Half-elf Ranger

Roar!

Deafening roars and mournful wailing rang out from the dense jungle.

In the moonlight jungle, a large number of sturdy trees were broken off under the roaring anger because they blocked the pursuit of the giant on the hill.

boom!

An uprooted tree was violently flung by the angry hill giant, and smashed towards Thorne, who was running fast ahead, with a whistling sound and fresh dirt like rain.

Thorne jumped slightly, and his agile figure once again avoided the big tree that covered the clouds and the sun.

Click!

The big tree smashed on the branch of another big tree, and the crackling sound of bursts reverberated in the jungle.

Then Thorne shook off the dirt from his clothes, turned to look at the last remaining leader of the hill giant behind him, and stopped to look at him with provocative eyes.

I saw Thorne touching his belly with one hand, and pointing at the hill giant's chubby gray belly with the other hand, constantly gesturing with easy-to-understand body language towards the hill giant.

"Damn... scumbag, dare to insult the strongest symbol of the giant on the hill, I will tear you to pieces!"

Seeing the small creature in front of him make all kinds of mocking provocations to him, the giant on the hill jumped like thunder and roared angrily.

Then, regardless of the trees that blocked it, with its huge body and powerful strength, it rampaged in the jungle.

No wonder some barbarian players like to show off their muscles during battle, and then taunt the enemy with contemptuous eyes. It is not useless. After all, the enemy who is irrational is the easiest to deal with.

Looking at the successful taunting of the hill giant, Thorne suddenly remembered a barbarian player he had seen.

With a natural face, the level of the "taunt" skill will increase gradually even if it does not need to be practiced deliberately.

Sometimes walking in the crowd, muttering a few words at random may be inexplicably beaten by passers-by.

The so-called "taunt" skill does not mean that as soon as the skill is activated, the opponent will rush over to attack you screaming.

In this real world, mocking is purely technical.

If you want to completely anger the opponent, you not only need your own eloquence, but also understand the racial characteristics of the opponent.

For example, the drow living in the underground world, if you greet their family without knowing it, the drow will think that you are complimenting them when they hear it (except players, don't try.)

Thorne's action just now was to have a better understanding of the giant on the hill, and then made a simple attempt, what he did not expect was that the giant on the hill broke the defense all at once.

Because of the stupid nature of the hill giants, their perception of the strong is based on the size of the body.

The same is true for the selection of patriarchs in the hill giant tribe. Only the largest male hill giant can become the patriarch of the tribe.

In the end, it gradually evolved into whoever has the bigger belly is the strongest mountain giant.

Therefore, the big belly is the most precious thing for the hill giant, and it cannot tolerate anyone to blaspheme.

Seeing the mountain giant who had completely lost his mind and was furious, Thorne remembered the history of the giant family and couldn't help but sigh.

As the weakest hill giant in the giant family, the strength is so strong, how strong are those cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, storm giants and stone giants?

After all, the giant clan was a powerful race that could compete with the giant dragon clan in ancient times.

In ancient times, the entire continent was filled with giants, and the shadow of their empires extended for a long time.

These towering figures were alive and well in those days gone by, dragon slayers, dreamers, artisans, and even kings of a kingdom.

Now the prosperity of this race has faded away, and until now, only a few hidden giant clans are scattered around the world.

They live quietly and have maintained ancient traditional customs.

In remote areas, the last vestiges of the great giant's empire are only remnants of megalithic foundations and crumbling statues.

The empire that once spanned all continents was left with only scattered clans living in isolated places.

They are as old as the dragons, who were still very young when the footsteps of giants first began to shake the foundations of the world.

Until they expanded from their isolated territories, the meeting of the two races quickly erupted into a brutal war that lasted for generations, and finally both sides were almost paralyzed, and then entered the age of the elves.

The giants do not remember how the conflict began, but the myths and legends they have passed down to this day also sing about the manor farms of their dazzling era and demean those primitive dragons.

Moreover, the giants and the dragons still hate each other to this day, and whenever they meet too close to their habitats, fierce battles always break out.

boom! boom! boom!

The irrational hill giant hugged a big tree and rushed towards Thorne, who was standing still.

