Chun set the mining lamp on the riverbank, then took a sip of alcohol to ward off the cold and improve his condition before diving into the deep pool.

Without Aileen's radar, it was truly pitch black. And with this weight of 100 on him, he was sinking pretty fast. Fortunately, the trip to Wind Howling Canyon had trained him to Expert Level 10 in swimming, so he could manage to control it.

Every few meters he dove, he'd dig a few times, producing a pile of rubble, but failing.

When he reached a depth of about a few dozen meters, a red glow exploded—system alert: Warning! You have reached the pressure limit for swimming at this depth, and your life is rapidly decreasing. Continuing to dive will result in sudden death by water pressure explosion.

Holy shit!

Watching his plummeting health line, Chun decisively activated the Four Sea Souls, a barrier bubble surged up around him as if he suddenly donned a Diving Suit, just barely stabilizing his health loss.

It's the limit! Let's dig here; manual training is all about extreme survival and the self-invented method of "ailing flow."

Failure, failure... Swinging the pickaxe was painfully slow, and the resistance from the water made the downward strike equally agonizing.

Chun was at his wit's end, completely clueless.

Since that was the case, he might as well switch hands to try; previously, to avoid the ring-bearing right hand, he'd been holding the pickaxe in his left hand. Now he might as well use the ring-bearing hand as the main pickaxe hand.

The idea was that this swing would be powerful enough to break through the rock and unearth the hidden minerals, not to mention that it wouldn't be as hampered by the water, bringing back memories of underwater mining and underwater construction.

After switching hands, swinging the pickaxe was akin to lifting weights, and under the pressure of deep water, the expenditure of Physical Strength was more than multiple times greater! Can it work?

Whap! A spark flashed before his eyes!

Holy shit!?

Although he still failed, this strike actually managed to produce sparks in the water?

This spark was like a beam of light in the pitch-black deep pool, instantly sparking Chun's inspiration—he could actually be even more powerful!

Keep going!

Chun adjusted his position, raised the pickaxe again, and then—activated the Gravity Field on the Death Divine Artifact ring!

In that moment, the surrounding water currents violently surged into whirlpools, Chun felt a powerful suction suddenly pulling him downwards, and his raised pickaxe was also fiercely plummeting.

That's right! By accelerating the downward motion of himself and the pickaxe—let's see what sparks will explode this time, what inspiration will be ignited!

Splat—sparks flew everywhere!

Then came another splat, Chun's body tilted, abruptly breaking the pickaxe handle!

——System Alert: You used the pickaxe incorrectly, causing destructive impact to the pickaxe, completely damaging its durability.

——System Alert: Congratulations! You simultaneously triggered the passive skill "Weakness Strike," activated the Sea Emperor's Siege Slaying effect, your Master level Module Combination skill integrated the mysteries of strength, your Outstanding Wisdom comprehended the Warrior professional skill "Basic Heavy Slash" Level 1! You have achieved: Life+1, Weight Capacity+1, Physical Strength+1, Critical Strike Rate+1%, with additional rewards: Spirit+1, Life+1.

Basic Heavy Slash: A forward-slashing motion with all one's might and weight. The higher a Warrior's weight capacity, the heavier he is, the stronger his additional attack.

——System Alert: Your Outstanding Wisdom comprehended "Basic Heavy Slash" in the water, and you have grasped the insights of underwater combat techniques. Your muscle memory successfully recalled "Basic Underwater Construction" Level 1, earning additional achievement rewards: Life+1, Spirit+1.

——System Alert: Congratulations! Your Master level Module Combination skill leveled up to Level 2, earning achievements: Life+3, Weight Capacity+3, Physical Strength+3, Commanding Power+3, Hit Accuracy+3%.

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Holy shit! Didn't I see it wrong!?

Chun was practically unable to believe it, unexpectedly overjoyed!

He intended to push for mining, but unexpectedly comprehended an authentic Warrior professional skill, though it's just the most basic skill a Warrior learns upon job transition, but according to public beta experts, it's nearly impossible for non-profession players to comprehend professional skills, these are skills that one must have a job transition and find a skill tutor to learn!

But here, it was actually comprehended!

And there turned out to be a water combat version, and he successfully recalled underwater construction!

Not having time for surprise, Chun immediately turned off the Gravity Field, immediately controlled his posture in the water, and began heading to shore to recover Physical Strength!

No, this isn't just surfacing, Chun's excited emotions felt like he was going to break through the water and soar into the sky like a kun (a giant mythical fish)!

Recalling that previous strike carefully, it indeed met all the essentials of a Warrior's slashing technique,

For a newcomer without a profession, Attack and Weight Capacity are separate; a newcomer's weight capacity is just for labor, while Warrior professional skills are enhanced by weight capacity, and he himself was indeed weighty and physically strong like a beast of burden.

That previous strike likely had the hand too heavy and the force went crooked, turning the attack onto the pickaxe. And the pickaxe itself had a wooden handle, the durability likely wasn't enough, turning into a "weakness," triggering "Weakness Strike," plus being empowered by the Sea Emperor's skill in the water, along with the acceleration from the Gravity Field, and the enhancement from Wisdom, thus breaking past the professional limitation and comprehending it!

No, no, no, it's not accidental comprehending, but a certain comprehending when conditions are ripe! This was the fulfillment of high-end conditions like Divine Artifact, Sea Soul, Boss reward skills, leading to a cross-field exploration!

Just like the father of the national hydrogen bomb, he wasn't merely an expert in the field of nuclear energy; he was proficient in other domains too, and when all these fields merge, the spark of Wisdom inevitably ignites...

Chun had just comprehended the authentic Mechanician profession's "Ancestor Skill" Advanced Mechanician, clearly understanding the importance of this commonality in cross-field comprehension of this generic Warrior basic skill—this must be another "Ancestor Skill" with extraordinary growth prospects.

But now there's no need to discuss future prospects, the most inspiring breakthrough at present is the activation of underwater combat insights and the recall of underwater construction in the water!

So, it's certain that underwater construction must be a prerequisite skill for underwater combat! And underwater construction itself is a combination of underwater mining and Artistic Swimming...

So now the leveling strategy is clear, just focus on upgrading this Warrior skill in the water! Rely on combat skills to lead the understanding of life skills.

After all, the previous Master level Mining Technique had led to two similar Warrior skills "Dual-Wielding Pickaxes" and "Mining Pickaxe Disarmament," so mining and Warrior must complement each other and have commonalities. Perhaps, the earliest Warriors were miners?

The general plan is set, now is the specific training.

This slashing skill is also very easy to practice; the city's training grounds have logs, just keep chopping to level up to Intermediate. It's just especially wasteful of weapons, logs, Physical Strength, and hunger levels, which beginners can't afford in terms of money and time right away, and usually choose to fight monsters in the wild to improve in combat.

But now he has a training method, first head back to the blacksmith shop, weld an iron-handled pickaxe, no, weld several. Only iron-handled ones can withstand the vigorous use of this skill. After all, he's also Level 3 Advanced Forging and can handle it.

Then return to practice in the water, always maintaining the Sea Emperor's soul's blessing, and use the Gravity Field as needed...

After contemplating it, Chun's heart moved, switched to his Clone and as expected:

——System Alert: Congratulations! Your Soul Link skill shared the main body's skill "Basic Heavy Strike" Level 1...

Wahaha, even the little character also learned it without a job change; the future is limitless!

Speaking of which, the little character originally used the iron-handled mining pickaxe meant for excavating in magma, maybe the little character's automatic idle skill training is rapid, directly Soul Linking it to the main body, saving the main character quite some effort...

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