Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 63 Exclusive Ultimate Skill

"Devour? Evolve and upgrade? So, there really are six-star versions?"

Looking at the majestic black and white striped tiger in front of him, Lu Chaoding thought that [Devouring] was a very good supernatural power, but it was a pity that it could only be used once, so he had to carefully select the "ingredients".

"Corpses don't seem to be very common. I do have 10 skeletons of Ye Linlang here, but they're clearly not good food..."

After a moment's thought, Lu Chaoding took out three more skill books: the five-star secret technique [Pillar Body], the four-star secret technique [Fiery Wings], and the three-star combat skill [Fiery Slash], all dropped by the Fiery Tengu.

These three skill books are applicable to all classes.

Lu Chaoding examined it carefully.

The secret technique [Pillar Body] provides a basic effect that automatically restores resilience to full after the start of an action, and increases defense, resilience, and health. At skill level LV1, it increases defense by 10 points, resilience by 10 points, and health by 1000 points. The higher the skill level, the greater the increase in defense, resilience, and health.

This is a purely defensive technique, and its effect can be described as extremely powerful.

However, Lu Chaoding was well aware that the [Splitting Light Sword Shadow] was the foundation of his survival. When paired with the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword, it was equivalent to increasing his attack power by 9.6 times. Without this secret technique, his output ability would become very average.

Therefore, given that one can only possess one secret skill at a time, [Splitting Light and Shadow Sword] is undoubtedly the primary combat secret skill, and its position is unshakeable. [Solid Body] can be used as a backup tactical secret skill, and there is no need to upgrade it for the time being, since once the skill level is increased, the skill book will be bound to it.

The effect of 【Fiery Wings】 is that it allows players to conjure fiery wings on their backs, thereby gaining the ability to fly and increasing defense. As the skill level increases, the number of fiery wings will increase, becoming four wings, six wings, eight wings, etc., thus increasing the player's defense even more.

Lu Chao was skilled in sword control and completely looked down on this secret technique.

As for the three-star combat skill [Fiery Slash], its effect is to unleash a fiery sword aura. Judging from the skill description, it cannot be linked with [Splitting Light and Shadow], so Lu Chaoding felt it was just average.

After putting away the three skill books, Lu Chao took out the five-star item [Enlightenment Scroll].

The [Enlightenment Scroll] was obtained by Lu Chaoding from the Super Cultivation Gift Pack. The Super Cultivation Gift Pack was a temporary item created after the system automatically repaired itself, and its quality was definitely higher than that of the regular Deluxe Cultivation Gift Pack. Lu Chaoding estimated that its value might be reflected in the [Enlightenment Scroll].

【Enlightenment Scroll: A special five-star item that grants the player an exclusive skill upon use.】

Note 1: Opening an Enlightenment Post requires consuming one Professional Enlightenment.

Note 2: After opening the Enlightenment Post, follow the system's guidance to complete the skill description, and the system will randomly calculate and generate a skill book.

Note 3: Exclusive skill books are directly bound and cannot be traded.

"Exclusive skills? It's kind of like custom skills or self-created skills..."

Lu Chaoding felt curious and immediately used the [Enlightenment Scroll] without hesitation.

"Ding! You have activated the Enlightenment Scroll by consuming one copy of [Sword Immortal's Enlightenment]!"

"Ding! A Sword Immortal skill has been created for you by default. Please select the skill type: Secret Technique, Combat Technique, or Ultimate Technique (selecting an Ultimate Technique requires an additional [Sword Immortal's Enlightenment])!"

"I choose... the ultimate technique!"

"Ding! One [Sword Immortal's Enlightenment] has been consumed. Crafting your exclusive skill is in progress..."

"Ding! Please select three items from the following system-generated tags as skill descriptions (you can select multiple items). Your selections will be an important basis for the system's random calculations."

With the system notification, a semi-transparent table popped up in front of Lu Chao. The table contained numerous words and phrases, such as "active attack", "passive trigger", "wind effect", "lightning effect", "fire effect", "dazzling light effect", "continuous attack", "multi-hit attack", "melee attack", "sword attack", "damage increase", "direct damage", and so on, totaling 99.

Lu Chao studied it for a while, and in order to associate it with [Splitting Light and Shadow Sword], he selected "Continuous Attack" three times!

"Ding! Please select your skill upgrade method: Material Upgrade, Cultivation Upgrade, Enemy Kill Upgrade, or Random Calculation!"

"Choose to kill enemies and level up!"

"Ding, skill description confirmed. Would you like to increase the skill's star rating? The default base star rating is three stars. Each [Sword Immortal's Enlightenment] consumed will increase the star rating by one, up to a maximum of five stars!"

