Chapter 2

[Thunder Tyrant] + [Thor's Wrath]

"Confirm Thunder Tyrant? Once confirmed, it cannot be changed." The guiding angel seemed to have reverted to its previous template, asking in a formulaic manner.

"Confirmed!" Jiang Yan said solemnly.

"Career selection successful," the guiding angel said. "Next, please draw your talents. Stop when you say 'stop'."

A screen of light appeared in front of Jiang Yan. Within the screen, countless talents flashed by at lightning speed, so fast that no words could be seen, only a dazzling array of colors!

At the same time, Jiang Yan noticed that there was also a white exclamation mark above this light screen!

Could it be… Jiang Yan’s eyes quickly focused, and an exclamation mark appeared with a line of text: The talent extraction machine favors the number six. Stopping at the sixth second, sixty-sixth second, and six hundred and sixty-sixth second will bring unexpected surprises.

Following this line of text is a timer, which has now reached 8 seconds!

"That's so cool!!"

Jiang Yan was overjoyed. He had been worried that his cheat ability could only be used once or had special limitations, but now it seemed that as long as there was hidden information, he could see it!

Calm down, calm down!

Jiang Yan looked at the timer; it had reached 46 seconds!

It's almost 66 seconds.

and many more!

Would the effect be better at 666 seconds?

It wasn't mentioned here either.

Jiang Yan was somewhat conflicted.

After all, entering the game even a second earlier can affect subsequent developments.

But when he thought about how he had wasted at least five minutes reciting "The Stormy Petrel," he calmed down.

Since we've already wasted so much time, let's just wait until 666 seconds!

Taking advantage of the time, Jiang Yan began to check his character panel:

ID: Jiang Taigong

Level: lv0 (0/20)

Class: Thunder Tyrant (Hidden Class)

Physical condition: 8

Stamina: 7

Spirit: 12

Agility: 7

Free attribute points: 0 (four free attribute points are added per level)

Life: 160 (Constitution * 20)

Magic Power: 240 (Spirit * 20)

Physical Defense: 15 (Constitution + Stamina)

Magic Defense: 19 (Spirit + Agility)

Physical Attack: 16 (Constitution * 2)

Magic Attack: 24 (Spirit * 2)

Special attributes:

Charm: Hidden

Luck: Hidden

Jiang Yan had seen the basic stats of some beta testers, and they were similar to his, considered above average.

Then he opened the career panel:

【Thunder Tyrant】: A hidden class for lightning-type mages!

Skill 1 damage +100%

Critical hit chance +30%

3 Critical Hit Damage +100%

That's really simple and straightforward: add magic damage, then add critical hit chance and critical hit damage. This is turning it into a mobile electromagnetic cannon!

Jiang Yan then opened the skill bar.

After changing his class to Thunder Tyrant, he automatically learned a skill, and then awakened a new skill every ten levels!

【雷电术】lv1(0/100):吟唱3s后施放一道雷电在目标身上,技能伤害为魔法基础伤害的150%!蓝耗:20!CD:3s!

Jiang Yan quickly calculated that his magic attack was 24, the skill damage of the lightning spell was 150%, and the damage of the class-enhanced skill was 100%, which added up to 250%, and multiplied by that, it was 60 points of damage!

If it's a critical hit...

A critical hit deals twice the base damage of a normal hit, plus a 100% damage bonus, making it three times the base damage, or 180 points of damage!

That's enough to kill someone instantly!

Jiang Yan's own health was only 160, and his magic defense was 19, which combined could only withstand 179 magic damage, just enough to withstand one of his own lightning spells!

Of course, this doesn't mean that Jiang Yan can kill people instantly now. After all, warriors, assassins and other professions have their own class attribute bonuses, but no matter how much they are bonused, they can't withstand the critical damage from his two lightning spells!

At this moment, time passed second by second, and before we knew it, we had reached 600.

Jiang Yan quickly suppressed his distracting thoughts and stared intently at the timer.

608...624...654...

Jiang Yan didn't dare blink. When the timer reached 666, he immediately shouted, "Stop!!!"

The light screen froze instantly, and a deep red light, like a blood moon, surged out from it.

The guiding angel spoke up at the opportune moment: "Congratulations to the player for drawing the SSS-level talent: Thor's Wrath."

[Thor's Wrath]: SSS-rank

1. When health drops to 1 point, mana is shared with health.

2 Lightning spells have their casting time forcibly reduced to 1 second.

3 Lightning magic mana cost and cooldown halved.

4. Lightning magic skill damage +100%

5. Critical hit chance of lightning magic increased by 50%.

6. Lightning magic critical hit damage +100%!

7. Adds Thunder Burn damage, 1 point per second, lasts 60 seconds, no cooldown (during the burn, health regeneration is halved, speed is reduced by 30%, effects do not stack).

After reviewing the seven attributes of the [Wrath of Thor] talent, Jiang Yan was overjoyed. This SSS talent, combined with his [Thunder Tyrant] class, was a match made in heaven!

First of all, as we all know, mages have extremely low health. Once a warrior or assassin gets close to them, their health bar will probably be depleted within seconds!

But now his mana and health are shared, so his mana bar will become a second health bar. Unless his mana bar is also depleted, it is impossible to kill him!

Jiang Yan's current level 0 attributes are 160 HP and 240 MP, totaling 400, which is more than double his HP!

