The blood-stained Sea Fury underwent a subtle transformation.
Mike didn't need to look at Vladimir to know it was his doing.
Whether it was a show of loyalty or an attempt to get closer, Mike's attitude towards Vladimir remained consistent.
As long as he was truly loyal, he would be rewarded. But if he tried any tricks, Thor had plenty of ways to punish him!
"Sea Fury gained an additional effect?"
Mike opened the skill description and found a new line.
"When dealing damage with [Sea Fury], gain a 5% life steal effect. When health overflows, 50% of the healing effect is converted into shield value, lasting 10 minutes."
It was akin to the Blood Feast Gems effect.
Blood Feast Gems not only provided life steal but also converted overflow healing into shield value, reaching up to billions.
Since Mike had previously enchanted [Force of Nature] with vampire prince blood essence, he had an 80% life steal effect. This effect could be cast a million tis, but Mike hadn't even reached 50,000 casts yet, far from exhausting it.
Looking at the Sea Fury description, Mike pondered,
"If the life steal effect from equipnt or status can be converted into shield value, that would be great!"
Unfortunately, all the monsters in the cursed land had been killed by Mike.
Oh, but there was one live target left.
"Vladimir, co here!"
Mike waved at the vampire in the distance, smiling kindly, "Co closer, I need to test a skill effect!"
Vladimir suddenly regretted it.
He had paid a huge price to help Thor enhance the skill effect, and now he had to be the test subject?!
This was truly tragic!
Vladimir swore that if he ever voluntarily helped Thor again, he would turn into a pig for three hundred years!
Just as Vladimir was slowly walking forward, Thor's voice ca again.
"10 drops of prince blood essence."
The little bat wings behind Vladimir lit up, flapping excitedly as he flew forward,
accompanied by a cheerful shout, "I'm Coming!"
...
When a soaking wet Vladimir appeared in Bandle City, Teemo and the others were not surprised.
Nothing was too strange to happen to this vampire.
The skill test went well, and Mike was very satisfied.
In his happiness, Mike even praised Vladimir a couple of tis.
Such free complints were sothing Mike was always generous with.
When casting [Sea Fury], all life steal effects generated by Sea Fury would convert 50% of the overflow healing into shield value!
In other words, with Force of Nature's 80% life steal effect and Sea Fury's 5%, totaling 85% life steal.
When Mike cast [Sea Fury] at full health, he could gain shield value equivalent to 42.5% of the damage dealt!
This value was very significant.
It compensated for the long casting ti of [Sea Fury] and added another life-saving asure for Mike.
The enhancent of [Sea Fury] was a pleasant surprise, but Mike hadn't forgotten his main goal-SSSS rating conquest.
"The curse has been lifted." Looking at the approaching chieftain, Mike said seriously, "That land will be peaceful forever."
Thor had obliterated the source of the curse with lightning, leaving nothing behind.
"Thank you, thank you so much..."
The chieftain waved his hands in the air, too excited to find the right words.
"Child of destiny, you have proven your friendship with the Yordle clan through your actions.
Can you bring out the Mushroom Hat? You deserve a new blessing."
Mike took out the Mushroom Hat and handed it to the chieftain.
The chieftain held it in his hands, climbed up the statue of Mike, and placed the Mushroom Hat on it.
A white light flashed, and the Mushroom Hat received a blessed enhancent.
Mike felt like he had just succeeded in a 18 enhancent.
The Mushroom Hat returned to Mike's hands, unchanged in appearance but greatly improved
in attributes.
Equipnt: Mushroom Hat (Lv.200)
Tier: SS
Attributes: Intelligence 3000
Spell Power: 3400
Perks:
[Mushroom Disguise]: Stand still for 5 seconds to transform into a mushroom. Reverts when
attacked.
[Mushroom Enthusiast]: Mushroom effects 200%
[Mushroom Wrath]: Nature elent spell damage 100%
[Mushroom Grace]: Nature elent healing 100%
[Mushroom Hex]: Nature elent debuff effects 100%
[Mushroom Bomb]: Killing an enemy with the Mushroom Hat creates a hidden poison mushroom at the location, dealing cumulative nature elent damage over 5 seconds (3000 5*Spell Power 2* Intelligence).
