On the morning of the third day, Lister finally managed to readjust to the time difference.
At this moment, they had already set out again for the Cerberus encampment.
The more mysteries surrounding them, the greater the danger they represented.
What could put them at ease right now was not to quickly investigate all the mysteries behind this, or to sort out the relationships between the major noble families in the city.
The only thing that could truly give Lister confidence was power, a power that transcended the entire city of Will.
And this power naturally meant that the Cerberus caves were about to suffer once again.
Some of the outer caves had already been occupied by new Cerberuses, though not in large numbers.
Lister was now truly certain that the monsters in the world of "Divine Revelation" would not respawn.
...
"Clang~Clang~Clang~!"
As a sharp white light flashed, the few Cerberuses around fell to the ground.
Lister did not let down their guard at this moment and hurried forward.
The blade in their hand swung decisively, chopping at the napes of these Cerberuses, ultimately decapitating them.
After two consecutive days of hunting Cerberuses, Lister had become exceptionally familiar with all their various attacks.
Their intelligence was indeed low, they couldn't even coordinate to attack them together.
They were directly heavily wounded by a single Iaido Slash.
Although the current Merrick Blade Style couldn't be called flashy, this Iaido Slash was indeed cool enough, and at the same time, practical enough.
No wonder in Act Two, most martial arts players who used blades loved to learn this move.
...
Just like that, for half a month, they had wiped out more than half of the Cerberuses in this Kayas region.
Lister was currently taking stock of their gains.
[Experience Points: 310,000]
Thinking they had enough experience, Lister first spent over 50,000 experience points to raise their level to 20.
"Congratulations, your level has increased!"
"Congratulations, your lev..."
...
[Level: 20 (0/20000) (Awaiting Class Advancement, cannot be increased)]
[Available Attribute Points Gained: 3]
"Alert, you have reached level 20, do you wish to accept the class advancement quest?"
"No!"
As a veteran player, although Lister's strength in their previous life was mediocre and they didn't rank high in the game, they had learned a lot about how top players developed their classes.
In the game "Divine Revelation," every 10 levels was a tier, with class advancement quests occurring in stages.
They were the first advancement at level 20, the second at level 60, the third at level 120, and the fourth at level 180.
The first advancement was the current one at level 20.
There was actually no advancement quest, the quests with corresponding difficulty only started from the second advancement.
The level could not be increased before advancing the class.
Lister's current level already belonged to a Tier 2 professional, but because they hadn't completed the class advancement, they could only stay at Tier 2 and couldn't break through to Tier 3.
As for the classes after advancement, they were incredibly diverse in "Divine Revelation," and players would receive suitable advancement quests based on their character's skills and attributes before accepting the quest.
So when discussing game classes externally, they were only divided into a few major systems, such as Martial Arts, Mecha, Psionic, etc...
Many people could potentially obtain exclusive classes, or even rare classes recognized by the system.
However, the rarity of a class truly just meant it was rare, that few players walked that path, and it had nothing to do with strength.
The actual class advancement was in fact a consolidation of the character's accumulation before the advancement, while also opening up a more suitable future path for the player's current state.
Lister didn't fantasize about maxing out the Merrick Blade Style or passive skills before advancing their class, as these skills were not restricted from being upgraded after advancement.
But before advancing, they had to at least max out all their basic attributes.
In the past, they had no choice, but now with this chance to start over, and with the capital to do so, they naturally had to build a solid foundation.
If the various attributes hadn't reached 20 points before the first advancement, for example, only 15 points, then the attributes after advancement would already have a ceiling, starting their growth from 15 points.
Until the second class advancement, even if the player reached level 60, the maximum limit for that attribute would be 55 points, unable to make up for the deficit from before the first advancement.
[Attribute: Strength 14→17]
"Do you wish to upgrade Merrick's Breathing Technique?"
"Yes."
[Merrick's Breathing Technique LV3→LV8: Additional Strength +8]
"Congratulations, your overall rating has increased!"
[Overall Rating: F→D]
Looking at the D-rank overall rating in front of them, Lister's heart instantly throbbed with excitement.
Before they transmigrated, their character's level in "Divine Revelation" was 180, and their fourth advancement class was "Cosmic Source Blademaster." Don't be fooled by the high level.
