Chapter 48

Although it was only a low-grade Jianghu martial arts, from the description, Chu Ge felt that this Floating Cloud Sword Technique was pretty awesome. Especially the Floating Cloud of Interchangeability skill, Chu Ge could evade any physical attack within three seconds. Didn’t this mean that he could dodge bullets as well? Of course, Chu Ge couldn’t avoid the enemy’s damage range, so this technique was not entirely invincible. Chu Ge could not avoid grenades and bombs, but this technique was still pretty impressive.

Although Chu Ge was excited, he still had some doubts in his heart.

During the battle just now, why didn’t that Wang Xu use the Floating Cloud of Interchangeability?

“This skill is not easy. Wang Xu probably hasn’t trained his sword skill to its highest level, or it might be because he doesn’t have enough inner energy to use it. Although the ultimate profound skill is powerful, it consumes a large amount of inner energy. You should only use it when you have no other choice, otherwise, after using it and all your inner energy is gone, you will become completely useless,” Zhao Beifeng explained.

“Plus, even if he had used the Floating Cloud of Interchangeability, I still would have been able to deal with it,” Zhao Beifeng said with a voice full of confidence. However, in Chu Ge’s heart, he was not sure whether Zhao Beifeng was just bluffing or if he really was that confident.

But that didn’t matter right now. What Chu Ge wanted to do the most was to test out the power of this sword skill.

“Brother Zhao, why don’t you take a break and let me practice for a bit first?”

Zhao Beifeng nodded, “Such a small matter is no big deal. Brother Chu, go ahead and practice. I can meditate for a bit.” With that, he sat cross-legged to recover his energy.

Chu Ge scanned his surroundings for a while, then quickly found a small monster that had not yet been killed. It was a robber who held a Willow-leaf Saber. He had fought this type of monster before. Their combat power was about the same as that of an ordinary well-built man in the real world. However, because the monsters inside the instance dungeons were not afraid of death, they were not easy to deal with. Chu Ge had killed two robbers in the past by using a shield to block while counterattacking the monster at the same.

To test the newly learned sword skill, he had to put away his shield and Tang Sword. Chu Ge approached the robber slowly while holding the Cold Moon Sword. As soon as he entered the alert parameter, the robber immediately reacted, and it waved the Willow-leaf Saber in its hand towards Chu Ge.

“Bing it!” Chu Ge said as he forcefully endured the impulse to grab his shield, and he stabbed out with his sword.

The robber swung towards Chu Ge with its saber. The moment its saber collided with Chu Ge’s sword, Chu Ge used his mind to tilt the robber’s attacking posture, easily weakening its attack. At the same time, Chu Ge swung his sword and slashed into the robber’s wrist.

The sword hit the robber. However, because it was not struck in a life-threatening spot, the robber had only lost 10% of its health. As for Chu Ge, he took the initiative and attacked with his sword again. That robber was ready to defend, but Chu Ge’s sword was like a spirited snake prepared to attack, as it violently went through the gap of the Willow-leaf Saber. With a poof sound, the sword directly pierced the robber’s chest, reducing its health by 30%.

The robber let out a roar as it slashed towards Chu Ge with its saber, not caring about anything else.

Chu Ge turned around and grabbed the sword with his left hand. Then, he stabbed the robber below its rib.

So this was the power of the sword skill! Chu Ge fiercely pulled out the sword and watched as the robber slowly fell to the ground. Chu Ge thought that this was indeed powerful. Strictly speaking, the Floating Cloud Sword Technique was not very advanced. In fact, it wasn’t that much different from the martial arts moves in the real world. However, what was rare about it was that Chu Ge could rely on instinct to use the most appropriate move to deal with the enemy. Although this technique might not be very effective against a real expert, it could take robbers by surprise every time Chu Ge fought them, as they followed no rules and would swing their sabers around randomly.

Unfortunately, the current level of this sword skill was only at level one, and there was no inner energy to be added. Therefore, it was impossible to display the advantage of the Floating Cloud Disappearance’s body technique. Chu Ge could only use its basic move against the enemy. But even so, under one-on-one circumstances, he could easily kill these small monsters.

But there were also a few disadvantages. First of all, the attacking power was a bit weak, because Chu Ge noticed that he was not able to use all his strength when using any of the Floating Cloud Sword Technique’s moves. He had to change his movements all the time. Each time he hit or stabbed the enemy, it was impossible for him to cause fatal damage. Chu Ge had to stab a few times to kill an enemy. This was also under the circumstances that the damage of his weapon was extremely high.

