On the eighth level, in the only dojo in the town, two figures were fighting fiercely. One of them was holding a sword and shield, wearing silver armor. It was Xia Feng.
In SAO, players had two skill slots at the start. However, a skill slot did not contain a single skill, but a series of skills. For example, Kirito in the later stages had a slot for his single-handed straight sword, two-blade style, flying sword, and enemy search. Life skills also had to be occupied.
Since the skill slots would only increase by one every 10 levels, it was very precious in the early stages. Everyone would usually learn some support skills after focusing on one weapon skill, such as enemy detection, concealment, eavesdropping, and so on. However, Xia Feng had entered SAO to learn martial arts, so he had learned three skills: long spear, one-handed sword, and physical skills.
As for the shield, it did not have a special skill, so anyone could bring it. However, he couldn't dodge with a shield. Whether or not he brought a shield depended on the situation: Generally speaking, low-level players liked to carry shields because they had low Agility and low Evasion. In any case, the success rate of Evasion was low, so it was better to carry a shield to block. High-level players preferred not to carry shields. Their control and agility were high enough, and their evasion was also high. In addition, when attacking a Boss, the tank definitely could not dodge and had to bring a shield. As for the reason why Xia Feng had brought a shield, it was because his opponent's attack was too fast and he really couldn't dodge it. He was also helpless.
The swordsman who was fighting Xia Feng was old but powerful. He was the master of this martial arts club. A month and a half ago, Xia Feng had rescued his son from the wild and started a chain mission. Now, this mission had reached the last step. As long as he could persist for fifteen minutes in the battle with the head, the mission would be completed. However…
"Fifteen minutes!" Xia Feng smiled bitterly. In the first battle, he was defeated by the opponent in one move and did not even last a minute. Not only did the other party have attributes comparable to a Boss, but he also had a variety of skills and was flexible in using them. In addition, the quest could not be done in a team, and there was a time limit. In the end, Xia Feng could only challenge him three times.
The sound of metal clashing stopped abruptly.
"You lost." The head withdrew the sword from Xia Feng's neck and said indifferently.
Xia Feng looked at his HP that had already dropped to the yellow area and sighed helplessly. After bidding farewell to the dojo master, he exited the dojo and walked towards the player trading area. As no one else could enter the dojo, Celica did not stay with Xiafeng. Xiafeng asked her to help him sell the equipment and materials he had obtained during this period of time.
The so-called player trading area was actually a small street. Players could rent a stall here and sell things here. Currently, the strategy team was attacking the eighteenth floor. Most of the mid-level players had already passed the tenth floor, and there were fewer players on the eighth floor. The trading area was quite deserted.
"Brother Xiafeng, over here." Xiafeng, who was looking around for Silika, suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Celica waving at him from behind a stall. There were a few people looking at the items on the stall in front of Celica. They seemed to be buying something.
"Yo, Silika." Xia Feng smiled and walked to the front of the stall. "How much did you sell?"
Hearing Xia Feng's words, Celika's face instantly turned sour.""It's only sold for less than 10%!"
Seeing the adorable frown on Celica's face, Xiafeng suddenly had the thought of teasing her.""How could that be? Could it be that Celika's charm had declined and she could no longer attract customers?”
Hearing that, Celica was instantly unhappy. She bared her teeth at Xia Feng and said,""I think it's because the things you gave me are too bad that other people don't like them at all.”
"Haha!" Xiafeng laughed heartily and stopped teasing Celica. Instead, he turned his head and wanted to say to the players who were buying things in front of the stall," Sorry for making a fool of myself." However, he was shocked when he saw that there was a girl among them. She had short blue hair with bangs and looked very quiet. On closer inspection, wasn't this the lucky girl of the Yue Ye Black Cat Group, the girl who would meet misfortune in the future?
"Yue Ye's Black Cat Group?" Xia Feng tried asking them.
"Hey, do you know us?" The male player in armor asked.
"Um…I heard about you two days ago.”Xia Feng casually found an excuse. "By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Xia Feng.”
"Hello. My name is Kita, this is Tetsuo, and she is Yuki…We are the Moonlit Night Black Cat.”The armored man, the guild leader of the Moonlit Night Black Cat Guild, Kita, introduced them to Xiafeng one by one. After the introduction, the other party hesitated for a moment and said embarrassedly,"Although I'm very sorry, I have a presumptuous request. You seem to know this young lady. I wonder if you can help us put in a good word for her and ask her to sell these equipment to us at a cheaper price.”
Xia Feng was a little surprised. He actually asked for help from someone he had just met. It seemed that the other party really wanted these pieces of equipment. Xiafeng generously asked Celica to sell them the equipment that she wanted at a low price. After that, the few of them chatted for a while and got along well. After that, they added each other as friends.
