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After thinking about it, Li You still shook his head.

The power of the abyss is elusive and extremely dangerous. Even if Yuzu really has the potential to devour the power of the abyss, Li You doesn't want him to touch it.

Compared to those, it's better to light a campfire first.

...

Inner City of Lothric.

Going up the stairs from the chapel, the first is a memorial hall for knights. The ground here is full of stone statues carved into the shape of knights.

A Lothric knight is at the end of the hall, with his back to the entrance, half kneeling on the ground, seemingly praying. And a zombie priest in a black robe is walking back and forth in the hall.

Then.

"Bang--!!"

The roar of gunfire broke the solemnity and tranquility here. After accumulating energy, the hand cannon X shot directly smashed the head of the zombie priest!

The Lothric knight who was kneeling and praying suddenly became alert and stood up and looked back. At this time, it can be seen that the visor of his helmet is lifted, and on the dry face of the zombie, a pair of scarlet pupils are flashing.

Those red pupils are exactly the same as the eyes of the human pus.

The red-eyed Lothric Knight strode over and swung his sword to cut Li You!

"Dang--!!"

Li You raised his sword to block it, and then V flashed from behind him and stabbed the Lothric Knight in the face with his eyes!

"Ga--!"

The knight roared like a devil and wanted to fight back, but Li You kicked him again, kicking him back repeatedly, and then raised his hand and shot again, also smashing his head!

"Puff--"

The dirty liquid flowed out, and the Lothric Knight fell down.

"It seems that zombies can bleed too."

This is actually natural. Li You put away the gun and picked up the light ball dropped by the Lothric Knight.

Then, his eyes lit up.

[Obtained a large wedge-shaped stone fragment × 1. 】

【Obtained 1 ember. 】

"Very good!"

It has been mentioned before that the dancer in the Cold Valley is the boss after the three fire kings in the attack order, and the inner city of Lothric is definitely a late-stage map.

The biggest advantage of him defeating the dancer in advance and entering the inner city of Lothric is that he can eat as much strengthening materials as he wants here.

If you follow the game process and take the two routes of the inner city and the demon king's courtyard, you can basically directly increase your weapon to +9.

However, Li You will not be overwhelmed by this excitement. He will continue to move forward along the way, go up the stairs, and after solving the other two pairs of knights and priests, he will come to the rest room with a campfire.

Li You lit the campfire, sent Yuzu and the others back to the companion space, and then borrowed the dark ring to teleport back to the fire sacrifice site.

In addition to her own twisted soul, the dancer naturally dropped a large number of ownerless souls. After being quantified by the system, there are as many as 60,000.

In other words, even if Li You is now passing the dark ring around for fun, he can pass it dozens of times, and there is no need to worry at all.

After returning to the Fire Sacrifice, Li You first found the old maid sitting in the passage of the sacrificial field and bought several conventional weapons from her.

Short sword, dagger, short scimitar, long halberd, leather shield.

Then he returned to the companion space and found the thief Greyret and bought some other weapons in his inventory from him.

Gun, hybrid sword, hammer spear.

Greyret had originally told Li You to take whatever he liked, but Li You finally paid him the soul he deserved.

In the world of souls, souls are extremely important. They are necessary to maintain humanity and a way to increase strength. Unowned souls are also universal currency. Even for the living who are not undead, souls have their value.

So Li You would not take things from Greyret for nothing. Trading is the most appropriate way.

Yuzu and the others were also very curious about why Li You bought so many ordinary weapons, but Li You just smiled and said you wait and see.

Then he teleported back to the Fire Altar again, and found his target outside the Fire Altar, next to a tombstone on the cliff.

"Hey! Hawkwood!"

Hawkwood was squatting in front of the tombstone and was distracted. He was frightened by his roar and almost threw the small shield at hand down the cliff.

"What are you doing!?"

He was a little annoyed, "Didn't I tell you not to bother me?"

Li You smiled happily: "Don't, I have something serious to find you."

"...Huh?" Hawkwood paused, and still asked, "What serious thing?"

Li You said: "I want you to teach me how to use weapons and combat skills, that is, the exclusive skills of these weapons."

Hawkwood: "..."

"No, I won't teach you, go away, don't bother me."

He waved his hand in annoyance, and was about to let Li You go away.

But Li You was naturally prepared. Seeing that Hawkwood ignored him, Li You directly took out a stone from his backpack.

It was a gray irregular stone, only the size of a palm, and looked inconspicuous. The only special thing was that there was a faint image of an ancient dragon engraved on its surface.

Before Li You could speak, Hawkwood suddenly turned around and looked at the stone in his hand.

