novelraw Chapter 82
Chapter 82
Even as Su Wangchuan reveled in his excitement, he noticed that every martial art on his panel now had a (Tap to expand) icon beside it.
Driven by curiosity, he tapped the top entry, “Archery.”
Whoosh!
A remarkably detailed page unfolded.
It explained that now that he had formally stepped into the ranks of Martial Artists, he possessed a deeper understanding of all techniques, allowing him to wield and manifest the true attributes of his martial arts at their current levels.
Archery: Practice Makes Perfect;
At the current realm, you can perform accurate shooting against targets within a thirty-meter range, with a 50% hit rate. It grants a +5 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, it can inflict severe bleeding and deal double damage, that is, +10 Attack;
Next realm: Entry-Level Mastery;
At the next realm, you can perform precise shooting against targets within a thirty-meter range, with a 60% hit rate. It grants a +7 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, it can inflict sustained bleeding and deal double damage, that is, +14 Attack;
Su Wangchuan understood at once.So only by entering the Martial Artist sequence could a martial art truly unleash its real power. Otherwise, it was nothing more than crude farmer’s tricks.
He tapped the page for “Basic Spear Technique.”
At the current realm, you can inflict a force impact on an enemy. On hit, it grants a +5 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, there is a certain chance to interrupt the enemy’s action, and it deals triple damage, that is, +15 Attack;
Next realm: Entry-Level Mastery;
At the next realm, you can inflict force suppression on an enemy. On hit, it grants a +7 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, there is a certain chance to interrupt the enemy’s action, and it deals triple damage, that is, +21 Attack;
Before changing professions into a Martial Artist, he could only rely on his own raw strength and the damage of his weapon.
A Martial Artist, however, gained deeper insight into martial techniques, uncovering the hidden damage attributes of those arts. The destructive power surged, and the threat became astonishing.
No wonder Martial Artists held an overwhelming advantage over Quasi-Martial Artists.
That was the reason.
At that moment…
Su Wangchuan could not help showing a look of curiosity.
What, exactly, was the difference between a First-Rank martial art and a basic one?
He quickly tapped “Black Tiger Fist.”
Whoosh!
Black Tiger Fist: Practice Makes Perfect.
At the current realm, you can inflict close-range impact on an enemy. On hit, it grants a +7 Attack effect. When striking the enemy, there is a certain chance to rapidly unleash a second strike.
When striking a vital area, there is a high chance to interrupt the enemy’s action, and rapidly unleash a second strike as well, while dealing double damage, that is, +14 Attack;
Next realm: Entry-Level Mastery;
At the next realm, you can inflict close-range suppression on an enemy. On hit, it grants a +9 Attack effect. When striking the enemy, there is a certain chance to rapidly unleash a second strike and a third strike.
When striking a vital area, there is a high chance to interrupt the enemy’s action, and rapidly unleash a second strike and a third strike as well, while dealing double damage, that is, +18 Attack;
Su Wangchuan fell into thought.
A First-Rank martial art offered stronger offensive effects than a basic martial art.
It was not merely a boost to Attack.
The combat effects themselves were clearly enhanced. Black Tiger Fist had combo effects, and even a combo plus critical-strike effect. In practice, the damage values were far higher.
In real combat, a First-Rank martial art truly was stronger than a basic one at the same realm.
He tapped “Hundred Paces Piercing the Poplar” and compared it to “Archery.”
The gap became immediately obvious.
Hundred Paces Piercing the Poplar: Minor Mastery.
At the current realm, you can perform precise shooting against targets within a hundred paces, with a 60% hit rate. It grants a +6 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, it can inflict sustained bleeding, and it has a small chance to deal triple piercing damage, that is, +18 Attack;
Next realm: Practice Makes Perfect;
At the next realm, you can perform precise shooting against targets within a hundred paces, with a 70% hit rate. It grants a +9 Attack effect. When striking a vital area, it can inflict sustained bleeding, and it has a certain chance to deal triple piercing damage, that is, +27 Attack;
Compared to Archery’s double-damage effect, Hundred Paces Piercing the Poplar added triple piercing damage. At Minor Mastery, its destructive power already surpassed Archery at Practice Makes Perfect, exceeding it by a full 8 points of Attack.
