The Witcher: Grinding Proficiency Starting with the Witcher

Two months later, in February of the year 1250.

Spring returns to the earth at Yingjian Lake.

Li Wei looked around. The snow had melted, insects and birds were chirping in the forest, and the frozen lake was beginning to thaw, shimmering in the sunlight.

"Hehehe..."

Several dark blue figures emerged from the water, swaying their bodies as they wandered aimlessly along the shore.

Li Wei opened the panel.

[Occupations: Witcher, Novice Wizard, Novice Knight]

[The essence of life: 27.5% - 30%]

[Magic Power: 2.0 - 3.5]

[Magic Perception (Blue): By concentrating your mental energy, you can perceive the strength of magical elements. 0.1 magic points are restored per hour during meditation.]

Just half a month ago, he finally broke through to the beginner stage of [Basic Magic Meditation], and his magic attribute also successfully entered the threshold of a novice wizard.

Now, the only difference between him and a true novice wizard is that the application of any spells is not recorded in "Elementary Magic Meditation".

It can only cast the lower hand seal.

He had intended to ask Mavis for some basic magic to learn, but she had been keeping her room locked up lately, engrossed in her research, so Levi didn't bother her.

However, with these 3.5 magic points, Li Wei has managed to "grind" all four of the Witcher's Signs to the beginner level.

[Sign Amplification (Yellow): Increases the effect of a sign by 10% when casting a sign.]

The only regret was that when he was promoted to a junior wizard, apart from his life essence and magic power, his other basic attributes remained unchanged, which made him feel a little disappointed.

"Zzzzt!"

Li Wei leaned the heavy greatsword against a birch tree, drew his silver sword, and stretched his shoulders.

He has grown taller and is now 1.85 meters tall, and has turned sixteen.

The Strength attribute increased by 0.1, reaching 2.3.

"After training for so long, it's time to test the results."

He murmured to himself as he strode toward the few water ghosts in front of him.

Hearing footsteps, the water ghost stiffly turned its head, its lifeless fish eyes casting a shadow.

Li Wei held his sword horizontally before him, "Come on, you ugly thing!"

"ha!"

The gills on the water ghost's cheeks throbbed violently, emitting a sharp hiss, which quickly attracted its companions in the water not far away.

Its dark blue body shot straight at you like an arrow released from a bow.

Instead of retreating, Li Wei advanced, striding forward, a sharp silver light slicing through the air.

The sword's edge slashed precisely at the water demon's neck. The [Ripple Power] instantly shattered the demon's hard scales, cleanly slicing off the water demon's ferocious head as easily as cutting tofu.

[Spinning Cross Slash Proficiency +1!]

[Black Python Body Tempering Breathing Technique Proficiency +1!]

[Water Demon Mutant Acquisition: 375%]

Another water ghost rushed in, and Li Wei swiftly drew his sword, ending its life.

His figure continued to advance, and as his sword flashed, the water ghosts that surrounded him fell to the ground one by one.

Weak! Too weak!

Li Wei remained calm and undisturbed.

In a short while, he had cut down eight more water ghosts.

[Water Demon Mutant Acquisition: 575%]

Li Wei's gaze fell on the last water ghost.

This time, facing the charging enemy, he neither drew his sword nor dodged, but quietly watched as the enemy's sharp claws, accompanied by the sound of wind cutting, reached for his chest.

Good timing!

A plume of dark mist swiftly emerged from beneath his leather armor, instantly transforming into a deep metallic luster.

"clang!"

A crisp sound rang out.

Li Wei took two steps back, neutralizing the water ghost's impact.

Upon seeing this, the water ghost visibly stopped in its tracks.

The scene before it was completely unexpected.

Li Wei patted the leather armor on his chest; there wasn't even a scratch on it.

"Okay, let's do it again!"

Enraged, the water ghost charged at Li Wei again like a madman.

"laugh!"

With a flash of silver light, Li Wei turned sideways and swung his sword, severing the water ghost's head.

The water ghost thrashed and collapsed onto the damp, muddy ground.

"No way, you're really serious?"

Li Wei kicked the water ghost's head, which had rolled to the ground and whose fish lips were still opening and closing.

[Acquisition rate of Water Ghost Mutant: 600%]

Six hundred. Kill sixteen more water ghosts and the mutant will be upgraded.

Li Wei bent down and dragged the fallen water ghost's corpse to the lakeside.

The lake water submerged the neat wound on the water ghost's neck, and turbid blood flowed out continuously, staining the clear lake water with a bewitching crimson hue.

Having done all this, he quickly retreated and returned to the birch tree where the greatsword was placed.

He only wanted to use the smell of blood to lure out the water ghosts in the lake. If any other terrifying monsters appeared, such as the drowned undead he had seen before, he could act accordingly.

After waiting quietly for more than ten minutes, three water ghosts emerged from the water and began to devour the corpse on the lakeside.

Li Wei took the elven longbow from his back and drew a black-feathered arrow from his quiver.

There are ten arrows in total, all made from the feathers and claws of the petrified chicken snake, with mithril inlaid on the arrowheads. Their armor-piercing damage is more than 30% stronger than that of ordinary silver arrows.

He waited patiently, allowing the water ghosts to venture deeper into the land and devour the corpses of their companions on land.

If this arrow is shot and then dragged into the water by a water ghost, that would be terrible.

Time passed second by second, and the strong smell of blood drifted downstream along the lake into the Yingjian River.

Nearly twenty-one water ghosts had gathered on the shore.

After waiting a while longer and seeing that no new water ghosts surfaced, Li Wei knew that the time was almost right.

He nocked an arrow, aimed at the nearest one, and drew the bowstring taut.

"call out!"

The arrow pierced the air and struck the water ghost precisely in the head, causing it to fall to the ground.

The water ghosts around them all raised their heads, tilting them to the side, their lifeless fish eyes revealing a hint of confusion.

"call out!"

"call out!"

……

Nine arrows shot out in quick succession, efficiently reaping the lives of the water ghosts.

The remaining eleven water ghosts are no longer a threat.

He stepped forward with his sword, facing the onslaught of the water ghosts, and made a hand seal with his left hand.

Impact the Dharma Seal!

"boom!"

The powerful impact surged out in a fan shape, knocking all the surrounding water ghosts to the ground.

Next comes the skillful finishing blow phase.

[Water Ghost Mutant Acquisition: 1125%, Can be Synthesized]

Mind silently.

"synthesis."

[Water Ghost Mutant (Blue): Upon installation, restores 3% of life essence, increases speed by 10%, increases stamina by 10%, and grants the blue trait, Underwater Breathing.]

[The essence of life: 30% - 33%]

Speed: 2.5 - 2.75

Endurance: 3.0 - 3.3

The moment the mutant upgraded, Li Wei felt much lighter.

"The amplification effect has doubled; if my base attributes were higher, the improvement would be even more significant."

The description of underwater breathing hasn't changed much; it's just that the oxygen absorption efficiency has been improved, allowing me to stay underwater for longer.

"To evolve the Water Ghost mutant again, 10000% accumulation is required."

Li Wei looked at the lake surface; apart from the lively fish and shrimp, there was no longer any trace of the water ghost.

"The remaining 355 water ghosts are probably more than the number of minions that drowned undead we saw last time could command."

"We can only leave it to fate."

However, today's harvest was quite fruitful.

Li Wei looked at the water ghost corpses lying all over the ground behind him and smiled with satisfaction.

He retrieved the arrows one by one, cut off the heads of several water ghosts, and turned to walk towards the Witcher's castle.