Unreliable Sword Immortal

Chapter 2: Martial Skill - Diffraction Sword Shadow

Including Zhao Weike, seven high-level players gathered under the Destiny Platform, their fiery gazes fixed on Lu Chaoding.

Those eyes seemed as if they wanted to cut Lu Chaoding!

"Huh, this unreliable lottery ticket is actually reliable!"

Lu Chaoding remained expressionless, but inwardly he was delighted. He turned his back to the crowd and reached out to touch the blue sphere in front of him. The sphere quickly transformed into a book with a purple halo, and its attribute information was projected into the air.

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Secret Technique: Diffraction Sword Shadow

Star Rating: Three Stars

Class: Sword Immortal

Level: LV1

Explanation 1: Activate the skill to split the main weapon into two sword shadows. Each sword shadow possesses 10% of the player's attack power and follows the shape of the main weapon when the player launches an attack.

Explanation 2: Upgrade the secret technique to LV2 by consuming [Cultivation] × 200!

Explanation 3: After upgrading the secret technique, the skill book becomes bound and cannot be traded.

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"This turtle grandson drew a three-star secret technique!"

"May I ask, what is a secret technique?"

"A secret technique is a skill that can be used before battle, often a status skill!"

"This secret technique only increases damage by 20%. Does it deserve three stars? Isn't it a bit mediocre?"

"Trash Sword Immortal, trash secret technique, case closed!"

"Indeed, it's trash!"

"Huh, suddenly I don't feel so bad!"

Listening to the discussions around him, Lu Chaoding felt nothing but disdain.

"A bunch of alien lemon spirits! There are no trash professions, only trash players. Have you heard of that?"

Lu Chaoding didn't believe that Sword Immortal was trash. He was still in a relatively good mood and immediately equipped the secret technique skill book. He thought that the "occasionally unreliable" system wasn't completely useless, at least the unreliable lottery ticket was quite useful.

"Alright, we've chosen our professions and drawn our prizes. Now let's form groups to challenge dungeons!"

Zhao Weike took on the role of the leader, and as soon as he called, everyone gathered around him.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding carefully observed these fellow players from the same village.

In the Grand Dust Sword World, each newbie village only had eight players, randomly selected from the entire universe, as the system claimed.

For Lu Chaoding, all seven of these players around him were aliens. They were all currently wearing blue and white beginner outfits similar to high school uniforms, with health bars, mana bars, and their own names displayed above their heads. If he focused his gaze, he could even see their class and level information.

Among the seven people, Zhao Weike is handsome and sunny. His profession is Sword Demon, and he is also a closed beta player. Now he is obviously the most sought after.

Zhang Defa is short and fat, with slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looks simple and honest. His profession is Sword God.

There is also a male player with a messy hairstyle, a small mustache at the corners of his mouth, and triangular eyes. He looks like he's doing performance art. His name is Zhang Jiaqiang, and his profession is also Sword God.

The remaining four are all female players. One of them has long black hair that reaches her waist. She has a beautiful face and two dimples when she smiles. Her name is Xiao Panpan, and her profession is Sword God.

The female player standing next to her is tall, with short hair and phoenix eyes. She has a slightly cold and proud expression. Her name is Xiao Ning, and her profession is Sword God.

The third female player has an oval face, wavy hair, charming eyes, and a coquettish voice. Her name is Wang Yingluo, and her profession is Sword Saint!

The last female player is the shortest, probably less than 1.6 meters tall. She looks like she's fifteen or sixteen years old, but she has a broad mind and is very wealthy. Her name is Gu Xiaoxiao, and her profession is Sword Saint.

Zhao Weike said, "The newbie village instance is limited to a maximum of four players in a team, so let's form two teams. Is there anyone willing to team up with me?"

"Me, me!"

Zhang Defa raised his hands and was the first to respond.

"Big brother, take me."

"I have the skills!"

"Take me too, I won't let big brother down!"

The players were all eager to team up with Zhao Weike, showing great enthusiasm. Lu Chaoding, who was an action-oriented person, quietly walked up to Zhao Weike and directly sent him a team invitation.

Of course, he also wanted to team up with Zhao Weike.

The other party claimed to be a closed beta player and should be very familiar with this Grand Dust Sword World, while Lu Chaoding was new and had very little information. It would be great if a "master" could guide him.

Zhao Weike looked at Lu Chaoding, who had approached him, with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Although the Sword Immortal profession is a bit weak, this guy at least has a three-star secret technique, which adds 20% damage. In the current situation where equipment and skills are lacking, he still has an advantage over the other six."

After some thought, Zhao Weike suddenly accepted Lu Chaoding's team invitation and said, "Alright, I'll lead a full-time team. I am a Sword Demon myself, and I'll bring a Sword Saint, a Sword God, and a Sword Immortal. Lu Chaoding, Zhang Defa, Wang Yingluo, you three will join me!"

"Great!" Zhang Defa nodded excitedly.

Wang Yingluo's face was full of joy as she said, "That's great, Your Highness. Don't worry, I won't hold you back. But... are you sure you want to bring this pitfall, Lu Chaoding?"

"You're the pitfall!"

Lu Chaoding glanced at Wang Yingluo and thought to himself that this girl really isn't afraid of offending people. Calling someone a pitfall in front of them, doesn't she care about losing face?

"It's alright, it's alright!" Zhao Weike was quite gentle and said to the other four players, "You four can form a team for now. I'll lead the team to explore, and you guys can go to the wilderness. The rewards from hunting in the wilderness are quite high."

Upon hearing this, the four of them started to grumble a bit.

"The only instance we can currently clear is the Bloodboil Lion's Den, which is a tutorial instance with only one lion dog. Let's chat while we walk. Hey, someone, give me the position of the team leader..."

