"So you've already tried it," Bai Xiaowen said.
Li Shuyi nodded vigorously.
"Then tell me about it. Let's see if I've understood it right." Bai Xiaowen had formed his own interpretation after reading the notifications and skill description, but firsthand experience would be more reliable.
"Okay. Options A and B are easy enough to understand, so I'll talk about C," Li Shuyi said. "When I use Shadowless Slash now, it has practically no cooldown. But after each use, my limbs feel briefly fatigued. If I use the Shadowless Slash Awakening Skill again too soon, they ache unbearably, like countless tiny needles are stabbing them."
"That must be the physical strain... Have you tested how long you have to wait before using Shadowless Slash a second time?" Bai Xiaowen still preferred to put numbers to things.
"About ten seconds, give or take a few breaths," Li Shuyi said. "That's pushing it to the limit. If I want the second Shadowless Slash Awakening Skill to hit at full power, I need to wait at least thirty seconds."
Bai Xiaowen smiled. "Wasn't Shadowless Slash's original cooldown five minutes?"
"Mm. It started at five minutes, and each level reduced the cooldown by five percent. I'd trained it to level seven, bringing the cooldown down to three minutes and thirty seconds," Li Shuyi said.
"That's a huge improvement. But it consumes stamina, so you still can't use it recklessly," Bai Xiaowen said. "As far as we know, the only way to replenish stamina is with food and drink like ale, and you can only use those once per battle."
As an agile melee fighter who relied on technique, Li Shuyi needed every bit of her stamina. If she ran too low, her movements would suffer, greatly reducing her combat effectiveness.
Li Shuyi said, "I have