Li Ang woke up in the morning, and the first thing he saw was an incredibly beautiful sleeping face, uh, up close.
This little wild cat had snuck into his bed and was curled up in his arms.
Li Ang sighed deeply... no, he exhaled gently; he didn't dare to wake her up and just wanted to escape this situation as soon as possible.
He got up quietly and gently, and only after stepping outside did Li Ang feel relieved.
After taking a deep breath of the morning air and easing his nervous tension, he immediately began his first preparation.
And that was the warrior's profession and advancement.
The system had previously told him that since they were all close combat professions, the warrior's experience could be transferred when choosing the swordsman profession.
Opening the profession panel, Li Ang found the newly added swordsman option and chose to take the profession.
[Profession Practiced: Swordsman]
[Tier: 1. Next Tier: 0/100 Experience]
[Obtained Tier 1 Swordsman Skill: Sword Slash]
Clenching his hand, Li Ang drew the Dragon Fang Sword forged yesterday. Instantly, knowledge of how to use a sword flooded his mind, and even his muscles gained memory—he immediately knew how to swing the sword.
[Would you like to transfer warrior profession experience progress?]
After Li Ang chose to confirm, the swordsman's experience reached 80/100.
90 points of experience became 80; the transfer ratio was not low, perhaps because the levels of low-tier warriors and swordsmen are actually not much different.
After the transfer, the warrior experience did not clear out, and the system provided a very considerate prompt.
[Tip: After transferring experience, during the practice of other professions, the original profession experience will also gain certain growth]
This is quite reasonable, as the warrior's combat style includes sword swinging, just not as specialized as a swordsman.
Following the warrior experience practice situation, a morning could elevate the swordsman to Tier Two.
Li Ang went to the woods behind Zoe's house, wielding the Dragon Fang Sword, found the sword-swinging state, and began cultivation. This kind of morning exercise was quite good, relaxing the body while clearly improving strength.
After the experience jumped to 85 points, a prompt popped up.
[Obtained Tier 1 Swordsman Skill: Morale Boost]
This was also one of the skills Zoe knew, and previously without the system, Li Ang didn't know exactly what it meant.
Now it was all perfectly clear.
[Skill: Morale Boost]
[Activation Method: Active]
[Boost morale in one go, temporarily enhancing combat will and force]
Scratching his head, Li Ang remembered Zoe charging excitedly towards the Two-legged Flying Dragon.
During previous adventures, many close combat fighters liked to shout or encourage each other, and indeed they seemed more spirited at those times.
It appears this skill was a summary of their condition. The principle might be that after long training, people can actively use willpower to mobilize external magic power to strengthen their spirit and physical strength.
Swirling the sword in a flourish, Li Ang continued to practice when he heard a bang—it was Zoe suddenly pushing open the door.
She ran out of the house without shoes, anxiously searching around, and upon seeing Li Ang standing at the edge of the woods, she charged over without hesitation, her bare feet treading on the morning dew-soaked grass and mud, and tightly hugged him upon reaching him.
Li Ang wanted to say something but in the end did not speak.
He understood that she was afraid he would leave.
Zoe didn't specifically say anything, just held onto him and hummed softly.
Li Ang thought about how yesterday he was considering not bringing her in a party, but now felt like this tail was becoming impossible to shake off.
After holding for a while, she lifted her head, her puffed cheeks tinged with a faint red, lightly punched Li Ang, and turned to walk back to the house.
In the backyard, she rinsed her feet before returning indoors.
With various thoughts churning, Li Ang practiced the swordsman profession up to Tier Two.
[Profession Practiced: Swordsman]
[Tier: 2. Next Tier: 0/500 Experience]
[Obtained Tier 2 Swordsman Skill: Suppressing Slash]
Upon reaching Tier Two, he immediately learned a new skill.
[Skill: Suppressing Slash]
[Activation Method: Close Combat Advantage]
[Swift assault, relentless suppression]
This was a swordsmanship technique on how to use magic power to strengthen force when gaining the advantage in battle, further expanding the advantage, considered quite practical.
