Aqua regia threw pebbles, attracting a giant mantis-like insect and quickly retreating.

Just as the mantis monster locked on to him, Wang Shui had already slipped to a large tree that was extremely thick and dodged behind, concentrating and relaxing.

Naturally, the blessing is to the soul.

Wang Shui's body was instantly shrouded in a dark gray light, and the whole person was hazy for a moment, and then he vaguely felt a thin line break on his body.

Open the skill bar again, and sure enough, the third skill space has been filled with a new skill: [Concealment].

What was launched by Shui Wang just now is the basic ability of the same name of the [Concealment] skill, which clears part of the hatred value when it is out of the enemy's field of vision, and when the hatred value is lower than 0, it completely disengages from the battle, completely removing the monster lock effect.

This is a skill that all lone wolf players must master, and it is also a very important means of survival.

The pathfinding and killing distance of monsters in SAO is quite long, and it is difficult to reduce aggro by pulling out vision. It is also easy to be locked by other active monsters in the environment when clearing aggro from a long distance.

[Concealment] is a powerful support skill that includes abilities such as Hate Clearing, Confusion Concealment, Sneak Attack Bonus, and more.

But in terms of effect, even if you can't achieve "stealth", it's enough magic.

Wang Shui vaguely remembered that there was magic in the background setting of the SAO world, but the current floating city "Ayn Grant" could not be used, and the specific reason he had forgotten it was also due to his mistake.

finally got the skills he wanted, which made Wang Shui breathe a deep sigh of relief, and the oolong in front of him really made him shocked and scared.

Learning the [One-Handed Straight Sword] made him think that he had mastered the key points of skill learning, but later he never expected to unlock [Gathering] with just a few branches, and he was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Knowing that there is a natural ability and a way of judging that he doesn't understand, and he has been throwing stones lately, he can almost feel that he is about to master the [Flying Sword] skill, so he is in a hurry to get the [Concealed] skill to fill in the grid.

In the end, the monster had to use pebbles to distance himself, and he didn't even dare to pay attention to his hands just now.

[Flying Sword] is a skill that Wang Shui likes very much and is handy, but unfortunately it is too weak, the future growth is too low and the props will be consumed, and the number of key props is also limited, so it cannot guarantee sustainability, so I can only regret giving in.

It was getting late, and Wang Shui had not found any other villages, so he could only return to the village of the Man-Eating Grass mission, [Horuka Village].

Of course, he wouldn't go back the way he came, he would have to go east for a while and then go back south, so that the map would be larger.

Just a few minutes after Wang Shui set off, the faint sound of steel colliding and crushing bushes reached his ears.

There don't seem to be any monsters that can use weapons in the jungle area...... Is it a player PK?

Wang Shui hesitated for a while, he didn't want to interfere with the player's PK, first, he was now an ordinary player, and his advantage was nothing more than a sixth-level level and two [Tenacious Sword].

But the voice came from the high-level area in the north, and the level of players who could go there to explore would definitely not be lower than level five, and Wang Shui, who was one behind in combat skills, was even much worse than those elite players.

Persuaded himself to be nosy, but he didn't move under his feet, his mind focused on the sound of collision that was getting closer and closer.

Safety firstSafety first, Wang Shui muttered, put away his sword and quickly climbed a relatively short tree next to him, squatted quietly on the three-meter-high branch, and activated the [Concealment] skill that he learned not long ago, it should be no problem to eat melons and watch the show while protecting himself......

The sound of crushing branches became clear, and several black shadows of human figures entered Wang Shui's line of sight.

Four to one? No, it's someone who is being attacked by four monsters!

It was four crimson-skinned kobold monsters, with a large difference in height, wearing only some rough leather armor all over their bodies, and the weapons in their hands were rough and heavy giant axes, straight swords, and scimitars.

