Chapter 344 - 344 224 Checkpoint

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344: Chapter 224: Checkpoint 344: Chapter 224: Checkpoint After a crucial node was shattered, many seemingly irrational details suddenly made sense. If breathing techniques are “self-cursing” for transforming the body, what about changes to the spirit? “Meditation, and Awakeners…” As far as Lu Ping’an knows, Awakeners are best at “meditation,” which is even their sole core ability, leading to the notion that low-level Awakeners have no combat effectiveness. Many spiritually-biased professions also have “breathing techniques” and “meditation techniques,” and some breathing techniques can even accelerate meditation. Although this can’t be taken as evidence, it does imply that… “…It seems that the incompatibility between Runners and Awakeners can also be understood.” One is inclined to transform the body, while the other is to transform the spirit (soul). If their powers have the same origin and are different specific applications of the same “great power,” it’s only natural that they can’t coexist. At this moment, Lu Ping’an couldn’t underestimate “Runner” any more. Perhaps it’s far more complicated than it appears to be at present. “Action” itself is a form of expression. Looking from a higher dimension, the dances of “ants” and “bees” are also a kind of language. Maybe “running” – the movement itself – is also a way of evolution. Using the “Quick Flash Breathing Method” taught by the Chasers, the direction of evolution and self-transformation naturally leans towards the “Chasers.” This transformation is long-term and stable, which should also be a safe result after some adjustments. Many professions are trying to evolve and climb up to a higher position closer to the source, albeit with different mountains to scale. Comparing the merits of different professions is meaningless. What truly matters is the heights climbed by individuals in different fields. “…This doesn’t seem to be something I can use directly.” What the Chasers provided isn’t an actual breathing technique as it vastly exceeds the scope of the “Silver Interesting Facts Reward.” Instead, it is a piece of information, a “Morse code” concerning the life mentality of the species. The text itself is meaningless, but the objects indicated by the text (code) have meaning. However, you need to know what it is before you can truly use it. Simply put, you need to understand what an “elephant” is before you can construct sentences with it and describe a real scene. The deity’s power allows you to re-examine their “life form” from the perspective of the creature, as if opening an alternate door. In the end, what you gain from it and whether you unwittingly go down the wrong path has nothing to do with the giver. He, or it, merely sensed Lu Ping’an’s desire for ‘life’ and bestowed this information, the “gift” theoretically best suited for him. “Don’t think about it. Your current level is not enough to handle this. Learn a few more breathing techniques first, clarify the ‘rules,’ then strip down your own demand concept and form your own breathing technique.” Big cat prefers a more conservative approach and suggests that Lu Ping’an should slow down. However, Big cat’s advice comes just in time. She hadn’t revealed this information earlier because such “knowledge” is not only unhelpful but mostly harmful to newcomers. Newcomers should earnestly follow the path of old stagers, gradually strengthen themselves with established breathing techniques, and after reaching a certain height, slowly consider whether they need to take their own path. But Lu Ping’an holds a different opinion, “…The problem is, on the system panel, the ‘Unnamed Breathing Skill Tips’ section is already at 31/100. As long as I continue having nightmares, reaching 100% is just a matter of time.” Big cat on the other end is instantly speechless. Obviously, Life Bank is too powerful. The system actively organizes the information into usable abilities. If it really reaches 100% one day, will it be usable? “I still adhere to a cautious view…you need more accumulation. It’s best to acquire another mastery breathing technique in your profession.” Lu Ping’an nods, as such level of caution is necessary. Before having enough knowledge and skill reserves, blindly trying to find “a path only for oneself” is highly likely to create a bunch of laughable messes. “Mm… From now on, I’ll maintain the breathing technique state during normal days.” Lu Ping’an’s breathing technique level is not low since he has shared so many professional abilities, including various characteristics. Feather Walking and other abilities require level 7 breathing techniques, and he has even developed a combat technique like “Dual Rage” that brings bullet-time… Although his recent melee chances have decreased significantly due to changes in combat style, he has used this special ability with significant side effects much less frequently. Even in the low-level period, the