parentshiftbook Chapter 63 Steel Body, Phantom Slashes
Chapter 63 Steel Body, Phantom Slashes
[Cleared the dungeon (not the first clear), now it's time to start the rewards.]
[Settlement in progress... Your team has gained 5332 Potential Points, 53 Blackthorn Iron, 19 Static Tail Spikes, and 1 Card]
[Start leaving the instance]
A flash of white light appeared before his eyes, and Lin Ze's figure reappeared in the dungeon lobby.
He turned around and glanced at the portal, then let out a long sigh.
He has already exchanged the remaining two minor merits for dungeon runs and has been grinding dungeons for the past few days.
However, after advancing to level 5, his level exceeded the challenge threshold of the Blackthorn Tower.
While it's not impossible to continue running dungeons, the monsters will be significantly stronger than before, and the potential points and rewards obtained will remain unchanged.
It is only because his strength has increased recently, and he has gained the clone Frostfall, that he has been able to clear dungeons as usual.
"Dungeons with a challenge level of 4 or higher are only available to the Crimson Lotus Branch, and you need at least the rank of Second Lieutenant to apply for their use."
Lin Ze is currently a warrant officer and is not yet eligible to apply.
Even if he did, he's currently only a level 4 Sword Soul, so there's no reason for him to apply.
Unless it is revealed now that he has already been promoted to level 5.
"Never mind, let's wait until I get promoted. For now, let's just make do with the Blackthorn Tower."
Lin Ze raised his hand and lightly tapped the professional's mark, storing all the settlement rewards into the storage mark, and then walked towards the elevator.
As I took the elevator back to the ground and stepped out of the training building, my phone vibrated in my pocket.
Lin Ze took out his phone and saw that the caller ID showed "sister". A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips as he swiped to answer the call.
"Youyu."
"Brother," came her sister's lively and cheerful voice from the other end of the line, "I have great news for you! I've changed my class to a Spirit Awakener!"
"That's indeed good news." Lin Ze's smile deepened. "Congratulations, from today onwards, you're a professional too."
"It's all thanks to the cards you gave me," Sun Youyu said in a soft, coquettish voice. "My classmates are so envious of me for having such a great older brother."
Lin Ze laughed and said, "Even without my cards, with your talent, you'll be able to change classes in no time."
A few days ago, when he cleared the dungeon, he happened to get another Resonance Constitution card, so he simply sent it to his sister along with the Meditation card he had.
Sun Youyu's five-dimensional attributes were already just one step away from the threshold for job advancement. With the boost from her skills and talents, she naturally reached the job advancement requirements.
However, what he said was true.
Sun Youyu's talent is far superior to his original self. Even without his help, he would most likely have been able to become a Spirit Awakener before the third year.
Now that the goal has been achieved ahead of schedule, you can focus on upgrading your skills and improving your attributes.
If all goes well, I should be able to advance to Level 2 professional before graduation.
"By the way, bro, Chen Han has also switched to a fighter class." Sun Youyu said excitedly, "She said she wanted to thank you for reminding her and wanted to treat you to a meal."
"Okay," Lin Ze readily agreed. "I'll come back to see you all after I'm done with this."
"No need, no need. We're planning to visit you in the North District in a few days. It's been so long since I've been back! I really miss the crispy pork from Zhiwei Restaurant; we're definitely going to eat our fill this time!"
Lin Ze chuckled and said, "Alright, when you get there, just go to the apartment I'm staying at now. I'll send you the address later."
His younger sister grew up with him in the North District and knows the area very well, so there's no need to worry about her getting lost.
Moreover, as long as two professionals don't deliberately cause trouble, they don't need to worry about encountering problems in the North District.
Lin Ze arrived at the office building just as he hung up the phone.
As he walked toward the elevator, he summoned the Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects) control panel.
Name: Jingzhe
[Occupation]: Fighter
[Level]: 5
【属性】：力量18.6、敏捷20.6、体质17.8、精神15.0（+3.0）、感知14.0
【技能】：疾风连打Lv2（34/300）、碎骨Lv2（12/300）
[Talent]: Steel Body, Qi Sensing
After switching to a fighter, Jingzhe successfully unlocked the Qi Sensing talent.
