Three-star Skill Books are quite rare. Even for mid-level Heroic Professions, obtaining a Three-star Skill Book as loot is very rare.

Some Awakened possess Three-star Skills, often due to fortuitous circumstances where the skill mutates and upgrades by one tier.

For example, Bai Pu's [Wind-Stepping Slash] mutated from a One-star Skill [Jump Slash] to a Two-star Skill.

Seeing the surprised expressions of Anvil and Yuan Yue, Chi Li laughed, "The value of these Arachnid Scythe materials cannot be exchanged just with a Two-star Skill Book. Considering their additional value, they're worth at least a Three-star Skill Book."

Compared to Anvil and Yuan Yue's loss of composure, Bai Pu was quite calm.

After all, he had once dropped a Three-star Skill Book.

Bai Pu carefully read the explanation on that scroll.

[Three Kingdoms: Three-star Skill, use your weapon to lift an enemy and throw them to the ground, creating three shockwaves. The lifted target suffers severe throwing damage, and enemies hit by the shockwaves receive moderate concussion damage.]

"This skill seems more suitable for long-handled weapons," Bai Pu said.

"Yes, this is a battle technique of ancient Huaxia warriors. However, it does not limit you to long-handled weapons, as long as you are holding a weapon, you can activate it."

Bai Pu nodded, very satisfied with this skill.

The two completed the trade, and Bai Pu immediately comprehended the [Three Kingdoms] skill. Spirit Realm Will indicated that his comprehension success rate was 80%.

This percentage isn't simply a matter of luck; it depends on the state and comprehension of the one attempting to learn it.

If the person is distracted or in poor condition, even a 90% success rate can sometimes encounter that 10% chance of failure.

An 80% success rate is actually quite high. As long as the Awakened is focused and sincerely feeling the skill, it usually succeeds.

Now, Bai Pu's combat skills increased to five.

According to the comprehension success rate calculations, if he tried to comprehend a sixth Skill Book now, the success rate might drop to 50% to 60%.

This probability is quite subtle. Those who do not worry about the source of Skill Books, strong second generations, would obviously take a risk to learn the sixth skill. However, someone like Bai Pu, who started from scratch, gaining all Skill Books through his own effort, is not willing to take such risks.

Currently, Bai Pu's Skill Level is too low and there is vast room for improvement, so there's no rush to learn more skills. Greed won't lead to mastery; that's the reasoning.

"How many skills do you have now?" Chi Li asked.

"Five."

"Hmm, that's about right. In the future, as your skills increase, choose your main combat skills and strive to improve their levels! There's no need to expend too much Professional Energy on displacement, control, and other auxiliary skills unless your level is stuck at a critical stage for an extended period."

As someone experienced, Chi Li gave Bai Pu some very straightforward advice.

Bai Pu nodded and solemnly thanked him.

It's just like in the Virtual Spirit Realm games, where the player-controlled Character Card gains SP Points through various explorations (points used to increase Skill Levels).

SP Points are limited. Players generally focus on elevating their main combat skills to maximum value (equal to their level), using any extra SP Points to enhance support skills.

Main combat skills are essentially primary offense/defense skills.

For example, in Bai Pu's case, [Unstable Shield] and [Three Kingdoms] are main combat skills, while [Wind-Stepping Slash] and [Helical Throw] are considered support skills due to their low damage multiplier.

[Lasso Strike] is purely a strong control skill, without any damage effect, also categorized as a support skill.

Bai Pu's Blood River Fighting Qi is 700 points, more than twice the energy of an average Level 5 Elite Profession. But he cannot cultivate all five combat skills equally, as the recovery of Blood River Fighting Qi cannot keep pace with the consumption, which would just result in lower levels for all five skills.

Anvil handed Bai Pu a piece of Blue Armor, saying he had used some Blue Elite materials from Bai Pu previously to craft the "Jiang Tuo Armor."

This leather armor is quite practical, providing +10 Armor and +5 Endurance, though lacking Additional Skills.

Such practical Attributes are desirable among many ordinary template Awakened, as the 5 points of Endurance offer significant survivability.

Bai Pu plans to hand it over to Li Ling to see if she can sell it for Honor Points with Su Xiaoxiao's help.

Awakened-made Blue Armor, like Standard Equipment, only adds a 10% success rate when used for Equipment Enhancement with Support Burning Equipment, half of what loot Blue Armor or Blue Enhancement Crystals would provide, so Bai Pu doesn't plan to "burn" it.

Thinking of Li Ling, Bai Pu received a video call from her.

The video showed Li Ling in a car, sitting in the driver's seat.

"Have you returned?" Li Ling asked, looking up.

"Not yet."

"Good, don't come back yet," Li Ling said, "Two people are looking for you, and it's quite important."

"Who is it?" Bai Pu asked.

Li Ling shifted the camera slightly to focus on the back seat.

Bai Pu saw two beautiful women, one larger, one smaller.

The "larger" one Bai Pu recognized; she was the Blood Spider who entered the Flesh and Blood Plague: Aberration World with him.

The "smaller" one Bai Pu had never seen before, wearing black-rimmed glasses, appearing gentle and scholarly.

"Let me introduce her, the woman with glasses is the coach for the school team at Xili Institute of Technology; her Awakener code is 'Cai Cai'," Li Ling explained, "The other one needs no introduction—the Blood Spider Wu Qingyun, whom you should know."

Cai Cai waved and smiled warmly in greeting to Bai Pu.

Bai Pu controlled his gaze, avoiding looking at Teacher Cai Cai's leek-like figure.

"Today happens to be the day our school team exchanges visits with Jiangnan University's school team. I heard from Li Ling you returned from the Spirit Realm and advanced to a Level 5 Enhanced Heroic Profession, so I thought of bringing you along."

Cai Cai explained her intentions simply, "But since you're already in Jiangnan Base City, it's more convenient. Meet us at Jiangnan University's school team training ground at 7 PM."

"…Alright."

After all, Xili Institute of Technology also has a promised Spiritual Point scholarship waiting, so Bai Pu feels it necessary to meet the team coach and mention it.

"Done talking, I'm hanging up now, I'm driving,"

Li Ling ended the call.

"…" Bai Pu actually wanted to ask why the Blood Spider had come to see him and why she was with Teacher Cai Cai.

However, with no questions asked, Bai Pu could guess the reason.

"Yo, they're inviting you to show off your skills," Yuan Yue accurately grasped Teacher Cai Cai's intentions, "Looks like Xili Institute of Technology has been badly bullied by Jiangnan University before."

"Is it necessary? The University Competition is in just over a month; the real test will come naturally then. What's the point of exchanging words now?" Bai Pu didn't understand.

"I know why. The University Competition is actually a highly watched event, much more so than the tier-two league," Yuan Yue laughed, "In every major region, all eligible school teams must battle internally to select the two strongest teams to represent the region in the national competition.

"You know, those intellectuals in colleges say friendship comes first and competition second, but they're tougher than anyone else. So-called 'exchange' is essentially a knife fight to determine who's boss."

At this point, Yuan Yue laughed and offered advice, "Since you just came out of training, you should get some sleep and recharge. There's sure to be a big fight tonight, and I'm going to watch the excitement too."

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