Chapter 306 - 284: Skill Enhancement? This Is a Super Jackpot

Chapter 306: Chapter 284: Skill Enhancement? This Is a Super Jackpot

In other words, the Energy Barrier ability could now not only protect himself and his teammates but could also serve as a makeshift cage to trap enemies.

Clearly, after unlocking Tier 2, the ability’s function and effects were far stronger.

The game didn’t have this setting. There was only skill enhancement, which required purchasing very expensive enhancement stones from the cash shop.

After all, domestic games were all about paying to win.

But since this was a real game-like world with no cash shop to buy enhancement stones, abilities had to be advanced through personal breakthroughs. This had another name: a Tier 2 ability unlock.

’Thinking about it, there should be Tier 3 and Tier 4 ability unlocks as well, right?’

’After all, in the game, you could enhance skills more than once as your level increased.’

’Simply put, a Tier 2 ability unlock was the same as a skill enhancement!’

And without a doubt, the ability would grow stronger with each unlock.

After all, it required one’s Spiritual Power to reach a certain level to be unlocked, and the strength of one’s Spiritual Power determined the might of the special ability.

The mutant fox charged into the energy barrier trapping it once again, making the barrier tremble as if it might shatter at any moment.

This energy barrier wasn’t invincible, but its defensive power was extremely strong.

After all, the energy barrier had been able to block bullets from old-fashioned firearms from the very beginning. Now, with 40 points of Spiritual Power—more than three times what he started with—it was still being shaken by the mutant fox’s charge.

This was proof enough of the mutant fox’s strength.

At this thought, Lu Feng rushed forward, took out his laser rifle, shoved the muzzle through the energy barrier, and aimed it at the mutant fox.

The next moment, he opened fire, unleashing a frantic volley of laser beams.

Trapped within the energy barrier, the mutant fox had no way to dodge. It was instantly struck by a flurry of lasers, collapsing with a wail and dying on the spot.

[Congratulations! You have slain a mutant fox and gained 500 EXP!]

Clearly, this fox was quite strong to be worth 500 EXP. A common Slaying Dog, by comparison, was only worth just over 100 EXP.

"No!" Hu Xin screamed, her face contorted with grief and fury as she watched the mutant fox die. "Lu Feng, just you wait! I’ll make you pay for this!"

With that, she turned and tried to flee without a second glance.

But she had only taken two steps before she let out a sudden, bloodcurdling scream. Blood gushed from her neck as something slit her throat, and she collapsed to the ground.

Wang Cheng watched this unfold in astonishment.

’The woman was killed, just like that.’

Besides himself, only the Boss was here. He subconsciously glanced at Lu Feng beside him, only to see Lu Feng’s figure rapidly fade. When he turned his head back, Lu Feng was already standing beside Hu Xin’s corpse.

’An afterimage?’

Wang Cheng was floored. He couldn’t even react to that kind of speed.

He had a speed ability himself, so he understood better than anyone just how unbelievably fast his Boss had been.

’He’s never shown his true strength before.’

The few moves he’d just shown were a first. He was definitely far more terrifying than they had ever imagined.

[Congratulations! You have slain a member of the Beastman Race and gained 6,000 EXP!]

Seeing the amount of EXP, Lu Feng knew that no matter how beautiful this woman was, she had more than deserved her fate.

’6,000 EXP... who knows how many humans she must have killed to be worth that much.’

It was just a shame that neither Hu Xin nor the mutant fox dropped anything.

Wang Cheng then looked toward the terrifying crater in the distance, his face filled with shock. "Boss, how many members of the Beastman Race were there before? There’s no way to tell now."

’A nuke...’

Even a small-scale one was terrifying. Who would have thought one would detonate in Celestial Sea City.

He had been in the military before the apocalypse and knew full well that the military garrison in a place like Celestial Sea City couldn’t possibly possess such a weapon.

But now, his Boss had used one.

"It doesn’t matter how many members of the Beastman Race there were. They’re all dust now. Let’s go take a look." Lu Feng said, immediately equipping his Mecha and heading toward the crater.

The area was severely irradiated after the nuclear explosion. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare approach, and even ability users would be affected.

However, the Mecha could resist radiation and even purify radioactive material, so it wasn’t a problem at all.

Soon, Lu Feng arrived inside the massive crater.

No life remained here. Even the plants had been vaporized, leaving only scorched earth.

’Not a single blade of grass will grow here for a very long time,’ Lu Feng thought. ’No living thing will dare approach.’

Lu Feng’s gaze was soon drawn to certain spots within the crater. Milky-white motes of light were floating in the air.

This was the very reason he had come.

’The members of the Beastman Race weren’t human. With such high EXP, they were bound to drop items. And since so many of them were killed, there must be a ton of loot, right?’

Crucially, the members of the Beastman Race could control Mutant Beasts, and all those Hyenas they had gathered could drop items as well.

Those floating, milky-white motes of light proved it.

And there was a lot of loot.

Plus, thanks to the system, the items remained in an illusory state until he collected them. They were invisible to others and thus unaffected by the explosion.

The only pity was that the Mutant Beasts’ corpses were gone, which meant their Crystal Cores were gone too.

But with such a massive haul this time, Lu Feng didn’t dwell on it. He nonchalantly walked toward the floating white lights, collecting the dropped items one by one and glancing at some of their descriptions.

[This is a special Life Potion...]

[This is a special energy potion...]

Apparently, these two potions had shown up again. These two items seemed to drop almost every time he killed a monster.

’But they were great items.’

In the game, they were just for restoring health and mana, but in this real world, as long as he had enough Life Potions, he was practically immortal. He could be brought back from the brink of death with a single breath left.

And that wasn’t even mentioning the energy potions. With enough of those, he could fight indefinitely, spamming skills without limit.

[This is a special Backpack Space Exchange Token!]

[This is a special Ability Crystal Stone (Hyena). Upon using this Ability Crystal Stone, you can obtain the Hyena beastification ability and become a Hyena Beastification Ability User.

Special Attribute: The Hyena is a frenzied animal. Once it becomes loyal, it transforms into a lapdog that will never betray you. If you don’t want to use it yourself, consider giving it to one of your loyal underlings to use~!]

[This is a special Ability Crystal Stone (Brute Bull). Upon using this Ability Crystal Stone, you can obtain the Brute Bull beastification ability and become a Brute Bull Beastification Ability User.

Special Attribute: The Brute Bull is a powerful creature. Using this will make you exceptionally strong, though your skin may become darker.]

Lu Feng was surprised after inspecting the two Crystal Stones. They were both Ability Crystal Stones—and beastification ones at that.

’He seemed to have stumbled upon something interesting. Killing members of the Beastman Race just became a lot more rewarding.’

Lu Feng proceeded to store the rest of the items in his backpack space. The massive disturbance would certainly attract others soon, and he had no intention of lingering.

So, once he finished collecting all the floating motes of light, he immediately left the area.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before people began to arrive. When they saw the massive crater, every single one of them was left in a state of shock.

"What... what happened here?"

"Don’t get too close..."

"It feels like there’s some kind of special energy that corrodes your body..."