Ancient-Grade Thieving Hand of the Saint! This is insane!

When Qin Feng left the fairy's room, he was already feeling refreshed.

Before he left, the fairy sighed and said to him, "At your current rate of growth, it won't be long before I have to make you strip naked before coming in, otherwise I won't be able to take your damage."

Qin Feng: "…Fine, then I'll strip naked the next time I come."

The fairy's lips curled up: "Are you flirting with your big sister?"

Qin Feng chuckled: "You're the one who flirted with me first."

He knew the fairy meant for him to take off his equipment so his damage would be lower, and she wouldn't have to worry about him hurting her.

But if the damage was too low, it would take longer to shatter the equipment…

So he had to strike a balance!

…

Soon, Qin Feng arrived at the ground area of the Evil Spirit Academy.

He found Big Eyes to ask for information about the second World Spine and soon learned that it was located in the game area corresponding to the world's highest mountain peak!

"Mount Everest?"

Qin Feng was a bit surprised.

He could guess that the second World Spine was probably a mountain.

"A sea, a mountain."

"This World Spine is quite interesting. I wonder what the other three will be?"

Of course, if he went there now, the BOSS wouldn't have respawned yet.

He could only go after the second Barren Wasteland event ended.

Next was to upgrade the important skill Qin Feng had been longing for, 'Thieving Hand of the Saint'!

Besides having saved enough evolution points to evolve it from Mythic to Ancient-Grade, he could also spend some lifespan to raise it from level 20 to level 40.

So Qin Feng found the NPC in the ground area of the Evil Spirit Academy, Thief Saint William Scott!

It must be said that the Sky Vault Guild had specifically built a courtyard for him in this area. Not just for him, but Big Eyes and Evil Sound Old Ghost also had their own territories, and they were all living quite comfortably.

When Qin Feng arrived at the 'Thieving Saint's Courtyard', that eight-armed fellow was trading with several players…

It was Wan Ye Wei Yu, representing the Great Xia Official, who had come to buy 'Thieving Saint Talismans' and upgrade 'Thieving Hand of the Saint' while she was at it.

"Aha—beautiful lady, you're level 25 now, why don't you upgrade the skill to level 25?"

"Look, from level 24 to level 25, it only costs 2,500 years of lifespan, but you can get 10 more attribute points. It's such a bargain!"

The Eight-Armed Thief Saint was tirelessly making his sales pitch.

But Wan Ye Wei Yu was completely unmoved: "A level 25 Thieving Hand of the Saint gives a total of 250 attribute points… Do I look like an idiot? I'll come back when I'm level 26."

At that moment, Qin Feng entered the courtyard.

Hearing their conversation, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

This Thieving Hand of the Saint was originally an inferior skill. Even if it was upgraded to level 50, it could only provide a maximum of 500 attribute points, which, when divided among the four-dimensional attributes, was only 125 points each.

For an average person, this improvement was quite considerable.

But for Qin Feng, it was simply negligible…

Fortunately, after Qin Feng evolved this skill, the attributes it added were terrifying!

"It's God Shadow."

When Qin Feng walked in, Wan Ye Wei Yu and the official members behind her all looked delighted.

They hadn't seen Qin Feng for a while.

"Is the Great God here to upgrade the level of Thieving Hand of the Saint too?"

Wan Ye Wei Yu was quite envious: "You're level 40 now, so this skill can provide a total of 400 attribute points. That's so cool."

…

Qin Feng didn't know how to respond to the girl's words.

If he told her that 400 attribute points were too few, would she think he was humblebragging?

Qin Feng greeted her and then opened Thief Saint William Scott's service panel to start upgrading the skill.

"Upgrading from level 20 to level 40 requires a total of 61,000 years of lifespan. With a 50% refund, the final cost is 30,500 years."

Earlier on, this much lifespan would have been a lot for Qin Feng.

But now it didn't matter.

After all, he had built 'pig farms' all over the world, and compensations from North America, Sakura Country, and the like had already arrived, bringing his current tradable lifespan to 559,000 years.

After using these 30,000 years, he still had nearly 530,000 years left.

Subsequently, Qin Feng spent another 144,000 evolution points to evolve this skill.

