Chapter 848: Unique Understanding of Blade Technique

Inside the exclusive room.

Soul Crystals (Large) appeared in Su Xiao's hand, eight in total.

These eight Soul Crystals (Large) were obtained by Su Xiao after enduring countless hardships—fighting Xiang Lanjue, participating in the super-large war, guarding the Dusk Palace, etc. He didn't know how many times he had experienced life and death during this period.

Fortunately, it was all worth it. With Soul Crystals (Large), he could accelerate the process of improving his Blade Technique. In the cruel Reincarnation Paradise, relying solely on self-training clearly couldn't keep up with the rhythm of battle, so he had to use a faster, more stable method: using Soul Crystals to upgrade skills.

902,480 Paradise Coins, 8 Soul Crystals (Large)—these resources were enough for Su Xiao to upgrade his Blade Master skill by eight levels.

【Upgrade Blade Master lv. 31 (Passive), requires 100,000 Paradise Coins + 1 Soul Crystal (Large). Do you wish to upgrade?】

"Upgrade 8 levels continuously."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, the eight Soul Crystals (Large) in his hand burst, turning into a large amount of crystal-clear fragments.

Paradise Coins were consumed rapidly, stopping only after 800,000 were deducted. The 900,000 Paradise Coins he had just obtained were instantly reduced to just over 100,000.

The Soul Crystal fragments formed a brilliant silver light chain that shot straight into Su Xiao's brain.

A boom echoed in his head, and Su Xiao's vision plunged into darkness. This wasn't the first time he had experienced this; when upgrading Blade Technique, if he upgraded several levels at once, this scene would occur.

Darkness, endless darkness.

A ray of light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

Clang!

A blade flash streaked by. Seeing this flash, Su Xiao's consciousness felt sluggish. What kind of power was that slash? It seemed capable of cutting through space, time, and darkness.

He didn't know how long the darkness lasted before Su Xiao finally felt his own existence. Floating beside him were large amounts of brilliant silver light chains; these were the fragments of the Soul Crystals (Large).

After circling Su Xiao for a while, the Soul Crystal fragments drifted toward the darkness in front of him.

The darkness was illuminated by the light emitted from the Soul Crystal fragments. Through the faint glow, Su Xiao vaguely saw an ancient tree.

This ancient tree was somewhat withered, and its trunk, as thick as several people could embrace, was covered in slash marks. Su Xiao tried hard to see the marks clearly, but no matter how he focused his gaze, those marks remained hazy.

The Soul Crystal fragments floated to the side of the ancient tree, gradually forming eight human figures.

The eight figures stood under the ancient tree, generating sharp blades in their hands, and began practicing their blade techniques.

Su Xiao's spirit had connected with those eight figures at some point. These figures were framed by Soul Crystals, while the Paradise Coins were the molding cost.

As the eight figures practiced under the tree, Su Xiao's body and spirit were rapidly absorbing blade technique knowledge. It seemed as if those eight figures were him; they were like his clones—no, they were existences several dimensions higher than clones.

Su Xiao couldn't help but think that if he could always possess these eight clones, his Blade Technique would improve very quickly.

However, this was fundamentally impossible. These eight "clones" would only exist for a very short time. As the price, he had paid eight Soul Crystals (Large) + 800,000 Paradise Coins.

Not only that, the ancient tree in the darkness was also key to the rapid improvement of his Blade Technique, and the surrounding environment also provided a bonus. None of these could be missing.

Not long after, one of the figures under the tree gradually drifted away, triggering a chain reaction, and the other seven figures also began to drift away rapidly.

Su Xiao's eyes snapped open. The dark space vanished, the ancient tree covered in slash marks disappeared, and he was sitting cross-legged on the bed in his exclusive room. Ignoring Bubu Wang was hiding in the corner; Su Xiao's previous blade technique upgrades had left a significant shadow on this guy.

Ignoring Bubu Wang's eyes were a bit aggrieved, as if saying: "This baby is angry, I've already planned 20 schemes to tear down the house."

