Advanced Swordsmanship

[Skill: Wind Wall]

[Type: Special Sword Technique]

[Description: Upon activation, unleashes a howling wind barrier with each slash, confiscating all projectiles flying toward you on a rule-based level, excluding living beings.]

[Current Stage: Beginner. Each use consumes 25% of stamina. Points may be spent to upgrade this skill, increasing the barrier's size, range, and maximum duration while reducing stamina consumption.]

[Points Required to Upgrade to the Next Stage (Intermediate): 120,000]

[Prerequisite Skill Required to Learn This Skill: Advanced Swordsmanship]

"On a rule-based level, it confiscates projectiles..."

Noah's eyes flickered as he marveled inwardly.

"It could be called a god-tier defensive skill. No wonder it was so expensive in the shop before, and it never showed up a second time afterward..."

Sure enough, anything from an S-rank gift box was top-quality.

As for the prerequisite of Advanced Swordsmanship, that was hardly a problem.

Even before returning to East Blue to visit his family, the bottleneck in his swordsmanship had already begun to loosen. He was only one final step away from Advanced Swordsmanship.

Over the coming days, as long as he focused his training on the way of the sword, he would surely achieve a breakthrough soon.

"Time to keep training."

He had opened everything, and the seals had delivered across the board. Noah was quite satisfied with today's haul. Closing the system panel, he threw himself back into grueling training.

Ten days later.

West Blue First Branch.

Inside the rather cramped training room, sixty Marines stood apart on the southeast sides with rifles in hand, aiming and firing continuously toward the center of the room from different angles.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

For a time, gunshots rang out without pause, bullets raining through the air.

And amid that barrage, a figure stood with his eyes tightly shut,