Day patrols were uneventful; only night patrols brought encounters with strange entities. Dealing with them earned training points, and for that reason, Lu Chen had voluntarily joined the night patrols.
Of course, Lu Chen also knew that while night patrols could earn training points, he might also die.
After all, night belonged to the evil entities. At that time, it was usually the evil entities hunting humans.
But Lu Chen had no other choice.
"If I loaf around now, then when I face danger in the future, I can only die miserably in despair. So that I won't regret it later, I must step into danger now."
As he pondered this, Lu Chen voiced the explanation he had prepared earlier.
"Night patrols are something I will have to face sooner or later. Facing them earlier means preparing for them earlier."
Those words left the witch doctor unable to persuade him otherwise.
"Good. This is how we of the Barbarian Tribe should be—meeting hardship head-on."
Feeling Lu Chen's brave heart, the witch doctor was deeply satisfied.
The Barbarian Tribe liked people with such courage.
Afterward, the witch doctor chatted casually with Lu Chen, asking after his daily life.
Such casual conversation greatly surprised the group of young Barbarians behind him.
To ordinary Barbarians, the witch doctor was exceedingly mysterious. Many Barbarians did not even dare look at the witch doctor for long.
Yet now, Witch Doctor Master spoke warmly with Lu Chen as though they were simply chatting about household matters.
This made them feel that Lu Chen was bold, but Lu Chen did not care much about it.
He understood clearly that the witch doctor's kindness was not because the witch doctor was easy to talk to.
Rather, Lu Chen's status as Barbarian Bull Village's number one genius gave him the qualifications to speak with the witch doctor.
In such a relaxed atmosphere, the group returned to the courtyard where the witch doctor lived. The scent of hot soup was already drifting over from afar.
"Though it is not yet noon, you have fought several battles and suffered some injuries. Get ready to drink the soup."
Looking approvingly at Lu Chen and the young men behind him, the witch doctor smiled in gratification.
After saying that, the soup distribution officially began. This time, without Lu Chen saying anything, all the young members of the Barbarian Tribe automatically made room for him, allowing him to step forward first and receive the first bowl of medicinal soup.
However, unlike before, when he would take it and retreat to the side,
this time, Lu Chen took the hot soup and drained it in one gulp.
Then, he swiftly opened the system panel and looked at his attributes.
Career Training System Host: Lu Chen Age: 15 Rank: Militia Level: 10/10 Training Points: 122 Skills Savage Bull Force (Bronze) (Beginner): Blood Qi +1, Defense +1, Strength +1 Skill can be upgraded. Training points required for upgrade: 100. Barbarian King Bloodline (Gold) (Beginner): Passive Skill, Savage King Body: Host Strength +10, Constitution +10, Blood Qi +10, Rage +10. Active Skill: Endless Rage. When Rage reaches ten points, the host consumes all Rage to increase his own Strength by 100%. Bloodline can be upgraded. Training points required for upgrade: 100,000.
Those were Lu Chen's attributes, but he did not pay them much attention.
He had looked over this attribute panel many times in the past few days. What Lu Chen was looking at now was a system prompt beneath the attribute panel that had been lit up for three days.
The host's Militia level is full. You may advance to Swordsman. Advancement requires completion of a trial task (completed), as well as 100 experience points. You may now advance. Advance?
"For the past few days, I've been recovering the depleted vitality in my body, so I did not dare advance at all."
"But now, my vitality has recovered, there is plenty of medicinal soup before me, and more importantly, I will be going on night patrol tonight. That place can indeed increase my training points, but at night, the identities of hunter and prey can switch at any time."
"Therefore, I need sufficient strength. Now is the time to advance."
With that, Lu Chen did not hesitate and directly initiated the advancement in his mind.
"System, advance my rank."
As Lu Chen acted, a golden light soon flickered across the system interface.
Beneath that golden light, the words Militia in Lu Chen's rank rapidly changed. Soon, amid a blur, they became Swordsman.
After Swordsman took shape, the golden light did not fade. Instead, it rapidly spread, soon extending from the system interface to Lu Chen's body.
Bathed in that golden light, Lu Chen only felt his body become incomparably comfortable. At the same time, changes were taking place within him.
Under the golden light's transformation, Lu Chen's body became more fluid and easier to exert force with. At the same time, knowledge about swords entered his mind, as though he had practiced swordsmanship for years.
As Lu Chen sensed the changes within his body, the system notifications continued ringing in his ears.
"System notification: The host has broken through the Militia rank and entered Swordsman."
"Ding. Advanced to Swordsman. Host Strength +3, Agility +9, Constitution +3, Sharpness +3."
"Ding. Host has obtained the Bronze-grade skill, Swordsmanship Proficiency (Beginner)."
"Ding. Host has reached Swordsman Level 1 and gained one chance to draw a skill. Drawing skill... Draw complete. Host has obtained the Silver-grade skill, Fatal Blow (Beginner)."
"Ding. Host advancement complete... Ding... System error... Error detected."
"System repair in progress..."
"System repair in progress..."
"System repair in progress..."
"Ding. System repair complete. Notice: Blood Qi is surging within the host's body. He has broken through to become a Barbarian Blood Warrior."
"Ding. Advanced to Barbarian Blood Warrior. Host Strength +5, Constitution +10, Blood Qi +5."
"Detected that the host possesses the Gold-grade skill Barbarian King Bloodline. This skill provides an enormous bonus to advancement into Barbarian Blood Warrior."
"System notification: Under the Barbarian King Bloodline bonus, host Strength +10, Constitution +20, Blood Qi +10."
"System notification: Host has automatically obtained the Bronze-grade skill, Blood Boiling."
"Ding... Host... has advanced... and gained... one chance to draw a skill!"
"Drawing skill. Host has obtained the Gold-grade skill, Conqueror's Haki (Beginner)."
"Host advancement complete!"
The unceasingly ringing cold voice and the long string of system notifications left Lu Chen somewhat dizzy.
However, Lu Chen also realized that if this had been an ordinary advancement to Swordsman, the system notifications should have been only half as long.
But for some reason, as he advanced to Swordsman, the blood within Lu Chen's body had also begun to boil, allowing him to break through into a Barbarian Blood Warrior in one stroke. That was why the system notifications had become twice as long.
Still, this was a good thing for Lu Chen. With two classes, both his attributes and skills had increased greatly.
But no matter how good this was, it would only count if Lu Chen could endure it.
After all, the simultaneous breakthrough of two classes naturally brought a tremendous increase in strength.
But the energy required during the breakthrough had also doubled!
For this advancement, Lu Chen had rested for a full three days. In his view, with the help of training points and medicinal soup to sustain him, three days should have been enough.
Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes. He had not expected this advancement to grant him two classes.
Because of that, Lu Chen could clearly feel the medicinal soup within him rapidly evaporating with the aid of some force.
The energy from the evaporating medicinal soup transformed into a warm current that flowed through Lu Chen's body along with his blood, constantly being absorbed by his cells. It was replenishing the energy consumed during his advancement.
But while the medicinal soup was good, Lu Chen had only one bowl. Very soon, the medicinal soup in his stomach was completely depleted.
And just as before, once the medicinal soup dissipated, the system began drawing upon Lu Chen's blood essence to continue transforming him.
At this moment, Lu Chen's situation was somewhat critical.
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