Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 212 Learning Moves
The Forest of Tranquility.

After hearing the chilling sound and battle cry from afar, Thorne just stood there and pondered for a moment, then immediately followed the direction from which the sound came.

From the direction of the sound, he can judge the approximate battle location, as long as he walks eastward along the spacious and flat trade road, he can arrive at the fastest speed.

However, he did not choose to do this, because without knowing the identities of the two parties in the scuffle, if he rashly appeared in the fighting, the two parties might attack him at the same time.

So out of caution, he hid his figure into the shadow of the jungle, walked carefully through the dense bushes, leaped one after another over the leafy trees, and used stealth to move towards the direction of the battle rush to.

As the light gets darker and darker, Thorn's hazy figure gradually enters the depths of the dense forest, and the sounds of various animals can be heard around him, but he has the characteristics of the "Shadow Beloved" of the Shadow Hand School and the ability to master shadows. The racial talent "wild mask" brought to him by the elven blood, combined with the "forest piercing" feature, wherever he passes, the passing trees seem to be waving to him.

His movements through the thick woods were as silent as falling leaves, so that most of the beasts of the forest, even the most wary of felines, did not hear or notice his coming.

It has to be said that in these forests that have not been destroyed by humans, the number of beasts is really large. The dense shrubs and grassy vegetation greatly increase the number of beasts. Even the weakest hare, in Thorne's sneaking , have encountered a lot, and even in a little carelessness, I was almost startled by a hare that suddenly jumped out.

As Thorne prowled in the jungle, the originally faint voice of death became clearer and clearer, and even the vague blood that gradually began to waft out of the humid air was keenly captured by him.

After a while, Thorne, who was walking in the jungle, was about to approach the battle field of the melee.

The roar of wild beasts, the collision of swords, the howling of arrows and other melee sounds were all heard clearly by Thorne.

However, in order to prevent being noticed by the enemy, he always stood still, but chose to listen quietly, using his keen sense of hearing to judge the approximate number of the two sides.

In this way, after Thorn hid in the shadows for a while, the eyes hidden in the hood revealed a clear color.

"It's tricky. There are too many hobgoblins. I'm afraid that group of barbarians won't last long."

Then he frowned and whispered to himself, pondered for a moment, and immediately fixed his gaze on the attribute bar:
Occupation: Ranger lv7 (0/84500)

Part-time job: Swordsman lv5 (0/39000)

XP: 77413
Practice points: 35179
"When the swordsman's level is raised to level 6, apart from gaining a little free attribute point, there are no other professional characteristics. It is not so helpful for this battle. If the ranger's level wants to be raised to level 8, the experience points are not enough. "

Looking at the somewhat embarrassing attributes, Thorne thought for a while, looked at the comprehension progress of "Sword Intent" in the attribute column, and made what he thought was the best choice.

"Ding!"

Consume 60000 experience points!
Sword intent comprehension progress: +2%, current progress: 8%!

Obtain practice points: 30000 points!
……

The reason why he didn't choose to save his experience to raise his professional level was mainly because Thorn vaguely felt that if he raised his comprehension of sword intent to 10%, he would gain some unpredictable special abilities.

Moreover, as the level continues to increase, the experience points and practice points for killing low-level monsters in the wilderness will gradually decrease. Since the improvement of the professional level cannot bring about qualitative changes for the time being, it is a waste to keep it. It is better to convert the experience points into Precious practice points are more practical.

Thorne looked at the practice point at point 65179, and made the choice he had just planned without hesitation.

He first used 15000 practice points to master one of the third-level moves of the Desert Wind School, a stance skill called "Blazing Flame Art".

Then spend 10000 points and 15000 points of practice points to activate all the second-level sword moves and third-level sword moves of the Steel Soul Sect.

Then, using the remaining practice points, he spent 10000 practice points to learn the second-level counter-movement of the Steel Soul Sect "Walk Before You" and 15000 practice points to master the third-level counter-movement "Spiritual Defense" of the Steel Soul Sect.

The steel soul faction's counter skill "Ahead of Mind" is a kind of concentration through the "Focus" skill to quickly read out the opponent's spells or other skill actions, and then allow oneself to avoid spells or other attacks in advance.