At this time, Thorne's composite longbow had already been hung behind him, and it was replaced by a sword.

He felt the charge of the giant on the hill and the pungent stench coming from the approaching, and Thorne didn't have a trace of panic in his expression.

Chasing all the way in the jungle, a dozen hill giants were killed by Thorne using the terrain of the forest and the deadly armor-piercing arrows to them.

Only this hill giant leader is extremely difficult to deal with. The fat body causes the hill giant's neck to be full of fat, and arrows cannot penetrate the thick fat at all.

Other vital parts are also well protected by the mud and fat accumulated from not taking a bath for many years.

So Thorne could only rely on close combat in order to completely kill the leader of the hill giant.

call!

The giant of the hill roared, and the big tree, which served as a makeshift weapon, swept towards Thorne, raising a strong wind, and the withered leaves on the ground fluttered in the sky.

Thorne tumbled to dodge against the fierce wind, while swinging his long sword and slashing a sword in the mountain giant's leg.

But it felt like chopping on bast mixed with dirt.

The sharp blade of the Dark Cinder Longsword clearly left a half-foot-long cut and burn marks on the hill giant's thigh.

But the hill giant's attack did not stop at all, and there was not a trace of blood spilling out of the wound, as if there was no injury at all.

boom!

The hill giant raised the tree in his hand and slapped Thorne on the ground violently, and a strong wind and stench hit him.

Thorne didn't dare to stop at all, and then rolled to avoid it, then got up and stepped back one after another, directly pulling a distance of four or five meters from the giant on the hill.

Roar!

The hill giant took the opportunity to slam his right foot to the ground, leaving a cobweb-like crack, bursting out at a speed that was extremely incompatible with his fat body, like a huge black shadow rushing towards Thorne.

Thorne's face changed, naturally he didn't dare to hit hard, he hurriedly avoided sideways and hid behind a big tree.

Click!

The giant on the hill was unforgiving, and hit the tree pole with a punch, and the tree broke with a sound.

——“Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame Star!”

At the moment when the big tree broke, Thorne let out a low voice, jumped up from the fallen branches and leaves, and the dagger in his left hand jumped out of hot flames, bursting with dazzling white light.

The mountain giant who was caught off guard, his two big eyes were completely shrouded in dazzling white light, and he let out a pained cry.

Taking advantage of the moment when the hill giant was temporarily blinded, Thorne took a deep breath, jumped up, and slashed at the hill giant's plump neck with his sword.

Under the blessing of Thorne's 18 points of strength, the long sword with fire damage created a shocking wound.

——“Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame of Young Dragon!”

Immediately afterwards, the flame on Thorne's left dagger suddenly condensed to a point, and under his control, a turbulent conical flame erupted.

The hot flames flushed Thorne's face and enveloped the hill giant's head.

The stench of burning hair continued to come out, and Thorne took this opportunity to frantically swing the long sword in his hand, and kept slashing at the vital parts of the giant on the hill.

With the fall of the giant on the hill, a large swath of crimson blood soaked the ground in an instant.

Thorne breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the death of the leader of the hill giant.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly noticed a big tree that was about to be ignited.

Now belongs to the month of rotten leaves, and it is about to usher in a cold winter. The withered leaves can easily cause forest fires.

If this jungle is really set on fire, it is possible that the extreme Druid sects will discover it, go crazy, and bury him in the scorched soil as fertilizer. It is not that they have not done this kind of thing.

Then Thorne sat on a big tree that was broken by the giant of the hill and collapsed, inserted the long sword in front of him, stared at the experience value of the attribute panel, and thought: Raise the level of Kendo!

Consume 26,000 experience points to upgrade the level of Kendo!

The kendo master level has been raised to level 5.

Gain 5 skill points and increase health by 9 points.

The class feature "Quick Initiative" has been raised to the Mastery level.

The kendo profession has been upgraded to the second rank.

Gain 1 additional class feat.

...

Thorne frowned as he looked at the 1 point of occupational expertise he gained.

He originally thought that after the level of Kendo was raised to level 5, like his ranger profession, he would gain a lot of extra abilities brought about by extraordinary awakening.

