Yu Tian Shenming was very regretful, truly regretful.

He had believed his mage skills were unparalleled. Playing online games as a mage was an unfair advantage, so this time in "Parallel World," he had resolutely abandoned the mage profession. He even overlooked that choosing a mage in full-sensory simulation would be a completely new experience. He had felt remorse before, but it was nowhere near as intense as what he felt now.

At this moment, he was about to assist Gu Fei in new research. The characteristics, operations, and skills of many mages flashed through his mind, and he had naturally conceived many new ways to fight as a mage. The fire that had been extinguished in Yu Tian Shenming's heart reignited, becoming stronger and more intense. Until the dancing flames spelled out the word "regret."

"My mage career is not yet complete!" Yu Tian Shenming roared in the training area.

The players who heard the sound and looked over showed surprised expressions. Why was this archer shouting about a mage career?

"Is there any need to be so excited?" Gu Fei asked blankly. Just like others didn't understand kung fu, he sometimes couldn't understand the mentality of these online game players, be it Jian Gui or Yu Tian Shenming.

"Alright, alright! Let's begin!" Yu Tian Shenming was even more excited than Gu Fei at this time.

Gu Fei nodded.

Yu Tian Shenming began with a theoretical summary: "Currently, level 30 mages have the following skill tree: level 0 Fireball, level 6 Repel Fire Ring, level 12 Magic Mastery, level 18 Twin Flame Flash, level 24 Firestorm, and level 30 Fireball Barrage. Magic Mastery is a passive skill and doesn't need to be considered. Only the other five can be used in combat."

Gu Fei nodded. His "Moonlit Spirit Robe" had the attribute "Magic Mastery +1." At the time, he didn't quite understand it and wanted to ask Hong Chen Yixiao for guidance, but the other party was busy and didn't have time to explain. Later, after learning all the skills at the Mage Academy and reading the explanation for the Magic Mastery skill, he roughly understood.

The passive skill Magic Mastery had two effects: first, it strengthened the character's spell coefficient; second, it increased the percentage of magic damage.

Unlike other skills, this passive skill displayed the skill level rather than proficiency. It started at level 1 when first learned, strengthening the spell coefficient and magic damage by 6% each. Players could only go to the academy to increase the skill level after reaching a certain level. Because Gu Fei was level 31 when he learned Magic Mastery, it immediately showed as level 3, strengthening the spell coefficient and magic damage by 18%.

The "Moonlit Spirit Robe" displayed "Magic Mastery +1," which Gu Fei estimated should have increased the level of the Magic Mastery skill, further enhancing Gu Fei's magic damage. Coupled with the high magic damage of the Darkstream Light Sword, Gu Fei's 0-proficiency Firestorm instantly killed the former warriors of the Qian Chen guild who were enjoying the "King's Command."

The "XX Mastery" passive skill was not exclusive to mages. Thieves had "Dagger Mastery," archers had "Bow Mastery," and so on, each determining the specialties of each profession. Therefore, although each profession was not forced to use a certain weapon, they each had their own expertise.

This was something any ordinary player would already know. Only Gu Fei, who hadn't learned all the skills and hadn't extensively studied game information, realized it now.

Yu Tian Shenming continued, "Repel Fire Ring is a defensive skill. Mages originally try to keep their distance from others in combat. This skill is quite useless. But if you use a close-combat style, this skill becomes very useful. Although the damage isn't high, it's a continuous skill. If you can keep your people sticking to me like your knife was sticking to me just now, you might be able to wear me down with this skill. I still need to calculate it specifically. What's your proficiency right now?"

"Zero..." Gu Fei said.

"Damn!" Yu Tian Shenming rolled his eyes. "Then you can't burn anyone to death. The proficiency is too low and the damage is too little. You should use it more often usually. There's no shortcut to leveling up skills."

Gu Fei nodded.

"But how can you last long enough to burn the other person to death without getting killed by them? That's the hard part," Yu Tian Shenming said.

"Add agility to make your movements more flexible," Gu Fei said.

Yu Tian Shenming was speechless for a moment. In past online games, attacks and dodges were calculated by the system, and stat points and equipment could solve everything. But in "Parallel World," attacks and dodges needed to be performed by the players themselves. Whether or not you missed was entirely determined by the player's own reactions. Fast reactions also required corresponding stat points to make sufficiently quick dodging movements. So stat points were used for that purpose. Therefore, the character data in "Parallel World" simply didn't have hit rate or evasion stats. In the game's disgusting advertising slogan, this was called "Control in Your Hands."

It was simple in theory, but it would take players a long time to adapt. He believed that once people figured out how to play this game, the players would all become skilled fighters, each with their own specialties.

Of course, these were all things for the future. Most players were still in the adaptation phase. "Add agility to make your movements more flexible" sounded like empty talk to Yu Tian Shenming.

