Chapter 2405

First was the improvement of Qinggangying energy. The skill level of Qinggangying hadn't changed, but the amount of mana burned had increased. Now, one slash burned 597 mana points, causing 955 points of true damage. Counting the 22% true damage bonus of Checking Zhan Long Shan, it reached 1165 points of true damage.

Compared to before, the true damage was slightly lower, but Su Xiao had also increased his health by 7500 points, and his basic nerve reflex speed and basic dynamic vision by 20 points.

Under normal circumstances, improving these two aspects was a percentage increase. Basic x percentage gain was Su Xiao's permanent gain in nerve reflex speed.

The higher the base, the higher the benefit of the "percentage nerve reflex speed" improved by sword art. Previously, there was only one way to improve basic nerve reflex speed, which was to increase the agility attribute.

Don't think that increasing the agility attribute just makes you run faster or swing your sword faster. Its hidden improvement was incomparable to other improvements. The same was true for the other four main attributes.

Su Xiao could feel that he had gained a new ability. This ability always existed in his body, but he couldn't use it directly. He prepared to try it out.

"Qingying… Wang!"

Su Xiao's left arm lifted, and his fist suddenly clenched. A crystal layer instantly climbed onto his entire forearm, making his entire forearm and left hand somewhat translucent, presenting a pale blue color. The meridians inside were exceptionally clear, with Qinggangying energy flowing through them.

With a "dong" sound, an invisible aura spread out. The surrounding walls cracked with a "pitter-patter," and the glass windows exploded with a "bang."

At this moment, Su Xiao seemed to see the generations of past Law-Breakers who had perfected the King of Qinggangying and endowed this ability with countless possibilities. Although they were dead, the abilities they developed remained. They didn't contain consciousness, nor did they contain their respective energies; what remained was only the inheritance of the ability.

Nothing appeared in the surroundings. Su Xiao had long expected this would be the case. He loosened his clenched left hand, and the crystal layer quickly faded. His translucent forearm recovered. The reason it was translucent was due to carrying high-intensity Qinggangying energy. If there hadn't been the Shadow Burning experience card, his left hand would have been directly scrapped after using the King of Qinggangying just once.

Opening the skill list, the information of the King of Qinggangying appeared before his eyes.

【King of Qinggangying: lv. 1 (Ultimate Skill)】

Passive Effect 1 (Swift Shadow): Body speed permanently increased by 0.5 times (movement speed, attack speed, nerve reflex speed, etc.).

Hint: This ability bonus will increase according to the skill level (every time the King of Qinggangying increases by lv. 1, this ability can be boosted once).

Passive Effect 2 (King of Qinggangying): When activating the Qinggangying ability to fight, every time Qinggangying energy successfully burns an enemy's mana, a Blade of Law-Breaking can be awakened.

Hint: The Blade of Law-Breaking is formed according to the hunter's own characteristics. It is invisible after awakening. After forming a domain, the Blade of Law-Breaking will materialize into a physical entity. After two Blades of Law-Breaking are awakened, a domain can be formed.

Hint: After forming a domain, the enemy will be forcibly suppressed (ignoring judgment and immunity; suppression time depends on the number of Blades of Law-Breaking). All Blades of Law-Breaking will attack the enemy, performing slashes and penetration. Each Blade of Law-Breaking can cause up to 1700–1950 points of true damage.

Hint: A maximum of five Blades of Law-Breaking can be materialized.

Hint: The ultimate skill has no concept of cooldown time. The hunter needs to use it according to their own situation. Please do not use this ability frequently; this ability has a high load.

Hint: This ability bonus will increase according to the skill level (every time it increases by lv. 10, this ability can be boosted once).

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The King of Qinggangying had two effects. The first was to permanently increase body speed by 0.5 times. Compared to the 2.1 times increase from Shadow Burning, 0.5 times was too little. But don't forget, 0.5 times was a permanent increase with no burden, while Shadow Burning was a forced increase. After half an hour, he would be exhausted, which was equivalent to dying in battle.

More importantly, the current King of Qinggangying could be leveled up. No matter how strong Shadow Burning was, 2.1 times was the limit. Currently, 0.5 times was the lower limit. With Golden Skill Points, it could continue to be improved.

The second passive effect of the King of Qinggangying was very interesting and simple. It couldn't be used normally. During combat, every time Qinggangying energy burned an enemy's mana, a Blade of Law-Breaking could be generated.

The Blade of Law-Breaking was initially invisible. After two were generated, they could materialize to form a domain, suppressing the enemy and slashing and penetrating them. With two, it could cause up to 3900 points of true damage. If five Blades of Law-Breaking were accumulated, it could cause up to 9750 points of true damage. Even if the Blood Beast pounced twice, it would be lower than the damage intensity of the King of Qinggangying.

Theoretically speaking, the domain formed by five Blades of Law-Breaking was almost impossible to dodge. Even if one wanted to use space abilities to escape, they would be forcibly suppressed.

If accumulated, the King of Qinggangying was Su Xiao's strongest killing ability, bar none. If not accumulated, briefly suppressing the enemy was also not bad, which could save his life at critical moments. There was no absolutely strong ability; it depended on how it was used.

In normal combat, Su Xiao, of course, wouldn't use the King of Qinggangying to kill enemies. Although using this ability had no cooldown, the burden was not small. Abilities follow a constant rule: the stronger the ability, the greater the burden when used, the higher the consumption, and the longer the cooldown time.

Activating the King of Qinggangying had no consumption and no cooldown, which meant the burden when using it was large. Su Xiao really wanted to test this kind of ability. As for who to test it on, did he even need to think? The gatekeeper boss of Doom Town, the Immortal.

The King of Qinggangying was worth investing Golden Skill Points in. The first passive effect was that every time the King of Qinggangying was leveled up, this ability would be boosted once, permanently increasing Su Xiao's speed. The second passive effect, which was the current strongest ability, required the King of Qinggangying to be leveled up by ten levels to get one boost, which was 10 Golden Skill Points.

After thoroughly mastering the King of Qinggangying, Su Xiao found that he already had many passive abilities, while the active abilities used in combat—Qinggangying, Dragon Shadow Flash, Blood Beast—were gone. The others were all passive.

Among them, the Blood Beast wasn't actually an active skill; it was Su Xiao's second talent. Counting this way, the only combat active skills left were Qinggangying and Dragon Shadow Flash, the two main pillars.

Su Xiao's combat style was just like this. His ability composition was actually very simple. Combat required brains; a simple ability composition didn't mean a single method of killing enemies.

Standing up from the bed, Su Xiao felt a sense of relief from the bottom of his heart. Now he only needed to wait for the time limit of the fourth ring of the main quest to arrive. The quest time limit was a bit long. Gru's body was dead, and the Wood Clan couldn't stir up any trouble. Even if there were changes, it wouldn't lead to Ango City being destroyed within a few days.

The next few days were very precious. There was alchemy in the Light and Dark World. Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao prepared to get a recovery potion formula. The third perfection of Apollo could also be partially completed now.

Su Xiao also had to get as much Starlight Iron as possible. This thing could not only improve Checking Zhan Long Shan but also had great use in Doom Town.

Conserve energy, obtain as many resources as possible, and then march toward Doom Town.