MTLNOVEL Chapter 404: I Really Can’t Grind Anymore…
The system voice ended, and Meng Zhihan returned to the game from the character creation interface.
The job change was a success!
Feeling the powerful strength surging through her, her breathing became a bit rapid.
In "Elf Kingdom," the sense of immersion and achievement from character growth was exceptionally strong.
Although Meng Zhihan had not yet tested the power gained after her promotion, the feeling of transformation brought by the elevation of her life level was something she could genuinely feel.
*Addictive.*
*It was truly addictive!*
Meng Zhihan believed that even if the game didn't have various quests, just the pleasure of becoming more powerful would keep many players grinding day and night.
*The sense of accomplishment from gradually becoming stronger, the heightened perception, and the feeling of power that this strength brought to the body were utterly intoxicating!*
"I guess... my combat power should have increased significantly, right?"
Meng Zhihan thought excitedly.
She pulled up the combat power leaderboard of the entire server, and indeed, she saw her name at the forefront.
"Hiss... My combat power rating actually increased fivefold? This is too outrageous!"
On the leaderboard, Meng Zhihan's combat power rating had surpassed 30,000, ranking eleventh on the server.
The top ten were also silver players, and all the silver players' IDs had become silver themselves, with a faint metallic sheen, making them particularly eye-catching on the leaderboard, like VIP members.
At this moment, there were already twenty-seven silver names on the board, dominating the top twenty-seven ranks, leaving players with black IDs far behind.
This indicated that twenty-seven people had already advanced to silver.
Moreover, this number was still increasing.
"I remember someone counted at one point, and it seemed like a total of just over ninety people on the server got the advanced job change slots."
Meng Zhihan thought.
*Privilege!*
*In some sense, they were the privileged players in the game!*
"It's funny, even though everyone advocates for game balance and equality, when the privilege falls on oneself, this feeling... is simply wonderful!"
Meng Zhihan could clearly sense that the players in the temple, who were curiously watching her, had changed their gazes.
*Envy, yearning, jealousy, curiosity...*
Even without deliberately observing, she could sense the sourness in other people's gazes.
*Extremely satisfying!*
She felt quite pleased.
It took a lot of effort to suppress her continuously rising smile as Meng Zhihan examined her skills again.
Sure enough, after successfully changing jobs, she had acquired a new skill—
[Transformer·Winged Dragon]
This was the advanced skill of [Metamorphosis] but much more powerful than Metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis could transform into different creatures, but at most, it couldn't exceed Black Iron Rank, and each transformation could only last for twenty minutes, after which a short rest was needed, and the effect was only 70% of the target's strength.
In contrast, this [Transformer] skill, although it transformed into only one type of creature, had a more potent transformation effect, lasted longer, and even had growth potential!
Transformer: Capable of transforming into one fixed type of creature, obtaining 90% of the target's power (excluding magic), with the transformation effect lasting for one hour, a cooldown of two hours, and the transformation effect having growth potential, able to grow with the player's rank promotion.
Different Druids had different transformation targets for the Transformer skill, and for Meng Zhihan, it was the winged dragon indicated in the suffix.
Winged dragons were a sub-dragon species of demon beasts, with strengths ranging from Silver Lower to Silver Upper.
This meant that the skill Meng Zhihan drew could be used up to Silver Upper!
Transform into a winged dragon?
This skill was amazing!
Meng Zhihan was very excited.
In the Segis World, demon beasts linked to dragons were all formidable, not to mention that the transformation target from the name seemed to have the ability to fly!
In her excitement, the young girl couldn't wait to test the power she gained after her promotion.
She immediately chose to spend 200 contribution points to enter the virtual training ground, simulating the environment of the Elf Forest.
It was a place where players engaged in virtual PK, occasionally used to test various magic and skills, as constantly messing around in the forest would lead to decreased NPC affinity.
Upon entering the virtual training ground, Meng Zhihan's heart stirred, and she instantly activated her skill, her body radiating light as she transformed into a winged dragon with a wingspan of six to seven meters!
This feeling was very strange; suddenly, her vision and perception changed entirely, providing Meng Zhihan with an unprecedented experience.
She cautiously flapped her wings, stumbling into the air.
Initially, she was quite unskilled, but after a few falls, she gradually mastered the art of flying and began soaring around the training ground.
This novel experience was immensely delightful.
"Haha, I can fly now!"
Meng Zhihan was extremely thrilled.
When she was a child, she had dreamed of growing wings and flying, yet she never thought it would come true in a game.
After flying happily for a while, Meng Zhihan explored the other abilities of the winged dragon.
She gathered her energy, suddenly opened her mouth, and spewed out a freezing ray...
The freezing ray struck the forest in the virtual training ground, immediately turning the area within dozens of meters into a sculpture of ice!
"So strong! This skill is definitely Four-Circle level!"
Meng Zhihan was quite delighted.
Fourth-circle skills corresponded to Four-Circle Magic, representing the skill level only attainable at Silver Lower.
Of course, this freezing ray wasn't magic, but the dragon breath of the winged dragon, though it had the effects of magic.
After familiarizing herself in the training ground, Meng Zhihan returned to reality.
Now, she was even more confident in her strength.
If it came to PK, she was sure that with her current self, she could solo a fully equipped team of max-level 40 players just by relying on her Transformer skill, even without wearing equipment!
No doubt, without equipment.
By now, Meng Zhihan had realized that perhaps the biggest advantage of being a wild-type Druid was that she could reduce her dependency on equipment after transforming.
This was the true civilian profession!
It was perfect for her, whose forging skill wasn't yet maxed!
Not only that, but now, with her strength drastically improved, she would find it much easier to farm demon beasts, and her speed of gaining contribution points would probably significantly increase.
Who knows, she might be able to boost her earnings by several times!
"Strength is contribution points! Now that I've advanced to Silver, I guess I won't need to worry about contribution points anymore. It's like reaching the pinnacle of life in the game."
Meng Zhihan thought happily.
After blissfully imagining her wonderful gaming life ahead, Meng Zhihan opened the exchange mall again.
She still remembered those cool outfits in the cut-scene animation.
Clearly, with this update, the official team had put much effort into the appearance of the new equipment. Even though Meng Zhihan chose the wild specialization, she still wanted a set of equipment!
Sure enough, new items were already on the shelf in the exchange mall.
They were purple epic equipment of Silver Lower!
The appearance of this equipment was much better than Black Iron Rank, and even surpassed the golden legend ones.
With just a glance, Meng Zhihan was attracted to the set of magnificent and stylish Druid gear in the mall.
However, when her gaze moved to the contribution points required for exchange...
"Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand..."
"Even the cheapest part costs 100,000? The most expensive robe is 200,000 contribution points per piece? Accumulating enough for a six-piece set would total more than 700,000?!"
"This... is this purple epic? Are you sure it's not golden legend? Are they trying to rob us?!"
The young girl's jaw dropped.
At that moment, Meng Zhihan felt her future turning to poverty once more.
*"I... really can't grind anymore."*