【Ruins Kobold】

The names of these monsters appeared in Wang Shui's heart, they were the main monsters in the first layer of the maze area and the periphery of the maze area, and their number was huge, and their combat power fluctuated greatly.

But it's at least thirty or forty kilometers away from the labyrinth area, which is not a small number!

Wang Shui glanced at the player being chased, his heart beat twice, and then he drew his sword without hesitation.

The player was wearing a simple leather armor similar to that of Shui Wang, and he also held the [Sword of Temperance] in his hand, and his short black hair was a little messy, and under the slightly longer bangs, he was a cute boy's face that was somewhat feminine.

Kirito, Master Kiri, is it so exciting to play the first time you meet?

Wang Shui didn't think too much, he saved it first, but it was a big deal that the two of them ran south together, and it was easier for the two of them to survive.

Now below Wang Shui is a relatively empty glade intersection, Kirito rushed directly under the tree where Wang Shui was located without stopping, and he didn't dare to stay in the wide space.

At this time, Wang Shui suddenly jumped down from the tree and launched his sword skills at the same time.

[Diagonal Slash]!

With the blessing of gravity, Wang Shui steadied the sword body with both hands, and slashed a bright red path of light in the air, and the momentum of thunder smashed heavily on the smallest kobold at the tail of the team!

【-398！ 】

The very terrifying crit value burst out from the head of the small kobold, and Wang Shui slashed off its right shoulder with a sword, cutting diagonally into half of its body!

[Vertigo], [Shock], [Sluggishness], [Bleeding], [Fracture]......

A row of debuffs instantly fills the underside of the Kobold's health bar, and a bunch of bleeding damage numbers burst out.

"Switch!"

After Wang Shui slashed to the ground, he jumped back and began to dodge other monsters with the help of trees, while loudly reminding Kirito.

Switching is a term commonly used by players when teaming up, meaning alternately resisting enemy attacks.

A switch directly pulled Kirito to stop, and the words "player", "helper", and "cover" popped out of his mind, and his eyes also saw the sword skills that fell from the sky, and subconsciously, Kirito had already rushed towards the giant axe kobold man closest to him with the blue sword skill light, and the monster was two meters tall.

The hatred of the three kobolds is actually still on Kirito, Wang Shui also launched a sword technique [Angry Assassination] to poke a scimitar kobold in the back row and pull it away, Kirito took the other two to fight and retreat to the open space, fighting is not the same as escaping, now he needs room to maneuver.

The kobold, who was held by Wang Shui's hatred, barked loudly on the spot, and a dark pink light appeared on the scimitar.

[String Moon Slash]? Or a Marauder with the ability to dash?

Wang Shui, who faced the sword technique attack for the first time, thought at high speed in his heart, he just knew the scimitar, that is, the basic sword skill under the [Curved Knife] skill, but he couldn't tell the difference when he raised his hand in actual combat.

If you can't tell the difference, you can't solve it!

Wang Shui simply swooped out to the right side, directly dodging the front of the attack.

A red light cut straight to the place where Wang Shui had just stood, and he dodged the thunderous assault with a flying gesture.

On the other side, Kirito is using [Horizontal Slash] (Horizontal Slash) to push through the downward smashing sword technique of the giant axe kobold, and then moves very smoothly, using the huge body of the giant axe kobold to jam the attack angle of another straight sword kobold, and it seems that there is no danger for a while.

It's up to me to break the game...... Wang Shui secretly said in his heart, and immediately sprinted short, ready to launch the [Angry Stabbing Attack], but the scimitar kobold who was fighting against him shook his nose and saliva, and ran over directly with the scimitar.

The distance and movement were affected, Wang Shui reluctantly released his sword skills, but the completion and strength were very poor, and the scimitar kobold man only staggered two steps before he came over and slashed down.

Wang Shui hurriedly retreated to the side and back, dodging this ordinary slash, and wanted to attack while the kobold was retracting his knife, but because he retreated too much, he was not allowed to counterattack in his position.

