Chapter 9 - 9 Chapter 9 Advanced Combat Skills, Playing Dead to Preserve Life_1 (1/2)

9 Chapter 9 Advanced Combat Skills, Playing Dead to Preserve Life_1

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Besides that, he had been continuously practicing the martial skill, Slash.

Chopping trees and splitting firewood could both increase his proficiency with this technique.

Although each effective slash only increased the proficiency by 0.01 points, it still rose rapidly.

He adeptly brought up his personal attributes to check.

Qin Niu

Cultivation: Mortal Onefold 37.1/100, Low-grade Farmer 75.4/100, Low-grade Insect Master 3/100

Lifespan: 51 years

Cultivation Technique: None

Skills: Planting category, Sowing proficient 34.4/100, Loosening soil modest progress 357/1000, Fertilizing modest progress 124.4/1000, Watering modest progress 276/1000, Weed removal modest progress 369.7/1000

Insect control category, Insect Trace Identification beginner 0/10.

Martial Skill: Slash proficient 67.3/100.

Talent: None

Divine Skills: None

Labor Points: 879

His cultivation had reached Mortal Onefold 37.1/100; this strength had already far surpassed that of an average adult male.

A typical adult male’s cultivation was generally around Mortal Onefold 30.

Some who were frail and short might even be around Mortal Onefold 20.

Only those with exceptional talents could reach above 40.

For example, the village bully Wang Haikun, who was naturally tall and strong, even without much training, still had a cultivation level above Mortal Onefold 35.

That was completely enough to bully ordinary people.

More than twenty days ago, Qin Niu definitely wouldn’t have been a match for Wang Haikun.

Now, the odds of winning were at least even.

If he were to launch a surprise attack, his chances of victory would be at least 80 percent, and could even reach 90 percent.

Because his mastery of the martial skill—Slash, after over twenty days of arduous training, had leveled up.

It was currently at a proficiency of 67.3/100.

The hit rate of Slash had far exceeded the beginner level, and his understanding of the inertia in Slash had significantly improved.

This also meant that the destructive power of a successful hit had at least doubled compared to before.

Previously, to split a piece of wood as thick as a calf, he would need two to four cuts.

Now, he could almost always do it with one slash.

When felling trees, he could clearly feel the help that the upgraded Slash brought him.

For trees as thick as his arm, they could generally be felled with one cut.

According to his current rate of progress, he estimated that it would take at most another ten days or so to elevate his Slash martial skill to the next level.

By then, it would surely be even more formidable.

Of his five planting skills, only sowing had not yet reached modest progress, while the other four had already attained this level.

In terms of planting skill, he already had the initial strength of a mid-grade farmer.

As for the experience level advancement of a farmer, he didn’t care too much about it.

Of the things he had experimented with so far, only sowing could increase farmer experience. Watering, fertilizing, and such activities did not add any farmer experience.

Looking at the lush greenery in the field, his heart was filled with joy.

In about two more months, he should be able to harvest.

That would solve the problem of food supplies.

After the wolf meat had run out, his cultivation growth had started to slow down tremendously.

This made him somewhat look forward to encountering another lone old wolf.

With his current strength, slaying an old wolf should be much easier than the first time.

However, if he were to encounter a pack of wolves, he would still be more likely to suffer misfortune than fortune.

Counting the days, the young ants hatched by the Ant Queen should be almost matured.

Its energy was now at rock bottom, reaching the most difficult and dangerous moment.

This made Qin Niu very worried.

He carried a basket on his back into the mountains and went straight to the front of the Ant Nest.

The entrance was still sealed as it had been by the Ant Queen, indicating the young ants were not yet capable of leaving the nest to forage.

Trying to peer into the nest, he saw that the Ant Queen’s body had withered significantly, becoming extremely weak. Five immature young ants were gathered around her.

Even in such weakness, she was still struggling to produce saliva to feed the young ants.

Assisting their rapid transformation into termites with the ability to move.

The growth of termites consisted of three stages: ant egg, nymph, and adult.

After the ant eggs were laid, they would generally hatch with the help of the Ant Queen in about seven days and then enter the nymph stage.

At this time, the termites lacked eyes and limbs, and their bodies were curved.

The Ant Queen had to continuously produce termite milk rich in various nutrients to feed them.

After consuming termite milk, they would grow and develop rapidly.

Once they’d grown to a certain extent, they would molt once.