Chapter 23: New Skill: Death Siphon Feedback!
Half a minute passed before the system prompt Su Mubai had been waiting for finally sounded again.
[Congratulations on becoming the first solo player in the Blue Star Zone to clear a disaster-level dungeon. Rewards: one S-rank skill book and one epic equipment piece for your class.]
[Notice: Blue Star Zone announcement incoming.]
!!!
Su Mubai was stunned!
The generosity of the reward far exceeded his expectations.
But on second thought, such a reward was well-deserved.
If it weren’t for securing multiple first kills and assembling the lifespan of the “Cataclysm” skill, even he wouldn’t have been able to defeat Reggie, who had transformed into the Skeleton King.
As the very first player in the entire Blue Star Zone to solo-clear such a disaster-level dungeon, he absolutely deserved this reward!
Excited, Su Mubai opened his inventory to examine the rewards he had just received.
[Death Drain Feedback]: (S) Level 1 (0/5), Active Skill.
Skill Effects:
1. Drain: Absorb death energy from corpses and store it. Each drain targets up to 5 units, with a 30-second cooldown, no mana cost, and a maximum casting range of 50 meters.
Death Energy: 0/80 (Level × 10)
2. Feedback: Instantly restore the user's health or mana, or enhance a summoned creature. Cooldown 30 seconds, consuming 1-80 death energy points.
1 death energy point restores 100 health or 100 mana points.
2 death energy points enhance the target’s main attribute by 1%, lasting 60 seconds.
Learning requirement: Death Dominator.
Su Mubai recalled the potion stats posted in the chat channel.
Currently, the most one can buy in the newbie village restores only 500 mana points and has a 60-second cooldown.
This was utterly insufficient for him.
Now, with this skill, Su Mubai no longer needed to worry about mana consumption.
Moreover, it could also be used to boost the main attributes of his summoned creatures.
This was definitely a divine skill!
Without hesitation, Su Mubai selected the skill book and activated the “Cataclysm” talent.
[Prompt: Please choose the promotion tier: Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3.]
“Level 1.”
For an S-rank skill, given Su Mubai’s current resources and lifespan, he could only afford the free upgrade.
[Prompt: Confirm promotion of skill book “Death Drain Feedback” to Level 1 without cost?]
[Confirm]
[Cancel]
“Confirm.”
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[You have obtained the SS-rank skill book “Death Drain Feedback.”]
After promotion, the skill name remained unchanged, but its power increased twofold.
No, it was more accurate to say fourfold!
Because the maximum death energy capacity doubled to Level × 20, and both feedback effects also doubled in potency.
With a thought, the skill book in Su Mubai’s hand transformed into a golden light and flew into his forehead.
[You have learned the new skill “Death Drain Feedback.”]
Upon mastering the skill, Su Mubai immediately looked at Reggie’s corpse and focused his mind.
[Prompt: You have successfully drained 320 death energy points from the corpse of the Dark Gold-tier boss “Skeleton King — Reggie.”]
[Prompt: Your stored death energy has reached its maximum. Consume some to continue draining.]
After the death energy was absorbed, Reggie’s corpse visibly lost its luster, turning pale and brittle.
Cracks appeared on the bones, as if they would shatter at the slightest touch.
“So much?”
Su Mubai was surprised. He had originally thought a Level 10 Dark Gold boss would yield about 100 death energy points at best.
Unexpectedly, it was fully maxed out!
“Maybe it’s because this guy was originally an undead creature, so his death energy is denser?”
Su Mubai stroked his chin, silently speculating.
After mastering the skill, his “Cataclysm” class trait triggered instantly, doubling the death energy cap once again to 320 points!
While the feedback description remained unchanged, its effect after use also doubled.
In other words, he could now spend one death energy point to restore 400 mana points,
or enhance a summoned creature’s main attribute by 2%.
If he consumed all 320 points at once, he could boost a skeleton warrior’s strength by 640% for 60 seconds!
The combination of SS-rank skills and the Cataclysm trait was terrifyingly powerful.
Su Mubai had gradually grown accustomed to his own increasing overpowered nature.
He smiled slightly and then turned his gaze to the other reward.
“This should be the first epic equipment in the Blue Star Zone, right?”
Looking at the robe quietly resting in his inventory, Su Mubai’s eyes lit up.
The robe’s dominant color was black, as deep as the endless night.
It was adorned with faint gray runes.
These runes emitted a dim glow, interconnecting to form some kind of mysterious magic circle.
It gave off an aura both enigmatic and powerful.
[Whisper of the Dead Robe]
Upper Body Cloth Armor
Level: 10-60 (scales with player level, increasing every 5 levels, maxing at 60)
Epic Item
Unidentified
“Too bad it still needs to be identified.”
Su Mubai sighed and withdrew his gaze.
Epic gear identification fees were never cheap.
But thinking of the wealthy magnate waiting to buy his items, he no longer felt reluctant.
“Better to upgrade with ‘Cataclysm’ after identification to avoid raising the identification cost. That would be a real loss.”
After storing away the five Level 1 gems and twenty basic soul stones from the reward, Su Mubai closed his inventory and approached Reggie’s corpse.
He didn’t delegate the task to his skeletons, wanting to see it for himself.
The first Dark Gold-tier boss in the Blue Star Zone, plus the first solo clear of a disaster-level dungeon—what kind of treasures could it yield?
...
At Su Mubai’s moment of great fortune, the Blue Star Zone players experienced their first-ever zone-wide announcement.
[Blue Star Zone Announcement: Congratulations to Shendlong Empire player “White Night” for becoming the first solo player in the Blue Star Zone to clear a disaster-level dungeon. This announcement is made to encourage all players to learn from him and earn generous rewards!] ×10
The announcement was broadcast ten times in full.
After a brief silence, the entire Blue Star Zone exploded with chatter.
“Fuck! Our newbie village hasn’t even gotten the first clear on a normal dungeon. How could he have cleared a disaster-level one?!”
“Disaster-level? Isn’t the highest difficulty in the Misty Land Hell-level? Did he find some low-level hidden dungeon?”
“That’s definitely it, otherwise how could a Chinese player surpass us White Eagles?”
“Cheating! This White Night is definitely cheating!”
...
Those were the discussions from the White Eagle players, whose empire was called the Sanctuary Empire after entering the Multiverse.
This world was called the Forbidden Divine Land, meaning a place prohibited by the gods.
The Multiverse game wasn’t just for Blue Star players.
According to the information appearing in all players’ minds,
all races across the universe were pulled into this game simultaneously.
Among them, humans were clearly at a disadvantage compared to some mighty races, which was why they were placed in the Forbidden Divine Land.
Only when their strength reached a certain level could they leave the Forbidden Divine Land and participate in the true Multiverse game.
The Forbidden Divine Land was surrounded on all sides by sea, with a vast continent at its center, inhabited by players from various nations, each belonging to different countries.
The two most powerful factions on this continent were the Shendlong Empire and the Sanctuary Empire.