Verren left without saying a word.
Michael didn't stop him.
Instead, he stood in silence, deep in thought.
Advanced Mastery.
It wasn't like he hadn't seen skills at that level before.
He had.
Several of his undead possessed skills that had reached that realm.
But perhaps Verren was right.
Weapon mastery was different.
It reminded him of a post he'd once read—one that discussed the differences between Awakeners and traditional cultivators.
Getting stronger as an Awakener was easier.
But sometimes, that "easy" was subjective.
Michael remembered an example from the post: that it could take years to bring a weapon skill to the advanced level.
At the time, he had assumed it was simply because the difficulty curve was steep.
And perhaps it was.
Even Awakeners, who lived life on "easy mode," still had to struggle to achieve it.
Now, he understood why.
Weapon mastery—true mastery—was a transformation.
No.
All mastery levels were transformations.
