The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 54: Acquiring a Divine Skill!

[Neural Connection in Progress]

[Connection Successful]

[Welcome Player 985211, Su Buxian, to the game]

Su Qi's vision gradually brightened.

The entire login space seemed a bit different, the most significant change being the return of that familiar voice.

He looked toward the sealed windows and doors.

Although he couldn't see outside,

he could hear a group of abnormal noises whispering and screeching behind the door, as if they wanted to get in... to tear Su Qi into pieces.

"Still using the same background music for version 2.0... isn't that a bit slapdash?"

But as before, it came quickly and disappeared just as fast.

Su Qi hadn't had the chance to check out the updated content

when someone from his friends list sent a message.

"Brother Su! You're finally online!" Yeshou seemed to have been online waiting for him, "Duo queue? Team instances now have lifted the newbie restrictions, increased Experience and Game Coin gains, and the MVP of each match gets an extra 30%."

"And…" Yeshou added, "there seems to be new content."

"You know so much?"

"Uh... saw it on the forum."

"Don't rush, I'm still looking at the updated content."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Su Qi closed the chat and reviewed the new content.

First, the club system was updated; it was only online for a short while, but astonishingly required Level 15 and 100,000 Game Coins to establish.

Although the number of clubs that made it onto the list wasn't large, each one was probably not that simple.

"A solo player can't hope to reach Level 15 and have 100,000 Game Coins in such a short time," he thought.

Su Qi skimmed over the club content, then turned his attention to the daily store.

[Daily Store is now open]

[Attention: Daily Store refreshes at 00:00, each refresh only offers three items]

[Attention: Once purchased, items are non-refundable, any issues please contact the seller directly]

[Attention: Players can consign their own items to the store system, a processing fee will be charged based on the item's value]

After reviewing these notices,

the Daily Store successfully opened, refreshing and presenting three items.

[Peach Blossom Peanut Milk: Quickly restores 300 Physical Strength points in instances, priced at 1,000 Game Coins — from an anonymous player]

Not a bad potion, just a tad expensive, but Su Qi elected to purchase it anyway — the importance of Physical Strength in the game goes without saying.

He shifted his gaze downward.

[Pretty Crystal: A specialty from home, shines continuously (only supports item exchange) — from a seller in a certain instance]

Su Qi raised an eyebrow, "So there are sellers from the instance world in this store?"

Interesting, but this item seemed to have no use.

His eyes moved to the last item, and they slightly shook.

[Let's Die Together! (Skill): Player expends all Physical Strength to perform a Self-Destruction (power is based on the consumed Physical Strength, and the player will also suffer explosion damage) priced at 7,500 Game Coins — From player number 2383790]

"A Self-Destruction Skill?"

The moment Su Qi saw this skill, he immediately purchased it.

"To think it's only 7,500 Game Coins."

He was surprised it was so cheap, but he could understand why.

"It looks like it's mainly because of the punishment mechanism; each use is suicidal, not only losing Experience and Game Coins, but also deeming the entire instance a failure – totally useless. However..."

Su Qi's tone shifted, his eyes gleaming, "...in my hands, it becomes a Divine Skill."

He possessed a Srilan Badge, which could negate an attack that would cause direct damage to his Vitality once in every instance.

This was like having a super bomb on hand.

And... the most critical point, its power could grow with added Physical Strength!

This attribute was the reason it could be called a Divine Skill.

"Dear player, let me say thank you."

Su Qi slotted it into the third slot on his Skill Bar, the one he had gained upon reaching Level 10... Now, at last, it had been filled.

He then proceeded to draw loot.

The loot pool had been updated, too.

[Additional Game Coins, Experience, Special Items, and more were added]

However, this time there was nothing of interest... Just an Ordinary Small Knife that added 5 points to Strength.

"It seems the skill I just drew has used up all my luck," he mused.

Su Qi promptly put it up for sale in the Daily Store for 100 Game Coins, leaving it to fate to find the right buyer.

Then.

Su Qi allocated 23 attribute points, assigning 13 to Vitality and the rest split between Strength and Movement Technique.

[Vitality: 530]

[Strength: 25]

[Movement Technique: 25]

[Physical Strength: 53]

[Spiritual Power: 229]

"Spiritual Power... It's growing like I've got a cheat," Su Qi could only thank Brother Evil God with gratitude. The significance of this attribute was becoming evident; all interactions with Pollution Sources were impossible without it.

Su Qi opened his friends list to find that Night Watcher was still online, waiting, and he had just connected to voice chat.

Only to find that Old Tomato had just come online, too.

Night Watcher immediately pulled him into the voice channel, "Trio queue?"

"No... I can't queue with you guys right now," Old Tomato said somberly, refusing the offer.

"What's up with that?" Night Watcher was taken aback.

"It's because... his Level has dropped," Su Qi noticed that Old Tomato's Level had changed to 6, "What happened?"

Old Tomato was silent for a moment, then began slowly, "Actually, I played all night yesterday, and by dawn I'd reached Level 11, then in the morning, I entered a team instance..."

"Did you fail to clear it?"

"No." Old Tomato's voice wavered slightly with anger, "I was ambushed by other players... They were hiding among us the whole time, and just when we were about to complete the main quest, they struck."

"They didn't care about the mission... They chased us down and attacked us."

Old Tomato's voice revealed his frustration as he seemed to recall the incident.

"They had a strange pattern tattooed on them! It emitted a mental shock! We couldn't resist at all!"

"Once they revealed their true intentions... they ruthlessly slaughtered everyone in the instance..." even a high-level player like Old Tomato had red in his eyes.

He had clearly been shaken.

"..." Night Watcher fell silent, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Su Qi pondered before asking, "Is it this kind of pattern?"

He described it.

Old Tomato was shocked, "Yes, that's it, how did you know?"

"When we were in Srilan, those murderous outsiders had the same tattoo," Night Watcher spoke with more severity and seriousness in his tone.

"... I logged in just to warn you guys, be careful if you come across this group of people," Old Tomato said through clenched teeth.

Su Qi didn't argue, sensing the great impact on Old Tomato, "Understood, you rest up. We'll be careful."

Old Tomato logged off.

Night Watcher didn't rush to start the game, but instead spoke seriously, "Brother Su, please take what Brother Tomato just said seriously. After reaching Level 10, there's a chance of encountering..." he hesitated, not naming them, but pausing to add, "these evildoers..."

"Be very cautious! If something isn't right, exit the instance sooner rather than later... If you're killed by that group, your Experience can be significantly plundered, which is what happened to Brother Tomato. Otherwise, if it was just the normal death penalty, he might not have dropped in Level," Night Watcher explained, "Of course, if you manage to kill them, you can plunder them as well and even receive system rewards."

"But in the early stages, no one has the Spiritual Attribute or Spiritual Equipment, so it's impossible to fight against their methods."

Night Watcher suddenly realized he had been talking for a while and Su Qi had not responded, "Brother Su, did you hear all that?"

"Uh-huh..."

Hearing Su Qi's brief answer, Night Watcher couldn't help but press on, "Brother Su, I'm not joking here!"

"Don't worry, I'm on it."

Su Qi's tone remained even as he looked at his Spiritual Power attribute.

"Do I look like someone who does whatever he wants and ignores the team?"

"Kind of..."

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