Chapter 155: BattleMaster


    Early the next morning, when Cheng Yang left his Meditation Hall, he found Liu Hau waiting in the pavilion.


    Youre fast, Koko. Cheng Yang greeted his friend. The night before, hed sent someone to fetch Liu Hau to transfer to his unique ss. You must have started walking before dawn.


    A little after actually. I was lucky not to run into any monsters.


    Lets go see how awesome a Battle Master is.


    The two walked over to the Warrior ss Change Statue. Then, Cheng Yang sacrificed the Battle Masters de to the statue. After a brief sh, the statues original weapon was reced by a shining steel sword.


    Once Liu Hau switched to the unique subss, Cheng Yang checked his system pane.<hr>


    <span>Liu HauPhoenix Empire OfficialJoyous River Vige Governorss: WarriorSubss: Battle MasterProfession: cksmithLevel: High-Grade Apprentice (52.1%)Age19Life Span150HP331.8MP69.1Physical Attack36.2Magic Attack6.9Physical Defense24.6Magic Defense6.9Attack Speed17.1Movement Speed32.1


    <span>Innate Abilities<ul><li>Receive 40% more stats in the Movement Speed attribute when you level up</li><li>Receive 30% more stats in the Attack Speed attribute when you level up</li><li>Movement speed is increased by 200%</li><li>Warrior Spirit: Movement Speed and Attack Speed increased by 30%</li><li>Two-Weapon Fighter: Reces the Shield equipment slot with another Sword equipment slot</li></ul>


    <span>Skills<ul><li>Meditation (High-Grade): Meditate to absorb experience fragments and level up</li><li>Extricate (High-Grade): Using a Mana imbued de deal increased damage to both your target and their equipment | Damage: 52.3 | Cost: 4 MP | Cooldown: 3 min | Durability Damage: 5% | Proficiency: 14%</li><li>Spirit Shield (Standard-Grade): Rouses your spirit and uses your Mana to reduce damage taken | Damage Absorption: 10 | Cost: MP proportional to damage taken | Duration: 3 min | Cooldown: 3.5 min | Proficiency: 32%</li><li>Disabling Strike (Low-Grade): Sprint forwards at 200% speed for twenty-five meters and stun the target when you attack | Damage: 36.2 | Cooldown: 34 sec | Stun Time: 2.5 sec | Proficiency: 34%</li><li>Wardens Wall (Low-Grade): Quadruple the size of your shield, doubling its Damage Reduction at the cost of your Movement Speed | Penalty: Movement Speed bes 0 | Penalty: Cannot use weapons | Proficiency: 0%</li></ul>


    <span>Equipment<ul><li>Bloody Long Sword (ck-Iron): This de has survived thousands of battles and as a result is permanently bloodstained | Increases Physical Attack by 2 | Durability: 29/60</li><li>Adamantium Armor (ck-Iron): High-quality armor made from solid adamantium | Increases Physical Defense by 5| Durability: 57/60</li><li>diators Helmet (Green-Bronze): Designed for use by diators, this helmet mildly affects the wearers adrenaline levels | Increases Physical Defense by 2 and Physical Attack by 1| Durability: 34/50</li><li>Sky Wizards Boots (Purple-Silver): Although these boots were originally designed by the Sky Wizard Sprad to walk on air as if it were solid ground, the millennia have degraded them | Increases Movement Speed by 3 | Durability: 67/80</li><li>Star-Spotted Gloves (ck-Iron): Gloves made from the hide of a star spotted deer, which are famed for their sturdy leather | Increases Attack Speed by 2 and Physical Defense by 1 | Durability: 34/60</li><li>Ring of Dexterity (Green-Bronze): A ssic ring often made by novice Enchanters as a right of passage | Increases Movement Speed by 1 | Durability: 45/50</li><li>Healers Ring (Green-Bronze): Distributed to war-time medics, this ring increases the wearers natural healing processes | Increases Health Regen by 2 | Durability: 46/50</li></ul><hr>


    Cheng Yang was filled with admiration when he saw Liu Haus attributes.


