"Do you know the meaning of using a sword, half?"

The skill mentor looked seriously at the open space ahead and asked a question to aqua regia.

I don't know, can we talk quickly? I still have to go hunt monsters. If I don't hunt monsters, I won't have dinner today. Don't blame me, please treat me to dinner.

"The mystery of swords? Is it the unity of man and sword?" he replied casually.

The mentor shook his head with a smile and said, "It's important to always maintain sufficient escape space."

Okay, I acknowledge your swordsmanship!

"A single handed straight sword, usually used in conjunction with a secondary shield, is both offensive and defensive, and is also convenient for escape. However, it can only be equipped with a small shield, while a large shield requires a specialized 'Shield Specialization' skill, which requires high strength points to learn."

The mentor pulled out a wooden sword from the nearby weapon rack, lowered his body slightly, with his left foot in front and his right hand flat on his chest, holding the sword and pulling it back, allowing his body to naturally relax.

"From a safety perspective, a small shield is a necessary auxiliary equipment to master. However, in terms of swordsmanship alone, during early training, the small shield may interfere with vision and balance, so it is recommended not to hold the shield for now."

"Mmm!" Wang Shui nodded and ran to the right side of the mentor, placing the same position half a body behind him, so that he could see the mentor's movements clearly.

The mentor also nodded with satisfaction, looking dumbfounded. He still has the ability to learn actively.

"Watch it out, the so-called sword technique is also derived from simple attack movements. Ultimately, the movements are still those movements. The standard attack movements of a single handed sword are mainly thrust, downward slash, upward pull, horizontal slash, left and right oblique slash, etc. These movements almost all have corresponding sword techniques, just like the thrust up and down hand movements I have shown now."

The mentor said this, stepping on the ground and exerting force, turning his waist and hips, and sending the sword straight forward with his right arm.

At the same time, the wooden sword blade lit up with a clear blue light, and the swordsmanship took shape.

At first, it was a person pushing a sword, but when the mentor's sword reached the limit distance, it turned into a sword leading people away!

The mentor sprinted forward three or four meters at an extremely fast speed, and he himself made a small jump, even changing legs with aerial steps to facilitate his sword skills in sprinting.

"This is the universal basic sword technique under single handed weapons - 'Linear Attack', but of course, it's difficult to make judgments on single handed hammers and the like."

The mentor's plain explanation made Wang Shui dumbfounded.

As agreed, what about a world without magic? Can anyone perform a force analysis on the displacement just now? Isn't this special magic?!

Despite constant abdominal criticism, aqua regia still began to follow suit and practice, pushing and exerting force with his feet and twisting his waist and hips.

The mentor did not teach how to twist the waist and send the hips, perhaps because he believed that Wang Shui, who claimed to have learned the "dagger" skill, should have understood the technique of exerting force.

Zheng - It is a slight clang made when reaching the tip of the sword with force. The thrust is very standard, but the light of the sword technique does not shine, and the aqua regia naturally does not sprint out.

"Well, you did a good job with half of it. The movements were very standard, but the twisting of the waist ended too early, or the arm movement was too slow, resulting in a feeling of weakness in the end. Don't worry, I will teach you the down chop, up pull, horizontal chop, left and right oblique chop first. You practice these movements together, familiarize yourself with the sword in your hand, make the movements stable, and make the power flow smoothly."

Then the mentor demonstrated again

He didn't use the sword technique this time, but slowly demonstrated the movements of the downward slash, upward thrust, horizontal slash, and left and right oblique slash.

Having looked at it from multiple angles twice, Wang Shui fell into contemplation and carefully reflected on analyzing the mentor's standard force movements.

Not long after, he started practicing, while his mentor was guiding him on the side.

"Don't turn your head when chopping horizontally, just use the sword to the right and naturally draw back your strength."

"When making a downward slash, you need to open your arms. Yes, the front part of the sword needs to go the maximum distance, so that the power near the tip of the sword will be greater. Control the distance and angle of each downward slash, and it is best to maintain consistent strength."

"Upward teasing is not picking! Pay attention to wrist relaxation! Progress forward, yes, maintain body balance."

These movements are not difficult, and the mentor is also quite patient. Soon, aqua regia's movements became quite coherent and smooth.

But Wang Shui still hasn't learned any skills, so he can't even use swordsmanship.

Time quietly passed, accompanied by mild hunger, muscle soreness, and mental exhaustion, while aqua regia gritted its teeth and persisted.

Sweat flowed into his eyes, so he simply closed them and used only his body to feel the movement of the sword.

Wang Shui doesn't want to give up, this may be his only chance to acquire basic skills.

I can't even learn from such a responsible one handed straight sword mentor... He doesn't value others either. Selling tragedies and performing are not his burden, and he is even more afraid of wasting time.

Delaying the acquisition of skills is not only a matter of falling behind in progress, but also a matter of survival.

