"Holy crap...?"
"Holy crap...!"
"The big boss is here?!"
"This is the first time I've met a big shot who's been assessed at the Dominator level!"
After a brief pause, the entire chat interface began scrolling rapidly.
Jiang Yan was somewhat surprised to see this, but quickly realized what was going on.
Although in theory, each faction can send a large number of people to participate in high-level assessments to obtain sufficient intelligence.
But The Realms will not let you take advantage of that.
The number of login slots for each faction in "All Realms" is allocated according to the degree of erosion by the Abyss Rift. The more slots a faction has, the more Abyss invasions it needs to defend against.
It's as precise as the algorithm of some professional exploitation software; you have to allocate all the slots to the right people and choose the right difficulty level to create just the right number of lords or professionals to resist the invasion.
Only when an exceptional genius occasionally appears can a few spots be set aside for high-difficulty attempts.
Therefore, information about the beginner trial dungeon is extremely valuable.
Under normal circumstances, no faction will allow participants to arbitrarily change the difficulty of the assessment.
Jiang Yan slapped his forehead, somewhat annoyed. He had been so focused on recalling important intelligence after his rebirth that he had forgotten about this matter.
Changing the difficulty level without authorization can lead to a military court hearing.
After thinking for a moment, he sent a message in the chat box:
DM me if you have any information about "Wrath of the Dragon King," we can exchange it.
Although the probability of obtaining useful information is not high, it's always good to have a chance.
After browsing the chat channels for a while, Jiang Yan turned his attention to the virtual map.
Thanks to the goblins' relatively agile movements, the fog of war within a ten-kilometer radius of the initial base has now dissipated, and various markers have appeared on the map.
"The Fallen Jackal Warrior".
“Barren, exposed iron ore.”
"A small jungle covered with carnivorous plants..."
With each new message, Jiang Yan's heart sank.
Although the island has not been fully explored, it is basically certain that there are only a few wandering monsters and resources are extremely scarce.
There is simply no way to obtain enough Soul Crystals.
As expected of a dungeon with a master-level difficulty, it's really ruthless!
I remember when I took the difficult-level test in my previous life, there were three large mines and many wild monsters near the base, so there was no shortage of resources.
What kind of game starts without giving you minerals?!
This is one of the simplest dungeons in the series, no wonder no one in the myriad realms has ever heard of anyone being able to clear the Dominator level.
Jiang Yan smiled wryly and looked at his personal panel.
Occupation: Apprentice Lord
Level: 1 (Cannot upgrade or change jobs without obtaining the corresponding qualifications)
Temporary Familia: Goblin
Temporary Talent: Ultimate Sublimation (Unique Level)
Overall combat strength: 3.
—It can't even beat a goblin.
Now, Jiang Yan could only pin his hopes on his unique, top-tier talent. A thought flashed through his mind, and relevant information surfaced:
Ultimate Ascension (Unique): Allows you to permanently upgrade a skill of a certain type. The Ultimate and Ascension effects will be randomly triggered. There is no cooldown. The current maximum number of uses is 50 per day. Each skill can only be used once.
Jiang Yan pondered. The general effect of the talent was about what he had expected. He chose goblins because he thought that after upgrading their skills, he could acquire wealth more efficiently. But according to the current information, even a 1000x bonus would be useless.
As for the two special effects, we'll have to try them out to find out.
At this time, the 20 goblins responsible for cutting down the trees returned to the base in pairs, carrying the thick trees back to prepare for building houses to worship the gods.
Jiang Yan quickly stopped them, telling them to throw the trees directly into the transformation altar.
Even a mosquito bite is still meat. Since we didn't know the situation on the island before, we certainly can't waste resources on useless enjoyment now.
With a flash of light on the conversion array, the ten sturdy trees disappeared.
"Soul Crystal +0.001".
"Soul Crystal +0.001..."
It seems that 100 big trees are needed to recruit one goblin. Even if you cut down the entire island, you still wouldn't be able to gather a whole company.
Jiang Yan sighed inwardly and summoned the goblin, who was about to continue cutting down trees, to his side.
After selecting "Greed," the innate ability is activated, and a beam of white light falls on a goblin.
"Ding! Advancement successful, triggering the ultimate effect, the Greed skill has been upgraded to its theoretical limit."
Greedy Promax: Greatly increases the probability of discovering hidden treasures.
Directly upgrade the skill to its maximum level? Jiang Yan was stunned. Previously, the SS-level talent could only be advanced one level and had a cooldown limit. This difference was too great!
Unfortunately, at the Overlord difficulty level, the entire island is likely to be devoid of treasure, essentially rendering it useless.
To try other effects, Jiang Yan locked his talent ability to "plunder".
"Ding! Advancement successful, triggering the sublimation effect. The plunder skill has evolved into a similar law skill - Fair Trade."
Fair Trade: After hitting an enemy, you can choose any item you have to exchange for a random item owned by the other party (this is not available for those below the demigod level).
Bartering is indeed a fair way to exchange goods!
Jiang Yan's eyes lit up. If he hadn't misunderstood...
He quickly upgraded the skills of 20 goblins, and a total of 8 of them triggered the "Plunder" sublimation effect.
In addition, he specifically tried to sublimate the effect of greed, advancing it to the law skill "murder and robbery".
The effect is that after killing an enemy, there is a certain chance to obtain the location of all their treasures; the stronger the enemy, the lower the probability.
It's a very powerful skill, but unfortunately, the user is a goblin. There are very few beings in the myriad worlds that can't defeat goblins.
—Besides slimes, what kind of treasure could those things possibly contain? Just a lump of slime.
He was already satisfied with just one useful skill. Now, it was time to verify his hypothesis.
Jiang Yan located the nearest jackal on the virtual map and addressed the goblins who were excitedly prostrating themselves on the ground after receiving the gift: "Believers, an evil jackal in the west has offended my majesty. Now, take up your weapons and go and destroy it."
"Ho ho ho!" The twenty goblins became excited and immediately headed towards the marked target.
Jiang Yan, on the other hand, was protected in the central government.
The gnolls were not far from the base, less than 3 kilometers away.
Soon the group arrived at a position about 200 meters away from the other side.
A dark red, upright creature, over a meter tall, lay comfortably on the edge of the swamp. In its left hand, a bright green arrow, clearly coated with poison, rested on a wooden crossbow.
"Stop." Jiang Yan stopped the goblin warriors who were charging forward without any formation, and glanced at them.
The Fallen Gnoll:
Level: 8.
Overall combat strength: 24.
Note: This is not an affiliated creature, so detailed information cannot be obtained.
With an overall combat strength of 24, Jiang Yan felt relieved; thankfully, it wasn't too strong.
After making a quick adjustment to the goblins' positions, the order to attack was given.
These are all valuable talents who have advanced their skills; they can't die so meaninglessly.
The main problem is that goblins are too weak in combat. If you choose a fire dragon or a thunder titan as your starting felage, either one can easily kill a gnoll.
Fortunately, these trial monsters with the prefix "corruption" are all quite low in intelligence.
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