Rumble.
The forging furnace sprang to life, and high heat spread through the alchemy laboratory. Some test tubes nearby exploded.
Equipment upgrade in progress. Estimated time: 3 hours 28 minutes.
Su Xiao paid another 30,000 Paradise Coins to ensure that the B-rank forging furnace would not be suddenly reclaimed. During this time, he only needed to wait. Although the forging furnace operated automatically, it was still best not to leave.
He went to an empty space nearby, drew Dragon Slayer Flash, and began his daily swordsmanship practice.
Su Xiao did not practice by mechanically hacking, thrusting, and stabbing. Instead, he swung freely, searching for inspiration amid his attacks and using it to develop new techniques.
Su Xiao had discovered long ago that self-developed techniques differed from skills learned through scrolls. Skills learned through scrolls all had cooldowns. Before the cooldown ended, forcibly using the skill would cause severe backlash, and it was entirely possible to die on the spot.
Self-developed techniques were different. Most self-developed techniques, once perfected, were MAX-level—in other words, fully leveled abilities. Moreover, self-developed techniques had no cooldown.
Take Su Xiao's Ring Break, for example. As long as his arms could withstand it, he could use it several times in succession without issue. However, doing so had little practical value.
After developing them for a long time, Su Xiao had created several sword techniques. He often used these techniques in battle. When using them, he did not habitually roar; he simply struck.
Among these techniques, Ring Break and Void Break were the most conspicuous. His other techniques were basically ordinary-looking slashes, differing only in the way force was applied and the angle of attack.
Clang, clang, clang...
Su Xiao's swings suddenly accelerated. Silver slash marks appeared in the air one after another. This was a technique he