Chapter 165: Fearless War Axe (2/2)

“Thus, training ourselves is one of the basic methods to save up on points. Although the increment gained from our own training is very small, it is still better than nothing.

“Besides, even if one had an [S] Class – Physique, if that person acts like a lazy bum and eat junk food, spending his days eating and sleeping, in one month’s time, their body will degrade.

“After spending so much to acquire such a powerful body only to have it degrade away, if that happens, we won’t even be able to cry.

“I do not wish to stay here in this world for a few months only to end up with a pot belly and a fat body.”

Lun Tai’s words were very direct and straight to the point.

“There is also combat skills,” Chen Xiaolian faintly said. “We can train up on basic combat skills there. Through training, we can also increase our proficiency toward the weapons we acquired from the system.”

“Overall, there will be benefits. Although it will not be obvious, constant drops of water will hollow a stone,” Lun Tai nodded his head.

“There is our equipment as well,” The military fanatic Bei Tai shouted out. “We will still have to test out the Thunderstorm Tank, no? If we do not practice using it, then, when we suddenly take it out in the middle of a battle, forget starting it up, I may not even be able to aim with it since I have never touched it before!”

Chen Xiaolian smiled wryly and said. “If we are to take out the Thunderstorm Tank, I fear that we will soon be in the headlines. Then, we can just wait for the army to come catch us.”

Forget a Thunderstorm Tank, even if they were to get their hands on an ordinary tank, they would still not be able to train using it.

“We also need to train with firearms. If we do not open fire for too long, our shooting instincts will become dull.”

Chen Xiaolian thought about it and made the necessary calculations.

We need a shooting range… a training field where we can train our bodies. It would be even better if we can get a shooting range that allows us to test fire the Thunderstorm Tank’s artillery.

All right, since we also need an armoury – if we can have that, it would be for the best. But if there aren’t, we can first place the weapons inside the Storage Watch.

Where should I go to find such a large place? It must be secluded so that outsiders cannot find it.

The amount of money he has inside his savings was only enough to pay for the down payment for a second-hand house.

“Money is not a huge problem. If the next instance dungeon is the same as the Tokyo instance dungeon, we just need to allocate some time to rob a bank and clear out its vault. That way, our financial problems will be mostly solved,” Lun Tai said coolly. “The issue however, lies in the fact that even if we have the money, we may not be able to buy up a piece of land. This matter is not simple and we will need someone to run around to help us with that.”

Xia Xiaolei who had been sitting silently beside them suddenly let out a sigh. “It would be great if we could live inside Zero City… there is everything inside.”

The three of them turned around to look at Xia Xiaolei. Chen Xiaolian laughed out. “What are you dreaming about? A place like Zero City is reserved for peak guilds.”

It was likely that not even Qiao Yifeng’s guild could qualify for permanent residence within Zero City. Otherwise, they would not have needed to get Qiao Yifeng to help them as their agent and to amass such a huge amount of assets.

“Is there a rough estimate to when the next instance dungeon will open?” Chen Xiaolian asked Lun Tai.

“According to my experience, after having participated in an instance dungeon, there will be roughly one month’s time before the system selects us again,” Lun Tai thought about it. “Of course, if you want to immediately enter an instance dungeon, that is not impossible. Just find an acquaintance within another guild and enter their instance dungeon.”

Chen Xiaolian quickly recalled that incident right before he entered the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang instance dungeon. Back then, other guild members aiming to fish in troubled waters had occupied the entrance to the instance dungeon.

“I’d rather not. There will be no shortage of instance dungeons in the future. Who would take the initiative to go inside?” Chen Xiaolian shook his head.

He considered the issue and said. “If we cannot accomplish our bigger goals, then we will just have to start with the smaller ones. Live-fire exercise for firearms and the Thunderstorm Tank is something we still cannot do. However, finding a place to do some simple body training is still quite easy. Hmm, Xia Xiaolei has the weakest level of strength. We can train him up. Since we know some martial skills, we can try to teach it to him. At least, it will be cheaper than us purchasing it from the system. Let him learn however much he can. It would be better than nothing.”

