Chapter 84: The Hothead and Awakening
The War Lord successfully advanced to an eight-star title, first and foremost bringing with it the attached ability, "Ancient War Beast."
To activate this ability, the morale of all soldier-type units under one's command must reach 100 points; otherwise, the ability cannot be activated. Using the "Ancient War Beast" ability is no simple matter, but things are different now, because the War Lord's new "Full Charge" ability solves the accumulation of morale.
Morale is difficult to raise after reaching 90 to 95 points, unless, as before, when the boar warriors had their sun faith, an Apollo was detonated, causing a surge in morale.
The emergence of the "Full Charge" ability perfectly solves this problem. Simply activate the "Full Charge" ability, and the morale of all friendly soldiers instantly peaks. This state lasts for 100 seconds, and during this period, charge speed is increased, knockback ability is enhanced, and pain is almost completely ignored.
In other words, the "Full Charge" and "Ancient War Beast" abilities can be used in conjunction. First, use "Full Charge" to push morale to 100 points, then seize this opportunity to summon the Ancient War Beast.
The reason the Ancient War Beast ability didn't change much this time, only increasing its duration, is that the ability has already approached perfection.
The title effects 2 and 3 of the War Lord work even better when used together, possessing the power to seal the deal during a general offensive. This greatly compensates for the 'burst power' of the army under Su Xiao's command.
Apart from these two abilities, title effect 1 of the War Lord is its core.
500, 3000, 10,000, 50,000, 100,000, 300,000 — when troop strength reaches these six tiers, six types of enhancement effects can be gradually obtained.
The three aspects of morale, maximum health increase, and skill level increase existed before, so no need to elaborate.
What Su Xiao cares more about is the +30 to all true attributes, as well as "Blood·Soul Power" and "Battle Skill Awakening."
First is the +30 to all true attributes. This enhancement is simple and brutal. As for "Blood·Soul Power" and "Battle Skill Awakening," the characteristics of the former have changed. The intensity of true damage inflicted during attacks is increased, and after the Soul-Burning Power invades the enemy's body, there is a 2-3% chance of causing the enemy to experience body numbness, stiffness, and other states.
This characteristic is practically a divine skill when besieging a powerful enemy. This kind of body numbness and stiffness is not a control effect; it's more like a normal reaction after the body is injured. This is also why Su Xiao's straight kick has caused so many final bosses to become numb, break their defense, and kneel on one knee.
Those final bosses all have immunity to control effects. As it turns out, control effects more often refer to situations where a target is subjected to 'non-mechanical activity impairment' through special means.
Unless it's a "Strong Super Armor," like the old knight's Super Armor Sword, otherwise some stun and numbness effects cannot be exempted.
For example, the National Football Team's holy hammer group beatdown is a triple oscillation stun of spirit + soul + body, a passive trigger. How sour and refreshing it is, only those who have tried it know.
The body numbness effect caused by "Blood·Soul Power" has a low probability but is difficult to exempt. The boar warriors won't be particularly powerful in utilizing this ability, but when Demon Beasts combine with this ability, a qualitative change occurs.
First, it's important to know that because Demon Beasts are a combination of demonic power + insect race genes, they have a certain amount of demonic power within them. This allows them to inflict over 100 points of true damage on their own. Coupled with the true damage from "Blood·Soul Power," a single sweep of their tail blade is more than just 'sour and refreshing' can describe.
More critically, Demon Beasts have a frenzied attack speed. Their 4-meter-long blade tails sweep wildly, plus they have sharp claws and teeth specifically designed for tearing.
The teeth of Demon Beasts are the most terrifying fangs Su Xiao has ever seen, bar none. The teeth of other creatures are for hunting and chewing food, needing to serve both purposes, so they are destined to be for eating and cannot evolve to an excessive degree.
Demon Beasts are different. Their teeth have evolved solely for tearing and destroying the enemy's flesh and blood. This is the terrifying aspect of a war race.
Under such circumstances, the experience of a powerful enemy being besieged by Demon Beasts enhanced with "Blood·Soul Power" can be imagined.
There's another point: "Blood·Soul Power" is a combination of two abilities. The former's 'Blood' represents life force absorption, commonly known as the "Life Drain Effect," while the latter's 'Soul' is Soul-Burning, causing true damage.
Now, the 'Blood' characteristic within "Blood·Soul Power" is gone, which is quite puzzling. Being able to seize the enemy's life force through attacks in battle to restore oneself is a particularly practical ability. With the title's upgrade, this ability is lost, which is truly regrettable.
