The snowflakes, still falling from the Frost Dragon, continued to descend, while Chen Luo sat cross-legged on the ground, continuing his cheat-like journey.
As the Meditation Technique's level increased, the proficiency required for further advancement became terrifyingly immense.
For an ordinary person to raise the Meditation Technique to C-rank, ten thousand uses of the Meditation Technique would be required, with each use still having a cooldown of a full twenty minutes.
Even if one meditated non-stop for twenty-four hours a day, under the restriction of the cooldown, a normal mage could only meditate seventy-two times.
And this was under the ideal condition of not eating, drinking, or sleeping, with all time dedicated to meditation.
In the real world, if one wanted to complete ten thousand meditations, under the limitation of the cooldown, it might take a conventional mage several years.
However, Chen Luo was no ordinary person.
"Meditation pattern outlined in one second! Meditation Technique activated successfully!"
"Cancel Meditation Technique! Unlimited Firepower talent activated! Cooldown eliminated! Continue meditating!"
Chen Luo only needed one minute to complete sixty uses of the Meditation Technique!
Furthermore, due to the effect of the "Beginner" title, he only needed to complete one thousand skill uses to raise the skill to C-rank!
In the following seventeen minutes, Chen Luo's mind frantically outlined complex seventy-two-faced meditation patterns. After hundreds and thousands of meditations!
The reward was a further increase in strength!
[Proficiency threshold met, congratulations on your skill "Meditation Technique" advancing from D-rank to C-rank]
[Meditation Technique (C-rank) (0/10000)]
Active Effect: Enter a meditative state, recovering 8 mana points every 5 seconds. Cooldown fifteen minutes, maximum duration is Spirit x30 seconds.
Passive Effect: Spirit +30
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An advancement that took ordinary people years was completed by Chen Luo in just over ten minutes.
The moment the advancement was completed, Chen Luo's mind felt an incomparable heat and coolness.
His Spirit attribute suddenly increased by another fifteen points, reaching a total of 45 points.
The memories in his mind became incredibly clear; Chen Luo could now recall every single cosplayer with thigh-high socks he had seen at the exhibition.
Whether it was the fullness of white stockings digging into flesh, or the alluring slight damage on black stockings, Chen洛 remembered it all at this moment!
Suddenly, Chen Luo's nose felt a slight warmth, and two streaks of blood flowed out.
Chen Luo opened his eyes and wiped the blood from his nose with a helpless sigh. This was not due to nosebleeds from lewd thoughts, of course.
It was the burden on his body from his highly active brain.
[Warning! Spirit attribute cannot exceed Constitution attribute by more than ten times! Otherwise, you will receive the negative status "Wisdom leads to harm"]
Chen Luo nodded silently. Players were merely digitized, but their bodies were still real flesh and blood.
From this perspective, Spirit attribute was linked to the brain; the higher the Spirit attribute, the greater the burden on the body.
Only by increasing Constitution could one better support a more powerful Spirit. His current Constitution of 6 points was already struggling to support a Spirit attribute of 45 points.
However, Chen Luo was not in a hurry to continue leveling up, as the C-rank Meditation pattern was already a terrifyingly complex eight hundred and eighty-eight-faced polyhedron.
Even with Chen Luo's current Spirit, it would take five seconds to outline it.
To advance to B-rank, a total of ten thousand uses of the Meditation Technique would be required, meaning an expenditure of fifty thousand seconds.
With this thought, Chen Luo stood up and looked at his brand new system panel.
[Name]: Chen Luo
[Level]: 1
[Class]: Mage
[Base Attributes]: Strength 6 Agility 7 Constitution 6 Spirit 45
[Combat Attributes]:
[Health Points]: 60 (Constitution x10)
[Mana Points]: 450 (Spirit x10)
[Physical Defense]: 12 (Constitution x2)
[Magic Defense]: 90 (Spirit x2)
[Talents]:
1. Unlimited Firepower (Racial Foundation Tier)
2. One Who Gazes Upon Dragons (E-rank)
[Titles]:
1. Beginner (Special Unique)
[Skills]:
1. Fireball E-rank (0/100): Consumes 15 mana points, deals Spirit x15 damage, maximum attack range 20 meters, cooldown 25 seconds, casting time 8 seconds.
2. Meditation Technique C-rank (0/10000)
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Due to the "Beginner" title, his Fireball had already advanced to E-rank.
Chen Luo felt the relevant memories of the E-rank Fireball in his mind.
The upgraded Fireball now required more complex spell circuits to construct, but its power was also more terrifying.
As if recalling an interesting scene, Chen Luo extended his right hand towards the pack of Night Wolves waiting in the distance, their eyes filled with malice.
A terrifying energy fluctuation began to condense in his palm.
In the beginning, there was light!
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The snowflakes falling from the sky seemed to possess a strange power. On this hot summer night, they did not melt immediately upon landing but gradually accumulated.
Most people in the venue were still immersed in the chaos of the day. The monsters that had suddenly appeared on the streets were destroying everything within sight.
Countless citizens were mercilessly slaughtered by the monsters before they could even react.
Even with professions and extraordinary powers, those living in peaceful times were unable to effectively resist the sudden crisis.
And the level 0 professionals were indeed too weak against the monsters of the day.
Fortunately, the existence of the safe zone allowed most people to catch their breath.
But now, as night fell and the snowflakes brought a hint of chill to the summer night, cries began to echo among the disheveled crowd in the venue.
It shouldn't have been like this. Everything felt like a dream.
Without anyone's consent, an unknown entity had turned the entire world into a doomsday playground.
The powerlessness of their destinies being toyed with, the sudden disappearance of the government, the complete loss of communication after the nuclear explosions, and the lurking of non-human monsters outside the field placed immense pressure on everyone.
"I want to go home..."
"Sister, are we going to die..."
"I'm so hungry, I want mom..."
Sadness and confusion spread like a contagion through the crowd. But amidst this sorrowful atmosphere, exclamations suddenly erupted from some people!
"What is that thing?!"
"Holy crap! That's amazing!"
These were some professionals at the entrance who seemed to have been observing something for the past ten minutes.
Their exclamations attracted the attention of others, and people turned their gazes towards the entrance.
Immediately after, intense explosions were heard from outside the venue!