Swallowed Star: Cataclysm Era
Chapter 40

Top-tier Comprehension!

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An hour later, the training session ended.

At that moment, Lin Ye felt his body had reached saturation in absorbing cosmic energy.

The expended power returned to his body, and Lin Ye sensed his spirit snap back in an instant.

"Panel, give me Point Allocation!"

Lin Ye swept his awareness over his information panel, a crooked smirk curling at the corner of his mouth—the smile of the Dragon King.

Grinning with delight, he dumped all the Attribute Points he'd just earned and saved up in one go.

Buzz!

A tingling sensation like an electric current shot through his body, silently strengthening every shred of flesh, blood, and bone.

Lin Ye closed his eyes without thinking, quietly savoring the wonderful feeling that coursed through him.

When the sensation of improvement gradually faded, he opened his eyes and summoned the interface with a thought—

[Name: Lin Ye (High-tier War General)] [Attribute Points: 0] [Body Technique: Perfect Level (Proficiency 5/100)] [Strength: 42,098 kg] [Speed: 250.6 m/s] [Spirit: Psychic Power (Intermediate War God Level)] [Domain: Not Activated (Gray)] [Clone: Not Activated (Gray)] [...]

"Phew—finally boosted my strength. Now I'm a genuine High-tier War General!"

Lin Ye was in a good mood. He took another deep look at the speed interface, his smile widening.

After the Point Allocation was done, he started practicing Ten Decisive Breaths again.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Lin Ye stood in the center of the hall, swinging his Battle Saber again and again, a fierce blade-light flashing in succession.

With each swing, Lin Ye layered a surge of Dark Force onto the strike's power, following the feel he'd honed before.

A swing imbued with Dark Force—that was the true essence of Ten Decisive Breaths.

And so, move after move, he practiced tirelessly.

Ten strikes, a hundred strikes, five hundred strikes...

As the number of swings grew, Lin Ye's mastery over Ten Decisive Breaths became more and more refined, as if he'd fallen into a groove.

His gaze was sharp as a torch; in the depths of his pupils, only the unstoppable Battle Saber remained, his footwork syncing with the blade.

This was a force of extreme speed and fierce sharpness.

All power converged on the blade's edge, with not a shred of energy leaking out.

Every swing radiated keenness, delivering an overwhelming shock to any opponent.

Shrrr!

Where the saber passed, the air tore like silk, ripped apart by the invisible blade-light.

With one slash, Lin Ye's muscle memory triggered an instant burst of power, the Dark Force within exploding forth as the sharp edge cut through the air.

Swoosh!

The sound of breaking wind rose again.

A tall, black-clad figure moved and leaped across the training hall, a four-foot long saber in hand flashing with cold light as he practiced the first slash of Ten Decisive Breaths.

On the marble floor, Lin Ye shifted his steps without losing his center of gravity, giving off a seamless, natural flow.

"First slash, done!"

Joy surged in Lin Ye's heart. With his mind fully focused, the moves of the second slash of Ten Decisive Breaths surfaced in his mind.

As if guided by some unseen force, Lin Ye channeled his energy according to the mental method and began practicing the second slash from the manual...

With each swing of his saber, the power within his body accelerated its circulation.

Streams of energy gathered like brooks into streams, streams into rivers, and rivers finally poured into Lin Ye's saber-wielding hand, coalescing into layers of Dark Force, stored and then released.

Heat steamed off Lin Ye's body, a faint mist of vapor swirling around him.

At the same time, the Blood-Colored Giant Tower within his Sea of Consciousness let out a soft, cicada-like hum.

Strands of blood-colored Psychic Power seeped through the tower's body, constantly infiltrating his Sea of Consciousness, strengthening his mental energy.

Boom!

Lin Ye felt a faint hum in his Sea of Consciousness, and his thoughts and awareness sharpened at an unimaginable speed.

The confusion and doubts he had encountered earlier with the Ten Decisive Breaths vanished in an instant, and he entered a very profound state.

It was as if... his Governing and Conception Vessels had been unblocked. Lin Ye's comprehension of the Ten Decisive Breaths grew deeper and deeper.

"So comfortable!"

Lin Ye swung his blade faster and faster, almost intoxicated by his current state.

Now, he was no longer satisfied practicing the second slash of the Ten Decisive Breaths and shifted his focus to the later slashes.

Lin Ye adjusted his breathing slightly, then began to practice the third slash.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The alloy Battle Saber cut through the air, and the force within Lin Ye's body surged rhythmically into his sword-wielding hand under the guidance of his will.

What followed was an increase in swing speed.

The sudden burst of strikes tightened the muscles in Lin Ye's right arm, but an endless stream of power surged from his entire body, supporting him as he swung the blade again and again.

At this moment, he entered a state of self-forgetfulness, losing all sense of time.

In that instant, his eyes saw only the Battle Saber!

He wielded the Battle Saber as if it were an extension of his arm; wherever his thoughts went, the blade's light flashed and struck.

In the center of the Training Hall.

The wind howled, the air churned, and streaks of afterimages appeared as fierce blade light flashed continuously.

A powerful aura and wind pressure radiated from Lin Ye, sweeping outward in all directions.

If Xue Zhan were here, he would surely be stunned speechless.

Because what Lin Ye was practicing was precisely the sixth slash of the Ten Decisive Breaths.

Even the most formidable martial artist in Great Xia, Jia Yi, had taken six months to fully master it.

Yet Lin Ye had done it in just... six hours!!

As time passed, the golden sunlight gradually turned orange, streaming in through the windows.

Since mastering the first form, Lin Ye had entered a state where his comprehension of the Ten Decisive Breaths accelerated rapidly.

For a full six hours, Lin Ye swung his blade tens of thousands of times. Even as his arm ached unbearably, he gritted his teeth and continued without giving up.

Only after fully mastering the first six slashes of the Ten Decisive Breaths did Lin Ye stop.

It wasn't that he couldn't continue, but that his current physical condition only allowed him to train this far.

If he forced himself to practice the last four slashes, the explosive layers of Dark Force would likely inflict hidden injuries on his body—something Lin Ye absolutely wanted to avoid.

Sheathing his blade and standing still, Lin Ye finally exhaled a deep breath of stale air.

His entire body was drenched in sweat, his training clothes long soaked through.

But his complexion grew even rosier, his skin fair and supple, radiating an extremely healthy state.

Glancing at the increasingly orange sun outside the window, Lin Ye felt joy in his heart.

Though this training session left his arm sore and swollen, Lin Ye practiced with exhilaration and gained a great deal.

Having comprehended the sixth slash of the Ten Decisive Breaths, he could now unleash six additional layers of Dark Force.

Calculating each layer of Dark Force at sixty percent of his strength, Lin Ye could unleash forty-six layers of force.

That was over four times the original power of his body!

Lin Ye glanced at the panel showing his strength and was very satisfied.

"I wonder, with my current strength, can I kill a High-level Beast General of the same rank in one strike?"

Lin Ye eagerly anticipated the answer.

Then, he couldn't help recalling the 'War God Ranking' that Xu Qi had mentioned, and felt a bit intrigued.

"With my current strength, where exactly would I rank on the War God Ranking..."

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