Unfading Ideal activated successfully, and Jello quickly moved away from Lancelot, appearing on the other side.
Then Jello hurriedly downed a potion of Tree Skin Technique.
It was a potion of Tree Skin Technique he had gotten by chance.
A very lucky chance: he'd paid for an ordinary potion of Tree Skin Technique, and even then, the cheapest kind.
But after the potion he bought was appraised, it turned out to be a top-grade Mythic Tree Skin Technique potion.
It granted a +5 natural armor bonus, as well as 10 points of legendary Damage Reduction.
What a bargain.
He didn't rush forward, though.
Instead, he entered a state of concealed recovery, trying to restore the martial skills he had used.
Lancelot roared again and again, then charged at Jello.
He rushed forward, swinging the two weapons in his hands.
Since Jello was already fully on guard,
he used the "ki" around him to deflect both of Lancelot's weapons to the side.
That let Jello breathe a little easier.
Jello had now fully recovered all his martial skills.
In other words, he had five more lives. Oh, no—if he counted everything properly,
after killing Hassan, he'd reached level 17, which meant he could use ninth-level martial skills.
And since level 17 gave him a feat, he'd chosen Advanced Learning, which let him learn two additional martial skills.
That meant he had three ninth-level martial skills.
Strictly speaking, he could still have three more lives.
But there was no need for that.
"Killing Perception, Dual Martial Skill, Crimson King's Assault, Shape-shifting, Striking the Wrist."
Fool's Style was a special school that combined the strengths of many different styles.
For that reason, its ultimate martial skill, Shape-shifting,
was a skill much like Wish.
Fool's Style was, at its core, a "copied" school. Its