Chapter 209 Increasing The Spirit Stat Once Again



''I wonder how powerful D-Rank item holders are. It's likely that Belicia is also an E-Rank," Raydon speculated in his head.

Raydon had met a lot of powerful people during his time in the item market, but the most powerful of the people he had seen fighting was only E-Rank. And he speculated that Tika and Belicia, who was probably almost as strong as a top low-ranker, were the strongest of them all, despite the fact that he had never seen either of them engage in a serious fight. 

Raydon started counting down the remaining seconds until his next match and said, "Anyway, those are things I can think about later."

*Ding*

[The next match is ready to begin. Do you want to join?]

And with that, Raydon began his eighth match with the intention of finishing with a new record.

As Raydon's vision started to come back, he found himself stepping out into the blazing heat of the sun, which was beating down on a desolate landscape that was cracked and parched. Heat and dryness pervaded the atmosphere around him. It was difficult for Raydon to make out any landmarks or distinguishing features of the surrounding terrain as a result of a hazy heat wave that shimmered in the distance. 

The only thing that he was able to make out in front of him was a never-ending plain of dry and barren land that stretched out as far as the eye could see.

After conducting an in-depth analysis of the region he was in, Raydon promptly put his skill to use, completely oblivious to the presence of the other members of his team.

''Explosive Swarm. ''

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

Raydon went around collecting the items of his fallen teammates, all of whom had been eliminated by a single explosion each brought on by his bees. Following that, he observed as his bees dispersed themselves across these dry lands and began searching for a new target for themselves to attack.

''Grim Blessing. ''

Raydon made use of his second skill as well, as he did not believe that this would be sufficient to earn the necessary amount of experience for him to once again raise his spirit stat.

[Pants]

-Grade: Green

-Quality: Good

-Skill: Grim Blessing

The user activates and imparts their death aura upon their allies, increasing their movement and attack speed by 1% for themselves and their allies, up to a maximum of 20 times for each ally.

The duration of the skill varies based on the user's stamina stat.

The number of stacks varies based on the user's spirit stat.

-Mana cost: 350

-Duration: 20 minutes.

-Cooldown: 15 minutes.

As soon as Raydon activated his skill, a very faint glint appeared in his gray eyes, and he felt the strength in his body begin to increase. 

''Good. It looks like it's working," Raydon said as he attempted to move around a little bit, assuming that his increased speed had increased by 20%.

In addition to this, the most noteworthy aspect was the fact that his bees also received the 20% acceleration boost.

Raydon hadn't made extensive use of this skill in the match before because he needed to be more careful with how he used his limited mana reserve. However, now that he had increased his spirit stat and gained a new sub-skill, he was able to use his skills without having to worry about running out of mana.

''Explosive Stride. ''

After that, Raydon did not waste any more time and immediately activated his third skill. Then, after determining which route have the fewest bees, he started running in that direction.

As soon as Raydon took his first step, a miniature explosion occurred beneath his feet, which propelled him forward at an incredible speed. Because of this momentum, Raydon was able to throw his body forward several meters in an instant, and the additional 30% speed from the skill was added to the previous 20% buff, which assisted him in traveling many meters in a short amount of time.

Raydon didn't want to use his bees to carry out the killing this time, nor was he interested in picking up dead bodies. This time, he decided not to pursue the loot that would come from killing mobs and instead focused on maximizing the amount of experience points he could earn.

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[The match has ended.]

[Winner Team: B7890-D4850]

[…Based on the contribution, rewards are calculated.]

[You gained gold coins: 425]

[You gained item blueprint: Breastplate (White)]

[You gained a body enchantment: Clay Skin(White)]

[Win streak: 8]

''Hahaha. A new record has now been set.'' 

Raydon, who had already returned to his room after the match was finished, looked up at the system panel and laughed happily as he saw the amount of experience points he had gained.

''I gave up all of the loot, but at least I was able to acquire a body enchantment. Not bad. '' Raydon commented as he took a look at the match reward. 

With the experience points he earned in this match, he increased his current total experience points to almost 80,000. As a result, he was unable to obtain any loot other than the slime-like body of the region boss. 

In addition to this, he eliminated the members of the opposing team, but he was unable to obtain any loot from them because he was unable to locate the items that had fallen from them.

"Let's see what the next sub-skill will be," As he spoke, Raydon opened the character panel and began to increase his spirit stat.

[+1 / Cost: 5420 XP]

…

[+1 / Cost: 6950 XP]

..

[+1 / Cost: 10155 XP]

.

[+1 / Cost: 11300 XP]

*DING*

"I don't think I can raise the spirit stat for a while, even if this sub-skill is not what I want." Raydon let out a sigh as he took a look at the required number of experience points for the next increase.

After setting his spirit to 40 with all of his experience points, he decided it would be better to focus on increasing his stamina from here on out.