Li Shuyi smiled. "I just wanted your opinion."
"You really want me to name it?" Bai Xiaowen gave it serious thought.
Li Shuyi suddenly spotted Yi-Yi and Er-Er flying overhead.
"Actually, wait... I've already thought of a name! I just wanted to ask if you thought it fit."
Li Shuyi had learned her lesson about Bai Xiaowen's naming skills. She hurried on. "The Shadowblade Sword Saint choosing death really affected me. It reminded me of Demon Cutter, who served Prince Richard on the Aaron Plane. He killed his master to learn an Awakening Skill, and I think he killed a swordsmanship teacher from the Spirit Realm too... I want to call this Awakening Skill 'Invincible Slash,' in memory of the Shadowblade Sword Saint. I didn't want to kill him."
This Awakening Skill still differed somewhat from the Shadowblade Sword Saint's Invincible Slash.
While Shadowless Slash was active, the user entered a "phantom state" that let her evade single-target physical attacks and skills, but not area attacks.
The Shadowblade Sword Saint's Invincible Slash made him immune to damage with a priority of seven or lower, but did nothing against damage with a priority of eight or higher.
Li Shuyi's choice came from the heart. It honored the Shadowblade Sword Saint's devotion to glory.
"Then Invincible Slash it is." Bai Xiaowen wasn't particular about names. "More importantly, I'm interested in what Awakening Skills suggest about where things are headed."
"You're talking about things I don't understand again, Xiao Wen." Li Shuyi almost told him to speak plainly.
Bai Xiaowen said, "You have to figure out skill effects for yourself. There's no cooldown, and once you reach proficiency, the skill-slot restriction disappears... I have to say, all these changes go beyond what I expected. I thought Awakening Skills just added special properties to