And so, the matter was decided.

Chen Xiaolian found a fitness centre inside the city.

The first time they went, they nearly gave the fitness centre’s coach a huge scare.

After Lun Tai went forward, the amount of weight he pushed up while bench-pressing nearly gave the coach a heart attack. Thankfully, Chen Xiaolian’s reaction was fast and he quickly stepped forward with some bluffs. In the end, the coach thought that he made an error with the equipment and let it go despite still having some scepticism about the matter.

Chen Xiaolian and his group quickly left. In the outskirts of the city, they finally found another fitness centre with dismal patronage.

It was a very dilapidated building. Originally a large-scale shopping mall, the lack of customers led to the entirety of the 3rd floor being rented to a fitness centre – however, there were still not much customers.

Chen Xiaolian observed that the area was large enough. There was also a training room for taekwondo. However, the signboard had been taken down. Supposedly, it was due to the fact that this place was not suitable. The name of the instructor was also not famous enough, leading to almost no one signing up. Thus, this taekwondo class was basically close to being shut down.

Using a small amount of money, Chen Xiaolian was able to reach an agreement with the other party.

He entered a subcontract for the taekwondo training room from three in the afternoon until nine in the evening every day.

At the same time, they could use the fitness equipment of the fitness centre for free.

The business here was scarce and the fitness equipment were shabby. There was also no fitness instructor around. However, that was a good thing for them, as it would allow them to avoid exposure.

Regardless of whom it may be, if they were to see a lean and fair faced youngster like Chen Xiaolian wave a barbell that weighed over a hundred kg around, they would likely end up getting a heart attack.

Unfortunately for Xia Xiaolei, he was in for bitter times.

The bored brothers, Lun Tai and Bei Tai made him their newest toy and put him through an intense session of training.

The fellow had no martial skill to speak of. Thus, Lun Tai began by teaching him unarmed combat skills. Then, Bei Tai would teach him how to use the military knife.

Although Xia Xiaolei’s body had already been enhanced by the Genetic Enhancement Serum, he had zero knowledge in the area of combat skills. In the next two days, he ended up being beaten to the point where his face swelled black and blue.

The various training for body techniques left Xia Xiaolei crying for his parents every day. If an uninformed outsider were to walk by, they would mistakenly assume that some criminal activities were going on inside.

Chen Xiaolian too began to assess himself.

Presently, his strongest martial skill was the Demon King of Confusion’s Three Axes.

However, the experience within the Tokyo instance dungeon had left him with a sense that the [B] Class skill was gradually becoming insufficient. Its lethality was too low when faced against a strong enemy.

Additionally, Bone Crusher Axe had also been destroyed. Chen Xiaolian did not even have a weapon he could handily use.

So, he had Xia Xiaolei help him look through the Exchange System.

There, he found a weapon that appealed to him.

…

Fearless War Axe.

It would be more accurate to say that it was a short pole weapon.

The axe has dual blades the shape of a crescent moon and a tip. Its handle was one metre long, a medium length weapon. It would be best used when on foot and would likely be too short for horseback use.

[A] Class melee weapon!

It came equipped with a skill: Fearless Roar.

When triggered, the skill will allow the user to increase the cleaving effect by 50 per cent. The effect has a duration of 15 seconds (cumulative total). While it can be used repeatedly, once the cumulative total of 15 seconds had ended, the skill will disappear and enter a cool down period of 1 hour. [2]

1. The act of ‘feeding’ occurs when someone goes in and carelessly gets themselves killed in a game. That usually ends up giving the enemy team money and experience to level up and buy better equipment.

2. Similar to Roddy’s Mech, the skill’s 15 seconds can be cancelled halfway to preserve the remaining duration to be used again when necessary.