Following Explosive Ammunition comes another bullet enchantment skill: Ice Barrage, which is a skill generated by the Inquisitor's Ice Rune.
Learning this skill requires 15 focus points, which is currently the skill with the highest focus points required by the Inquisitor profession.
All Inquisitor players have not reached such a high level, because before, the Inquisitor only needed 5 levels of expertise to learn all skills. This time, Agent Feng's Bitter, Words of Pain, and Icy Barrage have raised the Inquisitor's expertise requirement to the range of 10~15.
If there is no Inquisitor player who has stored skill points, it will be difficult for the player to learn this skill in a short period of time. At least he needs to level up a few levels and add specialization points.
Cheng Shaofeng is currently level 20 and can get level 1 ice barrage for free, so after learning it, he made some ammunition and put it in the store to subsidize other players. The price is not high, 40 iron coins per shot, the same price as level 10 explosive ammunition.
The energy required for production is reduced by nearly half, only 25 points are needed.
Several Inquisitor players bought all 30 rounds of Frost Barrage ammunition in the store.
Lin Tang picked up the ice-blue ammunition, his eyes revealing appreciation: "Wow~ This enchanted bullet has a good modeling, more sophisticated than the explosive ammunition, worthy of being a high-level skill... like a work of art."
Fox Demon: "Find a monster and give it a try."
Whether a skill is useful or not, in addition to looking at the panel, you also need to experiment.
Players discovered when playing the game "Apocalypse OL" that all skill panel descriptions are not fully reflected in the battle and are also affected by multiple variables.
The damage of a knife is 30, but if the player touches the enemy lightly, it can only scratch the skin and cause 1 or 2 points of damage. However, if the player holds the knife with both hands and swings it with all his strength, it will cause 50+ high damage, far exceeding the panel.
As for firearms... depending on the part of the body hit, different damage will be done to the enemy. Hitting an insignificant part may only cause a few dozen points of damage, causing the enemy to bleed, but if the lung is penetrated... the enemy will directly fall into a state of 'internal bleeding', and will die if not rescued in time.
Lin Tang nodded. "We have to try it. The description of this skill is not very clear. It has a property of 100% penetration of the enemy, but it doesn't explain how far it can penetrate. And from the panel... the damage is not as good as explosive ammunition, and there is no AoE damage. I don't know the real situation."
Washing Machine: "But this freezing enemy property is quite powerful. Let's try it out. Come on, I'll go with you."
Lin Tang nodded: "Well... if more people conduct the experiment, the data will be more accurate."
The drum washing machine was surprised: "Ah? I just came to check out your experiment. This bullet is so expensive, I can't bear to use it..."
Peak Team:
The subject of the experiment is a dark green poisonous crocodile. Although it looks scary, its actual combat power is no stronger than that of a fire mantis. It is mainly because of its large size and great strength, and it passively releases toxins around it, but its movement and attack speeds are very slow. Players only need to keep a distance and throw fireballs, lightning arrows, and ice spikes to kill it.
Of course, its thick skin, fast health recovery, large size and easy to hit attributes make it more suitable for this kind of living target experiment.
Lin Tang loaded an ice barrage into his new rifle.
Aim, bang!
The bullet was fired at an extremely fast speed, followed by an ice-blue ripple, and shot into the crocodile's back.
Use bullets to cause 70 piercing damage and 26 cold damage to the crocodile. The target will enter the frostburn state, suffering 38 points of cold damage per second for 3 seconds. The target will be frozen!
Before the crocodile could react, ice-blue energy burst out from the wound!
It instantly spread throughout the body, and a layer of ice-blue ice appeared on the outer layer of the crocodile's body, freezing its expression in that moment of astonishment.
0.7 seconds later.
Pah~
The energy ice shattered in an instant, and the crocodile regained its ability to move, with a big head full of question marks.
The wound had not healed and emitted an ice-blue flame, which made its movements noticeably slower.
Causes frostburn damage, hp -38
Causes frostburn damage, hp -38
After 3 seconds, the ice-blue flame on the wound disappeared.
Riben Guizi: "Eh? Doesn't it say on the panel that the cold damage is 14 and the frostburn damage is 20 per second? How come it's so much higher?"
Lin Tang: "Because this is elemental damage, it relies on the intelligence bonus of the creator. This bonus... is 90%. A conservative estimate is that the lord's intelligence is no less than 40 points. Hiss~ Such a high intelligence, I'm so envious!"
