"Sure enough, even the Military sells Hong and Thunder God's secret arts."
Looking at the long list of secret arts, Qin Ming's eyes lit up.
He quickly scrolled through them and, among the hundreds of secret arts, Qin Ming was soon drawn to two in particular.
Breaking Army Halberd, category: Halberd Art. Rating: SS-grade. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, military merit: Three Star)
Tyrant Blade, category: Mo Dao. Rating: SS-grade. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, military merit: Three Star)
Although these two secret arts were inferior to World Destruction and Ninefold Thunderblade, they were only one grade below them.
"Should I choose the Halberd or the Mo Dao?"
Qin Ming hesitated. He liked both weapons, but he could obviously only choose one.
Still undecided, Qin Ming opened the Military Martial Warrior Forum.
Many powerful Martial Warriors had posted their advice on the forum.
Quite a few Military Martial Warriors used long weapons and heavy weapons. Before long, Qin Ming found some discussions about using Mo Daos and Halberds.
He even found a comparison of several long weapons, including the Mo Dao, Halberd, long-handled war hammer, battle axe, and more.
Qin Ming focused on comparing the Mo Dao and the Halberd.
When facing enormous Monsters with thick armor, the Mo Dao's chopping ability was more effective. It emphasized simple, brutal force and held greater advantages in damage output and armor penetration.
However, it was relatively cumbersome and less effective against agile Monsters.
The Halberd, on the other hand, was highly versatile. Besides the traits of a heavy weapon, it could thrust, chop, hook, and more. It was equally suitable against agile Monsters, but it demanded a high level of skill from its user.
"Looks like the Halberd suits me better."
After carefully reading the advice of many Martial Warriors, Qin Ming nodded to himself.
After comparing them comprehensively, it was easy to see that the Mo Dao was better suited for large-scale defensive battles and resisting Beast Tides.
The Halberd was the opposite. It was not suited for group battles and was only suitable for elite Martial Warriors.
The introduction to Breaking Army Halberd also proved this point. Halberd Art was almost the most complex of all weapon arts, combining the functions of the spear, saber, hook, and axe.
Though it was an SS-grade secret art, its learning difficulty was not the slightest bit lower than that of Ninefold Thunderblade!
Aside from its requirements for physical strength, muscle sensitivity, and so on, the halberd also placed extremely high demands on technique.
"Tsk, wasn't Yan Emperor, Luo Feng's senior brother in the original timeline, a halberd user? He had a peak-grade Supreme Treasure, the Yan God Halberd."
A thought suddenly surfaced in his mind. Qin Ming continued and opened Breaking Army Halberd, bringing up its detailed pricing.
The full set of Breaking Army Halberd was worth 10 billion Huaxia Currency. Qin Ming naturally could not afford it, but most secret arts here could be purchased separately.
Breaking Army Halberd, all five levels—Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Three Star military merit)
Breaking Army Halberd, first four levels—Price: 600 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 300 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Two Star military merit)
Breaking Army Halberd, First Layer—Price: 50 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 25 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: One Star military merit)
As expected, Qin Ming saw a conspicuous line of red text beneath Breaking Army Halberd—Breaking Army Halberd is an SS-grade Halberd Art. It is extremely difficult to cultivate and exceptionally hard to begin learning.
Qin Ming only glanced at it before looking away.
Since he had been given another life, if he was going to choose, he would naturally choose what he liked best!
Difficult?
With the Myriad Souls Banner as his cheat, his strength was bound to explode in a short time.
The benefits brought by a powerful soul were all-encompassing.
Qin Ming could clearly sense that his bodily control, perception, and other abilities were constantly improving.
He had enough confidence that no matter what secret art it was, he could learn it.
"I don't need to worry about weapons. The full set of A6 Level equipment provided by the Military is enough for the early stages. I only need to buy Martial Warrior secret arts and Spiritual Force User secret arts."
