Chapter 38 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

After muttering, the Knight Mentor immediately put on a solemn expression and said to Liu Ming, “Floating Cloud, it’s time for me to fulfill my promise since you have completed your mission.”

After saying that, the Knight Mentor pressed an orange crystal—which looked somewhat similar to the Skill Crystal Liu Ming had back then—onto Liu Ming’s forehead.

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have activated the special hidden quest: Greater Challenge.]

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have learned the Core Skill: Solar Swordsmanship (Orange).]

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Before Liu Ming could check his new Skill’s information, a series of system messages popped up.

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have completed Elite Profession Promotion Quest (Hell): Challenge the Inferno Hegemon. Successfully advancement to Elite Guardian Knight.]

[Adventurer, your Skill, Horse-taming Technique (White), has advanced to Horse-taming Technique (Blue) under your tireless efforts!]

[Adventurer, your Skill, Combat Mastery (White), has advanced to Combat Mastery (Blue) under your tireless efforts!]

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[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have learned a new Profession Skill, Charging Slash (Blue).]

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have learned a new Profession Skill, Body Of Vitality (Blue).]

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have learned a new Profession Skill, Heroic Stance (Blue).]

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[Congratulations. Adventurer, you have learned Core Skill, Imperial Military Swordsmanship (Green).]

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As Liu Ming’s original passive Skills improved and he learned new ones, the Stats on his panel surged again.

Liu Ming’s various Stats had each increased by 40% to 50%. His HP had also increased to 18,600. His Attacking Power had also broken through 2,000 points, reaching 2,241 points. His Defense had also reached an unprecedented 1,312 points.

In fact, his passive Skills’ advancement had also increased his resistance by a lot. Liu Ming’s 1,312 points of Defense could be regarded as 1,600 points.

In other words, if Liu Ming were to fight the Flaming Demonic Vulture again, the Flaming Demonic Vulture’s best Skill would probably cause Liu Ming to lose 200 to 300 HP at most.

Even Liu Ming’s Magic Points, which had always been his shortcoming, now had an upper limit of 6,120 points.

It could be said that his Stats were worlds apart from what they used to be before the profession advancement. Other than the difference in Stats and Skills, the Core Skill Liu Ming learned also allowed his combat prowess to change qualitatively.

Other than bringing a certain increase to a player’s Stats, Core Skills would also change the player’s attack pattern.

The most obvious evidence was the changes in a Mage’s casting speed and Skill power, which would both improve once they learned a Core Skill.

Those in physical professions would have some additional combat techniques, which allowed players to have more Skills to choose from when fighting.

Of course, the higher a Core Skill’s quality, the higher the grade of the Skills attached to it.

The Skills attached to superior-grade Core Skills could even result in some special effects. These Skills were equivalent to Skills with no cooldown, but they did not come with additional damage effects.

Also, only one Core Skill could be chosen during battles. Players could only switch to another Core Skill after leaving the battle for three minutes.

Now that Liu Ming had obtained an additional reward, Solar Swordsmanship, he naturally did not need Imperial Military Swordsmanship, a fixed bonus Skill. After all, Solar Swordsmanship was an Orange Core Skill.

Solar Swordsmanship (Orange): Increases damage dealt by attacks by 40% while greatly optimizing normal offensive combat moves, which will gain a certain probability of inflicting a blinding effect to the target.

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