There Must Be Something Wrong With This Game!

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: You’re Discriminating Against Me

"Spiritual Armor (Complete), Yellow, Minor Success.

Instantaneous Skill, Energy Storage, Transcend (Spirit).

With the completed Spiritual Armor, you have begun to draw power from the empty depths of the Abyss through your Spirit. Every second of every minute, you can obtain Spiritual Energy from the Void and store it. When you decide to use this Spiritual Energy, it will all be converted into the Spiritual Armor. The armor’s duration is related to the amount of Spiritual Energy, with a maximum duration of 20 seconds.

After activating the Spiritual Armor, you will gain an additional 10 points of Spiritual Power.

Because of the Transcend modifier, after activating the Spiritual Armor, your Spiritual Power increases exponentially, not linearly. For every point of base Spiritual Power you increase, your final Spirit Attribute will rise by 10%.

Your other Attributes will be enhanced by a value equal to one-third of your Spirit Attribute. All your attacks will inflict Spiritual Shock, and you will gain a certain amount of damage reduction."

After reading it, Duan Fei realized that the complete Spiritual Armor was actually a yellow-quality Skill—a Legendary Level Skill.

And its effects were truly worthy of the Legendary Level.

First, the duration had increased to 20 seconds, while the Energy Storage time had decreased to 3 hours.

Second, activating it granted an additional 10 points of Spiritual Power. This made the Spiritual Armor significantly more effective, especially when his Attributes were low.

Finally, there was the Transcend modifier.

At first, Duan Fei didn’t quite understand the meaning of this new Transcend modifier. But after reading its effect, he felt it was the true soul of the complete Skill.

Based on Duan Fei’s current Spirit Attribute, if he activated the Spiritual Armor, his Spiritual Power would rise to 21 points.

Then, because of Transcend, his Spiritual Power would increase exponentially, with the final result being 28 points.

This number wasn’t that exaggerated, but because it was an exponential increase, the value would become more and more terrifying later on.

When his Spiritual Power reached 30 points, the effect after activation would be 67 points.

At 40 points, it would be 174 points.

At 50 points, it would be 452—equivalent to 45 times a normal person.

Under these conditions, the boost to his other Attributes from Spiritual Armor would also be terrifying. For those short 20 seconds, he could truly transform into a superman-like being.

’Looks like I’ll have to specialize in Spiritual Power from now on. That’s fine. From now on, I’ll focus on looking for Professions and Skills related to Spiritual Power.’

Although the Spirit Attribute was a bit lackluster, performing well in paranormal Bens but being rather mediocre in others, with [Spiritual Armor], Duan Fei felt he could still make it his main focus for development.

After checking his gains, Duan Fei received a message from Jinghong.

"You there?"

"Here."

"Go?"

"Let’s go."

The other party’s way of speaking was as concise and to the point as ever, never wasting a word, which made Duan Fei feel exceptionally comfortable.

’It’s great to have someone who gets me.’

After confirming Duan Fei was free, Jinghong’s key arrived.

Duan Fei had no idea where Jinghong got so many keys.

The previous PVP Ben had a key, and now this Profession Ben had a key too. It made Duan Fei suspect that Jinghong’s Talent was "Locksmith," and they’d just walk up to people with a key asking, "Need a copy? Need a copy!"

Picking up the key, Duan Fei activated the door beside him and saw several large words already imprinted on it.

"Tier Three, Multiplayer Instance, Paranormal Type. Recommended Level: 10-15. Note: The difficulty of this Ben is extremely high. New players are strongly advised against playing."

’Another paranormal Ben, huh? And just how high is "extremely high"?’

Although he felt the advice was sound, Duan Fei thought, ’I don’t accept your advice.’

Pushing the door open and stepping inside, Duan Fei found himself in an elevator. The fire door he had just walked through transformed into an elevator door at that moment, then quickly closed behind him.

The elevator’s interior was polished and gleaming. A large advertisement was posted on the wall, and to the right of the door was a notice of elevator rules. A careful reading revealed nothing out of the ordinary.

There was a surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling. Everything looked just like a normal elevator. The only difference was that there were no floor buttons, nor were there buttons to open or close the doors.

The entire elevator was less a mode of transport and more a giant steel coffin.

Of course, you could also say this thing was a large trap, designed to lure in all those poor, weak, and helpless players and then wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Since he couldn’t get out, Duan Fei figured this was probably part of the opening scene, a convenient way for them to gather quickly and start the story.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the elevator doors were quickly opened. Just as Duan Fei was about to take the opportunity to get out, he saw what was outside and wisely chose not to move.

The player who had just entered was drenched in a cold sweat. Upon seeing Duan Fei, his eyes widened. "Duan Someone?"

"You know me?"

"We were in the same Ben during the Holy Grail War. You’re the one who killed me."

Duan Fei looked at the player named Bald Qiang and nodded. "Oh, so it was you."

Bald Qiang, true to his name, was bald. However, he had a brawny, stout build and a sunny smile, completely different from that guy who was always messing with Xiong Da and Xiong Er.

Although he had died at Duan Fei’s hands once, he didn’t seem to hold a grudge. Instead, he looked at Duan Fei with great interest. "You’re really something. I’ve died a few times, but that was the first time I was killed by a player who wasn’t even Level 10."

"It’s fine. You’ll get used to dying after a while."

"...Has anyone ever told you that you’ve got a smart mouth for no good reason?"

"Whatever, I don’t care. By the way, what was that thing just now?"

When Bald Qiang came in, Duan Fei only caught a glimpse, but what he saw still gave him a huge shock. It was a large man wearing a mask. Bald Qiang was already a burly, imposing man, but this person was a full head taller than him, his muscles so massive they looked like they were about to burst.

What was especially terrifying was that the man was holding a chainsaw. The roar of the chainsaw was incessant; he could still hear it raging outside.

Fortunately, the elevator began to descend and soon stopped at a certain floor.

The doors had just opened when another familiar face ran in from outside. As soon as he entered, he grabbed onto Bald Qiang and refused to let go for dear life.

"Emma, you scared me to death! You scared me to death! I just had to, didn’t I?! I’m an idiot! I never should have entered this bullshit paranormal Ben!"

"Little Fatty, what are you doing here too?" Duan Fei asked.

"Oh, Duan Someone. I just wanted to play a Ben, but I wasn’t paying attention and accidentally entered a paranormal Ben."

Little Fatty wiped the sweat from his face, looking behind him with lingering fear. He didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until the elevator started moving again.

Pointing outside, he clutched his chest and said, "Don’t just go out there. There’s a group of female ghosts outside, floating in the air playing hide-and-seek. I was nearly scared to death on my way here."

Seeing the two of them getting scared right after entering, Duan Fei felt a bit annoyed.

’Why don’t I get any special treatment when I come in?!’

’Are you discriminating against me or something?!’