From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 395 - 275: Witch Demon Talisman

Day Six.

The wind dragon unleashed by Lu Heng could now lift a meter-wide rock into the sky, yet it was still far from lifting a thirty-ton pillar.

His proficiency in training the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash kept improving, but the martial skill entry for Wind Dragon Breathless Slash had yet to appear on the data panel.

This indicated that he had yet to master the sword skill, although Lu Heng felt he was getting closer.

However, a new problem had arisen.

The wind pressure generated by his slashes had nearly reached the limit; continuing to train would hardly boost the might of the wind dragon he conjured.

Wind Dragon Breathless Slash was not a sword technique solely reliant on finesse; it required brute strength as support.

Take the sonic boom aspect for instance—it’s something that can’t be achieved just by skill; without surpassing the speed of sound with the sword, a sonic boom can’t be generated.

Therefore, Wind Dragon Breathless Slash needed a foundation of brute strength, and achieving sonic booms was merely the first threshold in training, not the defining line of mastery.

Lu Heng could already sense a bottleneck in the training of Wind Dragon Breathless Slash, a hurdle too difficult to overcome with practice alone; it required an increase in brute strength.

There were many ways to enhance brute strength: leveling up to increase attributes like Strength and Agility could increase the power of one’s sword strokes, thus increasing the wind pressure generated.

Besides, enhancing speed could also directly improve one’s brute strength.

Moreover, Wind Dragon Breathless Slash was a Wind Attribute sword technique which complemented the "Windwalker" Skill.

The proficiency level of "Windwalker," after several days of training, had reached its maximum (3000/3000).

The issue now was the lack of sufficient Divine Energy to upgrade this Skill.

The fusion into the B-level "Spiritual Dominance" last time had consumed a substantial amount of Divine Energy, leaving only 700 points remaining.

"Windwalker" was a B-level Skill, and to upgrade it to an A-level, 1500 points of Divine Energy were necessary.

Unless he could acquire a significant amount of Divine Energy in this world, Lu Heng would have to wait until the end of the Abyss Battlefield and receive the mission rewards before he could undertake a Skill Upgrade.

...

After another day of practice, it was noon on the seventh day.

Terres descended from Storm Cliff and stood behind Lu Heng, asking in a stiff tone, "When will you head to the Royal City?"

Lu Heng sheathed his sword, looked back at him, and asked, "Has the crisis emerged?"

Terres was silent for a while before answering, "Patrols have spotted an Abyss Summoner outside Kolos City."

The appearance of the Abyss Summoner confirmed what Lu Heng had previously mentioned.

Indeed, an Abyss Summoner had appeared on the continent, indirectly substantiating the claim that a crisis was imminent for Keros Royal City.

The mere emergence of an Abyss Summoner had led this Elf Sword Saint to proactively inquire about Lu Heng’s departure for Kolos City.

It was clear that the Elf Sword Saint was genuinely concerned about his student, yet he couldn’t go in person.

Lu Heng waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It’s just an Abyss Summoner, no rush. I haven’t mastered the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash yet."

Terres’s expression darkened, and he huffed, "Do you think my ultimate technique can be mastered in a few days? Even years of training might not lead to enlightenment. Don’t tell me you’re hoping to master the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash before the summoning period is over?"

Lu Heng indeed harbored that thought, but he knew it would be difficult.

However, during his training, Lu Heng had found a way to break through the bottleneck; if he could upgrade the "Windwalker" Skill, the wind pressure from Wind Dragon Breathless Slash would surely improve substantially.

If he couldn’t upgrade the Skill, Lu Heng planned to train Wind Dragon Breathless Slash to a level he was satisfied with before leaving Storm Cliff.

"I’ll practice a few more days, I feel I can still make progress. If I could obtain some Divine Energy, the breakthrough would come faster," Lu Heng turned back, took a deep breath, and prepared to continue with his swordplay.

Terres’s expression became grave.

One of the reasons he taught Lu Heng the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash was to have Lu Heng go to the Elf Royal City and help his student resolve the crisis.

Yet Lu Heng stubbornly stayed at Storm Cliff, much to Terres’s annoyance.

He considered for a moment, then said, "You want Divine Energy, right? Deep within Twilight Mountain Range, a Witch Demon is hidden. Kill it, bring its Magic Secret Book back to me, and I can help you extract the Divine Energy from it."

Lu Heng raised an eyebrow and asked, "If you know there’s a Witch Demon there, why haven’t you taken care of it?"

Terres’s lips curled into a smile as he countered, "What makes you think I haven’t gone?"

Lu Heng paused, suddenly grasping the meaning of his words.

A Witch Demon was an immortal creature of the Undead System; even a mighty warrior like Terres could decapitate the Witch Demon, yet it could regenerate through its Life Protection Box.

In other words, to kill the Witch Demon, one must destroy its Life Protection Box; otherwise, it’s futile no matter how many times it’s slain.

Furthermore, since this Witch Demon was hiding within Twilight Mountain Range and had already been defeated by Terres, it undoubtedly hid even more covertly, making it far from easy to find.

Twilight Mountain Range was a well-known Undead Mountain Range in the Quel’dorei World, harboring numerous beings of the Undead System.

That is to say, if Terres were to appear in Twilight Mountain Range, the Witch Demon, upon receiving news, would surely conceal itself deeper.

Considers thousands of kilometers of mountain range, the difficulty of finding a single Witch Demon would be akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.

So there was a problem.

"Twilight Mountain Range is thousands of kilometers long; how is searching for a single Witch Demon there any different from finding a needle in the ocean?" Lu Heng brought up this crucial question.

A gleam appeared in Terres’s eyes as he raised his right hand and said, "Use this to lure it out."