Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

Sleeping during the day and active at night, upgraded to Night Monster?

Chen Qi blinked and eagerly examined it.

[You have gained the passive skill "Night Monster": At night, all your attributes increased, mental resistance decreased, but your desires ignited easily, and your spiritual value stayed within a safe threshold, preventing complete madness.]

Mental resistance had decreased, but it could be locked... Chen Qi closed his eyes, carefully sensing the subtle changes in his body.

"This is a god-tier skill for the monster stream——"

Chen Qi couldn't help but marvel.

Upon reaching the Third Tier, some powerful players were already able to unlock the second stage and master transformational skills.

Common ones included the Dawn Knight of the Scale Phase, the Muscle King of the Hammer Phase, the Saint Snow Maiden of the Ice Phase.

These skills were formidable among the Third Tier.

Of course, within the transformational skills, the most popular and strongest was the Monster Stream!

The Werewolf of the Cup Phase, the Blood Demon, the Enchanting Demon of the Floral Appearance, the Ghostification of the Void Phase, the Ghoul of the Cup Shadow Phase, the Shadow Demon of the Shadow Phase, were all very common in the Monster Stream——

Of course, these streams required abundant resources; Werewolfing alone required a substantial 100 points in constitution, a large amount of mutation potion, and monster wolf blood.

The Enchanting Demon of the Floral Appearance required consuming numerous herbs, medium-level understanding of the Floral Appearance, 60 points of high constitution, and high demands on charm, art, and dance. Finally, one needed to pass the Fairy's Trial in the "Enchanting Demon's House" within the Floral Appearance crack in the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom to master it.

Another example was the Ghostification of the Void Phase, requiring injection of phantom potion and experiencing spatial disarray in the crack to gain a special "Space Loser" buff to study it.

Opting for the Monster Stream required stringent promotion conditions and crucial opportunities.

Overall, the Monster Stream was immensely powerful. Once achieved, one's strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Third Order Transcendent!

Ten ordinary Third Order Transcendents could not necessarily defeat one Monster Stream Transcendent!

Facing the Monster Stream, the White Tower Federation's Third Order Transcendent graduates, the Black Blood Empire's black blood warriors, the taming geniuses among the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom's nobles, would also fall.

Of course, there was another crucial reason why the Monster Stream was so named: maintaining this 'special' form made it easy for rationality to decline.

A slight misstep, and one might permanently become a 'monster,' eventually led by desire into madness, never to be a normal human again.

For instance, the Shadow of the Lantern that Chen Qi had just encountered, though not a true Monster Streamer, had gone mad from contact with the Shadow Demon.

But the Night Monster, capable of locking rationality at a special value, effectively solved the problem of low mental strength.

"Night Monster——"

This was a divine skill... Chen Qi picked up a piece of paper, sat by the window, and began to sketch out his route post-Third Tier.

The augmentation from Yu Huo allowed him to gain a 'Monster Stream' god-tier skill.

First, I need to test the Night Monster's safe threshold. Beyond that, I must choose a path... Chen Qi stroked his chin.

However, if I were to choose the werewolfing of the Cup Phase or dragon man transformation, I'd need a large amount of mutation potion.

The Enchanting Demon of the Floral Appearance and the Ghostification of the Shadow Phase were very specialized streams, requiring high opportunities.

Considering various factors, the Nearshore Dominator and the Shadow Demon stream controlled by the Sea God Pirate Group were two pretty good streams.

Chen Qi had high standards regarding bodily purity, thus the twisted Shadow Demon equipment suited him very well.

Of course, for safety reasons, Chen Qi had no interest in becoming a Shadow Demon.

However, he was very interested in the flesh implants manufactured by the Shadow Demon!

The Shadow Beast Tide, this was a perfect opportunity... Chen Qi couldn't help but gulp.

As long as there were enough creeping shadows, forging a piece of taboo equipment wouldn't be an issue.

At this moment, a special prompt popped up.

[Your professional task has been updated.]
Stay tuned to My Virtual Library Empire

[You received the Lamp Keeper's task.]

Chen Qi opened it to check.

[Night of the Lamp Keeper:

Nature Form: Lamp, Scale

Task Requirement: At night, in a dangerous location, use 'Lighting Skill' to ignite a light that attracts monsters.

Task Limit: Twice a month.

Reward: A large amount of inspiration points. If the danger level of the location is high and the number of humans you protect is sufficient, you'll also receive Light's inspiration as an additional reward.

Note: Light's inspiration can be used to learn skill cards, for lamp solution, or in special cracks.]

Night of the Lamp Keeper...

Chen Qi swiftly skimmed over this task.

A Lamp Keeper's task had very high ceilings and floors.

The task had two evaluation points: First, the danger level of the monsters in your area. Second, the value of your light source and the humans you were protecting.

Being a town-protecting Lamp Keeper... Chen Qi couldn't help imagining that scene.

If it were in a simple village growing radishes, potatoes, and wheat, with a bunch of senseless villagers, opposing weak skeleton archers and daft zombies, then the ultimate reward might be just 1000 inspiration points.

Those inspiration points wouldn't even be enough to max out a common E-tier crack skill.

But if it were on a lighthouse, protecting a town, guarding against Nearshore Dominators from the deep sea, then getting 5000 inspiration points and a Light's inspiration wouldn't be an issue.