After all, more than a year had passed since their last meeting, and Xia Nan had changed far too much.
Fugan's level of strength, experience, and discerning eye might have allowed him to clearly judge Xia Nan's combat system and habitual style from only a brief exchange.
But he was no spellcaster or seer. Truly seeing through Xia Nan at a glance was no simple matter.
Yet from Xia Nan's own perspective, the bottleneck he faced was clear enough.
He had begun his path as an adventurer with a high-tier class like [Meteor Blade Hunt].
While it had greatly enhanced his combat ability and built his foundations to an almost absurd degree,
it had also cost him access to the vast skill libraries of Basic Classes such as [Warrior] and [Ranger].
Finding a combat skill compatible with his class system was exceedingly difficult.
This was evident from the fact that he had failed to find anything suitable in the combat skill lists of the Adventurers Association branches in River Valley Town and Barracuda Bay.
Furthermore, unlike Basic Classes, which could be directly raised to Level 10—the threshold of Transcendence—[Meteor Blade Hunt]
was capped at only Level 5. He would need to find a secondary class to break through that limit, which was another of its restrictions.
What Xia Nan needed most right now
was a combat skill that could simultaneously meet the requirements of "high Quality Level and potential cap," "compatibility with his own combat style," "belonging to the [Meteor Blade Hunt] class system," and "easy proficiency gain"—preferably one that could integrate perfectly into the [Hunting Arc] Battle Momentum.
Frankly speaking, fulfilling all of those conditions was indeed difficult.
For Xia Nan, being able to satisfy even two of them at once would have been acceptable.
For example, [Ember Echo],