Chapter 23: 22. Supreme Talent

22. Supreme Talent

Li Ang woke up in the morning. As soon as he opened his eyes, what entered his sight was a stunningly beautiful sleeping face—uh, close at hand.

This little wild cat had actually crawled into the quilt and curled up in his arms.

Li Ang sighed to the sky... no, he breathed out lightly to the sky. He didn't dare to wake her up, just wanting to escape this situation as quickly as possible.

Getting up on tiptoe, he came outside, and only then did Li Ang feel relieved.

After breathing the morning air deeply and relieving the tension in his nerves, he immediately began his first preparation.

That was the Swordsman's profession taking and advancement.

The system had told him before that since they were both melee professions, the Warrior's experience could be carried over when taking the Swordsman profession.

Opening the profession panel, Li Ang found the newly added Swordsman option and chose to take it.

【Cultivated Profession: Swordsman】

【Rank: 1. Next Rank: 0/100 experience】

【Obtained Rank 1 Swordsman Skill: Sword Slash】

Grasping his palm, Li Ang drew the Dragon Tooth Sword he had forged yesterday. Knowledge about how to use a sword instantly surged into his brain, and even his muscles had memory; he immediately knew how to swing the sword.

【Carry over experience progress from Warrior profession?】

After Li Ang chose to confirm, the Swordsman's experience reached 80/100.

90 points of experience became 80; the carry-over ratio wasn't low. Perhaps it was because the level of a low-rank Warrior and Swordsman actually wasn't much different.

After carrying over, the Warrior experience wasn't cleared, and the system even gave a very thoughtful prompt.

【Prompt: During the cultivation process of other professions after carrying over experience, the original profession's experience will also gain a certain increase.】

This was also quite reasonable; after all, the Warrior's combat style also included swinging a sword, just not as specialized as a Swordsman.

According to the situation of cultivating Warrior experience, one could raise the Swordsman to Rank 2 in a single morning.

Li Ang came to the woods behind Zoe's house, held the Dragon Tooth Sword, found the state of swinging the sword, and began to practice. Such morning exercises were quite good; while relaxing the body, there was also a clear improvement in strength.

After the experience jumped to 85 points, a prompt popped up.

【Obtained Rank 1 Swordsman Skill: Morale Boost】

This was also one of the skills Zoe understood. Because there was no system before, Li Ang similarly didn't know what it actually meant.

Now, it was crystal clear.

【Skill: Morale Boost】

【Activation Method: Active】

【With one burst of energy, temporary combat will and force are both improved.】

Scratching his head, Li Ang remembered Zoe's energy when she rushed toward the wyvern.

When adventuring in the past, many melee fighters liked to shout or encourage each other; at that time, they indeed looked much more spirited.

It seemed this skill was a summary of that situation for them. The principle was probably that after long-term training, a person could actively mobilize external magic power through willpower to strengthen spirit and physical strength.

Flourishing the sword, Li Ang continued to practice, but heard a *peng* sound—it was Zoe suddenly pushing open the house door.

She ran out of the house without wearing shoes, looking around nervously. When she rounded the house and saw Li Ang standing by the forest edge, she rushed over regardless of anything, her bare feet stepping on the grass and mud dampened by morning dew, and threw herself into Li Ang's arms, hugging him tightly.

Li Ang wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't open his mouth.

He understood that she was worried he would run away.

Zoe didn't say anything specific, just humming and hawing while hugging him.

Li Ang thought about how he was still thinking about absolutely not taking her with him when forming a team yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, he felt that this tail was becoming more and more impossible to shake off.

After hugging for a while, she raised her head, her puffed-out cheeks flushed with a pale red. She hit Li Ang lightly and turned to walk toward the house.

Rinsing her feet in the backyard, she returned to the house.

Amidst the churning of various thoughts, Li Ang practiced the Swordsman profession to Rank 2.

【Cultivated Profession: Swordsman】

【Rank: 2. Next Rank: 0/500 experience】

【Obtained Rank 2 Swordsman Skill: Suppression Slash】

As soon as he reached Rank 2, he immediately learned a new skill.

【Skill: Suppression Slash】

【Activation Method: Melee Combat Advantage】

【Swift assault, ruthless suppression.】

This was a sword technique on how to use magic power to strengthen force and continue to expand the advantage when gaining an advantage in battle; it was considered quite practical.