Seeing the disdain on Yu Tian Shenming's face, Gu Fei didn't explain. He stretched his body and said, "I'll demonstrate for you."

"Hmm?"

Gu Fei flashed in front of a monster and shouted, "Repel Fire Ring, go!"

Repel Fire Ring was also an instant-cast skill, requiring no time. As soon as the command was given, it immediately began to spin around Gu Fei. Then, they heard a shriek from the monster, and it collapsed at Gu Fei's feet.

Yu Tian Shenming's face turned pale. "Your magic damage is too strong. Can a defensive skill instantly kill an enemy? What's going on? Aren't you at proficiency 0? Where did you get so much damage?"

Gu Fei handed the Darkstream Light Sword in his hand to Yu Tian Shenming.

Yu Tian Shenming took it, puzzled, and looked at the attributes. He immediately had the urge to log off and never associate with Gu Fei again.

"Where did you get this?!" Yu Tian Shenming shrieked in surprise, sticking out his tongue.

"Reward from a quest chain," Gu Fei said calmly.

"Reward from a quest chain? That's too OP, isn't it? No wonder your magic damage is so high. This physical damage is also so OP. If I get stabbed by this sword, I'll be instantly killed. This...this..." Yu Tian Shenming couldn't speak.

"Can't be instantly killed. My sword coefficient isn't high enough," Gu Fei said.

"Coefficient...how do you explain that?" Yu Tian Shenming asked.

"Oh, that!" Gu Fei explained what Hong Chen Yixiao had told him. He was originally afraid that he wouldn't remember clearly enough to express it clearly, but Yu Tian Shenming, this legendary expert, had the same kind of understanding in online games that Gu Fei had in kung fu. He understood what was going on after hearing only two words and shouted, "So that's how it is!"

Although he was an online game expert, there hadn't been any equipment with coefficient requirements in the game yet. So although he could see the words "Bow Coefficient +18%" in the "Bow Mastery" skill, he didn't understand what this coefficient meant, and he couldn't figure out the use of this data.

"So, equipment with coefficient requirements should be high-level equipment," Yu Tian Shenming said, looking at the sword. "Judging from the magic damage of existing staves, this sword should be at least level 50-60 equipment. In other words, level 50-60 characters can meet the coefficient requirement through corresponding stat point allocation. Otherwise, this coefficient setting would be meaningless, right?"

"What are you trying to say?" Gu Fei asked.

"What I mean is that you're level 30 now, and you've allocated all your points to agility. You can't possibly have such a high spell coefficient to unleash the sword's full magic damage. But without fully unleashing it, where did your 0-proficiency spells get so much power? What's going on? Where did you get your spell coefficient?" Yu Tian Shenming muttered.

"Magic Mastery level 3, only 18%. I have a robe with Magic Mastery +1, so that's only 24%. Mages should naturally have some spell coefficient, right?" Gu Fei said.

"This sword requires a 170% spell coefficient. A mage's natural coefficient can't directly help you pick up level 50-something equipment, right? The stat points that affect spell coefficient are definitely intelligence, or at most spirit. It's definitely not agility. You haven't added any of those, so the 30 points of intelligence and spirit that you get for being level 30 can't give you much spell coefficient, right? Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Yu Tian Shenming muttered as he calculated, then suddenly had a thought. "Wait, you just said your robe has Magic Mastery +1? What robe?"

Gu Fei immediately took off his Moonlit Spirit Robe and showed it to Yu Tian Shenming.

"Damn, where did you get this robe? This has to be level 60 or 70 equipment!" Yu Tian Shenming was stunned again.

"Also a reward from a quest chain."

"The robe adds 20 intelligence...that doesn't decide much. Magic Mastery +1...it seems that this +1 probably doesn't mean that the passive skill Magic Mastery is raised by one level," Yu Tian Shenming said.

"What does it mean then?"

"Uh, coefficients are expressed as percentages. So if it's +1, does that mean +100%? If that's the case, then the robe helps you add 100% spell coefficient, and then it makes sense that you meet the sword's spell coefficient requirement and unleash its power." Yu Tian Shenming's eyes were bright, and his expression was as if Columbus had discovered a new continent.

"Quick! Try it!" Yu Tian Shenming rolled up Gu Fei's Moonlit Spirit Robe, only returning the Darkstream Light Sword to him, and pointed at a small monster. "Go!"

Gu Fei obeyed and, carrying the Darkstream Light Sword, rushed to the monster bare-chested and cast "Repel Fire Ring."

As expected, this time the monster was burned by the fire ring and wailed, but it didn't fall down, clearly showing that Gu Fei's magic damage had taken a big step down.

"Wahahaha! I really am the ultimate expert among mages. I solved your magic mystery so quickly!" Yu Tian Shenming laughed.

The surrounding players once again gathered to watch a rare animal. This archer is saying he's a mage? What an idiot!

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Starting tomorrow, I'll resume updating 6,000 characters a day, hahahaha.