Chapter 7: Mastery of Basic Swordsmanship and Swordsmanship Talent
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[Task complete. Reward: Basic Swordsmanship Proficiency +1. Claim reward?]
(TL/N: Suddenly author changed from Blade Mastery to Sword Mastery. If you want me to change the previous chapters to Sword mastery and what not, let me know.)
In three hours, Luo Fan had already completed three swordsmanship tasks.
Now, by claiming this task reward, his Basic Swordsmanship proficiency would reach Mastery.
At the same time, it would also complete another task.
"Claim reward!"
A flash of excitement appeared in Luo Fan's eyes.
On the system panel, Basic Swordsmanship changed from 9/10 (Small Success) to 0/100 (Mastery).
The next moment, Luo Fan felt a new memory appear in his mind.
It was as if he had fought millions of battles using Basic Swordsmanship.
The ten forms of Basic Swordsmanship were completely etched into his bones.
Each form of Basic Swordsmanship had become his instinct.
[Task complete. Reward: Beginner Swordsmanship Talent +1, Constitution +3, Insight +1. Claim reward?]
Luo Fan didn't immediately claim the reward. Instead, he picked up the training sword he had placed beside him.
After performing a round of Basic Swordsmanship, he clearly felt the difference.
Smooth, effortless, the sword moved with his heart!
This was the feeling he had after performing Basic Swordsmanship.
Previously, although he had been very proficient with Basic Swordsmanship,
it had ultimately just been a series of techniques.
But now, when he performed Basic Swordsmanship, there was absolutely no sense of effort.
Every move was completely natural.
Different techniques flowed together perfectly.
A smile of joy immediately appeared on Luo Fan's face.
At this moment, he was eager to practice Basic Swordsmanship to an even higher level to see the results.
However, when he saw the 100 proficiency on the panel, he immediately dismissed the idea.
Every task slot was precious now.
Such long-term tasks were not suitable for occupying task slots.
Anyway, he could just release the task when it was time to complete it.
Just as Luo Fan was about to set another swordsmanship task, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't claimed his reward yet.
"System, claim the reward."
Immediately, he felt a wave of clarity flow through his mind.
Right after, he realized that many details of Basic Swordsmanship he had just performed were not handled perfectly.
Even though he had reached mastery, there was still room for improvement.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan began performing Basic Swordsmanship again, following the impressions he had just received.
One round…
Two rounds…
Three rounds…
Luo Fan continued for ten rounds of Basic Swordsmanship.
Each round was subtly adjusted according to his intuition.
Finally, after ten rounds, he lowered the sword.
He felt that his Basic Swordsmanship was now more natural when performed.
At the same time, the flaws in his swordsmanship, or in the way he executed it, had also decreased.
He opened the panel to check.
The next moment, he was astonished to find that his Basic Swordsmanship, which had been 0/100, had now risen to 30/100!
Just performing ten rounds of Basic Swordsmanship and correcting his shortcomings based on his intuition had led to such a huge improvement.
Soon, he understood why.
A new line appeared on the panel.
[Talent: Beginner Swordsmanship Talent 1/100]
What had just happened was that he had obtained the Beginner Swordsmanship Talent, along with a burst of inspiration.
After all, this alone couldn't be considered a full breakthrough.
However, even just this had already saved him a huge amount of training time.
The increase in comprehension, along with the beginner-level swordsmanship talent.
Luo Fan felt that now, gaining swordsmanship proficiency would definitely be much easier.
"Practice the basic swordsmanship 80 times!"
[Task level insufficient!]
Luo Fan was stunned.
He actually couldn't create the task?
"Practice the swordsmanship 90 times."
Still unable to create the task!
Soon, he understood.
It seemed that to improve basic swordsmanship at the Great Achievement level, it mainly had to be enhanced through actual combat.
If he just practiced on his own, it would require far more repetitions.
He tried it, and soon, the task was successfully created.
[Task: Practice basic swordsmanship 500 times, Reward: Basic swordsmanship proficiency +1]
He could feel that if it weren't for the beginner-level swordsmanship talent he had just obtained, he might have needed to practice nearly a thousand times to gain even a little proficiency.
Now that the task was created, he had no choice but to complete it first.
Practicing basic swordsmanship 500 times, even though his basic swordsmanship had already reached the Great Achievement level, still took three hours to complete.
He practiced continuously until Fang Xueyi had finished lunch, at which point he finally received that small proficiency reward.
Luo Fan knew that simply practicing moves by himself was very inefficient.
Swordsmanship at the Great Achievement level was meant to be applied in actual combat.
Only by fighting against someone would the proficiency increase at a faster rate.
He was so certain of this because of the task he had just created on the panel:
[Task: Fight Fang Xueyi at full strength for one hour, Reward: Basic swordsmanship proficiency +1, Constitution +2]
He planned to try it after finishing lunch.
Soon, he finished lunch, rested a bit, and then excitedly went to the training room.
At this moment, Fang Xueyi was practicing her secret technique, "Wind-Breaking Spear."
He quietly waited on the side.
Only after Fang Xueyi put down her secret technique did he speak up, asking to spar for an hour.
Fang Xueyi immediately agreed.
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An hour later, Luo Fan claimed his task reward and did not continue sparring with Fang Xueyi.
Partly because he was now physically exhausted.
But also because he didn't want Fang Xueyi to spend her training time guiding him.
For Fang Xueyi, that would have been a complete waste of time.
"Honey, your basic swordsmanship has improved a lot. It's fully integrated into your muscle memory now."
"And your flaws are much fewer, and the transitions between moves are much smoother."
Fang Xueyi looked at Luo Fan in astonishment.
After all, in just one night, his combat abilities seemed to have been completely transformed.
His combat experience might not have changed much, but his technique had improved significantly.
"Do you want to continue sparring?"
Luo Fan shook his head.
"You go ahead and train by yourself. Don't worry about me. I'll take a break and spar with A-Feng."
Upon hearing this, Fang Xueyi began practicing Wind-Breaking Spear.
Luo Fan went upstairs and grabbed some high-calorie food.
[Task: Eat all the food in front of you; Reward: Stamina +20]
These were the kinds of food warriors eat in the Wild Zone.
The taste wasn't great, but it replenished stamina very effectively.
After completing two stamina recovery tasks, Luo Fan was almost back to peak condition.
His energy, however, might not have fully reached its absolute peak.
He left Mingyue Community and headed to the neighboring Green City Villa.
Upon entering, he noticed the living room was empty, not even Luo Hua was there.
He went down to the basement training room.
Sure enough, Luo Feng was there doing strength training.
[Task: Spar with Luo Feng at full strength for one hour; Reward: Basic Swordsmanship proficiency +1, Constitution +1]
Luo Fan felt a bit disappointed that this time he wouldn't get the bonus for luck or insight.
At that moment, he became curious about what would happen if he defeated Luo Feng.
[Task: Defeat Luo Feng, who has similar strength, using Basic Swordsmanship; Reward: Basic Swordsmanship proficiency +3, Insight +3, Luck +10]
Luo Fan's eyes lit up instantly.