Chapter 1761

An iron spear can pierce fine iron armor.

A fine iron spear can pierce steel armor.

It can reliably deal damage to enemies — that's a pretty good point.

And the attack power is higher too, making more one-hit kills possible. It's indeed worth the 30-point energy cost.

But the biggest highlight is that the charge distance has gotten longer, going from about 2 meters originally to 4 meters, and as proficiency rises, this distance will increase along with it.

Worthy of an intermediate skill — it's gotten a lot stronger.

Still, the energy cost is just too high, and energy can't be overused, otherwise on the battlefield you'll get drowsy nonstop, which really affects combat.

It's better to treat the Flying Thrust skill as a finishing move.

Use it against tougher enemies.

Against weaker enemies, just keep using the Thrust.

This spear skill is actually very practical.

It can not only be used to attack enemies, but also to use the charging property to escape encirclement, or to seize the initiative.

Very flexible.

Finally finished reading.

Zhao Chi was a bit tired.

But it wasn't over yet.

Because he saw Tang Ruan running over.

Tang Ruan came bouncing along, her plump curves bobbing up and down as she ran. Zhao Chi guessed at once that she must have had some breakthrough.

Sure enough.

She ran up in front of him, her pink little mouth splitting into a grin, and then started laughing.

"My lord, my lord, I broke through! Hehehe."

Seeing her so happy, Zhao Chi couldn't help but laugh too.

"Great — what broke through?"

"Hehe, my Intelligence broke through to 6 points!"

"Intelligence?"

Zhao Chi really hadn't expected it was a base stat that broke through.

Among Tang Ruan's base stats, Intelligence was the worst, only 5 points — the level of an ordinary woman, 1 point less than a Taoyuan woman's 6 points of Intelligence.

Although Intelligence and IQ/wisdom aren't the same concept, Zhao Chi really felt that Tang Ruan was a little… how to put it… cute.

But maybe it was because she was young, only 18, she always seemed a bit ditzy normally.

But she loved messing around with Qi Yue, and when she was messing around, her mind was very sharp.

Still, she was very reliable when handling things.

After Zhao Chi gave her tasks, he felt at ease — she would complete them very well.

Although Tang Ruan's core stat was Constitution, an Intelligence boost wasn't bad either.

After all, Intelligence affects spiritual power base — the higher the Intelligence, the higher the spiritual power, and the more times spiritual techniques can be used.

And the very important Perception is also a sub-stat of Intelligence.

With stronger Perception, Tang Ruan's combat instincts are stronger too, and her five senses will be sharper.

All in all, not bad.

No matter which base stat is enhanced, it's all very good.

Zhao Chi stuck out his thumb: "Impressive, not bad!"

Tang Ruan said happily: "Haha, right? But there's more!"

"More?"

"Yep, I'll send it to you to see~"

A message came through.

【Congratulations, your spiritual technique "Defend Firmly Technique" has advanced. You have mastered the intermediate spiritual technique "Hold Fast Technique"】

(Hold Fast Technique: Intermediate enhancement spiritual technique, costs 30 points of spiritual power, increases defense by 20% and HP by 10%, lasts 10 minutes.)

So it was this.

Not bad either.

Ever since Zhao Chi got all kinds of fashion outfits, he'd become a bit dismissive of these 10% or 20% boosts.

However, as each month's evaluation ended, the spiritual pressure of Tang Ruan and the others kept getting higher, and the boost from spiritual techniques kept getting higher too.

It looks like just a 10% and 20% boost, but after the boost, it can rise very high.

And this spiritual technique can be used on a group, so having these numbers is already not low.

Defend Firmly Technique was the first spiritual technique Tang Ruan got after advancing to Hero, and it's been with her for quite a while.

In past battles she used it often, but as enemies grew more numerous, Tang Ruan needed to spend more energy on Taunt Technique to attract more enemies, so she didn't use Defend Firmly Technique much anymore.

At most she'd apply one buff to herself, then charge in and use Taunt Technique to provoke the enemies.

Now that it's advanced, you could say the accumulation has reached its time.

Although Hold Fast Technique costs more spiritual power, every stat it increases matches Tang Ruan perfectly.

Defense, HP.

It's practically Tang Ruan's signature stat combo.

Very nice.

Zhao Chi stuck out his other thumb too: "Impressive, not bad."

Tang Ruan snorted, then laughed, "Hmph, my lord, is 'amazing, not bad' all you know how to say?"

Zhao Chi said, "Quite strong, suits you very well."

Tang Ruan laughed, "Hehe, there's more!"

"Huh? There's actually more?"

"Hehehehe, look at this one too!"

Tang Ruan sent over her talent as well.

Her talent had actually progressed?

Zhao Chi hurriedly clicked to view it.

【Talent】Torment Affection

【Grade】A-rank, growable

【Effect】1. Every time the body takes 3% damage, morale increases by 3%, up to a maximum of 90%, lasting 30 minutes.

【Effect】2. Damage taken by the body is reduced by 30%.

Wait... this...

How is everything getting attached to her?

Can this even be attached?

Zhao Chi looked at Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan raised her adorable smiling face, looking at Zhao Chi, waiting for praise.

Based on her talent's effect, should he scold her instead, and she'd actually be happier?

Forget it, no need to bully her.

Tang Ruan's talent had progressed once before, and now this was its second progression, reaching A-rank.

Of course, her talent progression speed couldn't compare to Zhao Chi's, but for other lords' heroes, it was already light-speed improvement.

After all, Tang Ruan truly loved battle.

In the final analysis, she greatly enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded.

Being able to progress this quickly was only natural.

This talent's bonuses are quite good.

No need to say much about morale.

Tang Ruan fears nothing in every battle; once on the battlefield, she's simply having the time of her life.

Far more eager than ordinary female soldiers.

All because her morale is extremely high.

Besides this point, the second effect also matches her perfectly.