[System Detection in Progress...]
[Congratulations! You have obtained the unique hidden class: Purgatory Mage!]
[Class Description: Born from the abyss, embodying inferno itself, you are the master of the endless flames of hell!]
Seeing this system notification, David was completely stunned!
A unique hidden class!
He knew exactly what this meant!
In [Dark Path], hidden classes were already extremely rare, and the word "unique" meant that in the entire server—no, the entire world—only he could possess this class!
What an honor and symbol of power this was!
[Inferno Class Passive Skills are as follows:]
[Passive 1: Inferno Armor—For every 10 points of fire damage dealt to enemies, you gain 1 point of armor]
[Passive 2: Inferno Flame—All fire damage gains an additional 1 point of continuous burning damage]
[Passive 3: Inferno Body—Every 10 points of damage dealt by non-undead creatures is reduced by 1 point]
The introduction of these three passive skills made David's eyes light up!
This was simply the perfect class tailor-made for solo combat!
David quickly analyzed the terrifying nature of these three passives in his mind:
Inferno Armor meant that with each attack, he could stack defensive power—the longer the battle, the tankier he became!
Inferno Flame made each of his fire attacks carry continuous damage, causing his damage output to grow exponentially!
Inferno Body directly gave him 10% damage reduction, which was extremely terrifying survivability in the early game!
"This is truly a god-tier class for solo grinding..." David clenched his fists in excitement.
He recalled that in his previous life, the strongest person on Earth was a player called "Flame God," also a mage class, so powerful he could single-handedly destroy entire cities!
But even such a strong player was ultimately assassinated by a top-tier assassin.
Because mage classes had one fatal weakness—they were too fragile!
And now, his Inferno Mage class perfectly compensated for this flaw!
[System Notice: Since you have chosen the Inferno class, the core mechanism of Dark Path will now be explained—the Lifespan System]
[When you die in-game, your real-world lifespan will be deducted based on the proportion of overflow damage you receive]
[For example: If your in-game health is 100 and you take 5000 damage, the overflow damage is 4900, equivalent to 49 times your health, resulting in 49 years of lifespan deduction]
[When lifespan reaches zero, true death occurs]
[You can gain lifespan by killing monsters, and you can also consume lifespan to extract equipment and skills from the game into the real world]
[Lifespan has become the universal currency worldwide]
After reading these system notifications, David took a deep breath.
This was the cruel nature of [Dark Path]!
The game was no longer just a game, but another real world!
The price of death was life itself!
This was also why survivability was so important. In this world, no matter how high your damage output, once you were killed instantly, you'd pay the price of decades or more of your lifespan!
[Initial Skills Acquired:]
[Burning Hand (Poor Quality)]
[Skill Description: Summons a massive burning flame hand to perform a gripping attack, dealing 30 points of fire damage per second for 3 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown]
[Burning Blast (Poor Quality)]
[Skill Description: Fire damage persists for 10 seconds, with a 10% chance to trigger Burning Blast, increasing fire damage by 10%]
David carefully analyzed these two initial skills.
Burning Hand could deal 90 points of fire damage in a single cast, and combined with the Inferno Flame passive, it would also add continuous burning damage!
Burning Blast was even more terrifying—the 10% chance to increase fire damage meant that as battles progressed, his damage would keep increasing!
Combined with the Inferno Armor passive, every 10 points of fire damage dealt would grant 1 point of armor...
"Burning Hand deals 90 points of damage in one cast, which means I can stack 9 points of armor!" David calculated excitedly.
Just then, he suddenly felt a familiar power stirring within his body!
It was the Inferno Flame!
The Hell Lord's Hand was resonating with this Inferno class in some mysterious way!
[Special Power Resonance Detected...]
[Hell Lord's Hand fully activated!]
[Randomly generating top-tier class talent for you...]
[Randomizing...]
[Congratulations! You have obtained the talent: Crafting Enhancement]
[Talent Quality: White]
Seeing this result, David was stunned.
White quality?
This was the lowest grade quality!
According to his expectations, the Inferno Flame should have brought him a purple quality talent—the highest grade!
How could it be white?
