SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Light’s Punishment, God’s Hand, Divine Descent!

TL: YYang

On Blue Star, the skills mastered by professionals were divided into seven levels: F, E, D, C, B, A, and S.

The higher the level, the rarer the skill.

Take Zhou Yi himself, for example.

Before he transferred to become a Saint Knight, he only mastered two skills.

One was the D-Rank Tiger Assault, and the other was the E-Rank Air Slash.

And this was only because his father was a level 16 Knight, who had left behind these two skill books.

For an ordinary family, having an F-Rank and an E-Rank skill was already quite impressive!

C-Rank and B-Rank skill books were even rarer, typically only collected by the city government or the Education Bureau.

As for the higher-level A-Rank skills, they were almost entirely stored in the libraries of Zhongxia’s top universities.

This was one of the reasons why so many students favored these top universities.

As for the highest-level S-Rank skills…

Even among the three top universities, they were incredibly rare, usually held by those who had reached the pinnacle of Blue Star.

So when Zhou Yi saw that his college entrance examination achievement rewards included an S-Rank skill, an S-Rank secret technique, and an A-Rank skill, he was instantly stunned.

“Let’s first take a look at what these skills do.”

Taking a deep breath to calm his excitement, Zhou Yi quickly began to check the skill descriptions.

First up was the A-Rank Light’s Punishment.

[Light’s Punishment LV1 (A): Increases the magical defense of one ally within a certain range and grants them the power of lightning.

Allows the user to strike a designated enemy with a lightning magic attack, with the power of the lightning influenced by the user’s affinity for light attributes, lasting for a certain duration.]

“Grants the power of lightning and strikes a designated enemy with a magic lightning attack? Doesn’t this mean I’ve directly become a lightning mage?”

Zhou Yi was momentarily stunned, followed by a wave of joy.

The positioning of a Saint Knight was indeed that of a heavy armor support type.

Although there were output skills, their effects were not particularly strong.

For example, even though he had mastered nearly a dozen skills now, most of them were buff-type enhancement skills, followed by small skills for blocking movement and interrupting invincibility.

Skills like Victory Spear, Tiger Assault, and Air Slash.

Even the Holy Light Cross, which could continuously burn monsters, was essentially a buff skill.

The reason it caused such terrifying area damage was still due to his S-Rank talent influencing it.

Without the S+ talent of the Protection of the Holy Angel, the Holy Light Cross would merely be a very ordinary continuous area damage skill.

It couldn’t compare to the terrifying output of a Mage.

Thus, Zhou Yi had always lacked pure output skills.

The appearance of Light’s Punishment perfectly resolved Zhou Yi’s urgent need.

With the first skill being so impressive, he quickly turned his attention to the second skill.

[God’s Hand LV1 (S-): Condenses holy light to summon a projection of the left hand of the God of Light, attacking enemies and dealing high magical damage of the light attribute.]

The description of God’s Hand was quite brief, but Zhou Yi noticed two key phrases: “the left hand of the God of Light” and “high magical damage.”

It was important to know that gods indeed existed in this world.

The God of Light was one of the deities worshiped by many clergy.

Even if it was just a projection, it was still incredibly terrifying!!

“Another pure output skill; it seems the system is trying to compensate for the shortcomings of the Saint Knight,” Zhou Yi’s eyes lit up.

With Light’s Punishment and God’s Hand at his disposal, along with his array of buff skills, he could finally be considered a true tank with output!!

“Hiss, upgrading from LV1 to LV2 actually requires 200 skill points; no wonder it’s an S-Rank skill.”

Looking at the information panel showing the skill points needed to upgrade God’s Hand, Zhou Yi gasped.

Even if he claimed all the skill points from his daily task rewards, it would still take over twenty days to gather enough skill points to upgrade it to LV2.

“Moreover, as an S-Rank skill, the consumption for using God’s Hand should be quite terrifying.”

A serious look flickered in Zhou Yi’s eyes.

Everyone’s magical power level was related to their level; the higher the level, the more magical power they had.

Of course, intelligence attributes also influenced magical power to some extent, but the effect was not significant.

When he was level 10 and defeated the Minotaur King, his magical power had already been mostly consumed.

Now at level 13, his magical power level had increased considerably.

But he still couldn’t be sure whether using this S-Rank God’s Hand would instantly drain all his magical power.

“I’ll find a place to test it when I have time.”

Shaking his head, Zhou Yi decided not to dwell on it and shifted his gaze to the final S-Rank skill.

[Divine Descent (S): A one-time secret technique from the Knight’s Sanctuary. This technique does not consume magical power to release and is unaffected by silence skills.

After using this technique, it borrows a portion of the God of Light’s power, temporarily enhancing all four-dimensional attributes based on the user’s physical endurance, raising all divine and light attribute skill levels by +5, and increasing health, stamina, and magical recovery speed by x20.

The effect lasts for a certain duration, and after the skill ends, the user will enter a weakened state.]

“Four-dimensional attributes enhanced, all skill levels +5, and recovery speeds multiplied by 20 times—this is a life-saving technique!!”

Zhou Yi’s breathing quickened.

With such a skill in hand, even when facing enemies many times stronger than himself, he would still have a fighting chance!!

“Too bad it can only be used once.”

Zhou Yi felt a bit regretful.

However, he understood that a skill capable of amplifying his power by several dozen times was incredibly rare, and having even one opportunity to use it was already quite good.

Moreover, this skill did not consume magical power and was unaffected by silence skills, making it nearly perfect.

After reviewing the skills, Zhou Yi also checked the effects of the Rebirth Cross.

The effect of this S-Rank divine item was quite simple: it could resurrect.

It could bind to a resurrection point, and once the bound target died, they could be resurrected immediately at that point.

However, after resurrection, all attributes of the bound target would be reduced by 30%.

“Compared to life, a 30% attribute loss is nothing.”

Zhou Yi was not concerned about this side effect.

After all, even if there was an attribute loss, he could gradually make up for it; it would just mean going through a period of weakness.

With all the rewards and items organized, Zhou Yi was very satisfied.

This time’s rewards not only solved the issue of the Saint Knight’s insufficient output but also provided a life-saving technique in Divine Descent and the Rebirth Cross.

Thus, even if he encountered an enemy that he couldn’t defeat even after using Divine Descent, he could directly resurrect at the resurrection point.

The safety factor could be said to be maximized!

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