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Chapter 224 - 224 Rapid Sword

Chapter 224: Chapter 224 Rapid Sword

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“These are all skill books for other professions!” After scanning the nine squares carefully, Song Jian couldn’t help but frown.

These nine skill books were: Warrior’s “Fierce Strike”, Holy Shield’s “Charge Shield Strike”, Demon Hunter’s “Night Vision”, Shaman’s “Bloodthirst”, Archer’s “Triple Shot”, Demolition Man’s “Fast Placement”, Elemental Mage’s “Great Fireball”, Genetic Warrior’s “Bloodline Potential”, Wolf Rider’s “Beast Perception”.

Not a single one was about Swordman or Sword Controller.

Song Jian felt quite disappointed. He had put in so much effort to complete the regional task, but the reward, the skill book in the stone tablet, didn’t contain a single book he could use. He couldn’t help but think “System, are you joking with me?”

Although these skill books were pricey, and with Song Jian’s current wealth, he could only afford three or four of them. But, if he were to put these books on the market, they’d fetch a return of multiple times their original cost. Even so, he still felt frustrated.

Just then, a system notification appeared in front of Song Jian;

System: You have completed the regional plot task and received the right to reconfigure the skill book. The system detects a silver quality skill stone in your inventory. By adding the skill stone, the quality of the next skill book reset can be improved.

“I have a chance for reconfiguration?” Song Jian’s eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

The last bit about adding a skill stone made Song Jian hesitate. The skill stone in his inventory was of silver quality and seemed to be a core skill for a sniper. If he wasted it and the value of the skill book obtained was less than the value of the skill stone, wouldn’t he be losing out?

It wasn’t a small decision, considering Song Jian’s current wealth, he wouldn’t be able to buy many skill books.

After struggling for a while, Song Jian gritted his teeth and took out the silver quality skill stone.

“I’ll take the risk. Replace it!”

A silver light flashed, and the nine squares kept changing rapidly. At the same time, the skill stone in Song Jian’s hands turned into a stream of light and flew into the nine squares. Soon, each of the nine squares released a silver light simultaneously.

“What, have the nine skill books been promoted to silver quality?” Song Jian was dumbstruck, feeling as if a pie had fallen from the sky right on top of his head.

“Damn, I’m short of money!” At this moment, Song Jian suddenly remembered the Doomsday Coins in his inventory. He only had a few thousand coins. With this small amount of money, the most he could afford was probably just one silver-quality skill book. It seemed like he was going to take a loss this time!

“If 1 had known… Wait, system, are you playing with me?” Song Jian sighed heavily, looking as if he was wronged.

Soon, the changes in the nine squares stopped, and nine skill books, each emitting a silver light, appeared before Song Jian.

“Enhanced Stealth, Overlord’s Lifting Ceremony, Backfire Gun, Fear Technique…” Song Jian nervously went through the books. These skills were all of silver quality and appeared to be core skills of their respective professions. They were extremely powerful.

Finally, Song Jian’s eyes lit up, “Rapid Sword!”

Finally, amongst the nine skill books, a Sword Controller skill appeared.

“Skill Book: Rapid Sword, after use, you can master the Rapid Sword skill. User requirement: Sword Controller.”

Song Jian checked the price of this book and almost cried out loud;

“If 1 buy this book, 1 will only have one Doomsday Coin left in my pocket.

System, are you determining prices based on how much money 1 have?” Song Jian blurted out.

The price was indeed very eccentric – both whole and fractional values. It felt like the price was chosen randomly!

After purchasing the book and looking at the silver light emanating from it, Song Jian immediately chose to use it.

Immediately, the skill book turned into a silver light and entered Song Jian’s forehead.

Rapid Sword(Active), Level 1, Skill Effect: After activation, the speed of using sword-type weapons increases by 35%, this effect lasts for 5 seconds, skill cooldown time: 60 seconds;

This skill was simple and brutal. It simply increased ones attack speed. However, the extent of the improvement was astonishing. A 35% increase in attack speed meant that if previously three slices could be made, now four could be accomplished.

Why was the Evil Warding Sword Skill so powerful? Why was the Sunflower Treasure Book the top martial arts book in the world? Wasn’t it because they were fast? Before the other side could react, you could already kill them. How would they defend against that?

“Among all martial arts skills, any defence can be broken, except for speed! Hey, is the cooldown time of Rapid Sword a bit too long? 1 minute for just 5 seconds of action. Will 1 be called Fast Gun, or rather, Fast Sword in the future?”

“Oh right, this should be considered a form of Sword Skill, right?” Song Jian suddenly remembered, and quickly opened the task bar to check the main task.

“Alright, alright!” Song Jian was relieved. The main task indicated that he has acquired three sets of sword skills. It seemed like “Rapid Sword” was also included in the list of the main task’s sword skill requirement.

After activating the “Rapid Sword” effect for a try, Song Jian swung his long sword, and indeed, his attack speed was much faster. The Broken Wing Dance skill, which had a three-stage attack, each stage had a speed-enhancing effect. With the addition of Rapid Sword, the power of the Broken Wing Dance was significantly increased.

He cast a regretful look at the other eight skill books on the Skill Stone Stele. These were all silver-quality skills. If he could buy them all and resell them on the radio, he could earn at least tens of thousands of Doomsday Coins. What a pity!

After 10 minutes, the Stele began to emit a white light again. When the light reached its peak, the Stele turned into a pillar of light, and then the pillar of light turned into countless crystalline light points. The light points then slowly vanished. The entire process was the exact opposite of the appearance of the Stele.

Just then, Song Jian heard a faint voice from outside.

“Master Lin, I just saw lights glittering inside this theater. There must be something good, let’s search carefully, maybe we’ll find something unexpected.”

“Be careful, many monsters are reported here, and they move in groups. Last time a squad rushed in recklessly and was completely wiped out!”

“Don’t be afraid, we’ll just lure those monsters out if need be. You all saw the light just now, didn’t you? If you’re scared of death, you wouldn’t crave treasures!”

Song Jian saw several faint figures moving around the window. It seemed that they had seen the disappearing light from the Stele earlier and wanted to explore inside.

Not wanting to run into these players, Song Jian set off towards the backstage, planning to return the same way he came. However, at this moment, a crisp shattering sound came from behind him. The players had smashed the window of the theater and were about to jump in.

“Master Lin, there’s someone in the theater. I just saw someone running backstage!” One man standing by the window shouted.