Chapter 249 - 161: Epic Skill: Shadow Splitting
Chapter 249: Chapter 161: Epic Skill: Shadow Splitting
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It hadn’t been long. About an hour later, Lin Mo returned to the camp with Lute and the others, a wild boar slung over his shoulder.
They had specifically hunted a few relatively Low Level Demons, considering that not only the Adventurers needed to eat, but the rescued girls did as well.
However, such Demons were hard to find nearby. It took them quite a while to hunt down this one, a Demon that wasn’t even Level 1.
The meat from this kind of Demon didn’t have as high an Energy content, so it shouldn’t be too much for the girls to handle.
Next came starting a fire, boiling water, plucking hairs, and gutting the boar...
This series of troublesome tasks was naturally left to those who hadn’t gone on the hunt.
Traps had been set around the camp, and the vicinity had already been checked multiple times. Having more people around wasn’t just livelier; it also greatly increased their level of safety.
Lin Mo sat by the campfire, finally having the leisure to carefully sort through the jumble of recent information.
The situation in the Cave earlier had been too urgent; he hadn’t even had time to choose an Evolutionary Path for [Blizzard].
Please select an Evolutionary Direction—
Evolutionary Path 1: Overlapping Flow I: For the duration, damage dealt to enemies within the area of effect will increase with the number of hits taken, stacking up to a maximum of 20%.
Evolutionary Path 2: Frost Freeze I: After the slow effect stacks to its maximum, there is a 20% chance to inflict the Frozen status on enemies.
’One is for damage, the other for control. Both require enemies to be continuously hit within [Blizzard]’s range for the effect to stack. This is a really tough choice.’
Lin Mo had been agonizing over it for a while but ultimately chose Evolutionary Path 2.
’When it comes to damage, [Blizzard] is an AOE Skill, after all. It’s not that strong against a single target. It can handle what it can handle, but for anything tougher, another 20% boost isn’t likely to make a difference.’
On the other hand, a "control" type effect was extremely rare for Lin Mo at the moment.
’Besides, freezing an enemy and letting [Blizzard] deal its full damage might not even result in less total damage than choosing Evolutionary Path 1.’
But compared to something as trivial as [Blizzard]’s Evolutionary Path, what came next was the real main event.
His [Invisibility] Skill had finally reached Full Level!
"Skill [Invisibility] Level 6 (300/300) has been upgraded!"
"Current Skill: [Invisibility] Level 7 (Max)."
"You have gained attribute points: Agility +5!"
"Has automatically evolved into a New Skill—Shadow Splitting!"
"Skill Comprehension: [Shadow Splitting]! Agility +4, Strength +1!"
An Excellence Level Skill reaching Full Level had directly given him 5 attribute points!
’Add the 4 Agility from comprehending the New Skill, and that’s almost a whole Level’s worth of points!’
Lin Mo’s Basic Agility Attribute jumped from the original 26 points to 35.
"Promotion conditions met. Professional Assassin (Level 2) has been promoted—Current: Professional Assassin (Level 3)."
"You have received Professional Attribute Amplification: Strength +1, Agility +3!"
Lin Mo’s Assassin Profession had advanced to Level 3, and he had received another 4 amplified Attributes.
In the past, this would have been a cause for great celebration, but now, there was something even more important.
The Epic Skill, Shadow Splitting!
Gazing at the skill icon’s noble purple color, Lin Mo suppressed his excitement, trying his best not to get carried away as he focused his eyes and took a closer look.
[Shadow Splitting] Level 1 (0/20): Transform your shadow into a Clone to fight alongside you! The Clone will inherit 50% of the main body’s Attributes but cannot use Skills. While the Clone exists, it will continuously consume Qi and Blood, and its maximum duration is 300 seconds.
’It’s this kind of skill?’
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow in surprise.
’A Shadow Clone... This Skill is pretty interesting... It’s like conjuring another person to fight alongside me.’
Although this shadow could only inherit 50%—that is, half—of Lin Mo’s Attributes, based on past experience, this percentage would increase as the Skill Level rose, perhaps eventually reaching 70% or even 80%!
Besides, Lin Mo’s Attributes were very well-rounded. The Clone created by [Shadow Splitting] would also be a "pentagonal warrior" just like him. Even without being able to use Skills, it could absolutely function as a super-heavy hitter...
This Skill could even have some synergy with [Invisibility]!
Lin Mo immediately thought of [Invisibility]’s effect.
[Invisibility] could turn him invisible, but it wouldn’t hide his shadow. So, would the Clone created by the [Shadow Splitting] Skill also be considered a shadow?
’If that’s the case, then in the future, I can just have the Clone from [Shadow Splitting] draw fire head-on while I use [Invisibility] to hide in the shadows. Not only would I be perfectly hidden, with no more worries about my own shadow giving me away, but I could also coordinate with the Clone to catch the enemy completely off guard!’
’The skill ceiling and operational potential for this Skill are incredibly high!’
Lin Mo then looked at the Evolutionary Path, and his eyes lit up again.
’And there’s more?’