First came the increase in Blue Steel Shadow's energy. Blue Steel Shadow's skill level had not changed; instead, the amount of Mana it burned had increased. Each slash now burned 597 Mana and dealt 955 points of true damage. With Dragon Slayer Flash's 22% true damage bonus included, that reached 1,165 points of true damage.
Compared to before, the true damage had decreased slightly. However, Su Xiao had also gained 7,500 Health, 20 points of Basic Neural Reflex Speed, and 17 points of Basic Dynamic Vision.
Under normal circumstances, increasing these two attributes involved percentage increases. Base value × percentage bonus resulted in a permanent increase to Su Xiao's Neural Reflex Speed.
The higher the base value, the greater the benefit from the "percentage Neural Reflex Speed" provided by his swordsmanship. Previously, there had only been one way to increase Basic Neural Reflex Speed: raising the Agility attribute.
Do not assume that raising Agility merely made one run faster and swing a blade faster. Its hidden benefits were unmatched by any other improvement. The same applied to the other four primary attributes.
Su Xiao could sense that he had gained a new ability. It had always existed within his body, yet he could not use it directly. He decided to give it a try.
Blue Shadow... King!
Su Xiao raised his left arm and suddenly clenched his fist. A crystal layer instantly climbed over his entire forearm, making the forearm and left hand somewhat translucent and pale blue. The meridians within were exceptionally clear, filled with flowing Blue Steel Shadow energy.
With a boom, an invisible aura spread out. The surrounding walls cracked with a series of popping sounds, and the glass windows exploded.
At that instant, Su Xiao seemed to see the generations of former Law-Destroyers who had perfected