What's hard to understand is why the name of the ability hasn't changed. Unless it's a self-named ability, the name of any ability is close to its own characteristics. Now that "Blood·Soul Power" no longer has the 'Blood' characteristic, calling it "Soul-Burning Power" would be more reasonable.
This leads Su Xiao to wonder if the 'Blood' characteristic, the "Life Drain Effect," hasn't actually disappeared but is no longer directly granted. How to regain this ability will need to be explored gradually in the future.
Finally, "Battle Skill Awakening" is the core of this War Lord upgrade. It requires 300,000 soldier-type units to activate.
This ability looks a bit complicated but is actually very simple. For example, among Su Xiao's current soldier-type units, there is a boar warrior with an extraordinary talent, possessing an ability called "Thick Skin and Tough Flesh," and this ability was awakened due to the constitution common to all boar warriors.
Then Su Xiao can mark this boar warrior as an "Elite Individual," select the awakened "Thick Skin and Tough Flesh," and simultaneously use the War Lord title's "Battle Skill Awakening" ability to replicate the awakening process of "Thick Skin and Tough Flesh."
Afterwards, Su Xiao can have all boar warriors under his command awaken this ability called "Thick Skin and Tough Flesh."
This effect is astonishingly powerful, but it's not without drawbacks. No ability appears out of thin air. For other boar warriors to awaken this ability, they need to pay one of three things: Soul Crystals, their own life force, or specific rare resources.
Regarding Soul Crystals, Su Xiao doesn't have enough for himself. To awaken a passive ability for each of hundreds of thousands of soldier-type units, the consumption would be immense. Even if Su Xiao took out all the Soul Crystals he has, it wouldn't be enough. As for specific rare resources, the scope is too broad and too difficult to find.
Thus, the boar warriors can only pay with their own life force for ability awakening, commonly known as 'burning life force.'
With the eight-star War Lord, 'burning life force' can indeed lead to becoming stronger.
Besides this, "Battle Skill Awakening" has other limitations. For example, it cannot 'replicate' talent abilities, exclusive abilities, and so on.
Also, soldier-type units have an upper limit on awakened abilities. Some unit types can only awaken 1 ability through "Battle Skill Awakening," while others with higher potential can awaken 3 or even more.
Although Su Xiao wants to find "Elite Individuals" among the boar warriors right now, this can't be rushed. For now, the individual combat power of the boar warriors has greatly increased. Not to mention anything else, the newly increased 10 true attributes alone are enough to significantly boost the boar warriors' combat strength.
Su Xiao opened the title list. Compared to before, the title list is now much cleaner. Among the commonly used titles, the eight-star titles are [Sky-Plundering Storm] and [War Lord], the seven-star title is [Blood Intent], the five-star title is [Deep Blue Shadow], the four-star title is [Natural Resonance], and the three-star title is [Old Hunter].
After some synthesis earlier, the other titles were consumed. There are still 5 four-star titles remaining. Su Xiao opened the Refining Disc, embedded [Natural Resonance] in the main title slot, and embedded the remaining 5 four-star sub-titles around it. For a fee of 100 Soul Coins, he conducted this refinement.
[Natural Resonance (Four-Star Title): Greatly enhances meditation and comprehension effects.]
This title seems ordinary, but it is actually Su Xiao's most commonly used title. Every time he meditates or enters the Land of All Beings·Seventh Layer, he switches to it.
[Natural Resonance]'s initial star rating is a four-star title, meaning its limit can be refined up to seven stars. Based on long experience, this title is worth developing.
Perhaps it's because Su Xiao doesn't know many technique-type contractors, or maybe he hasn't met anyone with habits similar to his own. Among the technique-type contractors he knows, no one meditates.
Their reasoning is that technique abilities can be improved using Soul Crystals, so why meditate? Not only is the effect on technique abilities weak, but sitting there is too boring.
This is Hao Mei's original words. As a Sword Grandmaster, although she doesn't have a meditation ability, she has a similar ability called "Intent Listening," which also involves sitting quietly to comprehend nature and the world. Unfortunately, Hao Mei can't sit for more than a few minutes before taking a swig of alcohol.
Whenever circumstances permit, Su Xiao insists on meditating every day. If he didn't meditate, he would have long since become an extremely bloodthirsty blade-wielding madman. He has killed too many people. Without making his inner self stronger through meditation, just the blood energy alone would be troublesome.
