Nine-Fold Thunder Blade

The Warrior Forum contains a variety of sub-forums. Some are restricted to informational posts only, with no replies allowed—such as the "Warrior Basic Knowledge Database," which serves solely as a repository for vast amounts of foundational data. Others are composed entirely of countless small threads, where every popular post attracts a swarm of people discussing and spamming the comments.

The online mall, meanwhile, is all-encompassing. It features everything from guiding techniques, movement manuals, and blade techniques to firearms, cold weapons, and genetic agents—nothing is too strange to be found there. In a word: the online mall is a place to spend money.

Luo Zhe first clicked on the Warrior Knowledge Database. A flood of posts like "50 Questions on Hunting Monsters," "Wilderness Survival Knowledge," "How to Avoid Provoking Commander-Level Monsters," and "28 Ways to Escape" instantly popped up, filling the entire large screen.

He randomly clicked on a popular post marked with a small flame icon in the top right corner: "50 Questions on Hunting Monsters."

The description in the post was quite colloquial, introducing the habits of 50 common monsters and the best ways to respond when encountering them. Among them was the "Iron-Haired Wild Boar" monster that Luo Zhe had encountered during his actual combat assessment.

The post stated that the Iron-Haired Wild Boar is a very common species. Most are at the Soldier level and are rarely seen in groups, as they prefer to live alone. If one discovers a pack of Iron-Haired Wild Boars in the Wilderness Zone, there is no doubt: a Commander-level Iron-Haired Wild Boar must be present in the herd.

Furthermore, all Iron-Haired Wild Boars have a strange habit. Because their eyesight is exceptionally good, they love to track an enemy's movements with their eyes during a frontal confrontation. However, due to their physical structure, they cannot directly observe their own flanks. Therefore, it is recommended that warriors move rapidly to the sides when facing them, forcing the Iron-Haired Wild Boar to shift its head back and forth, which exposes the weak point at its throat.

However, the post also warned that within one minute of having its throat slashed, the monster will not lose its combat capability immediately due to the powerful vitality contained within its body; instead, it will fall into a frenzied state due to the pain. Thus, it advises warriors hunting Iron-Haired Wild Boars not to attempt to provoke them during this period. Once they collapse from blood loss, one can naturally reap the bountiful rewards.

There were many other posts on the forum, and Luo Zhe clicked into them one by one. The variety of content opened his eyes, while simultaneously making him understand the hardships of being a warrior.

A warrior's status in human society may be high, but that status is bought with one's life!

"Right, these posts make a lot of sense."

"Movement techniques, attack techniques, and guiding techniques—these three types of manuals are the most important for a warrior! Guiding techniques determine the improvement of a warrior's own strength, while movement and attack techniques determine a warrior's actual combat capability." After reading the posts, Luo Zhe agreed wholeheartedly. These three manuals are paramount. If he had started practicing the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade two months ago, following the manual's instructions, his strength would likely be even higher than it is now.

If you have money, you must pour it into these three areas!

"No wonder the Extreme Martial Arts Hall promised to let me purchase these three types of manuals for free." Luo Zhe also understood that the Extreme Martial Arts Hall naturally hoped its own people would be strong.

"Let's enter the online mall and look at the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade manual."

His fingers tapped on the wireless keyboard's touchpad, and he entered the online mall page.

Suddenly, the massive screen on the wall of the audio-visual room displayed various detailed item categories. Luo Zhe selected "Manuals," then "Attack-Type," and after clicking three times, the screen displayed physical photos of various manuals, along with their names and prices.

Without paying much attention to the information on other manuals, Luo Zhe clicked directly into the page for the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, Category: Blade Technique. Rating: Ultimate. Price: 100 billion Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 50 billion Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 4-Star Contribution Points).

He had previously heard Chen Gu's commentary on the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade; it was the one manual every blade-wielding warrior dreamed of obtaining! Now, Luo Zhe finally had the chance to personally experience the charm of such an ultimate manual, the kind that even a warrior like Chen Gu, who used firearms, couldn't help but sigh over. Luo Zhe carefully read the introduction.

The introduction stated that this Nine-Fold Thunder Blade is known as the most difficult blade technique to learn in the world. While it is called a blade technique, it also contains a matching movement technique and a unique guiding technique! The reason the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade is so difficult to learn is that it has extremely high requirements for physical strength, muscular sensitivity, and so on.

This was not much different from the information Chen Gu had provided; he just didn't know how many levels of the manual his current net worth could afford.

He scrolled down the page and carefully examined the prices—

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (All Nine Levels) — Price: 100 billion Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 50 billion Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 4-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Eight Levels) — Price: 50 billion Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 250 billion Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 4-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Five Levels) — Price: 2 billion Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 1 billion Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 3-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Four Levels) — Price: 500 million Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 250 million Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 2-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Three Levels) — Price: 200 million Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 100 million Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 2-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Two Levels) — Price: 100 million Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 50 million Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 2-Star Contribution Points).

Nine-Fold Thunder Blade (First Level) — Price: 50 million Chinese Yuan (Full Price), 25 million Chinese Yuan (Half Price, Requirement: 1-Star Contribution Points).

Looking at these prices, Luo Zhe couldn't help but frown. At these prices, even as a new warrior—who could enjoy the most favorable price for a first-time purchase without contribution point requirements—he could only afford the first three levels.

"Should I call Director Zhuge and borrow some money first?" Luo Zhe shook his head immediately, swallowing the thought. Although the Director had always been very attentive to his affairs and had previously told him to come to him if he ever needed money, this was absolutely no reason for him to push his luck.

One must learn to be grateful!

"Forget it. Anyway, three levels of the manual will be enough for me to use for a long time. Besides, there is a note below saying, 'The Nine-Fold Thunder Blade is an ultimate blade technique with extremely high cultivation difficulty and is very hard to master. Numerous warriors worldwide have chosen this technique, yet not even the first level has been mastered. Please choose this technique with caution!'" Luo Zhe shook his head. "With so many warriors in the world, there might be people with better talent than me, and they haven't even mastered the first level. What confidence do I have that I will definitely succeed?"

"Then it's decided! I'll buy the first three levels first. Once I've mastered all three, I should have enough savings to buy the next level by then."

Having made up his mind, he tapped the touchpad lightly.

"Please confirm: Do you wish to purchase the first three levels of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade? You need to pay 100 million Chinese Yuan!"

"Confirm!" Luo Zhe clicked with his finger.

"Please verify via fingerprint to confirm again," the screen prompted.

Luo Zhe placed his finger on the wireless keyboard's fingerprint scanner.

"Beep!"

"Fingerprint verification passed."

"Purchase successful!"

"Payment deducted!"

"The first three levels of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade will be delivered to your home, Mr. Luo Zhe, within 24 hours," the screen displayed in succession.