Chapter 165: Chapter 164 New Skill Level? (Seeking Subscriptions)
"No, it should be impossible."
Chen Fan shook his head repeatedly, driving this ominous thought out of his mind.
Even if he reached the Perfection Realm, without unlocking new traits,
he wouldn’t lose out,
because, having consumed less than 20 Experience Points in total, he had increased his Strength Attribute by 15 points, which was quite a gain.
Gazing at the [Shadowless Swift Blade], after consuming 5 more Experience Points, a strange feeling arose within him.
[Shadowless Swift Blade: Perfection (cannot be improved), Traits: Powerful Level 5, Shadowless Level 4, Fast Blade Unsheathing Level 1]
Chen Fan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, looking at it again,
[Fast Blade Unsheathing: Active Skill, after activation, consumes a small amount of Power, increases the speed of the next blade strike by 100%. Each level increases Power consumption and blade speed by an additional multiple, effective only when using the Shadowless Swift Blade]
[Detection: Basic Saber Technique has reached the corresponding level. Can increase the limit of Shadowless Swift Blade without consuming Experience Points. Do you wish to upgrade?]
As Chen Fan wanted to see what would happen, information appeared in his mind.
He was stunned at first, but after reading this, his face immediately showed excitement,
"It seems my previous guess was correct. Once the Basic Martial Arts reached a certain level, it indeed could increase the skill level limit of Advanced Martial Arts. Perfection is not the end."
Chen Fan’s eyes were full of anticipation.
What would be beyond the Perfection Realm?
His gaze fell on that last line of information,
Since it doesn’t need Experience Points to increase the Martial Arts limit, why hesitate?
Chen Fan instantly chose yes.
The next moment, he felt a rush of new memories flooding his mind.
Compared to the previous Shadowless Swift Blade, this move was even more intricate.
After digesting this memory, he looked at the skill bar,
[Shadowless Swift Blade: Pinnacle of Attainments (cannot be improved), Traits: Powerful Level 6, Shadowless Level 5, Fast Blade Unsheathing Level 2]
"Pinnacle of Attainments?"
Chen Fan suddenly realized, so this was the skill level after the Perfection Realm.
He looked further and surprisingly found the skill level was maxed out instantly.
He looked back, yes, the levels of the three traits had all increased by one.
"Not bad."
He smiled faintly.
The most noticeable change was that the Strength Attribute originally increased by 15 points, now by 18 points.
Shadowless now meant the blade speed was 2.5 times faster.
And upon activation, Fast Blade Unsheathing increased the blade speed by 200%, making it three times faster.
"I wonder if this speed is calculated independently, or if it enjoys the boost from the Shadowless trait?"
Chen Fan mused.
If calculated independently, the effect was so-so since using the Basic Saber Technique already gave him four to five times the blade speed.
If it could stack with the Shadowless trait, that would be terrifying.
"Why not test it out?"
Chen Fan had a sudden idea.
He stood up, picked up the dagger from the side.
Took a deep breath, and with a brush sound, swung the blade.
"Indeed slower than when I use the Basic Saber Technique."
Chen Fan thought to himself.
The next moment, he activated Fast Blade Unsheathing in his mind and swung the blade.
A flash of white light zipped by, and a whooshing sound filled the air.
Chen Fan’s eyes suddenly brightened.
Such speed!
He activated it again, swung the blade,
This time, the speed was still fast, but significantly slower than the second strike, and the air sound was not as intense as before.
Chen Fan smiled.
When activating Fast Blade Unsheathing with the Shadowless Swift Blade, its traits stack.
If activated with the Basic Saber Technique, it doesn’t benefit from either Shadowless or Fast Blade Unsheathing traits.
"Not bad."
He nodded in satisfaction.
The Level 5 Shadowless trait, 2.5 times the blade speed when activating Fast Blade Unsheathing, reaches 7.5 times!!!
Even faster by 60-70% compared to the Basic Saber Technique.
So, for close-combat engagements, there was no need to revert to using the Basic Saber Technique.
"Let’s call this perfect Martial Arts level High-level Martial Arts."
Chen Fan nodded.
This classification is based on development, not cultivation difficulty.
It’s possible that the Meridian Refining Realm Martial Arts’ skill level limit is Perfection, but its cultivation difficulty might not be less than his defined High-level Martial Arts.
Just that in terms of development, these Martial Arts still count as Advanced Martial Arts.
"By the way, there’s another Advanced Blade Technique. I wonder if it can also be upgraded to High-level Martial Arts."
Chen Fan’s gaze landed on [Thunderous Blade Technique].
He tried adding a point of Experience, the skill level increased by 50%.
Chen Fan immediately gave up the idea of increasing its limit.
After consuming another point, a faint warm current arose.
[Thunderous Blade Technique: Initial Glimpse (0%), Traits: Strengthen Body and Health Level 1]
"No wonder the reaction was slightly stronger this time."
Chen Fan mumbled.
It turned out to be an increase of 4 points in Constitution and Strength.
Still quite good.
