Chapter 8

Su Li gave a forceful twist, and scarlet blood sprayed out. The massive Gray Wolf King finally collapsed heavily onto the ground.

The new book sets sail; seeking flowers and ratings!!! ===== CHAPTER 19 =====

"You have killed a leader-level beast [Gray Wolf King] and gained 500 experience points!"

"Your [Intermediate Blade Technique] (LV.9) proficiency +100, current proficiency 100/9000!..."

"Due to your talent [Hundredfold Growth], you have gained additional growth during this process. [Intermediate Blade Technique] proficiency +10000, current proficiency 10100/9000!"

"Congratulations! Your skill [Intermediate Blade Technique] has reached maximum proficiency and successfully broken through to [Advanced Blade Technique]!"

"Congratulations! During the breakthrough to [Advanced Blade Technique], your Might attribute +3!"

"Congratulations! During the breakthrough to [Advanced Blade Technique], you have comprehended Blade Qi!"

"Congratulations! During the process of comprehending Blade Qi, your Might attribute +2!"

As the game notifications rang out, a look of pleasant surprise appeared in Su Li's eyes.

He hadn't expected that killing a single wolf king would directly grant 100 points of proficiency.

Under the bonus of the Hundredfold Growth talent, an additional 10,000 points of proficiency were added.

It had directly elevated his Intermediate Blade Technique to Advanced.

He once again felt a warm current strengthening his body.

Not only that.

Su Li also felt a power stirring within his body.

Subconsciously, he wrapped this power around his coarse iron long-blade and slashed forward.

A black radiance mixed with a line of snow instantly burst forth, sweeping toward the remaining gray wolves nearby.

Boom!

In almost an instant, it had cleanly sliced several gray wolves in two!

"Is this Blade Qi? So strong!"

Su Li was somewhat excited.

He hadn't expected that after upgrading his blade technique to Advanced, he would gain such a powerful ability.

This Blade Qi not only increased his power but also expanded his attack range.

It had directly increased his combat effectiveness by more than two or three times.

This was something his logging skill could never compare to.

"If I were to raise my blade technique another level, I wonder what that would be like!"

Su Li thought to himself. Having tasted the benefits brought by Blade Qi, he naturally wanted to strike while the iron was hot and push his blade technique to an even higher level.

However...

Next, he encountered the same problem he had with his logging skill.

Previously, once his logging skill reached the Master level, he could no longer gain proficiency by chopping ordinary trees.

Now, his blade technique was the same.

Merely reaching the Advanced level seemed to have hit a ceiling; even killing gray wolves yielded no proficiency whatsoever.

"You have killed a gray wolf and gained 20 experience points!"

"Due to your blade technique being too advanced... the strength of the target killed is too low; your blade technique cannot grow!"

That was what the game prompted.

Fine!

This left Su Li feeling very depressed. If even killing gray wolves couldn't grant proficiency, what other beasts could he find in the mountain forest to improve his blade technique?

The Gray Wolf King?

He feared that even if he searched the entire mountain forest, he wouldn't find many beasts of that level.

With no other choice, Su Li had to rest on the spot before making further plans.

While resting, he took the opportunity to check his current character panel.

[Name]: Su Li

[Identity]: Lord

[Profession]: Militiaman

[Level]: LV.14

[Attributes]: Command 5, Might 23, Intelligence 8, Politics 8

[Skills]: Master-level Logging (LV.1), Advanced Blade Technique

[Traits]: ★★ Arm Strength (Significantly increases strength; slashing damage with melee weapons increased by 30%)

[Talent]: Hundredfold Growth

After grinding monsters yesterday and today.

His level had risen from the original 1 to 14.

His Might attribute had also risen from the original 13 points to 23 points.

Even his other four-dimensional attributes—Command, Intelligence, and Politics—had seen an increase of one or two points.

It seemed that leveling up his character also granted corresponding attribute increases.

It was just that the margin was not large.

It should be related to the growth of his own profession.

Militiaman was almost the lowest-tier profession among all troop types.

Even after reaching level 14, there were only a few points of attribute bonuses.

Now that killing ordinary beasts could no longer grant blade technique proficiency, Su Li couldn't be bothered to waste time grinding monsters.

He harvested the killed beasts into food units.

It is worth mentioning that he harvested a special material from the Gray Wolf King: [Tough Beast Tendon] (★).

This material could be used to craft a good bow through forging.

However, forging required a Blacksmith Shop to be unlocked.

Before upgrading the territory, he could not build a Blacksmith Shop.

So, Su Li began searching the mountain forest for iron ore.

He wanted to obtain some iron blocks to upgrade his territory.

Perhaps he hadn't washed his face before leaving the house, but he searched for a long time without finding any.

Instead, he discovered a place with a large number of human footprints.

This made Su Li stop in his tracks.

In this kind of mountain forest, the appearance of so many footprints could only mean two possibilities.

The first possibility was that other players had brought their teams to this mountain forest to grind monsters and collect resources.

The second possibility was that they were the indigenous people of this Three Kingdoms world.

Regardless of which it was, it was worth following the tracks to see.

The new book sets sail; seeking flowers and ratings!!! ===== CHAPTER 20 =====

Following the tracks on the ground, he walked all the way.

Not long after, Su Li discovered a mountain path.

It was only the second day; if players like him had entered the mountain, it would be impossible to discover or carve out a mountain path so quickly.

Therefore, he directly ruled out the possibility that these footprints were left by players.

This filled Su Li's heart with even more anticipation.

If they were indigenous people, perhaps he could trigger some interesting storylines.

Immediately after. ===== CHAPTER 21 =====