Zuo Yunxuan's True Qi Essence

Han Xu took the third draw. This time, it finally wasn't equipment, but a... Skill Book.

[Fragmentary Heaven-Hiding Sword Art (Manual): Teaches you the Fragmentary Heaven-Hiding Sword Art.]

[Fragmentary Heaven-Hiding Sword Art: While using this sword art, your Advanced Machinery: One-Handed Swordsmanship Specialty is treated as 3 levels higher. While wielding a sword, your physical attacks gain bonus Critical Hit chance based on your Agility. Each point of Agility adds 0.1% bonus Critical Hit chance.]

There was another line of fine print below.

[Note: The Heaven-Hiding Sword Art is known as the greatest sword art in the Sword Song Plane. It is easy to learn but difficult to master. Additional effects will be unlocked when the skill reaches certain key levels.]

"You actually drew that old geezer Zuo Yunxuan's signature move!" Bai Xiaowen drew a sharp breath. "Old Han, your luck is something else."

A complete Heaven-Hiding Sword Art would probably have been worth more than Top-grade Dark Gold Equipment. Of course, Zuo Yunxuan himself didn't know the complete version, so the sword art skill dropped from him couldn't possibly be complete either.

Even as a fragment, the skill was formidable. The three-level boost to One-Handed Swordsmanship alone was excellent; the bonus Critical Hit chance was just icing on the cake.

Of course, the Skill Book's description alone didn't fully account for the Heaven-Hiding Sword Art's power. Plenty of formidable sword arts in the Sword Song Plane raised one's Swordsmanship Specialty by three levels. Bai Xiaowen suspected the key lay in the fine print: the additional effects unlocked at higher skill levels might be exceptionally strong. That was why the Spirit Realm Rules had flagged them.

The Heaven-Hiding Sword Art would see constant use in combat, so its proficiency would undoubtedly grow faster than that of