Why are so many people afraid of Su Xiao's blood energy? Those weaker fear it out of instinct. Those with some strength know that someone with Su Xiao's level of blood energy is basically impossible to negotiate with. Perhaps just by locking eyes, one's throat could be slit by a blade.
Although Su Xiao doesn't consider himself a good person, even a villain, he always maintains his 'self.' He does what he wants because he wants to, not driven by killing intent or blood energy.
This is the benefit of Su Xiao's long-term adherence to meditation. Every time he meditates, he has numerous bonuses. First, the [Natural Resonance] title enhances the meditation effect. Then there's the bonus from [Origin Stone·Silver Queen], as well as the "Heart of Nature" and "Heart Meditation·Soul Resonance" passive abilities gained when breaking through physical attribute barriers, plus bonuses from the Blade Grandmaster aspect.
That's not all. Su Xiao often drinks Maple Leaf Tea, self-made from the tender leaves of the Black Maple Tree. The benefit of this to the meditation effect surpasses even the combined bonuses of [Origin Stone·Silver Queen] and others.
To be honest, Su Xiao has no talent for meditation. But with all the above bonuses stacked, his daily routine meditation is at least several hundred times more efficient than without any bonuses. He is not a genius, but he has resources.
Some say that only a strong inner self can match a strong body. An empty, strong body will inevitably fall into demonic possession. In Su Xiao's view, this is nonsense. Without a strong body, where does confidence and self-affirmation come from? Without self-affirmation, how can one talk about a strong inner self?
The more he persists in meditation, the more Su Xiao feels the difference. This is not only an improvement to the inner self but also an understanding of technique and a solidification of the foundation.
Furthermore, meditation can enhance a very special thing: "Mental Strength." This is a physical attribute that is not datafied and cannot be datafied. Its most intuitive manifestation is whether one can face an Ancient God directly.
Previously, Molei often asked how she could face an Ancient God directly. Su Xiao was puzzled by this, but thinking about it carefully, it really is the case. In those primordial worlds with Ancient Gods, many strong individuals could not face them directly.
Back in the Wizard World, among the three people, Shuguang, Laurant, and Gusi, two were only slightly weaker than Su Xiao. According to Gusi, Laurant's strength was a notch above Su Xiao's, yet he still suffered a crushing defeat against the Dominator·Sotos.
The Nia cultivated by these three, however, could face the Ancient God directly, even though she couldn't win.
With various pieces of evidence combined, Su Xiao thought of one point. He can face Ancient Gods directly without any weakening, not only because he is a technique-type with high willpower but, more critically, because of his consistent meditation habit.
Su Xiao is qualified to face Ancient Gods directly. In the judgment of Reincarnation Paradise, this equates to having the qualification to challenge Ancient Gods. As his followers, Bubu Wang, Baha, and others naturally also, under the notarization mechanism of Reincarnation Paradise, are exempt from the effects brought by Ancient Gods.
To use a common analogy, if one lacks the qualification to face an Ancient God directly, their SAN value will plummet. Those weaker will go mad in no time. Those stronger will see their overall combat power gradually decline. This is why many people, despite being strong, are vulnerable before an Ancient God.
Su Xiao looked at the title disc in the refining state and mentally pushed it further away. Being too close was indeed a bit hot on the face.
Regarding this visit to the Vassal Alliance, he thought it would cause a big commotion. On the contrary, that side was nearly crippled by this kick. There was no big commotion because it was 'too painful.' As a hegemon force, the Vassal Alliance would find it quite embarrassing to cry out, so they had to endure it.
That said, although this surprise attack on the top figures of the Vassal Alliance delayed the start of the war, it also helped unite the three parties: the Vassal Alliance, the Watchtower, and the Aurora Council.
...
Inside the inner city of "Kvab Ring City," in the Council Hall.
The style here was solemn, covering an area of over 200 square meters. The marble floor was polished to a shine. On both sides of the hall were statues, all of the departed great figures of the Vassal Alliance.
A crystal chandelier hung down, directly below it was a heavy metal round table with a deep color. Around the large round table with over a dozen seats, a total of 10 people were seated.
The man sitting at the head was in his early 40s. He had a large frame but didn't look unbalanced. He wore a black-red military uniform with not many medals pinned to it, only a single platinum alliance marshal emblem.
This man was Alliance Marshal·He Kangdiwei, more commonly known as the Lone Wolf. He had too many famous battles to list one by one. The only marshal in history who had beaten the human military to the point of fear was this one.
