Goblin Dependency-Chapter 226 - 127: Improvement

The battle ended quickly.

The combat style gradually formed through numerous real battles, coupled with highly adaptable battle skill abilities, gave Xia Nan extraordinary mobility that ordinary adventurers did not possess.

Maneuver and support.

The "Jackal Wolfman Archer" hidden in the shadows of the jungle was identified and beheaded by him right at the start.

Maneuvering through the battlefield, he aided Abi out of a desperate situation, then utilized a battle skill to join Adeline in dealing with the most troublesome "Elite Monster" among the enemies.

As for the remaining two gnolls, without their "Carnivore" leader, they wouldn’t completely lose their will to fight like the Green-skinned Goblins, but they were not a concern.

The tables turned.

The individual strength was far superior, and they had a numerical advantage.

Berg provided remote support, while Xia Nan and Adeline engaged in close combat.

In just a few minutes, the battle came to a close.

Whoosh—

An iron rod came crashing down from above, appearing as only a shadow in the eyes of others.

In Xia Nan’s vision, it seemed particularly slow, and he could clearly capture the trajectory of the rod’s descent.

With light footsteps, his body leaned to the side with exceptional agility.

The iron rod, meant to crash on his head, grazed his nose and struck the empty grass below.

He seemed at ease, firmly controlling the pace of the battle.

Xia Nan took a light step forward, got close, and gently thrust upward with his Longsword.

"Sssh."

The tip of the sword instantly pierced through the gnoll’s soft chin, breaking through flesh and cartilage up into the cranial cavity.

A slight resistance was felt on the sword hilt.

With a twist of his wrist, just a simple turn.

The foul-smelling gnoll’s body convulsed and fell, its life force rapidly fading.

Nearby, the last gnoll, with a bare arrow stuck in its eye socket, knelt and howled in agony.

A hammer shining in cold light came whistling down, accompanied by the crisp sound of bones cracking, and the howling abruptly ceased.

Retracting his gaze.

Xia Nan withdrew the Beheading Longsword from the corpse beneath his feet, twirling the blade to fling off the dirtied liquid.

Standing still, he lightly tapped his feet on the ground.

Feeling a body much lighter than before.

His face bore a thoughtful expression.

[Teeth Hunting], according to what Barbarian Fugang said, originated from the Northern Territory, created by an ancient strongman by observing a Winter Wolf’s hunting maneuvers and incorporating his own combat experience.

It’s not one of those common battle skills found among low-level adventurers on the continent.

It’s notable.

According to Xia Nan’s understanding, if the battle skill, aside from its level, also had quality divisions like equipment tools.

[Teeth Hunting]is probably at least a blue "Rare", or even a purple "Exotic".

He actually had this expectation when he got started with it.

After all... it was just too handy!

[Teeth Hunting], being merely a displacement-type battle skill, yet had astonishing flexibility.

Charge, retreat, feint, maneuver, and even could be combined with other battle skills.

Even at Level 1 at the time, it elevated his actual combat ability to a whole new level.

Despite this, he hadn’t expected he still underestimated the potential of this battle skill.

From "Level 2" to "Level 3", it directly provided Xia Nan with an extremely precious attribute point!

Even knowing that his now fully leveled [Vortex Slash] only granted attribute bonuses after reaching Level 5.

[Teeth Hunting]’s progress just halfway has already given this kind of boost.

It can be foreseen, when raised to Level 5, the gains it offers Xia Nan won’t be much less than before.

As for why no extra reward was given when [Teeth Hunting] up-leveled from Level 1 to Level 2.

Xia Nan already had a rough guess.

Earlier, on a mission with the Half Elf Hai’an, he learned from him about the classification of battle skill proficiency on this continent.

Beginner, Skilled, Master.

And correlating those descriptions with the level panel, they are:

Levels 1-2, Levels 3-4, Level 5.

[Teeth Hunting] advancing from "Level 2" to "Level 3", by this world’s standards, was transitioning from "Beginner" to "Skilled".

A qualitative change!

By this logic, if Xia Nan’s guess is correct.

When [Teeth Hunting] reaches Level 4, it should, like Levels 1-2, only increase skill level without additional upgrades.

The next attribute reward and corresponding specialty should appear when it reaches Level 5, at "Master".

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