All martial arts of the Ripple Sect, when performed in water or high humidity environments, will automatically reduce the consumption of 1 point of infuriating energy, but at least 1 point will be consumed.
This set of exercises reminded Gao Fei of the Yang Yan Sect's secret methods.
The mechanisms of the two are similar, both are strengthened in a specific environment, except that the former requires moisture, while the latter requires sufficient light.
The Wave Sect's understanding of the "mysterious meaning of water" is more clearly reflected in its unique martial arts.
As the level increases, the Ripple Sect monks will automatically learn "Water Breathing" and "Mist Sight".
Level 3 Ripple Sect monks can also learn "Hidden Mist Barrier", which has a function similar to "Hidden Mist Technique".
The dense fog formed by the outward release of true energy surrounds a 20-foot space around the body, not only covering the traces but also providing a high-humidity environment.
The dense fog generated by the true energy will only be temporarily dispersed when blown by the air current above the strong wind. However, in the next round, if the strong wind subsides, the dense fog will be regenerated.
When the Ripple Sect monks reach level 7, they can master the follow-up movement technique of "Hidden Mist Barrier", "Yun Shui Escape".
"Cloud Water Escape" is similar to "Mistake Step". It can perform short-distance teleportation in water or high-humidity environments. The teleportation distance is equal to the movement distance in one round.
By moving in this way, you can ignore terrain obstacles and avoid attacks of opportunity.
In terms of attack, monks of the Wave Sect below level 7 can master at least three unique martial arts.
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Whirlpool Fist: Spend 1 point of infuriating energy, melee attack 2d6 bludgeoning damage, if the victim fails the Fortitude save, he will be "dazed" for one round.
Turn water into arrows: Spend 4 points of Qi to gather the free water vapor in the air in the palm of your hand, compress it into a water arrow and spray it out. The high-pressure water arrow is a long-range contact attack, with a range of 100 feet and 10 feet/level, and it will cause 10d6 on hit.
Puncture damage.
Ripple Palm (Xiao Cheng): Spend 6 points of chi, and the blast of the palm covers a cone-shaped space 30 feet in front, causing 10d6 sonic damage, temporary deafness if Fortitude save fails, double damage to fragile objects; water or high humidity
Under the environment, the attack range of Ripple Palm extends to a 60-foot cone-shaped space.
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Gao Fei carefully read the various Ripple Sect martial arts skills listed on the paper, and then thanked Umberto.
"Brother, thank you for providing complete information. Even with this information, I can't lose to Hashem."
"Musk, the martial arts of the Wave Sect are quite powerful. Do you have any strategies to win?" Claire couldn't hide the worry in her eyes.
"I dare not say that I will win, but there are still countermeasures." Gao Fei replied calmly, "If the opponent is really a monk from the Ripple Sect, I have at least two sets of tactics that can be used to deal with him."
Claire was infected by the young man's calm demeanor, and her worries were relieved.
Gao Fei chatted with Umberto and Claire for a few more words and then said goodbye.
After walking out of the tavern door, he received a system prompt asking him to take a long rest.
Goofy spends an astrolabe energy to directly skip the long rest and subsequent cutscenes.
The game screen flashed, and time came a week later, the day of the duel between the attorneys of both parties in the inheritance dispute case.
At the same time, the scene also switched to the duel venue designated by the court.
Gao Fei is no stranger to this venue.
In his previous duel on behalf of Judge Colt, he defeated "Wind Elemental Warrior" Levant in this duel arena. I hope he can continue his undefeated record in the duel arena today.
Coming to the sidelines to support Goofy, in addition to Lisa, Umberto, Claire and Mario, there was also the client, Mrs. Jones, a mourning widow wearing a black dress and a black veil.
Mrs. Jones was accompanied by a freckle-faced brown-haired boy named Arthur, her only son with the late Mr. Jones.
On the other side of the duel field, David Fuller also came to the sidelines with a group of followers, cheering from behind.
The banker was a portly man with a belly that nearly broke his silk shirt and looked like a prairie dog wearing a monocle.
The two people following him, one was wearing a robe and looked like an arcane spellcaster, the other was wearing a simple linen robe, with a bald head and lush beard that attracted attention.
Gao Fei's eyes fell on the bearded man's face, and he guessed that he was Hashem, the monk of the Wave Sect.
The disclaimer handed over by the referee confirmed his suspicion.
The person who dueled with Goofy on behalf of David Fuller was none other than Hashim.
Gao Fei signed the disclaimer and promised to voluntarily represent Mrs. Jones and participate in a fair duel. If anything goes wrong on the duel field, he will bear the consequences himself.
At the same time, Hashim also signed the waiver.
There were still 15 minutes left before the duel started, and the referee routinely reminded Gao Fei whether he wanted to prepare a will.
Gao Fei smiled and shook his head.
His move was judged as arrogant or confident in the eyes of his opponents and the audience.
In fact, Goofy didn't mean to drink, but he really didn't need to write a will.
Anyway, players will not really die in the game. At worst, the loser will have to reload the game and start over.
Using this time, Gao Fei opened the astrolabe to investigate the details of "The Bearded" Hashim.
Facts have proved that the intelligence network of "Street Angel" is very reliable, and Umberto's analysis is also practical.
Hashim is indeed a level 7 Ripple Sect monk. His attributes are Strength 13, Agility 18, Constitution 14, Intelligence 10, Perception 20, and Charisma 10.
Hashem was good at all the martial arts that Umberto listed in that list.
In addition, this bearded monk also mastered five specialties that even Umberto had not analyzed: "Alertness", "Perseverance", "Dexterous Movements", "Mastery Jump" and "Cruel Strike".
For a 7th level monk, the unarmed attack damage die provided by "Martial Arts" is 2d6.
"Cruel Strike" increases melee damage by an additional die.
The sum of the two is 3d6.
This damn thing has even caught up with the damage of a rifle!
Gao Fei looked at his data panel.
A level 5 imitator has only 37 health points.
Once you are approached by a monk whose fists and feet are as destructive as rifle bullets, you may not be able to survive more than two rounds and will be thrown into the street.
Of course, Gao Fei can also switch to the "Magic Mask" to create a melee configuration with thick blood and high defense, so he may not suffer in close combat.
It's just that it's a bit risky to fight like this, so it's not necessary.
In order to deal with Hashem, a powerful enemy, Gao Fei changed his attribute configuration in advance.
