Note, the sword control speed enhancement here refers to the bonus from the flying sword. The current bonus from this Tier Two Cyan Fish Sword is 15%. Fifteen percent of 600 sword control speed is 120 kilometers per hour.
It seems the speed is not fast, not as fast as flying with Qi, but you should know that the basic sword formulas he practiced are the weakest, and the flying sword in hand is just a Tier Two flying sword, all at the bottom tier, how could it be fast?
When the basic sword formulas reach the sixtieth or seventieth level, and he switches to a Tier Six or Tier Seven flying sword, the speed will instantly reach several thousand kilometers per hour.
Moreover, when the basic sword formulas evolve into the Sword Control Technique, the attribute panel unlocks the Sword Control Technique levels, which are Entering and Leaving the Cyan Nether and Sword Control Along a Thousand Miles.
Entering and Leaving the Cyan Nether: When controlling the sword, a layer of Sword Qi can form outside the body, which is not affected by the Gang Wind during flight. Currently at the first level, it can reach a maximum height of 1000 meters.
Sword Control Along a Thousand Miles: Increases the attack range of the flying sword, currently at the first level, with a maximum sword control range of 1 kilometer.
In simple terms, the higher the level of the Sword Control Technique, the higher the flight height during sword control, and the further the flying sword's attack distance in battle.
If the level of Sword Control Along a Thousand Miles is high enough, it would be like in those novels where one can decapitate an enemy from a thousand miles away.
These two skills are purely a test of persistence, not requiring high aptitude, as long as the basic sword formula level increases, the proficiency in sword control will slowly increase.
A good horse needs a good saddle. After leveling up the basic sword formulas, Su Yu went to the guild's direct trading house that same night, prepared to purchase... a Tier Four flying sword.
However, when he saw the prices of the row of flying swords on the trading interface, he couldn't help but take a sharp breath.
The weakest Tier Four flying sword starts at 100 taels of silver, which is 1 tael of gold. A slightly better one is 150 or 200 taels of silver, and if it's a custom premium, it starts at 300 taels of silver.
"So expensive!"
Looking at Tier Five flying swords, the starting price was 10 taels of gold.
And there were not many of them, the Thousand Feather Pavilion had only about thirty, and the attributes weren't that good.
After all, people tend to keep good attributes for personal use, and those with top-grade attributes were long sold off. For a premium one, you can only have it custom-made at a starting price of 30 taels of gold.
Going further up, the Tier Six flying swords in the guild's direct trading house were only a few in number, starting at 100 taels of gold.
After browsing around in slight hesitation, Su Yu spent 2 taels of gold and 50 guild contribution points to customize a Tier Four flying sword.
Fortunately, there was a 10% discount for guild members, otherwise the money wouldn't have been enough.
The next morning, he received a message from the manager of Thousand Feather Pavilion, saying the sword was ready.
He quickly rushed to the trading house and picked up the ordered flying sword.
Ice Soul (Tier Four Flying Sword): Divine Weapon, premium, a flying sword refined with Beiming Ice Soul mixed with Celestial Star Divine Sand.
Attributes: Attack 120-150, Attack Speed 110-130, Sword Control Speed 110-120, Attack Bonus 30%, Special Trait: Ice Soul.
Ice Soul: Attacks inflict an additional 120 points of ice damage, slowing the target's movement speed and reaction speed by 20%, lasting 1-5 seconds.
Equip Requirement: Basic Sword Formulas twenty-five levels.
Quickly equipping the flying sword, Su Yu eagerly went to the banks of Chensha River, found a group of Grass Fish Spirits swimming in the river, pointed a finger and a flash of white light shot into the riverbed, grazing past the black dorsal fin of a Grass Fish Spirit, immediately a string of damage numbers floated up.
-360
-366
-369
Meanwhile, layers of frost began to form, a pale blue layer appeared on the bodies of all attacked Grass Fish Spirits, visibly slowing them down.
Seeing this, Su Yu made a grabbing motion in the air, and a white sword light soared up. With one move, Dragon City Flying General chopped down, followed by Endless Blue Waves, a string of damage numbers appeared, nearly three meters of Carp Spirit sliced open a huge gash in its belly, flipping over immediately.
A level 20 spirit creature only had about 600 health; such a fierce explosion couldn't possibly be endured.
It's worth mentioning that spirit creatures have levels, players do not, but the Basic Qi Refining Heart Skill level is equivalent to the level of wild creatures.
His current twenty levels of the Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill corresponds to a level 20 creature.
When the Qi Refining Heart Skill is raised to level 100, equivalent to a level 100 wild creature, it's no longer possible to further enhance the heart skill. The first Great Celestial Tribulation must be overcome, the Dao Foundation established, and promoted to Loose Immortal to continue improving.
