In the virtual world, on a small island in the Sea of Knowledge, the battle is reaching its final stage.
"The difference between swordsmanship and butchering lies in accuracy."
Professor Trozan's teachings seemed to echo in her ears. Sonia tried her best to maintain steady breathing to prevent her movements from being deformed. She held the wooden sword quietly in her hand, circulated her magic power to boiling, and stabbed out with all her strength!
The wooden sword pierced into Ash's back and pierced his chest!
"Um!"
Ash groaned, the intense pain almost made his hands loose. The virtual world did not shield the sorcerers from pain, and because it was a naked soul contact, the pain was generally 10% to 20% higher than in reality. Therefore, it was not impossible for a sorcerer to die in pain in reality due to excessive pain in the virtual world!
The wooden sword that pierced Ash's body emitted a faint purple light from the tip of the sword, and then -
"Inner wave sword!"
Following Sonia's cry, the fluctuating sword energy on the wooden sword burst out!
The green-skinned orc, whose shoulders were grabbed by Ash and whose waist was stabbed by the tip of Sonia's wooden sword, let out a hysterical roar. Its burly and strong body exploded like a punctured balloon, and its lower body was blown away directly.
However, the fierce light in its eyes became more and more fierce, and its hands tightly grasped Ash's throat, almost wringing Ash's neck like a wet towel -
Sonia decisively drew out her wooden sword and slashed forward. The orc's neck, which was almost impossible to cut just now, was now cut open like a cake. When the orc's head flew out, Ash also sat on the ground and gasped.
"Are you OK?"
"Apart from recalling my brief life in my consciousness and hearing what seemed to be the calls of my relatives, there was nothing serious."
Ash coughed twice and looked down at the part where he was pierced by Sonia. Naturally, even his windbreaker was not damaged now, and the injury healed instantly.
He knew as early as the first battle that the injuries sustained in the virtual world were all illusory, and as long as the magician did not die on the spot, he could recover almost instantly.
Of course, all miracles come at a price. Ash saw that the opacity of his palm had decreased a lot, which meant that a lot of his soul energy had been consumed.
If he were to suffer such a serious injury again, he would probably lose his first blood in the Void Realm.
He looked at the orc's head that was about to disappear, and felt a little scared.
This green-skinned orc was the strongest enemy they had ever encountered in the virtual world. If Ash had not taken the initiative to sacrifice himself as a taunt follower and Sonia had not seized the opportunity to attack, it would still be unknown who would win or lose.
Honestly speaking, in terms of combat power, this green-skinned orc is not much different from the gunslinger we encountered before. Both are low-level magicians with very shallow combat modes.
It is precisely because of this that the "Virtual Realm Exploration" judged it as an adventure object that is "worth going to", giving Ash a false impression.
Then the virtual world immediately taught Ash a lesson: Everything in the virtual world is risky, the sea of knowledge is very deep, you can't grasp it, kid.
Even among low-level magicians, the gap between them may be greater than the racial gap.
Ash and his companions could easily deal with the gunners, but they were defeated by the green-skinned orcs because the green-skinned orcs' specialized faction was the weakest faction that could restrain them the most! The green skin on their bodies was the color of trees, and it was as hard as armor!
Not to mention Ash, even Sonia could only scrape it and couldn't hurt it at all.
More importantly, the orc had rich combat experience and seemed to have learned boxing skills. Whenever Sonia wanted to use the wave sword to seriously injure it, it would either fight with Ash or rush directly to kill Sonia. In short, it made Sonia hesitant and helpless.
After a long battle, the two were exhausted, but the orcs became more and more courageous. Naturally, they felt something was wrong. After a brief discussion, they decided that Ash would take the initiative to entangle it, blocking its sight and creating an opportunity for Sonia to attack.
The tactics were successful. The orc died, Sonia's skills improved, and Ash experienced a rare revolving lantern. Everyone grew.
After the battle, it was time to retrieve the loot. The orcs left behind two wolf fang ornaments, each with a sorcerer:
"Oak Skin"
"One-winged spirit"
"Restrictions: The magician must have skin tissue that wraps around muscles."
"Basic effect: Transforms the skin into a material similar to tree bark. When on the ground, 10% of the kinetic energy impact suffered by the skin can be transferred to the ground."
"Passive effect: Skin can be transformed into bark through daily exercise."
"Note: Frost, scorching sun, deep cold, all the sufferings bestowed by nature will make you more indestructible."
Both of the spirits were "Oak Skin". Ash was a little confused: "How can it have two identical spirits?"
Sonia explained: "Because the Ku Ruo faction does not value the active effects of the magic spirit, but the passive effects of the magic spirit, and the passive effects can be stacked. Therefore, in order to train the body to the extreme as quickly as possible, Ku Ruo magicians often try to find ways to obtain multiple identical magic spirits to speed up their training."
“Do you have any needs?”
"No, oak skin is not valuable, and it doesn't suit me. Even if I want to use the bitter weak magic spirit to strengthen my physique, there are better choices. Besides, oak skin is too ugly."
