Chapter 6

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"Bind the Hero Template."

"Generating Hero Template..."

"The host already possesses the sword skill Sword Mastery, Thrust, and Heavy Slash. The Hero Template is determined to be the Sword Saint."

"Binding Hero Template Sword Saint..."

"System Notice: Hero Template Sword Saint binding successful. Strength +2, Constitution +2, Agility +3, Spirit +2, All Resistances +10."

"Template Bonus: Strength Growth +2, Constitution Growth +2, Agility Growth +3, Spirit Growth +2, Sword Skill Level +1, Sword Mastery Skill Level +5."

"System Notice: Sword Mastery exceeds level 11, character level is 1, achievement requirements met, completed achievement 'Practice Makes Perfect,' received title 'Researcher.'"

Achievement - Practice Makes Perfect: Possess a skill of level 10 or higher at character level 1.

Title - Researcher: Skill proficiency increase speed +10%.

"System Notice: Obtained Sword Saint template, automatically comprehended the Sword Saint skill Wind Walk."

Wu Yi was awakened by a series of system notifications, suddenly opening his eyes. He found himself in a void, surrounded by deep, pure darkness, with only a small area illuminated by a faint white light emanating from his body.

Wu Yi remembered that he had been severely injured while fighting a group of Fallen Ones, eventually losing too much blood and falling unconscious. The last scene he saw before losing consciousness was a large, terrifying vine killing the remaining Fallen Ones. He had no idea how he ended up here.

Just as Wu Yi was filled with confusion, his vision blurred, and a small fairy suddenly appeared before him.

"This is a corner of your soul world, and it is the appearance after the upgrade system has merged with your soul. After you fell unconscious, I let your consciousness enter this world, allowing me to communicate with you mentally. During your unconsciousness, I have already bound the Hero Template for you," the fairy said in rapid succession.

"What about my body? What was that terrifying vine-like thing at the end?" Although Wu Yi vaguely guessed that humans must have come to his rescue, he still wanted to understand his current situation.

"After you fell unconscious, several powerful humans rescued you to a safe place. The terrifying vine was a summoned creature of one of them," the fairy answered.

Wu Yi finally felt relieved. In the game's background, humans have always been fighting on the front lines against demons. If he was rescued by humans, he should be safe.

"Since I'm safe, can you give me a comprehensive understanding of the upgrade system you mentioned?" Wu Yi was eager to know the specifics of the upgrade system.

"Little boy, don't be in a hurry, be as steady as I am. You already know that soul energy is the power source of the upgrade system. Without soul energy, the upgrade system is like a car without fuel in your world. The importance of soul energy is self-evident. When the upgrade system merged with you, your body was completely digitized. You can call up the attribute template in your consciousness to check your character attributes and get a clear understanding," the fairy said, flapping its wings.

Following the fairy's guidance, Wu Yi relaxed his mind and slowly entered the state. He called up the upgrade system, and an attribute panel similar to a game appeared before his eyes.

Character: Wu Yi

Hero Template: Sword Saint (Template Bonus: Strength Growth +2, Constitution Growth +2, Agility Growth +3, Spirit Growth +2, Sword Skill Level +1, Sword Mastery Skill Level +5)

Class: None

Level: 1

Combat Ability: Boss

Strength: 13 (Strength Growth: 3)

Agility: 9 (Agility Growth: 3)

Spirit: 8 (Spirit Growth: 2)

Constitution: 9 (Constitution Growth: 2)

Health: 115

Energy: 65

Defense: 12

Attack: 3-13

Soul Energy: 0

Title: Researcher: Skill proficiency increase speed +10%

Bloody Cucumber: Symbol of courage, +30% damage to Fallen Ones

Skills:

- Rune Tattoo (Talent Skill): Level 1. Mysterious rune power covers the body, can absorb runes. All attributes +1. Activated Blade Rune, 1 blank divine rune slot.

- Blade Rune: Growth effect: Increase attack by 1 + level * 1.

- Innate Power (Talent Skill): Level 1. Born with great strength, Strength +5, 10% of Strength as absolute damage in attacks, Strength Growth +1. Can activate Power Burst effect.

- Power Burst: Activates for 100 seconds, increasing Strength by 100%, cooldown 1 day.