"Suggest five stars!"

"Ding! Two copies of [Sword Immortal's Enlightenment] have been consumed. Your exclusive skill is now enhanced. Skill forging in progress..."

"Ding! Your exclusive skill has been crafted. Congratulations on obtaining the skill book for the Sword Immortal's ultimate skill, [The Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal]."

After the system notification ended, a skill book with a gold cover appeared out of thin air in front of Lu Chao.

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Ultimate Skill: Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal (Exclusive Skill of Sword Immortal Lu Chaoding)

Star rating: Five stars

Level: LV1

Explanation 1: The Sword Immortal's Twelve Regrets: First, the Heavenly Power is not available; second, the Earthly Deity is hard to find; third, the magic sword is not effective; fourth, the costume is too ugly; fifth, the backpack is too heavy; sixth, the pendant is lost; seventh, the secret skills are ordinary; eighth, the combat skills are not effective; ninth, there is too little gold; tenth, it is hard to find an immortal companion; eleventh, there are too many mediocre people; twelfth, he is invincible.

Explanation 2: Consumes 12 points of Battle Spirit to launch (skill level) consecutive attacks. If the 12th attack is achieved, the total skill damage will be doubled.

Note 3: Using a special skill to kill 10 enemies will upgrade the skill level to LV2. A five-star special skill can be upgraded to LV12.

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"Good heavens, the Twelve Hates of the Sword Immortal, as expected of an exclusive skill, suits me much better than the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon. It's a pity that the skill level is only LV1, which is just a basic attack!"

After a moment's thought, Lu Chaoding left the cave.

"What's the point of resting? If we don't sell our liver now, when will we?"

Lu Chao muttered to himself, eager to go jungle and level up Sword Immortal Twelve Hatreds.

Soon, Lu Chao entered the reopened Fiery Cave instance.

He replaced the Snowfall Battle Armor with the Divine Insight, replaced the Taiyi Dividing Light with the Commoner's Sword, removed the Dividing Light Sword Shadow skill book, and did not equip the Black Saber-Toothed Tiger.

To ensure he could kill his target with his ultimate skill, "The Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal," Lu Chaoding dared not let his attack power be too high. After all, activating this skill required 12 points of battle spirit. Even with the invigorating pill and the characteristics of "Divine Insight," Lu Chaoding could only enter the battle with 10 points of battle spirit. He had to launch two attacks to accumulate 12 points of battle spirit before he could use "The Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal" to finish the kill.

After a busy hour, Lu Chaoding upgraded [Sword Immortal Twelve Hatreds] to LV2.

He left the Dog Tooth Cave, riding a tiger and flying on a sword, heading towards Lion Mountain.

The time had come; he had to continue his intrusion.

The invasion activity remains unchanged; each invasion costs 500 gold coins. Lu Chaoding spent 8000 gold coins from 2 PM to 6 PM, invading a total of 16 times and getting a treasure chest every time.

By nightfall, Lu Chaoding had collected the remains of 26 Ye Linlangs and obtained a large number of skill books. Unfortunately, the skill book he wanted most, [Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique], still hadn't appeared.

Lu Chao didn't rest. He rode a tiger and wielded a sword to hunt nocturnal beasts again.

Meanwhile, at the Great Sword Breaking Void Mountain, Zhao Weike was traveling along a dark secret passage.

"Junior brother, where are you going?"

A voice sounded behind him.

Zhao Weike turned around and saw Niu Daren emerging from the darkness.

"Holy crap, why are you following me?!"

Zhao Weike was quite surprised. Before entering this secret passage, he had gone through many twists and turns and finally managed to shake off Zhang Jiaqiang and the other players, but he didn't expect to be unable to shake off this NPC.

"This seems to be the passage to the forbidden area in the back mountain." Niu Daren slowly walked up to Zhao Weike.

Zhao Weike shrugged and said, "Yes, so what? I'm going to see Old Demon Ye Longxing, what are you going to do about it?"

Niu Daren laughed heartily, then his expression suddenly turned cold. He said, "Junior brother, you're actually a spy for the Golden Sword Sect!"

After saying that, Niu Daren suddenly drew his sword, and Zhao Weike cried out and his eyes widened.

A large sword pierced through his chest.

His health bar was completely depleted.

The next moment, Zhao Weike's body turned into light and disappeared, and with a whoosh, the items in his storage space fell out.

Niu Daren bent down and rummaged through the pile of items with some disdain, finding the [Yang Shen Pill]. He then stood up, looked at the dark passage, hesitated for a moment, but continued forward.