Intermediate Saber Art

"Shoot!"

"Change!"

As usual, the training lasted till it was time for breakfast. Chiliarch Yu asked everyone to stop and eat.

Zhao Gao quickly took his food and brought it aside to eat. He was gobbling down his food.

"Why are you eating so quickly? No one is snatching it from you!" Ma Feifei sneered at Zhao Gao when she saw him gobble down his food like a hungry ghost.

Zhao Gao glanced at her briefly and continued to eat his breakfast, ignoring her.

After eating, he would have to increase his Character level and Skills level. When his Saber Art broke through to another level, it took a while before Zhao Gao could regain his senses.

After eating, Zhao Gao said to Ma Feifei, "It's time for you, my ally, to start working! I need to raise my Skill level. Help me be on guard."

Ma Feifei patted her chest without thinking and replied, "Don't worry! With me watching, I won't let anyone disturb you."

Looking at her patting her chest, Zhao Gao got worried for her. "Stop hitting. There's only a little fluctuation to begin with. If you continue hitting, your chest will be gone."

Ma Feifei was stunned.

Ma Feifei could not react in time when she heard Zhao Gao's mutter.

Zhao Gao's words made her think of something. She followed his gaze to her chest.

In an instant, Ma Feifei knew what he meant. She blushed and was about to retort Zhao Gao angrily.

"You…" But when she saw that Zhao Gao had closed his eyes and started to increase his Skills level, she could only clench her fists, so as not to disturb him.

She waved her fists at a space above Zhao Gao's head a few times, imagining that she had already beaten Zhao Gao up.

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Meanwhile, Zhao Gao had begun to level up.

"Character upgrade successful!"

"Current level: 10"

"EXP points consumed: 265 150"

"All Character stats will automatically grow by 1 point."

"Talent activated. All stats increased by 0.5."

"Character level increased by 5 levels."

"Obtained upgrade reward: 1 Evolution Point."

"Talent bonus: 0.5 points"

"Current Evolution Reserve: 2 points"

After enduring the pain of leveling up, Zhao Gao began to upgrade the most important skill.

"Basic Saber Art!"

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Zhao Gao clicked on the "↑" symbol of the Basic Saber Art, and a panel popped up in the system suddenly.

"Will you use the Saber Art as your unique skilled weapon?"

"Unique Skilled Weapon: While breaking through this skill level, you can obtain a large number of Freedom Stats points."

"Note: Once it is confirmed, it is irrevocable."

"The Saber and Saber Art techniques will be your main Skills. The rest like Fists, Archey, Swords, Staffs, and other weapons or skills, will be your secondary skills. You cannot obtain any Freedom Stats points reward even for breaking through those levels."

Zhao Gao looked at it carefully, and only realized what was going on after seeing this piece of information on the system.

However, Zhao Gao did not intend to change his intention after seeing this.

Using the Saber as his main weapon suited him fine.

Zhao Gao then directly clicked on the "Yes" option.

"1 Evolution point consumed. 1 081 000 EXP points."

"Basic Saber Art → Intermediate Saber Art"

"Intermediate Saber Art Level 31"

"Saber Art breakthrough, obtained 1 Freedom Stats point."

"Talent bonus: 0.5 points"

"Current Freedom Stats Points: 26.5"

Just as he finished upgrading the Basic Saber Art, Zhao Gao was pulled onto the familiar mountain peak again.

As soon as he entered, the figure formed by Zhao Gao's consciousness took out a large saber and began to practice his moves.

Sweep, Cleave, Plow, Slice, Nail, Slash, Strike.

Over and over, he did stop practicing.

Time passed quickly. One year passed, two years passed, three years passed, until the 20th year, Zhao Gao's figure on the mountain peak was still practicing the Basic Saber Art.

As Zhao Gao practiced his saber technique, he became more irritable, as time passed.

He had clearly mastered his Basic Saber Art, yet he was still unable to have a breakthrough.

That feeling of being stopped by a roadblock when he could clearly see the road ahead, almost drove him crazy.

He could clearly feel it, but he could not jump over it.

That made him more and more irritable.

Just as Zhao Gao was about to throw down his saber and vent his anger, beside him, a change took place.

An iron rod which was two meters long, with a width as thick as a baby's arm, appeared in front of him.

When Zhao Gao saw the iron rod, an inexplicable message suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Use the saber in your hand to perform what you've learned. Cut through this iron rod and you'll break through to the next level. The problem that troubled you will be solved."

The moment this message appeared, it took root in Zhao Gao's mind. He felt like he was clutching at the last straw of his life.

He picked up the saber and mobilized all his strength to slash at the rod.

"Clang!" A crisp sound of steel colliding sounded. Zhao Gao stabilized the saber in his hand after it had been repelled.

After adjusting his breathing, he used his full strength and slashed at it again.

"Clang!"

The recoil could not defeat Zhao Gao. After every slash, he would do it again.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

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Zhao Gao did not know how much time had passed. He only knew that he had not managed to cut the iron rod into two.

As long as the iron rod was not broken, all he could see was the coarsely-made rod.

Days passed.. Zhao Gao's figure on the mountain peak did not change, nor did the saber in his hand. The Saber was still as fast and bright as before.

As for the coarse iron rod, it looked the same too. The marks that had been left by Zhao Gao's saber disappeared whenever he took the saber off the rod.

"Clang!"

Years passed. The sound of his saber clashing on the rod did not stop.

Time flew by until it was 27 years later.

This day, on the mountain peak, Zhao Gao was still swinging his saber at the iron rod.

All of a sudden, a flash of light appeared on Zhao Gao's saber as he slashed at the rod.

When Zhao Gao regained his senses, he did not see any flash of light at all. However, when he was about to retract his saber, he failed to do so.

Zhao Gao looked at the iron rod and realized that his blade had actually made a cut into the iron rod. The cut was at least three centimeters deep.

In this instant, Zhao Gao's mind was filled with a sudden joy.

In the past few years, the most he had done to the rod, was to cut off a bit of the surface iron. This was his greatest achievement.

After a while, Zhao Gao took a deep breath and calmed down. He tried to recall how he had done it.

As he thought, he waved the large saber, and tested it again and again.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

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However, no matter how Zhao Gao tried, it was still the same as before. He could only cut off the surface of the iron rod. He did not manage to cut into the rod at all.

Zhao Gao refused to give up and continued brandishing his saber.

He did not believe that the slash into the iron rod had been accidental.

Time passed quickly once more. Six months later, Zhao Gao was still swinging his saber, trying to cut through the iron rod.

The more Zhao Gao swung his saber, the more despair he felt. He almost thought that the incident that took place six months ago, might have been an illusion after all.

Suddenly, the change happened again. He swung his saber and this time, light appeared on the blade again.

Before Zhao Gao could react, the saber had already cut into the iron rod and the light had disappeared.