Chapter 486

It barely had any weight.

This was far more flexible and convenient than an iron shield.

But this skill also had its drawbacks.

After all, it was summoned by spiritual power, so its durability wasn't as high as an iron shield's.

Last night, Tang Ruan had been stabbed wildly by swords and scorched by raging fire.

Although the iron shield in her hand had been battered beyond recognition, reduced to a battered, broken piece of iron.

But even that scrap of iron still had some defensive power, protecting Tang Ruan until the very end.

A spiritual shield couldn't have held out that long.

Besides, spiritual power was ultimately limited.

Once it was used up, there was no more defense.

For a fast-paced rapid assault, the spiritual shield was an excellent choice.

But in a longer battle, it came up a little short.

And Zhao Chi didn't quite understand — this spiritual shield was clearly a single-target skill, so why did all those bloodkin soldiers last night know it?

Perhaps Zhao Ji had used some kind of item to cause it?

The spiritual shield was passable too, a temporary backup option.

The third was "Blade Art."

This spiritual technique was similar to the "Administration" and "Swordsmanship" skills — a spiritual technique that could directly enhance a weapon.

After activation, the weapon in hand would receive a 10% boost to all stats.

Including attack power, durability, or other effects.

If the weapon was of fairly high quality, choosing this skill was well worth it.

Most importantly, like "Inspire," this skill could also be used on a group.

It could boost subordinate soldiers as well.

Therefore—

In front of this skill, "Moon Blade Slash" and "Spiritual Shield" seemed far too limited.

The fourth was "Defense Break."

This was also a weakening-type spiritual technique, able to lower the enemy's defense.

Similar to "Provoke Technique," it could also be used against groups of enemies.

Especially when the enemy's defense was high, the returns from this skill would be very great.

Skills 5 through 7 were "Rapid Strike," "Fierce Strike," and "Furious Strike."

These three skills were similar.

They could respectively increase by 10%: attack speed, attack, and critical hit.

All were very commonly used buff-type skills.

Although they looked utterly unremarkable.

But these skills boosted branch stats, took effect immediately upon use, and didn't depend on any environment or come with any conditions.

Like steamed buns and rice, they were very plain but practical spiritual technique skills.

And besides using them on oneself, they could also buff teammates.

So in the face of these group-buff skills, those single-target skills weren't really worth it.

Of course, that depended on the role.

If Qiyue's role was a single-target hero, then choosing single-target spiritual techniques would naturally be better.

But Zhao Chi still wanted to develop Qiyue into a commander-type hero, to lead troops.

Considering everything, choosing group skills was still best.

Among group skills, weakening the enemy and strengthening oneself were both pretty good.

It's just that weakening the enemy's returns were very fluctuating.

Whereas strengthening oneself was very stable.

Zhao Chi still preferred stability.

Right now the strongest weapons were still only iron weapons, and the territory was still very basic. Getting good weapons for everyone would still take some time, so Blade Art could only be set aside for now.

The remaining three were all about the same.

Still, there were some differences.

Fierce Strike and Furious Strike could increase attack and critical hit by 10% each.

Attack and critical hit were both branch stats of Strength.

Qiyue had 7 points of Strength, and the female soldiers under her had 6 points of Strength.

If he wanted to increase these stats, he only needed to upgrade later and reinforce the corresponding stats twice.

So even without these two skills, they could be supplemented later through stat reinforcement.

But Rapid Strike was different.

Right now, both Qiyue and the female soldiers under her had all been increasing attack speed.

They were already at what could be considered the attack speed cap.

If this skill was added on top, that would be power beyond the cap.

Having analyzed to this point, Zhao Chi no longer hesitated.

Select 【5. Rapid Strike】

(Rapid Strike: basic spiritual technique. Costs 10 points of spiritual power, increases attack speed by 10%, lasts 10 minutes.)

The numerical value isn't high.

But if Zhao Chi is inside Qi Yue's body, the spiritual pressure abilities of both sides can stack.

Moreover, Zhao Chi's female mentor talent can also take effect — that makes it completely different.

The spiritual technique skill has also been chosen.

Finally, only one item remains.

Click 【Set Hero Attributes】.

Likewise, Qi Yue also has 50 attribute points.

This step is also difficult.

Leadership, martial skill, spiritual pressure, governance — all are very useful.

First, leadership is a must, and martial skill is also a must.

Spiritual pressure… let's just skip that.

Governance… put fewer points into it; after all, it can boost the attributes of weapons and equipment, which is no small help in battle.