Sitting diagonally across from the Alliance Marshal was a handsome man in his early 30s. He had a small goatee and didn't seem very imposing, appearing to be a very easygoing person. He was the Watchtower Leader·Feidinan.
Feidinan was not in a good mood. His entire family had passed away last night. Although he didn't care much about his parents, wife, and children — having no feelings for the former and being able to remarry and have more children for the latter — these were all time costs.
Next to Feidinan sat a fat, pot-bellied man wearing a woolen judicial wig. If he stood up, his body shape would be like a pear.
This was the Chief Justice·Fowo. He sat in a wheelchair, his severed arm and leg reattached. The one-third of his head that had been cut off was restored by his subordinate's life-saving ability.
Bang!
Chief Justice·Fowo slammed his big hand on the table and roared, "Too presumptuous! Those villains from Sun Fortress are too presumptuous!"
Chief Justice·Fowo was very angry. In a state of extreme anger, he had been angry from the middle of last night until now.
The Watchtower Leader·Feidnan beside him gently rubbed his forehead. Having just caught up on some sleep, his complexion had improved a bit. Coming to "Kvab Ring City·Inner City" now was normal. The defense here had been strengthened, and it was currently the safest place in the entire Vassal Alliance territory.
What the Watchtower Leader·Feidinan couldn't understand was why the seven councilors of the Aurora Council had rushed over in a panic. This was puzzling. He looked at the seven councilors across the table and asked, "Seven of you, do you have business coming to Kvab Ring City?"
"Isn't that obvious? We're here to take refuge."
"That's right. You four were assassinated last night, and one of you died. Kukulin Bai Ye's next target will definitely be us fourteen councilors."
"Hahahaha."
Chief Justice·Fowo couldn't help but laugh. He laughed so hard his whole body of fat shook, like a water bag.
"Fowo, what are you laughing at!"
A councilor was annoyed. He felt that Chief Justice·Fowo was looking down on the fourteen councilors of the Aurora Council.
"It's not that I look down on you all. As long as Kukulin Bai Ye's head hasn't been squeezed by a door, it's impossible for him to send people to assassinate you."
Chief Justice·Fowo laughed even louder. His implication was that unless his head had been kicked by a donkey, he wouldn't assassinate these councilors. These councilors didn't interfere with the Aurora Council's military at all. Killing them would do nothing but increase the anger on that side.
"Fowo, that's going too far. He Kangdiwei, Feidinan, you two heard that too, right?"
A councilor stood up with a whoosh. He had a hot temper, but in terms of power, he was slightly inferior to Chief Justice·Fowo. So he rolled up his sleeves and said, "He Kangdiwei, Feidinan, you two be witnesses. I apply for a one-on-one duel with this fat pig, Fowo."
The Watchtower Leader·Feidinan remained silent. He suddenly understood why the Vassal Alliance was being beaten back step by step.
"Silence."
Alliance Marshal·He Kangdiwei spoke, and the council hall immediately quieted down. Everyone present knew that at this time, they had to listen to the command of Alliance Marshal·He Kangdiwei, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get through this crisis.
Alliance Marshal·He Kangdiwei was silent for a moment before saying something that shocked the others. He said, "We... will cease fire with the Sun Faction and negotiate peace with the Sun Lord·Kukulin Bai Ye."
...
East of the "Simao Great Forest," Moonstone Town.
As a town exposed in the wilderness, it was a lawless zone. Beyond the "Simao Great Forest" was human territory, and with aberrant beasts rampant in the forest, the level of chaos in Moonstone Town was imaginable.
In the afternoon, the sun was no longer scorching. In Moonstone Town, which was once fairly prosperous and inhabited by scavengers, flames now raged. The streets were littered with the corpses of many scavengers, and the smell of blood was pungent.
The sound of slashing quickly drew closer. Blood-colored blade light flashed, severing limbs and sending them flying. A blood-energy humanoid figure weaved through the scavengers, slashing off their heads or arms.
"Stop."
Dorothy extended a single hand forward. The blood-energy humanoid figure standing among the corpses abruptly stopped. This was the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow."
Previously, the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow" only appeared when Dorothy was unconscious and her life was threatened, killing all living beings around her.
Like a honey badger possessed, Dorothy, with her 'fight or die' personality, after dying five times (summoning the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow" five times), actually established contact with the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow."
Now, she could actively release and, to a certain extent, command the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow." This delighted her and also accelerated her revenge plan.
