Yellow Turban Decree

Not long after, just as the skeleton army in the plaza was surging into the corridor and about to arrive for reinforcement, Xiao Yang brought down his final blow.

The Skeleton Knight fell heavily, unwilling to yield. Until its death, not a single one of the minions it had summoned had perished. Xiao Yang had endured its attacks, striking it down blow by blow.

At this moment, Xiao Yang was extremely excited. However, upon noticing the vast, swarming mass of Skeleton Warriors, he suppressed his excitement, grabbed the Skeleton Knight's loot, and bolted towards the nearby Safe House. After Xiao Yang entered the Safe House, the Skeleton Warriors, now without a target, became like headless flies once more.

Inside the Safe House, Xiao Yang evaluated the battle: "What a thoroughly satisfying fight!" Though if the Skeleton Knight could speak, it probably wouldn't agree.

The Skeleton Knight dropped quite a few items for Xiao Yang.

A new material of green, Fine quality, the Wailing Soul Iron Fragment, a piece of cold armor. Of course, that wasn't all. Little Bone managed to extract the Undead Knight's Elbow Strike skill, Xiao Yang's first green skill.

[Shove

Quality: Fine

Effect: Make a Strength check. If your Strength is greater than your opponent's, you can push them back and make them stagger.

Description: In my life, I have elbowed this world ten times!]

Another unrestricted general skill, and one that Xiao Yang needed for crowd control. Without hesitation, Xiao Yang chose to learn it.

Honestly, Xiao Yang was gradually realizing how limited his combat methods were. Besides his Justice's Condolence, which he swung around wildly, he didn't have much else.

This was bad. He urgently needed to acquire a Profession and learn some cool, systematic skills. He couldn't always be the one fighting while others were using techniques like the Heavenly Dipper Steps, Featherlight Sword, or Qiankun Sleeve techniques, or a whole set of such skills.

When he fought, he could only charge forward swinging his club, using a shove, then a heavy strike, with a stab thrown in between. One could say even a Barbarian's combat style was more strategic than his.

This wasn't what he wanted, but unfortunately, rare profession change items weren't available for sale in the Myriad Worlds Trading Area.

As for common professions, they held little significance for Xiao Yang. The most valuable thing a common profession change offered was an additional bonus to specific attributes.

For example, the Hunter profession provided an extra point of Agility growth for every level gained.

But Xiao Yang didn't need such attribute bonuses; they weren't that important to him. He could easily push his attributes to the stage limit using the Pot of Greed.

If possible, Xiao Yang's preferred profession choices would likely fall into three categories:

First, professions with strong passive skills. Second, professions with strong active skills. Third, support professions.

Professions with strong passive skills, like the Hunter's inherent skills such as Wilderness Tracking, Swiftness, and Beast Weakness, were highly versatile and functional.

Professions with strong active skills, such as Monk, Swordsman, Taoist, and Mage, allowed for learning a wide array of skills, enabling them to handle various situations effectively.

Support professions were also straightforward. Since everyone spent time in dungeons, professions like Potion Production, Equipment Repair, Forging, and Material Refining could also greatly aid Xiao Yang's growth.

He would likely choose one from these three categories. However, he didn't need to overthink his profession choice right now. The realistic situation was that one couldn't always choose the profession they wanted; they had to encounter it first.

The Skeleton Knight also bestowed an item upon Xiao Yang: a black helmet, its surface stained with reddish-brown rust. Bringing it close, one could smell a faint scent, unsure if it was rust or blood.

[Wraith Helm

Quality: Excellent

Requirements: 140 Health, 12 Strength.

Effects: Provides 5 Defense, Skeleton Summon skill.

Description: This is a beloved helmet among Undead Knights. Wearing it allows you to command those shambling bone racks. Perhaps collecting more pieces would enhance the effect, but be careful not to wear it while sleeping, as it can lead to sleep deprivation.]

This was an item Xiao Yang could use. Upon receiving it, Xiao Yang equipped it, replacing the leather cap that offered only a meager defense bonus. His defense now reached twenty-five.

It had to be said, it was a very cool helmet, though it looked a bit comical with Xiao Yang's mismatched gear.

A leather chest armor and leather pants that looked cheap, paired with Adventurer's Armguards and Adventurer's Boots adorned with some patterns and feathers. In his hand, he held a blood-stained black short club, and on his head, a rusty knight's helmet.

A strange combination, but this style was also very "player-like." There was no helping it; Xiao Yang could only equip whatever offered good stats at this point.

Xiao Yang experimented with the Skeleton Summon skill attached to the Wraith Helm. With a thought, a grayish-white magic circle appeared before him. However, he wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but his magic circle seemed smaller and simpler than the Skeleton Knight's.

Shortly after, a skeleton with grayish-white flames flickering in its eye sockets appeared before Xiao Yang. Indeed, Xiao Yang had summoned a skeleton, a very ordinary one, only level three with just ten health.

This was a far cry from the squad of Skeleton Warriors the Skeleton Knight had summoned. But it was acceptable; he could make do. After all, he wasn't a real Skeleton Knight. At the very least, it could be used for scouting, and it seemed the summon skill might change if more Wraith Helm armor pieces were collected.

Comforting himself this way, Xiao Yang tried to make the skeleton he summoned move, just to walk around the Safe House. To his surprise, after only a few steps, it hit the corner of a table, lost its balance, and fell to the ground, scattering its bones.

After a moment of silence, truly, an utterly ordinary skeleton.

Finally, after a prolonged chase in the second level of the Skeleton Dungeon, Xiao Yang could finally sit down and properly choose his advancement rewards.

Two blue items, and a blue box.

Unexpectedly, the advancement rewards contained something good: a profession change token.

Skipping the strange music box that could induce sleep, Xiao Yang focused his gaze on the profession change token.

[Yellow Turban Decree]