... You have added [Arrow Wand·Silver-grade]*3!
...
[This synthesis is of medium quality, requiring the addition of a special material—Dark Origin Stone·Rare]
The special material required for synthesizing golden equipment was, as Chen Mo had predicted, Dark Origin Stone, which is a higher grade than Dark Crystal.
Chen Mo directly tossed in the prepared Dark Origin Stone.
The golden-grade equipment, forged from eighty-one Dark Wands, was about to be completed!
At this point, only nine scattered Dark Wands remained on the ground.
[Congratulations, synthesis successful!]
[Please choose one of the following three synthesis options as the final result!]
[One]: Wand of Shared Fate·Gold-grade (Bound)
[Two]: Utmost Dark Magic Wand·Gold-grade (Bound)
[Three]: Witch Doctor Magic Wand·Gold-grade (Bound)
The Wand of Shared Fate boasted a new passive special effect. It was a highly practical feature that could randomly transfer the damage Chen Mo took to one of his summoned creatures.
As mentioned before, the Skeleton Mage's greatest fear was having powerful summons while being as fragile as paper. This vulnerability made him an easy target for assassins focused on close combat. Possessing the Wand of Shared Fate could effectively solve this problem.
The Utmost Dark Magic Wand's effect could blind enemies with any damage Chen Mo dealt, causing them to lose their vision. It was an excellent disruption effect, though it could be diminished by resistances such as abnormal status resistance, blind resistance, and dark resistance.
The Witch Doctor Magic Wand allowed Chen Mo to apply Dark Healing Waves to his summons, thereby increasing their endurance.
After briefly reviewing the effects of all three pieces of equipment, Chen Mo chose the first option without hesitation.
After all, compared to the other two, the first one was what he needed most. Neither the ability to disrupt enemies nor heal his summons was as important as preserving his own life.
With the synthesis complete, Chen Mo tidied up the items on the ground and reviewed what he now possessed.
[Hidden Corpse Army·Yellow]
Profession: Skeleton Mage
Cooldown: 5 seconds
Effect: Consume 100 Energy to summon five hundred Skeleton Monsters, each existing for 240 seconds (The Skeleton Monsters' professions are random, and they will carry corresponding phantom weapons). The attributes of the Skeleton Monsters are tied to your Wisdom and Spirit.
Current summonable Skeleton Monster attributes: Health 100, Physical Attack 30, Magic Attack 30, Physical Defense 0, Magic Defense 0, Traits—Bomb, Revival, Corpse Poison, Invisible.
〖Invisible〗: This unit is permanently invisible (possesses no collision volume while invisible) and only becomes visible when it attacks or takes damage. Once visible, it must remain out of combat for 30 seconds to re-enter stealth.
No collision volume means it will pass through living beings like a phantom. This effect usually appears alongside invisibility skills. If an invisible unit with no collision volume stacks with another unit, its position upon breaking stealth will automatically be an empty space near that unit, preventing the two from merging.
[Wand of Shared Fate·Gold-grade]
Equipment Requirement: Level 1
Profession Requirement: Mage series professions
Equipment Attributes: Magic Attack +(Profession Star Level * 40), Attack Speed +(Profession Star Level * 20), Energy Recovery Speed (Profession Star Level * 20) / 10 seconds, Wisdom +(Profession Star Level * 5), Spirit +(Profession Star Level * 5)
Equipment Special Effects: Energy Missile, Shared Fate
〖Shared Fate〗: All damage you take can be transferred to one of your summoned creatures.
Equipment Description: Baptized by the power of the Great Path's Star, this wand embodies a peculiar law of cause and effect. It can link you with your summoned creatures.
It was indeed right not to allocate attribute points earlier.
Previously, Chen Mo had intended to distribute half of his attribute points to increase his durability. However, now that he had the Shared Fate effect, he didn't need to invest so heavily in it.
I'll assign 10 points per level to increase maximum life value, to avoid being wiped out along with my summons by wide-area group damage. The other 60 points will primarily boost Wisdom and Spirit.
Chen Mo's allocation strategy was sound. Wisdom influenced his summons' attack power, while Spirit affected their Health. Both the Bomb trait and the desire for a more potent Corpse Poison necessitated high Health for his summons.
After examining his skills and equipment attributes, Chen Mo immediately planned his attribute point allocation.
He allocated his attribute points as planned. His current attributes were…
Name: Chen Mo
Grade: Seven-star (Two-star + Five-star hidden)
Profession: Skeleton Mage (Initial Profession), Infinite Fusion Master (Hidden Initial Profession)
Level: 1
Experience: 0/100
Attributes:
Constitution 20 = Life 600, Physical Defense 100, Life Recovery 20 / 10 seconds
Strength 10 = Physical Attack 30
Agility 10 = Critical Damage +10%
Wisdom 75 = Magic Attack 505
Spirit 75 = Energy 3,750, Magic Defense 375, Energy Recovery 215 / 10 seconds
Unassigned Attribute Points: 0
Now, Chen Mo's Magic Attack reached a staggering 500, with an Energy Recovery Speed of 200 every ten seconds.
These stats surpassed those of even a Level 10 Two-star professional, let alone a Level 1. Only by focusing extremely on a single attribute could another professional hope to match Chen Mo's Wisdom or Spirit at this stage.
With the allocation of attribute points, the attributes of the Skeleton Monsters Chen Mo could summon also changed.
Current summonable Skeleton Monster attributes: Health 750, Physical Attack 225, Magic Attack 225, Physical Defense 0, Magic Defense 0, Traits—Bomb, Revival, Corpse Poison, Invisible.
Skeleton Monsters with over 200 attack power and over 700 health... that's roughly equivalent to the attributes of a normal Level 5 Two-star professional equipped with gear! I can summon five hundred such Skeleton Monsters at once. This is insane!
After allocating the points, Chen Mo was itching to try out his new strength. He found himself looking forward to tomorrow's novice examination more and more.
After calming his excitement, Chen Mo turned on his computer and once again checked the information about the novice examination.
While the examination was a benefit for ordinary civilian examinees, allowing them to level up safely under the protection of powerful figures, those with ambition still paid close attention to their examination scores.
The novice examination primarily scored based on leveling speed. Killing Elite Beasts and BOSSes during the process would earn extra points.
Finally, examinees were compared with all others from the same county or district. Those who scored high were given priority in choosing the qualifying examination dungeon.
The qualifying examination was a bonus point dungeon before the formal unified examination.
Among thousands of students from hundreds of colleges in each province, only the top 500 examinees in the novice examination would have the opportunity to take this test for extra points.
These extra points were very helpful for admission into top universities.
Currently, most of the world's resources and top talents were concentrated in these higher educational institutions. To gain the protection of influential figures, to access various high-reward dungeons and secret realms, or to find rare items unavailable elsewhere, one had to join these institutions.
The significance of universities in this world isn't necessarily to impart useful knowledge, but they definitely provide the resources you need.
This was the true meaning of a university's existence.
Of course, once enrolled, there was still much to learn. For example, there were cooperative courses on the qualitative changes brought about by synergy between different profession combinations, practical lessons on advanced skill usage, theory classes explaining strategies for various dungeon types, and PK classes on inter-profession combat techniques, among many others.
If one was willing to learn, universities offered a plethora of courses for gradual mastery.