strokinit Chapter 77 Expert-Level Swordsmanship!
Chapter 77 Expert-Level Swordsmanship!
After crossing a low hill, the SUV and pickup truck disappeared from Shen Mo's sight.
Only a rumbling sound remained, but it gradually faded away.
Fortunately, Shen Mo had already memorized the two cars and some of the characteristics of the masked men.
That's enough for him to recognize it at a glance the next time he sees it.
"You'd better never show your faces in front of me again..."
Shen Mo felt a chilling murderous intent in his heart.
The arrival of these uninvited guests filled him with resentment.
He didn't know why that group of people had suddenly approached him, but he figured it couldn't be anything good...
Returning to the rotting wolf's corpse, Shen Mo finished collecting the materials from its body.
For him, who had just bought a house and whose savings had dropped back to five figures, these things were still worth some money.
Before leaving, Shen Mo also observed the tire tracks and bullet casings left by the group.
These seemingly insignificant traces, under his keen analytical skills, became clues...
Shen Mo then set off again.
When passing through the MG-S-3 outpost, Shen Mo left his phone and some supplies, sold the monster materials he had collected, and had lunch...
However, the guard duty team in the guard room was not Li Bin's team.
After inquiring, he learned that Li Bin had been transferred back to Mugu City for his meritorious report on the demonic tide...
Leaving the outpost, Shen Mo stepped into the Demon Realm for the third time, his target being the Black Sand River.
It was still that dense forest where shark tooth vines were dug.
After killing a thorny snake, he successfully passed through it and arrived at the banks of the Black Sand River.
After quickly assembling the fishing rod and using the monster flesh and blood collected that morning to create a feeding area, Shen Mo cast the baited hook into the river.
Holding a fishing rod in one hand and a knife in the other, he waited patiently.
As it turns out, as long as there are enough fish, there will always be a chance for them to bite.
As the river surface gradually boiled.
Less than a minute later, Shen Mo felt a weight in his hand.
The force transmitted through the fishing line was great, but it was nothing to him.
With a sudden flick of his fishing rod, he flung a nearly two-meter-long black-scaled fish directly from the river onto the bank.
There's absolutely no skill involved in catching this fish; it's purely about how strong it is and how durable the equipment is...
The black-scaled fish, after being thrown ashore, was still struggling, trying to get back into the water.
Shen Mo took three steps in two, stepped forward, and beheaded the black-scaled fish with a single stroke.
[You have hunted a total of 405 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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"With increased strength, the fun of fishing has actually diminished a lot."
Shen Mo sighed, but his hands betrayed him as he cast the line again.
A few minutes later, a force once again flowed through the fishing rod and into his hand.
Shen Mo's face lit up with joy. He roughly pulled on the fishing rod and dragged a 1.78-meter-long black-scaled fish ashore.
Then he quickly stepped forward and killed him with a single blow.
Meanwhile, the river surface calmed down.
The flesh and entrails that Shen Mo had previously thrown in had already been devoured by the monsters.
"Time to find a new place to nest!"
Shen Mo already had experience fishing for black-scaled fish.
After prying off the black iron jade from the two black-scaled fish and collecting their brains.
Shen Mo chopped the fish carcass into small pieces, moved to a different spot, and recast his fishing rod.
Sure enough, just one minute later, something took the bait.
Shen Mo was overjoyed and forcefully swung his hand.
Then a "sphere" nearly one meter in diameter, covered with poisonous needles the length of chopsticks, "flew" out of the water.
"This is... a pufferfish! Oh no!"
Upon seeing the monster he had lured out, Shen Mo's expression changed, and he immediately used a light barrier spell.
Wow~
Holy light instantly coalesced into a barrier in front of him.
Meanwhile, the pufferfish that Shen Mo flung into the air also developed bulges at the base of its venomous spines.
The next moment... *splat*
It was accompanied by a sound like gas being ejected.
The venomous spines on the pufferfish's body surface shoot out in all directions.
Its round body instantly shrank and shrunk, turning into a cylindrical shape.
咣 咣 咣!
A series of crisp collision sounds.
The light screen in front of Shen Mo blocked all the poisonous spikes that were shot at him.
This relieved Shen Mo, who then deactivated the light barrier spell and walked towards the pufferfish with his sword.
The stinger of the pufferfish is highly venomous.
Even a Witcher who has undergone a second level of advancement can be caught off guard if they are not careful.
Without antidotes or similar treatments, they will die quickly within an hour.
But the pufferfish only has one move: launching its venomous stinger.
Once used up, they are at the mercy of others.
Shen Mo chopped off the head of the pufferfish with a single stroke, and a notification popped up in the "Demon Hunter's Handbook".
The Tier 1 monster "Spiky Gland Pufferfish" has been added to the roster, rewarding you with 1 point of Constitution attribute enhancement!
[You have hunted one pufferfish, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
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After killing the pufferfish, Shen Mo collected its brain and skin.
The stinging needles of the pufferfish are also somewhat valuable, but collecting them is too troublesome, so Shen Mo gave up on them.
I've heard that the meat of the pufferfish is delicious...
Looking at the glistening, white flesh of the pufferfish, Shen Mo craved it for a moment, but ultimately gave up.
Although he can purify the flesh and blood of demons, he cannot remove the toxins and other substances within them.
Unless absolutely necessary, Shen Mo would not consume monsters for a momentary craving...
After dealing with the pufferfish, Shenmo baited the hook and cast his line.
After waiting for about ten minutes, he caught another black-scaled fish.
The number of Blackscaled Fish hunted reached 5, and the "Demon Hunter's Handbook" rewarded one point of skill enhancement.
Looking at the 2 skill enhancement points he had accumulated, Shen Mo added them to his swordsmanship without hesitation.
【Swordsmanship LV50 (Expert)】
Finally, through Shen Mo's continuous reinforcement, his swordsmanship reached the expert level.
This time, not only did a large amount of skills and knowledge flood into my mind.
In a daze, Shen Mo also entered a special experience.
It was as if a genius swordsman who had been immersed in swordsmanship for decades was reviewing his swordsmanship skills.
The knife in his hand was no longer just a knife.
Rather, it is part of his body, an extension of his limbs and mind.
The art of swordsmanship has also evolved from simply wielding the sword to "becoming the sword"!
This realization seemed to last a very long time.
But in reality, it was only a split second before Shen Mo instantly regained his senses and subconsciously swung the long sword in his hand.
puff--
The blade sliced through the air silently.
However, Shen Mo's keen eyes caught a glimpse of the blade flashing a cold light in a fleeting moment.
It was this tiny glint of cold light that produced that barely perceptible sound of air being pierced!
Upon seeing this, Shen Mo's eyes lit up.
"This is sword energy... no, perhaps slashing is a more accurate description!"
That seemingly tangible strike was not some kind of energy entity, but rather a manifestation of the mastery of swordsmanship.
Shen Mo had heard that the prerequisite for learning certain advanced sword techniques was being able to use a slashing attack...
He was not even nineteen years old, yet he had already touched this threshold...
If we say that a senior-level swordsmanship is a level that one can reach through years of dedicated study, hard work, and practice, then...
Reaching the expert level requires more than just hard work and practice from an ordinary person.
To master expert-level swordsmanship, one also needs a certain amount of talent, comprehension, and even luck!
This is also the main reason why it takes several times more enhancement points to unlock something that is only a difference in realm.
There's nothing to fear about a chasm that can be bridged with effort.
The height that one can never reach in a lifetime is the true despair...