Chapter 939: Chapter 469: Battle Review and Further Exploration

Although along the way, the two human settlements encountered—the fishing village on Wild Rabbit Island and the cliff settlement in Twin Canyon—had already been wiped out.

The good news is that the crew on the Vengeance Blade Blade did not suffer any substantial losses.

Neither the previous storm at sea, nor the recent attack by the Sha Hua Fishmen caused any actual deaths or casualties.

The two crew members who suffered the most injuries were: one who accidentally slipped while running on the deck just now and had his arm pierced by the sharp fin of a Fishman corpse; the other was a lookout who fell and broke his thigh a few days ago while climbing the mast.

To some extent, compared to the damage to the crew, the Vengeance Blade Blade suffered more serious damage.

Fortunately, Xia Nan and Hai Yin arrived back in time, preventing the Fishmen from causing more damage to the hull, allowing the Vengeance Blade Blade to remain intact enough to continue sailing.

Otherwise, this ship of people would truly be starting an adventure of survival on a deserted island.

Right now, the battle has just ended.

There is no time to rest, Rein and Gordon are promptly assigning hands to detail and detect the exact damage locations on the ship and arrange a temporary repair plan.

Xia Nan and Hai Yin, along with several sailors, are clearing the battlefield.

There isn’t much valuable stuff really, as the Sha Hua Fishman itself only has a Challenge Level of 0.5, without any valuable materials on its body. Moreover, among the Fishmen surrounding the ship just now, there were neither caster priests nor elite individuals of Four Armed Level; they were all ordinary foot soldiers and naturally wouldn’t be carrying precious special equipment.

They were all junk, and there were few items worth picking from them that could be sold.

With a keen eye, Xia Nan casually pulled out a nearly new Fishman Half-body Armor from a corpse washed ashore by the waves and handed it to the young sailor behind him, while his attention slightly dispersed as he replayed the battle in his mind.

The rewards were not insubstantial; the skill level of Heavy Tide unexpectedly increased by two points after the battle, which was a pleasant surprise. Most importantly, Xia Nan gained a clear understanding of his state when fighting in the water.

Indeed, his actual combat ability was somewhat diminished, but the watery environment expanded the battlefield from a two-dimensional plane to a three-dimensional space, and the mobility and flexibility of the Teeth Hunting largely compensated for this.

To be honest, when Xia Nan commanded Wolf Head across the sea surface, he actually experienced a sense of uninhibited freedom, vaguely capturing the complete form of the Fallen Blade Hunting profession.

Unfortunately, his current self is still far from fighting in outer space, and he can only simulate it slightly using the water environment.

And if someday Xia Nan truly expands the hunting ground of Teeth Hunting beyond the atmosphere, he might genuinely grasp the essence of the Fallen Blade Hunting profession.

Speaking of which...

Xia Nan suddenly thought, no wonder Gravity Control is a necessary condition for advancement; Fallen Blade Hunting indeed seems born to adapt to combat in a zero-gravity environment, making it a high-level profession.

Under normal circumstances, it is definitely not a profession that a newcomer adventurer who has just met the standards of three battle skills could take up.

Reflecting now, taking on this profession through a series of coincidences feels truly absurd.

Of course, he also swallowed the bitter fruit of his high starting point.

The excessively high starting point and an exaggeratedly solid foundation have granted him combat ability far superior to others of the same level, but have also greatly slowed his advancement speed.

If he had taken on the most widespread and ordinary Warrior profession back then, given his excellent talents combined with soul and body, along with the assistance of the attribute panel, he might have already surpassed Level 5 and be heading towards Transcendent.

And wouldn’t be stuck like now, painstakingly grinding each point of skill level in Gravity Control, eagerly treasuring the faster skill level growth from Heavy Tide, practicing up to twenty hours a day.

Of course, if given the chance to choose again a year ago... even if he could choose a hundred times, Xia Nan would still pick Fallen Blade Hunting.

After all, the short-term upgrade speed of ordinary professions is evidently less attractive to Xia Nan than the future potential of high-level professions.

Moreover, despite the brief battle with the Sha Hua Fishmen, Xia Nan distinctly felt the differences between underwater combat and fighting on land, noting several new points of concern.

The most important, of course, is oxygen.

Though his professional-level physical constitution affords great breath-holding ability, he also cannot maintain it for long durations during battle and needs to surface to breathe. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

During combat, he managed to dart to the surface with the aid of Teeth Hunting’s sprint effect to catch his breath briefly, unable to fight underwater continuously for long.

Next, is stamina.

Xia Nan’s Constitution Attribute is not low; his experiences in the Snake Cave Secret Realm once made it the most prominent aspect of his physical constitution, just that he hadn’t found suitable opportunities since then, causing it to fall behind gradually.

Currently, it’s been surpassed by Strength, Agility, and Perception, only remaining ahead of Charm and Intelligence.

Previously, it didn’t seem like much of a concern, but now in the underwater environment where stamina consumption heavily increases, he slightly struggles with keeping up with the frequency of battle skill usage. For future similar situations, Xia Nan realizes he must avoid prolonged, intense water combat when necessary and at least pay extra attention to the combat rhythm.