Previously, for defying the rules of the doomsday game, Chen Luo had obtained the racial heritage-level talent "Super Magus."
However, the system had also stated when describing this talent that all gifts had their price written in fate.
The subsequent Purgatory Survival Mode, exclusive to Chen Luo, was the price for this instance.
The system prompt had revealed that after the light in the safe zone disappeared, the professionals within the safe zone were not immediately doomed.
If someone could unite and successfully kill an "Elite" night wolf, they would obtain an item called "Candlelight."
Using this item would extend the lowest-level safe zone by twelve hours of safe time.
However, this rule did not apply to Chen Luo.
But through this information, Chen Luo knew one thing: the eight million night wolf pack he was facing was not entirely composed of level 5 common night wolves.
There were likely powerful beings among them, including elites and even boss-level existences!
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Therefore, even though Chen Luo had stabilized the situation with the help of the combat team, his vigilance never wavered.
As his mind raced, he understood the maximum wolf pack size that the three hundred combat team members could withstand.
After this, Chen Luo slowed down the attack speed of his fireballs and instead continued to frantically increase the proficiency of his "Meditation Technique."
Mana! Mana! Still mana! This was Chen Luo's true final weakness!
Achieving A-rank Meditation Technique required millions of proficiency points for ordinary people, an accomplishment that might take a lifetime.
And the A-rank effect lived up to its upgrade cost, providing a 100-point attribute boost, equivalent to leveling up by 20 levels out of nowhere. The mana recovery speed of 100 points per second was also terrifying!
But this was not Chen Luo's limit!
The jump from A-rank to S-rank normally required tens of millions of proficiency points! This was a terrifying number that ordinary people could hardly achieve in a lifetime.
But for Chen Luo, challenging the impossible was simply what he did!
"Novice" reduced the proficiency requirement to one-tenth, "Unlimited Firepower" removed cooldowns, "Divine Chant" made spells instantaneous, and "Super Magus" removed the limit on simultaneous casting to zero!
As long as Chen Luo's spirit could bear it, the proficiency that could be generated simultaneously was infinite!
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The meditating monks once said: "One flick of the finger is twenty moments, one moment is twenty thoughts, one thought is twenty breaths, one breath is sixty instants, one instant is nine hundred births and deaths!"
After Chen Luo's spirit underwent its first transformation, the time for a single turn of his will entered the realm of a thought.
Within a single thought, a hundred spells were completed!
The system screen displayed frantically flashing skill prompt messages, representing Chen Luo's equally frantic progress in "Meditation Technique"!
Skills approached the Dao! That's why skills in the system required proficiency to continuously improve.
The increase in skill level was the indelible mark imprinted on the void, reality, and the body of the professional after thousands, trillions of times of practice and use!
The powerful mental attributes at this moment split Chen Luo's consciousness into two parts.
One part of his consciousness focused on and calculated the movements of the entire battlefield, paying attention to the overwhelming tide of night wolves, and the subordinates fighting valiantly around his body.
And after precise control, it guided each fireball to accurately hit each enemy!
The other part of his consciousness became incredibly cold. It frantically outlined the complex meditation patterns of a thousand faces, and within a single thought, a hundred meditations were completed.
[Meditation Technique (A-rank)] (237200/1000000)
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[Meditation Technique (A-rank)] (489400/1000000)
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[Meditation Technique (A-rank)] (735000/1000000)
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[Meditation Technique (A-rank)] (99000/1000000)!
The skill's progression had reached its final stage, and the situation on the battlefield had become increasingly critical!
Even with the combat team members helping to fill the gaps, the main firepower output was still solely handled by Chen Luo.
The tsunami-like waves were constantly draining Chen Luo's mana.
His thousands of mana points, far exceeding those of ordinary people, were continuously depleting over time. The shallow blue mana, which had once surged like a great lake within Chen Luo, was nearing its bottom!
But Chen Luo's eyes, hidden beneath his sunglasses, grew brighter. He felt it!
Death was drawing nearer, and the hidden enemies' suppressed hostility was within reach!
But! What Chen Luo felt even more clearly was the stirring of an impending skill transformation!
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The giant wolf, two meters tall and five meters long, was undoubtedly a behemoth compared to ordinary night wolves.
With just one charge, the terrifying wave was unhindered as it was pushed aside!
The moment the terrifying giant wolf burst out from a pile of night wolves, all the combat team members who saw it felt an uncontrollable sense of oppression flash through their hearts.
It was a suppression from life levels; this monster could not be defeated in a one-on-one fight!
But having been subjected to too many shocks tonight, they did not hesitate at this moment!
The warriors approaching the giant wolf directly raised their weapons, shielding Chen Luo behind them, and charged at the giant wolf:
"Damn it! Boss's aura is way scarier than yours! You phony trying to scare me!"
"Wait! Let's go together! This thing is too big! You can't handle it alone!"
"You guys move aside! Watch me take it down with a slide tackle!!"
The giant wolf merely waved its paw, and its powerful giant claws instantly sent these brave warriors flying.
As it turned out, a slide tackle could only lead to defeat.
But the giant wolf paid no heed to the provocation from these weak warriors.
From the moment it emerged from the wolf pack, all its attention was focused on that man.
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The wolf pack seemed to sense the presence of its superior, and their frenzied attacks intensified.
They roared and surrounded the battlefield. The warriors, who had mostly leveled up to 5 in the previous battle, desperately resisted the giant wolf's attacks.
But the warriors, lacking equipment and with rudimentary skills, were immediately locked in a fierce battle upon engagement.
The priest team in the back hall rushed to heal the warriors, but the F-rank skill with its long cooldown could not be sustained after a single use!
The situation in the arena suddenly became extremely perilous!
But everyone knew that the protagonist of the scene at this moment was not them.
Standing at the center of everyone, Chen Luo looked at the vigilant giant wolf and, with a thought, sent several beams of healing light after the warriors who had been knocked away by the giant wolf.
With that, all the attacking fireballs suddenly vanished, and Chen Luo's last bit of mana was completely depleted with the use of those healing spells.
The giant wolf, sensing the complete disappearance of mana fluctuations from Chen Luo, had its malice solidify in its eyes.
But what greeted the giant wolf were Chen Luo's cold words:
"You really made me wait!"
The next moment, Chen Luo, who had clearly exhausted all his mana, was suddenly engulfed in a terrifying torrent of spell power like an abyss!
[Skill proficiency met the requirement! Your Meditation Technique skill has been promoted from A-rank to S-rank!]
[You are the first player in the world to reach S-rank in skill level! Reward: Skill Ascension x1!]