Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

However, Rein's brow furrowed almost immediately.

He recalled the day's battle.

Although his strength had been growing, the enemies he faced were also becoming more difficult to deal with, with all sorts of techniques emerging one after another.

Actually, when he crushed the opponent's ice blade, he could clearly feel the bone-chilling cold in his left hand.

If the cold lasted a bit longer, it would slow down blood flow and cause stiffness in his limbs; this was one of the special effects of Ice Mage witchcraft that people dreaded.

Therefore, Rein thought he should diversify his response methods.

Perhaps, he could consider enhancing his shield defense first.

Although his "Intermediate Steel Body" innate wizardry was extremely effective in defending against sharp objects like knives, guns, swords, and arrows, based on the day's events, Steel Body's defensive power was relatively weak against witchcraft's extreme cold, extreme heat, and other effects.

After pondering for a moment, with a thought, Rein instantly transformed the Hardened Essence Gold covering the plate gauntlet of his left hand into a iris shield.

Then, it quickly morphed into an even larger tower shield, firmly guarding the area directly in front of Rein.

The innate wizardry "Metal Morphing Spell" allowed Rein to produce all sorts of shields at will.

At that moment, Rein was certain in his heart!

Therefore, as Rein consecutively added 4 Skill Points, he directly advanced his Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill to Lv 12.

Instantly, a flood of memories on how to practice Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill surged into Rein's mind.

This Axe Shield practice memory, now flooding Rein's mind, quickly integrated into the muscle and fascia memory, as though he had spent over ten years in some mysterious space, devotedly practicing Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill alone.

At the same time, Rein vaguely felt that he was only a step away from the subsequent derivative secret technique of the Combat Skill.

Without hesitation, he continued to add points!

With the investment of 1 Golden Skill Point, Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill successfully reached Lv 13, and the system's prompt about the secret technique finally appeared:

[Congratulations, you have comprehended the Basic Secret Technique of Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill: Flash Cut!]

[Congratulations, you have comprehended the Basic Secret Technique of Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill: Iron Wall!]

"Eh? Two secret techniques!"

"I was expecting Flash Cut."

"But it seems the second one is about the shield defense secret technique!"

Surprised, Rein carefully started to examine them.

Soon enough, he saw two brand-new icons located directly above the 'Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill' on the Weapon Master (Legendary) panel.

Inside the icons, the patterns were like twin stars, with identical characters and weapons but different postures.

The pattern on the left depicted a stalwart man holding a shield in his left hand and an axe in his right, striding forward with the axe fiercely chopping downward.

The other pattern showed the stalwart man with an axe and shield, the axe retracted, and the shield raised high, a posture of being solid as a rock, in tight defense.

The textual explanation of the secret techniques was as follows:

Flash Cut (Basic Secret Technique) Effect: Utilizes a special emission technique combining force and slashing to swing the axe, delivering a strike with powerful cutting ability.

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Iron Wall (Basic Secret Technique) Effect: Utilizes a special blocking technique combining force and the shield to swiftly maneuver the shield, like an iron-cast wall.

(To advance Iron Wall to an Intermediate Secret Technique, the following conditions must be met: one, Rocken Axe Shield Combat Skill Lv 14 or above; two, Bear King Breathing Technique Lv 14 or above; three, Strength 35 points, Agility 32 points, Constitution 30 points or above; four, consume 1 Golden Skill Point.)

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