Jiang Jie revived at the foot of the mountain and charged up again.
Go up the mountain, die, resurrect, go up the mountain again, die again, resurrect again!
In less than two hours, Jiang Jie died more than thirty times.
The worst time was when he was discovered by a master at the Houtian Eighth Layer and killed with a single palm strike from more than ten meters away. All his bones were shattered, and the pain was ten times worse than childbirth. That bandit used an IMBA version of the Muscle-Tearing and Bone-Dislocating Hand!
This is a completely different experience, ten times more intense than challenging the Shaolin Temple.
The Shaolin Temple Monk never initiate attacks, and every attack they make is fair and square, mostly in the form of a martial arts contest. But these bandits use every trick in the book: hidden arrows, powerful crossbow bolts, countless arrows piercing the heart, various traps and mechanisms, and all sorts of underhanded and malicious tricks, making them impossible to defend against.
Sometimes you think you're facing just one person, but the next moment you'll find yourself surrounded by a hundred bandits!
Moreover, although they are stronger than you, and there are experts at the seventh or eighth level of the Houtian, they have no interest in fighting you one-on-one. Instead, a hundred of them will rush up and make you die a quick death!
Finally, two hours passed, and Xiao Feng appeared. The surrounding scenery instantly changed, and they arrived in that misty space. By this time, Jiang Jie was completely exhausted.
"Rest for an hour, then I'll have the game pod hypnotize you into a deep sleep before you learn the thief skill." Xiao Feng's thoughtful arrangements were like those of a gentle and virtuous wife.
Jiang Jie nodded, knowing that in his current state, his spirit was extremely weak and he was not suitable to learn skills, and soon fell asleep.
She slept soundly.
An hour later, a series of suggestive moans woke Jiang Jie up on time.
He remained calm because he was used to it.
Every time, Xiao Feng would wake him up in different ways. Sometimes it was a basin of cold water, sometimes a scream, or even being burned or struck by lightning. She could do anything you could imagine!
A holographic image appeared in front of Jiang Jie; it was Miles.
Then, the image rushed into Jiang Jie's body, and his internal Internal Energy began to flow along complex circuits. Jiang Jie lost control and used one high-level thief skill after another.
Backstab!
" Slash!"
" Rupture!"
" Garrote!"
" Cloak of Shadows!"
Again and again, Jiang Jie concentrated intently, trying his best to perceive and memorize the complex and varied Internal Energy flow. It took him a full five hours before he finally stopped.
This absolute concentration couldn't last long; it was too tiring. Jiang Jie had to enter a deep sleep again, continuing an hour later.
Anyway, now that I have money, I've bought a lot of mana potions, and my game pod can run for dozens of hours without any problems.
Finally, after a full 24 hours, Jiang Jie had a basic grasp of all the thief skills he could master.
As before, some skills cannot be simulated temporarily, either because of insufficient Internal Energy or because the corresponding meridians and acupoints are not yet open, such as " Fleet Footed ".
"That's enough!" Exhausted, Jiang Jie rested for another hour before leaving the game pod and returning to reality.
Jiang Jie closed his eyes.
He silently recalled how his Internal Energy circulated in a specific way, simulating a thief's skills.
It's very difficult, extremely difficult.
This is reality, not an illusion created by the game pod. Without the help of the game pod, it is extremely difficult to precisely control one's Internal Energy; one wrong move and one has to start all over again.
Jiang Jie stood still, motionless.
On the surface, everything appears calm, but in reality, one attempt after another has been made, only to fail time and time again.
" Nicholas..." Roand was about to speak, but Miles glared at him fiercely and shut him up!
Although it was impossible to sense the Internal Energy flow within Jiang Jie's body,
But he could tell that Jiang Jie was completely focused, perhaps thinking, perhaps pondering, perhaps trying to communicate with the shadows—in short, he couldn't be disturbed. He envied Jiang Jie, who could enter such a state of complete concentration anytime, anywhere. He was old, he couldn't do it anymore; his physical condition was no longer at its peak, and his mental state was also failing. Many times, he felt powerless despite his good intentions. Moreover, as one of the leaders of the Assassins' Order, he had too many things to handle every day, leaving him no extra time for self-training.
He knew he could never become a great thief in his life, but he was willing to support Jiang Jie so that he could wholeheartedly accept training and grow as quickly as possible!
Jiang Jie had been standing for half an hour. His body began to sway slightly unconsciously. Then, he suddenly opened his eyes, leaped high into the air, and his left hand, with its " Gut Ripper " slash, left a sharp afterimage. Before anyone could react, he struck a training dummy.
The next moment, the wooden head of the training dummy was split in two!
This is...
" Slash! The high-level rogue skill Slash! Nicholas, you really... did it?" Miles felt his heart pounding. Even on the night he married his wife more than ten years ago, when he carried her to bed, he had never been this excited, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest!
Slash!
This is a very difficult high-level thief skill, its difficulty is definitely no less than " Stealth " or "vanish". Jiang Jie was able to learn it in half an hour, and only watched himself practice it once. This kind of talent can no longer be described as monstrous.
Could there really be a god of thieves? Was Nicholas truly favored by this god?
Otherwise, how can we explain everything Jiang Jie did?
This is not the end.
The next moment, Jiang Jie's body suddenly became blurry and dark, his entire body filled with Shadow energy, as if his body had been transformed into absolute shadow, along with his clothes and the weapon in his hand, which were also enveloped in shadow.
This is...
" The Cloak of Shadows! It's the Cloak of Shadows! You've mastered the Cloak of Shadows!" Miles jumped up!
Cloak of Shadows!
One of the signature skills of a thief, and arguably the most powerful skill of a high-level thief, a divine skill that enables a high-level thief to fight against high-level mages and even assassinate Archmage!
"Immediately remove all detrimental magical effects from yourself and increase your resistance to all spells by 100%!"
High-level thieves who master the " Cloak of Shadows " are rare, even among all high-level thieves. This is because the skill is truly difficult, requiring an immense amount of Shadow energy, something ordinary high-level assassins simply cannot do. Even another high-level assassin in the Assassins' Order, " Caroline Ward," cannot achieve it!
Jiang Jie actually mastered it!
What does this mean?
This means that Jiang Jie is now a higher-ranking rogue than Caroline Walder, second only to Miles in the entire Lordaeron Royal Assassins!
This isn't over yet!