novelODS Chapter 101 Powerful Hidden Skill, Black Moon Goddess
Chapter 101 Powerful Hidden Skill, Black Moon Goddess
Chapter 101 Powerful Hidden Skill, Black Moon Goddess
"Black Moon Death Knight, that name sounds incredibly powerful."
Shen Xing was filled with anticipation and couldn't wait to check out Xiao Hei's new skills.
[Death Energy Control (Passive)]
[Skill Description: Darkness and decay merge to create the power of death, which is then absorbed by the Black Moon, merging with it to become a new force.]
[Skill Effect: When killing an enemy, automatically absorb the overflowing death energy to quickly repair your own injuries and equipment durability.]
At the same time, it can absorb the death energy on the battlefield, heal allies, or launch area attacks against enemies.
Furthermore, all attacks inflict the "Death Decay" effect, reducing the target's armor and subjecting them to a continuous erosion of death energy for 10 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
(Note: This skill has extremely high growth potential; its specific strength depends on the user's skill and the depth of its development.)
Death Grip
[Skill Effect: A chain of death energy shoots from the palm, forcibly dragging the enemy in front of it to the front, and causing them to:]
It will freeze for 1 to 3 seconds.
For every 100 increase in Agility, an additional chain of Death Energy can be released, up to a maximum of 3 chains can be released.
Cooldown time: 60 seconds
(Note: No one can escape death.)
【Evil Moon Force Field (Exclusive Talent)】
[Talent Effect: A huge evil moon rises, illuminating the entire battlefield.]
The powerful evil aura will intimidate all enemies within a 500-meter radius, reducing all their attributes by 20% and lowering their morale.
It also increases the movement speed of friendly units by 20%, and death energy wraps around the weapon, giving it a weaker version of the "Wither" effect.
Duration: 60 seconds; Cooldown: 12 hours
(Note: The moment the evil moon rose, the whole world went mad, except for me.)
After reading the descriptions of these three skills, Shen Xing was deeply impressed.
It's safe to say that this is a hidden profession; they truly have some supermodel-like qualities.
These two skills and one talent are both evolved from the fusion of the power of the Black Moon and the power of death, making them more powerful than ordinary skills.
Especially the first one, [Control of Death Energy].
This is almost the core skill of this new profession; not only is it incredibly powerful, but it also has a high potential for growth.
The second skill, Death Grip, is a control skill that also comes with a forced displacement function, which can play a huge role in certain situations.
The last one, [Evil Moon Field], is even more outrageous, completely on par with Lena's hero skill: Flame Aura.
Shen Xing closed the skill description and took a deep breath.
"With this transformation, Xiao Hei has risen from the second-tier level in the territory to the top tier, almost on par with Hellroar."
It's important to know that Hellscream received the most resources for nurturing and was also infused with the blood of inferior demons.
Xiao Hei went from an ordinary Black Moon Knight to this level in an instant; you can imagine how amazing this improvement is.
At the same time, Xiao Hei, having broken through, slowly walked over.
At this moment, his appearance has changed dramatically.
The armor on his body turned gray and black, with gray lines running through the black armor, flickering like breathing.
The greatsword in his hand was shrouded in a gray-black aura, and as the blade sliced through it, even the air seemed to decay.
The warhorse beside it had also undergone a tremendous transformation, emanating gray mist and surrounded by gray flames between its hooves, looking incredibly cool.
"My lord—I feel like I've been reborn."
Xiao Hei's speech was incredibly fluent, even imbued with human emotion.
He solemnly performed a knightly salute and said gratefully, "Thank you for your guidance and training. If you hadn't reminded me to concentrate my will and fight against that force, I might never have woken up again."
"You're quite good," Shen Xing said admiringly. "Your ability to fuse with this power is also related to your strong will."
"Remember this: a focused will can pierce through rock."
"Concentrate your will—pierce through the rock—" Little Black shuddered, a look of understanding appearing in its eerie green pupils: "I understand! Little Black will certainly remember the Lord's teachings!"
Shen Xing: "?"
No, how did you figure that out too?
I was just saying it casually, what do you understand?
Shen Xing was speechless. What was wrong with the people in this territory? Had they been infected by Hellroar?
