"This feeling of power… is this how strong a Heroic Spirit is supposed to be?"
Mo Shuying clenched his fist, marveling at the unfamiliar sensation.
He raised his hand, and a longbow appeared. Three arrows materialized in his other hand. He drew the bowstring and notched an arrow with practiced ease, as if he'd done it countless times before. Within a second, he fired three shots! Three black arrows flew out in quick succession!
"Puff, puff, puff!"
"Roar!"
The Manticore, which had just leaped out onto the road, was sniped. Three arrows protruded from its body as it roared in fury. It looked up at Mo Shuying on the tall building, and black flames ignited around its four feet as it roared! Then!
"Roar!"
The three-meter-tall Manticore actually leaped up and started running straight up the wall! The nearly vertical wall of the tall building was like flat ground to it! It ascended at incredible speed.
Mo Shuying didn't flinch at the sight. Instead, he took a step and leaped off the building. As he descended, he continuously fired his bow! The black arrows instantly reached their target, cloaked by the night!
"Clang, clang, clang!"
But most of the arrows were blocked by the Manticore's tail. Just as the man and the beast were about to clash, the longbow in Mo Shuying's hand vanished! In its place were two black and white daggers!
"Clang!"
Mo Shuying held the two daggers in an X-shape, blocking the Manticore's tail attack. He used the force of the tail to flip himself outward.
"Roar!"
The Manticore shattered the wall with a stomp and lunged forward! Its gaping maw could easily bite Mo Shuying in half! But Mo Shuying flicked his wrists! The two daggers plunged into the Manticore's mouth first! Immediately after, Mo Shuying raised one hand!
"Buzz!"
A petal-shaped light shield appeared, blocking the Manticore's charge. Mo Shuying continued to drift backward, landing on a slightly shorter high-rise building.
"Buzz~"
The longbow reappeared, along with a spiral longsword.
The sword quickly shrunk after he grasped it. Mo Shuying drew his bow and aimed at the Manticore, which had fallen because it had nowhere to brace itself.
"Pseudo-Spiral Arrow!"
"Boom!"
It was hard to imagine that this sword was fired like a cannonball!
Trailing fire, the spiral sword struck the Manticore squarely in the chest! It didn't stop there, instantly piercing through it! A hole more than half a meter wide was opened in the Manticore's chest.
"Roar!"
"Boom!"
The Manticore crashed heavily to the ground, its aura significantly weakened. Clearly, it was badly wounded.
Mo Shuying peered down and continued to draw his bow.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!"
Arrows, condensed entirely from Mana, were fired as if they cost nothing, until Mo Shuying heard a prompt in his ear.
Ding~ Congratulations on defeating an Intermediate Monster, Manticore. You have gained 1500 experience points. Experience meets upgrade requirements. Level Up.
Ding~ Host has reached the required level. Second Template acquired. Second Template activated.
A flash of light passed over Mo Shuying's body. His expended stamina and Mana were instantly fully restored and even increased.
Mo Shuying showed a hint of confusion at the second prompt and spoke.
"What does this 'Second Template' mean?"
Ding~ The Second Template is the Host's Sub-Template. One Class Card can be placed in it to gain the power of that class. When using the power of the Sub-Card, the power of the Main Card will not stop or be weakened, and skills are universal.
"This!"
Mo Shuying really wanted to loudly praise the System. It truly was the System! Just minutes ago, he was fretting that using Install would make his original attributes disappear and his skills cease. Who knew that after leveling up, the problem would be solved?
He carefully felt his body. Indeed, there had been a slight rejection from the second card in his body previously, but now that feeling was completely gone. The two cards in his body had merged with him.
Of course, Mo Shuying could also feel that if he wanted to switch to the Sub-Card, he could take it out at any time.
"With this… I feel like I'm even further from the path of an Assassin."
Mo Shuying sighed. After experiencing the combat power of other Heroic Spirits, he truly looked down on Assassins a bit.
But Mo Shuying also understood that the Assassin template's attributes and skills had unlimited growth potential. Given enough time, his future would definitely be an invincible path… as long as he lived long enough.
"Let's see what dropped."
Putting away the Class Card, Mo Shuying leaped down.
The giant Manticore was dissipating, its light particles shattering and swirling. This scene was somewhat beautiful.
Soon, the Manticore vanished, leaving a pitch-black stone and a dagger lying there. If it weren't for the stone looking so out of place against the surrounding ground, no one would notice it even if it were thrown into a pile of coal.
Mo Shuying picked it up, and a piece of information appeared.
[Enhancement Stone]
After use, randomly enhances any inherent skill level by +1. The higher the skill level, the lower the chance of selection.
The moment he received this information, Mo Shuying already had the stone firmly in hand, without hesitation.
"Use!"
*Whoosh~*
In an instant, the black stone turned into sand in Mo Shuying's hand, and one of his skills leveled up.
"What a shame."
Mo Shuying stared intently at his stats panel. It was a pity that neither Gathering Storm nor Indestructible Object had improved.
Finally, Intentional Blast Punch flickered, changing from C+ to C++.
This change made Mo Shuying understand something: the so-called "level +1" during enhancement didn't mean a direct jump to the next rank, but rather an increase by one '+'. In that case, it's still acceptable.
After the enhancement, Intentional Blast Punch significantly increased in power and range. Its Haoyi value cap increased by half, meaning both its power and shield value also increased.
It was still acceptable.
"Alright, let's check out this dagger."
Mo Shuying picked up the black dagger.
Scorpion Sting C+
A dagger coated in potent poison. Even an elephant would succumb to the poison within five seconds of blood contact. Remember: Do not casually lick it.
"..."
Who would ever lick a poisoned dagger for no reason?
Mo Shuying carefully held the dagger. There was no antidote for this thing. If he accidentally injured himself, wouldn't he be dead in minutes? And it would be suicide; who could he complain to?
The item itself was good. If it were that Assassin girl who specialized in poison, she would surely love it. But he just tossed it into his storage space; he probably wouldn't need it.
Just then, the distant clock tower, miraculously still standing, chimed for midnight. Mo Shuying knew it was time for his daily sign-in.
"Sign in."
Ding! Host successfully signed in. Received Life Potion x3.
Life Potion: Instantly restores 1000 HP, and restores an additional 3000 HP over the next 10 seconds.
Mo Shuying's usual sign-ins weren't always skills; in fact, most of them were similar potions.
Life Potions, Mana Potions, Corrosion Potions, Iron Potions, Witchcraft Potions, Rage Potions—he'd accumulated a dozen or so scattered bottles, but he didn't know when he'd ever use them.
After signing in, the customary event was, naturally, the monster attack. Mo Shuying had already figured out the pattern: regardless of other times, the first monster attack of the day always appeared within 10 minutes after midnight.
Sure enough, a pillar of light expanded in the distance, and numerous unfamiliar presences appeared.
"Though their aura isn't strong, there are so many of them…"
As Mo Shuying lamented the sheer number of monsters, he took out the Caster Class Card and placed it on his chest.
When it came to area-of-effect abilities, who could compare to Caster?
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