Chapter 925: Chapter 462: Advancement and Conclusion

"Skill Level +1"

"[Heavy Tide]Level 1 (100/100) → [Heavy Tide]Level 2 (0/100)"

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"Skill Level +3"

"[Gravity Control]Level 1 (40/100)"

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The plate chain composite armor with residual scratches gently rose and fell with Xia Nan’s breathing, as he stood still, covered in Fishman blood and flesh, with translucent characters flashing before his eyes.

As a Companion Battle Skill obtained when [Fallen Blade Hunting] was raised to Level 3, [Heavy Tide] is currently Xia Nan’s only Battle Skill that has not yet reached Full Level but has significant training value and speed, making it a major part of his daily training.

The skill level is increasing at a very fast rate.

Coupled with several battles in Suo Yu Bay of considerable quality, and the occasional visits to the goblin nest for supplementary training, the skill level of this Battle Skill has been soaring at a speed of one to two points per day.

Now it breaks through the "100" mark naturally, upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2.

Although Xia Nan just upgraded and hasn’t had the chance to test the changes post-upgrade.

But referring to the pattern when Battle Skills are upgraded, from Level 1 to Level 2, it can only be considered an ordinary quantitative change, allowing Xia Nan to use the Battle Skill more proficiently and slightly increase the power of the skills.

The real qualitative change should occur at Level 3.

By then, if all goes as expected, he will receive a precious attribute reward.

[Heavy Tide] as a professional Companion Battle Skill, is highly effective in combat, at least comparable to [Gravity Etching] or [Teeth Hunting]. So Xia Nan does not doubt the qualitative change at Level 3.

Every point of skill level from 0 to 100 is a condensation of his own sweat, watched it rise bit by bit.

As early as when [Heavy Tide] broke through 90 skill levels a few days ago, Xia Nan had already prepared for this Battle Skill’s promotion in his heart.

Upgrading to Level 2 now was a natural progression, with no great surprises.

What truly surprised him were the three skill levels from [Gravity Control].

Xia Nan does not know what kind of quality [Gravity Control], which has branched out of the normal level of Battle Skills, belongs to, but he is almost certain that for [Gravity Control], every level of upgrade is a qualitative change.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t do justice to the name and leveling speed of this skill.

It is known that [Gravity Control] entered the door together with [Gravity Etching], which as a professional Companion Battle Skill, the latter has long been trained to Full Level master, while the former hasn’t even gathered 50 points in Level 1 skill level, despite Xia Nan integrating this Battle Skill practice into his daily life.

On the other hand, he clearly remembers that according to the attribute panel, one of the conditions for a future advanced professional occupation requirement is that [Gravity Control] must reach Level 2.

Frankly speaking, perhaps because this skill’s quality is too high, the speed at which skill level is acquired is excruciatingly slow, relying solely on daily training, it takes many days to arduously increase by one point.

Only occasionally in battle, through quick thinking, achieving some unconventional operation through gravity, could there be some improvement.

This sudden surge of three skill levels, Xia Nan speculated it might be because he quickly reduced his own gravity to alleviate Hai Yin’s burden while flying, then increased gravity during the descent to enhance attack power, while using both minds to manipulate gravity to interrupt the Fishman Priest’s casting, demonstrating a refined use of [Gravity Control] from different angles in such a short time, plus the previous accumulation with [Teeth Hunting] over water, finally giving him a full 3 points at once.

Seeing [Gravity Control]’s skill level finally surpass the forty mark, nearing fifty percent progress, Xia Nan couldn’t help but feel a sense of achievement in his heart.

Even if there are no battle trophies after this fight, these valuable three skill levels are totally worth it.

This thought just flashed across his mind; the battle wasn’t over yet.

After a brief glance at the attribute panel prompts, Xia Nan returned to reality.

There were a total of thirty-six Sha Hua Fishmen, including a caster priest and six Elite Fishman Guards who were distinctly more robust.

At the moment, with slightly damaged plate chain composite armor, [Dead Line] ring in cooldown, and the exhaustion of four [Gravity Etching] usages, Xia Nan successfully executed a Beheading Tactic by descending into the battlefield from the air.

In less than five seconds from falling from the sky, he killed the Fishman Priest as the core of the enemy team, along with two Elite Guards.

Leaving the enemy’s core strength with only four Elite Fishmen, the rest were ordinary minions with a Challenge Level of only "0.5".

The battlefield location was a wide-open seaside beach, where in the sky a Druid transformed into a Short-tailed Albatross occupied a height advantage, offering auxiliary control from the side; and his comrade-in-arms wielding a Blue Equipment Scimitar, a veteran expert whose professional level was above Level 5.

The development of the following battle could therefore be anticipated.

Indeed, as Xia Nan landed, there were already many Fishman corpses on the other side of the distant beach.

Lorin as a powerful adventurer who earned a reputation through her own strength in the Southern Islands and is treading the path of "Transcendent".

With the support of equipment, Battle Skills, and her own physical aptitude, she could almost be described as slicing through the chattering Sha Hua Fishmen like carving melons and slicing vegetables.