Then he looked at “Yang Family Spear Technique.”
The numbers were even more terrifying.
Yang Family Spear Technique: Practice Makes Perfect;
At the current realm, you can inflict a force impact on close-range targets, granting a +9 Attack effect. When striking the enemy, there is a certain chance to interrupt the enemy’s action.
When striking a vital area, there is a high chance to plunge the enemy into a brief state of dizziness and stiffness, and it deals triple damage, that is, +27 Attack;
Next realm: Entry-Level Mastery;
At the next realm, you can inflict a force impact on close-range targets, granting a +12 Attack effect. When striking the enemy, there is a certain chance to interrupt the enemy’s action.
When striking a vital area, there is a high chance to plunge the enemy into a brief state of dizziness and stiffness, and it deals triple damage, that is, +36 Attack;
As expected of a strength-oriented martial art, when paired with a heavy weapon, its killing power was formidable.
At last, it was time for the final technique: “Lightfoot on Grass.”
Full of anticipation, Su Wangchuan tapped it and took a look.
Lightfoot on Grass: Minor Mastery;
At the current realm, your speed increases by 20%. When encountering obstacles, you can easily leap and pass over them;
Next realm: Practice Makes Perfect;
At the next realm, your speed increases by 30%. You can leap onto eaves and run along walls, easily vault high walls, and traverse mountains, forests, and city streets as though walking on flat ground;
The description of the movement technique was concise.
Clear at a glance.
This implied that the future growth of lightfoot movement would, in truth, be tied to the player’s own Agility.
The higher the Agility, the faster the base speed. Once Lightfoot on Grass activated, the speed increase would become even more significant.
“Room Master.”
“Are you all right?”
“Are you hungry? I still have meat buns here.”
Chen Ergou’s concerned voice sounded at his ear.
Only then did Su Wangchuan realize he had been standing still for a long time. He quickly closed the Status Panel, accepted the meat bun Chen Ergou offered, and cleared his Hunger.
He picked up the Poplar Wood Bow again and drew it—only to suddenly feel that the bow in his hands had become more destructive than before.
He could clearly sense the bow forcing the strength of the bow limbs and the bowstring into a single twisted surge, fully attaching it to the arrow itself…
TWANG!!
The crisp snap of the bowstring rang out.
The arrow flew even faster.
In the distant water, two plump fish were pierced through at the same time, thrashing as they rolled to the surface.
“One arrow, two kills!”
“Amazing!”
“Room Master, mighty indeed!”
Chen Ergou shouted in excitement.
Su Wangchuan glanced at the Status Panel. His Experience Value had increased by 2 points.
Not bad.
Even after entering the water, it still had such power.
The arrow’s lethality had indeed increased.
Again!
In his buoyant mood, Su Wangchuan kept drawing and releasing.
Most of the time, a single arrow skewered two fish, leaving even the disciple assigned to retrieve the fish staring in a daze.
Not long after, a system notification sounded:
“Ding!”
“Hundred Paces Piercing the Poplarhas advanced to ‘Practice Makes Perfect.’ Reward: +2 Strength.”
His Strength attribute rose to 22.
And the arrows Chen Ergou had brought still numbered more than a hundred…
All saved by those double kills.
Su Wangchuan fired two more arrows, only to find that the Experience Value no longer moved. He knew the shortcut had vanished, and he could only stop, ending the slaughter.
Sigh.
Another martial art had reached a bottleneck.
He was just about to put away his bow and leave when sudden chaos erupted from the direction of the dock. Shouts and screams overlapped, and several figures came running toward them in miserable disarray.
“Help!”
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