Advancing to Swordsman

During the day, patrolling was uneventful, but at night, one would encounter strange occurrences. Dealing with them would grant Experience Points, which is why Lu Chen actively volunteered for the night patrol.

Of course, Lu Chen was also aware that while night patrols could earn him Experience Points, they also carried the risk of death.

After all, the night belonged to the malevolent, and during that time, they were mostly the ones hunting humans.

However, Lu Chen had no other choice.

"If I relax now, I'll only face a desperate death when danger comes later. To avoid future regrets, I must step into danger now."

Thinking to himself, Lu Chen voiced the excuse he had prepared earlier.

"Night patrols are something I'll have to face sooner or later. Facing them sooner means I'll be better prepared."

These words left the Witch Doctor Master unable to dissuade him further.

"Good, that's how we Barbarians should be, facing challenges head-on."

Feeling Lu Chen's courageous heart, the Witch Doctor Master was very pleased.

The Barbarian tribe favored such brave individuals.

Afterward, the Witch Doctor Master chatted casually with Lu Chen, showing concern for Lu Chen's daily life.

This casual conversation surprised the Barbarian youths behind them.

To ordinary Barbarians, the Witch Doctor Master was very mysterious, and many Barbarians didn't dare to look at the Witch Doctor Master for long.

But now, the Witch Doctor Master was being very friendly with Lu Chen, as if they were chatting like family.

This made them feel that Lu Chen was bold, but Lu Chen didn't care much about it.

He understood that the Witch Doctor Master's kindness wasn't because he was easy to talk to.

Rather, Lu Chen's status as the number one genius of Barbarian Bull Village gave him the qualification to converse with the Witch Doctor Master.

In such a relaxed atmosphere, the group returned to the Witch Doctor Master's courtyard, where the aroma of hot soup wafted from afar.

"Although it's not noon yet, you've all fought a few battles and sustained some injuries. Let's prepare to drink the soup."

Looking at Lu Chen and the youths behind him with satisfaction, the Witch Doctor Master smiled with relief.

After saying this, the soup distribution officially began. This time, without Lu Chen saying anything, all the Barbarian youths automatically made way for Lu Chen, allowing him to step forward first and receive the first bowl of medicinal soup.

However, unlike before, when he would step aside after receiving the soup, this time, Lu Chen took the hot soup and drank it all in one gulp.

Then, he quickly opened the system panel and looked at the attribute interface.

[Occupation Development System]

[Host: Lu Chen]

[Age: 15]

[Rank: Villager]

[Level: 10/10]

[Experience Points: 122]

[Skills]

[Savage Bull Force (Bronze) (Elementary): Qi and Blood +1, Defense +1, Strength +1]

[Skill can be upgraded, Experience Points required for upgrade: 100.]

[Barbarian King Bloodline (Gold) (Beginner):]

[Passive Skill, Savage King Body: Host Strength +10, Constitution +10, Qi and Blood +10, Rage +10.]

[Active Skill: Endless Rage, when Rage reaches ten points, the host consumes all Rage to increase their own Strength by 100%.]

[Bloodline can be upgraded, Experience Points required for upgrade: 100,000.]

The above is Lu Chen's attributes, but Lu Chen didn't pay too much attention to them.

He had seen this attribute panel many times in the past few days. What Lu Chen was looking at now was a system notification that had been lit up for three days below the attribute panel.

[The current host's Militia level is full, and can be promoted to Swordsman. Promotion requires completing the trial task (completed) and one hundred Experience Points. Promotion is now available. Do you want to promote?]

"In the past few days, I have been recovering the depleted vitality in my body, and I didn't dare to promote at all."

"But now, my vitality has recovered, and there is still a lot of medicinal soup in front of me. More importantly, tonight, I will go on a night patrol. It can indeed increase my Experience Points, but at night, the identities of hunter and prey can be exchanged at any time."

