It turned out that Lin had arrived at the battlefield at some point. Next to him stood a pale, thin man with scars on his face. He was Lin's good friend FIRE.

At this time, another female ice worm was already being besieged by the paladins who came after hearing the news. The paladins looked much more experienced and beat the female ice worm until it screamed in pain. Finally, when it wanted to shrink back into the ground, it was caught by two paladins and could not shrink back.

In the end, this huge monster worm was pulled out of the ground by the two paladins. Only then did Du Yuqi realize that the reason why the ice worm did not completely drill out of the ground was because its vital points were completely hidden in the back of its body. Once the female ice worm was pulled out of the ground, it was completely subdued.

After the dust settled here, reinforcements from the Bantu tribe finally arrived, but they could only sigh in despair. They immediately sent people to negotiate in a hurry, saying that the two ice worms were tamed by their chief, and were very rare, so they were kept here for breeding. They did not expect that they could not withdraw in time and remained here, so they were willing to pay a price to redeem them.

It was a rare opportunity for the Minsk Temple to encounter such a rare commodity, so even though the lion asked for a sky-high price, the people of this tribe could only bear it with gritted teeth. After all, giant ice worms were rare, and even fewer were willing to be tamed. Especially since this female ice worm had not lost its fertility, as long as it was still alive, it could continuously provide ice worm larvae, which would undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of taming. Of course, this is also a later story.

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At this time, Du Yuqi and Lin exchanged a few words and found out that FIRE had received full treatment after being sent there, and the advantage of divine treatment was also reflected, that is, as long as it can be cured, the process will be quite fast. The whole person will recover almost completely after a good sleep, and the rest will depend on slow recuperation.

At this time, FIRE even participated in two offensive and defensive battles on the Bantu side. Don't be fooled by his thin figure, in fact, his personality can be said to be very explosive and fierce. It is as if a hurricane and raging fire swept in. Once he entered the battle, it was as if he was gambling with his life, so he suffered many new injuries.

However, although he was unruly and fearless, he also knew that he owed Du Yuqi a favor. After meeting her, he nodded slightly to indicate his intention and then continued to close his eyes to rest.

After saying a few words, Lin went straight to the point and said that he came to find Du Yuqi specifically because he had something to discuss with him.

After hearing this, Du Yuqi narrowed his eyes slightly, and gently stroked the obsidian ring on his finger, and said very straightforwardly:

"Brother Lin, let's be frank. I came to the temple this time to ask for help, but the temple did not treat me unconditionally. I also gave advice to the temple, saved a huge crisis, and treated many injured people. To be honest, I have repaid the favor, and neither party owes me anything."

"As for why you came to me this time, I can actually guess in my heart. Most likely, you came because the barrier in the temple is rapidly declining. I guess you are attracted by my ability to heal the wounded without using alchemical potions or divine arts. But you can imagine the risks hidden behind this matter... So, it's no problem for you to help the temple, but if you want me to risk my life in vain, it's almost impossible."

After listening to Du Yuqi's words, Lin nodded and said:

"Well, what you said makes sense. I just wanted to ask for your opinion. As long as you are willing to go, it will be easy. Someone will naturally come to talk to you next."

Sure enough, not long after Lin left, Wu Nian rushed over and asked Du Yuqi directly about her conditions. However, how could Du Yuqi not use the two women who were born with the ability to bargain? Mingxi and Changmei were immediately invited to come forward. The two women used the bargaining skills they had practiced while shopping. In the end, it seemed that the Holy Hall had really reached the bottom line before giving up, and let Du Yuqi choose from the three conditions they offered.

Du Yuqi summarized the results of the discussion and made the following final choice: at the cost of joining the next operation, he would also have to add all the remaining large crystals obtained from Count Ratnes in exchange for two things.

The first item was a very rare healing potion called the Golden Communion. Actually, there were better potions available in the temple, but better medicines required corresponding strength to be used. If one was not strong enough, drinking it would either be ineffective or cause poisoning. The Golden Communion potion happened to be something that Du Yuqi could use. In addition to being able to quickly restore a large amount of health, it also had the property of strengthening defense, so Du Yuqi directly asked for three bottles.

The second thing was a tattered-looking hilt.