Mike hadn't learned any nature elent spells yet, so most perks weren't imdiately useful. However, the new [Mushroom Bomb] had a very powerful practical effect!
[Mushroom Bomb] could stack with [Mushroom Wrath]'s damage bonus, making a single poison mushroom quite deadly.
Additionally, [Mushroom Bomb]'s kill trigger could likely be activated by creatures like Fire
Extinguishing Ants.
This ant Mike could pre-place Fire Extinguishing Ants, use [teor Fire Rain] to stack [teor Mark], and plant a sea of poison mushrooms!
The only downside was that the Mushroom Hat, as an SS-tier equipnt, was only level 200.
It was perfect for Mike's upcoming trip to the Abyssal Plane.
But as Mike's level increased, the Mushroom Hat would eventually be outclassed.
A level 200 SS-tier equipnt couldn't compare to a level 300 SS-tier equipnt.
Given the sa quality, Mike preferred higher-level equipnt.
Yet the Mushroom Hat was so fitting for Mike that he was reluctant to part with it.
After all, who could resist the joy of standing still and pretending to be a mushroom to kill
enemies?
Mike thought to himself, "I need to find a way to get Fool to enhance this hat."
As a master smith capable of forging SSS-tier equipnt, she could certainly do it.
However, Fool had insisted on forging only one SSS-tier equipnt for Mike, with no room
for negotiation.
But Mike believed that if she stayed in the private space long enough, she would eventually
co around.
Why worry about missing out on freebies when you're sitting right at ho?
Stowing the Mushroom Hat, Mike bid farewell to the Yordle chieftain.
Teemo could stay here for now and return to Thor's private space whenever he wanted.
Having cleared the cursed land and built a new city for the Yordle clan, both tasks were
completed to perfection.
Current Exploration Rate: 100%!
After sending everyone back to the private space, Mike summoned the core crystal of truth.
"Settle!"
"Calculating conquest rating..."
The next second.
The humans in the Tower of Truth received a familiar announcent.
"Congratulations to participant Thor for conquering the eighteenth level with an SSSS
rating!"
...
"Congratulations to participant Thor for conquering the eighteenth level with an SSSS rating, granting all humans in the Tower of Truth the buff [Bloodthirsty Curse]!" "Limited-ti buff [Forest Blessing]: Nature elent items, skills, and scrolls used by
humans in the Tower of Truth have a 30% increased effect, limited to 6 hours!"
"Limited-ti buff [Height Advantage]: Humans in the Tower of Truth deal 25% extra
damage to creatures taller than themselves, limited to 6 hours!"
"Limited-ti buff [Height Dominance]: Humans in the Tower of Truth deal 150% extra damage to creatures shorter than themselves, limited to 6 hours!"
"[Bloodthirsty Curse]: Gain a 30% life steal effect when dealing damage. All nearby monsters also gain a 15% life steal effect, limited to 6 hours!"
After the global reward announcent, Mike reviewed the buffs.
[Height Dominance] could increase damage by 150%.
Though it only lasted six hours, it was enough.
Mike needed this buff to complete his class change tonight. "SSSS rating conquest of the eighteenth level, reward: [Bloodthirsty Seed] *3!"
[Bloodthirsty Seed]: SSS-tier material, can be embedded or forged into equipnt to grant a
certain degree of life steal and other special effects.
Three SSS-tier materials as a personal reward were a bit underwhelming. Mike didn't have ti to embed or forge them now, so he set them aside for later. Returning to the Core City of Truth, Mike didn't imdiately go back to the Tower of Truth.
He first sent a ssage to Foreskin, asking for a list of potions and mushrooms that could
increase size and height, and to prepare them.
They had to be free of side effects.
He didn't need anything like blood pressure dication.
