Chapter 1339

Having learned the skill, Xiao Feng checked the time; there were still over three hours until the appointed meeting time with Xue Ningzhen.

He practiced for another two hours, making himself more familiar with the skill and compressing the charging time to about 0.8 seconds.

If he continued practicing until mastery, he could achieve instant casting!

At this point, his new equipment finally completed its bonding, ending the blood‑draining process.

Xiao Feng glanced at his latest status panel.

Now, even without activating Greedy Form, his HP is 946.4 million; once activated it becomes 9.464 trillion, nearing the trillion level.

With the effect of 【Shattered Moon】 active, his Divine Yuan Power panel reached 9.329 million; after deducting the 5% loss from Greedy Form, over 8.86 million remained.

And this is only the panel attribute!

The weapon itself has 6.4 million spirit power, but with the amplification from the Slaughter Tribulation Sword Sheath, it gains an additional 180%, ultimately adding 17.92 million Divine Yuan Power!

Adding his own panel and subtracting the Greedy Form loss, his actual attack power after drawing the sword is 1.98 billion, higher than when he previously wielded the Civilization Sword!

Moreover, this terrifying attack power does not yet include the 1000% power boost on the first strike after drawing the sword, nor the 'Endless Cold Night' effect that comes with 【Shattered Moon】.

If Xiao Feng does not rush and refrains from acting upon entering battle, stacking 120 layers of the 'Endurance Buff' could push his attack power to nearly 4.4 billion!

At that point, activating the active effect of 【Shattered Moon】, 'Moonlight Scattered,' would boost attack power by 500%, the next skill would consume no resources and require no chant, and it would simultaneously trigger the Ignoring Defense effect of 【Zang Mie Kong Kong】……

A single strike with 2.2 billion attack power, ignoring defense, and a Ten‑Thousand‑Times amplification—who could withstand it?

Xiao Feng had a doubt: if he gave himself enough time, even a woodcutter could be killed!

However……

A powerhouse of the woodcutter's tier also possesses terrifying control methods, able to easily seal him.

Furthermore, maintaining 120 layers of Endurance requires immense damage tolerance; merely standing and taking hits, he couldn't last a second, making this ideal state unattainable.

In normal combat, he usually just gains the 180% attack boost and 1000% power increase from the Slaughter Tribulation Sword Sheath.

The three buffs intrinsic to the weapon are relatively hard to trigger.

"There's still an hour left—what should I do?"

The improvements from the three new pieces of gear boosted Xiao Feng's confidence, making him eager to find a boss to bully.

Later, teaming up with Xue Ningzhen to clear a dungeon would definitely let us bully the boss, but for now… forget it, I'll just endure a bit, head to the Twelve Heavens Capital to learn a few ordinary Sword Cultivator skills to supplement my means as a counterfeit Sword Immortal.

"Da Bai, let's go."

Xiao Feng summoned his mount, used the newly bought return‑to‑city talisman to head to the Teleportation Array, then flew straight to Heavenly Capital City, heading for the nearest mountain peak.

The sword peak closest to Heavenly Capital City is none other than the Ethereal Peak where he previously slew Fairy Maiden Miao Yun.

The Twelve Heavens Capital has a huge number of players, completely different from the dungeon's interior.

After flying straight up to the Ethereal Peak, Xiao Feng was stopped by an NPC, who would not let him intrude recklessly.

However, after presenting the identity token of the 【Sword Tomb Heir】, he could proceed unhindered.

Inside the Twelve Heavens Capital, flying is prohibited; Xiao Feng rode Da Bai on the ground, and with his long legs several meters tall, he sprinted swiftly along the road of the Ethereal Peak.

Here the environment differs greatly from that of the Sword Tomb Place; not only are there many people and a lively atmosphere, but also many more buildings.

Above the lake where he previously fought Fairy Maiden Miao Yun, several gigantic lotuses floated, their seed pods holding a few high‑level NPCs seated in meditation, all masters of the Great Completion stage.

The lakeside area is the players' activity zone, containing places such as the Sword‑Dancing Plaza, Training Chamber Area, Transmission Hall, and Sect Forbidden Grounds, each requiring different qualifications to enter.

Although Xiao Feng cannot enter the forbidden grounds, by virtue of his identity as the Sword Tomb Heir he can freely learn any skill from the Transmission Halls of the Twelve Heavens Capital, without consuming sect contributions or Spirit Stones.

