Flames surged from the ground, instantly engulfing thousands of wolf riders around Black Ant. Damage values of over nine hundred thousand continuously appeared above their heads.
As the 4-second duration ended, a deluge of system notifications exploded.
"System notification: Congratulations to player for killing the demon race's titled 'Wolf Killer - Wolf Demon', gaining 518600 experience points, 27632 gold coins. Congratulations to player for defeating a monster above their level, 'Gold Touch' CD reduced by 8s."
"System notification: Congratulations to player for killing the demon race's titled 'War Wolf - Wolf Demon', gaining 511600 experience points, 17646 gold coins. Congratulations to player for defeating a monster above their level, 'Gold Touch' CD reduced by 8s." Great Wind Novel Network
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An 8-second CD reduction? This was achieved by defeating a monster 40 levels higher? This meant all these troops were level 61 or above! Ye Yun was stunned, then ecstatic. Although the gold obtained from them was little, it was understandable. After all, they were an army, and soldiers wouldn't hoard much. Having over ten thousand gold was already quite good.
It was like their Dragon Palace. Even official members rarely carried more than two hundred thousand gold! Most would use it to purchase attribute points once they reached over a hundred thousand.
In just 4 seconds, Ye Yun had killed a total of 600 wolf riders, with dozens more being added every second. Yet, even so, the wolf riders, like mindless puppets, continued to charge towards Black Ant.
However, Ye Yun ignored them. He looked at the cleared CD of his divine skill, trembling.
"System notification: You used the skill 'Gold Touch' to upgrade your talent to Max 3..."
"System notification: Congratulations to player **** for upgrading their talent to Max 3! Reward of 40000 attribute points. Due to the protection mechanism, the server-wide announcement has been canceled."
"System notification: Congratulations to player **** for being the first to upgrade their talent to Max 2! Reward of 200000 attribute points. Due to the protection mechanism, the server-wide announcement has been canceled."
"System notification: Congratulations to player for suppressing the eighth dimension's universal talent, rewarding player with attribute points: 400000 points, Combat Power Manifestation Card *1, Skill Manifestation Card *1. Title 'Human King' has been strengthened! Due to the protection mechanism, the server-wide announcement has been canceled."
Human King – the title of humanity's sovereign! Possessing innate leadership! Holders of this title gain a permanent +5% attack, permanent +30% HP, and mana regeneration rate: 15/s. Skill: King's Avatar.
Talent finally upgraded! Cannot be arrogant. I'm in combat, cannot get distracted!
Ye Yun, seeing Black Ant's health drop below 30%, shivered and quickly extracted his treasure containing billions of experience points. Instantly, Ye Yun's level rose to 22.
"System notification: Player level upgraded to 22, gaining 3072000 free attribute points."
This...
Ye Yun looked at the fully healed Black Ant and felt no pressure whatsoever.
With 3,712,000 attribute points in hand, I'd like to ask, who else?
Ye Yun looked at the newly acquired free attribute points and instantly became spirited. You guys ganged up on me, an outsider, huh? Then I'll show you something fierce!
Ye Yun sat inside Black Ant's cave and poured all his attribute points directly into HP! Then, he looked at his and Black Ant's stats and smiled.
Character: Jieming
Level: 22
Class: Priest
Life Beast: Black Ant (Physical)
HP: 77694084 (Includes 30% Human King title bonus)
Mana: 100240 (10/s regeneration)
Magic Attack: 99787591
Physical Defense: 204804 (+15)
Magic Defense: 254438
Talent: Max 3
Free Attribute Points: 0
Combat Power Manifestation: 10%
Wealth: 44817 billion
Talent Skill: Gold Touch – Transforming clouds and rain is nothing compared to a stroke of Gold Touch. It can strengthen anything you wish to strengthen. CD -1945.6h. (Note: CD value doubles, can be reduced by killing monsters at least 10 levels lower than oneself each time it is used.)
Skills: Healing Aura, Song of Life, Blessing, Invincibility, Arc Lightning (Manifested), Demonic Flame Earth Fire, Moonlit Mist, King's Avatar
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Life Beast: Black Ant (Physical)
HP: 116,540,000
Attack: 79830073
Physical Defense: 163843
Magic Defense: 203550
Skills: Reflect (Passive), Bloodlust (Passive).
The original 2048-hour CD of 'Gold Touch' was reduced by over a hundred hours with the 5% bonus from two green cooling equipment! However, even so, this CD would normally take nearly 82 days!
Adding HP wasn't a whim for Ye Yun; it was calculated. Because Ye Yun's HP benefited from the Human King attribute, and his own class skills all healed HP by percentage.
Adding defense would then be divided into physical and magic defense. So, in terms of survivability, adding HP was the most cost-effective, not to mention having this little fellow, Black Ant!
However...
Ye Yun looked at the map filled with red dots and a satisfied smile spread across his face.
"Huh? Wasn't it almost defeated? Why did its HP suddenly recover to full? Did it level up?"
"Damn it, what's going on! Why did that human's ant suddenly get so big?"
The demons watching from various locations exploded as they looked at the Black Ant, which had been under constant attack.
"Can't you focus on its HP bar?" a burly dog-headed man scorned.
"Hiss... One hundred and ten million HP? No, why is it increasing again? Over one hundred and twenty-two million now? How the hell did its HP suddenly go over a hundred million?"
"This is too terrifying, I want to go back to the tribe." A novice wolf demon, looking at the Black Ant, which was as large as a house, swallowed hard and said.
They were just a bunch of scattered players. For a creature like Black Ant, even if they stood there and attacked it, they wouldn't be able to damage it much.
"Bai Ge! What's going on? Why such a drastic change?" The commander of the Imperial Guard, who was patrolling in the air, descended and stood before Bai Ge. Their pilots were also providing assistance from the air from time to time, but their main role was vigilance.
"Greetings, General Luo Tian! I'm not sure of the specifics. Did that guy just pay to win after leveling up?" Bai Ge could only think of this possibility.
"The HP has changed, and the damage from that skill has doubled, meaning his output and HP have both doubled! Paid to win? How much gold would that take?" Luo Tian looked at Bai Ge with a grim expression.
The situation was becoming extremely thorny. If the entire Wolf City army couldn't take down this human, then Wolf City, and even the wolf race, would become a joke in the entire Shan Hai Realm. If this reached the Domain Lord, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Immediately organize the city's citizens to attack that ant. The Imperial Guard will cooperate with your City Defense Army. You must force that human out! I'm going to see the City Lord now!" Luo Tian said, frowning at the unmoving Black Ant.
He had also tried attacking Black Ant earlier and found that he could deal over seven hundred thousand damage to it, but in return, he also suffered over seventy thousand reflected damage.
Upon hearing Luo Tian's command, Bai Ge quickly made arrangements. However, he knew himself that the effect would be minimal. Just like the current City Defense Army, the auxiliary healing couldn't keep up with the players' reflected damage, significantly reducing the density of ranged attacks. Attacks that could have been two thousand rounds now numbered less than eight hundred!
If they were forced to continue outputting, the result would be that the ranged attackers would be reflected to death one by one, then respawn and, like ordinary soldiers, get up only to fall again.
"Awesome!" Ye Yun stood up inside the cave.
His strength had increased, and Black Ant's size had grown accordingly. The cave, which he previously had to stoop to enter, was now over two square meters, and its height was about 1.89 meters. Ye Yun, at 1.78 meters tall, could barely stand upright.
"I didn't expect this little subordinate to be somewhat useful, at least in tanking damage! It's not an exaggeration to call it a living tank, though its intelligence is a bit lacking." Black Ant's status in Ye Yun's heart had soared.