540: Chapter 421 All Language Mastery 540: Chapter 421 All Language Mastery Having reviewed the skill’s attributes, what remained was testing.

This skill was somewhat different from what Zhang Xiaoman had initially anticipated.

It wasn’t a replacement of the original skill effect, but retained the Star Knight’s summoning ability while also allowing for the summoning of a new type of knight.

The only downside was that this new knight had a low summoning cap of just two.

“If the cap is low, then their abilities must be stronger, right…?”

Muttering to himself, Zhang Xiaoman activated the skill and chose to summon two Star Shining Saint Knights.

In an instant, Dark Energy gathered around him, similar to when he summoned Star Guards, and after waiting for about 5 seconds, two towering figures clad in golden armor appeared before him.

They were two giants surpassing 2.5 meters in height, and in terms of stature, they were much taller than the average Star Knight.

The armor of the two Holy Knights was even more splendid, having shifted from a blue-purple to the current golden yellow, adorned with brilliant, swirling light, which made them look exceedingly striking.

“Click~”

Having appeared, the two Holy Knights executed a Star Touching Ceremony towards Zhang Xiaoman’s direction, and the sound of their armor clinking brought his thoughts back to the present.

“Eh?

Are you…

sentient?”

Zhang Xiaoman was surprised by their seemingly spiritual behavior and couldn’t help asking the question that was on his mind.

However, the two Holy Knights didn’t answer, only gazing at him with eyes glittering with light.

Zhang Xiaoman tried communicating with them in other ways but found that it wasn’t as he had initially speculated.

“Hmm…

It seems they still lack consciousness, but the way they act feels less rigid than the typical Star Guards, almost deceptively lifelike.”

He finally concluded and then proceeded with the ability testing.

First, he waited 5 minutes for the skill to cool down, then Zhang Xiaoman summoned 16 Star Guards to serve as test targets for the two knights.

“Crackle and pop…”

After a bout of intense fighting, all 16 Star Guards were knocked down, leaving only the Holy Knights standing, their armor shimmering with golden light.

“Not bad!

They are much stronger than the Star Guards in terms of abilities, although they fought without weapons.

Being able to defeat sixteen in a two-against-sixteen fight is enough to demonstrate their prowess.”

From his observation, Zhang Xiaoman noted that the average Dark Energy intensity of the two Star Shining Saint Knights was about the same as eight Star Guards combined.

However, real combat power can’t be calculated simply by numbers.

The effect generated when adding 1+1 often exceeds the sum of 2, let alone 8.

Therefore, it wasn’t surprising that the two Holy Knights were able to win.

Moreover, they had some skills beyond those of the standard Star Guards.

Their current stance, emanating an abundance of golden light, was the manifestation of an ability they used.

While Zhang Xiaoman didn’t know the specific effects or names, it seemed to be a power that could enhance their own attributes.

After activating the golden light, both the Holy Knights’ strength and speed visibly improved substantially.

Next, Zhang Xiaoman continued to test other aspects of their abilities.

But due to limited time, a full understanding wasn’t possible at the moment; he decided to wait until he was in the Mist, where he would explore through actual combat.

Having examined the Star Shining Saint Knights’ Second Rank Purple Skill, Zhang Xiaoman turned his attention to the remaining upgrade prompts.

Actually, with this upgrade, even at this point, he had already made a killing.

However, he certainly didn’t mind more benefits; the Star Knight’s upgrade had taken up 3 slots, so what about the remaining 5?

Perhaps, there would be even bigger surprises.

Zhang Xiaoman, with anticipation in his heart, started browsing the records on the system.

“The Communication Skill has upgraded to the Second Level of Communication Skill…

Hmm, this skill has some use, but for now, it doesn’t have a significant impact on enhancing my combat power…”

“The Second Level of Communication Skill upgraded to the Third Level of Communication Skill?

Eh?

How did it randomly happen again?”

Zhang Xiaoman suddenly had a bad premonition.

His line of sight rapidly passed over the subsequent system records, and to his somewhat astonishment, all of the following entries, except for one where Triple Flashes had been upgraded to Four-Flash Bullet, were all related to the Communication Skill.

Four-Flash Bullet aside, the burst strength had increased from threefold to fourfold, and the consumption of Dark Energy and Physical Strength had also risen somewhat, making it a decent upgrade.

However, the rest about the Communication Skill left him speechless; it had aggressively followed up, reaching the purple level.

“Another purple skill?”

Although Zhang Xiaoman felt somewhat helpless that the system kept randomizing this skill which couldn’t immediately enhance his combat power, he was also very curious about its effects after becoming purple.

He opened the attribute panel and found it amongst the passive abilities.

[All Language Specialization]

Now, you can communicate with any creature and instantly learn the language you hear.

——Essential for exploring every corner of the myriad worlds.

The skill description was brief, but the effect was powerful.

“All Language Specialization…

So does that mean I am no longer restricted by an engraving limit?”

That was Zhang Xiaoman’s first thought upon seeing the description above.

However, as he analyzed the description of the system skills further, he realized that the changes that had occurred seemed to go much beyond just that.

“Instantly learn and master…”

He muttered this part of the description to himself, and then, with a glint in his eyes, he said,

“So does that mean, while being able to understand, I can now truly speak it myself, too?

And not like before, only able to be understood through mental communication?”

Zhang Xiaoman, eager to test this, picked up a Little Stone from the ground and began to write in an area of soft soil.

Formerly, as someone who was half-baked in English, even though he had recently spent some time speed-learning adult English, his writing skills were still somewhat lacking.

But now, having mastered All Language Specialization, it was as if he was writing in his native language etched deep into his bones; he could immediately write it out smoothly, effortlessly, without any hindrance.

“This…

although it can’t be used in combat, the effect is really quite impressive.”

Zhang Xiaoman sighed inwardly, and then, struck by a thought, moved the stone to another spot, planning to see if he could also write in a few other foreign languages he had grasped before.

The first thing that sprang to mind were the dog Jin Bao and the cat Xiao Hua; he had been tricked by these two critters in the past, and on obtaining the skill, had immediately engraved the languages of dogs and cats.

However, when he wanted to write it down, he found his right hand suspended in mid-air, completely at a loss for how to write it down.

“Well, it seems for languages that inherently have no written form, I am unable to write them out.”

That was the conclusion he ultimately reached.

Then, Zhang Xiaoman continued to test the other languages he had mastered, his hand moving accordingly.

Moments later, when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had drawn several twisted and bizarre symbols on the ground.