Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 332 Exchange and...Compensation

Upon hearing this, Long Taobing laughed and said, "Then I'll need your support in the future... But you're probably only interested in this resurrection spell, aren't you?"

Mu Xiang nodded: "That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed with your choice of Discipline Priest... Holy Priest's powerful skills are too expensive. From a cost-effectiveness perspective, Discipline Priest is obviously better. For our team, the most desirable ability of Holy Priest is actually Resurrection... We can double it when we have more money."

"That will probably take a long time..." Long Taobing said with a smile, scratching his head.

Unlike the game's settings, the main god has relaxed the requirements for exchanging Priest classes considerably. While many skills are incredibly expensive, many more can be learned as the class advances. This is why everyone unanimously agreed to directly upgrade Long Taobing to A-rank Archbishop after "The Terrifying Black Hole," as this immediately granted him a series of innate skills.

Otherwise, if every skill requires purchasing from the main god... people who want to enhance the abilities of this Western fantasy MMO might as well just hang themselves.

This time, Long Taobing enhanced skills that didn't appear with the advancement...

"God, exchange for Mana Burn and Inner Fire!"

With the expenditure of two B-level side quests and nearly 10,000 reward points, the pillar of light from the main god enveloped Long Taobing.

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "Mana Burn is actually an offensive skill. Its effect is to consume the target's mana and deal proportional damage... In the God Realm, it would be considered extraordinary energy. Of course, since it's in the God Realm, people without extraordinary energy will have their stamina consumed and will suffer double the damage."

Zheng Zha asked in confusion, "I remember that skills in Warcraft need to be upgraded, right? Long Taobing's skill effects increase with his rank, right?"

“That’s right. Advancement in profession and advancement in gene lock can both enhance the effect.” Mu Xiang nodded. “Although Long Taobing is only at Tier 1 now, he is still an A-level archbishop after all… The effect of this skill will be amazing.”

Zheng Zha gave a wry smile, then pushed up his nose and said, "I feel like you keep giving them unexpected abilities... are you trying to trap them in a fixed mindset?"

“That’s not the main purpose.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “The fact is that this is also a characteristic skill of Discipline Priests, so it’s not surprising that he exchanged for it… Discipline Priests possess both Holy Light and Shadow powers. The Holy Light he usually displays is only one aspect. In fact, using Shadow to cause damage and then converting it into healing for us is also something he does.”

"And mana burning is a good way to work with this mechanism."

The sheer number of priest skills here is overwhelming; just browsing through them is enough to make one dizzy. According to Mu Xiang's estimation, these priest skills not only encompass multiple games but also various versions… thus allowing for even more diverse skill combinations.

At this point, Mu Xiang laughed and said, "Some of you probably didn't see it, but Long Taobing originally thought that this Mana Burn could absorb the enemy's energy for his own use. After all, the game describes it as 'absorbing'... This is a very old translation issue. As a result, the God of War fixed this bug, which made him so angry that he jumped up and down."

As for the "Heartfire," the name initially puzzled Mu Xiang. After all, this was the Main God Space, and the appearance of a skill called "Heartfire" would always make knowledgeable people speculate.

"The effect of the Fire of the Mind is to guide the target's righteous thoughts, which, together with Long Taobing's power, transform into holy light, greatly increasing defense," Mu Xiang continued to explain. "This is a damage reduction method applied to one's own side, externalizing power from the mind, which also explains the rationality of seeking within oneself... and this is what Zheng Zha and I have been exploring." After Long Taobing completed the enhancement, he also fell into deep thought, as if sensing something.

"So? Don't you think it's a bad deal?" Zhang Heng couldn't help but ask.

This time, Long Taobing didn't joke around with him. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I think I understand Zheng Zha's feelings sometimes... After these two skills were enhanced, it seems that it is far from over. They give me a sense of integrating my previous power and pointing out the way to connect them."

"Good lad, I knew I hadn't misjudged you, this is what you do!" Zhang Jie laughed heartily and patted Long Taobing on the shoulder, making the young man show an expression that was half embarrassed and half proud.

"Let's talk about it during the live-fire exercise this afternoon." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. "Qi Tengyi, I'll leave Zhu Wen's portion of the exchange to you."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Wen, who was standing some distance away: "Zhu Wen, for the sake of the team, I need you to advance your eye ability... to exchange for a B-grade Judge's Eye. This will consume one of your B-grade side quests, but with your two B-grade side quests, you are not enough to advance the Necromancer bloodline you want to the intermediate level. So as compensation... or rather, in exchange, the two B-grade side quests for the intermediate Necromancer will be paid for by others."

Zhu Wen nodded gently: "I understand, this was agreed upon a long time ago."

"At the same time, I also need you to enhance a necromancer's exclusive skill... We'll pay for that too." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. "But since you've enhanced the necromancer bloodline, you'll need to do the necessary training afterwards. Can you manage that?"

"I can." Zhu Wen's voice wasn't loud, but it was quite firm.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhu Wen first enhanced the Judge's Eye. This was an advanced version of the Impermanence Eye, which, compared to the original ability to see through death energy and its connections, added the ability to adjust.

In other words, Zhu Wen can adjust the amount of death energy a person possesses, or adjust the energy of their associated targets... Although it doesn't significantly improve direct combat power, it is still a special ability.

This is one of the reasons why Mu Xiang offered Zhu Wen such generous terms. Zhu Wen is not yet fully integrated into the Zhongzhou team, after all, the horror movie she entered was too extreme. As a person with innate affinity for death energy, her value is still greater than that of an average newcomer... It is indeed somewhat unfair to only ask her to strengthen her support abilities, after all, this is a reincarnation world where life and death are constantly at stake.

Of course, the reason for offering such generous terms was not only that; Mu Xiang also needed Zhu Wen to play a greater role... This was both an exchange and an advance compensation.

"So what skills did you ask Zhu Wen for?" Zheng Zha asked Mu Xiang in a low voice.

Mu Xiang adjusted his glasses: "Double B-level Undead Sealing... its effect is to turn the dead into zombies and seal their undead spirits, allowing them to retain their autonomy for a period of time. During this time, if they receive healing from the God of War, they can be fully resurrected."

(End of this chapter)