Despite this, he still wore a mysterious smile and asked, "I just heard you mention Upper Rank Knights and Luana, the Black Moon Goddess. What are those?"
Upon hearing this question, a hint of reminiscence and confusion flashed in Xiao Hei's eyes.
"I'm not quite sure either—"
He gathered his thoughts and replied, "It's just that I have a lot more memories in my mind, but most of them are in a fragmented form."
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"I saw some special images in these fragments of memory."
"I saw myself leading the Black Moon Knights in an earth-shattering battle, and I also saw the great Black Moon Goddess raising a huge black moon, confronting an ancient being in the mist—"
"As for the rest, they are all vague fragments, and no useful information can be pieced together."
Shen Xing listened thoughtfully.
In this world, most of the creatures summoned by recruitment scrolls do not belong to this era.
They may have come from hundreds of years ago, thousands of years ago, or even from another world.
But no matter where they came from, they all had one thing in common: they had already died once.
Legend has it that some valiant warriors, upon death, have their souls guided to the underworld, where they are erased of their memories along with other spirits and wander aimlessly.
Only when a being communicates with the spirit world through a special medium will they be allowed to return to the mortal realm.
These warriors who have returned have had their memories completely erased, essentially becoming blank slates.
However, there are also very special cases where some memories may be awakened during the growth process or when subjected to great stimulation.
Clearly, Xiao Hei is an exception among these cases.
However, it seems that he only awakened some fragments of memories, without much useful information.
So Shen Xing stopped asking questions.
"Absorb this and break through to the second tier as soon as possible."
Shen Xing took out a Black Moon Broken Blade and handed it over. Just then, Little Black rushed to level 9 and could advance.
"Yes, my lord!"
Xiao Hei solemnly accepted the advancement materials, then mounted his horse and rode off into the distance.
The black warhorse was shrouded in gray mist, and gray flames burned between its hooves, making it seem as if it were walking in the air, without making any sound.
As Shen Xing watched Xiao Hei's retreating figure, he sighed inwardly once again, realizing that choosing to let him absorb the tree heart this time was truly the right decision.
In this way, in addition to Hellscream, there is another creature with great potential in his territory that is worth investing a lot of resources to cultivate.
"It would be perfect if we could promote them to hero units."
"But unfortunately, it's incredibly difficult for a unit to advance to the rank of hero."
"The simplest way is to advance by fusing [Hero's Proof]."
"Besides that, you can find special places of opportunity in the wild, complete a series of tests, and gain a chance for promotion."
"There are also some more special methods, such as making a deal with the devil at a huge cost, or completing an extremely difficult task, but these are too random to list one by one."
Shen Xing pondered these things, and then couldn't help but think of this ranking list.
You can earn a Hero's Heart by taking the top spot on the leaderboard.
However, it is clear that winning first place among global players is extremely difficult.
Shen Xing glanced at his ranking.
[Rank 95: Shen Xing, Points 715]
..
It had been about two or three hours since the temple was cleared out.
His ranking has dropped instead of rising, and he's almost out of the top 100.
This is also normal.
The points gained solely from killing the attacking fog monsters are limited.
It's estimated that the top 100 lords on the leaderboard have already ventured deep into the fog to hunt down even more monsters.
So if he wants to maintain his ranking, he also needs to roll up like the other players.
Shen Xing didn't have any particular thoughts, since his initial goal was to be in the top 1,000.
At the current rate, maintaining this ranking should be no problem.
"First place is a long way off, let's focus on the present and develop our territory again."
Shen Xing closed the leaderboard, then went to the center of his territory and used the [Black Spirit Wood] he had obtained that day to upgrade the [Big Campfire].
Next, the Skeleton Archer Nest was upgraded to Normal ★★★.
As one of only two ranged units in the territory, it's still worthwhile to train them.
Most importantly, these skeleton units consume very little resources and don't need to eat.
Having recently accumulated some resources, Shen Xing decided to launch another wave of troops after completing the upgrade.
After doing all that, Shen Xing took off her glasses.
"Buzz—"
The viewpoint shifted instantly, and this time what appeared before me was not the old ceiling of the rental apartment, but the chandelier of a detached villa.
