"Woohoo!"

In the midst of some comical screams, the manic boar began to red-eyed and approached Luo Zhen.

It was obviously a boar, but this boar made a cattle-like movement, letting its hind hooves kick a few times, kicking up dust, and then rushing towards Luo Zhen.

That speed, that is neither fast nor slow, even in the real world, Luo Zhen can avoid it well, let alone now.

It's just that in the face of the manic boar's advance, Luo Zhen didn't want to dodge, but calmly stretched out his hand to his waist.

There, there is a materialized fanny pack.

Luo Zhen took out a sharp flying needle from his waist bag.

That's Luo Zhen's weapon.

In this world without magic, sword skills can be said to be the only means of fighting.

The sword skills referred to here are not just "skills used with the sword".

Whether you use a knife, a gun, a stick, or a stone hammer, in this SAO that emphasizes physical sensation, as long as you make a preparatory action that is consistent with the corresponding action set by the system, it can trigger skills, so that the system can support the character's movements and speed, and perform superhuman skills that are difficult to do in ordinary times, and these skills are all called sword skills.

It's just that the so-called sword technique is not something that can be activated when it is launched.

Although the number of sword skills in SAO can be said to be diverse, in order to activate sword skills, in addition to performing the same preparatory actions as the system settings, you must also meet the conditions of weapons and skills.

For example, if Luo Zhen is equipped with a one-handed sword, and also puts the skill "One-handed Sword" into the skill grid, and puts the preparation action of the initial basic skill of the one-handed sword, "Diagonal Slash", then the sword skill called "Diagonal Slash" can be successfully activated, and the action can be completed with the assistance of the system, causing damage to the enemy.

For another example, if Luo Zhen equips the curved knife and puts the skill "curved knife" into the skill grid, and then puts the preparation action of the initial basic skill of the curved knife "Marauder", the sword skill called "Marauder" can also be successfully activated.

However, if you don't equip a specific weapon and use a specific skill, then even if you perform a qualified preparation move, the sword skill will not be activated.

On the other hand, even if the weapons and skills are met, but the preparation is not standard, the sword skill will not be activated.

This is the fighting technique of this world.

Of course, even if you don't use your sword skills, you can use your body to make movements, and use weapons to deal damage to monsters.

However, without the assistance of the system, even if you perform an attack that is exactly the same as your sword skill, your power, speed, and accuracy will not be comparable to that of your sword skill.

In addition, sword skills are different from skills, you don't need to occupy the skill grid, as long as the proficiency of weapon skills continues to improve, then when the trigger conditions are met, new sword skills will be unlocked.

For now, even if Luo Zhen is equipped with a one-handed sword and puts the skill of "One-handed Sword" into the skill grid, the sword skills that can be used at present are only the initial "Oblique Slash", and only when the proficiency of the "One-handed Sword" skill is improved and reaches the corresponding value, one by one the more powerful sword skills will be unlocked one by one.

As for the increase in proficiency, it will only be triggered when the skill is used, starting from 0 and not capping until it reaches 1000, when this skill can be fully learned and all sword skills can be unlocked.

It's just that it's a very difficult thing to do.

At least, during the closed beta period, Luo Zhen had never heard of anyone who had fully learned any skill.

If you want to fully acquire a skill, you have to play in SAO for at least a year and a half, and you even have to be a top gamer.

By the way, in addition to weapon skills such as "One-handed Sword" and "Curved Knife", there are various skills in this world.

For example, the production skills, daily skills, and other skills used to support combat mentioned earlier, etc., there are various skills in this game, all of which can have various effects, and if you increase your proficiency, you can become stronger and stronger in this field.

Of course, the premise is to put the skill in the skill slot.

Only the skill that is put into the skill slot, then it can take effect, and the proficiency will be increased, otherwise, even if you have the skill, it is just a decoration, if you remove the skill originally set in the skill grid, it will even make the proficiency of the skill go to zero.

Therefore, how the player character assigns his skills and what kind of skill matching he should constitute will greatly affect the character's combat effectiveness and future positioning.

The number of skill slots is naturally affected by the level as mentioned above.

Level 1 characters only have two skill slots.

At level 6, you will be able to get a third skill slot.

At level 12, get the fourth skill slot.

At level 20, get the fifth skill slot.

After that, every 10 levels you will gradually gain a skill slot.

Luo Zhen naturally only has two skill grids now, that is, he can only use two skills.

It's easy to fill these two skill slots.

Even if there is only level 1 now, players have a variety of weapon skills and skills from the rest of the production series, and they can set the skills to it.

However, as a closed beta player, Luo Zhen knows.

"Set the skill now, and you have to remove it in the future."

After all, even though there are a variety of skills, the parts that players can use at the beginning are not rare.

Truly rare skills can only be obtained by completing some hidden tasks or meeting demanding conditions.

Therefore, Luo Zhen will not waste skill grids.

Now, in Luo Zhen's skill grid, there is only one skill.

———— "Flying Sword".

As the name suggests, this is a throwing skill.

Compared to the variety of weapon skills, this skill can be described as quite inconspicuous, and it has not been taken seriously during the closed beta period.

The reason is simple.

Although as long as it is a prop allowed by the system, you can use this skill to throw and launch a sword skill for throwing, but first, if the level of the thrown prop is too low, the damage will be too small, and the level is too high and too wasteful, because the thrown props are almost all disposable and cannot be reused.

But this skill made Luo Zhenai can't put it down.

The reason is equally simple.

"I like the feeling of smashing people with money!"

Luo Zhen pulled the hand holding the flying needle behind his shoulder and made a preparatory gesture to throw.

"Zheng!"

A dazzling glow suddenly lit up on the flying needle, painting it green.

This is the effect light that is generated when the sword skill is activated.

Luo Zhen used the skill of "Flying Sword" to launch his initial basic skill ———— "Single Shot".

"Whew!"

In the next second, with the traction of the system's assistance, Luo Zhen's hand holding the throwing weapon flashed in the air, causing the flying needle to turn into a laser, which burst out at a bullet-like speed and hit the neck of the manic boar.

"Poof!"

With the sound of flesh tearing, the flying needle sank into the boar's neck, leaving a wound-like effect crack on it, causing the blood-like effect light to fly away like small red fragments.

"Woohoo!"

The manic boar let out a mournful roar, and its entire body froze to the ground.

Immediately...

"Bang!"

Like shattered glass, the boar turned into polygonal shards and exploded in its entirety.

At this moment, there were two changes in Luo Zhen's body.

One is that a window appears in front of him, which shows the experience points obtained by Luo Zhen from defeating the Manic Boar, Kle, and the materials dropped.

There is another one that only Luo Zhen himself can discover.

That's the change of soul.

After feeling a little "weight" added to his soul, Luo Zhen finally smiled.