"
With a thoughtful expression, Lyle made a mental command.
...
[ability sheet]
Talent: [Player]
Total Level: 48Lv
[Experience Bar: 471,356/510,000]
Skill Points: 66
(PS: Specific ability information has been updated in the comments section)
...
[Attribute Panel]
Karma: 23 [Neutral]
HP: 580→725→710 (55%)
MP: 263→538→523 (40%)
Physical Attack: 373→518→503 (39%)
Physical Defense: 280→380 (29%)
Agility: 213→418→403 (31%)
Magic Attack: 293→523 (40%)
Magic Defense: 295→525 (40%)
Comprehensive Resistance: 445→465 (36%)
Specialty: 440→670 (52%)
Total: 362%
(The first number does not include the values for the [Ninja] and [Magic Transcender] classes.)
...
Even without looking at these increased values.
Lyle could feel the surging mana and power within his body. A single Special Class provided a comprehensive boost and reinforcement.
'Magic Transcendent Power' further increased the three values of MP, Magic Attack, and Magic Defense by an additional 130 points.
"According to current information, after the level drops, skill points remain unchanged, but the values added by the [Ninja] class are gone."
Lyle noticed that the four basic attributes on the panel had each dropped by 15 points.
"There are still a few pieces of information that cannot be confirmed yet."
"If a class drops and disappears completely, will it affect the disappearance of skills or passives?"
Lyle was currently most concerned about these two questions. The reason he initially chose to consume the levels of [Ninja]...
...rather than choosing the Middle-tier Classes [Sword Saint] or [Shaman Mentor], was because he had considered these two issues.
The level of [Sword Saint] was too high; if he used it for the experiment, it would be too much of a waste of experience points.
[Shaman Mentor] was only level one, but it was related to the 'Totem Possession' skill. Lyle could ignore other things, but the 'Physical Armament' ability had cost him a lot of effort.
If [Shaman Mentor] disappeared and the skill went with it, he would have nowhere to cry.
The [Ninja] level was low, and the experience cost for the experiment was also low. Even if it disappeared, he could find Tia and Tina to acquire it again.
As for Battle Demon Zero, the grass was probably already growing on his grave; only a skeleton remained, and even seventh-tier resurrection magic might not be enough to bring him back.
"Fortunately, my level isn't high right now, so I can experiment a bit," Lyle thought, though he still felt a pang of heartache.
Swish!
Lyle reached into the void and pulled out a half-person-tall crimson fish scale from his Inventory; it was exactly the scale of a Solar Anglerfish.
As a creature with Fire Resistance, the Solar Anglerfish was perfect for testing the next skill.
"Words of Elemental Collapse—"
Lyle first flicked his wrist, tossing the giant fish scale into the air, then used the passive ability of [Mad Mage] to convert the third-tier Lightning Ball into a fireball:
"Fireball!"
Boom!
In an instant.
Before Lyle appeared a phantom about three meters in size, looking like a scaled-down fire dragon, its entire body wreathed in flames like a giant dragon.
Mana surged!
A dazzling crimson fireball condensed in the mouth of this miniature fire dragon and was then spat out.
A red streak of light cut through the air.
It accurately blasted the fish scale that had been thrown into the air.
Boom!
The flames exploded, and the fish scale, which originally possessed Fire Resistance or even immunity, was directly burned to ashes under the flames released by this fireball.
The entire process seemed slow but was actually completed in the blink of an eye, with little difference from normal casting speed.
"Is this a fire dragon?"
Lyle regained his senses and stared blankly at the already dissipating phantom of the fire dragon:
"No, this image is closer to a lizard; is it the fire Salamander, Salamander?"
This was no ordinary phantom, but an elemental spirit representing one of the Four Elements!
Water Elemental Spirit: Undine.
Fire Elemental Spirit: Salamander.
Wind Elemental Spirit: Sylph.
Earth Elemental Spirit: Gnome.
"Using the spirit that represents control over that element to ignore the resistances of that system... it really is fitting. Unfortunately, the cooldown is 100 hours, so it can't be used as a regular skill."
He calmed his feelings of surprise.
"The effect is very strong; if used by surprise, it can easily severely wound or even kill an opponent."
Lyle continued to look at the trump card skill of [Magic Transcender]. From the information alone, one could see the terror of this skill.
"Kali Nu..."
Lyle chanted softly, preparing to release the magic, but after just a few words, he suddenly stopped, his brow furrowing slightly as he fell silent for a long moment:
"Who are you?"
A phantom of flowing water condensed to Lyle's left, turning into a female figure with flowing wave-like water hair, a graceful upper body, and a lower body rippling with splashes.
"You are Fire."
The figure of the fire Salamander that had just disappeared reappeared, manifesting before him, its burning wings flapping gently.
"You are Wind."
A translucent whirlwind phantom manifested to the right like a storm, gradually condensing into a humanoid spirit form with two pairs of wind-attribute wings.
"You are Earth."
A giant phantom like brown Rock appeared behind Lyle, turning into a Rock giant with a crimson gaze.
Four phantoms of varying sizes surrounded Lyle. Though they were all false existences, they emitted a heart-stopping, suffocating pressure that constantly spread outward.
Even the violent sea of magma below seemed to be affected and calmed down.
"You are Void."
The four phantoms rose sharply, colliding above Lyle's head, and a brilliant light emerged as they fused together.
"Everything at the end of days returns to Chaos, until you create again."
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