Earthstrider

*Traverse the boundless worlds, unrestrained and unfettered.*

## Summary

A high-quality E-Grade movement skill that Zac manually upgraded from Loamwalker, a skill granted by his F-Grade Hatchetman class, during in his time in the Twilight Ascent in **Book 7, Chapter 43**. It allows him to travel several hundred meters with a single step and take five aerial steps before having to reset the skill. Additionally, it can be initiated while in the air and Zac can pull out patches of earth from his spatial tools to use to reset the skill.

The skill has synergy with Hatchetman's Spirit and Empyrean Aegis. Loamwalker had synergy with the Fragment of the Bohdi, so presumptively, Earthstrider has synergy with the Branch of the Kalpataru.

When Zac upgraded this skill to D-Grade, he made it better align with his Path resulting in a new skill, Skystriker.

## E-Grade Upgrade

* One skill after another was transformed over the next week, all of them successfully elevated to the next tier. Almost every evolution had some twists and turns, but he was definitely satisfied with the results. **Book 7, Chapter 43**
* *No other textual information regarding the upgrade.*

## Skill Location

**Soles of Both Feet**

* *Same as Loamwalker.*

## Skill Window

* [E] Earthstrider – Proficiency: Early. Traverse the boundless worlds, unrestrained and unfettered. Upgradeable. **Book 7, Chapter 43**
* [E] Earthstrider **-** Proficiency: Late. Traverse the boundless worlds, unrestrained and unfettered. Upgradeable. **Chapter 898**

## Early Proficiency

* He swam between the mangroves, when a patch of grass suddenly appeared around his feet, and he disappeared the next moment. Zac appeared again a few hundred meters away, only staying for a fraction of a second before he disappeared again, this time a few flowers appearing around his feet. He kept going until he felt a sense of hollowness in the skill and landed on the seabed. The skill was quickly recharged by some unseen force, and he felt he could flash away any time he wanted. **Book 7, Chapter 44**
* **[Earthstrider]** actually created a patch of greenery right by his feet, allowing him to move unencumbered just like his double-jump. However, he only managed five jumps before he was forced to land. **Book 7, Chapter 44**
* The movement capabilities of **[Earthstrider]** themselves were barely superior compared to **[Loamwalker]**, but Zac didn’t care. It already performed great in battles, and would be even more flexible going forward. **Book 7, Chapter 44**

## Late Proficiency

* In fact, most of his skills were evolving, proving just how powerful the altar was. That was not to say it was all thanks to this temple. Many of his skills were long overdue for an upgrade, ... After having been through two tremendous epiphanies and getting blessed by the altar, they were all bursting forth at once. **Chapter 897**
* *No other textual information.*

## Peak Proficiency

* By this point, almost all of his skills were already pushed to E-grade Peak Mastery, **Chapter 978**
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## D-Grade Evolution

* But pushing himself to fully realign the skill had provided far more than the few extra percent's utility from higher compatibility with his pathways. **[Skystriker]** had become more than just a movement skill; ... **Chapter 1,225**

## Commentary

* He could already create a similar effect with **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]**, but this was far more convenient. **Book 7, Chapter 44**
* With **[Force of the Void]** and **[Abyssal Phase]** working together, he could instantly escape most perilous situations to an even larger degree than his upgraded **[Earthstrider]**. **Book 7, Chapter 45**
* As Zac plummeted toward the relative safety of the ocean, occasionally using falling boulders to reset **[Earthstrider]**, he looked back at the chaos he’d caused. **Book 7, Chapter 73**
* Each step with **[Earthstrider]** was pushed to the limits of what the skill could achieve, even if he had to literally step on the drained corpses of the fallen to make it happen. **Chapter 787**
* Zac found a secluded spot where he activated **[Earthstrider]** with some Void Energy. As expected, he was met with strong resistance, and he only moved a fifth of the distance compared to what he expected. **Chapter 802**
* Zac ran for his life, using the chaos-influenced **[Earthstrider]** to phase hundreds of meters away. **Chapter 833**
* Zac hurriedly activated **[Earthstrider]** and took a few steps in the air to exhaust his momentum before slamming into the molten rock. **Chapter 843**
* Neither did **[Earthstrider]** work. It couldn't be activated in this weird pocket of space by the looks of it. For lack of better options, he could only try the same method he used in outer space or the void. **Chapter 878**
* He appeared hundreds of meters away after having activated **[Earthstrider]**, and with a few more steps, he'd crossed half a mountain. **Chapter 895**
* Each step with **[Earthstrider]** should have allowed Zac to cross hundreds of meters, but space had become coagulated. He could only exhibit a third of the effect, ... **Chapter 900**
* The unfettered speed of a Void-empowered **[Earthstrider]** allowed him to shoot out from the collapsing valley in just a moment ... **Chapter 900**
* Waiting at his destination was a flying boulder Vivi had hurtled just a moment earlier, and Zac used it to reset **[Earthstrider]**. **Chapter 958**
* And activating **[Earthstrider]** only made things worse. The chaotic energies were messing with the skill, and he sensed he hadn't moved in the direction he intended. **Chapter 998**
* The storm was pushed back for over a hundred meters, and Zac used the breather to take out a patch of soil to reset **[Earthstrider]**. **Chapter 1,009**
* The environment severely suppressed his movement skill the last time he was caught in the madness. But with the help of the defensive domain awarded by **[Empyrean Aegis]**, he could move almost half the distance of the skill's original capability. **Chapter 1,009**
* He flew the first stretch but soon switched to **[Earthstrider]**upon realizing the Peak Quality E-grade skill was still faster than his rough application of flight. **Chapter 1,066**