The air was filled with the smell of wood from the new home.
Shen Xing got up from the large bed and took the elevator to the living room on the first floor.
I originally intended to open the food delivery app as usual to satisfy my hunger.
Strangely, even though he hadn't eaten all day, he didn't feel hungry at all, and even felt quite full.
After a moment's thought, I quickly understood.
"It must be because I ate a Moonlight Bread in the game. One of these breads is enough to feed you for a whole day."
"Looks like I won't need to eat anything from now on; I can just eat bread in the game."
"That's great, it even saved me money on food."
Shen Xing thought to himself with a smile and closed the food delivery app.
At this moment, several messages popped up on the green bubble.
Cilantro Lover: "@Spark, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"
"Shen Xing, you're currently ranked 95th on the leaderboard, right!?"
Shen Xing thought for a moment and replied, "It's me."
After receiving an affirmative reply, Aiwan Cilantro sent out a series of excited emojis.
"Hahaha, I knew it was you! You're truly my brother, you're awesome!"
Shen Xing calmly replied, "Just the top 100, what's there to get excited about?"
"What are you talking about? That's the top 100! China only has less than ten people in the top 100 right now, and you're one of them! Tell me, how excited am I?!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Xing's eyes. There were fewer than ten people from China who made it into the top 100?
He really didn't know that, since he hadn't looked through the entire ranking list from beginning to end.
It seems there are quite a few experts from different countries.
His ability to enter the top 100 is truly remarkable.
Shen Xing was not arrogant and calmly said, "It's only the first day. There are still 6 days left on the leaderboard. I estimate that I will be squeezed out soon."
"Indeed," Qin Lang agreed. "There are just too many experts this time. Jia Yi and I haven't even made it into the top 1,000 yet."
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At this point, I replied with a string of "eating" sounds: "To correct you, I'm now in the top 1,000, currently ranked 947th."
Cilantro Lover: "————"
"How did you two dogs manage to climb the rankings so fast?!"
Shen Xing was also somewhat surprised to hear that Xu Jiayi had made it into the top 1,000.
After all, the competition on this ranking list is more intense than imagined; even making it into the top 1,000 is not something that ordinary geniuses can achieve.
He thought about it in his mind.
Since entering the game, Xu Jiayi's behavior has been very abnormal, even somewhat freakish.
Her training progress was only one level lower than his.
While Shen Xing was training elite two-star troops, she had already trained elite one-star troops.
Later, in the Misty Sky Realm, she even pulled out two or three elite three-star items.
This is truly unbelievable.
It's worth noting that even a player like Qin Lang, who spends money on in-game purchases and gets a lot of rewards by following Shen Xing, can only hover around the top 5,000.
Or rather, Qin Lang's performance is the normal level.
"Xu Jiayi may also have her own secrets, or some kind of special ability."
Shen Xing pondered for a moment, but did not intend to delve deeper.
"You two can't leave me behind! I'm already ranked 2300th, and I'll definitely be in the top 1000 before the leaderboard ends!" the player who loves playing with cilantro continued in the group chat.
I ate and ate in surprise, saying, "2300th? That's pretty good, keep it up!"
Shen Xing was also somewhat surprised and asked, "How did you rush so fast?"
He had previously thought that Qin Lang would at most make it into the top 5,000, but he didn't expect him to make it into the top 3,000 so quickly.
"Hahaha!" Qin Lang sent a string of smug emojis and explained, "This is all thanks to the [Proof of the Sacrificial Knight] that Shen Xing gave me."
"Let me tell you, the Sacrifice Knight class is absolutely awesome!"
"With one [Hymn of Sacrifice], the attack power of the entire legion will increase dramatically, and [Glorious Dedication] can greatly enhance their defense."
"With this profession, I led my troops to be unstoppable, and our points skyrocketed!"
Qin Lang spoke at length, praising this new profession highly.
Then, he added with some emotion, "The knight class in this game is a bit different from other games; each spell requires sacrificing a large amount of life force."
"After a major battle, it felt like I'd been pulling all-nighters; I was completely exhausted."
Shen Xing keenly caught the word "sacrifice" and was startled.
He frowned and asked tentatively, "Are you sure—it's about sacrificing a life?"