157: Chapter 157: Regular Battle Skill 157: Chapter 157: Regular Battle Skill Zhao Guang recalled the five common Battle Skills he had learned before: Cleaving, Acceleration, Stabbing, Blocking, and Heavy Strike.
These are all very ordinary Battle Skills that anyone with Combat Energy can use.
But ordinary does not mean weak; on the contrary, these are the foundation of Battle Skills.
Combined with some basic combat techniques, they can unleash very powerful forces.
According to Yars, even he still uses these common Battle Skills.
He has simply trained them to become instinctive, so he does not need to think about them, and his usual attacks incorporate these techniques.
With Yars’s strength, these techniques, although not significantly boosting his own power,
could still enhance his destructive force and reduce some of his expenditure.
For a warrior, any slight savings in energy is crucial because on the battlefield, it might be just that little less energy spent that could save one’s life.
“Let’s start with Cleaving.” Zhao Guang took out his short knife and then channeled his Combat Energy.
Because it was his first time using it, and he was not proficient, Zhao Guang closed his eyes, followed the technique of the Battle Skill, and channeled the Combat Energy inside his body.
He ignored the part about creating a Lifebound Battle Skill and only operated the regular component.
Combat Energy burst forth from his chest, flowed to his hands through some special channels.
In an instant, Zhao Guang felt his hands begin to heat up, as if bursting with greater strength.
Zhao Guang let out a light shout, and his arm followed the movement technique as he slashed downwards from above.
A faint white light emitted from the blade, as if even the air was split by this slash.
Zhao Guang moved his arm around; it was somewhat numb, confirming his physical condition was still lacking.
“Proficiency in Battle Skills is not enough; activation takes too long, and the arm receives impact and is not adapted; more training is needed,” he thought.
Battle Skills, unlike magic, require extensive training to fully adapt to.
At this time, Zhao Guang felt the advantage of his Light Attribute Fighting Spirit.
Because the arm that had felt numb just moments ago had already recovered, which meant he could train more times a day than others could.
With such Combat Energy, his physical condition would rapidly improve.
He dared not compare himself with those who train themselves rigorously, but he would likely catch up to the physical condition of regular warriors of the same level soon.
“However, this knife seems a bit inappropriate,” Zhao Guang commented somewhat speechlessly as he looked at his weapon.
In his hand was only a short knife, but the common Weapons used by warriors in this world were Knight Swords or other large sword-type Weapons.
It seemed that apart from the small knives used in daily life, he had not seen other warriors wield a knife as a weapon.
Hence, the various fighting techniques in this world were primarily based on long swords.
At least, those are what he had seen; there might be others, but he wasn’t aware of them.
“It seems I’ll have to get a long sword later on,” he said to himself, remembering that Zhang Wu had many types of long sword Weapons, which he could simply buy.
After recovering, Zhao Guang started to release the next Battle Skill, Acceleration, this time channeling Combat Energy to his legs.
With the Combat Energy activated, Zhao Guang suddenly felt his legs become more agile.
With a single step, he shot forward, his speed so fast that even he nearly couldn’t react in time.
“At the very least, I’ve got to be about half faster; too bad I can’t test it precisely,” he lamented.
Zhao Guang, having stopped, felt his legs were somewhat numb, so he waited for them to recover.
While recovering, Zhao Guang reflected on the third Battle Skill, the thrust.
This Battle Skill was a combination of Acceleration and attack, fueled by Combat Energy in the limbs.
But unlike Acceleration, the thrust could only move forward in a straight line.
Because it was more brutish, the speed was faster.
Zhao Guang posed, using a stone in front of him as a target, and calculated quickly in his mind.
“Hope I don’t crash into it,” Zhao Guang swallowed, yet he wasn’t too worried.
If he really crashed, he would just quickly release Solid Wall Armor for defense.
The next moment, as the Combat Energy started working, Zhao Guang’s speed exploded instantly, and the surroundings seemed to turn into thin lines.
This feeling, you only get it while riding in a car, and he didn’t know what his speed had reached.
With both arms exerting force simultaneously, two strengths combined, and with a “crack,” Zhao Guang’s dagger was completely thrust into the stone.
The next moment, Zhao Guang’s body turned pitch-black, and with a “bang,” he hit the stone.
The stone cracked, and it felt like the impact from his body exceeded the effect of using a Weapon.
“Didn’t control it well, next time for sure,” Zhao Guang touched his head, feeling no pain at all, he had to admit his defense was really strong.
Chucking to himself, Zhao Guang started to research the next two Battle Skills, block and heavy hit.
These two Battle Skills differed from the previous ones in that they required some combat skills to be paired with for use.
Block was the only low-level Battle Skill that allowed defending with a Weapon or could utilize a shield.
It could greatly improve one’s stability and enhance the defense effect.
However, it had to be able to block the opponent’s Weapon; if it failed to block, then that block was as good as a fool standing rigid.
Then there was the heavy hit, similar to a cleave, but the power wasn’t simply downward.
Instead, after being released, it directly increased the strength of the arms and the destructive power of the Combat Energy.
No matter the direction of the attack or the technique used, it could exert a more formidable force.
But likewise, if you couldn’t reach that level, it was wasted.
Thus, these two moves definitely required some skill to use.
But then Zhao Guang suddenly realized, he was very deficient in technical skills.
The martial arts he’d learned on Earth, merged with this world’s combat techniques, could produce better results.
However, the Weapon skills he had learned couldn’t be matched with the Battle Skills.
Forcing them together only made them feel mismatched and ineffective.
“Looks like I really need to learn some of this world’s Weapon combat skills from Yars and the others,” Zhao Guang thought of those seemingly simple movements and felt speechless.
Practicing such things, it seemed a bit foolish.
But it had to be said, indeed they were killing skills for the battlefield, without any unnecessary flair.
After practicing for a while, and then practicing his Combat Energy and Magic again, Zhao Guang didn’t plan to stay there longer.
As for learning, there was no rush; he’d get to it later.
After all, appearing too eager could easily raise some people’s suspicions.
From what Ocoro had told him, Zhao Guang knew many people didn’t look at him favorably, and it seemed conspiracy theories perpetually loomed over him.