Chapter 179: Chushen Ruohua

"No, that definitely won't happen." Lu Yu shook his head vigorously, trying to drive this rather ominous thought out of his mind.

Even taking a step back, even if this martial art were trained to the Consummation Realm and still failed to unlock a new trait, he felt he wouldn't be at a loss.

After all, it cost less than 20 points of Experience Value in total to increase his strength attribute by 15 points; no matter how you calculate it, it was quite a good deal.

Lu Yu focused his gaze on the Shadowless Great Fast Blade again, and after investing another 5 points of Experience Value, a strange feeling quietly sprouted in the bottom of his heart.

【Shadowless Great Fast Blade: Consummation, Traits: Vigorous Strength Level 5, Shadowless Level 4, Quick Blade Sheathed Level 1】

Seeing this, Lu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly checked the new trait:

【Quick Blade Sheathed: Active Skill. After activation, consumes a small portion of internal force; the next blade-drawing speed is increased by 100%. For every level increased, the internal force consumption and blade-drawing speed increase by an additional 100%. Only effective when using the Shadowless Great Fast Blade.】

Almost at the same moment, a piece of information abruptly surfaced in his mind: 【Detected that Basic Blade Technique has reached the corresponding level; the upper limit of Shadowless Great Fast Blade can be increased without consuming Experience Value. Do you wish to upgrade?】

Lu Yu was stunned at first, but after carefully reading this information, an excited expression instantly surged onto his face. "It seems my previous speculation was correct. After Basic Martial Arts reach a specific level, they can indeed increase the proficiency cap of Advanced Martial Arts; Consummation is not the end."

Lu Yu's eyes were filled with deep anticipation; he was incredibly curious about what the realm after Consummation would actually look like.

His gaze was locked tightly on the last line of information. Since there was no need to spend Experience Value to increase the martial art's limit, what was there to hesitate about?

Lu Yu chose "Yes" without the slightest hesitation.

In an instant, a wave of brand-new memories surged into his mind like a tide.

Compared to the Shadowless Great Fast Blade he had learned before, the moves this time were even more exquisite and complex.

Only after he had completely digested this memory did he look at the skill bar again.

【Shadowless Great Fast Blade: Chushen Ruohua, Traits: Vigorous Strength Level 6, Shadowless Level 5, Quick Blade Sheathed Level 2】

"Chushen Ruohua?" Lu Yu suddenly realized; so the proficiency level after the Consummation Realm was called Chushen Ruohua.

He looked further down carefully and was pleasantly surprised to find that the proficiency had been maxed out directly, and the levels of all three traits had increased by one level from their original foundations.

"Quite good." The corners of Lu Yu's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

The most intuitive change was that the strength attribute increased from the original 15 points to 18 points; the Shadowless trait made the blade-drawing speed reach 2.5 times.

And after Quick Blade Sheathed was activated, the next blade-drawing speed increased to 200%, which was three times.

"It's just unclear whether this speed is calculated separately, or if it can enjoy the bonus of the Shadowless trait?" Lu Yu couldn't help but ponder to himself.

If it were calculated separately, the effect would actually be relatively average, as his blade-drawing speed could already reach four or five times when using Basic Blade Technique.

But if it could stack with the Shadowless trait, that would be quite astonishing.

"Why not try it and find out?" A bright idea struck Lu Yu. He stood up and casually picked up the Dagger placed to the side.

He took a deep breath and, with a *swish*, quickly swung the blade.

"It is indeed much slower than the speed at which I swing the blade using Basic Blade Technique," Lu Yu judged silently in his heart.

Immediately after, with a thought, he activated Quick Blade Sheathed and swung the blade again.

A streak of white light flashed by like lightning, and a "chi-chi" sound came from the air.

Lu Yu's eyes lit up instantly; this speed was simply beyond imagination!

He activated Quick Blade Sheathed again and swung another blade. This time the speed was still very fast, but compared to the second swing, it was still a bit slower, and the sound in the air was not as intense as before.

However, Lu Yu's face was brimming with a smile because he had already confirmed that after activating Quick Blade Sheathed, he could enjoy the bonus of the Shadowless trait when using the moves of the Shadowless Great Fast Blade.