- Heavenly Eye (Talent Skill): Level 1. Passively records and analyzes seen skills and items, detects others' information and weaknesses. Ignores 5 points of defense in attacks.

- Sword Mastery (Basic Skill): Level 12 (5 + 7). Using sword-type weapons, damage +18%, attack speed +18%, sword skill level +1.

- Thrust (Level 1 Skill): Level 5 (3 + 2). Stabs with a long sword at high speed, piercing the opponent. Attack speed +50%, additional 12% Agility + 18 damage. Consumes 5 energy, cooldown 10 seconds.

- Heavy Slash (Level 1 Skill): Level 5 (3 + 2). Overwhelms the enemy's defenses with absolute strength. Additional 12% Strength + 18 damage, extra absolute damage based on Strength difference. Consumes 5 energy, cooldown 10 seconds.

- Wind Walk (Level 2 Skill): Level 1. Enters stealth mode, increases movement speed by 10%, deals 20 points of absolute damage when breaking stealth. Consumes 10 energy, stealth duration 20 seconds, cooldown 20 seconds.

Remaining Skill Points: 1

Soul Equipment Slots (0/2): Empty

"After your body was digitized, all attributes have numerical standards, but these numbers are just references. The actual abilities in reality may vary. I will tell you that some skills have hidden attributes not mentioned in the descriptions. In your attributes, Strength, Agility, Spirit, and Constitution are the four basic attributes that determine physical fitness and other attributes. A normal person's attributes in these four areas are around 5. Strength represents the character's physical power, Agility affects movement speed, attack speed, and reaction speed, Spirit represents mental power, and Constitution affects physical potential and strength. Health is most affected by Constitution, Energy is closely related to Spirit, Attack is determined by Strength and Agility, and increasing Constitution can significantly improve Defense. However, these four attributes have deeper impacts on your strength. Just know that these four attributes are the foundation of a character's strength, extremely important, and the most basic attributes," the fairy explained to Wu Yi.

"The attribute template shows my Combat Ability as Boss. What does this mean?" Wu Yi asked.

"Since you asked sincerely, I will kindly tell you. Combat Ability refers to your combat power at the same level, ranging from low to high: Trash, Normal, Elite, Boss, Genius, Hero, Leader, Freak, and Legendary. You don't need to know what's above Legendary for now. After binding the Hero Template, your Combat Ability has been upgraded from Elite to Boss, making it possible to challenge higher levels. The Fallen Ones you encountered earlier had a Combat Ability of Trash at the same level, which is why you could easily kill them. Your base attributes, skill levels, and equipment all affect your Combat Ability," the fairy explained.

Wu Yi looked at the skill section of the attribute template. He currently had seven skills: Sword Mastery, Thrust, Heavy Slash, Innate Power, Rune Tattoo, Heavenly Eye, and Wind Walk. Sword Mastery, Thrust, and Heavy Slash were abilities he had acquired from practicing sword skills on Earth, and Innate Power was his natural talent.

When he was six, his hometown was hit by a terrible earthquake. After being buried in the rubble for seven days, Wu Yi was finally rescued. He discovered that he had suddenly gained superhuman strength. In the dark and violent orphanage, he used his Innate Power to resist the older children who bullied him.

These four skills were likely digitized by the system during the fusion. Wind Walk was comprehended when he bound the Hero Template, but Rune Tattoo and Heavenly Eye seemed unscientific.

"Are you wondering why you have Rune Tattoo and Heavenly Eye?" the fairy suddenly asked, seemingly reading Wu Yi's thoughts.

Wu Yi did not answer, implicitly confirming the fairy's question.

"When the upgrade system merged with you, it transformed your body, forming some mysterious runes on your skin. Most of these runes are currently blurry and ineffective. Only by increasing the level of the Rune Tattoo talent skill will these runes become clearer, granting you more powerful abilities. You can also absorb more divine runes through Rune Tattoo, making your tattoos more vibrant and colorful," the fairy explained.

Wu Yi checked his body in his soul world, which was identical to his real body. The talent skill Rune Tattoo gave him a patch of mysterious blood-red patterns on his chest. Only one rune was vaguely visible, resembling a pair of crossed swords, but it was not clear. There was also a square blank frame in the pattern, waiting for Wu Yi to absorb divine runes to fill it.