Wang Shui, who has been bullying wild boars and wild wolves and man-eating grass, looks particularly clumsy at this time.

Wang Shui immediately understood his weakness - his lack of combat experience.

He has a lot of sword moves in his head, a lot of game knowledge, and a lot of combat skills, he can catch the opponent's weaknesses, he can have leisure to think, and even the timidity of the battle that pulls him back is much lighter, but he still behaves so badly.

He is now "Wang Yuyan", with no knowledge and observation, and he needs a lot of combat experience to evolve to "Murong Fu...... of the family to that extent.

But now there is no such time, and when you close your eyes and open your eyes, you can't have an epiphany and become a master, but in the blink of an eye, Wang Shui has his own way to break the game!

He pressed close to the kobold before fitting and slashed at the kobold in a small range. Kobolds can't adjust their body posture to release their sword skills, and Wang Shui naturally can't either, but Wang Shui has taken the time to equip a special equipment [Supernatural Instinct]!

A sword and a sword do not have a horizontal hug of each other, and both sides lose very little blood, so this is when the role of the blood return jewel comes.

As long as Wang Shui gives up some damage and blocks a few more times, he can even maintain full health. But Kirito's side is not optimistic, and he is still holding back the situation, but his HP is almost below half.

You have to do it fast!

The jewel [Supernatural Instinct] has emptied the strength and agility bonus on the equipment, and now the straight sword in Wang Shui's hand has become extremely heavy, but fortunately, the slash does not require much fine control, and it is all over with both hands holding the hilt.

Shui Wang disposed of his kobold, and quickly took out a bottle of pale pink [Recovery Elixir] and smothered it in one gulp, his blood volume was replenished at an extremely fast speed.

But when he turned his attention to Kirito's side, he saw that Kirito was about to meet the heavy blow of the giant axe kobold, and in the corner where Kirito's vision was poor, the rough long sword in the hand of the straight sword kobold also glowed with blue light of sword skills!

Finished.

Kirito also noticed it, but now that the movements in his hands could not be stopped, Wang Shui's heart was cold, because he found that the charging distance was not enough, and the two of them suddenly felt dull pressure.

In an instant, Wang Shui's brain did a lot of thinking and calculation, and before he came up with the correct answer, the body had already chosen the one with the highest probability.

When his right hand was raised, a pebble was already caught between his fingers, and before Wang Shui could react, the pebble shot out in a crimson light package, and Wang Shui only had time to hear the crunch of his right hand churning the air like a whip, and then the whole arm and hand lost consciousness.

The red ray almost grazed Kirito's jaw, and then hit the eyebrows of the straight sword kobold who was ready to sneak attack!

【-132！ ], [Stun], [Shock], [Fall].

Kirito subconsciously completed the confrontation with the giant axe kobold, and when he retreated in small steps to deal with the straight sword kobold, he saw that the other party was falling to the ground, and a vertiginous symbol appeared on his head.

"Kill the big one first!"

Wang Shui rushed over, his right arm hanging down like a noodle, and his left hand held a sword and charged.

Kirito first gave up space to attack, and after Wang Shui released the [Angry Stab] and dodged, he connected to a [Vertical Slash].

"I can't use my entire right hand now, and my left hand can only use the Thrust Sword Technique, you can hold it a few more times."

"Good!"

The pace began to slow down, Wang Shui finally had time to speak, and Kirito, who had less than half of his blood on the other side, was also full of confidence at this time.

Then Wang Shui saw Master Tong's fighting skills.

It should be said that even with the knowledge of martial arts and swordsmanship such as aqua regia, it can be seen that Kirito does not understand swordsmanship at all, and has never experienced combat training, and even the shadow of modern combat fighting skills is not there.

Although he consciously focused on his attack, he only considered the comfort of attack, and his movements were fast and sharp, but he only considered SAO's sword skills.