As his Blade Technique level gradually increased, the phenomena that appeared when Su Xiao upgraded became more intense. From the initial dizziness that lasted a while, to now being able to "see" various scenes, this was a qualitative change.

Su Xiao picked up the Checking Zhan Long Shan on his legs, and the blade unsheathed a small bit.

Clang.

A blade flash about five meters in diameter detached from the edge and flew forward at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

The pale blue blade flash struck the wall, and the wall was instantly pierced through.

"Not good."

The blade flash flew into the room opposite, and the sound of heavy objects collapsing followed.

Su Xiao had spent 500 Paradise Coins to reinforce this wall of his exclusive room for testing his blade techniques. This wall could easily withstand a direct hit from a large missile; its strength was similar to, or even higher than, the walls of the Dusk Palace.

However, after upgrading his Blade Technique by eight levels, Su Xiao had just casually slashed out a blade flash, and it had pierced through this wall. More importantly, the Checking Zhan Long Shan hadn't even been fully unsheathed when the flash was released; this was something he absolutely couldn't have done before.

There were too many benefits to upgrading his Blade Technique by eight levels, which Su Xiao would need to explore gradually. But before that, he had to check the data changes of Blade Master.

【Blade Master: lv. 39 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Increases attack power of blade-type weapons by 188% (increased by 48%), significantly improves blade technique skills.

Rhythm of All Things (Top Tier): This ability cannot be upgraded in the Reincarnation Paradise; it can only be realized by the Hunter themselves.

Blade Flash: Can perform mid-range attacks. Sharpness corresponds to Blade Technique level, no cooldown.

Tip: Due to the upgrade of Blade Master, Blade Flash has been strengthened. Strengthening direction: Sharpness, Penetration, Armor Piercing.

Blade of the Soul: Through long-term blade technique practice, your mind is no longer shaken by external objects.

Effect: Immune to mental-type control effects.

Blade Master's attack bonus for blade-type weapons had increased by a large margin. The higher the Blade Technique level, the more obvious this improvement. The benefits of master-level basic skills became more apparent in the later stages, with large improvement ranges and high caps.

Blade Flash had also received a strengthening due to the Blade Master level upgrade. The strengthening direction was quite good: Sharpness, Penetration, and Armor Piercing were all attributes very suitable for Blade Flash.

The increased power of Blade Flash also meant that the power of several moves Su Xiao had developed himself had increased significantly.

Su Xiao closed his eyes to perceive. After a long while, he opened them. Although Blade Master had been rapidly upgraded, leading to a significant increase in his strength and many benefits, it wasn't without drawbacks.

His Blade Technique had improved too quickly, vaguely exceeding the scope of Su Xiao's "realization" of blade techniques.

As for what "realization" was, Su Xiao couldn't explain it clearly. He only knew that every time he meditated, his realization of blade techniques would improve.

This realization had always maintained a balance with his Blade Technique level, even vaguely exceeding it slightly. After this massive upgrade in Blade Technique level, this feeling had disappeared. There were no drawbacks, but Su Xiao didn't like this feeling.

Su Xiao secretly decided that until that realization and his Blade Technique reached a balance again, he must not upgrade his Blade Technique significantly, especially the upgrade to lv. 40, which was a qualitative change. He had a vague guess that if he could keep his realization on par with his Blade Technique, the ability that appeared at lv. 40 would be greatly enhanced.

Although the Reincarnation Paradise's upgrades had no side effects, Su Xiao had a habit: after each upgrade of his main combat abilities, he wouldn't upgrade them a second time until he had fully adapted to them.

Su Xiao walked into an empty room, drew the Checking Zhan Long Shan from his waist, and began practicing his blade techniques—slashing, hacking, picking, stabbing. He practiced basic moves. Don't underestimate these basic moves; most powerful moves were derived from them. Only when the foundation was stable could his Blade Technique improve steadily and quickly. ===== CHAPTER 849 =====