"The Soul Equipment Slots are special equipment slots created after the system merged with you. They allow you to wear equipment without meeting the requirements. If you place two weapons in the Soul Equipment Slots, it's like holding three weapons, making your attacks more powerful. It's hard to appreciate its benefits now, but you'll understand its power when you have countless pieces of equipment," the fairy pointed out all the possible questions Wu Yi might have.

"In the upgrade system, there is a Skill Library where you can learn skills. You can use your skill points to learn skills from it. When you were transported here, the upgrade system came into contact with a game you were playing called Dota, which has many skill templates but cannot be directly transformed into skills in the Skill Library. To solve this, the system modified your eyes into Heavenly Eyes, which can record skills from reality and update the Skill Library with these templates."

"You can open the Skill Library to see the only skill available now, which was updated after your Heavenly Eye recorded it," the fairy guided Wu Yi. Wu Yi shifted his focus, and a sub-attribute panel, the Skill Library, appeared next to the attribute panel.

In the Skill Library, everything was gray and blurry, with only one white slot indicating a learnable skill.

Wu Yi clicked on the skill to read its description.

Summon Venomous Snake Vine (Level 2 Skill): Summons a highly venomous snake-like vine to fight for you, spreading poison to all it touches.

"If you use your remaining skill point, you can immediately learn this skill. This skill is a fusion of the vine you saw before you fell unconscious and the Plague Ward skill from Dota, evolving from a Level 1 skill to a Level 2 skill. It is a summoning skill, and the summoned creature has strong growth potential. It has its own summoning space, where it can be stored and summoned at any time for battle. It's a must-have skill for killing and traveling. At level 1, you can learn such a powerful skill. What are you waiting for? Just one skill point. You get one skill point each time you level up. Dear, there will be surprises when you summon it!" the fairy, like a crazy salesperson, tried to persuade Wu Yi to learn the skill.

"It seems pretty powerful!" Wu Yi, like a hypnotized consumer, used the skill point without much thought.

Summon Venomous Snake Vine (Level 2 Skill): Level 1. Summons a highly venomous snake-like vine to fight for you, spreading poison to all it attacks. Vine Health: 100, Defense: 10, Attack: 4-13, Attack deals 4 points of poison damage per second for 3 seconds. Summoning consumes 20 energy. Combat Ability: Elite

After learning the skill, Wu Yi felt his mental energy extend into a void space where a dark green snake-like vine was coiled. It had a strong connection to Wu Yi, constantly conveying feelings of closeness and obedience.

Wu Yi could use a summoning array to bring the vine out of the summoning space to help him in battle.

"Unfortunately, you are not in a physical form now, so you cannot summon the vine, but I can assure you, you won't regret it," the fairy almost swore on it.

"All I want to know now is the situation you mentioned about the upgrade system not being fully activated and unable to upgrade," Wu Yi got straight to the point.

"Uh, well... the upgrade system is indeed not fully activated yet. You need to complete a main quest to activate all its functions and gain the primary upgrade ability. You can open the quest system to check this main quest," the fairy told Wu Yi the truth.

Wu Yi opened the quest system and found the main quest.

Main Quest - Class Change: Task Description: Due to certain unmentionable reasons, the upgrade system is not fully activated yet. You need to undergo the baptism of the Dark World's laws to complete the transformation of the upgrade system.

Task Requirements: Use the Class Change Altar to perform the Class Change Ceremony and successfully change your class.

Task Rewards: Fully activate the upgrade system, update the Skill Library, all skill levels +1.

"Where is this Class Change Altar, and what is the Class Change Ceremony? You should tell me so I have a clear goal," Wu Yi complained to the fairy.

"Well... you must have been wondering where the soul energy you obtained earlier went. In fact, I used those 20 points of soul energy to teach you the language and writing of this world. You can now pass the professional level 8 exam in the language of this world. Admire the greatness and omnipotence of the upgrade system! Your injuries are almost healed, and you should wake up soon. You often play games, so you should know that quest clues usually come from NPCs, right? Go, sister-obsessed boy, go and work hard to become stronger!" The fairy disappeared without warning, just as it had appeared.

As the fairy disappeared, the consciousness space gradually became more illusory, and Wu Yi's consciousness became blurry.

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