Fox: "Huh? You see, frostburn not only causes damage, it can also affect the opponent's speed... To be more precise, it affects the flexibility of the joints, causing a significant decrease in speed."
Washing machine: "Such a big crocodile... was actually frozen for 0.7 seconds by a tiny bullet. Incredible!"
Yaohu: "Although the damage is not high, the control ability is very good. It is very useful to interrupt the enemy's spellcasting skills or escape at a critical moment... Interestingly, I found that the three elemental damage types in this game will cause hidden debuffs to the enemy. Fire will cause continuous burns to the enemy, electric shock will paralyze the enemy, and frost will slow down the enemy. Obviously... Frost skills are the elemental damage with the best negative status."
"Lin Tang, try penetration again."
"Okay!"
The Peak Team found a better testing location with a bunch of Inquisitor players who were watching the fun. Lin Tang aimed at three mutant creatures in a line.
Bang!
The bullet shot out with a long ice-blue ripple behind it, penetrating straight into the first mutant creature, then rapidly passing through the second one. After the energy became lighter, it sank into the third one without penetrating out of its body.
Suddenly, three large cubes of ice appeared!
Although it was only a brief freeze of 0.7 seconds, the effect was shocking enough!
Lin Tang: "Holy crap! This bullet can really freeze a group of people! It took three monsters to be used up, so powerful! If there are a few Inquisitors shooting in a group battle, the whole battlefield will be covered with lumps of ice!"
Although the damage is average, the penetration + freezing effect makes the skill a masterpiece!
Demon Fox: "Hurry up and buy! The more of this stuff the better! Let's go back and shake the lord up to make bullets!"
...
Cheng Shaofeng was controlling the shadow guard to ride a horse when the main body was forced to turn on due to a shake.
He sat up from the recliner with a sullen look on his face, and when he stood up he saw the flattering face of the fox demon.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Fox Demon: "Lord! The ice barrage you made is so useful! We need more ice bullets to kill the enemies. Can you make more?"
Cheng Shaofeng: "Oh! That's it? It's not a big deal, you can just go to the store and buy it later."
It’s hard to say if players want ammunition.
Cheng Shaofeng now has a set of equipment that restores mana, and with his high intelligence, his energy recovery speed is extremely fast. As long as he wants to do it, he can do it all day long. He just needs to ensure food supply.
He made explosive ammunition with higher energy consumption, and eating a piece of crystal meat can make the recovery catch up with the consumption.
After letting the shadow guard find a place to rest for a while, Cheng Shaofeng made 200 ice bombs. When there were 20 bombs left and no one bought them, he controlled the shadow guard again and continued on his journey.
"180 pieces, sold to players for 7,200 Iron Coins... And I suffered almost no loss except for the consumption of the main body ammunition. The speed of recycling Iron Coins is really fast!"
It is necessary to recycle the iron coins so that players can continue to execute his orders in order to earn iron coins.
"The number of various firearms and ammunition stored in the base is not too large. There are only about 10,000 rounds left. The supplies that Lao Zhuang and his men are transporting... should arrive in a few days, right?"
"Fuck! Communication in this world is too difficult. We have to build signal base stations all the way to Colossus City. Give Lao Zhuang a smart watch so we can communicate directly by voice!"
Of course, the base station consumes a lot of materials, especially electronic components, which will not be enough until players conquer part of the Red City.
"I hope the special forces can successfully capture Red City. Oh, and by the way... make some ice bullets for sniper rifles, who knows, they might be useful."
After spending some time communicating with players at the base, Cheng Shaofeng couldn't wait to go back to sleep.
The shadow guard moved again.
Finally, at 8 o'clock in the evening, we arrived at Feisha City.
Cheng Dafu asked around in Feisha City and then rushed to the arena to sign up for the competition.
The waiter was a lady with wavy hair and glasses. She smiled and said, "Excuse me, sir. The next round of the primary competition will not start until the night after tomorrow."
Cheng Dafu: "Ah? The day after tomorrow, that would waste two days of my time."
Originally thinking of having a fight first to test the quality of his opponent, he didn't expect that he would have to wait for two days. In this case, Cheng Shaofeng might as well summon a more powerful shadow guard to participate in the competition. This way, the round trip would take exactly two days.
Seeing Cheng Dafu's disappointment, the waitress immediately tried to sell him: "But... sir, you can learn about our special event tomorrow: Oasis Brawl! This is a 100-player chicken-eating competition! Held in the Oasis of Feisha City, 100 extraordinary people will fight indiscriminately. The last 3 people who survive will receive high rewards. They will be ranked according to the number of opponents they have defeated. The rewards are very rich! All-attribute crystals, energy vehicles, energy equipment, and more are all available!"
