Chapter 16: The Altar of Skill

Looking at the small round and black shrine, Lin Ling only felt that the luck of his life might have been used up today.

Although he was a little unhappy, the words of surprise blurted out to him subconsciously: "The skill altar is actually a skill altar!" ”

"What is a skill altar?" The reaction of the strawberry nose made Lin Ling's psychological unhappiness turn into a little vanity.

"Simply put, it's about converting one of your skills into another skill of the same level." Lin Ling walked to the edge of the skill altar, and there was another sentence he didn't say, that is, once a certain skill was sacrificed as a sacrifice, no matter what method was taken in the future, it would not be possible to learn this skill again.

"Would you like to give it a try?" Lin Ling looked at Strawberry Nose with an inquiring gaze, his knowledge of the Skill Altar was only limited to the words he had seen on the forum in his previous life, and he had not encountered the Skill Altar himself, so he couldn't be sure that this altar was really as magical as the legend said, and it could turn a warrior into a mage.

"My skill set is perfect."

Strawberry Nose decisively gave up the idea of trying his luck, relying on his luck of using a skill book to learn a level 2 skill? Forget it.

Lin Ling's skill configuration is also very complete, his current main means of attack are wand bones and elemental rays, and at the same time, he has the very practical auxiliary magic of shaped shooting, as well as the powerful restrictive magic of ice shards, plus the Nether Impact that is about to be obtained from the troll hyena, the output, containment, debuff and knockback are all available, only the paralyzing instantaneous magic and the mage's signature, the terrifying group kill magic.

"I think you should swap out the elemental rays." Strawberry Nose stood in the standpoint of a bystander, and gave his opinion to Lin Ling in a rare way, "I think your style is more suitable for magic missiles, the damage of magic missiles is the same as elemental rays, and the mana consumption is much lower." ”

"Elemental rays have a very powerful debuff." Lin Ling calmly stated his reason for keeping the elemental rays.

"Zero, you also want to develop into a professional circle, right?" Strawberry Nose is different from Lin Ling, as a senior member of the Berserker Alliance, his game concept is professional-level, but he is too paranoid, coupled with bad luck, he has not been able to enter the professional circle for a long time, "Real masters, such as those professional players, will not pursue uncontrollable random effects, luck will not favor a person for a long time, and people will ultimately rely on themselves." ”

"Makes sense."

Lin Ling thought that the elemental ray was in his hand, and most of the time it was used as a damage magic, not a debuff magic.

In that case, why not just use it with a bare damage magic to better improve your combat effectiveness?

"Then I'll try to get lucky." He walked over to the skill altar and opened the shrine.

System prompt: Please confirm the magic or skill you want to sacrifice.

Level 3 Elemental Rays.

Lin Ling chose the magic he wanted to sacrifice, and he was suddenly a little glad that he had only increased the elemental ray to level 3, and he still retained 2 skill points and did not move, otherwise even if he learned the magic missile, he would not be able to exert its maximum power.

System Prompt: Do you want to sacrifice Level 3 Magic-Elemental Ray?

"Yes."

Lin Ling confirmed the sacrifice, and the elemental ray icon in the magic book immediately transformed into a brand new icon.

System Hint: The sacrifice is successful, and you gain a new skill, Crack Shock.

Combat Skills: Crack Shock;

Charge time: 1.5 seconds;

Grade: 3;

Purpose: Slams the ground, stuns nearby enemies for 3 seconds, and deals damage equal to Strength X3;

Use interval: 120 seconds.

Cost: 15% of max mana (42);

Note: This is a cross-class skill, and you will not be able to level up that skill further.

Then, the shrine-like skill altar sank into the ground.

"If you don't try, it's a big loss." Lin Ling sent his newly acquired skills to Strawberry Nose. Crack Strike is a group-limited skill with group damage and is very powerful. It's a pity that Lin Ling is not a warrior, and the consumption of using combat skills is far greater than using magic. 15% of his maximum mana is enough for him to cast two rounds of Ice Shards and save money.

Strawberrynose clenched his fist in annoyance, then let go again, "There will always be a chance." ”

"Good mentality."

Lin Ling glanced at Strawberry Nose appreciatively, and they withdrew from the inferior demon's lair and began to hunt the lone inferior demon.

Since he had already had the lowest experience points given by the two experienced masters, the Skeleton Guard and the Psychic Acolyte, Lin Ling only killed a few inferior demons before he was promoted to level 5. He invested the attribute points he had gained from leveling up in intelligence attributes, and his total intelligence immediately reached 26, and his mana cap was 310, which was 40 mana caps away from safely passing the mage's treasure room on expert difficulty.

Lin Ling looked at the "Hunting Chaos" task, and there were still 12 targets left. However, even if you complete this task, you will not be able to upgrade to level 6.

It was clear that it was no longer in his interest to continue to stay in the devil's lair and hunt the devil.

"Let's go, go kill the troll hyena."

The reason why Lin Ling kept the troll hyena until level 5 before killing it was because he was concerned that the troll hyena, which was 2 levels higher than him, had a level bonus in terms of spell resistance and physical resistance. But with the "Crack Strike", he has the confidence to fight against it, especially Strawberry Nose has also learned to directly act on health, without the need to calculate armor, physical resistance and many other factors of combat skills - Split, so that they already have enough capital to fight the troll hyena.

"You buy a life recovery potion."

Lin Ling traded 5 silver coins to Strawberry Nose, asking him to buy a bottle of life recovery potion for backup, the troll hyena is a level 7 elite, and the main means of damage is physical output, and it is definitely not as simple as that level 6 parallel elite psychic acolyte monk to deal with. He himself stood at the side of the troll hyena, ready to crack the shock.

"Bought it."

In the eyes of Strawberry Nose, which does not have a tendency to confuse, the Troll Hyena is just a verbose friendly unit and cannot attack at all.

In the eyes of Lin Ling, who had an initial chaotic tendency, the troll hyena was a neutral unit, a piece of fragrant fat. He stepped down and struck a cracking earthquake.

Bang!

System Alert: You have launched an attack on the Troll Hyena.

A tiny damage erupts from the Troll Hyena's head, and it instantly transforms from a neutral unit into a hostile unit.

"Output." Lin Ling began to cast the Ice Shard, and the strawberry nose that got the hint quickly used his charge, and after gathering enough anger, he turned around and slashed again, making a new learning split.

Troll Hyena: Level 7 Elite; Health 1420/1500, burly build.

"Despicable sneak attackers!" The troll hyena revived from its dizziness, its burly body smeared with blood.

"Strawberry nose, back off."

Lin Ling finished preparing for the casting of the ice shards, and five sharp shards shot at the troll hyena, freezing it in place. He retrieved the bones, manually turned on the shaped shot, and used his wand to shoot.

Strawberrynose unleashed a slam blow that shattered the ice from the troll hyena's body, instantly pulling its hatred from Lin Ling's body to his own.

The cold air erupted, and a large cloud of cold mist emerged from the troll hyena's body, slowing its movement speed.

Standing outside the cold mist, Lin Ling relied on the bones, and shot out lightning beads one after another, grinding the health of the troll hyena, and dealing double-digit damage. As he calculates the cooldowns of Ice Shards and Cracks, he keeps an eye on Strawberrynose's movements, ready to use his newfound legendary item: Medusa's Gaze to help.