In the later stages, as his magic power increases dramatically, his health will also rise accordingly!

I feel incredibly safe!

The second and third points reduce skill casting time to 1 second and skill cooldown time by half, meaning he can cast a lightning spell in 2.5 seconds! It's somewhat useless in the early game, but in the late game, spells that require tens of seconds, even several minutes to cast will only take Jiang Yan 1 second. That's when the true value of this talent will be realized!

There's also magic skill damage. Jiang Yan silently calculated that his magic attack was 24, the skill damage of Lightning Bolt was 150%, the hidden class amplified the skill damage by 100%, and the [Wrath of the Thunder God] talent added 100%, which added up to 350%, and multiplied by that, it was 84 points of damage (24 * 350% skill damage bonus)!

What's even more insane is that his critical hit damage has been increased fourfold! That's 336 (84 * 400% critical hit damage bonus), which would be an instant kill for anyone!

The most outrageous thing is that the critical hit rate of lightning magic from [Thor's Wrath], combined with the critical hit rate of hidden classes, has reached an absurd 80%!

If this reaches 100%, wouldn't it result in infinite critical hits?

Jiang Yan secretly resolved that he would definitely collect equipment that increases critical hit rate in the future!

"Does the player wish to enter the game?" The voice of the guiding angel interrupted Jiang Yan's daydreaming.

"Enter!" Jiang Yan immediately composed himself.

[Ding~ Welcome player Jiang Taigong to beginner village number 142857]

A flash of light, and Jiang Yan found himself in a crowded square. Instantly, countless noisy sounds flooded his ears like demonic chants.

"Holy crap, don't block this place! Get out of here!"

"As beta testers have said, the village chief in the starting village won't give newbies any quests, so hurry up and level up in the wilderness!"

"Are everything the beta testers say true? What if they're hiding something?"

"I won't be satisfied until I try!"

"Who the hell is eating a man's double-flower stick? Are they trying to die?!"

"Breaking news! The number one guild in the newbie village, 'Prosperous Dynasty,' has been established! Feel free to message us!"

"New additions to the War God's Temple: Warriors with B-rank talent or higher only!!"

"Damn! My talent is E-rank, and I gain 20 HP for every level up! Is there anyone worse off than me?"

"The Dark Empire is recruiting, mages preferred!"

"The fan club for the handsome and adorable TFBOYS has been established! We only accept cheerful, fair-skinned, and beautiful ladies!"

The shouts reached Jiang Yan's ears. He quickly looked around and saw that there were people everywhere, shoulder to shoulder, especially under an old crooked tree in the center of the square, where the village chief was located, where the crowd was even more overwhelming!

Jiang Yan was secretly surprised. He was at least ten minutes late, but he didn't expect the newbie village square to be so lively!

As he squeezed his way out, he opened his character panel, where the only items in his equipment inventory were the beginner clothes and a beginner's staff given to him by the system.

[Newbie Clothing] (Bound): Defense +1!

[Beginner's Staff] (Bound): Physical Attack +1, Magic Attack +1!

They were all basic, unequipped gear, offering negligible increases in attack and defense, but for Jiang Yan…

He quickly calculated that, with the addition of the beginner's staff's magic attack, his lightning spell damage reached 87.5 (25 * 350% damage bonus). If it were a critical hit, the damage would be 350 (87.5 * 400% critical hit damage bonus)!

It's a full 14 points more critical hit damage than the previous 336!

Jiang Yan increasingly felt that he was evolving into a mobile electromagnetic cannon.

Jiang Yan closed the panel and opened his backpack.

The backpack has fifty slots, and it only contains one red potion and one blue potion given by the system.

Red Potion: Restores 20 health points per second for 5 seconds!

Blue Potion: Restores 20 mana per second for 5 seconds!

In addition, there are one hundred copper coins given as a gift by the system.

In "Peak", one hundred copper coins equal one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins equal one gold coin!

One hundred copper coins is not a lot, but it's not a small amount either.

After shutting down his backpack, Jiang Yan had already squeezed to the outer edge. As he looked around, he suddenly noticed a white exclamation mark under the old crooked tree in the center of the square!

That is……

Newbie Village Chief?

Does he have a mission?

Jiang Yan quickly stared at it, and soon, a line of text appeared on the purple exclamation mark: "The grandson of the village chief of the novice village No. 142857, in order to prove himself, decided to get rid of the wild boar king for the village. As a result, he never returned. He killed the wild boar king, handed its tusks to the village chief, and won the village chief's friendship."

Uh... Jiang Yan was speechless after seeing the content.

Because these details were already leaked by beta testers.

As for the so-called "village chief's friendship," it simply means being able to use the teleportation array to travel to other cities for free.

Seeing that there was no more wool to be plundered, Jiang Yan turned around and left.

The newbie plaza was packed with people, and the nearby streets were also teeming with people, especially the blacksmith shop and the pharmacy. Thanks to the disclosures from beta testers, almost all players knew that these two places were where they could accept quests and learn mining and gathering skills.

Jiang Yan came here to take on a mission, but there were just too many people, and he couldn't even get into the shop!

If we were to queue up properly, it would take at least an hour!

Never mind, let's go outside and upgrade first!

Jiang Yan decisively headed out into the wilderness.