Aurora Sword Wings

After looking for a moment, Ye Cang opened the panel for selling flying swords.

King Slayer Flying Sword, sixth-tier quality: 300,000 Huaxia Coins (full price), 150,000 Huaxia Coins (half price; requires one-star contribution points)

King Slayer Flying Sword, seventh-tier quality: 3,000,000 Huaxia Coins (full price), 1,500,000 Huaxia Coins (half price; requires two-star contribution points)

Looking at the prices, Ye Cang was startled.

The prices differed by a factor of ten!

But a seventh-tier King Slayer Flying Sword could pierce the defenses of a lower Beast Venerable, so it made sense for it to cost a little more.

After looking through everything, Ye Cang did the math and began shopping.

"One sixth-tier God Slaying Sword, worth 20 million Huaxia Coins; one set of fifth-tier combat armor, worth 20 million Huaxia Coins; three seventh-tier King Slayer Flying Swords, worth 9 million Huaxia Coins in total; nine sixth-tier King Slayer Flying Swords, worth 2.7 million Huaxia Coins in total..."

"That comes to 51.7 million Huaxia Coins. I'm a little over budget."

Ye Cang transferred some of his personal savings to make up the difference.

Looking at the more than 1.5 million Huaxia Coins he had left, Ye Cang opened another page. Renting a car all the time was too much trouble, so he directly ordered a sturdy off-road pickup truck.

Once he had taken care of everything, Ye Cang closed the Divine Firmament Palace page.

By then, he was nearly broke.

The next day!

"Ye Cang, someone's here to see you!"

Shi Feng's voice came from downstairs.

Hearing him, Ye Cang went downstairs and stepped outside.

A stranger stood there.

When Ye Cang came out, the man handed him a sealed alloy box.

"Mr. Ye Cang, this is the manual you ordered!"

Ye Cang's heart leaped with excitement. He followed the procedure and opened the box. Inside were a book and two discs.

The book's cover bore five large characters: Aurora Sword Wings.

Carrying the manual upstairs to the training hall, Ye Cang eagerly flipped it open.

It depicted a little figure, along with a series of movements.

The figure held a long sword and stood beneath the blazing sun, striking one pose after another.

As Ye Cang turned the pages, the figure's swordsmanship grew more profound, and its movements more complex.

Invisible flames seemed to gather around it, forming a pair of radiant wings.

As the wings beat, the figure's sword strikes grew faster and their power surged.

At the same time, its movements became several times faster.

"I created this sword art to comprehend the great sun and gather the meaning of the aurora. When the sword strikes, it is like the sun's fury; when the body moves, it is like a beam of light bursting forth."

After reading the first stage, Ye Cang's heart gave a sudden jolt.

"As expected of a King Tier Combat Skill. It's countless times stronger than the swordsmanship I use now. Once I've mastered just the first stage, even a War King can unleash his full power perfectly."

"It can also double speed and strength."

The Blood Shadow Flow Killing Sword Art he currently practiced could only bring out half a Martial Artist's strength.

Suppressing his shock, Ye Cang continued turning the pages.

The following section described how to cultivate the second stage.

Unlike the first stage, this one explained how to comprehend the meaning of the aurora, allowing the practitioner to gather it.

Mastering the second stage could increase the explosive force of one's speed and strength by two times.

It seemed similar to the Blood Drop meaning, but this sword art's enhancement limit was the War King level.

One part of strength unleashed as two parts—and an even deeper application.

Ye Cang continued reading. The third stage deepened one's understanding of the meaning of the aurora; once comprehended, it could triple one's strength and speed.

After finishing, Ye Cang understood.

The first stage of Aurora Sword Wings allowed a Martial Artist to fully unleash all their strength in an attack. Once mastered, it could also double their strength and speed.

The second stage allowed one to comprehend the meaning of the aurora and double their strength and speed.

The third stage could triple one's strength and speed!

By the tenth stage, with the meaning of the aurora enhancing them, the practitioner could unleash ten times their own strength and speed!

Seeing the ultimate power it could unleash, Ye Cang was deeply shaken.

"As expected of a King Tier Combat Skill. This kind of boost to combat power is truly astonishing!"

After calming himself, he played the discs that came with the manual in the media room.

Boom!

A man and an Earth Spike Rock Tiger nearly seven meters tall were locked in fierce battle.

The man was using Aurora Sword Wings.

His figure flashed across the ground like a streak of white light. With every turn, he left deep sword marks on the Earth Spike Rock Tiger.

As the battle went on, the video periodically explained how to exert force during combat.

Ye Cang gradually became engrossed in the fight on screen.

Ding-dong!

The doorbell rang, and Shi Feng called to him from downstairs.

When Ye Cang went down to check, he saw that the weapons and equipment he had ordered had arrived.

The off-road truck he had ordered had arrived as well.

After signing for everything, he carried it upstairs to the training hall on the second floor.

Wearing the combat armor and holding his newly arrived sixth-tier God Slaying Sword, Ye Cang recalled the manual's instructions and began practicing Aurora Sword Wings, one move at a time.

As he performed each movement, he found himself drawing on the strength of his entire body.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The sword shadows grew faster and faster. Each swing produced a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air.

After just a few rounds of practice, Ye Cang could perform the entire sword art from beginning to end. But the strength he drew on fluctuated each time, and he managed a perfect burst of power only a handful of times.

"It really is difficult!"

Ye Cang furrowed his brow and took a few deep breaths. Then, with a thought, he opened the system panel.

Aurora Sword Wings had appeared on the system panel.

[Ye Cang (Intermediate Martial Artist, Junior Psionic Energy General)]

[Spirit: 101]

[Body: 63]

[Combat Skills: Aurora Sword Wings (Not Initiated 1/200), Blood Shadow Flow Killing Sword Art (Intent Realm · Blood Drop)...]

[Movement Technique: Subtlety (34/)]

[Life Energy: 0]

After taking a look, Ye Cang breathed a sigh of relief.

"As long as I can add points to it, that's all that matters."

Mastering the first stage required just two hundred points of Life Energy. For him, that was only a few hours' work.

"I also need to get familiar with the flying swords."

Ye Cang then took out the King Slayer Flying Swords he had just bought.

Three seventh-tier King Slayer Flying Swords, and nine sixth-tier King Slayer Flying Swords.

Along with the six fifth-tier King Slayer Flying Swords he had bought earlier.

All told, he now had eighteen flying swords.

The seventh-tier ones were naturally the best quality. As long as he was strong enough, he could use them to injure Beast Venerable-level beasts.

In other words, beasts on the level of human War Venerables.

"With my current strength, let's see how many I can control at most."

After a moment's thought, Ye Cang began to try.

One King Slayer Flying Sword after another rose into the air beside him, then circled around him.

As the number he controlled increased, Ye Cang's face gradually turned pale.

A while later, all eighteen flying swords were airborne, but as they spun, many of them wobbled off course.

One by one, the flying swords began to fall to the ground.

As time passed, only the three seventh-tier King Slayer Flying Swords remained circling around him.

"With my current mental strength, I can only control three flying swords at their peak power, matching an Intermediate General."

"If I control more, each sword's power will drop. If I control nine at once, they can only unleash the strength of a Junior General."

After testing things out, Ye Cang understood his current limit.

"Everything's ready. It's time to head to the Gray Mist Zone and test myself."

A flash of battle intent crossed Ye Cang's eyes.