“This is definitely a good opportunity for you to turn your life around!”
The waitress spoke very passionately, but after hearing the rules, Cheng Shaofeng shuddered.
"That means... out of 100 people who go in, only 3 can come out alive?"
The royal sister smiled and said, "Of course not. If you want to quit the game halfway, just run back to the starting point and find our staff, who will lead you out of the Oasis Brawl. Our staff will record the number of other people you eliminated, and the three people with the most will also receive rewards, but the number and rarity will be much lower than the three people who survived to the end. Here is the list of prizes, you can take a look."
Cheng Shaofeng nodded and started reading the promotional leaflet of "Oasis Brawl".
The top three rewards for surviving to the end are:
First place: 50,000 energy crystals + energy vehicle
Second place: 30,000 energy crystals + energy equipment
Third place: 10,000 energy crystals
The top three losers will receive 8,000, 5,000, and 3,000 energy crystals respectively.
Cheng Shaofeng’s eyes widened immediately!
This reward... is absolutely awesome!
Not to mention anything else, just this energy crystal is worth his operation!
He asked, "My goodness... Is this competition only open to extraordinary people below level one?"
Sister Yu: "Yes, because it is difficult to gather 100 high-level extraordinary people, so extraordinary people of level one and above will be prohibited from participating. This will ensure our competitiveness and fairness, and will also make the game more enjoyable to watch. Our beast fighting live broadcast company has the highest requirement for ratings."
Cheng Shaofeng thought about it and it made sense. If there really was someone who could kill everyone else instantly... the audience wouldn't be stupid and would definitely blame the shady deal. Only a match between two evenly matched people would be enjoyable to watch.
He nodded: "Okay! I'll join!"
The lady tied her hair and smiled sweetly: "Okay sir, please fill out this form and confirm that your strength meets the requirements of our competition, otherwise you will be kicked out by our testers..."
After some operations, Cheng Shaofeng successfully registered for tomorrow's "Oasis Brawl" competition.
Although this competition seems very dangerous, Cheng Shaofeng is not afraid because Shadow Guard and Cheng Dafu can be resummoned and produced.
Besides, he is a genuine second-level evolver. Although he has no combat experience, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. If he can't beat someone of the same level, can't he bully the weakling who hasn't reached the first level yet
So funny!
You won't lose at all!
The more Cheng Shaofeng thought about the first-place crystal with 50,000 energy, the more comfortable he felt. He whistled as he went to the arena to watch the game.
Tonight is the promotion match for the three Ye brothers, and also the first match of the fan girl’s anti-attack match.
Ye Cai killed the Devil Muscle Man yesterday and became famous. Today, the drones in the sky gave him more shots. However, Ye Cai's opponent today was just a martial arts practitioner who relied on his muscles to scare people. He had no martial arts skills at all and was quickly killed.
Entering the next round without any suspense.
Ye Xu and Ye Kun used weapons to fight the mutant creatures, which was even more dangerous. After an extremely long battle, they barely killed their opponents. While gaining experience, they also suffered considerable injuries.
Ye Xu's two arms were broken and Ye Kun's legs were crippled, so it seemed that they would not be able to participate in tomorrow's competition.
After the game, both men were dejected.
"Alas... I wanted to complete this game with one life, but now I have lost my limbs, and even drinking life potions can't make up for them."
"It's fate and time. Fighting mutants requires a lot of strength. It's hard for us to surpass it with our skills. It would be better if we were fighting against humans."
Cheng Dafu walked silently to the few people.
"Why not... just quit this competition and join me in the Oasis Brawl tomorrow? We can just grab the top three prizes together."
The three were shocked: "Shadow Guard Lord!?"
After chatting for a while, they were surprised to learn that the Shadow Guard Lord would participate in tomorrow's 'Oasis Brawl'.
Unexpectedly, their exploration would have an impact on the distant base.
Ye Cai: "Lord, we really want to win the prize, but... this kind of fight is too difficult for us, and we can't survive to the end."
Ye Kun: "Yes, if we were in peak condition, we might have a chance, but now one of us has a broken arm and the other is a cripple, so I'm afraid we can't help you..."
Ye Cai also nodded: "I have learned about this competition. For the three of us... we are not completely sure, and the mortality rate is extremely high, so we did not participate."
The shadow guard laughed.
"It doesn't matter, I'll do it!"