Insufficient balance

  Ling Chen is now at level 9 with 50% experience, and it's just a stone's throw away from level 10. Once he reaches level 10, he can equip Ling Xiao. At that time, his overall strength will skyrocket.

  He played with the light and slender long gun in his hand for a while before reluctantly putting it away. He swept his eyes across the area, just about to turn around, when suddenly his eyebrows twitched. Standing at the spot where Ling Xiao had picked up the gun, he crouched down and looked towards the corpse of the greedy giant clam and the part of the ground that was stuck to it. Just as his head was almost touching the ground, he finally saw a black object the size of a palm, with more than half exposed and less than half pressed under the corpse of the greedy giant clam. This thing had no luster at all, its color was very similar to the ground, and the light here was especially dim. If Ling Chen's eyes weren't exceptionally sharp, it would have been almost impossible to discover it.

  This is...

  Reach out and grab one end of it, the hand is not cold, obviously not metal casting, the feel is like a kind of hard wood.

  With a firm grip on the edge, after several attempts, he finally gritted his teeth and pulled it out with all his might, almost falling backwards onto the ground.

  This is a square black sign with nothing unusual about it. The front side is smooth and empty, but when turned over, a large character in faint color is found... Ling.

  Slowly, Ling Chen clenched his palm tightly, and an unusual glint flashed in his eyes.

  Two pieces of silver equipment, three pieces of gold equipment, an energy bead, a piece of sacred spirit equipment... and that's not all, there was even such a big gift in the end.

  He glanced at the giant toad beside him, which had driven him to the brink of death and despair countless times, and suddenly felt that its ugly body was so lovely.

  For the next five minutes, Ling Chen rummaged through the corpse of the greedy giant clam, knocking and pushing it around, until he was certain that there were no other items left. Only then did he turn around and look towards the open door leading to the sixth area.

  The fifth area is guarded by a tenth-level Spiritual Beast... The sixth area, if there are still guardian beasts, undoubtedly will be the original victory over the greedy giant clam.

  He stood at the entrance of the sixth area, but after a while, he didn't feel any dangerous aura emanating from it. However, he still didn't dare to proceed recklessly. All his special potions had been consumed, and he only had 20 bottles of life and magic recovery potion that Greedy Giant Clam had dropped. Besides that, there were no other supplies left. Ling Chen furrowed his brow, thinking about the various possibilities and countermeasures after entering... Suddenly, his mouth twitched, and he almost couldn't resist banging his head against something.

  From the very beginning, he had always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something. Only now did he suddenly remember that after destroying the greedy giant clam, the system seemed to have given him a "unique equipment" and also gave him a "unique skill".

  Ling Chen immediately stopped thinking about the sixth area ahead and summoned his backpack... Sure enough, in the corner of the backpack, there was an additional silver badge the size of a ping-pong ball.

  【Lingxi Badge】: Category: Badge, Grade: None, Equipment Requirements: Exclusive to 【Lingtian】, Non-tradable. A mysterious badge with unknown origins, only awarded to the first player who independently kills the Xianling Beast, possessing no attributes itself. However, legend has it that it originated from ancient times and can unlock a sealed ancient ruin.

  Ling Chen: *silence*

  Badges, no matter what virtual game world is the most difficult to appear, and the most precious, priceless equipment. Not to say that the properties attached to the badge are so powerful, but the badge-like equipment has a feature that other types of equipment can never have: that is, there is no restriction on the number of wearings. In other words, if you have the ability to get a large number of badges, all the badges can be equipped at the same time, and the properties will naturally be added up - of course, the premise is that you have the ability to get many badges. However, also because of this special property that any other equipment cannot have, it directly determines how rare the badge-like equipment will be. Badges cannot be obtained from monsters, but appear as special rewards or symbols of identity after completing a very special task or achieving something great.

  What left Ling Chen speechless was that the badge he had obtained didn't have any properties at all.

  Able to unlock a certain ancient ruin... This is the sentence that determines the value of this emblem, and it's vague and ambiguous. There is no mention of any information about the so-called "ancient ruin".

  Ling Chen could only helplessly put it away, then opened his own skill panel, looking forward to the mysterious skill he had obtained.

  [Soul Sacrifice]: Current Level: LV1, Max Level: LV4, Required Skill Potential Points to reach LV2: 2000. A desperate technique that sacrifices life and soul for the ultimate attack power, only accessible by those with strong spirit and conviction. Upon activation, HP drops to 1, Physical Attack +100%, Magical Attack +100%, all skills used have no cost (including HP and MP consumption), lasting 10 seconds, during which it cannot be interrupted or cancelled, and life recovery is not possible. Skill Cooldown: 300 seconds.

  Ling Chen: "!!!!!!"

  It's doubling the attack power... How can such a terrifying amplification skill exist?!