The second time, after consuming 5 points of Experience, a strange feeling arose, and evidently, a new trait was unlocked.
[Thunderous Blade Technique: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Strengthen Body and Health Level 2, Rapid Lightning Level 1]
[Rapid Lightning: Each level increases blade speed by 60%, effective only when using Thunderous Blade Technique]
"So it also increases blade speed, faster by one level than Shadowless."
Chen Fan glanced at the Shadowless Swift Blade, considering whether it seemed more suitable to use Thunderous Blade Technique?
Maybe not necessarily.
After all, Shadowless Swift Blade excels in the combination of traits. Whether it’s Shadowless or Fast Blade Unsheathing, taken individually, they aren’t much, but combined, they are different.
Unless Thunderous Blade Technique can unlock traits that significantly boost blade speed in the future, the former still had the advantage.
The third time consumed 10 Experience Points.
No new traits appeared.
Chen Fan added another point of Experience, this time increasing by 5%.
Meaning, it would take 20 Experience Points to reach 100%.
"This blade technique consumes quite a lot of Experience Points."
Chen Fan felt a bit pained.
But having come this far, giving up midway was impossible.
After consuming another 19 Experience Points, another new trait was unlocked.
[Thunderous Blade Technique: Great Success (0%), Traits: Strengthen Body and Health Level 4, Rapid Lightning Level 3, Thunderbolt Level 1]
[Thunderbolt: Active Skill, after activation, continuously consumes part of the Power, increasing blade power by 100%, each level increases blade power by an additional multiple, effective only when using Thunderous Blade Technique]
Chen Fan squinted his eyes slightly.
It’s for increasing blade power?
At the next level, the power upon activation would be threefold the original.
It seems significant, but compared to the Basic Saber Technique, it’s about the same?
For Basic Saber Technique, the Level 12 Fierce Slash trait is a 3.6 times blade power, without consuming Power.
"What a pity."
Chen Fan sighed lightly, if the skill level could increase to Pinnacle of Attainments, it would indeed be stronger than the Basic Saber Technique.
Or perhaps removing the last line of text would work too.
Of course, that’s just wishful thinking, as removing it would mean stacking with Basic Saber Technique, resulting in immense power!
"Just one step away from the Perfection Realm."
Chen Fan had a hunch that this time might unlock a new trait again.
After consuming 30 Experience Points, as expected, a unique feeling arose in his heart.
[Thunderous Blade Technique: Perfection (0%), Traits: Strengthen Body and Health Level 5, Rapid Lightning Level 4, Thunderbolt Level 2, Lightning and Thunder Level 1]
Chen Fan’s pupils shrank as he saw the name, knowing this trait was no simple matter.
Undoubtedly, it contained the essence of this blade technique!
[Lightning and Thunder: Active Skill, after activation, consumes a large amount of Spiritual Power and Power, during its duration, the blade speed and power increase by an additional multiple. When striking the opponent, there’s a 30% chance to cause paralysis. Each level increases blade speed and power, and paralysis probability, effective only when using Thunderous Blade Technique]
"Impressive."
Chen Fan couldn’t help but say.
Based on the experience from the Shadowless Swift Blade, the increased blade speed and power from Lightning and Thunder can stack with the previous Rapid Lightning and Thunderbolt traits.
In other words, after activating Lightning and Thunder, the blade speed reaches 4.8 times.
As for power, theoretically, it’s sixfold.
However, it’s hard for most to achieve because activating Lightning and Thunder requires consuming a large amount of Power, and activating the Thunderbolt trait also continuously consumes Power. Hence, practitioners can hardly execute several 6x power blade techniques without exhausting their Power.
Fortunately, this problem doesn’t apply to him.
And that’s not all, there’s a 30% chance to paralyze the opponent.
One must know, in high-level confrontations, victory is often decided in an instant, and even a single trigger of paralysis is enough to determine the outcome.
The only downside was no further signal for raising skill level limits.
"Ugh,"
Chen Fan shook his head.
If it could ascend to the Pinnacle of Attainments, the Thunderbolt Saber Technique would be even more formidable.
Glancing at the attribute panel,
Constitution: 1239
Strength: 1355
Experience Points: 1243
Spending fewer than 100 Experience Points yielded substantial gains.
At least now, in close combat, he had many additional methods at his disposal.
"It’s time to upgrade the Moon Observation Technique."
Chen Fan glanced at the skill bar.
[Moon Observation Technique: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Concentration Level 2, meditation Level 2, Conservation Level 1]
Last time, he consumed 100 Experience Points, upgrading the Moon Observation Technique from beginner level to Slight Achievement,
So this time, without any surprises,
Chen Fan added one Experience Point,
As the skill level increased by a thousandth, it stopped.
"As expected."
Chen Fan smiled faintly. Does this mean that today, there’s hope to elevate the Moon Observation Technique to the Perfection Realm?
If counting the subsequent five enhancements and a realm breakthrough,
his Spiritual Power would reach an astonishing level?
Even if the few C-level Awakeners from Anshan City came over, they wouldn’t stand a chance, would they?