mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 87 Crazy Consumption
Chapter 87 Crazy Consumption
Song Chen sat on the sofa, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness sink into the system space.
In the darkness, the system interface lit up.
The semi-transparent panel floated in mid-air, the text and numbers on it so clear they looked as if they were engraved on glass.
The top left corner shows his personal information, and the top right corner shows his kill points balance, which is 420,000.
Looking at the number, he was quite emotional. Four hundred and twenty thousand—this was the largest amount of kill points he had accumulated since he acquired the system.
His gaze fell on an option at the very top of the system interface:
[System Upgrade: Level 3 → Level 4]
[Required kill points: 1000000; unlocks: S-level item purchase privileges.]
Upgrading the system would cost a million, that's a lot.
Anyway, we just upgraded not long ago, so there's no rush.
He suppressed the thought and looked at other options.
Martial arts options.
Although his current Bloodbath Blade Technique is at the Grandmaster level, the level of the technique itself is only C.
Even if a C-level swordsmanship is mastered to the grandmaster level, its upper limit is still limited.
Its moves, its blood circulation, and its maximum destructive power are all determined by the C-level framework.
A master-level level of control allows a C-level sword technique to unleash power exceeding that of a C-level, but it is ultimately limited; he needs a higher-level core combat skill.
In the system shop, the list of A-level combat skills unfolded in the darkness, with golden light emanating from each option, like rare treasures displayed in a museum.
Song Chen's gaze swept across the list, but he had never even heard of most of the combat techniques. The price tags made his eyelids twitch several times.
His fingers stopped when he turned to the third page.
[Rank A Combat Skill: Thunderous Annihilation Blade, a top-tier combat skill that deeply integrates the power of lightning with swordsmanship. It consists of nine forms, and its strikes are as devastating as thunder, impervious to all attacks. Price: 30000 Kill Points.]
Thunderous Annihilation Blade.
He read the introduction three times, not because it was stronger than other combat skills. There is no absolute difference in strength among A-level combat skills, only their directions are different.
Rather, it's because it's the only sword technique in the entire A-level list specifically designed for lightning-type ability users.
Other A-level sword techniques are either purely based on blood and qi or combined with other attribute abilities. Only this one deeply integrates the power of lightning with sword techniques.
He's a lightning-type ability user, so he's a perfect fit.
Without hesitation, Song Chen clicked the purchase button with his mind.
[Confirmed purchase of the Thunderous Annihilation Blade using 30,000 Kill Points?]
"confirm."
The system interface flickered, and a massive flow of information flooded into his consciousness.
The moves of the Nine Styles of Swordplay, the routes of Qi and blood circulation, the timing and angle of lightning release—everything was etched into his mind in an instant, as familiar as if he had practiced diligently for ten years.
But he knew that familiarity was not the same as mastery.
Having a move etched in your mind and being able to execute it physically are two different things.
He opened his eyes, picked up the Thunderclap Blade leaning against the coffee table, stood up, and walked into the private training room.
Moonlight streamed in through the window, dividing the training room floor into two halves of light and shadow.
He stood in the center of the room, took a deep breath, and then drew his sword.
The moment the Thunderclap Blade was drawn, he closed his eyes, and the moves of the Thunderous Annihilation Blade appeared in his mind.
His body moved.
It wasn't him moving; it was the swordsmanship that was moving him.
The Thunderclap Blade traced a silver-gray arc in the moonlight, and his footsteps moved swiftly across the ground, his blood and qi surging along a completely new path within his body.
The first cut was bumpy and unsuccessful.
The second cut was smoother.
With the third strike, a faint arc of electricity appeared on the blade.
The fourth cut, the fifth cut, the sixth cut—he repeated the first move over and over again until his body memorized every movement.
On the system panel, the proficiency level of the Thunderous Annihilation Blade was slowly increasing.
【雷极破灭刀：入门（0/1000）……入门（1/1000）……入门（2/1000）……】
Song Chen shook his head. It was too slow. At this rate, he would need to practice at least several thousand times to reach the proficient level of swordsmanship, tens of thousands of times to reach the master level, and hundreds of thousands of times to reach the advanced level.
He didn't have the time to practice hundreds of thousands of times. The placement exam was in three days, and he needed to improve this A-level sword technique to a usable level within three days.
Song Chen stopped, took a deep breath, and opened the system store. He found what he needed—not a product, but a function.
[Combat Skill Proficiency Increase]
[Current Combat Skill: Thunderous Annihilation Blade (Rank A)]
Current Level: Beginner
[Next level: Proficient, requires 1000 proficiency points, exchange price: 5000 kill points.]
[Mastery required, 5000 proficiency points required, exchange price: 25000 kill points.]
[Mastery requires 20000 proficiency points; exchange price: 100000 kill points.]
To advance directly from beginner to expert, one needs 130,000 kill points.
Adding the 30,000 he spent on the sword technique, that's 160,000. He still has 260,000 kill points left, which is enough.
Song Chen immediately began to improve his knife skills.
One minute later, consume 5000 kill points to upgrade the Thunderous Annihilation Blade to proficiency.
The information flow surged in again, even more intensely than before.
His body instantly absorbed the new insights into swordsmanship; it wasn't his brain that remembered them, but his muscles.
His arms, his waist, his legs—every part of his body that wielded the knife was simultaneously "written" with new data.
He doesn't need to think about how to wield the knife; his body knows it on its own.
Raising the Thunderclap Blade, the proficient Thunderous Annihilation Blade unfolded under the moonlight.
The first move, "Lightning Appears," flows smoothly like water;
The second move, Thunderous Might, had twice the power of the electric arcs on the blade compared to the previous one;
The third move, Thunderous Roar of the Nine Heavens, unleashed nine arcs of electricity simultaneously from the blade, blasting into nine clusters of blue-white light on the walls of the training room.
not enough.
Three minutes later, he consumed 25000 kill points to upgrade the Thunderous Annihilation Blade to the mastery level.
This time, the influx of information can no longer be described as "fierce".
It was like a flood, a tsunami, a waterfall pouring directly into his head.
His body underwent a qualitative change in an instant, and the subtle barrier between his swordsmanship and himself disappeared.
The knife is no longer just a tool; it is an extension of the arm, an extension of the body, and an extension of the will.
He had mastered the Thunderous Annihilation Blade to the highest level, and all the secrets of the fourth to sixth forms were etched into his muscle memory.
When he swung his sword, the electric arcs didn't burst from the blade, but rather grew from it, as if the Thunderclap Blade itself had a life of its own, and the lightning was its breath.
He wielded his knife in the training room, one strike after another, each one faster, more accurate, and more ruthless than the last.
Arcs of electricity leaped across the blade, slicing the moonlight into fragments, and the figure moved between light and shadow like a flowing bolt of lightning.
That's not enough. Mastery isn't enough; he wants perfection.
Soon, he consumed 100000 kill points to upgrade the Thunderous Annihilation Blade to its highest level.