Chapter 1761

Sword technique improvement was completed, and Su Xiao roughly figured out the additional abilities of Grandmaster-type abilities. Using his and Sin's abilities as a reference, Grandmaster Lv. 10 was mostly attack-type abilities, while Lv. 20 was biased towards defense. As for Lv. 30, it was temporarily unknown; Su Xiao couldn't reach that level in a short time.

【Yes/No to improve Sword Grandmaster Lv. 20? Improving this ability requires Soul Crystal (Complete) x10 + 300,000 Leyuan coins.】

The 'welfare period' of Sword Grandmaster had passed, and the improvement cost began to become high.

For some reason, Su Xiao had a very strange feeling that Sword Grandmaster had not yet exerted its full combat power. It might be that he hadn't found the correct way, and this method needed time to explore.

After studying for a moment, Su Xiao gave up temporarily. Learning 'active sword techniques' by buying scrolls was simply unreliable. Those active sword techniques could not obtain the bonus of passive effects. To put it bluntly, those flashy active abilities were not as lethal as Su Xiao's normal slashes; they were flashy and useless.

Moreover, in Su Xiao's view, those abilities all had flaws. Because they were not moves developed by himself, the starting moves of those Qiyuezhe when they slashed were a bit stiff, which made Su Xiao feel uncomfortable.

Su Xiao couldn't figure out how those Qiyuezhe endured those stiff starting moves. When a sword technique expert develops a sword technique, they develop it according to their own physique, strength, arm length, sword technique nature, etc. After learning this type of ability through scrolls, if they don't study and improve it deeply, it's like wearing someone else's clothes; stiff movements are inevitable. This is even more true for sword techniques developed by non-humans.

Temporarily ignoring this point, Su Xiao sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan and tried to activate the permission he had obtained earlier, which was to master the Law-Breaking Shadow ability corresponding to 100 points of attributes.

A stream of azure energy surged forth. Seeing this azure energy, Su Xiao jumped up from the bed. His body hair stood on end, and his intuition was warning him that rashly accepting this azure energy might lead to death.

However, these energies had a tracking function, and after making a sharp turn in mid-air, they went directly into Su Xiao's body.

With a bang, Su Xiao fell to the ground, his fingers twitching once before becoming still.

Su Xiao didn't faint, nor did he lose consciousness, but he was in so much pain that he couldn't control his body. A stream of azure energy was rampaging in his body. The previously fierce Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy collapsed at a touch, and after being baptized by the azure energy, it also became violent.

It took a full half-hour before Su Xiao could lift his arm. A needle appeared in his hand, and after hesitating for a long time, he threw the needle aside.

Sitting up with great difficulty, Su Xiao tried to force himself into a meditative state. He tried many times, but failed due to the severe pain. He felt as if hundreds of swords were stabbing him and stirring around.

After trying dozens of times, Su Xiao finally found some state. After entering the meditative state, the severe pain coming from all parts of his body slowly subsided.

Not knowing how long had passed, the energy in Su Xiao's body disappeared—no, it should have been swallowed by the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy. After he entered the meditative state, the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy gradually regained its usual fierceness.

【Hunter has mastered the new ability 'Shadow of Slaughter'.】

【Shadow of Slaughter, (Exclusive growth-type ability)】

Skill Effect: Increases the intensity of the Proud Song state by 180%, can convert Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy into a physical state for external release, and manipulate it within a distance of 50 meters.

Prompt: The intensity, lethality, speed, elemental penetration, and controllability of the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy after physicalization will be determined by the Intelligence attribute (current real Intelligence attribute is 104 points).

Prompt: The comprehensive intensity of this ability can be enhanced with the improvement of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy.

Su Xiao closed the skill list. He pressed one hand on the ground, trying to externalize the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy while physicalizing it.

Click, click, click...

The Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy spread to the surroundings along the ground. As Su Xiao manipulated it, energy spikes over two meters long stood up. These energy spikes looked like pale blue crystals.

