After resolving his questions about Time Ability, Fang Zheng immediately consulted Stone about another matter—swordsmanship. He had originally planned to ask about it when they went to Shadow Canyon, but he had never found the time. Then the accident happened, and Fang Zheng never got the chance to ask. Now that Stone was here, he naturally wanted to settle it as well.
What surprised Fang Zheng was that, after hearing his question, Stone did not answer immediately this time. Instead, he studied Fang Zheng for quite a while before patting him on the shoulder with a sigh.
"I never expected you to improve this quickly, kid... But then again... Hmm... now that I think about it, with your strength, it's only natural that you'd run into this bottleneck."
"A bottleneck?"
"That's right."
As he spoke, Stone's expression grew considerably more serious. He stared at Fang Zheng and spoke.
"What you're facing now is a bottleneck that every professional, whether Spellcaster or warrior, must confront. If you can successfully break through it, you'll step into the realm of Grandmaster Level. But if you can't, then for the rest of your life, I'm afraid you'll only be able to linger at your current level. No matter how great your power becomes..."
"Is it really that serious?"
Fang Zheng's expression changed slightly when he heard that. Seeing his look, Stone burst out laughing.
"Alright, relax a little. It's neither hard nor easy... Well, to put it plainly, you've started to recognize the shortcomings in your own swordsmanship."
"Shortcomings?"
Fang Zheng could not understand Stone's words. He thought Royal Cross Swordsmanship was quite useful. As a Paladin, he could fight, tank, deal AOE damage, heal, become invincible, and remove crowd control. It was pretty comprehensive. What shortcomings could it have? Of course, it would