Zhao Weike obviously knew the terrain well and led the way while speaking.

After Lu Chaoding gave the team leader position to Zhao Weike, he opened his storage space, which only contained a beginner's wooden sword. With a thought, the beginner's wooden sword appeared in front of him out of thin air.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding had a strange feeling. He felt that the beginner's wooden sword was like a part of his body, something he could control as easily as his own arm.

"Is this the Sword Immortal technique?"

Lu Chaoding thought to himself, surprised. With a single thought, he activated a secret technique that required no energy consumption. The beginner's wooden sword immediately split into three in front of him - the middle one being the main body, and the ones on the sides being Diffraction Sword Shadows. The main body and the sword shadows looked almost identical.

"Interesting!"

Lu Chaoding controlled the beginner's wooden sword to move around him, and the two sword shadows followed suit. After playing around for a while, he opened his information panel to check.

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Name: Lu Chaoding

Occupation: Sword Immortal

Level: 1

Cultivation: 0/500

Health: 100

Attack: 10+10

Tenacity: 1

Defense: 0

Speed: 100+5

Celestial Authority: None

Earthly Deity: None

Battle Intent: 0/5

Talent: Sword Immortal LV1

Secret Technique: Diffraction Sword Shadow LV1

Battle Technique: Unequipped

Ultimate Technique: Unequipped

Weapon: Beginner's Wooden Sword (Attack +10)

Costume: Beginner's Clothes (No attribute)

Accessory: None

Back Accessory: None

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Lu Chaoding clicked on the description of Opening Heaven.

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[Sword Immortal]: Exclusive occupation talent of Sword Immortal, allows the use of flying swords to harm enemies. Current level: LV1, attack range +10, speed +5. Each level up increases attack range by 10 and also increases speed (specific acceleration effects are as follows: LV1: +5, LV2: +10, LV3: +15, LV4: +25, LV5: +40).

Explanation 1: Consuming a [Sword Immortal's Certificate] can increase the level of Sword Immortal. [Sword Immortal's Certificates] can be obtained through Destiny Platform lottery, Sword Immortal assessment, Sword Immortal examination, and special events and opportunities. Please explore for more details.

Explanation 2: When the occupation talent reaches LV5, the talent skill tree can be unlocked!

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"It seems like I've transmigrated into a real game world..."

Lu Chaoding sighed silently. At this moment, Zhao Weike had already led the way into a cave.

There was a light curtain at the entrance of the cave. As soon as Zhao Weike stepped in, he disappeared. Outside the cave, there was a stone tablet with five large characters on it: "Boiling Blood Lion Dog Cave"!

Without carefully studying it, Lu Chaoding heard a system prompt in his mind: "Ding, enter the tutorial instance Lion Dog Cave (First Floor), receive the instance mission: kill the Boiling Blood Lion Dog, clear the first floor of Lion Dog Cave, reward: 1 gold yuan, 10 cultivation, 1 lottery ticket!"

"Ding, occasionally unreliable system activated, updating tracking mission, modifying mission content: being killed by the Boiling Blood Lion Dog, failure to clear the first floor of Lion Dog Cave, reward: 10 gold yuan, 100 cultivation, 10 unreliable lottery tickets!"

"Oh my god, the rewards from this system have increased tenfold!"

Lu Chaoding couldn't help but feel excited.

Upon closer inspection, the instance mission was actually rewarding failure to clear!

It's easy to say that failure to clear is possible, isn't it? Isn't it simple to just seek death actively?

But now he was in a team, and the other three players were entering the instance normally. If he died and the team cleared the instance, how would it be counted?

"It seems that if I want to be safe, I have to go one against three and wipe out the whole team!"

Lu Chaoding understood in his heart, and the next moment, he teleported with the team leader and entered the instance space.

"Ding, you have entered the tutorial instance Boiling Blood Lion Dog Cave!"

"Ding, be careful, a Boiling Blood Lion Dog has appeared ahead!"

Accompanied by the system prompt, Lu Chaoding found himself in a spacious cave. The surrounding walls were grayish-brown, and there was a light curtain behind him, representing the exit of the instance. In the center of the cave, there was a red-haired lion dog about the size of a basketball.

The little beast was squatting on the ground, chubby like a red furball, and at this moment, it was grinning and making a whining sound.

[Boiling Blood Lion Dog: LV2, 400 health, 3 toughness, 80 attack power, 90 speed.]

At this moment, Zhao Weike spoke again, "That's the Boiling Blood Lion Dog up ahead. Kill it to clear the instance. Be careful, the battle will start automatically in one minute."

Lu Chaoding suddenly raised his hand and asked, "Wait a minute, Captain, I want to ask, is it possible, I mean, is it possible for us to wipe out and fail to clear the instance?"

Zhao Weike turned his head and glanced at Lu Chaoding, wearing a confident smile on his face. He said, "Absolutely impossible! The tutorial instance is very simple. As long as you listen to my command, we will pass!"

"Pass?" Lu Chaoding was dissatisfied. That wouldn't do. He shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, right?"

Wang Yingluo spoke up, "What's wrong with you? Are you doubting His Highness the Prince?"

Zhang Defa also muttered, "Are you crazy? The captain is a closed beta player. Can he still fail?"

Zhao Weike no longer paid attention to Lu Chaoding. One minute passed in an instant, and suddenly, a system notification sounded, "Ding, the battle has begun, enter the battle space!"

The next moment, Lu Chaoding's surroundings flickered, and he entered a strange space.

He looked around and felt as if he had entered the starry universe. He saw the deep night sky and the dazzling stars, while under his feet was a flat stone platform. He and Zhao Weike and the others stood in a row, not far ahead was the Boiling Blood Lion Dog.

(End of this chapter)