After sending the ssage, Mike opened his personal attribute panel:
ID: Thor
Talent: Eye of Truth (SSS-tier)
Level: 199
Job: Stormwalker Magus (Wind, Fire, Lightning), Wrathful Sea Mage (Water)
HP: 468,400/468,400
MP: 1,036,800/1,036,800
Strength: 5,893 ( 7,350) Intelligence: 12,238 ( 2,360) Spirit: 11,679 ( 1,740)
Agility: 3,576 ( 6,871)
Constitution: 3,405 ( 6,710)
Luck: 12
Equipnt: Force of Nature ( 4), Nightmare's Breeze, Thunderclap Hamr ( 1), etc.
Skills: Sea Fury, Wind Fury, Charge Up, etc.
Status: Wrathful Sea Fighter, [Height Dominance], Immortal and Indestructible, etc.
With dual jobs, Mike's attributes had skyrocketed as he leveled up to 199. However, since Force of Nature was still a level 60 staff, its Intelligence and Spirit bonuses
were relatively low.
Additionally, the Mushroom Hat required level 200 to equip, so Mike couldn't use it yet.
The high bonuses to Strength, Agility, and Constitution mainly ca from Nightmare's
Breeze, Thunderclap Hamr, and other equipnt.
His five basic attributes had all surpassed ten thousand, significantly enhancing Mike's
overall capabilities.
After closing the attribute panel, Mike didn't waste ti while waiting for Foreskin to
prepare the supplies. He made a trip to Wolf's Den to find Maxen.
In the office, Maxen was smashing a turtle.
Mike pushed the door open, "Busy?" Putting down the flail, Maxen wiped his sweat and said helplessly, "This turtle is only one-
third mine. Apollo told to take as much as I could."
Clearly, Maxen couldn't take anything.
Mike offered so advice,
"When you smash it, shout a slogan. It gives you more energy."
Maxen was puzzled, "What slogan?"
At his level, just a step away from Ultimate Battle Lord, it was hard to find anything that could
touch him spiritually.
Relying on slogans for motivation?
Maxen didn't believe it.
Mike slowly said, "Shout 'Payday, payday!' with each swing of your flail. Just imagine you're
getting a big bonus with every hit on this turtle."
Thinking of his massive debt, Maxen felt his blood pressure spike, wanting to give Thor two
flail strikes first.
"Aren't you supposed to be rushing through levels? What are you doing at Wolf's Den?"
Maxen was wary, quickly adding, "No one's treating today!"
"Co on, don't look down on ."
Mike pointed upwards, lowering his voice, "Do a favor, pass a ssage to that person."
That person, of course, referred to the deep recluse of the Tower of Truth, Shadow Nine's
good student-Apollo.
Maxen was even more interested, "What ssage?"
Thor actively seeking Apollo was a rare event!
"I'm about to head to the nineteenth level for my third class change realm."
Mike said seriously,
"After I achieve SSSS conquest, can the global reward and announcent be delayed?"
"Huh?"
Maxen gasped, incredulous, "Can he even do that?"
"Give it a try. If it works, great. If not, no worries."
Apollo had high authority in the Tower of Truth. Partly due to his high level and high floor.
Partly due to Apollo's secret, which even Shadow Nine could only speculate about.
Mike took his third class change very seriously tonight.
The problem was, every ti Mike completed a class change, there would be a global
announcent.
Sotis it exposed so of his trump cards, which was frustrating.
For example, during his second class change, Thor's secret learning of the [Wind Elent]
was exposed. After tonight, Thor would join the team heading to the Abyssal Plane, a perilous journey. The abyssal demon race was always watching Thor's movents.
Though the demon cult was severely weakened, such global announcents couldn't be
hidden.
If the global reward could be delayed, Mike could hide more trump cards, giving the demon
creatures a big surprise!
Only Apollo could do such a thing.
Maxen left Wolf's Den with the turtle and returned a few minutes later, looking pleased,
"Apollo said he can delay it for up to 10 years. He told you to hurry back."
Mike: ...
Mike only wanted a one-month delay, but Apollo offered 10 years. He was definitely showing
off!
With his worries settled, Mike took the potions from Mystic Market and hurried off.
anwhile, deep in Wolf's Den, rhythmic shouts echoed: "Payday! Payday!" Maxen smashed with increasing vigor. Though it didn't yield results, it was filled with expectation! And expectation was all that mattered.
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