Chapter 26

"Damage is a bit low, but the AoE effect is great!"

Jiang Li was extremely satisfied with the power of the ice prisms.

This technique of countless ice prisms was inspired by the goblin thrower's throwing skill he had just observed.

Through Ice Wheel Pill, he condensed countless ice prisms.

Based on the previous kill process, the ice prisms' damage was drastically lower than normal attacks, but the advantages were rapid casting speed and wide area, making it easy to handle large groups of weak enemies.

"Whoa!"

And as for this scene.

The goblin thrower, who had been hiding behind and just pulled out a second stone, ready to launch another throw, was instantly stunned… He immediately turned around and prepared to flee.

Jiang Li would not let it escape.

Ice Wheel Pill trembled, condensing several more icy, glittering ice prisms that shot out with a hiss, piercing the fleeing goblin thrower front and back, draining most of its health bar, while its speed dropped to a crawl due to the frost freeze effect…

"Die!"

Jiang Li strode forward,

and slashed it down with one blow.

【Ding…】

【Congratulations…】

"Huh?"

Jiang Li sheathed Ice Wheel Pill.

He casually glanced at the goblin thrower's corpse on the ground and noticed something beneath it.

"Is this… a skill book?"

Jiang Li flipped over the goblin thrower's corpse.

He suddenly discovered… there was a skill book beneath it!

"Is my luck really this good?"

Jiang Li found it hard to believe.

Wasn't it said that

even the lowest-tier skill books had a drop rate of only one in a hundred thousand, or 0.001%?

Although he felt some doubt in his heart,

Jiang Li was mostly excited.

He picked up the skill book and checked it; information immediately appeared before his eyes…

【Skill Book: Quick Blade Slash (Synthesizable)】

【Quality: White!】

【Description: Unleash all your power to swing forward a sword qi slash.】

【Learning Requirement: Level 5 Warrior Class only!】

"Quick Blade Slash… a white-quality skill book!"

Jiang Li's expression brightened.

Skill books for practitioners were divided into five qualities.

From lowest to highest: White Quality, Green Quality, Blue Quality, Purple Quality, and Gold Quality.

The higher the skill quality, the higher the learning requirement.

And the Quick Blade Slash before him was clearly the lowest-tier skill book.

However,

even though Quick Blade Slash was only a white-quality skill book,

its value was still extremely precious.

If sold on the market, it would cost no less than 100,000.

The next tier up, a green skill book… its value was even more outrageous, with a starting price of ten million.

And blue skill books… rarely appeared on the market at all.

Many practitioners with low talent ratings spent their entire lives without ever obtaining a single blue skill.

As for purple and gold, they were beyond words.

They belonged to the realm of legend and myth.

Compared to equipment and weapons,

skill books were undoubtedly worth several times more.

After all, equipment would eventually be replaced as one's level and strength increased, but skills would not.

"Pity."

"Quick Blade Slash requires Level 5 before it can be learned…"

Seeing the final learning requirement,

Jiang Li felt a pang of regret.

But when his gaze moved upward and caught the words "Synthesizable," his heart stirred.

"Skill books can be synthesized too?"

Jiang Li felt a surge of delight.

The previous weapon synthesis had already shown him the power of the Synthesizer class.

Before achieving a billion-fold synthesis critical hit,

three utterly worthless white-tier longswords had been synthesized into a valuable Black Iron weapon with special effects.

So, after the skill book is synthesized...

what changes will occur?

"Upgrade to Green tier..."

"Or..."

Thinking of this,

Jiang Li's heartbeat unconsciously accelerated.

Moments later, he gradually calmed down; even if synthesis were possible, it was not now.

After all, every synthesis requires three identical items.

And he currently possessed only one Fast Blade Slash skill book.

"Put it away for now."

Jiang Li let out a long breath.

He opened his status panel.

Jiang Li had not forgotten that his experience points have already met the requirements for a level-up.

As for leveling up, Jiang Li was very eager.

"Level up!"

Jiang Li lightly tapped the level-up option on the panel.

In the next instant, a notification appeared before his eyes.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations, you have upgraded to: Lv. 2!】

【Detected that your aptitude star rating is 1+5=6 stars, so you have obtained: 6×6=36 free attribute points!】