After reaching A rating, Zhang Yue chose to stay and continue hunting Soul Devourers.
Very quickly, the kill count reached 3000, and the rating rose to S-level.
At 5000 kills, the rating rose to SS-level.
At 10000 kills, the rating rose to SSS-level.
["Ding~ Your kill rating has reached the maximum. Continued kills will no longer improve the rating!"]
Only when Zhang Yue received this prompt did he plan to stop.
There were still many Soul Devourers around, but Zhang Yue no longer planned to keep grinding here and chose to settle.
["Ding~ Congratulations on obtaining the exclusive reward for SSS-level rating on the first floor of the Ghost Tower: EXP +30 billion (your level has reached the limit, experience will be accumulated), gold coins +30,000, Energy +10 trillion!"]
["Ding~ You have received the unique special reward for SSS rating: [Ghost Stone] +1!"]
'A special commendation for being the first to reach SSS rating?'
Zhang Yue opened the storage space and took out the piece of silver-glowing stone issued by the system
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[Ghost Stone] (Special Item)
[Effect: Use on single equipment below 20 stars to increase it by 3–5 stars; use on set equipment below 20 stars to increase the set by 1 star]
[Description: A divine stone containing vast spiritual power. Its divine energy can be applied to equipment, greatly enhancing the equipment's strength...]
[Note: The selected equipment for upgrade must be growable equipment]
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'Holy sh*t, o this thing can be used to increase the star rating of equipment?'
'This item is truly rare!'
The 16-star Transcendent Set on Zhang Yue's body, and the 15-star Sovereign Sets on Armageddon Black Dragon, Phantom Predator, Skeleton King, all are growable equipment.
Directly using the Ghost Stone to increase star level is much faster than collecting pieces and having them devour others to get evolution points for upgrading.
So, Zhang Yue decisively applied this Ghost Stone to his Transcendent Set.
Immediately, golden light sparkled all over Zhang Yue.
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your 16-star Legendary·Transcendent Set has evolved into 17-star Legendary·Transcendent Set. Equipment stats have increased. Set skills [Void Shield], [Thunder Power], [Enchantment], [Abyss Breath], [Thunder Shield], [Water Shield] effects have been enhanced..."]
Normally, at Zhang Yue's pace of grinding equipment, it would take at least two days to upgrade the Transcendent Set to 17 stars.
This Ghost Stone saved Zhang Yue a lot of time.
It truly justified Zhang Yue's insistence on grinding his rating up to the highest SSS level after completing the first-floor A rating challenge.
Next, Zhang Yue began advancing to the second floor.
Just like the previous floor, reaching A rating in monster kills was required to pass.
The monsters on the second floor were also level 110 Soul Devourers.
But compared to normal level 110 monsters, their stats were 20% higher, and 10% higher than the first floor.
Also, the number of Soul Devourers was greater, and the density was higher.
Challenge difficulty increased to two stars.
Without another word, Zhang Yue began grinding.
With the generous SSS rating rewards from the previous floor, Zhang Yue had high expectations for the second floor.
He hoped this floor would also bring him another Ghost Stone.
Logically, the further the map progresses, the higher the rewards should be.
So even if it's not a Ghost Stone, it should be a reward more valuable than a Ghost Stone.
So, it's still worth looking forward to.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As Zhang Yue raised his staff to cast spells, he noticed: his damage had once again increased significantly.
Normal skill damage increased to 70 million.
Thunder-type skill damage reached the hundred million range.
Just by evolving the Transcendent Set from 16 to 17 stars, Zhang Yue's damage output increased by 200 million.
Previously, his normal skill damage of around 50 million wasn't enough to instantly kill the Soul Devourers with 60 million HP, and he had to rely on thunder-type skills to deal damage.
Now, even non-thunder skills could one-shot the Soul Devourers on the second floor.
Thus, on the second floor, Zhang Yue's kill efficiency actually became higher than on the first floor.
As for the ratings, they were the same as the first floor.
100 kills, F-level!
300 kills, E-level!
500 kills, D-level...
Within just half an hour, Zhang Yue completed 10,000 kills and successfully achieved SSS rating.
["Ding~ Congratulations on obtaining the exclusive reward for SSS-level rating on the second floor of the Ghost Tower: EXP +40 billion, gold coins +40,000, Energy +20 trillion!"]
["Ding~ You have received the unique special reward for SSS rating: [Ghost Stone] +1!"]
"Haha, another Ghost Stone?", This reward made Zhang Yue feel excited. [T/N: This is called addiction 💀]
Although Zhang Yue's own damage had already exceeded the standard and was enough to instantly kill second-floor Soul Devourers, considering that with each deeper floor, the Soul Devourers' strength increases by 10%, this floor's Soul Devourers have 70 million HP; the next floor will have 80 million; the one after that may reach 90 million.
If Zhang Yue's skills can no longer one-shot them, and follow-up attacks are needed, that would severely affect his grinding efficiency.
Though the total strategy time is 12 hours, Zhang Yue doesn't know how many floors the Ghost Tower has.
If he wants to clear the entire Ghost Tower and get SSS rating on every floor, then kill speed must be ensured.
So, this Ghost Stone was again used on his Transcendent Set by Zhang Yue.
Raise personal damage first, then consider upgrading the Sovereign Sets for Armageddon Black Dragon and the others.
After using the Ghist Stone, golden light sparkled and upgrade notification ringed in his ear.
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your 17-star Legendary·Transcendent Set has evolved into 18-star Legendary·Transcendent Set..."]
Next, entering the third floor of the Ghost Tower.
Soul Devourers' strength increased another 10%, and their numbers increased.
Challenge difficulty rose to three stars.
"Let's go!"
Looking at the rushing flood of EXP, gold coins, and Energy from all directions, Zhang Yue grabbed his staff and fully engaged.
["Ding~ Congratulations on passing the third floor of the Ghost Tower with highest SSS rating. You received the exclusive SSS reward: EXP +50 billion, gold coins +50,000, Energy +30 trillion!"]
["Ding~ You have received the unique special reward for SSS rating: [Ghost Stone] +1!"]
["Ding~ Congratulations on passing the fourth floor of the Ghost Tower with highest SSS rating. You received the exclusive SSS reward: EXP +60 billion, gold coins +60,000, Energy +50 trillion!"]
["Ding~ You have received the unique special reward for SSS rating: [Ghost Stone] +1!"]
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your 18-star Legendary·Transcendent Set has evolved into 19-star Legendary·Transcendent Set..."]
["Ding~ Congratulations! Your 19-star Legendary·Transcendent Set has evolved into 20-star Mythical·Transcendent Set. Your equipment strength has greatly improved, and the seventh set skill slot has been unlocked..."]
'Hmm?'
The process of evolving the Transcendent Set from 19 stars to 20 stars using the Ghost Stone caught Zhang Yue's attention.
"So the Transcendent Set finally evolved from Legendary to Mythical?"
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