The levels of the Trial Tower were divided into three phases.
For the first five floors of the Trial Tower, the gap between each phase wasn't that significant. However, once you reached floors five and above, each phase increase demanded a substantial boost in a player's combat power. Therefore, advancing past one phase after the fifth floor required a long period of rigorous training, let alone reaching the seventh floor.
Within the entire Divine Demon Arena, only those experts who had cleared the fourth floor understood just how difficult each phase increase was. This was especially true for Huo Wu and Ziyan Liuyun, who had just broken through from the sixth floor to reach the seventh.
However, the most shocked person was Gui Yingzi himself.
The record Gui Yingzi held was the mid-section of the seventh floor, meaning these two had at least matched that level, performing even better than he had.
Having fought on the seventh floor, he knew all too well the immense difficulty involved. It was no longer a level an ordinary person could reach. It demanded an exceptionally high degree of skill completion, but more importantly, the application of techniques had to be nearly perfect. Skills in one's hands flowed as smoothly and naturally as basic attacks.
It was like an ordinary person wielding a sword versus a martial arts master wielding a sword. The weapons might be the same, but the level of application was worlds apart, and the resulting combat power was equally disparate.
On the other hand, skill completion was like the quality of the weapon itself. The higher the completion rate, the greater the weapon's potential power. However, how effectively that power could be unleashed still depended on the individual's skill level.
Gui Yingzi considered himself among the absolute top tier of experts in the virtual gaming world. He was talented, and after coming into contact with the Divine Realm, he had constantly studied and explored, trying to figure out how to better integrate skills into basic attacks to maximize their effectiveness without becoming a burden.
Yet now, these two young girls had surpassed him so quickly. It was simply incredible.
"Were they holding back their true strength before?" Gui Yingzi silently speculated.
Actually, it wasn't just Gui Yingzi making this guess. Everyone was thinking the same thing; otherwise, this situation was inexplicable. As for achieving a breakthrough in the heat of battle, that was the stuff of legends. One instance might be considered a fluke, but it was impossible for two people to experience it simultaneously.
"The effect of the Hundred Fruit Fine Wine is really quite good. It's a shame the quantity we can currently obtain is limited, not even enough for the guild's core members." In the private box, Shi Feng looked at the Trial Leaderboard and nodded with a smile.
Having the entire team clear the fourth floor didn't surprise Shi Feng. After all, that was merely the level of ordinary experts acknowledged by the Divine Realm system – third-rate experts who could only utilize 50% of their own combat power.
After drinking the Hundred Fruit Fine Wine, the compatibility rate increased significantly. It could generally boost a player's skill proficiency by around 10%, though the effect diminished the higher one went. For the Zero Wing members whose skill completion rates were only around 70%, it immediately pushed them above 80%. The standard for clearing the fourth floor was generally a stable skill completion rate of 75%, so naturally, they could now pass.
As for Huo Wu and Ziyan Liuyun, their original skill completion rates could already reach 85%. Drinking the Hundred Fruit Fine Wine could push that up to around 90%. Don't underestimate the mere 5% difference; it increased the power of their skills by twenty to thirty percent.
The basic requirement to reach the seventh floor was an 85% skill completion rate, capable of unleashing 100% of a skill's effect. Furthermore, if one could proficiently integrate skills into basic attacks, they could typically pass the initial stage and enter the mid-section.
Perhaps Huo Wu and Ziyan Liuyun still lacked combat experience and their application wasn't perfectly smooth, but a 90% skill completion rate was more than enough to pass the mid-section of the seventh floor and step into the final section. Therefore, surpassing a veteran top-tier expert like Gui Yingzi wasn't exactly a surprise.
If Gui Yingzi's skill completion rate were currently at 90%, he wouldn't just be clearing the mid-section of the seventh floor; he could likely step into the eighth floor.
"Unfortunately, the combat power boost is only temporary. How much further improvement one can grasp after that depends on the individual." Shi Feng looked at the remaining 110 bottles of Hundred Fruit Fine Wine in his inventory, feeling a mix of emotions.
The Hundred Fruit Fine Wine was truly a formidable tool for cultivating experts.
No wonder the Illusory World Temple had risen so rapidly in his previous life. The Hundred Fruit Fine Wine must have played a significant role.