Watching the other party being taken away, Lucien let out a cold sneer. Sometimes, using the rules familiarly was much better than taking direct action.
Of course, there was another reason: his current combat power was insufficient.
Entering the Class Changing Temple, there were no staff members inside, only three statues emitting a purple glow.
These three statues represented the Warrior, the Daoist, and the Mage, respectively.
These were the Class Changing Divine Stones. Every player had to come here to change classes upon reaching levels ten, thirty, and fifty.
Only after changing classes could they continue to gain experience points.
Placing his hand on the statue representing the Daoist, the statue began to emit waves of light.
"Ding! Detected that you have reached level ten. Would you like to change classes?"
"Yes!"
"Ding! Daoists can change classes into Talisman Daoist, Demon-Slaying Daoist, or God-Invoking Daoist."
"Ding! You already possess the hidden class Five Elements Daoist. Class change successful."
"Ding! All your free attribute points have been refunded."
"Ding! Your growth attributes have been recalculated."
Every class change significantly increases one's capabilities, and the attributes added vary depending on the class's characteristics.
For example, a God-Invoking Daoist's Stamina attribute growth would increase by two points.
A Talisman Daoist's Spirit attribute growth would increase by two points.
A Demon-Slaying Daoist is more well-rounded, with Spirit and Stamina each increasing by one point.
As for the hidden class, the Five Elements Daoist, its growth across all attributes had reached a terrifying ten points.
Calculated this way, it was far stronger than ordinary classes.
Lucien had actually already changed classes, but he still needed to come here to break his own limits so he could gain experience.
"I want to learn skills!"
Four skill lists appeared above the Class Changing Divine Stone.
They corresponded to the four class advancements for the Daoist.
Only the corresponding class could learn the respective skills here at the Class Changing Divine Stone.
If one obtained a skill book and used it to learn a skill, there would be no such restriction.
However, the consumption for skills outside of one's own class was five times higher than normal.
Those four skill lists were all dim and lusterless, but just as Lucien was feeling disappointed, the four lists suddenly underwent a change.
Five Elements Spirit Talisman [Black Iron]: Deals Five Elements Magic Damage equal to 80% of your Magic Power to targets within a five-meter radius.
Attack range is half of your Spirit attribute.
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Cost: 3 Five Elements Spirit Talismans, MP: 80 points
Learning Requirement: Level 10, 100 Gold Coins.
Five Elements Sharp Blade Curse: Cast on any target within range, increasing their Attack Power by 30% of the caster's Magic Power for ten minutes.
Cooldown: 1 minute
Cost: 10 Five Elements Spirit Talismans, MP: 100 points.
Learning Requirement: Level 10, 100 Gold Coins
Spending two hundred gold coins, Lucien learned the two skills.
The troublesome part about being a Daoist was this: no matter what skill was used, it consumed spirit talismans.
Therefore, Daoist players could be seen constantly condensing these spirit talismans anytime and anywhere.
At this moment, Lucien didn't have many Five Elements Spirit Talismans, just one stack of 999.
This was the result of constantly condensing talismans whenever he had free time.
In the future, as his level increased, more powerful skills would consume even more talismans.
Furthermore, he could no longer use ordinary spirit talismans; he could only use Five Elements Spirit Talismans.
Even if he ran short of talismans in the future, he couldn't purchase them from others.
At that moment, Lucien suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a Gold Skill Treasure Chest that he hadn't opened yet.
Gold Skill Treasure Chest
Level: 0
Upon opening, obtain a skill compatible with your class.
Rubbing his hands together, he opened the Gold Treasure Chest directly.
"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the passive skill: Five Elements Dao Body!"
Five Elements Dao Body [Gold]
Passive Skill
Level: 10
Restriction: Five Elements Daoist
Effect: All Elemental Resistances +10%
Effect 2: For every level gained, all attributes increase by five points.
Lucien gulped; this was simply too exaggerated!
All Elemental Resistances +10% meant that no matter what skill hit him, the damage would be reduced by ten percent.
The second effect was even more exaggerated: an increase of five points to all attributes per level.
He already gained ten points in all attributes per level, and now another five were added.
The total attributes he gained per level exceeded those of an ordinary class by three or even four times.
At this point, Lucien's basic attributes at level ten were all at 114 points.
If he reached level eleven, they would be 129.
[Five Elements Dao Body only takes effect after level ten.]
Looking at his forty-five free attribute points,
Lucien thought for a moment and distributed the forty-five free attribute points evenly among the four major attributes.
He had originally planned to focus on Spirit, but it seemed the Five Elements Daoist wasn't that simple. Since the growth was the same for all attributes, the growth path must also be very balanced.
Lucien had previously wondered why other classes received a built-in exclusive passive skill upon changing classes,
yet his Five Elements Daoist didn't have one.
After all that, it turned out this was waiting for him!
Once everything was ready, Lucien prepared to go out and grind for levels.
As for doing quests, that was non-existent. Doing ordinary quests now was meaningless for him and a waste of time.
Hidden quests weren't that easy to come across.
So, it was better to just go and grind levels directly.
Just as he stepped out of the Class Changing Temple, he saw the Captain of the Law Enforcement Team from earlier standing at the entrance.
Seeing Lucien come out, the man immediately stopped him.
"Hello, I have a commission here. I'd like you to help me out, if it's convenient for you?"
Could it be some kind of hidden quest?
Lucien asked, "What is it?"
This kind of thing had to be clarified; some quests couldn't be accepted haphazardly.
This was a real world, and NPCs could also deceive players.
The captain spoke up: "Three years ago, while I was on patrol, the Xuanming Pagoda suddenly appeared, causing me to lose my bracelet inside. I hope you can help me retrieve it."
The Xuanming Pagoda was a level 20 dungeon; Lucien did know that much.
"But, given your strength, Captain, that place should be a breeze for you. Why commission me?"
"It's like this: the Xuanming Pagoda is only a level 20 dungeon. My current level far exceeds level 20, so I can't enter at all. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to commission someone else to retrieve the bracelet for me."
"But didn't you lose the bracelet three years ago?"
This was also why there were so few quests now; after all, three years ago, a billion people had suddenly flooded into the game.
Most quests had already been completed by everyone.
"Yes, three years ago I commissioned Chosen Ones (the NPCs' term for players) to help me retrieve the bracelet."
"However, I don't know which difficulty level of the Xuanming Pagoda the bracelet was lost in, and those I commissioned before have already cleared floors one through nine."
"But none of them saw my bracelet, so it must be somewhere between floors ten and twelve."
"But over these past three years, I've commissioned countless people, yet no one has cleared the twelfth floor of the Xuanming Pagoda, so this matter has remained shelved."
"Until I met you. Since you could clear the Hell difficulty of the Goblin Forest in the Novice Village, you should surely be able to clear the twelfth floor of the Xuanming Pagoda as well!"
Hearing the captain's explanation, Lucien finally understood.
So that was the reason!
No wonder; other people couldn't clear it!
And since he could clear the Hell difficulty Goblin Forest, his chances were naturally much higher than others.
"Ding! Law Enforcement Tenth Team Captain He Shao has issued a quest to you: The Lost Bracelet. Do you accept?"
Quest Description: Clear the twelfth floor of the Xuanming Pagoda.
Reward: One Level 20 dark gold equipment Selection Box.