Therefore, the rank of the Qi Refining Heart Skill directly determines the strength of mana and the limit of power.
Without a moment's pause, the Ice Soul circled around Su Yu once before plunging into the water again. Following his activation, the flying sword circled, capturing all the remaining seven Fish Spirits at one go.
Sword Qi surged like a rainbow, sword moves like a dragon, cutting back and forth, tearing open bellies.
The several times increased speed of the flying sword completely covered the shortcomings in Swordsmanship, easily intercepting and slaying before the spirit creatures could attack his body.
As long as the attack is strong enough and speed is fast enough, shortcomings cease to be shortcomings.
This almost instant slaughter was very exhilarating, with the key being the mana consumption was low, taking down a small group in two to three moves with only twenty to thirty mana, boasting endurance far superior to before.
Overall, efficiency has increased by at least 50% compared to before.
Previously, the maximum slaughter experience accumulated in a day was about 500,000; now, it can be about 750,000.
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"Su Yu, gather at the south gate at 7 a.m. tomorrow, look for me when you arrive."
The message from guild HR manager Fu Ping, absorbed in leveling and practicing swordsmanship, reminded Su Yu of the guild event he had signed up for earlier, to which he immediately replied:
"I'll arrive on time."
"Okay, I'll send you the event information, please take a look."
"Thank you, manager."
Fu Ping sent an attachment, which Su Yu opened to view, slightly surprised on his face.
The information showed that this guild event was jointly hosted by the guild's first and third elite groups. The guild had accepted a guild mission from the Yuanjiang Water God, to eliminate a demon stronghold in the Poisonous Mist Swamp, located 6600 kilometers east of Thousand Feather City, which did not submit to the Yuanjiang Water God.
The Poisonous Mist Swamp is located within the Taihu Mountain Range, covering more than 100,000 square kilometers, with a complex terrain permanently shrouded in a layer of poisonous mist.
A small river in the swamp connects to the Yuanjiang, technically a tributary of the Yuanjiang, but not under the Yuanjiang Water God's jurisdiction; rather, it's ruled by a demon leader named Poison Dragon Stronghold.
According to the information, the demon stronghold harbors a poisonous flood dragon with a level as high as 172 and a terrifying template, along with three other major demons above level 150, namely a Black Dragon Loach, a Poisonous Toad, and a Black Water Poison Python.
In addition, there are more than a dozen demon generals above Level 100, over a hundred middle and small leaders, and tens of thousands of a demon army over level forty.
Also, as the leader of the demons, it can summon all the spirit creatures in the Poisonous Mist Swamp for aid at critical times.
In fact, just based on strength, there's no way it could be a match for the Yuanjiang Water God. As one of the three major water systems of Blue Mountain Island, the Yuanjiang Water God is a Level 300 mythical super BOSS, with many subordinates of over Level 200, any one of whom can lead an army of a million to wipe out the Black Dragon Demon Stronghold.
The inactivity is mainly because the location of the Poisonous Mist Swamp is within the Taihu Mountain Range, and the Taihu Mountain Range also has a Mountain God.
Most importantly, the Taihu Mountain God is at odds with the Yuanjiang Water God; without the permission of the Taihu Mountain God, the Yuanjiang Water God's forces and navy simply cannot enter.
Hence this guild task to eliminate the poisonous flood dragon entrenched in the Poisonous Mist Swamp, employing the help of a guild.
The guild simultaneously improves reputation with both the Taihu Mountain God and the Yuanjiang Water God by taking action; they won't be intercepted, but they will lose a lot of reputation with the Taihu Mountain God.
But that's no big deal, once it drops, it can be raised again later.
"This looks like an all-out battle is imminent."
Attacking a demon stronghold is no easy task.
Su Yu shook his head, deciding not to show off during the guild event, to be careful and avoid being targeted by the BOSS.
No words for the whole night. Early the next morning, he saw the residential area brightly lit, with a great number of guild members rising early to head to the south city gate to gather.
Ten minutes later, Su Yu arrived at the southern city, looking at the rooftops, sky, and the packed crowd on the city walls, he sent a message to Fu Ping:
"Mr. Fu, I'm already at the south of the city."
"Come directly to Thousand Feather 304 Giant Wooden Godship to assemble."
"On my way."
The ship was easily recognizable with its giant-length of over a thousand meters with its large number written on its hull, visible from afar.
Number 304, the first digit 3 represents it belongs to the third elite group, the last digit 4 is the sequence number.
Su Yu flew on a paper crane to the Giant Wooden Godship, paused outside the hull for a moment. Fu Ping flew over and gestured, leading him through the ship's barrier into the interior.