3. Enhancement: 21-fold damage increase!
“Ding! Would you like to adjust your appearance?”
“Adjust, reduce by 40%,” Su Yu quickly responded.
In his previous life, he had entered the game without modifying his looks, which led to enormous trouble. Because his appearance was too attractive, countless women swarmed around him, and every time he logged in, he would receive more than ten flirtatious private messages daily, leaving him utterly exhausted.
“This time, I can’t be so reckless. Women only slow down my spellcasting,” Su Yu thought.
“Entering the game now, countdown 3, 2, 1, 0.”
As the countdown ended, Su Yu was teleported into the game.
...
Newbie Village No. 006, Nolan Village.
Nolan Village was a lively little settlement.
In the central square, countless white lights flashed as a large number of players were born here.
The newly spawned players were filled with curiosity about this unfamiliar world.
Looking at the houses and shadows of trees around them, indistinguishable from the real world, they ran, jumped, and loudly discussed:
“This game feels so real!”
“Yeah! It’s like another world entirely!”
“It’s incredible! I was so skeptical about the claim of 100% realism, but it’s actually true?”
“What kind of black technology is this from?”
“Amazing! This 30,000 yuan was well spent; I must bring my friends to play!”
Listening to the enthusiastic chatter of the new players, a faint smile appeared on Su Yu’s lips.
“Youngness is truly wonderful!”
The first time he entered the game world in his previous life, he too had been amazed by the game’s outstanding quality.
But now, having grown accustomed to this world, it no longer impressed him.
Su Yu left the bustling crowd and went to a corner of the square, where he opened his character status panel.
Character: [Nemesis]
Level: Lv.1
Class: Mage
Bloodline: [Stellar Bloodline (Legendary)]
Attributes:
Strength: 5, Agility: 5, Intelligence: 8, Constitution: 4, Luck: 10
Spell Power: 9
Health Points: 80
Mana Points: 100
Defense: 6
Spell Crit Rate: 0
Movement Speed: 1.2
Experience: 0/1000
Wealth: 7,378,888,890 Spirit Coins
Equipment: [Novice Staff Lv.1 (Common)] Spell Power +1
[Novice Robe Lv.1 (Common)] Defense +1
Skills: [Magic Missile (Common)], [Star Pointing Hand (Legendary)]
[Magic Missile (Common)]: Fires a magic missile that deals damage equal to 100% of spell power to the target. Casting time: 1.5 seconds, mana cost: 5 points.
[Star Pointing Hand (Legendary)]: Consumes experience points or spirit coins to upgrade an item or skill to a higher quality.
The quality tiers for equipment, skills, and bloodlines are the same: Common (white), Excellent (green), Rare (blue), Epic (purple), Legendary (orange).
His skill [Star Pointing Hand] could upgrade the quality of items and skills.
Su Yu gave it a try.
“Ding, spend 10 spirit coins to enhance [Novice Staff (Common)]?”
“Confirm!”
“Ding, [Novice Staff (Common)] quality upgraded to [Novice Staff (Excellent)]. Spell Power +4, additional attribute: Spell Penetration +3.”
“Ding, spend 100 spirit coins to enhance [Novice Staff (Excellent)]?”
“Confirm!”
“Ding, [Novice Staff (Excellent)] quality upgraded to [Novice Staff (Rare)]. Spell Power +5, additional attribute: Intelligence +3.”
Unfortunately, when Su Yu tried to enhance it again, the system prompted, “Further enhancement requires level 10.”
He had to stop.
However, the stats of the [Novice Staff] were now:
[Novice Staff (Rare)]
Spell Power +10
Spell Penetration +3
Intelligence +3
“These stats are incredible! After enhancement, it almost matches a level 10 green-quality staff!” Su Yu exclaimed.
Not wanting to stop halfway, he also enhanced his [Novice Robe] to blue rare quality.
...
[Novice Robe Lv.1 (Rare)]
Defense +10
Physical Resistance +3
Mana Regeneration Speed +3
“This means I can wear level 10 gear at level 1—truly worthy of the [Legendary Bloodline]!”
Su Yu couldn’t help but recall his previous life, when he had only an ordinary-quality [Human Mechanic Bloodline] (repair cost -10%), which was incomparable to this.
Besides equipment, skills could also be enhanced.
“Ding, spend 100 spirit coins to enhance [Magic Missile (Common)]?”
“Confirm!”
“Ding, [Magic Missile (Common)] quality upgraded to [Magic Missile (Excellent)]. Spell damage increased by 100%, casting time reduced by 0.5 seconds, mana cost increased by 5.”
“Ding, spend 1000 spirit coins...”
After completion, [Magic Missile] was upgraded to [Magic Missile (Rare)].
[Magic Missile (Rare)]: Fires a magic missile that deals damage equal to 300% of spell power to the target. Casting time: 0.5 seconds, mana cost: 15 points.
Compared to the original skill, [Magic Missile (Rare)]’s damage tripled from 100% to 300%, and casting time dropped from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds!
The only downside was that its mana consumption also tripled.
But the flaw was negligible.
Su Yu was very pleased: “Now I finally understand why those perverted high-damage players in my past life were so powerful! The signature skill [Snipe] of a level 20 archer only has 300% base damage!”
“Wait! If [Magic Missile] can be enhanced, can [Star Pointing Hand] itself be enhanced too?”
Su Yu hurriedly tried.
But he soon received a game prompt: “Ding! Enhancing legendary-quality skills requires level 30.”
He had no choice but to give up.
Nevertheless, after this round of enhancement, Su Yu’s spell power rose from 9 to 21.
With [Magic Missile] damage tripled and casting speed tripled, his damage per second was at least 21 times that of other newbie mages!
“The hidden quest can wait. I want to test my monster-killing efficiency in the wild monster zone first!” Su Yu was eager to try.
Before hunting monsters, there was one necessary task: purchasing enough mana potions.
His mana was only 100 points, and each [Magic Missile] consumed 15 mana. Casting six or seven spells would deplete his mana, which was unacceptable.
Thinking this through, Su Yu quickly headed toward the mage’s hut in the newbie village, where ample potions were sold.