Afterward, Chu Ge killed two more small monsters. Generally speaking, the efficiency of killing monsters using the Floating Cloud Sword Technique was higher than using a sword and a shield. Another disadvantage of this technique was that Chu Ge had no shield protection. Moreover, the monsters in these instance dungeons would not lose their fighting power after being stabbed twice as people in the real world would. Even if the monsters had a little be of health left, they would desperately fight back. Therefore, Chu Ge would get hit once or twice from time-to-time. However, it wasn’t bad. The fantastic defensive power of the anti-explosive armor prevented Chu Ge from getting injured. But he could still feel the light and flowing style of the Floating Cloud Sword Technique. Although the anti-explosive armor on his body was not heavy and had almost no weight under the weight-bearing support of the Battle Ring, it would still more or less hinder his ability to display the moves. It seemed that Chu Ge would have to choose the future, on whether he wanted to be an agile swordsman or be a defensive warrior in heavy armor.

In one go, Chu Ge killed five small monsters. He could feel that his sword skills had gradually become more proficient. Right at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

System Notice: Your Floating Cloud Sword Technique has been upgraded to level two.

“Sh*t, it was upgraded so soon?” Chu Ge thought, extremely happy to hear this. In his excitement, he excitedly called out, “Brother Zhao, my sword skill has been upgraded!”

Zhao Beifeng was not very surprised, “Don’t be too shocked. The first few levels of this martial arts technique are upgraded relatively fast. However, the higher the level, the slower you upgrade. For the later stages, you would not be able to upgrade in one or two days. In the beginning, it took me less than seven days to upgrade to level five. However, it took me three months to upgrade to level 10.”

Chu Ge immediately calmed down after hearing what Zhao Beifeng said, “Does that mean Brother Beifeng can use the move Rolling Winds and Scattered Clouds?”

Zhao Beifeng nodded, “But I don’t have enough inner energy, so once I use this move, there won’t be a lot of inner energy left. Therefore, I will not use the ultimate profound skills unless I have to. I hope that this time, a better inner cultivation technique will drop from fighting against the Fierce Tiger Villa. This way, I can increase my inner energy. Well, my inner energy has been pretty much restored. Let’s continue moving forward.”

The two of them set off once again.

After passing through the buildings at the foot of the mountain, the two men walked up the mountain road. This time, they met a new enemy, the Fierce Tiger Villa Patrols.

These enemies held bows and arrows and were accompanied by a dog. While they appeared in two groups, the villa patrols were troublesome to deal with but were not very strong.

Although their combat power was very ordinary, they could release their dogs to bite people. Coupled with the use of bows and arrows, they were obviously a threat to Zhao Beifeng, who wasn’t wearing any armor, only clothes made of weak fabric. Although he could evade the attacks with his body technique, he would be trapped once he got caught by a hunting dog, making it difficult for him to display his body method fully. Zhao Beifeng had been careless as an arrow shot him.

“Damn it. These damn dogs are so annoying!” Zhao Beifeng slashed a hunting dog with his saber, then lowered his head and dodged an arrow from his enemy while shouting and cursing.

“Brother Zhao, let me face these patrols. All you have to do is to cover me and take care of the incoming hunting dogs,” Chu Ge said. He was very experienced when it came to dealing with these kinds of monsters who attacked from a long-distance. He immediately took out the compound bow and shot arrows towards the patrols.

The anti-explosive armor he was wearing could easily block the arrows shot from the patrols’ hunting bows. In contrast, the leather armor that the patrols were wearing could not withstand Chu Ge’s powerful compound bow and his Trilobate Arrowheads that had reliable penetrating power.

When it came to battle strategy, Chu Ge was pretty skilled. He killed three groups of six Fierce Tiger Villa Patrols in one go. He finally managed to recover a bit of money from the loot dropped after battling the small monsters.

Unfortunately, there was nothing too valuable. Only the three Steamed Meat Buns and a small amount of Incised Wound Medicine were considered useful. It seemed that these patrols would always carry a Steamed Meat Bun with them. Chu Ge thought that maybe it was because they were all raising a dog.

Although the Steamed Meat Buns did not add health, they were able to replenish energy pretty quickly.

After walking across the mountain road, the two men soon arrived at the second building on the hillside.