Dorothy's attire hadn't changed much. She wore black soft fabric gloves on her hands. Her braid was now almost reaching her calves, with small metal rings tied to the ends. Apart from changing her clothes, her temperament had also changed slightly. She was more stable than before, having evolved from a hothead into a hothead who knows how to think.
In Dorothy's view, the grudge against the Xin clan — specifically her father's lover, Xin Alisi — must be avenged. Her mother died too unjustly. She had done nothing wrong, only for her husband to have an affair, and then the mistress came to kill her.
Remembering her mother's gentle smile, Dorothy felt as if knives were twisting in her chest. She could accept her mother's death, but she could not accept her mother dying so unjustly. Without avenging this, she couldn't sleep peacefully every night.
Losing her mother at a young age, Dorothy was lonely and helpless as a child. The more she missed her mother, the more hatred she felt as she grew up. This was also why the Devourer chose her. The Devourer would not parasitize kind, innocent people. Only when hatred, anger, and regret were strong enough would it attract a Devourer.
"Blood Shadow, don't kill them yet."
Dorothy stopped in front of the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow." The "Dark Demon Blood Shadow" behind her was two heads taller than her, holding a 1.5-meter-long black blade. Its image was bare-chested, with tattered black cloth strips like a skirt below, a blurry face, and messy long hair hanging loose.
Dorothy stopped in front of a scavenger. This scavenger was kneeling on the ground, his body trembling slightly. Dorothy asked, "I heard you're going to trade with the Xin clan, and it's today?"
"!"
The kneeling scavenger, his face splattered with blood, looked up at Dorothy in shock. This startled Dorothy, who thought to herself, 'I haven't killed the wrong person again, have I?' Last time, she had targeted the wrong group and wiped out a hunter team. Although none of them were good people, killing the wrong target was quite embarrassing.
This scavenger was shocked because Dorothy knew they were related to the Xin clan, yet she still dared to come and kill them. How reckless was she?
"You know we're backed by the Xin clan, and you still dare to come after us?"
"Heh, do you know who's backing me?"
Dorothy pointed her thumb behind herself and laughed, revealing her neat, small white teeth.
"May I ask, which force do you belong to?"
"Sun Fortress."
Dorothy said this while putting one hand on her hip, not hiding at all that she was from Sun Fortress. It would be stupid to have such a big backing and not use it.
The kneeling scavenger's eye twitched. Ten days ago, if someone mentioned Sun Fortress, he wouldn't care. But now, that side was at war with the three major forces of the Vassal Alliance, and it was intense. Being able to fight head-on against such behemoths as the three Vassal Alliance forces, the size and power of Sun Fortress were imaginable.
"Scared now, are you? Take me to the Xin clan members you're cooperating with, and I'll spare your life."
As Dorothy spoke, she snapped her fingers, establishing a mental resonance with the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow," ordering it to kill all the scavengers in this town except for the one in front of her.
Soon, screams and pleas for mercy came from all around. Dorothy remained unmoved. She was never a kind girl.
"Let's go. Take me to find the Xin clan members. But you have hands and feet, why are you a scavenger? And you're a grown man, why did you wet your pants?"
"Well..."
The scavenger brother had a belly full of things to say. The most important thing he wanted to say was that if he hadn't seen the blood-energy figure simultaneously pull out all the blood vessels of an enemy, he wouldn't have wet his pants.
Just as Dorothy was about to follow this scavenger to find the Xin clan members, the scavenger suddenly froze in place. His pupils turned golden-red, his expression gradually became innocent and naive, and finally, he drooled and grinned foolishly, becoming a simpleton.
"Ha, haha, ah yah yah, hehe~!"
The scavenger hopped and skipped forward. Seeing a nest of ants, he picked up a tree root, squatted down, and poked at the ants, utterly delighted.
Witnessing this, Dorothy felt a chill down her spine. A perfectly normal person just moments ago had become like this in just over ten seconds.
"Who!"
Dorothy recalled the Blood Shadow, making it stand behind her. This combination of one person and one blood shadow gave off a rather formidable vibe.
On the rooftop by the street, a person appeared in Dorothy's line of sight. This person wore the clan robe of the Xin clan. The robe was relatively loose, white in color, with a few cloud-like patterns on it.
The newcomer had long black hair, skin that was excessively pale, an androgynous face leaning slightly towards male, and an eerie temperament. The newcomer spoke, "So you're the host of Feihong? Hmm, not bad looking."
"You are..."
Dorothy had just started to speak when she noticed the newcomer's black fingernails, a characteristic of the Xin clan.