    After bing a Battle Master, Liu Haus Movement Speed was increased to the extreme. Even Ei wouldnt be able to catch up with him. It was so high that it began to affect not just his speed when running but also his body and even his mind. With a little training, he would be able to dodge every leaf in a windy forest.


    When you considered his absurd Attack Speed as well, he became a monster in closebat. His control of both his body and weapon pushed beyond human limits, allowing him to unerringly strike his opponent while they hit nothing but air.


    It was, without a doubt, a powerful subss. The only major downside was the rtively low damage. If he and Cheng Yang were to fight, Cheng Yang would only win thanks to his superior equipment.


    The subss also removed the Warriors w as a damage dealer by recing the shield with another weapon. The change was simr to the assassin subss but with two swords instead of dual-wielded daggers.


    Once Liu Hau adapted to the Battle Master fighting style, he would be, and remain, one of the worlds powerhouses.


    Yoko, thank you so much! Liu Hau smiled sincerely.


    Why are you acting like that? Were friends! Brothers even!


    Even so, Ill repay this favor by defending the empire youve built. Even if a dragon attacks our territory, Ill stand firm in my defense! Liu Hau dered.


    Careful what you say, Ive seen a dragon, and youd better pray it doesnte anywhere near us. cheng Yang chuckled at the thought of Liu Hau valiantly facing the dragon only to be defeated by a single sneeze. Since you can use two swords now, get yourself another when you return to Joyous River Vige. If you cant find a light enough one, wait until you can smith one yourself.


    As long as its not a heavy weapon, I can still reluctantly use a longsword. Liu Hau mused, Ill also need to find someone to give my old shield to. Ive gotten attached to it, so dont like giving it up, but theres no helping it.


    Youve only had it for ten days, and in a month, youll need to switch out your swords for better ones. Are you nning to horde every piece of equipment youve ever used?


    Its just a habit from when I yed MMOs. Liu Hau dismissed Cheng Yangs concerns.


    Before Liu Hau left, they had a chat over tea. When they were done, Cheng Yang prepared to visit Copper Tomb Vige.


    Before he could leave Phoenix Vige, he found Pang Sun blocking his path. It was only then that Cheng Yang remembered his promise to bring her with him.


    Pang Sun was worried about her boyfriend ever since he left, so when she heard Cheng Yang was in the vige, she immediately confronted him.


    After a short exnation, Cheng Yang had Ei carry her to Copper Tomb Vige with him.<hr>


    After three days, Copper Tomb Vige developed into a suitable base of operations. With Cheng Yangs there for guidance and protection, everything proceeded smoothly.


    Every night, he would return to Phoenix Vige using a Stone of Return to train using the Nirvana Feather.


    Phoenix Vige was also developing smoothly. Arge number of soldiers leveled up recently, allowing the territorys ie to exceed ten thousand Experience Fragments.


    After leveling up, they had more Experience Fragments to spend, which filtered back to the territory through taxes. The Bank also made significant taxed gains as ordinary soldiers took out loans for equipment.


    Fortunately, the taxes paid by the Bank were calcted based on its profits. If it werent, Cheng Yang might find his investment drained away.


    Thanks to his sale of the Stones of Return, his ount had a bnce of nearly two million. As a result, of the Banks profit of twenty-thousand Experience Fragments a day, Cheng Yang received almost a tenth as interest.


    Of course, the money wasnt all of Cheng Yangs assets. He had a million Experience Fragments on his person and six hundred thousand distributed among his generals and officers.


    He had no ns of retrieving those funds, which allowed his officers experience bars to fill rapidly.


    More than three hundred people leveled up in just a few days, and that number increased hourly. In addition, on the twenty-sixth day of the apocalypse, May 9th, the ss change statues underwent a qualitative change as they leveled up.


    With that, the total number of soldiers in Phoenix Vige exceeded seven thousand. If you counted the soldiers in the satellite viges, Cheng Yang had a total of thirteen thousand soldiers under his control. Although this was an order of magnitude less than those under the control of Yuan Jianzhe, each one was far more powerful thanks to the ss change statue research bonuses.