But if he used the moves of Basic Blade Technique after activation, he could not enjoy the bonuses of the Shadowless trait or Quick Blade Sheathed.

"Very good." Lu Yu nodded with satisfaction.

The Level 5 Shadowless trait provided 2.5 times the blade-drawing speed; after activating Quick Blade Sheathed, the blade-drawing speed could soar to 7.5 times!

Compared to the blade-drawing speed of Basic Blade Technique, it was even 60% to 70% faster.

In this way, he obviously wouldn't need to use Basic Blade Technique when engaging in close-quarters combat with others in the future.

"Let's call this proficiency level that reaches Chushen Ruohua 'Advanced Martial Arts'." After pondering for a moment, Lu Yu nodded and confirmed this classification method.

This division was based primarily on the degree of development of the martial art, not the difficulty of training.

It was possible that some Vein Refining Realm martial arts had a proficiency cap of only Consummation, but the training difficulty was not necessarily less than the Advanced Martial Arts he had defined.

It was just that from the perspective of development, these martial arts still belonged to the category of Advanced Martial Arts.

"By the way, there is also an Advanced Martial Art; I wonder if it can also be upgraded to an Advanced Martial Art?" Lu Yu's gaze turned to the 【Thunderclap Blade Technique】.

He tried investing 1 point of Experience Value, and the proficiency increased by 50% all at once.

Seeing this, Lu Yu instantly dismissed the idea of directly increasing the cap.

He consumed another 1 point of Experience Value, and a faint warm current slowly rose within his body.

【Thunderclap Blade Technique: Initial Glimpse, Traits: Strengthen Body Level 1】

"No wonder the reaction this time was slightly more intense than before." Lu Yu whispered to himself; it turned out that his Constitution and strength had increased by 4 points, and this effect was still quite good.

The second time, he consumed 5 points of Experience Value, and a strange feeling surged into his heart; clearly, a new trait had been unlocked again this time.

【Thunderclap Blade Technique: Minor Accomplishment, Traits: Strengthen Body Level 2, Swift Lightning Level 1】

【Swift Lightning: For every level the skill increases, the blade technique speed increases by 60%. Only effective when using Thunderclap Blade Technique.】

"So it also increases blade technique speed, and it has 10% more speed bonus than the Shadowless Great Fast Blade." Lu Yu glanced at the Shadowless Great Fast Blade, thinking to himself, does this mean using the Thunderclap Blade Technique is more appropriate?

But then he thought again, not necessarily.

After all, the advantage of the Shadowless Great Fast Blade lay in the combination of traits. Whether it was Shadowless or Quick Blade Sheathed, looking at them individually, the effect might be average, but when combined, it was a completely different story.

Unless the Thunderclap Blade Technique could unlock traits that significantly increased blade-drawing speed later on, the Shadowless Great Fast Blade would still have more advantages.

The third time, Lu Yu consumed 10 points of Experience Value, but no new trait appeared.

He added another 1 point of Experience Value, and this time the proficiency only increased by 5%. In other words, to reach 100% proficiency, another 20 points of Experience Value were needed.

"The Experience Value consumed to increase the proficiency of this blade technique is really quite high." Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a bit pained, but since he had already progressed to this point, giving up halfway was obviously impossible.

Thus, he consumed another 19 points of Experience Value and finally unlocked a new trait again.

【Thunderclap Blade Technique: Great Success, Traits: Strengthen Body Level 4, Swift Lightning Level 3, Rushing Thunder Level 1】

【Rushing Thunder: Active Skill. After activation, continuously consumes a portion of internal force to increase the power of the blade technique by 100%. For every level increased, the blade technique power increases by an additional 100%. Only effective when using Thunderclap Blade Technique.】

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly; so it was a trait that increased blade technique power.

If he upgraded it one more level, the blade technique's power after activation would be three times what it was before.

It looks like the power increase is significant, but compared to the Basic Blade Technique, it seems about the same.

The level 12 Fierce Slash trait of the Basic Blade Technique can reach 3.6 times the blade technique power, and the key is that it doesn't even require the consumption of internal strength.