"...Holy shit, are you guys that bold?"
After watching Defu’s recorded broadcast and listening to the vivid account from the child, the last to go online and just finished today’s livestream, Si Anke, was utterly dumbfounded.
He immediately felt immense regret—if only he’d known he’d brushed past an elite, he would’ve taken leave to go online and check it out no matter what!
As a result, he hadn’t expected that he alone would die in vain...
Defu gained experience, Xitan Pulan and the wandering child kept precious materials on hand. Only he was unwittingly shattered by Jude’s AOE...
Logging on to find himself down a level.
And Defu, who started at the same time as he did, had already reached the max level of 10.
"That was a silver-tier Transcendent..."
Apart from coveting the experience... he was also excited about "conquering such a powerful enemy" itself.
Based on Si Anke’s current understanding of the Transcendent realm, silver-tier Transcendents were still very rare. The chance to encounter one was even rarer.
Standing still could easily cause the surrounding earth to melt and collapse, and the most ordinary vines could turn into a dozen steel spears at will—these were just his casually executed attacks.
Even getting killed by such a level of power was nothing to be ashamed of; but if one could defeat him... the intense feeling of achievement from overcoming a difficult challenge was indescribable.
Yes, Si Anke was that type of player.
He was the kind who could beat ’Dig to Ascend’ and ’The King of Jumps’ with all DLCs...
"But more importantly than that is the new Curse Binding Defu sis got."
As they packed up and headed toward the ruins, the child said earnestly, "Because Defu sis is a Hunter-class, and the hallmark of this class is the ability to extract Curse Bindings from defeated enemies.
"And the Curse Binding she drew is the same one used by Jude in the video."
The child walked in front, still shaken, "If not for good luck, we might not have been able to take down that guy..."
[The Mediocre Fear My Name (Mitigation type): You must let your enemies know your real name. Your existence is fear itself.]
[When your enemies know your real name, their difficulties to block, parry, defend against (Spell/Divine Arts), and resist (Divine Arts) your abilities increase automatically by 30%; your attempts to instill fear, intimidate, backstab, and execute against them increase in effect and success rate by 25%]
[When your enemies don’t know your name, the damage you sustain increases by an additional 100%]
Si Anke couldn’t help but exclaim, "This Curse Binding is really hardcore..."
Once the enemy knows their real name, it’s as if they’re automatically armed with armor-piercing arrows.
The enemy’s blocks and parries become more difficult. At the same time, whether it’s armor, shields, or the walls summoned by the child, their integrity is unreasonably reduced by thirty percent.
Si Anke finally understood why the walls summoned by the child were so easily shattered by the vines. Because the child had subconsciously remembered Jude’s name...
And the reason Defu could easily kill him with a single arrow was also simple.
She was only thinking about how to run away at that time and hadn’t heard anything Jude said...
Therefore, her attack on Jude was effectively doubled.
...This is why the child said that a large part of the reason they could defeat Jude was that they were lucky.
It was undoubtedly a very powerful Curse Binding.
But if applied improperly, it was also a very dangerous one.
Truly like a glass cannon talent.
Si Anke sucked in a breath of cold air, then sighed again.
To be honest, I’m a bit envious...
If it were me who got that Curse Binding, it would be great.
Even though it’s not very friendly to a trap thief like me... but if I could get my hands on this Curse Binding, I would instantly think of ways to turn into an assassin thief.
For assassin-type or agile warrior-type classes, it’s simply too friendly—it directly fills in their biggest two weaknesses: "insufficient attack power of agility-based classes" and "lack of deterrence against canned classes."
Any profession that moves swiftly, attacks frequently, and has excellent evasion abilities can make fairly full use of this Curse Binding. Except for the "fear" and "deterrent" attributes which are not utilizable, the rest of the enhancements can be effectively used by him.
And the debuff can be avoided through a high evasion capability.
As long as you’re not hit, it doesn’t matter how much your attack multiplies...
"When I get promoted, I also want to get a Curse Binding ,"
Four of a Kind murmured wistfully.
He looked at the wandering child somewhat oddly.
"Defu sis," what does that mean?
Defu looks about fourteen or fifteen? Considering she might look younger than she is, that would make her around my age, seventeen or eighteen...
Would you, a person well into your twenties and nearly thirty, really have the nerve to call a young girl "sister"?
But seeing that Defu was very calm about this title, Four of a Kind subconsciously hissed.
He felt that in this day of class, he seemed to have missed a lot of things...
"Choosing this Curse Binding, Defu sis is definitely not at a loss,"
the child explained, "I’ve heard His Highness Annan say... ’Hunter’ class professions are characterized by the ability to carry many others’ Curse Bindings. Their main combat style is to build a setup through the stacking and layering of these Curse Bindings. So for Hunters, the most important thing is not how strong the positive effects are, but how weak the negative effects are...What’s most crucial is not to create a chain reaction with other Curse Bindings."
"Defu’s main combat style can already be confirmed as bow and arrows. Thus, the negative effect of this Curse Binding, which is ’increased damage taken,’ can be negligible. Even without deploying the Curse Binding, it’s just not enjoying the benefit of increased damage."
"What I actually value is its ability to enhance the piercing power of arrows. If the enemy remembers my name, but I am out of sight, then I can still add stealth damage on top of ignoring their defense."
Defu added, "To ensure range and power, it’s nearly impossible to increase the firing frequency of bows. Even if I have the strength, the bow couldn’t withstand it.
"Considering the limited arrows, improving the effective shooting rate is much more important than increasing the attack frequency..."
Suddenly, Four of a Kind raised his hand to signal them to stop: "There’s a trap ahead, or rather... a barrier."
His "Sleight of Hand" skill provided trap vision, allowing him to see a hazy white light not far ahead.
Upon closer inspection, it was barely distinguishable as a layer of transparent film shimmering with rainbow colors in the sun, like a bubble blown out.
Four of a Kind murmured.
Xitan Pulan immediately stepped forward and calmly responded,
"—He who cannot learn from death is destined to repeat the same mistakes."
After her words fell, the world in front of them suddenly twisted and changed.
Where they were seeing a dense forest that was identical to the one behind them, a curved path now appeared.
At the end of that path was a lonely stone gate lying across the road, already open.
The gate was more than three meters high and, like a radioactive object, emitted an eye-catching pale blue fluorescence at night.
Just like Doraemon’s "Anywhere Door," there was nothing behind the door, just a wall.
But if you looked from the front of the door into it... all you could see was an endless, thick fog.