Diamond Greedy Hand

[Shadow Slash (Silver): Assassin-type skill. Blink in one direction (up to 15 meters) and enter stealth (lasting 5 seconds), dealing 3 slashes to all enemies along the path. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds. Learning Requirement: Level 4]

[Slash Width: 2.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 attack power, treated as a backstab, but cannot deal critical damage.]

Riven held the skill book in his hand and learned it directly. If he had learned this skill earlier, the time he needed to kill the silver-level Cursedborn would have been cut in half! The most important thing is...

This skill not only allows him to stay invisible, but it is also an area-of-effect damage skill!

As for the cooldown time, 12 seconds is the base cooldown, while the actual effective cooldown is 10.43 seconds. After all, Riven had a 15% cooldown speed attribute.

"15 meters in range, 2.1 meters in width."

"This is perfect for clearing out smaller monsters."

"Through evolution, I should be able to increase the range... but no need to rush."

Riven shifted his focus to Greedy Hand. He had already evolved Greedy Hand four times, and now it was time for the fifth evolution. The evolution points required were 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8, respectively.

"So, the evolution points for each skill evolution are equal to the sum of the previous two evolutions?"

"If I'm not wrong, the sixth evolution for any skill will require 13 points?"

Riven thought this as he spent 8 evolution points to evolve Greedy Hand again!

[You have consumed 8 evolution points, 4 remain.]

[Greedy Hand (Emerald → Diamond): Assassin-type skill. Can be used on monster corpses, with a 160% → 220% chance of gaining an extra loot. There is a 20% → 40% chance to increase the quality of the extra loot by one tier.]

Looking at the effects of the skill upgrade, Riven gasped in surprise.

"Now, every time I kill a monster, I will definitely get two extra loot drops!"

"Killing one monster is like killing three!"

"There's even a 20% chance of getting three extra rewards..."

"And a 40% chance to increase the loot quality by one tier!"

With this evolution, Riven felt that he was becoming more overpowered! When he looked at the evolution requirements for the next upgrade of Greedy Hand, he found that it required 13 points.

Without Greedy Hand, Riven would probably have to grind for a long time to get those 13 points... But now, with Greedy Hand, as long as there are bosses, evolution points come easily!

"With 4 evolution points left, I'll boost my combat power."

Riven realized that after killing the silver-level boss, he was unable to kill it instantly anymore. So, he needed to increase his power—otherwise, if he encountered a higher-level boss, the battle could drag on, and that could be dangerous.

[You have consumed 3 evolution points, 1 remains.]

[Shadow Slash (Silver → Gold → Platinum): Blink in one direction (up to 15 → 18 → 21 meters) and enter stealth (lasting 5 → 6 → 7 seconds), dealing 3 → 4 → 5 slashes to all enemies along the path. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds.]**

[Slash Width: 2.1 → 2.6 → 3.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 → 150 → 200 attack power.]

"Did Shadow Slash evolve without reducing cooldown?"

"That's a bit disappointing."

"Though... with Shadow Slash, I can now go invisible infinitely."

"Three slashes turning into five? That's explosive damage!"

With 1 evolution point remaining, there were no more skills to evolve for now. Riven looked at the remaining loot.

Nothing useful for him, but there was a silver-level warrior skill book, Battle Roar, which increases team attack and defense by 20 points when used. Once learned, this skill would double the team's damage and defense in the early stages!

"If it was the warrior from my previous life, this skill would have made them unbeatable in the early game."

"But now, I'll just sell this skill book..."

Riven felt a bit regretful. Staying invisible, he looked around...

This forest had become a 4-5 level monster spawn zone. The previously level 2 Cursedborn had been upgraded to level 4 after absorbing lifespan, which is why it dropped level 4 loot.

Not far away, in the shadow of the trees, three decayed Creepers were vigilantly eyeing the Cursed born's corpse.

Before they could react...

Shadow Slash!

-725!

-725!

-725!

...

The 4th-level ordinary monsters had around 1000 health.

But with Shadow Slash, Riven briefly showed his form for about 0.1 seconds and then instantly crossed over 10 meters.

Along the way, the three Creepers were hit twice by the slashes, instantly killed!

[You have killed the 'Creeper (Lv4)'.]

[You have gained 80 experience points.]

[You have gained 5 days of lifespan (tradeable).]

[...]

A series of system prompts echoed in Riven's mind.

After easily slaying the three monsters, he returned to their corpses and activated Greedy Hand...

"Good thing Greedy Hand isn't on cooldown."

"Though, I can only loot each monster corpse once, which is a bit unfortunate..."

If anyone knew Riven's thoughts, they would likely beat him into a pulp. A guaranteed triple reward isn't satisfying enough?

He wants to loot more than once? Does he have no shame?

After learning Shadow Slash, Riven's efficiency in farming monsters increased dramatically!

"It looks like reaching level 10 will only take a couple of hours."

Riven smiled slightly. As Riven was about to push for level 10 and bring his abilities into reality, in the real world of Blue Star...

Around the globe, players gradually reached level 3, and all returned to reality. Originally, more and more people were entering the Eclipse of Eternity game by falling asleep.

In the real world, their bodies became semi-transparent and ethereal, causing panic among those around them. Various "end-of-the-world" discussions spread rapidly!

But as more level 3 players returned to reality...

The truth was finally revealed to the public!

"After falling asleep, our consciousness actually goes to a forsaken realm of the gods?"

"Eclipse of Eternity? Like an online game?"

"Playing the game makes you stronger? I'm invincible in real life!"

"Don't get too optimistic. I heard most people keep dying, losing half their lifespan each time."

"In the game, killing monsters grants lifespan? Does that mean we could achieve immortality?"

"Who knows if this is real or not?"

"Maybe the whole world is being pulled into the game when they fall asleep. Who can explain that power?"

"Seriously, there's an old guy in my town who had very little time left, and after dying several times, he dropped dead immediately. The whole town got a death notification. I wonder if it means he's really dead in the real world..."

Across various countries and major online forums, countless discussion threads appeared.

Eclipse of Eternity had become a hot topic on websites worldwide!

In Riverbay City, Riverside University...

Riven's sister, Lyra Kael, and Chu Yan, who had already returned to their dorms, also learned about the Eclipse of Eternity game!