"How can I change Sachi's fate?”On the way back, Xia Feng kept thinking about this problem. The fundamental reason for her death was that her timid personality could not adapt to this world. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, this cruel law of nature was vividly reflected in Ain Grand.
"Brother Xia Feng, what are you thinking about?" Silika asked Xia Feng. Xiafeng turned around and saw the worry in Celica's eyes. He smiled and rubbed her hair, but didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Celica did not let go of her worries. Instead, she felt a little sad. Brother Xiafeng has something on his mind and doesn't even tell me.
Xia Feng decided not to consider this problem for the time being, because the most important thing now was that his mission only had one challenge and one week left. If it was possible, he wanted to level up to level 30 within this week, add a skill slot, and change into level 30 equipment. However, he was currently level 28, and the quests and monsters on the eighth floor could not give him much experience.
"Since the eighth level is not enough, then go up.”As Xia Feng thought of this, he had a plan in his heart. After returning to the hotel, he contacted Tong Ren and Asuna.
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Five days later.
Xiafeng used his sword to harvest the last of the monster's HP, and a notification that he had successfully reached Level 30 appeared in front of him.
"Thank you for your hard work." Xiafeng said to the Kirito and Asuna beside him. "Also, thank you so much for letting the two main experts of the strategy team leave the front line to help me level up.”
"It's not easy for you to owe me a favor.”the Tong man said.
Asuna didn't say anything. She just stared straight at him, as if she was unhappy that he was treating her like an outsider. Xia Feng smiled bitterly and immediately changed the topic."Then, I'll go back first."
"I'll go with you." Asuna said. "I also want to see what the final reward will be after completing this mission for so long.”
"I might not be able to pass." Xia Feng said. "What about Kirito? Do you want to go and take a look together?”
"It has always been rather tense at the front line.”
Thus, the three of them headed to the eighth level together.
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Five days ago, Xia Feng contacted Tong Ren and Asuna and used the information provided by the Strategy Group to find this excellent leveling spot on the fifteenth floor. The three of them spent the rest of the day grinding. The three of them did not form a team. Instead, they let Tong and Asuna beat the monster to the brink of death. Then, Xia Feng would finish off the monster and split the most experience. After five consecutive days, Xia Feng finally reached level 30.
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In the dojo on the eighth floor.
Xiafeng had already changed into his Level 30 equipment. He wore black armor, a red cape, and a sword and shield in one hand. He was ready for his last challenge. The middle-aged man standing in front of him was dressed in a long robe and held a long sword. He was the dojo master.
"Are you ready?" The head asked indifferently.
"Alright." Xia Feng said.
"In that case, let's begin.”
Hearing this, Xia Feng instantly raised his shield. Although the Dojo Master was more flexible in using his skills, Xia Feng realized that after two challenges, his opponent would always use a sword skill that would instantly slash forward. After successfully hitting the opponent, not only would it cause extremely high damage, but it would also cause a long stun. During his first challenge, he was hit by this move. In the end, he was taken away by the set without even having the ability to resist.
In the next moment, Xia Feng felt a strong impact from the shield, and the head opposite him had already disappeared. A smile appeared on Xia Feng's face.”
Xia Feng immediately turned around. The dojo master was standing behind him, maintaining the posture of drawing his sword. Actually, he was retracting his sword, but he was frozen. Xia Feng immediately drew his sword and used a series of low cooldown skills, forming a combo.
During his second challenge, Xia Feng had already discovered that the Dojo Master's Dash skill had a similarly long stun duration, but it was shorter than the target that was hit, allowing him to attack faster. What Xia Feng didn't know was that this " Flash " skill actually caused the same amount of stun time for both himself and the enemy. It was just that the Dojo Master's resistance was higher than his, so he would be the first to break out of the stun.
Naturally, as long as he successfully dodged or blocked a flash, he would not be stunned. Thus, the one who was unable to resist this time was the dojo master. In these few seconds of stun, Xia Feng had taken away almost 1% of his opponent's HP. In the end, Xia Feng estimated that the other party was about to break free from the stun, so he kicked the head out.
"It's a pity that I didn't learn any greatsword skills. Otherwise, I could have used the greatsword and used the flying skill to continue the combo.”Xia Feng sighed helplessly. His current level was not enough to learn the single-handed sword type flying skill. He could only end the combo by kicking his opponent away.
The dojo master, who was kicked away, propped himself up on the ground with one hand and stood up again with a backflip. He recovered his calm and collected image of an expert. Then, he did not rush forward to take revenge. Instead, he directly stood in the same position and took a saber drawing posture.
