Even the enemy who had almost left him in a desperate situation monts earlier was only confird dead beyond any chance of resurrection with a glance from the corner of his eye, and he paid it no further attention.
Streams of warmth, like hot springs, were continuously surging through his body, enhancing and strengthening it.
His body expanded and contracted without any significant changes in overall appearance.
However, beneath the cover of his armor, his muscles grew more robust, his bones increasingly dense, and even his heartbeat seed much stronger, with hot blood coursing powerfully through his veins.
At this mont, if soone could approach the circular ground smoothed by gravity in the arena and co nearby.
They would be astonished to find their body weight gradually lightening as they approached, as if a gentle leap could send them soaring into the sky.
The rain persisted.
The gray and misty downpour enveloped the whole world, filling the air with dense moisture.
Xia Nan gripped the hilt of his sword in reverse, using the longsword to support his body.
The wet black bangs on his forehead moved on their own, without any wind.
Gravel, mud droplets, grass seeds, even the raindrops that were supposed to fall on him.
Were at this mont isolated by so invisible force, outside the boundary of his skin.
In stark contrast to the raging torrential rain outside.
Everything was suspended in mid-air.
Like cosmic stellar systems, revolving steadily and slowly, centered around Xia Nan’s body.
In his pitch-black eyes, after a brief pause, translucent characters continued to flash by.
"Ding!"
"Job successfully acquired!"
"Professional Level obtained!"
"——[Fallen Blade Hunting]lv1"
"Strength 1"
"Agility 1"
"Perception 2"
"Specialties: [Tidal Shaping], [Heart-drawing Vision] acquired!"
"Battle Skill: [Gravity Etching] loaded successfully!"
...
The magnitude of his breathing gradually decreased under the strengthening effects coursing through his body, and his once-dazed jet-black eyes ca back into focus.
"Professional Level ’1’..."
"I’m a professional now?"
Xia Nan murmured within himself.
A look of sheer disbelief spread across his rain-soaked face.
He hadn’t even seen the shadow of the third battle skill required for achieving professional level, and he had only been practicing [Gravity Compression] with a try-it-out ntality to train his perception ability, without much expectation.
He originally thought of saving money to hire a career instructor in the related field and then develop towards being a "warrior" or a "barbarian" based on [Teeth Hunting] taught by Barbarian Fugang.
But unexpectedly, it was just an ordinary goblin clearing task aid at improving battle skill proficiency and earning so pocket money.
That led to so many twists and turns, and...
Such unexpected bountiful gains.
Xia Nan’s attention suddenly focused, staring at the reflection on his sword blade amidst the surrounding raindrops and grass debris.
He accessed the attribute panel:
...
[Na]: Xia Nan
[Career]:
Fallen Blade Hunting lv1
[Attributes]:
Strength: 7
Agility: 8
Constitution: 8
Intelligence: 5
Perception: 7
Charm: 5
[Specialties]:
Chopping Master, Copper Bones, Bathed in Light, Tidal Shaping, Heart-drawing Vision
[Skills]:
Vortex Slash lv5 (Max), Teeth Hunting lv3 (0/100), Gravity Control lv1 (1/100), Gravity Etching lv1 (0/100)
[Equipnt/Tools]:
Dead Line, Sturdy Beheading Longsword, Green Pine, Destiny Coin (Usage: 2), Snake Scale Arm Shield (Temporary)
...
Xia Nan scanned the attribute panel, focusing particularly on the "Attributes," "Specialties," and "Skills" sections.
Compared to when he first crossed over, where his physical attributes were all surrounded by long columns of "5."
Now, his six-dinsional attributes had undoubtedly undergone dramatic transformations.
And the successful onboarding of [Fallen Blade Hunting] had directly provided him with up to "4" attribute points, along with two specialties and a battle skill.
Only then did he fully experience the unparalleled sense of achievent.
When his body felt incredibly light and brimming with strength.
Xia Nan truly understood why low-level adventurers in taverns always looked enviously and longingly whenever "professionals" were ntioned.
The sense of accomplishnt was unparalleled.
But he hadn’t had ti to savor it.
As his consciousness returned to reality, the villagers’ screams and roars from nearby villages poured into his ears from the cold air.
His thoughts suddenly paused.
"Hiss."
He forcefully pulled the beheading longsword from the rain-soaked muddy ground, throwing up clumps of mud.
The fine particles originally orbiting him like satellites fell one by one.
The cold sensation of raindrops returned to his skin.
His gaze lowered, looking at the ground ahead where the Bear Goblin lay, its head blasted apart, unmistakably dead.
Xia Nan turned abruptly and ran towards the edge of the battlefield.
Adeline had been seriously injured, her life or death uncertain, and he needed to check on his captain’s condition.
As long as she wasn’t dead, he still had an unopened Healing Potion in his pocket.
Keeping her alive shouldn’t be a problem.
Luckily.
The three kerosene bombs Xia Nan had thrown were effective against the Bear Goblin, covered in dense fur, preventing further pursuit as it burned.
And his warning gave Adeline enough ti to react, urgently bringing her two one-handed hamrs in front of her to shield herself.
While she was hit head-on by the Bear Goblin’s pale bone hamr, she wasn’t killed on the spot.
At this mont, she was lying pitifully against a scorched remnant of a wooden wall.
Her face was pale, panting, with blood at her mouth’s corner, one hand gently placed over her fractured chest armor.
At her feet lay two broken-handed, twisted-faced, severely damaged one-handed hamrs.
Evidently, they required major repair or replacent.
Only after regaining consciousness from grave injury did she recognize Xia Nan coming over, even with her eyes squinted and supported against the wall.
"You..."
Her lips moved, a weak and hoarse voice forced from her blood-stained lips.
But just after one word,
She showed an urgently desperate expression on her pallor-lacking face.
"What about it? That Bear Goblin?"
"Did it retreat, or..."
With years of adventuring experience, she knew very well the character of Bear Goblins.
Ordinarily appearing lazy and indifferent, staying in its lair without going out, letting its goblin underlings hunt for food.
But once it locked onto prey and engaged in battle, it was a fight to the death.
Now that Xia Nan returned from the battlefield alive, with no Bear Goblin chasing him, it was evident that the battle was over.
Recalling the Red Mane’s odd actions of facing the forest during the lee before, it seed it decided to...
"Dead."
Xia Nan frowned fiercely, reaching for his waist pack while assessing her injuries.
"If it fled, good, go help at the village..."
"Dead...dead!?"
Adeline, in self-talk, abruptly paused halfway, her expression frozen in surprise, exclaiming.
Without replying, Xia Nan simply stepped aside, letting her see the distant battlefield with the bloody hulking corpse.
He also retrieved a Healing Potion from his waist pack and handed it to her.
"Never mind that now, how are your injuries, can you hold out?"
A Healing Potion’s price was 50 Gold Coins, well within Xia Nan’s affordability with his three-digit savings.
Despite appearing sensitive to "Gold Coins," spending them on critically injured comrades seed unquestionable to him.
Besides, knowing Adeline’s character, she would forcefully pay those fifty coins back to him once they returned to town, even if he declined.
The crystal-clear red liquid swirled and flickered faintly inside the glass vial.
Yet, Adeline didn’t reach out to take it.
Her eyes, regaining clarity, stared at the distant Bear Goblin’s corpse before turning back to Xia Nan.
The expression on her face was one Xia Nan hadn’t seen since he joined the team, vibrant and alive.
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