Su Xiao tried to tap these energy spikes with his hand; the texture was harder than most metals he had seen, and he could also perform secondary manipulation.

As blue light flashed in Su Xiao's eyes, the energy spikes detached from the ground and all floated above him.

Su Xiao pointed his finger forward, and a muffled bang came from above his head, startling him into turning his head, thinking that those energy spikes had exploded.

That was not the case; holes as thick as an arm appeared on the wall in front of Su Xiao. The bang just now was because the energy spikes were flying too fast, breaking the sound barrier in a short time.

Su Xiao pushed open the door of the sword practice room, and the wall on the other side of the room was also full of holes; the energy spikes didn't know where they had pierced.

The attack power and flight speed of Shadow of Slaughter were much stronger than Su Xiao had imagined. The effect of this ability was very simple: it converted Green Qing Qing Gang Ying into energy entities. The specific form was based on his personal preference, and the power, speed, etc., of these energy entities were determined by his Intelligence attribute.

Undoubtedly, this was an extremely formidable ability. Comparing its practical combat value, it was even on par with sword technique, each with its own strengths, and the two would not repel each other, but could be combined together.

The Intelligence attribute that Su Xiao had been improving began to show its edge, because whether Shadow of Slaughter was strong or not depended most fundamentally on the Intelligence attribute. During the previous test, the flight speed of Shadow of Slaughter surprised even Su Xiao; it was really too fast, faster than Sword Intent.

Su Xiao was very satisfied with the Law-Breaking Shadow ability corresponding to 100 points of attributes, but he needed a period of time to adapt. This ability combined with sword technique could definitely erupt with extremely formidable combat power.

And the defense of the Proud Song state increased by 【Shadow of Slaughter】 was completely a benefit obtained by the way.

Su Xiao generated an energy shield with an intensity of 200 points in front of him. He wanted to test whether he could manipulate the shattered energy shield. If he could, then the energy shield would be a divine skill combining defense + knockback.

Clenching his right fist, Su Xiao punched the energy shield. An energy shield with an intensity of 200 points shouldn't be too sturdy.

Boom!

Su Xiao's cheek twitched, and a numbness came from his fist. He actually didn't crack the energy shield with an intensity of 200 points with one punch. The improvement of Shadow of Slaughter to the Proud Song ability was greater than he imagined.

Drawing Checking Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao slashed down, and the energy shield shattered at the sound. He could manifest an energy shield with a maximum intensity of 800 points, which made him doubt whether he could slash through an energy shield with an intensity of 800 points. It was highly probable that he couldn't slash through it in a short time.

While the energy shield shattered, blue light flashed in Su Xiao's eyes, and pieces of the shattered energy shield flew backward, piercing into the opposite wall.

Su Xiao sat back on the bed. According to the information he had obtained earlier, the fewer the number of energy entities formed by Shadow of Slaughter, the more terrifying the lethality and speed. Therefore, forming a single Green Qing Qing Gang Ying weapon was the best choice. Almost all Law-Breakers did this.

One of the main reasons why Law-Breakers were called the natural enemies of mages was the existence of Shadow of Slaughter. There were two abilities of Law-Breakers that made mages terrified: one was the sword technique combined with Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, and the other was the physical weapon formed by Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy. Its attached elemental penetration almost made mages despair. And now, Su Xiao was a true mage nemesis.

Mages kiting? Sorry, the mage's short legs couldn't outrun the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying weapon. Ranged bombardment? If the mage dared to bombard Su Xiao from a distance, Su Xiao would let the opponent know something called elemental penetration.

Su Xiao was hesitating: what kind of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying weapon should he construct? If he often constructed the same weapon, the construction speed would increase exponentially.

A sword? Su Xiao quickly denied it. Even a hiltless long sword didn't have a fast enough flight speed. Green Qing Qing Gang Ying weapons needed strong penetration. The volume couldn't be too small, which would affect attack power, and it couldn't be too large, which would slow down flight speed. Secondly, the injuries caused needed to be severe enough.