"Ha, the same move doesn't work on Saint Seiya.”Xia Feng immediately jumped up.
The dojo master's move was similar to the Japanese Kendo's katana draw skill, but it was much more powerful than the real world's katana draw. After the slash, it would form a ring of sword qi, causing high damage to the surrounding enemies. Xia Feng had seen it in the second challenge. He had lost half of his HP in one strike. Later on, Xia Feng carefully thought about how to deal with it, including blocking, lying on the ground, retreating, and so on. In the end, he decided that jumping up was the only way he could succeed at this stage. The main reason was that this move was faster, and other methods were too late.
As soon as Xia Feng jumped up, the dojo master drew his sword and slashed. A sharp ring-shaped sword qi "spread" out with him as the center, and then swept past Xia Feng's body. Xia Feng saw that he had successfully dodged this move and heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he couldn't help but complain,"It's not scientific to use a sword to perform the saber drawing technique!”
Hall Master Xia Feng actually dodged this attack, and his expression turned slightly solemn. This Full Moon Slash could also cause a high stun. If it hit Xia Feng, he would be able to launch a combo. If it missed, he would not have a suitable opening skill.
Because of the distance, Xia Feng did not take advantage of the Dojo Master's stun to attack. The two of them were in a stalemate.
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Outside the dojo, Asuna and Silika were waiting anxiously.
"Why hasn't Brother Xia Feng come out yet?”Celica looked at the door of the dojo and frowned.
"It should be soon. It's been so long.”Asuna said.
As they were talking, Xia Feng walked out of the dojo. Silika happily went up to him, and Asuna also followed, only to find that Xiafeng was dejected. Seeing this, Celika thought that Xiafeng had failed his mission and quickly comforted him,""Brother Xia Feng, don't be discouraged. Didn't you say before that the rewards for the previous missions were already rich enough? It doesn't matter even if you fail this time.”
Even though she said that, Celica herself felt that her words were not convincing. After all, it was more sad to fail at something than to end it before it even started.
Xia Feng saw their comforting gazes and sighed.""Initially, I had the upper hand at the start. Later on, I've been careful and steady. Even though I was hit by a big move when I was at half health and instantly had low health, I performed exceptionally well and blocked all the following skills. I dragged on and used the Recovery Crystal to recover my HP to full. Never would I have thought that the dojo master would actually change his attack mode at the last stage and use a skill called the sheath style. He would use his sword and sheath to fight at the same time, catching me off guard. Then…sigh!”
Xia Feng made a sad expression. Celica was trying hard to comfort him, but Asuna noticed the problem in his words.
"How do you know that his skill is called the scabbard style?”Asuna asked.
Xiafeng glared at Asuna, as if he was complaining that she didn't cooperate at all and exposed him. Celica realized that something was wrong.
"Brother Xia Feng, how's your mission?”
"Haha!" Xiafeng rubbed Celika's head again. " Although I was caught off guard, after I calmed down, I realized that my sword and shield were just enough to restrain him. Then…"
Then, Xia Feng began to flaunt how he had relied on his wits and courage to turn the tide. However, in reality, Xia Feng had been running for his life for the last five minutes. He had completely dragged out the 15 minutes stipulated by the mission and completed the mission automatically.
Although Xiafeng had teased them, Asuna and Silika did not blame him. Instead, they were amused by his exaggerated boasting.
"So, the reward you received in the end is this scabbard style?”Asuna asked after hearing Xia Feng's explanation.
"Yes, while equipping the one-handed sword, the second hand can be equipped with a scabbard. The scabbard has 20% attack power and 80% defense power equivalent to the blade's attack power.”Xia Feng called out the menu and read out the skill description.
Asuna pondered for a moment." It feels a little useless. A one-handed sword doesn't have much attack power, and the scabbard doesn't have any other attributes."”
Xia Feng shook his head." I feel that he is quite powerful when fighting against the head. It's not because of his attributes, but his special fighting style." However, when an NPC uses it, it will definitely be different from a player. Once I practice it, I will know whether this skill is useless or a divine skill. Oh right, where's Kirito? Why isn't he here?”
"I know that." Celika answered quickly. "He brought your friends to level up.”
"Friends?" Xiafeng looked at Silika in confusion. Although there were many people who admired him, he was actually more reserved and did not have many friends.
"It's those guys from the Moonlit Night Black Cat Guild. They happened to pass by here when you were doing your quest. They came up to greet me when they saw me, and then we started chatting. As we chatted, Kirito started chatting with them, and in the end, he even went to help them level up.”
Hearing that it was the members of the Yue Ye Black Cat Group, Xia Feng's heart sank."I didn't expect them to encounter such a thing. Is it inevitable that they will be lucky?”
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