The origin of this hilt is very great. It is said that it was left by a very famous swordsmanship master. He traveled across the continent in his early years, but because of serious injuries, he became destitute in his later years. In the end, he was taken in by the Holy Temple to avoid death of hunger and cold.

Finally, in order to repay the Temple, he injected his lifelong understanding of swordsmanship into the hilt of the sword before his death. In the future, any swordsman who can obtain this hilt will be able to absorb the swordsmanship experience and insights he injected into it before his death. The process is similar to the initiation in the legend.

Because most of the people in the temple use heavy weapons, there are not many opportunities for this hilt to be absorbed, and it is often used as a favor. It is also because of this that there is not much sword-fighting experience and insights left in this hilt, but Du Yuqi still insists on having this thing!

The reason for this is certainly not because he is crazy or something like that, but because Du Yuqi can clearly feel that since reading the mysterious Albert scroll, he is now in a very strange state, that is, he is on the verge of a breakthrough, just one step away!

At this time, Du Yuqi felt that what he lacked was an external force to push him forward. Under normal circumstances, this external force should be the pressure brought by Du Yuqi when he was in crisis, but Du Yuqi absolutely did not like such a thing, because the risk was too great and there were too many emergencies - what if the crisis did not break out? What if the crisis broke out but was still not enough to deal with the situation at that time?

Therefore, Du Yuqi chose another more stable and safe external force, which was the hilt provided in the temple that could absorb the swordsmanship experience of predecessors.

After the deal was reached, Du Yuqi took the hilt in his hand and found that it was very hard. There was a thick layer of patina on the hilt, shining with crystal light, and there were bursts of warmth on the surface, which seemed to be close to human body temperature.

Then, Du Yuqi held it tightly and closed his eyes, and saw a series of illusions in front of him. Then he felt very strange, as if he had practiced swordsmanship for a long time, and how to stab and how to attack were all natural and smooth.

When Du Yuqi absorbed all the experience in the hilt, the hilt completely decayed and turned into ashes. However, he still stood there with his eyes closed. After a long while, his expression looked as if he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When others saw his expression, they were really curious. They didn't know what had happened, but it was inconvenient for them to ask him directly.

It turned out that Du Yuqi had indeed made a breakthrough, but the breakthrough was not the back jump slash skill as he had imagined, but the "upward attack" skill!

Almost all swordsmen will work hard on the skill of "upward slash", because this move can not only knock the enemy into a floating state, but also has an uninterruptible "dominant body" effect. Unless the enemy responds with grab and throw skills, the domineering body skill can give a great advantage.

However, this skill is easy to learn but difficult to master. After practicing to a certain level, you will often reach a bottleneck in your practice. If you continue to practice, the cost-effectiveness will be extremely low. If you spend the same amount of time practicing other sword techniques, the benefits you gain will be several times or even dozens of times that of the upward slash.

Therefore, although the upward slash is very important, most people can only perform it in a mediocre way, and there are very few strong people who can perform it to the fullest.

However, this freak Du Yuqi broke this convention! If the God of Contract scanned him at this time, he would make the following corrections to the description of the moves he mastered:

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Under the effect of Priest Du's bloodline specialty: Removing the dross and retaining the essence, any related swordsmanship he has learned will undergo changes if he wants to exert the greatest power! Under the effect of Priest Du's bloodline and fighting instinct, a new special swordsmanship school has been formed, temporarily named "I Cut the Style".

"Basic swordplay (i.e. pressing X repeatedly in the game) has changed!"

"Normal sword skills: Uppercut has undergone a change! A new sword technique has been formed, I Slash: Shadow Sword! When Pastor Du performs the uppercut, an illusion will be created behind the enemy to chase him. This sword technique can be further improved through proficiency."

“…”

Du Yuqi repeatedly simulated the move of the mutated I-Slash·Shadow-Picking Sword in his mind several times, and then went to a secluded place where no one was around to practice it a few times, and soon he mastered it thoroughly. If he was a little disappointed when it mutated just now, he felt very excited after mastering it, because this move had undergone a complete qualitative change!

At the same time, Du Yuqi felt that he had already reached a considerable level of proficiency in the skill of back jump slash, which meant that he was only a thin layer away from actually using it on the battlefield to exert the greatest power. As long as he could break through this layer of window paper, everything would be fine.