Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 924 - 569: Clothing

Territory World, Town Hall.

Although the world had been changed by the "Data Law", the speed at which the farmers built things was not so exaggerated. When Xu Yang returned, only half of the four civilian houses had been constructed, and it seemed it would take at least two or three days to complete them all.

This was also why Feng Cheng and the others had the time to attend class meetings. Unless afflicted with solo grinding, most Lords in the early stages could only "idle" and bide their time until a series of structures like civilian houses and barracks were completed and enough soldiers were trained to take action against the surrounding initial monsters.

In consideration of this, the Sky-reaching Tower kindly provided a one-month safety period. During this month, the territory would not suffer proactive attacks or special events, ensuring absolute safety so long as one did not seek death recklessly.

Unfortunately, Xu Yang now intended to seek just a little death!

Town Hall

Building Order: First-Order (ordinary)

Building Civilization: None

Building troops: Farmers (5/5)

Owning resources: 50 Wood, 20 Food

Looking at the data for the Town Hall, without saying a word, Xu Yang spent 20 units of food to put four farmers into the recruitment queue.

The Town Hall could recruit farmers, with five recruitment slots available each day, and each one required five units of food.

Xu Yang currently had only twenty units of food, which were the initial resources given by the Sky-reaching Tower. With these four farmers recruited, there would be nothing left to eat, and he needed to replenish as soon as possible, otherwise, non-combat attrition was a very likely scenario.

Xu Yang had a plan in mind and, carrying his iron sword, headed toward the western beach.

His character level was now 4, and his physical attribute was 8; he still couldn't use the newly acquired Iron Spear.

However, fortunately, he had only sold the set of four fur pieces, and the initial weapon, the longsword, was still in his hand, so he didn't have to go barehanded.

Arriving at the western beach, he saw a group of Demonized Fishermen wandering about, totaling about thirty people and including a few Demonized Fishermen (Senior) and one Demonized Fisherman (Elite).

Beyond the corresponding rank, there are also smaller ranks. For instance, the base troop types of the Tower of Heaven come in three smaller ranks: ordinary, senior, and elite. Some powerful civilization units even have a fourth or fifth rank, leading the same rank by a wide margin and even capable of "fighting across ranks!"

That's why all Lords are extremely eager for civilization units as the base troops of the Sky-reaching Tower are simply too weak and can only serve as cannon fodder. Using them as the main force would be irresponsible towards one's own life.

But this has little to do with Xu Yang, as aside from productive farmers, he had no intention of recruiting any troop types.

"Snap!"

Once again, the battle started with a stone. The Demonized Fishermen, devoid of any intelligence, were instantly enraged and rushed at Xu Yang with rust-pocked fish spears.

Xu Yang smiled and advanced with his sword, standing together with a few Demonized Fishermen. His movement technique and swordsmanship flowed and danced, and immediately blood splattered and wails rose.

Compared to the Demonized Barbarians from the eastern woods using wooden clubs, these Demonized Fishermen on the western beach were undoubtedly more threatening since they were wielding fish spears, a long pole weapon with the advantage of reach, essentially seen as an inferior version of spear infantry. Once their numbers were sufficient, they could turn any enemy into a honeycomb.

Against their fish spears, Xu Yang's longsword was at an obvious disadvantage. Additionally, being outnumbered, the sight of five or six fish spears thrusting at him was nothing short of thrilling.

It was like walking a tightrope!

Yet, Xu Yang was utterly relaxed, casually strolling through the "Fish Spear Formation," and in no time, he broke through several Demonized Fishermen one by one.

"Bang!"

"You have killed a Demonized Fisherman (ordinary)."

"You gain 50 experience points!"

"Your character level has risen to level 5, and you have gained 1 attribute point and 1 skill point."

"×&%￥#@§№☆..."

After killing his target and leveling up, Xu Yang was not the least bit joyous. Instead, he furrowed his brows and, with a puzzled look, opened his attribute panel.

Just as the panel opened, he saw the ethereal screen flicker in the special skills section, as if some force was intensely conflicting, causing the illusory panel to warp.

Finally, under Xu Yang's bewildered gaze, a skill entry emerged with unyielding tenacity.

Special Skill: Clothing

Skill Introduction: Draped in humble clothes, walking between life and death, facing the blade's edge (for each piece of clothing with the attribute of armor you equip, it will provide you with one point of Physical Attribute and a bonus boost to the Strong Strike skill).

"..."

Looking at the newly emerged skill, Xu Yang fell silent.

Was this an awakening of talents?

Although Talents were innate, they didn't necessarily manifest from the start. As they leveled up, some Lords would gradually awaken, unlocking talent skills, and even a second, third, or even fourth and fifth Talent.

Now, Xu Yang's situation quite fit the description.

But...

"This is not a Talent Skill!"

"It is..."

Xu Yang murmured softly, his face breaking into a smile, "After all, it has come!"

Attribute Panel, Skill Characteristics!

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His cheat device, his golden finger, had not completely disappeared and was once again exerting its influence, bestowing him with this "clothing" entry.

However, unlike the universally applicable skill characteristics from before, this newly born trait was also subjected to the "Data Law" of this world, becoming a unique "special skill" exclusive to this world!

