Chapter 276: Chapter 275: Third Advancement, the Unique Transcendent Set!
[Ding~ You have killed lv70 Snow Demon. Experience +54,000, Energy +1,428W, Demonic Energy +2 (includes world buff: 80% experience boost and 240% Energy boost)]
[Ding~ You have killed lv70 Snow Demon. Experience +54,000, Energy +1,428W, Demonic Energy +1]
[Ding...]
Over twenty consecutive battle notifications instantly flooded the screen.
With the ten-thousand-fold Energy buff combined with the 240% world buff, Zhang Yue earned Energy at a staggering rate of 34,000 times the norm.
Just from defeating a group of ordinary mobs, Zhang Yue accumulated over 400 million Energy—a total that would take regular professionals months, or even years, to gather.
Looking at the snow-covered field of Snow Demon corpses, one couldn't help but marvel:
The effects of the Glory · War God's Physique are simply too powerful.
While this skill was active, Zhang Yue gained 100% bonus damage, 50% penetration, 50% armor resistance, and 50% penetration resistance.
Combined with the Eternal Set's 50% boost and the Eye of Death's 30%, Zhang Yue had an effective magic penetration of 130%.
The Snow Demons only had 10% penetration resistance, which was meaningless before Zhang Yue. Thanks to his 120% net magic penetration, he could directly deal true damage, completely ignoring their defense.
And it was worth noting: the Thunderstorm Zhang Yue just unleashed wasn't even his maximum damage potential.
Why? Because Grip of Thunder had only one stack at that point, not its full three.
After dealing with one batch of Snow Demons, Zhang Yue summoned the Skeleton King to clean up the loot.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Predator scouted the surrounding area, provoking dozens of Snow Demons with its incredibly fast attack speed.
The Shadow Predator's speed was clearly faster than before.
That was because Zhang Yue had equipped it with the legendary item King's Bracelet, obtained by exchanging accumulated points. This granted the Predator a 100% attack speed boost, making it even faster than Zhang Yue himself.
Following closely, while the Shadow Predator lured the Snow Demons together, the Extinction Black Dragon unleashed Doomsday Flame and Doomsday Breath, delivering massive AOE damage totaling 338,325 + 329,865, annihilating the group of Snow Demons.
The effects of Glory · War God's Physique extended to Zhang Yue's pets as well.
This significantly increased the damage output of both the Extinction Black Dragon and the Shadow Predator compared to before.
With their power, Zhang Yue didn't even need to lift a finger. The duo alone could easily wipe out level 70 mobs in groups.
However, this also increased Zhang Yue's mana consumption.
Each pet added a 50% skill cost, raising the War God's Physique's mana drain from 225 points per second to 563 points per second.
With over 35,000 mana, Zhang Yue could barely sustain the skill for one minute.
As the Extinction Black Dragon's two AOE skills were on cooldown, Zhang Yue commanded the Shadow Predator to lure another large group of Snow Demons while he cast Necromantic Storm and Hell's Judgment, dealing maximum AOE damage.
530k + 550k damage instantly killed over thirty Snow Demons.
In just one minute, Zhang Yue had killed over a hundred Snow Demons.
This scene left nearby solo professionals, who were painstakingly grinding Snow Demons in teams, utterly disheartened.
Zhang Yue's insanely high efficiency allowed him to fully charge the golden Demon-Sealing Talisman with 10,000 Demonic Energy points in just half a morning.
Crushing the talisman rewarded Zhang Yue handsomely.
WHOOSH!
Golden light descended.
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching level 70. Third Advancement is now available]
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the eleventh World Quest. World Boss Challenge is now unlocked]
"Finally, level 70!" Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, he crushed a City Return Scroll, teleporting to the safe zone of Yongning Village.
Arriving at the Professional Sanctuary, he underwent the baptism of Holy Light.
As the golden light enveloped Zhang Yue, the system chimed in with a pleasant notification.
[Ding~ Congratulations on becoming a Third Tier Necromancer]
For ordinary professionals, a Third Advancement typically raised their Five Attributes by around 20 stars. Elite professionals gained about 30 stars, while rare professionals could reach 50 stars.
However, as a Mythical Necromancer, Zhang Yue's total attribute boost skyrocketed from 140 stars to 300 stars.
An increase of 160 stars, doubling his growth.
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Magic Attack: +80 stars!
HP: +65 stars!
Physical Defense: +45 stars!
Magic Defense: +50 stars!
Mana: +60 stars!
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Additionally, Third Advancement skills could now be upgraded to SS-rank.
For a Beastmaster, this unlocked the third pet slot.
For Zhang Yue, who possessed the Void Stone, it unlocked the fourth pet slot.
Wasting no time, Zhang Yue began upgrading his skills.
The immense advantage of infinite Energy truly shone at this moment.
Upgrading a regular S-rank skill to SS-rank required a whopping 800 million Energy.
Rare S-rank skills demanded 2 billion Energy for the same upgrade.
For ordinary professionals, upgrading all their skills to rank A during a Third Advancement was already a challenge.
Reaching S or SS rank? That would take years for most.
But Zhang Yue boldly spent 14.8 billion Energy, instantly upgrading:
6 normal S-rank skills: Skyfire Blaze, Frozen Wasteland, Thunderclap, Divine Fire Cataclysm, Blink, Divine Demon Protection.
5 rare S-rank skills: Hell's Judgment, Doomsday Light, Necrstorm, Eye of Death, Grip of Thunder.
All upgraded to SS rank in one go!
Next, Zhang Yue retrieved from his storage the First Prize he had earned in the Professional Tournament: a level 70, 10-star Unique Transcendent Set.
Previously, Zhang Yue had refined this set to perfection using Energy, awaiting this moment to equip it.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue swapped out his level 60, 8-star Eternal Set for the new gear.
Instantly, his overall power soared dramatically.
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[ID: Zero] (Lv70, Third Tier, Mythical Necromancer)
Magic Attack: 34,820
Physical Defense: 14,890
Magic Defense: 14,555
HP: 321,600
Mana: 62,890
Gold: 13,585
Energy: 4,325 trillion
Experience: 12.35M/30M
Description: A Third Advancement powerhouse, terrifying beyond measure...
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Even Zhang Yue couldn't help but marvel at the 10-star Unique Set's incredible base stats, which boosted his overall attributes by at least 50%.
However, just as he was about to examine the set's unique properties, he was stunned to discover... a blank attribute interface.
"Why... are there no set properties?"
Typically, a set includes seven set attributes and a unique set skill.
A Transcendent Set having none of these was unheard of.
But then Zhang Yue noticed something unusual: the set interface displayed seven skill slots.
Each slot was labeled "Unfilled".
Could this mean the set properties needed to be manually added?
After some thought, Zhang Yue retrieved his replaced equipment, Demon Slayer, to see if its skill, Demon Slash, could be transferred.
The system responded:
[Ding~ Non-set skills cannot be transferred]
It was then that Zhang Yue had a sudden realization.
He retrieved the Void Set, which he had treasured for years.
[Ding~ Conditions met. Would you like to transfer the Void Set skill, Void Shield, into the Transcendent Set's first skill slot?]
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