"I am Xin Youge. Haven't the people from Sun Fortress mentioned me to you? I heard you want to avenge my sister. What a cute little thing."
As Xin Youge spoke, he combed his long black hair back with both hands, tying it into a ponytail, which enhanced his sinister charm.
"Xin Alisi's younger brother, huh. Then you... deserve to die."
Dorothy took out a small knife and cut her own palm. As soon as the blood flowed out, it turned into blood energy, drifting towards the Blood Shadow standing behind her, making it more solid.
On the rooftop, Xin Youge watched this with interest. He said with a hint of playfulness, "What a cute and pitiful little thing. You probably don't remember, but I was also there when your mother died."
"Kill... you!"
Dorothy used the small knife in her hand to slash open the artery in her arm. The spurting blood turned into a blood mist.
Seeing this, Xin Youge's aura fluctuated slightly before returning to normal. He continued:
"Dorothy, you also have black fingernails like us. You are also a member of the Xin clan. Let me tell you a secret. Actually, you should have guessed it by now. Your mother was also a member of our Xin clan. Your mother was the traitor. For a traitor, cutting off her flesh piece by piece is already the greatest mercy. So, thank me and my sister Alisi for the mercy we showed your mother back then."
Xin Youge smiled. A blood shadow rushed towards him. The next second, with a boom, the entire Moonstone Town began to burn, turning into a fiery hell.
...
In the open space in front of the Base Camp fortress, rows of boar warriors were lined up, forming five columns in total. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini each sat behind a wooden table.
Su Xiao arranged this to find "Elite Individuals" among the boar warriors, select suitable abilities, and use the War Lord's "Battle Skill Awakening" for ability selection.
With over 300,000 boar warriors under his command, plus the just-concluded three days of bitter fighting, there were bound to be talents mixed in who had awakened various abilities.
The boar warriors lined up one by one. Su Xiao checked their information, glanced at their skill list, and if there was no desirable skill, he moved on to the next. If there was, he tried to see if it could be selected with "Battle Skill Awakening."
Su Xiao had already seen several good abilities, but unfortunately, these abilities were either talent types or active abilities that required mutated sun power to activate.
The specific characteristics of mutated energy were too numerous and had irreproducibility. "Battle Skill Awakening" could not select such abilities.
Behind the wooden table, Su Xiao checked the time. It was already 4 PM. If he didn't find anything after a while, he would return to the main command room to meditate and check on the situation with Feihong and Anyang.
Although the two generations of Devourers had met, they wouldn't necessarily fight to the death on sight. Dorothy was a hothead, but Anyang was not.
When Feihong and Anyang met, the first-generation Devourer·Black A became restless, as if saying, 'The later generations of Devourers are all little brothers.'
In terms of panel data, Black A with its 6A panel had no problem saying this.
Su Xiao checked the information of a boar warrior. Just as he was about to close it, he was attracted by an ability.
This ability was called "Gladiator Sword Technique." This was a 'wild' technique-type ability. Simply put, this type of ability had no developmental potential. Unlike "Sword Specialization," which could advance to "Sword Master" and even "Sword Grandmaster," with huge development potential, this ability called "Gladiator Sword Technique" could not advance to the master level by any means. At most, it could increase its level, and it had a level cap. Once maxed out, it couldn't break through the limit.
"You were a gladiator in the arena before?"
"Yes, Lord."
The speaking boar warrior slightly lowered his head to show respect.
If he was once a pig-headed gladiator, having this ability was normal. It was just unknown how this former gladiator was demoted to a laborer and eventually bought. One could only say fate was so wonderful.
Although Su Xiao didn't hold out much hope, he still tried to select "Gladiator Sword Technique" with "Battle Skill Awakening."
[Prompt: Ability selection successful. Yes/No to awaken this ability for other soldier-type units.]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao was quite surprised. After thinking for a moment, his mood became lighter. Earlier, he felt that the War Lord's promotion to eight-star wasn't as big an improvement as imagined. Now it seemed that this improvement was mostly concentrated in the newly appeared "Battle Skill Awakening" effect.
Although the "Gladiator Sword Technique" ability selected through "Battle Skill Awakening" had no development potential and couldn't advance to the master level, it was still much stronger than other passive abilities.
Since "Gladiator Sword Technique" could be selected, could he find a similar warhammer-type ability to equip all his boar warriors? If so, the combat power of his boar warriors would undergo a qualitative change.
PS: (First update, 8200 words. Went out for a light jog at 6 o'clock sharp. Updating and then going to sleep~ Early to bed, early to rise.)