  Soul Sacrifice, worthy of the name "Desperate Technique", is a crazy increase in attack power gained by putting oneself on the edge of death in exchange for a final blow when all hope seems lost. The 100% increase in attack power is formidable, but during this time, HP remains at 1 and cannot be recovered. If touched by any attack during this period, it will result in instant death without fail. Indeed, it's an ultimate technique that can't be activated until the moment of despair.

  Although the cost and danger of release are extremely high, the 100% increase in attack power is enough to make any player's eyes widen in amazement.

  And the soul festival from level 1 to level 2 requires skill points that are high enough to scare a normal player out of their wits...

  It actually requires 2000 skill potential points!!

  After confirming 2 three times in a row, followed by three zeros, Ling Chen's mouth twitched several times.

  I fought desperately and finally killed a Xianling BOSS to get 1000 skill points, but the first upgrade of this skill requires 2000 skill points...... Dare to be even more ruthless!!!

  He looked at the remaining skill potential points he had: 2500. 300 points came from the Man-Eating Giant Clam, 1000 points came from the Greedy Giant Clam, 1000 points came from the huge reward for being the first to independently defeat the Xianling BOSS, and 200 points came from the reward for obtaining the Xianling instrument. These 2500 skill potential points were undoubtedly a huge fortune, something ordinary players wouldn't even dare think about. He even believed that with these skill points, after switching to his formal profession, he could directly max out some of the skills.

  And these skill points are just enough for Soul Sacrifice to reach level 2.

  Do you want to make an offering on the Soul Festival...

  Soul Sacrifice is an extremely extreme skill, powerful but also extremely dangerous. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a suicidal skill. This skill was basically given away for free to ordinary players, who didn't even have the guts to use it. But for Ling Chen, this skill was truly a terrifying technique. He also really wanted to see how much stronger it would become after leveling up to 2.

  After hesitating for a long time, Ling Chen finally gritted his teeth and used 2000 skill potential points on Soul Sacrifice, instantly upgrading its level to 2 in the system's notification sound.

  [Soul Sacrifice]: Current Level: LV2, Max Level: LV4, Required Skill Potential Points to reach LV3: 5000. A desperate technique that exchanges life and soul for the most extreme attack power, only accessible by those with strong spirit and conviction. After activation, HP drops to 1, Physical Attack +200%, Magical Attack +200%, all skills used have no cost (including HP and MP consumption), lasting 15 seconds, during which it cannot be interrupted or cancelled, and life recovery is not possible. Skill Cooldown: 300 seconds.

  Looking at the upgraded Soul Sacrifice attribute, Ling Chen almost sucked in a breath of cold air.

  First-level promotion, not only does the duration become 15 seconds, but physical attack power and magical attack power are also directly increased to 200%! It's exactly twice that of level 1! As long as the soul sacrifice is launched, its own attack power will directly surge to three times the original! How terrifying is this!

  Ling Chen suddenly felt that the 2000 skill potential points he had spent were not wasted at all.

  And to upgrade to level 3, it requires a full 5,000 skill potential points. Ling Chen took one glance at that number and didn't dare look again. His over 2,000 points were from killing the Xian Ling BOSS and system rewards; he wondered how many years or months it would take to accumulate 5,000 points by regularly killing elite mobs and bosses. Moreover, after advancing to a new job, there was a large pile of professional skills that all required skill points...

  The soul festival wants to upgrade again, but it's unknown when it will be.

  Standing once again at the entrance to the sixth region, Ling Chen took one last look at the corpse of the giant toad, then stepped forward, sighing to himself about his experiences over the past two days. Great sacrifices would always be accompanied by great rewards; he had always believed in this saying. Having annihilated the greedy giant toad, he could say that he had accomplished an impossible feat, and as a result, obtained one reward after another of the heavenly grade.

  Then, what else is hidden ahead?

  Rumble...

  As soon as he took the first step forward, the stone gate behind him closed tightly as before. He retreated and was blocked again. Ling Chen raised his eyes to look ahead, then hesitated slightly.

  What appears before one's eyes is no longer a vast space, but a narrow and long passageway.

  Channel?

  Ling Chen fell silent for a moment before proceeding with light footsteps towards the front.

  The passageway was over two meters wide and two meters high, unexpectedly long. Ling Chen walked for a full three minutes before the passageway finally came to an end.

  Is it just the sixth district in front of you?

  Ling Chen slowed his footsteps to the lightest, advancing silently and slowly, turning over the last corner of the corridor, a huge space suddenly appeared in front of him. At the same time, an enormous sense of crisis that could not be described came from his front, making his body suddenly stiffen, even his breathing was held tightly, the whole person standing there like being petrified, motionless.

  After precise calculation on Mars, 300 seconds seems to be 5 minutes.