Chapter 126
Rolling to evade the attack from the disintegration golem's single eye, Ye Bai swung the snow-white sword, landing a blow on the golem, which could only move slowly.
‘-1’
Such a delicate amount of damage could only be dealt due to the snow-white sword's extremely low physical attack and the golem's exceptionally high physical defense.
After triggering the special effect, Ye Bai immediately unleashed three Fireball spells in quick succession, igniting three 'Burn' effects, followed by an explosive 【Flame Burst】 that detonated based on the number of burn layers.
‘-214’, ‘-215’, ‘-217’, ‘-647’
Fire spells had the highest pure damage output among all spell types. Under normal circumstances, with Ye Bai's current damage, a combo would easily deal over four thousand points of damage to other regular monsters, but here, it was all mitigated by the golem's immense magical resistance.
But this was just the beginning.
Not long after Ye Bai's combo inflicted damage, the disintegration golem, which had initially only been able to shoot energy waves from its single eye, suddenly 'looked' at Ye Bai again and fired back three identical fireballs.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The three fireballs struck Ye Bai at breakneck speed, with no cooldown and no mana cost, immediately followed by a Flame Burst.
‘-184’, ‘-289’
Facing an opponent that could also cast spells while reducing damage from physical attacks, the golem's assault was relentless—a true 'spell machine gun.' Even though Ye Bai had prepared and rolled to dodge most of the damage, she still took hits from one fireball and one Flame Burst.
Indeed, the ability displayed by this 'professional mentor' was the core feature of Ye Bai's prepared second-class job, the 【Spellbreaker】—'Disintegration Return.'
In simple terms, it meant returning the favor in kind.
The Spellbreaker was a class akin to a spell tank, boasting high base magical resistance and the ability to 'return' spell damage received, consuming only energy points. Since it was a return effect, there was no cooldown.
Choosing this class as a first-tier job would undoubtedly be powerful, but the downside was that it required first enduring spell damage, necessitating sufficient health and resistance to support it, and it was easily countered by physical classes.
However, as a second-tier job for the Whisperer, it received a tremendous enhancement.
Ye Bai's offensive did not waver for a moment. The golem's magical resistance was extremely high, and aside from the ray attacks equivalent to normal attacks, it faithfully mirrored the skills Ye Bai cast upon it, without any cooldown.
Fortunately, while the golem had high magical resistance, Ye Bai was no slouch either. After swimming in the River of the Undead, she not only gained a significant boost to her health but also increased her resistances.
Even in the cramped environment of the alchemy lab, where she had to endure some damage, the overall damage Ye Bai received was still less than that of the golem.
After all, players were agile. Ye Bai's attacks combined her proficiency with various skills, chaining together combos like Fireball followed by Flame Burst, Ice Spike followed by Chain Lightning to trigger continuous electrical damage, and many more.
Conversely, the disintegration golem could only replicate the skills Ye Bai had cast on it. As long as she dodged one or two key skills, the damage she took would be significantly reduced.
Finally, after a series of level-ups and using recovery potions, in a battle that felt like a turn-based war of attrition, Ye Bai defeated the disintegration golem at the perilous mark of 9 minutes and 32 seconds.
Ye Bai's level rose to 40, and she used six health recovery potions.
Such consumption could hardly be called extravagant. Without the gains from the divine realm, Ye Bai would have needed to expend more items, including high-level spell damage scrolls and high-level defense scrolls.
“Click!”
As the last drop of the golem's health was taken by Ye Bai, a crack opened in its chest, and a brilliant light burst forth, merging into Ye Bai's body.
【You have completed the 'Spellbreaker' job transition trial】
【You have successfully transitioned to 'Spellbreaker'】
【You have gained the job feature 'Disintegration Return'】
【You have gained 1 skill point】
Ye Bai felt a subtle sensation wash over her body.
Compared to the complete lack of response during her first transition, this second transition brought a strange feeling that was hard to describe, though it was nothing compared to the intensity of leveling up her talents.