"Therefore, I need enough strength. Now is the time to promote."

Thus, Lu Chen did not hesitate and directly initiated the promotion in his mind.

"System, promote my rank."

Along with Lu Chen's operation, a golden light quickly flashed from the system interface.

Under the golden light, the words "Villager" in Lu Chen's rank quickly changed, and soon, in a blur, it became "Swordsman".

When "Swordsman" took shape, the golden light did not dissipate, but spread rapidly, and soon spread from the system interface to Lu Chen's body.

Under the illumination of the golden light, Lu Chen only felt a burst of comfort in his body. At the same time, changes were taking place inside his body.

During the golden light's transformation, Lu Chen's body became smoother and easier to exert force. At the same time, some knowledge about swordsmanship also entered Lu Chen's mind, as if he had been practicing swords for several years.

While Lu Chen was feeling the changes in his body, the system's prompts kept ringing in Lu Chen's ears.

"System prompt: The host has broken through the Militia rank and entered the Swordsman rank."

"Ding, advanced to Swordsman, host's Strength +3, Agility +9, Constitution +3, Sharpness +3."

"Ding, the host has obtained the Bronze-level skill, Swordsmanship Proficiency (Beginner)."

"Ding, the host has reached Swordsman Level 1 and has obtained a chance to draw a skill. Skill drawing in progress... Drawing complete. The host has obtained the Silver-level skill, Fatal Blow (Beginner)."

"Ding, the host's advancement is complete... Ding... The system has encountered an error... Encountered an error."

"System is repairing..."

"System is repairing..."

"System is repairing..."

"Ding, the system repair is complete. Prompt: The host's blood is surging and has broken through to Barbarian Blood Warrior."

"Ding, advanced to Barbarian Blood Warrior, host's Strength +5, Constitution +10, Blood Qi +5."

"Detected that the host has the Gold-level skill Barbarian King Bloodline. This skill has a great bonus to advancing to Barbarian Blood Warrior."

"System prompt: Under the Barbarian King Bloodline bonus, host's Strength +10, Constitution +20, Blood Qi +10."

"System prompt: The host has automatically obtained the Bronze-level skill, Blood Boiling."

"Ding... Host... Produced... Advancement, obtained... A chance to draw a prize!"

"Skill drawing in progress, the host has obtained the Gold-level skill, Conqueror's Haki (Beginner)."

"Host's advancement is complete!"

The constantly ringing cold voice and a long string of system prompts made Lu Chen feel dizzy.

However, Lu Chen also discovered that if it was a normal advancement to Swordsman, the length of the system prompt should only be half of what he was hearing.

But for some reason, when advancing to Swordsman, the blood in Lu Chen's body also boiled, and he took the opportunity to break through to Barbarian Blood Warrior. Only then did the system prompt become half as long again.

However, this was a good thing for Lu Chen. Dual classes allowed Lu Chen to increase a lot in both attributes and skills.

However, although things were good, it could only be considered complete if Lu Chen could survive it.

After all, breaking through in two professions at the same time would naturally greatly increase his strength.

However, the energy required for the breakthrough also doubled!

For this advancement, Lu Chen had rested for three full days. In his opinion, with the help of Experience Points and the support of medicinal soup, three days was enough.

Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes. He did not expect that this advancement would actually give him dual classes.

Therefore, Lu Chen could clearly feel that the medicinal soup in his body was rapidly evaporating with the help of a force.

The evaporated medicinal soup energy was transformed into a heat flow, which flowed through Lu Chen's body along with his blood, and was constantly absorbed by his cells. This was to replenish the energy consumed during the upgrade.

However, although the medicinal soup was good, Lu Chen only had one bowl. Soon, the medicinal soup in Lu Chen's stomach was exhausted.

As before, when the medicinal soup dissipated, the system absorbed Lu Chen's blood essence and continued to transform Lu Chen.

At this moment, Lu Chen's situation was somewhat critical.