SWDnovel Chapter 6: Job Change to Sword Soul
Chapter 6: Job Change to Sword Soul
Late at night, in the training room.
Sharp, piercing sounds echoed through the air.
Long, sharp metal needles pierced the air like lightning, weaving together to form a web of death that firmly enveloped the Awakening of Insects.
Amidst the piercing whistle, Jingzhe's figure transformed into a wisp of green smoke. Her figure flashed and leaped, each time just barely missing the metal needles, always managing to escape lightly from the gaps just before the net of death closed in.
Time ticked by, and it wasn't until eighteen minutes later that Jingzhe was struck on the shoulder by the first long needle.
His expression remained unchanged as he continued to dodge.
But soon, he was struck by a second long needle, then a third, a fourth... As his injuries worsened, his movements inevitably became sluggish.
Twenty minutes later, Jingzhe finally couldn't hold on any longer. She was struck in two vital spots, her brow and heart, by the long needles. She collapsed to the ground and her body slowly disappeared.
In the corner of the room, Lin Ze trembled slightly as a strange feeling arose within him, as if he had suddenly gained some kind of enlightenment.
You have mastered the talent 'Lightning Reflexes', granting you +0.3 Agility and +0.2 Constitution.
You have met the requirements for the 'Sword Soul' class change. You can change your class to Sword Soul after passing the trial.
"Finally done."
Lin Ze let out a long breath, a genuine smile of joy spreading across his face.
He then opened the panel and looked straight to the bottom.
【Sword Soul Class Change Trial: Complete 400 consecutive standard sword swings within 10 minutes】
The job change trials for most one-star professions are usually quite simple.
Swinging a sword 400 times in 10 minutes is incredibly difficult for an ordinary person, but for aspiring professionals with physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, it's only a bit challenging.
Without wasting any time, Lin Ze took down the training longsword he carried with him, took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, gripped the hilt with both hands, raised it high, and assumed a starting stance.
call--
The blade sliced through the air with a dull, solid sound, like a boulder thrown into a deep pool.
Almost without pause, the sound of a second sword piercing the air followed.
To swing the sword 400 times in 10 minutes means that each swing takes only 1.5 seconds, which is extremely tight and allows no room for complacency.
The third sword, the fourth sword... the sound of sword blades cutting through the air gradually merged into one, with a steady, rhythmic beat.
Lin Ze's attention was completely absorbed in the rhythm of his body.
The contraction and expansion of the shoulder blades, the stable twisting of the core of the waist and abdomen, and the subtle tension of the wrist at the last moment.
Each sword strike is not a solitary swing of the arm, but a transmission of power that begins with the heel pushing off the ground—the power rises from the earth like a tide, passes through the calves, thighs, waist, spine, shoulders and arms, and finally condenses at the sword's edge, being completely released at the end of the arc of the swing.
Time flew by, and the two hundred sword swings were quickly completed.
Sweat began to bead on Lin Ze's forehead, and his breathing gradually deepened, but the rhythm of his sword swings remained perfectly steady, the blade remaining perfectly still without a single tremor.
The three hundredth swing of the sword.
Sweat had soaked through my clothes, leaving dark stains, and I felt a distinct soreness in my arm muscles.
Lin Ze tried to adjust his breathing rhythm to ensure that oxygen was delivered more fully to every burning muscle fiber.
After the last thirty swings, almost every inch of my arms was sore and weak, and each time I raised the sword, it felt like I was fighting against an invisible pressure.
But Lin Ze's eyes became even clearer, and he gritted his teeth and continued to swing his sword.
Three hundred and ninety-eight.
Three hundred and ninety-nine.
The 400th sword!
When the final sword was swung, time seemed to stretch out.
The blade sliced through the air, and the resulting airflow stirred up the dust particles on the ground, creating a fleeting, transparent ripple in the air.
The moment the sword tip came to a steady stop in its designated position, a sense of sublimation, seemingly originating from the soul, suddenly swept over his entire body, instantly dispelling Lin Ze's fatigue and almost causing him to groan out loud.
It took Lin Ze more than ten seconds to come to his senses.
He felt the changes in his body almost immediately.
A surge of power filled my entire body, surging as if it were about to burst forth.
He had never felt so strong before!
"This is the power of a professional..."
Lin Ze's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the panel after regaining his senses.
Name: Lin Ze
[Class]: Sword Master
[Level]: 1
【属性】：力量3.1、敏捷4.0、体质2.6、精神2.2（+0.4）、感知2.3
【技能】：拔刀斩Lv1（0/100）、疾风步Lv1（0/100）
[Talents]: Sword Mind Clarity, Sword Mastery, Lightning Reflexes, External Avatar, Overclocked Soul, Death Echo
[Equipment Slot (1 slot)]: None
"My attributes have increased by so much!"
Lin Ze was overjoyed.
Under normal circumstances, after a Sword Master successfully changes jobs, the total increase in attributes will be around 5.
But he grew by a full 6.6!
Don't underestimate this extra 1.6 points of attribute boost. Keep in mind that the total attribute increase from level 1 to level 3 for a normal skill might not even be that much.
"The standard for a level 2 professional is that at least one attribute must be 5. My agility only needs to increase by 1 point to meet the standard."
Lin Ze couldn't help but smile as he looked at the skill and talent bars.
In terms of talents, there is an additional talent called "Sword Heart Clarity," which improves the mastery and comprehension of sword techniques.
In simpler terms, it means improving your practical sword-fighting skills and leveling up your sword-related skills faster.
This is the fixed talent you get when you change to Sword Master.
The same applies to Swift Step; its effect is to increase movement speed.
It's worth mentioning that skills and talents are ranked from lowest to highest as follows: Common, Excellent, Rare, Superior, Fantasy, Legendary...
The skills and talents that a one-star profession gains upon initial job advancement are mostly of ordinary quality.
Only a very small number of people can acquire skill talents of excellent quality.
This is also one of the important bases for the federal classification of occupations into E to A levels.
As a D-rank class, the Sword Master's Sword Heart Clarity, Swift Step, and Swift Slash skills, obtained after job advancement, are normally of ordinary quality.
However, the lightning reflex route is different, and the skill gained is not Swift Slash, but Excellent Quality Draw Slash.
Its power is far superior to that of the Swift Slash.
"My current skill level far surpasses that of many professionals who have just switched careers."
It took Lin Ze a while to calm down his joy.
"Next is to become an executioner."
The requirements for becoming an executioner are much stricter than those for becoming a swordsman.
首先是属性，要求力量1.8、敏捷1.6、体质1.3、精神1.3、感知1.6。
This single requirement alone is already very difficult for aspiring professionals to achieve.
However, Lin Ze and his clone share the same attributes. Now that he has changed his class to Sword Soul, his clone already meets this condition and far exceeds it.
In terms of skills, you only need to master any one slashing skill.
This condition is already met by drawing the sword.
In terms of talents, in addition to Death Echo, it is also required to master any one of the following: Dagger Mastery / Sword Mastery / Knife Mastery.
This requirement is naturally met as well.
In summary, the clone has already met all the requirements for the Executioner's job advancement, and is only missing the job advancement trial.
By this time, the clone had finished cooling down. Without saying a word, Lin Ze summoned the clone, opened the panel, and sure enough, saw two new job change options at the bottom.
One is a sword spirit, and the other is naturally an executioner.
You have met the requirements for the Executioner class change. You can change your class to Executioner after passing the trial.
【Executioner Class Change Trial: Kill a professional (Evil Faction) alone】
As expected, the trial content was exactly the same as he knew.
Lin Ze's eyes flickered, he took out his phone, found Chen Han's number, and sent her a message.