His innate abilities prohibit him from simply dragging and dropping to acquire skills, but also strengthen his learning ability. The word "great" is not just a decoration.

The more he chops and stabs, the more aqua regia feels that the small sword in his hand becomes light, and eventually becomes like a branch or even a feather. Gradually, aqua regia can feel the wind, or air flow, passing over the blade.

He could feel the air being split by the blade, but still did not acquire the skill.

It's like he spent half a year in the secure city controlled by the system, Tiefeng City, reading a lot of various professional books and consuming a lot of bullets to practice shooting, but never gained any skills.

A faint sense of annoyance began to slowly climb up my heart, and the sword in my hand began to become heavier.

"Stop." The mentor's tone calmly interrupted Wang Shui's initial momentum that was not right.

Stopping his sword, Wang Shui wiped the sweat off his face and no longer restrained his breath. He swallowed the air in large gulps, saving his confused head.

The mentor walked back and forth within a small range, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Half of it, your brother, how did he teach you the 'Dagger' skill?"

Ah。 I won't be there, I'm just talking nonsense.

Wang Shui could only shake his head in confusion.

The mentor furrowed his brow, circled around aqua regia twice, and finally walked to the front of aqua regia, looking into his eyes.

Wang Shui no longer has the strength to perform, his eyes have returned to his own ferocious fish eyes, and fatigue has made Wang Shui look even more unfriendly.

"Half of it... have you ever killed a monster?"

Wang Shui shook his head.

"Do you have a mentality of using violence against any target with the intention of causing damage and killing?"

"Does a wooden target count?" Wang Shui replied, recalling the pitiful target that had been knocked out of its entire outline by practicing his marksmanship.

The mentor shook his head seriously and then picked up the wooden sword again.

Come on, attack me, you should still

Have some strength, right

Hmm? Wang Shui expressed confusion, right?

"With the attitude of killing me, take action against my vital point. Don't worry, with your skills and condition, if you can touch the corner of my clothes, I will give you a gift."

The shoddy motivational techniques and the extremely unwavering material temptations, although aqua regia is a bit annoyed, it is not foolish yet.

This mentor's level is definitely not too low. For a single handed sword, agility is the main attribute, and his speed must be very fast. If he can't hit, it's normal.

But thinking so, Wang Shui still showed a short and aggressive posture.

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The mentor simply stood, holding the wooden sword handle with his right hand, and the sword tip naturally hung down pointing to the ground.

Spike!

Wang Shui suddenly erupted and charged forward, without any sword skills. He could only step forward and thrust his sword forward.

Standard posture and powerful movements.

The mentor only leaned slightly and deftly avoided the piercing tip of the sword.

Standing firmly at his feet, Wang Shui did not retract his sword, but turned his wrist and clasped it inward. The sword was horizontally flat, and he took a step to the left. His sword quickly changed from a stabbing strike to a horizontal strike to the right.

The mentor took a step back and narrowly avoided the slashing once again.

Wang Shui's right foot, located behind him, cuts towards the left foot from the inside and draws a circle. The center of gravity quickly moves forward, while the wrist flips outward, causing the sword blade to perform a small wrist dance in front of him. When the sword reaches the upper right corner, it quickly cuts diagonally to the left.

The description is quite complicated, in fact, it is a small step forward after horizontal slashing, and a diagonal slash after turning the wrist and dancing flowers.

Agile, coherent, and delicate.

The diagonal slash enveloped the mentor within the attack range, but the mentor only lightly lifted the wooden sword upwards.

The wooden sword knocked off aqua regia's sword, causing the mentor to move further in the midline and buckle the sword inside his wrist, instantly hitting aqua regia's chest. Then he quickly flipped his wrist, and the wooden sword tip cut through a tiny semicircle, perfectly sweeping aqua regia's throat as he lowered his head!

A heavy blow hit his chest, and aqua regia only felt the mentor lightly. A small but clear force penetrated his chest directly, piercing through his back.

The sword tip that swept through the throat brought a clearer pain, and aqua regia suffocated directly, unconsciously releasing the small sword in his hand.

With a clanging thud, the small sword fell to the ground, and Wang Shui covered his throat and poked and knelt down, unable to recover for a long time.

"What an exquisite wrist technique. Has anyone taught you how to use a sword like this? In the sword technique system, even a thin sword does not have such a continuous attack."

Compared to Wang Shui's injury, the mentor was even more surprised that Wang Shui had just shown him, and he retaliated by clasping his wrist, smashing his sword, and turning his wrist with a small slash.

"It is very exquisite, but without corresponding sword techniques, the power will not be very great. This skill focused attack method has a small range of movements, making it difficult to develop into sword techniques. Moreover, it is obvious that this technique is developed for monsters similar to human reminders or for..." is a killing technique developed for humans.