benefits brought by breathing techniques are extremely considerable. However, he didn’t spend much time on training in his daily life. Because of the low efficiency of improving Abnormal Ability, he hadn’t even received a system prompt for “Basic Attributes Upgrade.” Skills can be divided, but daily accumulation and improvement can only be done by oneself. Lu Ping’an’s use of breathing techniques was severely insufficient, and now he planned to correct it. “2-tier or below, do not exceed four hours a day. If you haven’t reached Silver, do not go over six hours.” At this time, Big Cat splashed a basin of cold water on him, advising him not to overtrain. “…But actually, you don’t need to be too anxious. It takes months to grow even a single hair, and once you really start training, you’ll realize that it’s extremely hard to keep up even for just one or two hours a day, let alone all the time. It’s like running. Is running for one minute and running for ten minutes the same concept? Breathing methods don’t have a speed control method; try running for three hours straight or a whole day without slowing down.” In the end, breathing techniques are still “inhaling pollution.” When reaching the limit, the human body will naturally resist… Lu Ping’an didn’t actually lose much. His progress was already quite fast. Big Cat even hoped that he could slow down a bit and accumulate more practice. But some things just couldn’t be slowed down. Today was Wednesday, and it was time for another martial arts class. At this time, Lu Ping’an needed to sort out his battle-profession situation and report his gains from the past few days to the teacher. If possible, it would be best to ask about the breathing techniques as well. So, the first thing to do was to sort out the situation of his professional skills. His axe techniques had reached lv9, and it was unlikely to break through in a short period. However, the branches had been determined a long time ago. [Slaughter Axe (War Scythe) lv4 branch, Heavy Grip: Skillful in the inertial control of super-power weapons, applied to chopping, slashing, and sprinting directions.] After careful consideration, Lu Ping’an chose the “super-power weapons” preference for himself. This was in line with his personal preference for “big guys.” [Slaughter Soldier lv7, My Way (immature): Various weapons like knives, spears, axes, and sickles can be used as long as they are effective. Any long weapon can be transformed into a core weapon of the battle-ax fighting technique.] It had to be said that this was probably the weakest but most suitable style for Lu Ping’an. When he made this choice, all professional skills of long weapons such as Slaughter Battle Axe, Slaughter Long Knife, etc., were integrated, leaving only one skill for all long weapons. However, unlike the All Weapon Specialization, this was a swinging skill based on the use of Battle Axes, which just added standard fighting techniques such as spear charges, sickle spins, and so on to the mixture. “You can try to take on the profession of Weapons Master.” This was Big Cat’s suggestion, for a very straightforward reason. “There are two directions for a Weapons Master, pure specialization and everything applicable. The latter involves a process of organizing your various weapon specializations and integrating them into mixed specializations. By the way, those who can use anything as a sword, like pointing at a utility pole as if it was a sword, also have the professional ability of Weapons Master.” If possible, Lu Ping’an didn’t want to follow the My Way path, but it seemed that he had already embarked on a strange path. Even if he wanted to find a suitable inheritance sect to follow, he couldn’t find a suitable one. [Clan Law Characteristics: Unawakened.] Since the style itself was not mature, the supernatural characteristics were naturally not awakened. His high lv9 professional skills couldn’t receive the full benefits, and in actual combat, they only had the effect of lv6… In the words of his fellow seniors, there was confusion in his blade. He vaguely knew that his martial arts would not reach the maturity level of “establishing a sect,” so there would be no next step. Lu Ping’an was not in a rush since his path in battle-professions had just begun, but now was the time to take the next step. “It’s time to take on a first-tier battle profession.” Lofty ambitions require results as a foundation. Without a professional level, the instructor wouldn’t grant you carte blanche. Previously, Lu Ping’an wanted to take it slow, but now that the issue of breathing techniques had arisen, he was eager to ask the teacher about it and didn’t want to wait any longer. Moreover, these days of “scrapping experience” had allowed him to accumulate enough knowledge on the Heavy Armor Warrior’s Career Abilities. Now, all that was left was to light up (awaken) the Abilities to complete his job transition.

Chapter 344 - 344 224 Checkpoint

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