Ye Bai had pondered this question several times but had no clear thoughts. Instinctively, she wanted to open her newly upgraded skill panel, but her peripheral vision caught sight of the remnants of the golem on the ground.
Suddenly, her expression changed, and she quickly opened the laboratory door and hurried out.
Just a few steps later—
“Bang!”
A loud thud echoed from Room 9, which she had just left.
The defense and alarm systems were triggered, and both the laboratory staff and the patrolling golems outside sprang into action.
Even though Ye Bai had completed her job transition, the golem's 【Circuit Anomaly】 feature was still active, faithfully adhering to its promise—if it said it would explode in ten minutes, it would explode in ten minutes.
Otherwise, Ye Bai wouldn't have spent money on the most expensive insurance...
Thanks to the insurance she had purchased earlier, most of the costs were covered by the insurance company, and Ye Bai only had to pay 5 silver coins to settle the compensation issue. Finally, she stepped out of the Lucky Goddess Alchemy Laboratory under the watchful eyes of the cashier and the insurance assessor.
After everything settled down, Ye Bai opened her job panel after her second transition. The previous Whisperer job had been replaced by Spellbreaker:
【Spellbreaker】 (Second Tier)
Job Feature: All-System Disintegration Return, Magical Bloodline
Effect: When receiving damage from spells of your own mastery, base damage -60%; +1 return slot for all mastered spell types; comprehend the job skill 【Spell Return】: Temporarily learn a spell that causes damage to yourself; only one spell can be learned at a time from a single school of magic, possessing 80% of that spell's panel damage and effects, with no casting time and no cooldown.
Description: The most versatile mage has now transformed into the nemesis of all mages.
Current Job Skills: None
Skill Points: 1
This was the terrifying panel of the Spellbreaker after transitioning from the Whisperer!
Compared to an ordinary Spellbreaker with only one return slot, Ye Bai, after transitioning from the Whisperer, had gained a slot for every spell type she had mastered in her previous job. This meant Ye Bai could store all the magic she currently mastered—Fire, Ice, Earth, Wood, Lightning, Light, Gravity, and Mind—totaling eight return skill slots.
An ordinary first-tier Spellbreaker could only return spells one at a time, and casting would consume energy points, putting both mana and health under strain, requiring them to take damage first to deal damage.
Unlike Ye Bai now, her first-tier magical bloodline was still intact, allowing her to cast previously mastered skills normally without needing to take damage.
Combined with her exceptionally high magical resistance and health, Ye Bai could be considered the player least afraid of being overwhelmed in the entire multiverse.
Moreover, with these eight return slots, if operated well, Ye Bai could 'pre-store' various more powerful skills to unleash a little 'Spellbreaker surprise' on her enemies at critical moments.
For instance... bringing back some 'specialty' skills from the divine realm.
After all, given the current strength of players, Ye Bai's level and economic advantages were enough to handle situations using first-tier spell skills.
In the end, Ye Bai allocated her newly acquired skill point to 【Extraordinary Disintegration Enhancement】, directly enhancing her job feature, reducing the base damage from magical properties from ‘-60%’ to ‘-65%’, and increasing the damage and effects of returned spells from 80% to 90%.
Although the damage from spell return was weakened, when factoring in Ye Bai's spell intensity, it became quite considerable. In this scenario, even if she faced a situation similar to the ambush by the Makur Group from years ago, she was confident she could navigate through it safely, and even counterattack most likely...
Ye Bai pulled her thoughts back. Having completed her second transition, everything was settled, and it was time to leave Laan City.
Of course, before leaving, Ye Bai headed to the Merchant Guild.
Since she was already there, as a responsible lord, Ye Bai certainly had to take the opportunity to open up trade routes.
**Chapter 91**
By the time Ye Bai found the Merchant Guild in Laan City, night had already fallen in the game.
The Merchant Guild was closed and would not open to the public until daytime.
Unlike the chaotic outer city, where one might encounter additional quests at night, the inner city of the main city generally had a curfew. Wandering the streets at night would result in being captured by patrolling golems.
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