Gale Sword Art: Combat Secret Method. Evaluation: ordinary Planetary Level secret method. Current progress: Completion Level. Speed increased by 100%, neural reaction speed increased by 2 levels, Domain comprehension efficiency increased, Wind Law Affinity increased. Comprehended a killing move related to "Violent Wind."
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Force Exertion Level: 5
The instant the Gale Sword Art reached Completion Level, Chen Yuan, who was fighting inside the Trial Tower, suddenly sensed a distinct change. He clearly felt the power of his Conception advance another step, while a force within him seemed on the verge of erupting.
Following that impulse, Chen Yuan suddenly drew his sword and thrust the Streamer Battle Sword forward. Boom! As his ultimate strength erupted, the sword tip effortlessly pierced through the Bloodthirsty Tank's scales. Then, a violent force exploded inside its body, instantly shattering its internal organs.
With that single strike, the Bloodthirsty Tank that had given Chen Yuan quite a bit of trouble was dead. His spirits soared as he moved with steps like the wind, his figure flashing through the beast horde like a streamer. Every time he swung his sword, another Bloodthirsty Tank lost its life.
In less than ten minutes, the remaining hundred Bloodthirsty Tanks on the field had all fallen!
"Time used: 39 minutes and 46 seconds. Killed 250 Intermediate Beast General Bloodthirsty Tanks and 50 Advanced Beast General Bloodthirsty Tanks. C Stage cleared. Congratulations, trainee Chen Yuan." The electronic voice rang out from the sky after the last Monster fell.
"After a month, I finally cleared the fourth floor." Chen Yuan let out a long breath, then chose to exit the Trial Tower. "I'll put the fifth floor aside for now. That sudden burst of power just now must have been the Gale Sword Art reaching Completion Level."
After returning to reality, Chen Yuan immediately opened his panel. Sure enough, he saw the information showing that the Gale Sword Art had reached Completion Level. Besides the expected improvements, there was also an unexpected surprise.
"I actually comprehended a killing move related to Violent Wind. No wonder my explosive power was so strong just now." Recalling his slaughter through the Trial Tower, Chen Yuan felt utterly exhilarated.
But he quickly calmed down. Staring at the newly appeared killing move on the panel, he fell into thought. "But where did this killing move come from? Violence Artistic Conception... could it be because of that Red Lotus—no, the Fierce Wind Sword Art?"
"But that cultivation method was optimized specifically for Yu Qinglan. I never cultivated it at all." Unable to understand, Chen Yuan asked the system.
He soon received an answer: after the Gale Sword Art reached Completion Level, Chen Yuan's affinity with the Law of Wind had increased, making it easier for him to comprehend other branches of Wind Artistic Conception.
This killing move was precisely what he had comprehended from the Fierce Wind Sword Art after gaining insight into Violence Artistic Conception.
As for why Chen Yuan could comprehend something from a cultivation method optimized specifically for Yu Qinglan, it was because, as the master of the Optimization System, he would not be rejected by any cultivation method optimized through the system, even if it had been tailored for someone else.
"I see." Chen Yuan nodded to himself. "Looks like helping Yu Qinglan optimize her cultivation method paid off. Not only did I obtain information about the Wind of Existence, I also comprehended Violence Artistic Conception and got a free killing move."
Chen Yuan then opened the detailed information for this killing move and discovered that it used Violence Artistic Conception as its core. It allowed the body to instantly erupt with immense power, condense that power at the sword tip, and then thrust out explosively.
Through this killing move, Chen Yuan could unleash twice his strength once more. Moreover, this twofold strength belonged to a separate multiplier and multiplied with his own fivefold force exertion.
In other words, when Chen Yuan used this move with fivefold force exertion, the power he unleashed could reach ten times!
"Awesome!" After reading the move's description, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up. "This means I now have explosive power comparable to the Hundred Fierce Blades."
Of course, the Hundred Fierce Blades cultivated by Luo Hai had only reached minor mastery, so the power it unleashed had not yet reached its limit. As for the killing move Chen Yuan had comprehended, because it came from the Gale Sword Art, there was no question of proficiency. It could be said that the moment he comprehended it, it was already at Completion Level.
