501: Chapter 76: The Rise of the Yin Tide_2 501: Chapter 76: The Rise of the Yin Tide_2 Even occasionally, one could see the Resurrection Captain, an Elite Monster.

The four had different objectives: Xiao Jie aimed to level up, “I Want to Be Immortal” aimed for leveling up plus Comprehension of secret techniques, Ye Luo aimed for leveling up plus Harvesting Merit Points plus upgrading weapon skills, while Bai Ze focused solely on upgrading weapon skills.

“Bai Ze, if you want to upgrade your weapon skills, you’d better choose the Resurrected Soldiers,” Xiao Jie suggested knowledgeably, “From what I know, skills like Block, Deflection, and Sword Skill all enhance weapon experience.

The more skillful the combat, the more weapon experience you gain, especially when fighting enemies that use sword-type weapons—you can earn double the swordsmanship experience.”

“Really?

How do you know that?”

It’s not mentioned in the Dragon Soaring Knights’ information database.

“Of course, I calculated it,” Xiao Jie answered indifferently.

Being a professional player, Xiao Jie was exceptionally sensitive to the game data and had been testing various data aspects since entering the game.

This trick was also discovered through continuous testing.

When they had fought the Lost Soul Mountain Bandits, the Bandits wielding knives clearly provided more weapon experience for knife weapons.

“Alright, I will handle the ones with swords.

Hey—there’s one over there, cover me while I find my footing,” Bai Ze said after considering Xiao Jie’s advice and directly singled out a Skeleton Knight for a duel.

It was a Skeleton Swordsman in tattered robes, holding a rusty longsword, looking significantly weaker than the other Armor-clad Skeleton Soldiers around it.

Skeleton Swordsman (Resurrected Warrior): Level 26.

Life Value 460.

At first glance, it appeared rather fragile.

However, upon engaging in battle, Bai Ze realized that appearances can be deceiving.

As soon as he entered the Skeleton Swordsman’s alert range, it turned to look at him, raising its longsword and even performed a dueling salutation.

Bai Ze, who also appreciated the sense of ceremony, responded similarly—saluting.

Wind Slash!

Whoosh, a flash of sword light, the Skeleton Swordsman moved with the blade, stepping forward in a flying stab.

Bai Ze quickly performed a lateral roll to dodge the direct attack.

Combat Skills—Triple Waves!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three consecutive slashes chopped out.

The Skeleton Swordsman, however, blocked and deflected from left to right, Combat Skills—Sealing the Door!

Clang, clang, clang, all three slashes were blocked.

Taking advantage of Bai Ze’s old move—suddenly stabbed Bai Ze with a backhand strike.

Counterattack!

Then another Wind Slash!

Bai Ze hurriedly rolled again, but this time the timing of the roll was off, and he was stabbed squarely, causing his Blood Volume to drastically decrease.

“Damn, how is this monster so fierce?” Bai Ze scrambled to distance himself.

He had thought it was just a minor monster that could be easily dispatched, but he was caught off guard by the Skeleton Knight’s impressive series of sword attacks, causing him to tumble and scramble around.

Xiao Jie was watching with a headache, “Do you need our help?”

“No need, no need, today I must solo it or not at all.”

It wasn’t that Bai Ze was stubborn; any help would mean no weapon experience.

To advance in weapon skills, he had to win the duel.

Seeing Bai Ze gradually getting back into the rhythm, Xiao Jie summoned Big Orange to start leveling up.

With a snap, finally, Bai Ze killed the Skeleton Knight, although his own Blood Volume had dropped by a third.

“Phew, too risky.

This is way harder than leveling up using Daoist Skills.”

Using Daoist Skills to kill these Undead Monsters was way too easy—a few Blast Fire Talismans were enough, and there was no need to get close.

Unlike now, where the battle was a complete mess.

“Why don’t you just give up and upgrade to a second-tier Mage profession?

It’s not bad either.”

“No way, that’s too much of a gap.

If I advanced to a Sword Master and learned Sword Flight, I’d be stepping up into the high-tier player class.

If I just randomly advanced to a second-tier Mage, I’d be just an ordinary Master of Magic, having to cling to the guild.”

Xiao Jie understood this.

While the Magic profession was powerful, it wasn’t invincible, especially without a tank, soloing monsters was still dangerous.

One had to either team up or join a major guild.

But advancing to Sword Master was different; having Sword Flight meant one could engage in three-dimensional combat.

The vast world was open for exploration, capable of traversing the game solo.

The gaming experience was entirely different.

Unless one wanted to lie low, retire from the game, or simply join a major guild, Sword Master was undoubtedly the best choice.

“Alright, you keep it up; we are also starting to level up.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve already gotten the hang of it.

Before I learned Daoist Skills, I used to make a living with a sword too.”

On one side, Bai Ze carefully dueled one Skeleton Knight after another.

On the other side, “I Want to Be Immortal” went big, pulling a group of Skeleton Soldiers and launching a relentless assault.

He was clad in heavy armor, with a defensive power of 240.

Ordinary blades and swords scratching at him felt like tickles, and with high resilience, it was a head-on fighting style.

Taking a few hits to find the rhythm turned into a frenzy of harvesting.

Having strong resilience reduction meant that once these skeletal frames were struck into rigidity, they had no chance to retaliate.

“I Want to Be Immortal” also ate a Ti Hu Pill, activated the Level 10 Mountain-Opening Axe Technique, and harvested like mad.

Really, although the Mountain-Opening Axe Technique was just intermediate martial arts with simple, straightforward moves, it was surprisingly effective against these Resurrected Soldiers.

Sweeping through, though it did consume a lot of blood bottles, after all, each initiation took a few hits.