Due to the minor injury and not even losing much blood, aqua regia quickly recovered.

"Why, my throat is injured and I can't speak?"

Wang Shui nodded, and the Debuff icon for "damaged area" appeared below his short blue health bar, with a countdown of five minutes.

But it's not important!

Wang Shui endured the pain and once again showed a sudden posture, but this time it was not towards his mentor, but in the open space next to him.

The ground, legs, waist, and force start from the ground and flow naturally.

When the aqua regia pierced the blade flat, the deep blue light quickly covered the blade.

Accompanied by the light effect and sword technique sound effect, Wang Shuiping rubbed forward two or three meters before standing steadily with messy steps.

"When using the 'Rush' skill, either create time for your feet to leave the ground, or just run and charge along with them, and don't brake with your feet firmly on the ground."

Provide final guidance, mentor smiles

Shaking his head, "Half of it, aren't you that stupid? Your understanding of swords seems to be different from traditional schools."

Wang Shui did not show any expression of joy, but bowed seriously to his mentor.

Then he took out a blank piece of paper and wrote with a pen, "Thank you very much for your guidance. It's really important to me. It's very impolite that I haven't asked the teacher's name yet."

"Luke, or according to the mentors' numbers, you can call me mentor number seven."

Thank you so much, Seven Brother. Wang Shui looked at the "One Handed Straight Sword" skill that had already been automatically filled in the skill bar, and was overjoyed. Instead, he quickly calmed down.

Rather than simply acquiring this skill, what Wang Shui cares more about is that he seems to have seized the inspiration to continue acquiring the skill.

"You seem to have noticed," said the mentor Qige suddenly. "You should have already understood the reason why you are stuck on the edge of mastering skills."

Yes, Wang Shui nodded. It turned out that in order to acquire skills, he had to use his practice skills to beat others.

"That's right, it's the mindset, the mindset of the strong. Attack, defeat, or even kill, the embryonic form of the skills you master, it's not a dance or physical exercise, it's a weapon! It's like a sword in your hand! You're too cowardly!"

Ah。 Isn't it okay to just beat someone up?

"You need to seize it, seize the skill you are about to master, imagine what kind of change it will bring you, how to help defeat enemies, master it! Use it!"

Wang Shui nodded very obediently and then wrote on the paper, "Could you please make it simpler?"

"Mind, you lack the mind of a strong person. There is no sense of victory or defeat, no killing intent, no aggression in your eyes. You lack combat!"

With this statement, aqua regia was instantly enlightened.

Indeed, in the past six months, he has not engaged in any combat and has been honestly repairing cars and forging iron.

Practicing shooting is also based on the idea of liking firearms and wanting to play with them well.

The only two skills he mastered were under immense survival pressure when he was caught by one faction and sent to work as a laborer during the awakening mission.

Fighting, and pressure... Wang Shui, who had figured it out a bit, bowed to his mentor Seven Brother again and wrote on the paper, "I will consult you again if I have any questions. I think I need to practice more now."

Today's harvest was quite fruitful. Wang Shui unraveled a major knot, but in SAO's strategy, he is still in a state of not getting started.

"Well, it's time to practice more, and as an adventurer, your physical fitness is also too poor. You can choose to do some extra strength training every day, such as practicing swordsmanship with a heavy load. Although strength is speed, it may be exaggerated, but if your strength is strong enough, your agility attributes will indeed increase."

Mentor Seven Brother chattered like this, while Wang Shui showed a bewildered expression on his face.

"Can four-dimensional attribute values be improved through exercise?"

Looking at the text on the paper, the mentor Qige was also puzzled: "Otherwise? Only relying on the three free attribute points obtained from each upgrade? Isn't free attribute points used to make up for the shortcomings? When lacking strength and unable to wield powerful weapons, increase strength. Similarly, when lacking agility and dexterity, you can also point some. Only the body can be used."

Quality has no other effect besides increasing health and physical potential, and no one will improve their physical fitness. So, don't free attribute points usually be hoarded first, and when the effect of high-level training decreases significantly, use the hoarded points to pick up more powerful weapons? Your mentor, oh no, didn't your deceased brother tell you

I haven't seen Black Brother for a month or two, and I hope to overcome him as soon as possible.

No, the point is not Black Brother.

In Wang Shui's memory, there was no previous post on the strategy website mentioning that attributes can exercise growth!

There are quite a few posts that have explained the impact of attribute values on combat, followed by a bunch of additional strategies.

According to the mentor's suggestion, it is best to leave attribute points until the end to meet the wearing requirements of high-level equipment!

Now, there are already three or four levels of players who upgrade the fastest, with more than ten points, which has a great impact... Moreover, these high-level players who waste points will be the main players in the strategy team in the future!

Wang Shui quickly rushed out of the door and opened the map to find the location of the tavern.

Algo! You'd better be in this town!