Shi Feng slowly opened the treasure chest, and a burst of golden light shot out from inside.
Whoosh.
The golden light merged into Shi Feng's body.
Shi Feng felt a surge of power rise within him, and the feeling of fatigue weakened considerably.
System: Opened a fully random treasure chest. Reward: Hidden Attribute — Resilience +10 points.
"A hidden attribute reward — I hit the jackpot." Shi Feng clenched his fist, clearly feeling that the impact of stamina consumption had lessened as well.
Resilience was one of the four most important hidden attributes for players.
Hidden attributes didn't increase a player's damage output, nor did they reduce incoming damage, but they were far more useful than basic attributes. They didn't grow as a player leveled up — they could only be improved through special means.
Resilience was an attribute much closer to a monster's magical body.
The first effect was reducing the combat penalties caused by physical damage to the body.
The second effect was lowering a player's stamina and mental energy consumption during battle, thereby extending their combat duration.
The third effect was mitigating the loss of combat effectiveness caused by excessive stamina and mental energy depletion.
Because of these three effects, players — especially high-level ones — coveted the Resilience attribute greatly.
Skilled players regularly employed combat techniques in battle, and those techniques consumed a fair amount of stamina and mental energy. Take Void Steps, for example — it didn't drain much stamina, but the mental energy cost was enormous, so there was a strict limit on how many times it could be used in combat.
If a player's Resilience was high enough, the number of times they could use these techniques increased dramatically, giving them a much better chance of winning.
Moreover, when facing high-tier monsters — such as High Grand Lords — or when special skills consumed stamina and mental energy, the effect of Resilience became even more pronounced.
Among the peak fifth-tier players of the previous life, one monster had become famous precisely for their extraordinarily high Resilience.
The War Saint, Duan Liushiu.
Thanks to that immense Resilience, Duan Liushiu fought every battle using a mutual destruction strategy. Even players with superior strength and skill would be worn down and killed, which was how Duan Liushiu became one of the twelve Berserkers.
In the early days of the Divine Realm, player levels were still low, and obtaining the hidden attribute of Resilience was extremely difficult. Even Shi Feng didn't have a reliable method to get it at this level — the Resilience attribute was something players typically didn't start encountering until after level 50, and improving it also required reaching roughly that level.
Furthermore, each quest or other source of Resilience only awarded one or two points. Getting 10 points in one go — who knew how much effort and time that would normally take. That was why Shi Feng said he'd hit the jackpot.
The first opening of the Disaster Chest had paid off. Shi Feng proceeded to open it a second time.
The second opening produced a magic scroll.
A third-tier magic scroll — Wrath of Thunder, one of the third-tier large-scale destruction spells, covering a range of 100 yards.
The third time he opened the chest, Shi Feng was struck by a beam of dark light, and his Agility was permanently reduced by 25 points.
For an ordinary player, losing 25 points of Agility would be heartbreaking — even after advancing to a first-tier class, it would take three levels to recover. But for Shi Feng, it was still acceptable.