When each profession reaches Tier Two, it is not just about entry-level but is about understanding skilled magic power enhancement.
Exhaling deeply, Li Ang started running around the small house.
He wasn't training but testing his body's condition after reaching swordsman Tier Two.
Others practicing physical professions do so through constant training and magic power enhancement, allowing their bodies, soaked repeatedly in atmospheric magic power, to gradually grow and break through barriers to advance.
As his legs exerted force, Li Ang immediately felt an escalation in power, running several laps without experiencing breathing difficulty.
No further testing was needed; the result was very clear that system tier improvement could enhance physical fitness together.
According to this, upgrading a caster's profession could possibly increase magic power reserves?
Stopping, he saw Zoe standing not far away, having put on her shoes and waiting for him.
"Can I do something today?" the girl asked.
"Go mining, and make armor for both of us."
Originally, Li Ang thought they needed to leave the island soon and didn't plan to go mining a second time, but since they planned to enter the hidden location Earth Abyss, to ensure the safest choice they should be fully equipped.
Fortunately, now that he's a Tier Two Swordsman, wearing a few lightweight pieces of metal armor would be quite easy.
Collecting the Vine of Verdant Green from the woods, they used it to construct two backpacks, and Li Ang and Zoe returned to yesterday's mining spot.
The demons there had been cleared, leaving a tranquil scene.
While moving stones, Zoe suddenly asked, "Li Ang, can you teach me magic?"
"Why do you want to learn magic?"
Li Ang tried explaining the principle of biting off more than one can chew.
But the young girl grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, and in her palm, the dust began to spin slightly.
Hmm?
Li Ang stared at her hand, confirming it was deliberate play, truly the dust floated and rotated under magic power guidance.
"You see, during our first duel, you summoned a lot of dust, and now it seems I can do the same thing. Does this mean I can use magic now?"
"You've always been able to do this? Or—"
"Yesterday, after my headache, I felt very light, then I gained some wonderful feelings."
The girl blankly looked at the rocks and sand around the mining spot, whispering, "I feel the soil, stones, and dust are beginning to talk to me."
This was an extremely high demonstration of Earth Element Affinity! Releasing Elemental Magic naturally uses magic power to summon elements, but if one inherently resonates with them, the results are doubly effective with half the effort.
Li Ang scratched his hair vigorously.
What kind of joke is this? In the Celestial Group, some casters above Level 7 are still plagued by limited spell power due to a lack of element affinity, unable to perceive it, but she gets it after a headache?
Could it be the so-called Star Soul Greenhouse absorbing some Star Soul power?
Since she displayed this, teaching her Earth Element Magic wasn't a problem.
However, the witchcraft theories might be too abstract for her to understand.
Li Ang opened the profession panel, remembering the system's mention regarding Elemental Swordsmen acquired earlier.
The system had pointed out that Elemental Masters, Wizards, and Mages were beneficial for the training of Elemental Swordsmen. Li Ang understood this, as those three involve controlling elements.
Elemental Masters are people who sign contracts with elemental spirits, being the purest element controllers.
Wizards are masters who cast magic through material media, best able to utilize casting materials—their elemental magic is more situational.
Mages request assistance from elemental spirits through communication with spirits, which makes magical interference with the four major elements simpler.
Like mages, Witch Doctors also inherit from primitive tribes, with the former communicating with nature and elemental spirits more, while the latter converse with ancestor souls and wilderness wandering souls.
Li Ang's witch profession actually evolved from mages and witch doctors. The witch discarded tradition and pursued the essence of the spirit more deeply, granting broader possibilities but demanding imagination.
Li Ang once considered whether a similar path might allow transferring his witch profession experience to the Mage Profession, enabling mastery of higher mage tiers.
After practicing as a mage, element-related casting becomes simpler and more powerful, also preparing for advancement in the Elemental Swordsman.
Currently, it also permits using a more intuitive theory that even Zoe, with little foundation, can understand.