Chapter 290 Both Advance
Eric turned around and ran.
The Silvergaze Lionlord roared, its silver eyes fixed on Eric. With its powerful legs, it stomped on the grass, creating a gust of wind as it chased after him.
However, Eric clearly had the advantage in speed, and the distance between them gradually increased. But if Eric kept running, the Silvergaze Lionlord would soon catch up.
Eric couldn't use potions to restore his health; the only way to recover was through combat regeneration, which restored 1% of his health every five seconds. Given Eric's health, that meant 24 points every five seconds.
To recover over 600 health points, he would need a considerable amount of time.
"Luckily, I'm a bit faster, and this area is large enough to run around. Otherwise, I'd be dead for sure," Eric thought, glancing at the Silvergaze Lionlord while keeping most of his attention on the surroundings.
Divine Realms: Legends was different from other virtual games; it was more realistic.
In this game, a player's combat power only determined 50% of the battle outcome, with environmental factors accounting for 40%, and luck making up the remaining 10%.
Luck was an uncertain factor and not considered.
The 50% combat power and 40% environment were crucial indicators of a player's skill level.
An average expert could utilize 50% of their combat power. The main system would evaluate and calculate a player's combat power, which was the most credible measure.
How this was calculated was known only to the main system.
Currently, the main system didn't display a player's combat power or how much they utilized it. Only after players conquered a hundred-person team dungeon would the second evolution of Divine Realms: Legends be unlocked. Then, portals to the God and Demon Arena would appear in major cities, where players could duel each other, earn equipment, and improve their skills. As players continued to duel, the main system's data would be refined, eventually introducing personal combat power evaluations. Everyone could then test their level.
This made dueling in Divine Realms: Legends extremely popular, eventually replacing real-world martial arts tournaments.
Utilizing 50% of one's combat power made one an expert.
Exceeding 60% made one a second-rate expert.
Reaching 70% made one a first-rate expert.
Exceeding 85% made one a top-tier expert. These individuals were often well-known in Divine Realms: Legends and frequently participated in the annual global competition, attracting significant attention.
Eric was once a top-tier third-rank Sword King. Although not as famous as the top experts, he was considered a first-rate expert, able to utilize about 80% of his combat power. However, Eric's ability to leverage the environment was even stronger.
In terms of combat power, Eric and the Silvergaze Lionlord were similar, but the Silvergaze Lionlord had much more health. Without considering environmental factors, Eric would undoubtedly die in a direct confrontation.
Normally, dying wouldn't be a big deal, but this was a trial mission with no second chances. Dying meant the mission was over, so Eric couldn't afford to die.
After running for over ten minutes, Eric reached a hill, with the Silvergaze Lionlord still in pursuit.
After circling the hill for a while, Eric spotted a cliff and his eyes lit up, a smile forming on his lips.
"Finally, I've found the key to victory," Eric thought, activating Zephyr Stride to increase his speed as he headed for the cliff.
Eric could have widened the gap between him and the Silvergaze Lionlord during this time, but he didn't. He was looking for advantageous terrain to deal with the Silvergaze Lionlord.
A minute later, Eric stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the rocky canyon below.
"This height should be enough," Eric estimated, finding the method feasible.
A few seconds later, the Silvergaze Lionlord caught up.
As the Silvergaze Lionlord lunged at Eric, swinging its sharp claws at his head, Eric leaped to avoid the attack. The Silvergaze Lionlord's claws struck the cliff face with a loud crash, causing the ground beneath them to crumble, sending both Eric and the Silvergaze Lionlord tumbling down the cliff.
As they were about to hit the ground, Eric activated the Ring of Gravity, slowing his descent and landing gently like a feather.
The Silvergaze Lionlord wasn't as fortunate, crashing into the ground and creating a deep pit, its health reduced to a sliver.
"Still hanging on, huh? But you won't survive this," Eric said, mercilessly using Thunderbolt to strike.
Three bolts of lightning flashed, depleting the Silvergaze Lionlord's remaining health.
If Eric had jumped off the cliff, the Silvergaze Lionlord wouldn't have followed but would have gone around to chase him. With its high intelligence, Eric had to use the Silvergaze Lionlord's destructive power to catch it off guard.
System: Defeated Silvergaze Lionlord, completed the fourth trial challenge, and was rewarded with three million experience points, 20 free mastery points, 300 skill proficiency points, and 10 gold coins.
