Abyss · Eye of Greed! It explodes just by looking at it?!

The scene that followed made Luo Xiaoxiao tremble even more…

Even through the ice freezing her, she could feel that the figure who suddenly appeared seemed to have given Shadow something, and then, Shadow's entire body was covered in a terrifying aura.

It seemed as if he was absorbing some kind of evil energy!

“Could it be the methods of demonic cultivators from those old cultivation novels?”

“Hiss, could it be the kind where you kill people to plunder their cultivation?”

Although Luo Xiaoxiao couldn't see, her family had been well-off, and she often listened to audiobooks—especially cultivation novels. She was quite fascinated by the various scenes described in them…

Naturally, her thoughts drifted in that direction.

If Qin Feng knew what she was thinking, he would probably be speechless.

This girl's imagination was a bit too vivid.

In reality, Qin Feng had simply taken the abyss shrine from his puppet's hand and used it.

It was just that the power of the Abyss was a bit terrifying, cold, and eerie…

Once the black mist of Abyssal energy surrounding Qin Feng was absorbed, he finally succeeded in Abyssalizing one of his skills!

The skill he chose was, naturally, 'Greedy Hand'.

Abyssalizing this skill not only raised its rank by one but also allowed it to be used within the Abyss World.

It would increase the drop rate in the Abyss World by twenty times!

This was the true beginning of Qin Feng's rise in the Abyss World.

With Greedy Hand, when it came time to farm abyss shrines later, wouldn't these little 'urns' be easily within his grasp?

Farming eight a day wouldn't even be a dream.

“Once I Abyssalize my other skills, I can go to the various ruins of the Abyss World and mass farm…”

“By then, my development speed will be hundreds of times faster than average players entering the Abyss!”

Soon, Qin Feng finished using the first abyss shrine dropped by the 'Ghost Spirit' and absorbed the essence of the Abyssal energy within…

He opened his skill panel to check.

The Abyssalized Greedy Hand immediately made Qin Feng's eyes light up:

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【Abyss · Eye of Greed (Ancient-Grade · Abyssalized to Immortal-grade): Assassin skill. When you look at a monster's corpse, it will cause the corpse to explode, with a 1280% → 1554% probability of obtaining an extra loot reward. The extra loot obtained has a 100% probability of being upgraded by 1 rank. Level 40 (59)】

【Legendary Effect: You gain 1280 → 1554 slots of 'Greedy Space' for storing items.】

【Mythic Effect: Hand of Synthesis — You can synthesize 8 → 7 items of the same rank (equipment or skill books) into 1 higher-rank item (items synthesized through this method cannot be used for synthesis again).】

【Ancient-Grade Effect: Can be used twice on the same monster corpse → Extra loot probability is doubled (1554% → 3108%).】

【Immortal-grade New Effect: When a monster corpse explodes, you will randomly gain extra EXP, equivalent to 155.4% – 310.8% of the EXP provided by killing that monster!】

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“Greedy Hand has directly turned into Eye of Greed!”

“This is a bit ridiculous; does it really explode just by looking at it?”

For a moment, even Qin Feng was stunned.

This was perfect. If there were a large number of monster corpses, Qin Feng wouldn't need to cast Greedy Hand one by one; he could just sweep his gaze across, and they'd all explode!

This would save a massive amount of time during the grinding and leveling process.

And it was worth noting the Ancient-Grade effect of this skill…

“Previously, it could be used twice on the same corpse, but now the extra loot probability is simply doubled.”

“Is it because the corpse explodes at the first glance, so there's no way to look a second time?”

Qin Feng then looked at the newly added Immortal-grade effect—obtaining extra monster EXP!

“This is too heaven-defying…”

“Even though it's random, even based on the average value, my EXP per monster will increase by 233.1%. In other words, this effectively gives me triple EXP?”

Qin Feng felt his scalp tingle!

Incredible.

This was simply too good.

EXP and levels were the foundation of the God Forsaken Game!

They also affected class advancements and even special mechanics like the Deathwing Angel Bloodline; their importance went without saying.

Part of the reason Qin Feng was able to stay ahead was his far superior level.

Now he had over triple the EXP!

Did the implications even need to be stated?

“In that case…”

“There are two more things I need to test.”

Qin Feng quickly calmed down and began considering two other matters.

First, after using an abyss shrine to Abyssalize a skill, when Qin Feng evolved the skill again, would the required evolution points be based on the previous rank or the post-evolution rank?

This point was very important.

Qin Feng quickly scanned and found that the evolution points needed for the next evolution of Greedy Hand hadn't changed at all.

It was 890,000 before, and it was still 890,000 now.

“In other words, the rank increase from the abyss shrine is a final calculation, not a direct rank-up of the base skill.”

This made no difference to other players.

To them, it was just Rank +1 either way.

But for Qin Feng, the difference was massive.

It meant he could use an abyss shrine on any skill he wanted without affecting his evolution points consumption.

The second point was equally important.

And that was…

“The skill has changed from Greedy Hand to Eye of Greed.”

“Can I learn Greedy Hand again?”

Seeing the skill name change, Qin Feng immediately considered this question.

Previously, a skill name had changed when 'Son of Superiority' became 'Source of Superiority', but that skill was too rare and Qin Feng didn't have a skill book for it, so he couldn't test it.

However, Greedy Hand was a relatively common skill book.

In the storage boxes of Evil Spirit Academy, there were still several Greedy Hand books that Qin Feng had farmed later…

Ghost Spirit had taken one to learn, but there were still a few left.

“When I get back from New York City, I can give it a try.”

That being said, Qin Feng didn't hold much hope. After all, although the skill name had changed, its essence was still the original skill…

From the game's code perspective, Eye of Greed and Greedy Hand likely shared the same base skill ID.

In that case, the possibility of being able to learn both simultaneously was not high.

But regardless, he had to try. If it really worked, it would be insane…

As for right now…

From Kyoto in reality to New York City in North America was a journey of over ten thousand kilometers. Even at Qin Feng's current speed, it took a good half hour.

A former international metropolis, now nestled within grey mist, gradually appeared before Qin Feng's eyes.

From afar, Qin Feng could already see the once world-famous Statue of Liberty through the grey mist!

However, the current Statue of Liberty was shrouded within a Fierce Area. The surrounding area was desolate and had long been devoid of human presence…

Whoosh!

Qin Feng went into stealth along with the ice-sculpted girl, and then had Osirio land outside the White Bull Altar's guild Hideout. No one noticed his arrival…

As for the location of this guild Hideout, Qin Feng naturally knew it like the back of his hand. With the blond boy Joffrey's memories, coming here was like returning home.

“Come, enter the game with me first.”

Qin Feng didn't directly storm the Hideout because that Devil NPC wasn't in reality, but inside the game.

So, into the game first!

…

Just as Qin Feng brought Luo Xiaoxiao into the game and consumed lifespan to forcibly transfer to the New York City ruins…

Within the ruins.

Inside a grand Hideout that looked like a Roman Colosseum, within a luxurious room, lived a devil with a greatsword on his back!

“What? The people you sent out are dead?”

“This devil's buffs are so powerful, yet he still died? Is he trash?”

“What? That country called Huaxia has a powerhouse named Shadow?”

“And you're telling me to be careful of Shadow?”

“A joke! Would I, a devil, be afraid of you tiny player insects?”

This Devil NPC clearly had a violent temper, and this point was being exploited by the people of the 'White Bull Altar' guild…

It was obvious they already knew something had happened to Joffrey.

Their only reliance now was this seemingly very, very fierce Devil NPC!