After all, his Awakening Completion had reached 100% at the beginning, and when the Ranger profession was upgraded to level 5, he gained 4 additional abilities.

Unexpectedly, the promotion of the kendoist profession, only 4 points of additional professional expertise.

It seems that the improvement effect of this extraordinary awakening should only be once, and Thorne thought about it and stopped worrying.

So he thought about it, and suddenly three optional professional specialties appeared in front of him:

[Desert Fire: The power of the Desert Wind Sect is constantly surging in your body. When you launch an attack, you can cause additional fire damage equal to your own kendoist occupation level. 】

[Blade of Shadows: The power of shadows surrounds you. When you use a weapon to activate the strike skill of the Shadow Hand, your attack will add additional shadow damage equal to the agility attribute. 】

[Calm and composure: Your mastery of Gang Soul Stream makes you physically and mentally stronger than other warriors, and when you need to make all saving throws, you have a +3 extra bonus. 】

Thorne's expression became solemn as he looked at the three available feats.

The first is the "Desert Fire" feat. Based on his current kendoist occupation level, each of his attacks can cause an additional 5 fire damage.

Then there is the "Shadow Blade" feat. Thorne's current agility attribute is 20 points, which means that every time he uses the strike skills of the Shadow Hand School, the weapon will add 20 points of shadow damage.

And "calm" is a kind of resistance that increases all saving throws of oneself, which is a relatively good defensive feat.

However, Thorne has the "Perfect Spirit" of the Steel Soul faction's coping skill. With his good "Concentration" level, the effect of "Calm and Calm" is not so obvious.

Then Thorne's eyes wandered to the remaining two feats.

After pondering for a while, Thorne finally chose the "Desert Fire" specialty of the Desert Wind Sect.

Because this is a feat that increases all attack damage, including every arrow he shoots.

The only thing that the Shadow Hand School's expertise has improved is the striking skills of this genre, and he has not yet mastered any of the Shadow Hand School's striking skills.

The moment Thorne made up his mind, a surging flame energy began to circulate in his body.

With the mentality of giving it a try, Thorne mobilized the energy in his body and gently patted the big tree beside him. In an instant, his palm left a small burning trace on the big tree.

Looking at the mark left on his palm, Thorne nodded with satisfaction and turned his attention to the moves of the Desert Wind Sect.

Since his kendo level has been raised to level 5, Thorne already has the ability to learn level 3 swordsmanship.

So Thorne immediately upgraded the level, and the practice points donated by Jianyi were allocated to the swordsmanship of the Desert Wind Sect to unlock the third-level moves.

Then, without hesitation, he used the rest to learn a strike technique "Flame Bullet".

Then, he used the remaining 5,000 training points to activate the first-level enhancement skill of the Desert Wind Sect, "Flame of Chaos Heart".

The effect of the third-level move "Flame Bomb" is similar to that of the caster's third-level spell "Fireball", which is area damage.

However, this kind of spell that uses the energy of qi to cast, with Thorne's current level of "Qi Refinement", when the state is full, it can only cast a maximum of three rounds.

The first-level enhancement technique he chose, "Flame of Chaos Heart", was used to communicate with the element plane and summon fire elemental creatures to assist in the battle.

The strength of the fire element will be based on the ability of the caster to summon fire element creatures whose strength matches it.

Judging from Thorne's Tier 2 strength, he can probably summon a medium-sized fire element with a challenge level of about 5.

In the end, Thorne allocated all the 5 skill points obtained from the upgrade to the "Sneak" skill.

After everything was ready, Thorne rested for a while, and then looked in the direction of the gnoll camp.

Although the most threatening hill giant has been eliminated by him, the battle there is still not over.

However, the outcome of the battle was basically completely shifted to Twilight Town, because Thorne deliberately glanced at the gnoll camp when he was leading the hill giant away.

It was found that the gnoll warriors who had been rushing out of the camp gradually became sparse and sparse, which proved that the number of gnolls was almost consumed.

After all, the army of Twilight Town is a remnant of forces gathered in many places. These players who can survive in the occupied settlements have almost all experienced brutal battles, big and small.

They were no longer the kind of rookies who stooped and vomited when they smelled the stench of the gnolls.