"You... where did you get this thing from!?"

Hawkwood was very surprised.

Li You smiled slightly: "I found the body of a knight sitting in a strange posture deep in a courtyard in Lothric City. On him, I found this stone... What are you doing () ()!?"

He suddenly dodged and let Hawkwood, who was rushing towards him, fall face down on the ground.

But he immediately got up, not caring about the dirt on his face, looked at the stone in Li You's hand, and said: "Let me see... Let me see it!"

Li You also shook his head helplessly, but still showed the stone to Hawkwood carefully.

Brother Huixin rubbed and observed it for a long time, almost rubbing the stone against his face repeatedly, and then reluctantly returned the stone to Li You.

"It turns out to be true... The ancient dragon road, the power of the ancient dragon, can really be mastered by people..."

He muttered to himself for a while, then suddenly looked up, this time looking at Li You: "Where is that courtyard, the body of that knight!?"

Li You smiled: "Teach me weapons and fighting skills, and I will tell you."

Hawkwood finally calmed down after hearing this. He looked at Li You and said, "You are not Ashes, nor are you an undead, but you are going to find the king... Is your goal also the Ancient Dragon Road?"

"Do you know that the road to the Ancient Dragon is long and steep, and only one person can pass through?"

Li You was a little surprised: "You told me all these things directly?"

So honest?

For Hawkwood, this should be his secret, right?

But Hawkwood shook his head: "You have found the Dragon Body Stone and obtained the ceremony to embark on the Ancient Dragon Road, so there is no point in me hiding it."

"So we might as well be frank. If you also want the power of the Ancient Dragon, then we can't coexist peacefully, and we will inevitably fight for that only power in the end.

"If so, I shouldn't agree to your request."

Li You looked at him and was surprised by his unexpected sincerity.

In this case, Li You decided not to play tricks with him and said directly: "The power of the Ancient Dragon, if I say I am not interested at all, it must be a lie. But you also know that once you embark on the path of the ancient dragon and transform into an ancient dragon, you can't get rid of it unless you die. "

Li You spread his hands: "You can see that I am not an immortal. Transforming into an ancient dragon is a road of no return for me, so I will not choose this power like you."

He was really telling the truth. Using the dragon body stone to transform into a dragon-man form can only increase the power to a limited extent, but the side effects are greater, and it cannot be eliminated until death. For Li You, it is indeed a useless item.

Hawkwood looked at him and agreed: "Indeed, I don't see the obsession of pursuing the path of the ancient dragon in your eyes... So that's it."

He stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and said: "Then I will teach you how to use weapons and combat skills, and you tell me the location of the courtyard. As for this dragon body stone... You can keep it. What I desire is never this kind of superficial dragon power."

Li You raised an eyebrow: "Oh? ”

It seems that Brother Huixin has a clear goal. What he wants is the Glorious Dragon Head Stone and Dragon Body Stone, which are upgraded versions of the ordinary Dragon Body Stone.

The Dragon Head Stone can transform the head into a dragon shape, while the Dragon Body Stone can transform the whole body. As for the Glorious Dragon Body Stone, it is a step further than the ordinary version.

After transforming into a dragon man, if you use the Dragon Head Stone and Dragon Body Stone again, you can awaken the power of the ancient dragon. Ordinary dragon stones only allow people to breathe fire and roar, while the Glorious Dragon Stone contains the real power of the ancient dragon and can summon the phantom of the ancient dragon.

But no matter what, Li You is not very interested in the Dragon Body Stone. He is only very interested in letting Yuzu eat the ancient dragon.

But according to the setting of the soul world, the birth The ancient dragons of the dense fog era before the fire era are not living beings. They have stone dragon scales and are almost immortal.

For this kind of existence that is closer to inorganic matter, I don’t know if you can eat it... Don’t break your teeth.

But on the other hand, the dragons that Soul Three can see are either fake flying dragons, such as the two of Lothric, or descendants of ancient dragons, not pure-blooded ancient dragons.

They are all living beings that are impregnated with souls. Maybe you can digest them?

... Let’s wait and see this question later.

In short, since Hawkwood agreed, Li You didn’t delay and said immediately: "Let’s go! I’ll take you to my camp!"

Li You opened his hand, selected the system function, and started the countdown transmission. Ten seconds later, a flash of light flashed around him, and he and Hawkwood disappeared from the spot.

...

Companion space.

"Look, the so-called anti-bounce is like this, aim at the attack, and then... ha! "

Hawkwood held the shield in his left hand and swung it vigorously, and the leather shield in his hand left a faint trail in the air.

Li You and others: "..."