The point is that it's too ugly... Ash recalled the orc's wrinkled skin that looked like a piece of paper that had been folded hundreds of times and then unfolded, and he felt a little resistant.
He didn't really care about his appearance, but it was so ugly that it affected the city's appearance.
Therefore, these two magic spirits naturally went into Ash's bag as a recharge reserve fund.
Sonia picked up a scroll that the orc had dropped, took a look at it, and threw it to Ash with disgust, muttering, "You can't possibly absorb even this magician's manual, can you?"
Ash took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked.
The scroll left behind by the orc was actually a book... How should I put it? A more elegant name would be "The Book of Beauties", a more serious name would be "Research Materials on the Customs Industry in Another World", and a more vulgar name would be "Recommended Guide for Hardcore Sex".
In front of the scroll were artistic photos of a dozen orcs. Although the aesthetics were rather rough, Ash hadn't seen any erotic pictures in two or three days, so he could still appreciate the wild beauty in them.
Things start to get interesting in the middle, with humans, elves, ogres, creatures with furry ears, scales, wings, horns, and even spiders - no wonder this orc is a weak sorcerer, who else except a weak sorcerer would be capable of conducting such a detailed and diverse investigation!
But there was one thing that Ash was not happy about, that was the orcs' aesthetic was too singular, they only pursued "big". Big was good, big was beautiful, there was not a single woman under two meters in the scroll, all were big cars that Ash could only look up to.
"If you like it, why don't you take it back and read it slowly?" Sonia folded her hands, her eyes unable to hide her contempt, "Oh, men..."
"Very quickly, I'll finish reading it soon, wait for me."
Even so, the scroll is very, very long, with at least a few hundred women registered, more than the women Ashu knows. It's really a waste of time...
When Ash turned to the end of the scroll, he saw an ordinary orc woman, but she was very special - her photo was the only one in the entire scroll that was wearing clothes.
Based on the previous information, this probably means that the weak orc warlock did not reproduce with her.
In the photo, she is holding two orc cubs, with a wooden house behind her. She is a little short and fat, but looks very kind, and even when she smiles, her ferocious fangs are exposed, she does not seem threatening at all. She is wearing a dirty apron, and at first glance, she is an orc farmer.
Because there is no text introduction, Ash can only guess: this poor orc warlock fell in love with this orc peasant woman? But why didn't they become husband and wife? Is it because the orc warlock is dying, or because he got some disease due to frequent health care
What a strange orc sorcerer...
When the scroll turned into smoke and dissipated, Ash also gained two new skills.
"Secret of Pleasure (Only effective for females over two meters tall)"
"Wild Intuition"
Ash looked at the "Secret of Pleasure (only effective for females over two meters tall)" and was a little confused.
Well, although he has no driving experience, he has passed the A1 class driver's license for large vehicles. From today on, he is a licensed cloud driver.
The second skill, "Wild Intuition", is quite useful. It is not a racial characteristic of the orcs, but a combat skill honed by orc warlocks in years of fighting. It can effectively avoid sudden attacks out of sight in close combat.
After absorbing the magician's manual, this inheritance island was about to sink again. Sonia sat at the stern and looked at him, raising her eyebrows: "You can really absorb that magician's manual... It seems that your worldview is quite broad..."
"Not really, I just have a more flexible outlook on life."
In fact, Ash also felt something was wrong. Fiora was unable to absorb the contents of either of the two sorcerer's manuals, but he absorbed every one he saw. It was obvious that the problem was not with the conservative Fiora, but with Ash, who was as open-minded as a bus.
Ash thought it was a hidden function of the game "Aurora's Sorcerer's Manual", but the game never popped up any relevant prompts, so Ash could only fool Sword Princess.
"Let's go to the next area. I hope to encounter the island where sword masters inherit their legacy... or an island where there are adventures with sword spirits... as long as it's not the island where weak and miserable masters inherit their legacy." Sonia complained lazily while leaning against the hull.
Ash nodded. It was hard not to support this suggestion. It was a very bad experience to encounter enemies whose knives would bounce off after a single hit. It would be better to just use a Mudfish Dragon to kill them instantly.
He opened the "Virtual Realm Exploration" and checked the surrounding area prompts. Suddenly, he saw an orange prompt below the right area that he had never seen before -
"Wait a moment"
Sonia waited for dozens of seconds and found that the boat showed no signs of moving. She couldn't help but wonder: "Why isn't it leaving yet?"
"You have to wait a while before you can leave."
"Why?"
"have no idea."
"How long?"
"have no idea."
"...Okay, let's wait." Sonia stretched. "Come to think of it, I also want to discuss something with you. I forgot about it just now."
"What are you discussing?"
"Regarding my daily training." Sonia folded her hands, "Can you cancel my mandatory training schedule?"
What’s wrong with paper people nowadays? They are unwilling to produce surplus value.
This is truly the laziest group of paper people I have ever seen.
I've never encountered anything like this before when playing mobile games.
Many thoughts flashed through Ash's mind, but on the surface he crossed his fingers and put on a posture of listening to the opinions of the people: "Of course no problem, I respect your wishes, Sword Princess - but I want to hear your reasons."