Assassin at Range: The Sniper's Lethal Power-Chapter 86 - : Dark Gold Grade Shadow Stealth! Gold Grade Shadow Dagger!

After storing the Goblin Warrior Bloodline Factor in his bag, Tristan looked at the final piece of loot.

A crystal.

[Skill Evolution Stone: Dark Gold Grade, can evolve Gold Grade skills to Dark Gold Grade.]

In ExoGenesis, player skills are not fixed. Not only can they level up, but their grade can also be upgraded.

Leveling up skills is relatively simple, even without skill points. Players can increase proficiency by repeatedly using a skill, eventually raising its level.

However, upgrading the grade of a skill is far more difficult.

The Beast Skull is one such item.

But the problem is, it’s unique. Tristan already has it, which means no other player can get it.

There are only a few items in ExoGenesis with similar functions.

To upgrade the grade of a skill, players mainly rely on Evolution Stones of various grades.

Although Evolution Stones come in different grades, they have one thing in common: they can only evolve skills that are one grade lower.

For example, a Black Iron Grade Evolution Stone can evolve a basic skill, while a Silver Grade Evolution Stone can upgrade a Black Iron Grade skill. And so on.

This means that to upgrade a skill to a high grade, players need to prepare Evolution Stones from different stages. It’s very time-consuming and requires a lot of effort, not to mention luck.

Honestly, if it weren’t for the Beast Skull, Tristan would be worried about what to do with this Dark Gold Grade Evolution Stone.

Aside from Shadow Stealth, the only Gold Grade skill he had was Toxic Blood Plague.

But now, this was perfect.

Tristan had been contemplating whether to spend his thirty-something Evolution Points on continuing to level up Shadow Stealth, evolving a skill to Gold Grade, or evolving Rain of Corruption. Each option had a substantial benefit.

It was a hard decision.

But now, the choice was easy.

He would use the Evolution Stone to upgrade Shadow Stealth to Dark Gold Grade and then use his Evolution Points to evolve Shadow Dagger to Gold Grade.

As for Toxic Blood Plague, since it’s a general skill, it had a lower priority. Tristan decided to leave it for now.

With his current attributes, Gold Grade Toxic Blood Plague was already capable of clearing out regular mobs.

When fighting bosses, it was a nice bonus, but the true damage output still came from Shadow Dagger and Rain of Corruption.

Since Rain of Corruption was already Gold Grade and unlocking its skill feature had only a minor impact, it made more sense to focus on Shadow Dagger, which would increase its damage by unlocking more features.

Plus, Shadow Dagger had a short cooldown, allowing Tristan to deal more damage overall.

As for Shadow Strike, a basic melee skill...

He was a ranged Assassin—why would he need a close combat skill?

He’d never used it since launch, and upgrading Rend wouldn’t even enhance it. The cost-benefit ratio was too low.

Tristan calmed his mind and used the Evolution Stone directly.

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Ding! Shadow Stealth has evolved! Quality upgraded from Gold to Dark Gold Grade!

[Shadow Stealth LV5 (Dark Gold Grade): Enter Stealth state. Breaking Stealth Strike inflicts (Attack * 200% + 8000) extra damage. Costs 30 mana. Cooldown: 10 seconds.]

[Feature: In Stealth, movement speed increased by 30%.]

Invincible—absolutely invincible.

Not only does the skill offer a huge damage multiplier, but the fixed damage is already enough to stun anyone.

Even without triggering his Sniper God talent, Tristan could easily one-shot regular monsters.

The reduced cooldown meant he could land more Breaking Stealth Strikes and deal even more damage.

"I think I might be going a bit overboard..." Tristan thought to himself.

He knew that with his Sniper God talent and the generous upgrade from Deathbringer, his damage had already been doubled. Now, with Shadow Stealth upgraded, his output had increased even further.

With his current attributes, at a 50-meter range, Shadow Dagger could deal...

167,849 damage!

Hiss.

Tristan was shocked.

Earlier, at a 100-meter range, he only dealt about 140,000 damage, which was already an absurd amount—enough to make Bonecrusher doubt life itself.

Now, with the range cut in half, his damage didn’t just stay the same, it actually increased.

If anyone heard about this, they’d probably drop their jaws to the floor.

"Deathbringer’s gift is just too valuable..." Tristan mused.

He understood that the massive damage came from more than just the upgrade to Shadow Stealth. The main boost came from his Sniper God talent.

He didn’t know what Deathbringer was after, but so far, the benefits had far outweighed the drawbacks.

Tristan put aside his excitement and pulled out the Beast Skull.

Shadow Dagger, the skill that had accompanied him for years, had fought countless battles. It was finally time for it to evolve.

What? You say the game had only been live for a day?

Don’t sweat the details.

Ding! Shadow Dagger has evolved! Quality upgraded from Normal to Black Iron Grade!

Ding! Shadow Dagger has evolved! Quality upgraded from Black Iron Grade to Bronze Grade!

Ding! Shadow Dagger has evolved! Quality upgraded from Bronze Grade to Silver Grade!

Ding! Shadow Dagger has evolved! Quality upgraded from Silver Grade to Gold Grade!

Ding! Your career skill has evolved to Gold Grade! Skill feature unlocked!

[Shadow Dagger LV1 (Gold Grade): Uses shadow energy to create energy daggers, dealing (Attack * 230%) damage. Costs 20 mana. Cooldown: 6 seconds.]

[Feature: After hitting the target, the dagger will bounce, attacking up to 5 additional targets within 15 meters.]

The effect was exactly as Tristan had predicted—Shadow Dagger now had a bounce effect.

It’s worth noting that the bouncing damage doesn’t receive the Breaking Stealth Strike bonus; only the first hit does.

But even so, with Sniper God backing it up, the bounce damage was still terrifying.

Plus, with the bounce effect, if Tristan encountered several bosses at once, he could clear them much more efficiently.

The bounce could also trigger Toxic Blood Plague, making the damage even more impressive.

Another difference was that Shadow Dagger didn’t have fixed damage values.

To compensate for this, Shadow Dagger has a higher attack multiplier.

Considering that Shadow Assassin has an additional feature that boosts Breaking Stealth Strike damage, it’s clear that Shadow Stealth is the true core skill of this class.

This is why Tristan had always focused on leveling up Shadow Stealth.

On one hand, it deals high damage; on the other, it provides safety.

To be honest, without Shadow Stealth, he wouldn’t have been able to easily solo bosses.

With its invisibility and unlimited stealth, it was the key to his success.

With his remaining Evolution Points, Tristan decided to hold onto them for now.

This time, when he went back to Davi City, he would meet up with Edith and try to gather more information on other career skills.

If he found any ranged skills, he could always use his Evolution Points later.

"Still got 22 skill points left, better put some into Shadow Stealth."

It never hurts to strengthen your core skills.

Ding! Consuming 5 skill points. Shadow Stealth upgraded from LV5 to LV6!

Ding! Consuming 6 skill points. Shadow Stealth upgraded from LV6 to LV7!

Ding! Consuming 7 skill points. Shadow Stealth upgraded from LV7 to LV8!

[Shadow Stealth LV8 (Dark Gold Grade): Enter Stealth state. Breaking Stealth Strike inflicts (Attack * 200% + 12,800) extra damage. Costs 30 mana. Cooldown: 10 seconds.]

[Feature: In Stealth, movement speed increased by 30%.]

On the very first day of launch, Tristan already had Dark Gold Grade skills and had managed to level up Shadow Stealth to level 8.

Even he felt like he was going overboard.

Were there any other players left at all?

Oh, and he still had 200 free attribute points.

Tsk, tsk, it’s just too much—way too much.