System: Fourth trial completed. Do you want to start the next trial?
"Three million experience points, that's a generous reward," Eric was astonished by the System's reward. He had just reached level 19, and now he was already looking forward to level 20.
Moreover, after completing the fourth trial, Eric's Crystal Palace merit points had reached 1500, enough to exchange for an Obsidian Level item or three Adamantite Artifacts.
If he could pass the fifth trial, he would receive an additional 1600 merit points, more than the total accumulated from the first four trials.
After resting for a while, Eric started the fifth trial.
The fifth trial took place in a desert, where he faced a beast with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail, spewing scorching flames from its mouth and dripping green venom from its snake tail like a drooling dog.
When the beast saw Eric enter its territory, its scarlet eyes narrowed with excitement.
"Chimera!" Eric was startled.
Although Eric didn't use Insightful Gaze, he had previously fought a Chimera, which was a major boss in a hundred-person dungeon, and it had wiped out his team countless times before they finally defeated it, leaving a deep impression on him.
Chimera, special elite, level 20, 120,000 health points.
Eric was very familiar with the Chimera, knowing both its strengths and weaknesses.
The Chimera could breathe fire and had strength comparable to the Silvergaze Lionlord. Its snake tail was like another monster, with potent venom. If poisoned and then hit by fire, death was certain. However, it had a weakness: its venom.
Eric activated Zephyr Stride, dodging the Chimera's claws and venom attacks without counterattacking. When the Chimera's venom began to spread, Eric finally took action.
He rushed into the venomous mist, with the Chimera following closely behind.
As soon as Eric entered the venomous mist, he was poisoned, losing 200 health points per second, but he didn't care.
Eric then ran out of the venomous area and threw a Blaze Comet.
The fireball entered the venomous mist, turning the green mist into dark green before exploding. The Chimera was blasted away, losing over 10,000 health points and entering a brief crippled state, allowing Eric to attack.
By the time the Chimera recovered from its crippled state, Eric had already dealt five to six thousand damage.
The Chimera, enraged, charged at Eric again, who continued to dodge, waiting for the venomous mist to form.
After several rounds, Eric's health was down to just over 400 points, but the Chimera lay defeated at his feet.
System: Defeated Chimera, completed the fifth trial challenge, rewarded with six million experience points, 20 free mastery points, 300 skill proficiency points, and 10 gold coins.
System: Fifth trial completed. Do you want to start the next trial?
With six million experience points, Eric leveled up to 20 and reached 62%, not far from level 21.
Although Eric added some attributes and became a bit stronger, he felt the next trial would be very dangerous. If he hadn't been familiar with the Chimera, he might have failed.
The sixth trial's monster would undoubtedly be stronger than the Chimera. If it was a familiar monster, that would be fine, but what if it wasn't?
That would mean certain failure.
Eric didn't want to rely on luck for something so important, so instead of starting the sixth trial immediately after resting, he opened his attribute panel and used the free mastery points he had accumulated.
50 points in One-Handed Sword mastery would upgrade him to an intermediate Swordsman apprentice, increasing One-Handed Sword damage by 15%.
100 points in One-Handed Sword mastery would upgrade him to an advanced Swordsman apprentice, increasing One-Handed Sword damage by 20%.
150 points in One-Handed Sword mastery would upgrade him to a junior Swordsman, increasing One-Handed Sword damage by 30% with a 10% qualitative change effect.
200 points in One-Handed Sword mastery would upgrade him to an intermediate Swordsman, increasing One-Handed Sword damage by 40%.
Even players who advanced to first-rank Swordsman typically only had intermediate Swordsman apprentice mastery in One-Handed Sword or two-handed sword.
Through five trials, task accumulation, and the mastery points rewarded every five levels, Eric had accumulated 168 points.
After allocating all points to One-Handed Sword, Eric's mastery level upgraded to junior Swordsman.
But Eric wasn't satisfied yet.
He equipped the level 20 dark gold One-Handed Sword Infernal Shadeblade in his off-hand, replacing the level 15 dark gold Sword of Daemonbane.
"Let's start the devouring."
Eric looked at the pitch-black Abyssal Blade in his hand and then sacrificed the 10 level 15 Dark Iron Level Weapons and the level 15 dark gold Sword of Daemonbane he had stored in his backpack.
Although it was a pity not to use 10 level 15 Mithril Weapons for the sacrifice, the legendary quest was too important to risk, so he had to make do for now.
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