"Spiritual Defense" is also a defensive move. Its main function is to use powerful mental power to overcome physical threats. By concentrating the mind to mobilize the energy of Qi, the damage caused by deadly poisons or diseases can be ignored.

That is to say, when he is faced with any continuous damage that can be caused by poison spells, disease spells, etc. that can threaten him, he can choose to activate the "spiritual defense body", use the energy of qi to convert it into pure power, and Its full immunity is offset.

The three counter skills of the Steel Soul faction, the first-level move: "Perfect Spirit" gives him the ability to resist any will save.For example: Human Hold, Charm Human, Fright, etc.

The second-level move "Ahead of Mind" gives him a chance to dodge any directional attack spells, just like a predictive skill.For example: when he realizes that the enemy is casting "Fireball", he can immediately launch this move. Through his strong concentration, he can perceive the movement track of the magic attack, and then dodge and dodge in advance.

The third-level move "Spiritual Defense" allows him to overcome most threats of continuous physical damage.Even in the face of strong toxin damage, when he activates this skill, he still has the capital to fight.

However, if he wants to use these three abilities with ease, the premise is that his "focus" skill level must be high enough. Otherwise, even if he masters this powerful move, he will not be able to display the true power of the move without the support of high enough concentration. effect.

As a swordsman who practices the Steel Soul School, only by mastering all these three moves can he be considered a real beginner. This is the most basic move of the Steel Soul School, and it is also the most powerful move. Life is not too much.

Just like back then, if he hadn't mastered the "Perfect Spirit" move that can resist will saving throws, then facing the Lake Spirit and the sorceress in Twilight Town's "Charm Human" spell, I'm afraid he would have become a person who can let anyone The puppet of slaughter.

But the two steel soul moves he just learned only greatly improved his survivability, and they didn't help much in the current battle. The one that really helped was the third-level move of the Desert Wind Sect "Raging Flame Jue".

The moves of the Desert Wind School are to use the energy of Qi to transform it into the power of flames, and then guide it out of the body to cause damage to the enemy. These moves are all supernatural abilities.

The function of "Blazing Art" is to guide the flame energy in the body, so that the flame dances and rotates within one meter of the body, forming a flame barrier.

As he walks, wherever he passes, as long as the enemy touches the flame barrier, he will be burned by the flames, which is very similar to the flame body of Balor.

Moreover, the damage of "Raging Flame Art" will continue to increase as his swordsman level increases.With the strength of his level 5 swordsman, without fire resistance, he can cause at least 5 points of fire damage.

But he has the "Desert Fire" specialty, with the blessing of this specialty, the fire damage is directly doubled.

In the Emerald Fields, an ordinary goblin or kobold has less than 10 points of health, which means that even if he stands still, he can easily be killed by the flame barrier surrounding him. Burn these wild creatures to death.

There are two schools of swordsmanship: Desert Wind School and Shadow Hand School.

The former has the power to manipulate flames, while the latter has the ability to use shadows. The moves of these two schools are all supernatural abilities, and the power of their moves is the same as that of the ranger magic, which depends on the perception attribute.

However, the way to cast it is to consume the energy of Qi in the body. This energy permeates the entire multiverse, and even flows in every living body.

But to really guide it out or let this power continue to grow, it requires a special way of practice.

This also made Thorn deeply aware that with the gradual improvement of his own strength and the increasing number of Nine Swords moves in the future, if the key to the cultivation of powerful energy such as "Qi Refining Technique" is still unable to break through to the next level If not, his combat effectiveness will definitely be severely limited due to insufficient Qi energy.

However, apart from knowing how to gradually accumulate practice in a circular way, and inadvertently overcoming the will of the devil, absorbing the essence of the devil, and getting a small improvement, he doesn't know any other shortcuts that can be broken through, even the old man who taught him the Nine Swords Did not reveal anything.

"That is to say, absorbing the devil's essence seems to be helpful to the progress of "Qi Refining Technique". I don't know the reason, so I must study it carefully when I have time."

Thorne looked at the demon mark on his palm, pondered for a moment, then stopped wasting time, and prepared to leave for the battle field not far away where they were still fighting.

　Thanks to the boss: Udon Night for the reward, thank you for your support! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)