After trying [Wind Blade], I immediately went on to the next skill, [Binding Chains]. When I used it a small “bang” sounded and I could see how a chain came out of earth in the targeted area. It looked almost like a snake strangling its target for 1.9 seconds.
……
When I finalized my testing, I had to say, the skills were definitely useful. Although they both had high requirements to the user, being able to control the actions of your opponent and predict the right timing to strike, they were undoubtedly powerful.
I went and talked with the quartermaster again to look for more quests, but he didn’t have anything for me. So I decided instead just to go hunting to practice my skills, as they were still Level 1. Even a SSS rank skill wouldn’t be very strong at rank 1.
I choose to walk eastward together with Baby Bobo; after around 10 minutes we reached a high level area, the Cloudy Swamp. ‘Oh yes, this would be a suitable leveling location’ I thought when I saw that the monsters were level 37. They were crocodiles with scales reflecting the approaching sunset, pretty breathtaking if I were to say.
I had a look at their stats. 1886 health and 332 defense. This should be no problem.
“Hua hua…”
I rushed towards them through some shallow water with my Jade Sword drawn before
attacking the crocodile with a level 4 [Combo]. 3 points of damage shows.
“367!”
“335!”
“352!”
The crocodile made a furious howl; it lost more than half of its health from that one combo. The crocodile opened it mouth and was about to retaliate, but my [Wind Blade] was ready. It struck heavily on the head of the crocodile, and a huge red number appeared. The crocodile had been killed in just a few hits, without a chance to retaliate.
“998!”
A critical hit! Such a huge amount of damage for a single strike. It’s damage is almost equal to the combined damage of the [Combo] skill. The wind blade is deadly if it gets a critical hit or is part of a combo attack. If it had been rank 10, with an increase of damage by 30% in addition to the 10% from Sword Tempest, the damage would have been incredible.
Suddenly I realized, these crocodiles’ skins are probably high quality leather.
Nothing venture, nothing gained. I immediately try skinning the crocodile with my Jade Sword. Its so sharp that it immediately starts cutting through the thick skin and slices off a chunk but just as I think I have succeeded, the chunk of skin begins to blur. A system message appears: You don’t have the [Skinning] skill! You have failed to collect crocodile leather!
Damn, what a waste of time!
I continue hunting Crocodiles while focusing on practicing my skills, it doesn’t take long before [Wind Blade] reaches level 2. The offensive bonus increases to 6% and the chance of failure lowers. As it levels up, it actually highlights a fairly annoying issue. I didn’t increase my Magic Power stat at all as a healer, leaving me with the very small mana pool of 330. Level 2 [Binding Chains] and [Wind Blade] cost 40 mana per use each, and they will only continue to cost more as they level up.
No matter, my primary goal is still to get [Wind Blade] to level 4 as quickly as possible; after all I have more than enough [Chilling Wind Pills] to keep me going.
After training hard for an hour, the familiar system tone appeared and the [Wind Blade] had at last leveled up to 4.
As I stand there, quite pleased with myself, I get a message from Wan Er : “Xiao Yao, have you gotten killed by any bounty hunters yet?”
I firmly respond: “Nope, you lost! Time for me to collect my winnings!.“
Wan Er said: “It’s already 1 pm and I’m pretty hungry. So come downstairs and we will decide what to eat”
“Okay!”
I log off and place the helmet at the side of the bed. As I look towards Glasses, I see him shivering heavily. He’s probably in some extreme situation, but it looks so funny that I can’t help but laugh as I rush out the door.
……
The two beautiful young women are already waiting downstairs on this autumn afternoon.
I adjust the collar of my Metersbonwe jacket. The sun was shining on my face, granting a nice feeling of warmth together with a gentle breeze. It was pretty comfortable.
“Xiao Yao, not bad!” Said Cheng Yue as she approached together with Wan Er: “It’s pretty impressive you were able to stay alive for the whole 5 hours. Surely there are lots of people who would have been tempted by the 1000 gold reward and would be searching
for you. Its worth 15000 RMB”
I casually respond: “I’m leveling in a secret area, so they won’t be able to find me. Good afternoon Miss Wan Er.”
Wan Er looks a bit sore as she responds: “Alright, you win. You can choose anything so go ahead, it’ll be my treat… “