Hawkwood took out the long sword again, held it with both hands, and raised it to the height of his shoulder sideways.

"Then the long sword should be used like this... uplift! Or thrust! Ha!"

Li You and others: "..."

"Then the dagger, this thing..."    "Wait, sorry to interrupt."

Li You finally couldn't help it and said: "Dear Mr. Hawkwood, I need you to teach me the special fighting skills of weapons, but not to let you demonstrate the movements... Who can't pose?"

"What I need is for you to tell me how to be lucky... or some other skills, do you understand what I mean? "

It's not that Li You is proud. With his current physical fitness, if he wants to restore the postures of the weapon skills in the Soul series, most of them are easy.

But what's the use of just being consistent in posture? Just like Ashina swordsmanship, if you don't infuse energy, just swinging the sword is two completely different things, even if the movements are consistent.

V and Edge, who were listening, also nodded in agreement. They didn't come here to listen to this kind of thing.

But Hawkwood was also confused: "Huh?"

"Can't you use combat skills and other things just by following the instructions?"

Li You: "Huh?"

The two people stared at each other, stunned for a moment.

But Li You reacted immediately and had a guess in his mind, so he said: "...Let's do this, Hawkwood, we all use the same weapons to fight, and you let me feel the effect of the combat skills."

Hawkwood thought for a while and didn't refuse: "Okay."

It seems that he also knows that he is not a good teacher.

Li You picked up the dagger and leather shield, and Hawkwood also picked up the dagger, and the shield was his own broken wooden shield wrapped with cloth strips.

"Come on, let me show you how to bounce back!"

Li You was naturally not polite to him. He took a step forward and swung his dagger down quickly!

But Hawkwood waited intently, and at the moment when Li You's dagger was about to fall, he suddenly hit the wooden shield with a wave of his hand!

"state--"

With a dull echo, Li You's dagger was pushed away by Hawkwood!

The moment the sword and shield met, both of them couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Li You felt that a force similar to vigor was attached to Hawkwood's shield, and he pushed his dagger away hard when he waved the shield.

The impact was much greater than he imagined. His dagger almost came off, and his posture was also disrupted, leaving the door wide open.

Hawkwood was surprised that Li You's sword was purely physical power, but it was also extremely heavy. Even if he used his shield to deflect it, it still made his arm numb.

"you…"

"This is..."

They both looked at each other and had a tacit understanding. Li You stepped forward again and stabbed out with the dagger!

But this time, Li You's dagger was wrapped with energy.

He had discovered something.

Facing Li You's thrust, Hawkwood raised his shield and flicked it again. However, this time when his shield hit the tip of the sword, he failed to push it away. Instead, it was knocked away, taking his entire arm with it. They were all shocked and numb.

Li You's dagger passed through his shield and finally stopped in front of Hawkwood's neck.

Hawkwood froze, his face full of surprise: "You..."

But Li You immediately took back his sword and said, "I seem to understand."

"Come again, let me defend you this time."

Brother Fengxin was not polite, he immediately took up his stance and swung his sword down!

Li You saw the right moment and waved the leather shield!

"state--"

Not entirely successful, he pushed away Hawkwood's dagger, but he was also shocked to the point of numbness in his arm and pain in his mouth.

Brother Cangxin's power is not great, Li You can feel it, but his attacks also instinctively contain some "qi" power, which gives them a sense of oppression.

Li You's eyes lit up: "Come again! I will use combat skills after I understand this!"

"Shua——"

Brother Fengxin’s dagger fell!

"state--!"

…

After a while.

Hawkwood threw down his dagger and sat in a corner of the camp, drinking from the bottle of element with a weak look on his face and waving his hands repeatedly.

"...I won't come, I won't come. Damn it, why are you so energetic!"

He originally thought that even if Li You was a living person, no matter how good he could fight, his endurance would definitely not be as good as that of an immortal.

As a result, Li You had been sparring with him for a long time, and the bottle of Hawkwood's element was almost at its bottom, but Li You was still alive and well, without a trace of fatigue.

Hawkwood felt that his body was being hollowed out, and he quickly made an excuse and hid aside to rest, leaving Li You to practice his combat skills.

In fact, he really had nothing to teach him. Li You had already figured out how "combat skills" worked during sparring with him.

The power Hawkwood used to deflect his attack was something he had also felt in Guda, the same force that gave Guda his "resilience".

In Hawkwood's case, this kind of power emerges when he launches combat skills.

This kind of force seems more primitive than Jin Qi, but its effect is similar, so it can actually be regarded as a simplified version of Jin Qi.

Moreover, Li You also discovered that when Hawkwood exerted his energy, it was indeed more natural movements, rather than deliberate movements on his part.

