Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 71: Calm
After reading all the words on the virtual screen, Ogata was stunned for a while, then quickly clicked on the small question marks behind his other martial arts.
All of his current martial arts have no requirements for his personal attribute values, and they can be upgraded by adding skill points - except for this flow that has yet to be unlocked, and - bird thorn.
After clicking the question mark behind the sword skill "Bird Stab", the virtual screen that appeared in front of Ogata showed:
[Spend 4 skill points to upgrade to "Master Level" sword skills. Because the host's strength is less than 8 points and agility is less than 10 points, it is currently not available for upgrading.]
After using exclusive skill points to upgrade "Bird Thorn" to a high level in one go, Ogata has never paid attention to the new upgrade conditions of "Bird Thorn".
It was not until now that Ogata realized that if he wanted to continue upgrading the "Bird Thorn", he could no longer rely solely on skill points as before.
When upgrading "Bird Thorn" from primary to advanced level by jumping 2 levels in one go, there was no requirement for Ogata's personal attribute value to reach a certain number of points.
Perhaps there are requirements for Ogata's personal attribute values - but because Ogata's personal attribute values meet that requirement, the system did not display the corresponding prompt.
Now, the difficulty of upgrading the bird thorn from advanced level to master level has suddenly increased a lot. Not only does it require Ogata's strength to reach 8 points, but also Ogata's agility to reach 10 points.
However, neither of Ogata's current values is up to standard...
But Ogata also understood this.
Because the more powerful the sword skills are, the more the user is required to have a strong body.
Even with Ogata's previously "weak" body, whose attributes were not outstanding, he was able to master advanced bird thorns.
But now, to master the master-level bird thorn, Ogata's personal attribute values suddenly have such high requirements...
It is not difficult to guess that the power of a master-level bird thorn should be far greater than that of an advanced level one.
At the same time, Ogata instinctively felt that "Master Level" might be a big hurdle in sword skills.
There are two levels of realm below “Master level” and above “Master level”.
The "Bird Thorn" upgrade condition, which suddenly had extremely high requirements for Ogata's personal attribute values, was the best evidence for Ogata's speculation.
When upgrading the bird thorn from the primary level to the advanced level, there were no high requirements for Ogata's various attributes, but now there are such high requirements to upgrade the advanced level to the master level.
It’s a pity that Ogata’s current sword skill is only at the “advanced” level, and he can’t test whether other sword skills will also be so difficult when they are upgraded to the “master level”.
"Flow" is the core attack skill of Wuwo's two-sword style.
Since the user is required to use dual swords to fight, the strength required of the user must be very high.
After all, real swords are very heavy. It takes a lot of strength to hold the two swords with both hands.
Therefore, Ogata was not surprised by the requirement of reaching 6 points of strength to unlock "Flow".
Anyway, he happened to have some money on hand.
And he just happened to be planning to increase his own strength.
Ogata's biggest weakness in his current physical fitness is that his strength, stamina and vitality are still all at 5 points.
Of Ogata's five attributes, vitality
Click on the question mark at the end of the Vitality item, and the following explanation will pop up:
[Improve vitality, improve host's cell vitality and immunity. Make the host less likely to get sick, wounds heal more easily, and recover from fatigue more easily]
If you insist that vitality has nothing to do with combat, that would be a bit far-fetched.
If vitality is improved, it will also help Ogata in battle - allowing Ogata's wounds to heal faster after the battle.
Ogata actually thought about it - whether he should allocate one of the two skill points he currently has to vitality, or directly add all of them to vitality, so that his injuries can heal faster and allow him to return to the dojo to practice sword faster.
After thinking for a moment, Ogata simply gave up his idea.
Even if all 2 skill points were added to vitality, the best that could be achieved would be that Ogata would recover a week earlier.
Just to recover a little earlier , he had to use up his 2 skill points - no matter how he thought about it, Ogata felt it was not worth it.
So Ogata gave up the idea of using the two skill points on vitality, and instead used one skill point to increase his strength, bringing his strength to 6 points.
Then I used the last remaining skill point to unlock “Flow”.
After happily using up these 2 skill points, Ogata once again became a pauper with 0 skill points left.
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After scanning the personal system interface that he had viewed thousands of times in the past month, Ogata sighed lightly and closed the system interface.
After sighing softly, Ogata looked at his fellow apprentices who were practicing in the dojo, and whispered in a voice that only he could hear clearly:
"I really want to practice swordplay..."
Over the past month, Ogata has been looking forward to returning to the dojo as soon as possible so that he can experiment with his new sword technique - Flow Trün.
But that day is coming soon.
Yesterday, when Doctor Xuan An came to change his dressing, he told him that in a few days, he would be able to return to the dojo and resume his previous intensive practice.
Just as Ogata was daydreaming out of boredom, a familiar old male voice sounded from beside him:
"Ogata, you're here."
"Ah, Master."
Ogata quickly stood up and bowed to Hanbei who came to his side.
Hanbei also waved his hand, indicating that Ogata didn't need to be polite.
"Ogata, how is your wound healing recently?"
"Very good." Ogata patted his chest gently, "Doctor Xuan'an said that in a few days, I will be able to return to the dojo to practice sword."
"Ah That's good."
Hanbei nodded and paused.
Then he asked Ogata:
"Then... Ogata, have people from Ishikawa Sword Hall come to trouble you recently?"
"No." Ogata shook his head, "No one from Ishikawa Sword Hall has ever come to trouble me."
"...How rare." Hanbei muttered to himself, "The disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall are so restrained... They didn't cause any trouble for you..."
"I find it very strange, too." Ogata smiled bitterly and shrugged. "I was prepared for people from Ishikawa Kensho to come and cause trouble for me, and for me to be forced to kill a few more people, but it has been surprisingly peaceful and calm for more than a month."
Although Toyama Renjiro is a man with a bad temper and only helps his relatives but not others, it is precisely because of this that he always protects his fellow apprentices in public or in private.
This also makes Yuanshan very popular among the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall.
After killing Toyama in the festival competition, Ogata originally thought that someone from Ishikawa Sword Hall might seek revenge on him later.
But I didn’t expect that it has been surprisingly peaceful over the past month.
No one from Ishikawa Swordsman came to cause trouble for Ogata.