In addition, he used the Hardened Skin talent he had previously seized from Jiang Lei to synthesize a Steel Body with Steel Bones.
This superior talent can greatly enhance a professional's resistance to attacks, making their physical strength comparable to the hardness of an alloy mixed with extraordinary materials.
If one's physique can reach 20 points or more, one can even withstand ordinary-level extraordinary weapons with one's bare body.
More importantly, the Steel Body is a universal skill that can be shared by the main body and all clones.
"Defense has always been my weakness, and a body of steel can make up for that."
Lin Ze clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking slightly.
The Steel Body has great potential; it can be further synthesized into the Silver Body, the Gold Body, and even the higher-level Diamond Body, etc.
It's a defensive talent with maximum potential for growth.
In addition, the skills Gale Strike and Bone Shatter have also been upgraded to Lv2 through days of grinding in dungeons.
Lin Ze then switched to his own panel and looked at the bottom column.
Potential Points: 33344
After completing six dungeons, my potential points have once again surpassed the 6 mark.
"The talents are all there, now all that's missing are the skills."
"To upgrade both Gale Strike and Bone Shatter to the maximum level, I need more than 60,000 potential points, which means I'll have to run the dungeon at least six more times."
"There are only two days left until the beginning of the month, and I'll get eight more dungeon challenge opportunities. Then I'll have enough potential points."
Thinking of this, Lin Ze sighed inwardly.
"It's a pity I don't have any dungeons on hand, otherwise I wouldn't have to be so stingy about dungeon challenge opportunities every time."
Dungeons are extremely valuable; apart from legions, only a few large guilds or powerful families with deep roots possess them.
According to the information Lin Ze saw from internal documents, only Gangquan in the entire North District had mastered a dungeon with a challenge level similar to Blackthorn Tower.
It was thanks to this dungeon that Gangquan became the number one guild in the North.
Besides, even Blood Eagle doesn't have any copies; they can only trade cards with other guilds that do.
According to Legion's statistics, more than 80% of the cards imported by many guilds in the North District come from the Cliff Guild.
The latter is said to have multiple low-level dungeons in his possession.
"If Tian Shi wants to grow and expand, it must have its own copy as soon as possible."
Lin Ze pondered for a moment, then shook his head, temporarily gathering his thoughts, and turned to look at the skill bar.
The original Shadow Hand technique has disappeared, replaced by a completely new skill:
Phantom Slash Lv2 (21/500)
Considering that he would have to continue disguising himself as a Sword Soul in the future, and it wouldn't be appropriate to openly use the Extreme Slaughter Sword skill, Lin Ze decided to learn a few more skills so that he could use them in battle.
So he combined the Swift Shadow Hand and Triple Slash to create the Phantom Combo Slash.
This excellent skill can unleash more than ten consecutive slashes in an instant, each with an afterimage effect, making it extremely powerful.
Among the many excellent attack skills, it is definitely top-tier.
When he was torn between exchanging for the Blood Burning Hand or the Swift Shadow Hand, he had already harbored this idea, and now he has finally gotten his wish.
"You can use half of the Instant Slash as a draw slash."
The Instant Slash is a combination of a draw slash and a crimson leap.
After advancing to the Ultimate Slaughter Sword, the Crimson Leap skill disappeared from the panel; it turns out that the Executioner's skills only retained the Execution Mark.
"Including 'Draw Sword Slash,' I only have two skills that I can use publicly right now, which is still a bit too few. It would be best to find another one."
Swordsmanship skill cards are relatively easy to find. Lin Ze plans to browse the internal forum later to see if he can find a few common-level skill cards to synthesize new superior-level skills.
As an advanced class of Sword Master, the Ultimate Slaughter Sword shares a significant overlap in combat style with the Sword Master. With enough skills, it is not difficult to disguise oneself as a Sword Master.