[You have assimilated with Wukong.]
[Wukong has entered the battle(5 minutes cooldown has been applied).]
[You have received The Monkey King's Martial Arts(Legendary).]
[You have used The Monkey King's Martial Arts(Legendary).]
[Your body can't handle the burden of the legendary skill.]
[The Monkey King's Martial Arts Skill has been lowered to the unique grade.]
A loud crack echoed from Jake's bow's handle.
It was so loud that everyone believed Jake's Second Coming Of The Archer had been broken. Jake even held it oddly, as though keeping the bow from parting into two parts.
The truth was the opposite!
Jake was preparing to split his weapon into two parts!
'Ever since the beginning...' Jake thought. 'I've been aiming to fight you this way.'
[You have used your bow's skill—Split And Join(Epic)(Active)]
[Split And Join(Epic)(Active)(No cooldown)—The Second Coming Of The Archer's second epic skill which enables Archer to split the bow's riser into two parts, turning them into two short swords.]
Jake widened his eyes. 'I didn't have enough time to practice this swordsmanship. But Wukong and I have fought a tricky swordsman tree soldier daily in our assimilation! I told Wukong to follow and study this particular soldier all the time! I leave myself in your care, Wukong!'
The Monkey King's Martial Arts Skill wasn't only related to staff. This particular skill was legendary and too overbearing to Jake's body because it held Prime Wukong's library of knowledge and experience.
It meant that Wukong could learn how to fight with staff from this skill and learn about other weapons and their advantages and counters. This experience could be translated to help Jake learn ancient archery and swordsmanship.
In its current state, however, it was only a breath of inspiration.
Wukong, however, had been tasked with studying the tree swordsman in The Turtle Forest.
His studies were successful.
Meaning he had taken a few pages from his library of knowledge.
[Your twin swordsmanship proficiency has been increased to Intermediate—VIII]
Jake smiled, and so did SWalker.
Someone from the crowd said, "I've sparred a few times with SWalker and never seen him smiling like that. I get that he's uptight and weirdly obsessed with knightly codex, but this is something else."
"You mean, this is the first time he used a one-handed swordsmanship?"
"Yeah... and it looked like a skill."
"Damn! He must have awakened!"
"What you mean awakened? I don't think he has a special class!"
While someone in the crowd wasn't exactly right about SWalker's state, he was pretty close.
[You have created a new passive skill.]
[Please name it, or the game system will name it in your stead.]
"The Enemy," SWalker said.
Jake chuckled, "Finally laid-back?"
"Courtesy of your versatility," SWalker replied.
"Still so formal," Jake chuckled.
SWalker grinned. He was thankful to Jake, as he hadn't attacked him yet. It meant he must have noticed that SWalker had gone through some self-development or at least noticed that he had gotten a new skill.
It wasn't difficult to notice that, though.
SWalker's silver blade exuded a red-black aura that looked like the blood of darkness. He held it in one hand, causing an image of a knight to be the last thing on people's minds.
'I'll make it simple. Two-handed swordsmanship will be The Knight Mode, focused on control and flow. It'll be more defensive, where I study my enemies and learn their habits. One-handed swordsmanship will be The Enemy Mode, barely any defense, only strength, and speed! The overwhelming and crazy force solely meant to defeat my opponents, regardless of how it looks and how evil it is!' SWalker thought.
He took a step forward. "Thank you for waiting for me."
Three arrows flew past him.
Jake smiled. "No problem."
'He's creating a space... this clash will be the last one between us... today,' SWalker thought as he used his perception skill to locate the three arrows lodged in the ground. 'I'll break them before he can use them to teleport!'
The battle between the archer and the swordsman resumed.