In this way, it's not that Brother Cangxin doesn't teach him combat skills, but that for warriors in this world, the energy contained in attacks may be closer to an instinctive reaction.

It is indeed a world in the same series as Sekiro, even the form of power is similar.

If you want to compare, it is Sekiro World. The research on energy is more in-depth and the threshold is higher. Only a few strong people can master it.

In the world of souls, it seems that most people are born with the ability to use this power, which makes the lower limit of the world of souls much higher than that of Sekiro.

As for the upper limit, there is no need to say more. After all, the world of souls does not only have Qi, a widely circulated power system.

But not to mention that, in terms of combat skills, the "qi" of the Ashes is still more primitive than the strength, so after Li You understands the luck of various combat skills, he can easily reproduce it through strength. When it comes out, the effect is even better.

He only needed to let Hawkwood use a combat skill once with a different weapon, and then try it twice himself, and he would quickly learn that move.

Don’t think that his intelligence of over 20 points is just for good looks!

And from Brother Cangxin's performance, Li You also understood one thing.

In this world, various weapons and equipment have different applicability due to their different designs and crafting techniques. For example, some shields are suitable for deflection, while others may be suitable for shooting people, and the same is true for weapons.

"Weapon combat skills" itself is just a gameplay setting. Each weapon corresponds to the most suitable usage skills for it, and those special weapons contain different abilities.

So in theory, if a person has enough skills, he can also use different combat skills with the same weapon.

This is consistent with Li You's previous conjecture.

As the protagonist of the game, one of the special features of Ashes may be that no matter what weapon he gets, he can immediately find the most suitable way to use it.

After all, when Li You asked before, Hawkwood also said: "I was trained in France...somewhere in the past, and then I mastered several different combat skills. Most people don't have this ability."

"Some stupid people may not even be able to master a single combat skill."

Although Li You himself was not affected by his map cannon, he couldn't help but complain for a friend: "Who are you calling stupid?"

--In short, after practicing with Hawkwood, Li You has figured out the essence of basic combat skills, and he doesn't need Brother Huixin's help for the time being.

Because Li You has figured out all the combat skills he knows.

But this also means that if there are new weapons in the future, Li You will have to figure it out by himself.

Although he is not like the protagonist Huijin, who can use any weapon he gets, making those sword masters and experts blush, but his understanding of the game Soul III is deep in his DNA. He knows clearly what combat skills a weapon is suitable for, and he just needs to keep trying.

So far, Li You's exploration of combat skills has also yielded results. So he did not delay and took Hawkwood out of the companion space very quickly and returned to the outside of the Firelink Sacrifice Site.

"You've done it? That's good... What about what you promised me? Take me to that courtyard?"

Li You smiled slightly: "Of course I won't break my promise, but I have another place to go."

"How about this, you wait for me in the chapel leading to the inner city of Lothric, I'll be there soon."

"The inner city of Lothric?" Brother Huixin was stunned for a moment, "You... found the way to the inner city?"

Li You nodded: "So I have to go there first. When I come back, I'll take you to that courtyard."

After hearing this, Hawkwood looked at Li You with surprise, and then said: "It turned out to be in the inner city of Lothric... No wonder I couldn't find it, this really makes your words more credible."

Li You raised an eyebrow: "Why, are you still worried that I'm lying to you?"

Hawkwood said: "I was not sure at first, but now it seems that you should be telling the truth."

"Okay, in that case, I'll go over there and wait for you first, don't let me wait too long."

Brother Huixin said no more, turned around and walked into the Fire Transmission Shrine.

Li You looked at his back with a smile on his face.

Yes, it would be faster to take Brother Huixin to the Ash Cemetery, but why waste a tool man who will not die?

The Courtyard of the Demon King is also a very disgusting map. It is just right to have an undead man as a cannon... teammate.

"Okay, then I should also go to the inner city of Lothric to take a look and pick up some large fragments and wedge-shaped stones."

Li You planned his route. Since he defeated the dancer, he deserved all these gains.

He also returned to the Firelink Shrine and teleported to the lounge of the inner city of Lothric through the campfire.

When he finished teleporting, a sword and shield Lothric knight was patrolling out of the lounge.

Li You did not hesitate, stepped forward quickly, pulled out the Thunder Moon Shadow and stabbed him in the back!

"Puff--"

The lightning flashed on his knife, and the Lothric knight fell down unwillingly.

Li You waved his hand again, summoned Yuzu and other companions, and pointed to the deeper part of the inner city:

"Let's go! Go pick up stones!"

This time, not only Yuzu, but V also responded excitedly:

"Oh——!!"