In reality, among the four primary attributes, only Strength barely exceeded one hundred and twenty, while the other attributes didn't even pass one hundred.
After each class advancement, they would be much weaker than the top players, and it was impossible to catch up, making them semi-crippled after a few advancements.
Not to mention their class was a mix of semi-Psionic and semi-Martial Arts, having forcibly transferred from the Psionic system to the Martial Arts system during the fourth advancement period.
One could say they were a true scrub, with an overall rating that perennially remained at E-rank.
This overall rating was a judgment of the character's strength at their current tier.
The lower the overall rating, the more one just leveled up without improving combat power.
The higher the overall rating, the stronger the player's strength at their current level, and the more capable they were of fighting opponents of a higher level.
At the same time, if this overall rating was higher than the enemy's, the more information the system could detect about others.
Lister had played the game for seventeen years before transmigrating and had never had a D-rank rating, so this was the first time their overall rating had reached D.
A D-rank, even for monsters, already represented an elite-level monster!
They estimated that this rating reaching D was mainly thanks to their extra 8 points in the Strength attribute.
Counting the original 17 points, a total of 25 points in Strength had already broken through the current level 20 cap.
At the same time, their own four primary attributes were not yet maxed out, if they could continue to raise them to the max, they estimated that reaching a B-rank overall rating shouldn't be a problem.
In their previous life, the overall ratings of top game players were mostly concentrated in the B-rank, and only the top few hundred players on the server could reach an A-rank overall rating.
If this were applied to monster ratings, B-rank would represent a Chieftain-level BOSS, while A-rank would be a true Lord-level BOSS!
Being able to reach B-rank or higher meant that the four primary basic attributes had no weaknesses, and there was definitely something extraordinary about them.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
Just as Lister was immersed in the joy of their increased overall rating, a low growl came from the distance.
At the same time, a huge stench of blood assaulted their nostrils.
"Thump~Thump~Thump~!"
It sounded like the footsteps of a giant monster.
The ground also began to tremble in response, and the pebbles at their feet vibrated rhythmically with the approaching footsteps.
Lister's expression instantly turned grave, they had already ventured deep into the Cerberus gathering area.
Whatever was making this commotion now was definitely the BOSS of this Cerberus pack.
Suddenly, Lister felt a strong gust of wind sweep over their entire body, with a particularly stinging pain on their face.
Having experience fighting BOSSes, they immediately understood that this was the Cerberus BOSS's charge skill.
The next moment, a huge black shadow was already ramming towards them.
Fortunately, Lister was experienced in fighting monsters, and had already anticipated the attack when their face stung, having already dodged to the other side of the monster.
"Crack~!"
Several towering giant trees behind where they had been standing were instantly snapped in half at the waist.
The trunks of the several giant trees scattered and fell, even hitting one of the onlooking Cerberuses, but unfortunately, Lister didn't participate in the attack and couldn't get experience points.
[Target Found: Cerberus Knight]
[Comparing our strength vs. the enemy's... Reconnaissance in progress... Reconnaissance results obtained...]
[Level: Lv26]
[Health: 15019/15996]
[Stamina: ???]
[Attributes: Strength 24, ???, Intelligence 7, Agility: 17]
[Skills: Charge (D-rank) LV17, (Insufficient reconnaissance data) ???]
[Overall Rating: D (Elite)]
[Warning: This enemy's strength exceeds yours, it is recommended to avoid direct confrontation]
It really was the only Cerberus BOSS in this area, and its overall rating had also rarely reached the elite level.
Although its level was only five levels higher than the E-rank Cerberus they had encountered before, the overall rating represented the opponent's strength.
Its health alone was five times greater, and its various attributes and skill levels were worlds apart.
If they had run into this Cerberus on the first day, Lister would have definitely turned and fled.
But now, they had just finished allocating their points, and were not only full of power.
And in terms of absolute strength, their own attribute was even one point higher than the opponent's.
There was no absolute gap in strength, the only thing that was relatively tricky was this high-level LV17 Charge skill.
At any rate, their own rating had now reached D, their current condition was almost perfect, and with their combat experience and skills from their previous life.
Lister was confident they could make the elite monster Cerberus Knight in front of them meet its end here today.