Chapter 473: Chapter 233: A 2000 Gold Excellence Scroll? A Shocking Bargain

With that, all of today’s errands were complete. After wandering around all morning, everyone was tired. They hurried back to the inn and went to their separate rooms to rest.

The moment Lin Mo returned to his room, he eagerly took out the three Scrolls.

First up were the two Ordinary Level Skill Scrolls.

"Learned Skill [Rapid Fire]. Gained attribute point: Agility +1!"

[Rapid Fire]: When activated, attack speed is increased by 5% and arrow flight speed is increased by 5%.

This Status Skill’s effect wasn’t powerful, but its cost was also very low. The burden was minimal even for Low-Level Professionals, making it a nice little bonus.

A Professional Ranger who learned this skill would basically keep it active throughout combat.

It was similar to the Lightness skill he had learned previously, which was also Ordinary Level.

However, as Lin Mo felt it out, he realized the cost of the Rapid Fire skill was significantly lower than Lightness.

After learning Rapid Fire, Lin Mo now had a total of six Ranger Skills.

Lightness, Swift, Eagle Eye, Spiral Arrow, Whirlwind Arrow, and Rapid Fire.

’Now, it’s time to test my theory...’

Lin Mo waited nervously, and the result did not disappoint. A few seconds after he learned the Rapid Fire skill, the prompt he had been waiting for appeared before his eyes.

"Promotion conditions met. Professional Ranger (Level 5) is promoted—Current: Professional Ranger (Level 6)."

Going from Level 5 to Level 6 was the key promotion to the Senior Tier, so he instantly received a 12-point Attribute Amplification.

"Gained Professional Attribute Amplification: Strength +3, Agility +5, Constitution +2, Spirit +2!"

Next, his Class Skills were upgraded.

"Your Ranger Class Skill—Ranger’s Heart—has been upgraded!"

[Ranger’s Heart] Lv2: With bow and crossbow, you hunt all. With arrow, you tear flesh. You are a natural-born marksman. Beyond ten paces, your arrows are fast; within ten paces, they are fast and true!

Skill Effect: Ranged physical attack damage increased by 20%.

An increase from 10% to 20%, just like with the Assassin Profession.

The Assassin Profession’s "Assassin’s Heart" increases Close-Range Physical Damage, so it affects skills like Continuous Thrust and Rapid Charge Fist, but not Phantom Sword Dance or Blood Qi Blade.

The Ranger Profession, however, filled this gap, allowing these ranged, Sword Qi-type Warrior Skills to also benefit from a damage boost.

After his Profession was promoted to the Senior Level, he also received a Class Mark.

"Congratulations on becoming a Senior Level Ranger. Your understanding of marksmanship has deepened, and your Professional Level has increased. You have obtained the Class Mark—Veteran: Increases ranged skill flight speed by 10%!"

’Not bad at all!’

Lin Mo’s eyes lit up when he saw this Class Mark.

’Increases ranged skill flight speed... does that include Magic too?’

Finding out was simple enough. Lin Mo immediately extended his palm, and a Fireball shot forward, flying toward the inn wall.

The next moment, an ice-blue Barrier appeared, blocking the Fireball.

’Hm, it definitely got faster...’

Lin Mo waved his hand, dispelling the Frost Guardian skill that had blocked the Fireball.

However, the Frost Guardian skill didn’t gain any Skill Level.

Lin Mo had already tested this. You couldn’t gain Skill Level by blocking your own attacks; otherwise, he wouldn’t need a sparring partner.

Right after all that information came another level-up prompt.

Lin Mo checked his status. His current Basic Agility Attribute was 74, and he still had six Ranger Skills.

’In other words, am I only level-gated by an insufficient number of skills when I’m trying to cross into a new tier?’

’That’s actually pretty good...’

"Promotion conditions met. Professional Ranger (Level 6) is promoted—Current: Professional Ranger (Level 7)."

Just like with other Professions, going from Level 6 to Level 7 provided a 6-point Attribute Amplification.

"Gained Professional Attribute Amplification: Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +4!"

’Sweet!’

Next up was the Warrior Profession skill: Grasp.

Lin Mo opened the Scroll, glanced at it, and then tried to channel his Qi and Blood according to the instructions to activate it.

Soon, the notification for learning the skill appeared before his eyes.

"Learned Skill [Grasp]. Gained attribute point: Strength +1!"

[Grasp]: Shape your hand into a claw to grab an enemy. If you grab a specific body part (e.g., the neck), it applies a minor interrupt effect.

’A rather mediocre skill,’ he thought. ’But it’s only Ordinary Level, so I can’t ask for too much. It’s better than nothing.’

What truly dissatisfied Lin Mo was that the skill was purely single-target, which would make it difficult to level up. He wondered if it would improve after an evolution. If it stayed this way, he probably couldn’t focus on training it for a long time to come.

And finally, there was the pleasant surprise: the Excellent Level skill he had bought for a mere 2,000 gold coins, Demon-Resisting Shield.

’Judging by the name, this should be a Defense Class skill, similar to Magic Shield?’ he mused.

Lin Mo opened the Scroll and took a look. It was a Magic Skill, and an Excellent Level one to boot, which made it far more complex.

’This isn’t something I can rush. I’ll have to settle in and study it carefully...’

Time trickled by. After quite a while, Lin Mo finally let out a long breath.

’That really wasn’t easy.’

"Learned Skill [Demon-Resisting Shield]. Gained attribute points: Magic Power +3!"

His Basic Magic Attribute was at 104. He was just 16 points shy of reaching Level 11 and promoting to Elite.

’What a headache...’

Lin Mo first examined the skill he had just learned.

[Demon-Resisting Shield]: Consume Magic Power to resonate with the Light Element and pray for the blessing of Holy Light, creating a "Demon-Resisting Shield" around the target to block damage. (Physical damage resistance -50%, magic damage resistance +50%, additional +100% resistance against Dark Element damage!)

A Defense Class skill specialized against magic.

It was only 50% effective against physical attacks, but 150% effective against magical ones. Used correctly, this skill could have an incredible impact at a critical moment.

Next, as was customary, came the choice of an Evolutionary Path.

Please select an Evolutionary Direction—

Evolutionary Path 1: Magic Special Attack I: The absorption efficiency of Demon-Resisting Shield against magical attacks becomes 170%.

Evolutionary Path 2: Physical Enhancement I: The absorption efficiency of Demon-Resisting Shield against physical attacks becomes 65%.

One option was to double down on its strength, the other was to shore up its weakness.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lin Mo chose Evolutionary Path 1.

He wasn’t lacking in physical defense options. Since this was a defensive skill specialized against magic, it only made sense to max out its advantage.

He waited for a moment. As expected, no notification for a Profession upgrade appeared.

This was because he currently only had five Priest Profession skills.

It seemed his Professional Level was indeed limited by the number of skills he possessed. Only by obtaining six skills from the relevant Profession could he advance to the Senior Tier.

’So, should I find one more Priest Skill?’

He hadn’t found one despite searching the underground market for a long time, but he might have better luck at the Adventurer’s Association or one of the city’s larger stores.

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