Wearing clothing to enhance attributes?

If this were to be transferred back, no one knew whether it would still be effective in other worlds.

Nevertheless, his cheat device was powerful; even when the world's rules had been changed and methods such as the Martial Arts and Taoist Scriptures had become ineffective, it was still able to function, generating skill characteristics that aligned with this world.

To what tier did this kind of method, this kind of power, truly belong?

Golden Immortal?

Immortal?

Xu Yang was filled with doubts.

But as much as he suspected, without proof or the ability to find answers, pondering excessively was simply a source of vexation and did nothing to help.

Thus, Xu Yang quickly put these suspicions out of his mind and began studying the newly acquired skill characteristics.

Clothing!

Wearing clothing to enhance attributes and improve skills.

The focus was on the word "wearing". Head, torso, legs, and hands and feet, under normal circumstances, a Lord can wear five pieces of armor.

As for underwear, outer coats, and capes, unless they possess special attributes, the Sky-reaching Tower does not recognize them.

This meant, under normal circumstances, the clothing trait could at most grant him five points in physical strength attribute and five levels of Strong Strike enhancement.

Hmm... It seems somewhat redundant.

Five points in physical strength, five levels of Strong Strike—it may seem not insignificant, certainly stronger than Feng Cheng's Level 5 "Strong" talent, which only added one point to physical strength. However, it came with a cost.

Clothing with attributes typically had very low defense, like the academy uniform Xu Yang was wearing, which had a mere one point in defensive power and could barely withstand any damage.

If he wanted to receive the maximum enhancement from clothing, he would have to equip five pieces of low-defense clothing in exchange for offense, trading survivability for output, which could easily lead to disaster.

Such a talent skill was utterly redundant not only for Lords who commanded troops in group battles but even for those lone Lords who grind solo. Solo grinding was already dangerous enough, and now you want to wear a full set of clothing? Aren't you afraid of dying under a farmer's pitchfork?

Redundant!

However, that was the case for others. Xu Yang, who always strayed from the norm and ground solo without wearing armor, found the clothing trait to be an addition as powerful as wings to a tiger.

Moreover, this was his trait entry, not a talent skill of a Lord in the Tower of Heaven.

A Lord's talents, if not under special circumstances, are almost impossible to upgrade.

But a trait entry is different, his unique golden finger, which can be upgraded step by step, holding immense potential. As long as he continued to grow, it could definitely become a great asset.

Therefore, Xu Yang, without any disdain, happily added the attribute and skill points gained from leveling up.

As a result, his physical attribute reached 9 points, and his Strong Strike skill also reached Level 5.

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Additionally, with the "clothing" trait's effect, the one piece of academy uniform he wore just pushed his physical attribute to exactly 10 points, enabling him to use the Iron Spear.

Without a second thought, Xu Yang took out the long pole weapon, the eighteen-stab Iron Spear, which dealt double the damage of the five-slash six-stab Longsword. Coupled with the Strong Strike raised to Level 6 and a physical attribute of a formidable ten points, his melee combat strength was now exceptionally powerful among the First-Order.

Out with the old, in with the new. Without further ado, Xu Yang carried the Iron Spear and stopped throwing stones, instead heading straight for the nearby Demonized Fishermen.

Several Demonized Fishermen, holding fish spears, wandered aimlessly on the beach. Upon seeing someone approaching, they immediately reacted, thrusting their rusty fish spears.

However...

"Pffft!!!"

A glint of cold light struck first, and then the spear burst forth like a dragon. The Iron Spear cleaved through the air, directly piercing the throat of a Demonized Fisherman, and with a twist of the spearhead, flesh and blood flew in all directions. The other fishermen roared, attempting to attack from either side, but before they could act, the Iron Spear was withdrawn, and cold stars rained down like a torrential downpour of pear blossoms.

"Pffft, pffft, pffft!"

With repeated thrusts of the spear and muffled noises, several Demonized Fishermen fell to the ground, while the wielder remained calm and collected, using hardly any effort.

"Roar!"

No sooner had those fishermen fallen than a roar erupted from behind. A tall Demonized Fisherman (Senior) approached with large strides. When he closed the gap, he swung his great hand, sending a flash of cold light straight at Xu Yang.

Flying Knife!

A ranged weapon, the bane of solo grinders, who knows how many Lords have tragically perished under flying knives, axes, bows, and crossbows.

Dressed in his clothing, Xu Yang had no protective ability against such attacks.

But protection was not equivalent to defense!

Faced with the oncoming glint, Xu Yang remained unfazed, deflecting the flying knife with a tap from his spear, and then he advanced, taking down the attacking Demonized Fisherman with a single strike.

The death of this Senior Demonized Fisherman stirred up the remaining demonized group like poking a hornet's nest. Led by an Elite Fisherman, over a dozen Demonized Fishermen surged towards Xu Yang.

Xu Yang, however, was utterly fearless. With the Iron Spear in hand, he moved as he pleased, knocking down all the flying knives and axes thrown by the Senior Fishermen, then plunged into the midst of the pack, causing a storm of blood and carnage.

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