And so…

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【Thieving Hand of the Saint (Lv20→40)】

【Rank: Mythic→Ancient-Grade!】

【Attribute points stolen per use: 3→10 points!】

【Stolen attribute point limit: 3,000→9,000!】

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Qin Feng glanced at it and was quite satisfied with the improvement.

One hand could steal 9,000 attribute points, so two hands meant 18,000 attribute points. Averaged across the four-dimensional attributes, it was equivalent to 4,500 points in every attribute!

"Originally, this skill only provided me with about 1,500 points in each of the four-dimensional attributes, totaling 6,000 points."

"Now it's 4,500 points per attribute, totaling 18,000 points!"

Wan Ye Wei Yu thought Qin Feng could only increase his attributes by 400 points through this skill and was already very envious.

If she knew that Qin Feng could steal 18,000 attribute points with this skill, she would probably go crazy…

Of course, once Thieving Hand of the Saint evolved to Ancient-Grade, it unlocked a quite insane effect…

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【Ancient-Grade New Effect: This skill can be used repeatedly on the same target, but for every 10 times it is used on the same target, the effect is reduced by 10% of the current value (each hand is calculated separately).】

(Note: A target's individual attribute value will not drop below 10 points.)

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It could be used repeatedly on the same target!

You have to understand that the effect of this skill was to permanently steal attributes, and every use stole 10 points!

"Although the effect will decrease, using it 100 times on the same person can steal about 650 attribute points from them."

"With both hands combined, that's 1,300 points!"

A reduction of 1,300 attribute points is equivalent to losing one or two pieces of Mythic equipment. For current Blue Star players, once targeted by Qin Feng's theft, they would be completely stripped clean before long.

With only 10 points left in all their attributes, they would be no different from an ordinary person…

Furthermore, according to Qin Feng's previous research, the effect of this skill was synchronized between reality and the game.

If stolen in the game, it would also be stolen in reality.

This method would be extremely disgusting even for the powerhouses of the Order Land.

Unless the opponent had some special defensive divine rules, they couldn't resist it at all!

And who wouldn't be disgusted by having 1,300 attributes deducted for no reason?

Moreover, Qin Feng could steal infinitely. Although the effect would get weaker and weaker, it would never reach zero!

"And this skill can continue to evolve."

"After evolving, the attributes stolen in a single use will be even more, making it even more disgusting for enemies…"

At this moment, Qin Feng felt a bit of regret.

This skill is truly powerful for the Eight-Armed Royal Clan of the Starry Sky Pirate Clan… Unfortunately, Qin Feng only has two hands, so he only has double the effect. If he had eight hands, wouldn't he steal everything in the Order Land until it exploded?

Of course, that's just talk. Even if there were a way for Qin Feng to have more arms, he would definitely refuse…

After all, this ability was not Qin Feng's core ability.

There was no need to stop being human for the sake of this one skill!

As Qin Feng looked at the upgraded and evolved skill, he couldn't help but want to test its effects.

It just so happened…

Wan Ye Wei Yu was right next to him and suddenly spoke up: "Great God, I just received a message. We have the results of the investigation you asked us to conduct regarding the Coconut Country players in Hai City."

"As you expected, someone from our internal ranks indeed contacted the Coconut Country players, wanting them to kill the Double-headed Phoenix…"

"We've found the culprit. It's Yunjianyue from Hai City."

Speaking of this, Wan Ye Wei Yu felt a bit guilty: "I'm very sorry, Great God. Previously, we thought to make the best use of her, so we had a Soul Reaper take her Life Soul to control her. I didn't expect her to still do something like this and disturb you."

"Yunjianyue is currently imprisoned. As long as the Soul Reaper 'Miss Luo' in Kyoto has a single thought, she can kill her."

"However, we still want to ask for your opinion, Great God. How should we deal with her?"

Hearing this news, Qin Feng was a bit surprised.

Wasn't this the perfect test subject for the brand-new Thieving Hand of the Saint?

In addition…

Qin Feng switched his perspective to observe and saw that his Abyssal Puppet had already brought the Double-headed Phoenix 'Lutil' across the sea and was approaching the vicinity of the Coconut Country's archipelago!

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(I'm back, resuming normal updates!)