As for weapons and equipment, all Military Martial Warriors could receive a set of weapons one level above their own strength for free.
Qin Ming could even receive a set of A6 Level weapons, equivalent to Advanced General level.
Although his next purchase would be restricted by military merit.
Qin Ming was not particularly worried about obtaining military merit. Aside from missions, the simplest way to earn it was still by killing Monsters.
In the military merit system, most Monsters had designated military merit values.
Beast Soldier Level monsters generally gave 1 to 10 points of military merit. Beast General Level monsters started at 100 points, Lord Level monsters started at 10,000 points, and killing a King Level monster could earn a million points of military merit.
Reaching 10,000 military merit made one a One Star.
Reaching 100,000 military merit made one Two Star.
Reaching 1 million military merit made one Three Star.
Reaching 10 million military merit made one Four Star.
Although it was difficult to obtain, Qin Ming was still confident that, with his identity as a Spiritual Force User and the Myriad Souls Banner, he could earn a great deal of military merit in a short time.
Without rushing to make a purchase, Qin Ming switched the page to the Spiritual Force User section.
Not everyone could see this section. Only Spiritual Force Users had permission to enter it.
"Luo Feng didn't have much ambition at first and chose to hide his Spiritual Force User talent, so he never gained access.
"If Luo Feng had revealed his talent, then with his identity as an eighteen-year-old Intermediate Warrior Martial Warrior, along with Solid State Level Mental Force, he would probably have been sent directly to the Limit Martial Arts School Elite Training Camp.
"There wouldn't have been so much trouble afterward."
Hiding his strength allowed Luo Feng to live a relatively peaceful life for a while, but it also caused him to lose some opportunities.
If he had revealed his strength from the start, how would a mere Zhang Zehu have dared to provoke him?
Of course, if he had entered the Limit Martial Arts School Elite Training Camp directly, perhaps Luo Feng would not have had the time to pursue a relationship with Xu Xin. After all, the Limit Martial Arts School Elite Training Camp was closed-off training.
If he truly had to choose, Luo Feng would probably still choose the former.
Such was the way of gains and losses.
"Huh? They even have Spiritual Force User Basics? It's also worth 100 billion Huaxia Currency. This is an unexpected windfall!"
Looking at the mere dozen or so Spiritual Force User secret arts, as well as Spiritual Force User Basics at the very top, Qin Ming revealed a surprised expression.
Spiritual Force Users were rare, so naturally there were few secret arts that could be created for them.
But with Spiritual Force User Basics, that was enough.
In the original timeline, Luo Feng only obtained Spiritual Force User Basics from Hong after being chased across Australia Continent by Vulture Li Yao and obtaining a Spirit of Plants and Trees.
Unlike Ninefold Thunderblade, World Destruction, and the like, Spiritual Force User Basics was clearly not a product of Earth, but a cultivation method from the universe.
There were quite a few Ruins on Earth, so having a cultivation method like Spiritual Force User Basics was nothing strange.
Given Hong's character, since he had even shared World Destruction, he naturally would not keep Spiritual Force User Basics hidden away.
Like other secret arts, Spiritual Force User Basics could also be purchased separately.
Spiritual Force User Basics, all six levels—Price: 100 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Four Star military merit)
Spiritual Force User Basics, first two levels—Price: 1 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 500 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Two Star military merit)
Spiritual Force User Basics, First Layer—Price: 200 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 100 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: One Star military merit)
"Please confirm whether to purchase the first four levels of Breaking Army Halberd and the first two levels of Spiritual Force User Basics. Payment required: 800 million Huaxia Currency!"
A prompt appeared on the large screen.
"Confirm!"
Qin Ming tapped lightly, completed the verification, and 800 million vanished in an instant.
The earlier military merit requirement was adjusted to 1 billion Huaxia Currency. In the original work, the Military also gave Huaxia Currency when entering the War God Training Camp, so this has been standardized here.
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