But he is very strong, he is very smooth, and he keeps attacking to make the monster flawlessly parry.

Kirito also uses normal attacks, but his normal attacks tend to be freewheeling, and as long as there are enemies in his sword path, he will rub twice in the process of adjusting his sword stance.

What Wang Shui learned about swordsmanship is to integrate the ingenious [moves] into every swing of the sword and into every movement.

Kirito's [Aingrun Stream Swordsmanship] is looking for opportunities to use [Sword Skills] with dexterous body movements and extremely fast nerve reactions, and all his sword movements and steps are constantly trying to use sword skills while guarding against enemies.

It should be said that in the game, Kirito's "swordsmanship" is very effective, the sword skills are released efficiently, the damage is high, and the light effect is gorgeous, but Wang Shui always feels a little ...... Somewhat uncomfortable.

During Wang Shui's observation, the giant axe kobold fell to the ground after four or five rounds of switching, and the dizzy straight sword kobold next to him had already woken up, but the negative effect of [Shock] on its head had always existed, causing it to walk and sway, unable to carry out effective attacks.

In the end, the straight sword kobold and the Kirito with the straight sword fell to the ground together, don't get me wrong, Kirito just fell to the ground tired, and the blood volume was still about half,

The bloody Wang Shui settled down at this time, and it was reasonable that this battle was not as nervous as when he faced the manic boar for the first time, but afterwards his body was very floating, and his entire right arm was the paralyzing feeling of sleeping on the pillow for a night, swinging like a rope.

Sticking the sword into the ground with his left hand, Wang Shui approached Kirito and found that he was closing his eyes to recuperate and adjusting his breathing, so he stretched out his left hand and said:

"Are you alright, fill up your HP first?"

Kirito slowly opened his eyes, looking at Wang Shui's exhaustion and hanging right arm, and his face was tangled with an expression of guilt and other complicated feelings.

"Thank you very much...... How's your hand? Kirito took Aqua Wang's left hand and stood up, then pulled out a bottle of recovery potion from the carrying clasp of the leather belt.

"Small problem, the right arm [part destruction] state for two hours, but the next return to [Horuka Village] will depend on you."

"Of course, I'll leave it to me later."

Kirito, whose expression and gaze returned to normal, regained his usual composure, bumped his fist with Wang Shui, and was about to beckon to go together, when he suddenly said in surprise:

"What's going on? The corpses of these kobolds are not refreshed! After speaking, he began to nervously check the battle report.

"Calm, this is the effect of the [Gathering] skill, by default, the corpse is automatically kept waiting for collection."

Saying that, Wang Shui touched the corpses one by one, and his left hand was inconvenient to break...... Ahem, it was inconvenient to dispose of the corpse, so he simply kicked the monster's weapon aside, and only collected [Kobold Giant Axe Fragments] on the giant axe kobold.

"The [Gathering] skill actually has this effect, but it didn't ...... before Wait, this ...... Swordsman, are you equipped with the [Gathering] skill? And you used the [Flying Sword] just now! That is, you didn't learn any auxiliary combat skills?! ”

Kirito's shock made Wang Shui's mood extremely complicated, and then raised his hand and sent a friend to apply for it.

"Okay, okay, don't be so surprised, I'm not going to go solo all the time, and besides, who is called a swordsman, just call me "Book of Heaven"."

casually made up a reason, and Wang Shui also took advantage of the angle of facing Kirito to pretend to check the inventory column, but in fact opened the skill column.

[One-Handed Straight Sword], [Gathering], [Concealment] ...... [Flying Sword]

Three skill slots, four skills.

The [Flying Sword] skill does not appear on the fourth slot that is not opened, but instead exists on a separate line. It used to be an empty space on the page, but now the ability icon is embedded there, as if the texture is wrong.

This is not a bug, Wang Shui immediately thought of the penultimate part of his innate ability.

[There is no limit to learning ability]

This is a bug, right?