[Crafting Enhancement (White)]
[Talent Description: Solo killing monsters has a chance to grant crafting points, used for enhancing equipment]
[Automatically gain 5 crafting points every 24 hours]
[Solo killing Boss-level monsters guarantees crafting points]
[Current possession: 5 crafting points]
[Crafting Rules:]
[Consuming crafting points can enhance random attributes or properties of equipment]
[Crafting has a failure probability; higher equipment quality means higher failure rates]
[More crafting attempts increase point consumption progressively]
After reading the talent description, David frowned.
Crafting Enhancement? It sounded like just a manufacturing-type support talent—how could this be top-tier?
However, since he had obtained it, he might as well try its effects.
David checked his equipment:
[Worn Cloth Armor (Poor Quality)]
[Armor: 1]
[Description: The most basic cloth armor, better than nothing]
[Worn Cloth Pants (Poor Quality)]
[Armor: 1]
[Description: The most basic cloth leg protection, better than nothing]
[Worn Cloth Shoes (Poor Quality)]
[Armor: 1]
[Description: The most basic cloth footwear, better than nothing]
A total of 3 armor points across his entire body—this was all a newbie possessed.
"Let me try Crafting Enhancement."
David selected the worn cloth armor and consumed 1 crafting point for enhancement.
[Crafting in progress...]
[Success!]
[Worn Cloth Armor → Common Cloth Armor]
[Armor: 1→2 (+1)]
The armor increased by 1 point!
Although it didn't seem like much, David suddenly realized something!
Combined with the Inferno Armor passive, every 10 points of fire damage dealt to enemies would stack 1 point of armor.
If he dealt 90 points of damage, he could gain 9 points of armor bonus!
Now that his base armor became 2 points, after stacking it would be 11 points!
And crafting could continue!
David chose to enhance again, consuming 2 crafting points.
[Crafting in progress...]
[Success!]
[Common Cloth Armor → Bronze Cloth Armor]
[Armor: 2]
[New Attribute: Magic damage reduced by 1%]
It even added a new attribute!
1% magic damage reduction—while not much, this was only the second crafting attempt!
If he continued crafting...
David's breathing quickened.
He suddenly understood!
This Crafting Enhancement talent wasn't some low-level talent at all!
This was a heaven-defying ability that allowed equipment to evolve infinitely!
Imagine if he crafted a piece of equipment dozens of times, or even hundreds of times—what would it become?
And he still had Burning Hand's 90 points of fire damage, combined with the Inferno Armor passive, each attack could stack 9 points of armor!
Now his base armor was 2 points, after stacking it would be 11 points of armor!
If he crafted and enhanced all his equipment...
David looked at his remaining 2 crafting points and didn't hesitate to continue enhancing other equipment.
[Worn Cloth Pants → Common Cloth Pants]
[Armor: 1→2 (+1)]
[Remaining Crafting Points: 1]
With 1 point left, David used it to enhance the cloth shoes.
[Worn Cloth Shoes → Common Cloth Shoes]
[Armor: 1→2 (+1)]
[Remaining Crafting Points: 0]
Now his base armor had become 6 points!
Combined with the Inferno Armor passive, one Burning Hand could bring his armor to 15 points!
And combined with Burning Blast and Inferno Flame, his actual attack power would be even more terrifying!
"Burning Hand base damage is 90, combined with Inferno Flame's additional 1 point of continuous damage per second, the actual damage is equivalent to 93 points!"
"Combined with Burning Blast's 10% damage increase chance, the average damage would be even higher!"
"Plus the damage stacking effects of the class passives..."
David became more and more excited as he thought about it!
This combination was simply perfect!
Maximum fire damage output, strongest defensive capability, and an equipment system that could evolve infinitely!
This power level was already equivalent to his strength after developing for an entire day in his previous life!
And now, he had just entered the game!
"Indeed, Crafting Enhancement is truly a top-tier talent!"
David completely understood the choice of the Inferno Flame.
On the surface it appeared to be white quality, but in reality it possessed infinite evolutionary potential!
This was the advantage of being reborn!
The memories of a transmigrator, the experience of someone reborn, plus the choice of the Inferno Flame—triple buffs stacked to the max!
He knew that crafting points could be obtained by grinding monsters, and the efficiency of converting them into combat power was the highest!
Since that was the case, there was no need to be frugal!
A resolute gleam flashed in David's eyes.
In this life, what he pursued wasn't safety, but ultimate power!
All equipment on his body would be crafted to the extreme!
Without the burden of wife, he could finally pursue the true peak without any restraints!