When various professions entered Rank 2, it wasn't just an introduction, but an understanding of skilled magic power strengthening.

Breathing out a long breath, Li Ang ran around the cabin.

He wasn't exercising, but testing the situation of his body after Rank 2 Swordsman.

When others cultivated physical professions, they were constantly exercising and strengthening with magic power, allowing the body repeatedly bathed in atmospheric magic power to gradually grow and break through shackles before they could advance.

As soon as his legs exerted force, Li Ang immediately felt a leap in strength. He ran several laps in a row without feeling any difficulty in breathing.

No need to test anymore; the result was very obvious. The rank promoted by the system was able to improve physical fitness along with it.

According to this, if he promoted spellcaster professions, could he increase his magic power reserve?

Stopping his footsteps, he saw Zoe dressed and standing not far away waiting for him.

"Is there anything I can do today?" the girl asked.

"Go mining and get us both a set of armor."

Originally, Li Ang felt he had to leave the island as soon as possible and didn't intend to go mining a second time, but since he had to enter the hidden location, the Earth Abyss, it was better to be fully equipped to ensure the most secure outcome.

It just so happened that he was now a Rank 2 Swordsman, so wearing a few pieces of lighter metal armor was very easy.

Going into the forest to collect verdant vines to construct two back baskets, Li Ang and Zoe returned to yesterday's mining point.

The monsters here had been cleared, and it was peaceful.

Carrying the ore, Zoe suddenly asked: "Li Ang, can you teach me magic?"

"Why do you want to learn magic?"

Li Ang tried to explain to her the principle of not being greedy and chewing more than one could swallow.

But the young girl grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, and in her palm, the dirt and dust actually began to rotate slightly.

Hmm?

Li Ang stared at her palm, confirming that it wasn't some deliberate play; there was truly dirt and dust floating and rotating under the guidance of magic power.

"Look, during our first duel, you summoned a lot of dirt and dust. I seem to be able to do the same thing now. Does this mean I can use magic?"

"Have you always been able to do this? Or—"

"Yesterday, after the headache, I felt my body was light, and then I had some strange feelings."

The young girl stared blankly at the sand and stone around the mining point and said softly: "I feel that the mud, rocks, and dust have all started talking to me."

This was a manifestation of extremely high Earth Element affinity! Releasing elemental magic, of course, used magic power to summon elements, but if one had affinity with them, it would be twice the result with half the effort.

Li Ang grabbed a handful of his hair and scratched it hard.

Are you kidding me? In the Sky Team, some spellcasters above Rank 7 were still having headaches because their magic power was limited by a lack of elemental affinity, yet they couldn't comprehend it, but she learned it after having a headache?

Could it be the so-called Star Soul Greenhouse absorbing the power of that whatever Star Soul?

Since she had this manifestation, teaching her to try Earth Element magic wasn't a problem.

But the curse master's theory was relatively abstract, and she might not be able to understand it.

Li Ang opened the profession panel; he still remembered what the system mentioned when he obtained the Elemental Swordsman before.

At that time, the system prompted that the three professions of Elemental User, Wizard, and Shaman were beneficial to the cultivation of Elemental Swordsman. Li Ang could understand; this was because all three involved controlling elements.

An Elemental User was someone who signed a contract with an elemental spirit and was the purest elemental controller.

A Wizard was a master who cast spells through material media and was the person who could best exert the role of spellcasting materials. However, precisely because of this, they used elemental magic more by following the trend.

A Shaman cast spells by communicating with spirits and requesting the help of elemental spirits, which could more simply use magic power to interfere with the four major elements.

Similar to the Shaman was the Witch Doctor. Both professions were inheritances of primitive tribes; the former communicated more with nature and elemental spirits, while the latter communicated with ancestral spirits and wilderness ghosts.

And the curse master Li Ang had been cultivating was actually a profession born from the Shaman and Witch Doctor. The curse master abandoned tradition and pursued the essence of spirits more deeply, so it had broader possibilities than those two traditional professions, only requiring imagination.

Li Ang had a thought at the time: could he use a similar path to migrate his curse master experience to the Shaman profession? That way, he could master a higher Shaman rank.

After cultivating as a Shaman, elemental-related spellcasting would be simpler and more powerful, and it could also prepare for advancing to Elemental Swordsman.

And right now, he could also use more intuitive theories to make Zoe, who had no foundation, understand. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====