Others learning the Heavenly Capital Sword Art start from the lowest level, slowly accumulating contributions and Spirit Stones to raise their 'disciple rank' in order to exchange for stronger skills.

Here, he directly bypasses the contributions that others might struggle to gather for a whole year, learning whatever he wishes—even the most profound first‑tier Secret Art skills can be studied for free!

First‑tier Secret Art is the highest‑quality skill teachable in the Transmission Halls of the Twelve Heavens Capital; each Heavenly Capital Mountain transmits one sword, and only those with the identity of a 'True Transmission Disciple' may learn it, a high threshold.

If one wants even stronger skills, the only chance is to become an apprentice to an NPC.

Xiao Feng did not come here this time to learn Secret Arts.

Although many skills don't burden one, learning them takes time; the Secret Arts opened to the public in the Twelve Heavens Capital are far harder to learn than Breaking Thousand Mountains, and their power isn't necessarily greater either, so he couldn't be bothered to spend the effort.

Upon arriving at the Transmission Hall, he first began by looking at the basic skills.

In the cultivation world, skill quality tiers are the same as in Yuan Su Shen Yu; below Secret Art there are six grades.

Only the names differ: they are Basic (White), Intermediate (Green), Advanced (Blue), Extraordinary (Purple), Legendary (Orange), and Supreme (Red).

Secret Art can be collectively called 'Divine Ability'; anything above the fifth tier is a 'Great Divine Ability'.

Sword Cultivators have few basic skills; before the first transformation, the Strength and Qi schools are undifferentiated, consisting of just three minor skills: slash, pierce, and block.

After the first transformation, the Strength school's development focuses on melee physical combat, emphasizing chained hits, control, and burst damage via stacked buffs.

Meanwhile, the Qi school's Sword Cultivators follow the path of steady long‑range output.

Accustomed to playing a mage, Xiao Feng, posing as a Sword Cultivator, would certainly follow the Qi school's path, so he directly began learning Sword‑Qi skills.

He carefully reviewed all the publicly available Qi‑school skills in the Ethereal Peak Transmission Hall, finally selecting three that were simple and easy to learn to start with.

【Sword Qi Slash】: Basic skill, releases sword qi to deal 240% magic damage to a single target within 30 meters, cooldown 2 seconds (range gradually increases with realm advancement).

【Flying Sword Demon‑Slayer】: Advanced skill, the flying sword leaves the hand, piercing enemies; each hit deals 120% physical and 120% magic damage; after release the sword's direction can be controlled, it continues flying for 10 seconds, and upon skill end it instantly teleports back to the hand, cooldown 60 seconds.

【Wrath of the Immortal】: Legendary skill, the flying sword leaves the hand and transforms into a giant sword, dealing damage equal to 240% of attack power per second to a specified area with a 100‑meter radius, lasting 5 seconds, charge time 2.5 seconds, cooldown 180 seconds.

As for Sword Qi Slash, needless to say—it's a first‑transformation Qi‑school skill; reading the description makes it instantly clear, similar to a magic missile but with greater power and no learning difficulty.

Flying Sword Demon‑Slayer is a standard Sword Cultivator skill—point two fingers forward, the immortal sword at the back swooshes out, stabbing everywhere; it's incredibly cool, and even if the damage isn't exceptionally high, it's a must‑learn!

Wrath of the Immortal counts as a 'pseudo‑ultimate'; in the game's earliest months after launch, Legendary skills were already extremely powerful, comparable to forbidden spells.

The horizontal comparison target for this skill is Meteor Fire Rain.

Meteor Fire Rain covers a larger area—250 by 250 meters—but deals only 100% damage per second, lasting 10 seconds.

Wrath of the Immortal's total damage reaches 1200%, 20% higher than Meteor Fire Rain, with a shorter chant and swift damage resolution, obviously slightly greater in strength.

These three skills aren't difficult; Xiao Feng instantly grasped Sword Qi Slash, and after one hour he mastered Flying Sword Demon‑Slayer.

He hasn't yet mastered Wrath of the Immortal, but it won't take long; just memorizing it for now is enough.

After learning the skill, the time agreed upon with Xue Ningzhen had also arrived.

Xiao Feng didn't have the habit of making people wait for him; he directly used a return-to-town talisman to leave, teleporting to the Teleportation Array east of Zhongzhou.