Although his current upper limit was only Luo Hai's lower limit, Chen Yuan was still very satisfied.
Because after the Gale Sword Art reached Completion Level, he could begin optimizing it. Chen Yuan was confident that this newly optimized sword art would not be inferior to the Hundred Fierce Blades.
But Chen Yuan's ambitions did not end there. He wanted to do even better. The future Gale Sword Art would not merely rival the Hundred Fierce Blades—it would surpass it!
Therefore, Chen Yuan did not immediately begin optimizing it. The "new Gale Sword Art" he envisioned still lacked its final piece, and this had originally been part of the plan.
That piece was the Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, a place where Chen Yuan believed the Martial Artist Basic Secret Method was highly likely to exist.
Though it was a basic secret method, it came from Yunmo Planet, an Immortal-level faction. In the universe, it would be enough to make countless Planetary Level and Star Level powerhouses fight until their heads bled.
Thus, Earth truly was uniquely blessed. It possessed many high-level ruins, so much so that secret methods and treasures considered "quite precious" by Earthlings would become objects that many powerhouses would fight over outside Earth.
Chen Yuan's next destination was Ruins No. 9, where he planned to obtain the Martial Artist Basic Secret Method. He believed that with his current Brain Domain Width of 21 points, the ruins would be enough to open the Elite Trial for him.
However, before setting out, he still had two things to do. First, he had to give the Fierce Wind Sword Art to Yu Qinglan. Second, he needed to update his Combat Power Amplitude and report it to the martial arts school to claim his third reward.
Chen Yuan immediately found some paper and a pen and began copying out the contents of the Fierce Wind Sword Art. The secret manual was around ten thousand words long, and he wrote from morning until noon before finishing. Drawing the sword art diagrams took the most time.
After finishing everything, Chen Yuan took some time to enter the Virtual Space and update his Force Exertion Level. Then, carrying the manuscript, he headed for Yu Qinglan's loft.
By coincidence, perhaps on a whim, Yu Qinglan had not gone to the Gravity Chamber today. She was in the loft.
"So this is the sword art you optimized? You finished it so quickly?" Yu Qinglan looked at the manuscript in Chen Yuan's hands in surprise. After taking it, she began flipping through it.
Chen Yuan nodded. "As you requested, this sword art is entirely centered on Wind Artistic Conception. Not only does it retain branches related to Violence, it also raises the upper limit of force exertion to five times."
Yu Qinglan's body trembled as she flipped through the entire secret manual at high speed. Then she raised her head in shock. "It's actually real. My god, you're amazing!"
"An inborn talent." Chen Yuan shrugged. "You know, there are so many people on Earth. There will always be some with extraordinary talent."
Yu Qinglan looked deeply at him. She seemed to understand that Chen Yuan did not wish to reveal his talent, so she cooperatively nodded. "You're right."
"I really have to thank you this time, Junior Brother Chen Yuan. You helped me solve a huge problem." Yu Qinglan smiled. "Come to think of it, I still don't know what this sword art is called. I didn't see a name in the secret manual."
"Since it is a sword art centered on the Violent Wind Conception, I named it the Fierce Wind Sword Art," Chen Yuan replied.
"Fierce Wind... it's fairly fitting." Yu Qinglan nodded lightly. "Then it shall be called the Fierce Wind Sword Art!"
Still, Gale Wind, Fierce Wind... Yu Qinglan felt that Junior Brother Chen Yuan's naming skills were truly somewhat... plain and unadorned. Whether it was the Gale Sword Art or the Fierce Wind Sword Art, neither sounded as though it possessed the grandeur of an ultimate secret manual.
Look at how those high-end secret manuals were named: Mist Sword, Red Lotus, Thunder Blade, World Destroyer. Each sounded more imposing than the last.
Perhaps this is what geniuses are like. They disdain such empty names, which is why they are so casual about them. Yu Qinglan looked at Chen Yuan and could not help but sigh inwardly.
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