Chapter 2356: Heart Like an Arrow Flying Home
As time passed and his Dao Power was continuously consumed, the boost in strength the Crag Mountain Saber could bring Lu Ye gradually increased—one strand, two strands, five strands, ten strands...
After a full seven months, that enhancement had reached twenty strands!
Such efficiency was unimaginable for an ordinary Merging Dao cultivator. The main reason was that Lu Ye was willing to spend, pouring in an enormous amount of Dao Power and thus saving time.
No other Merging Dao cultivator could possibly possess reserves of Dao Power like Lu Ye's.
The Crag Mountain Saber's enhancement could not be amplified by Dao Runes, so its twenty strands of power did not count toward Lu Ye's base Dao Power under his control.
Moreover, because the Crag Mountain Saber was an offensive Dao Soldier, it only enhanced Lu Ye's killing power and provided no defensive benefit whatsoever.
In simple terms, after Lu Ye broke through to the Merging Dao Second Level, his base Dao Power under control was two hundred and eighty strands, while his true strength was three hundred and thirty-six strands. With the Crag Mountain Saber in hand, the strength he could unleash against enemies reached three hundred and fifty-six strands. Yet the intensity of his own Body Protection Dao Power remained three hundred and thirty-six strands, unchanged by the Dao Soldier.
To Lu Ye, this was no great matter. With more than three hundred strands of Body Protection Dao Power, at the Merging Dao level, even one or two Merging Dao Peak cultivators joining forces could forget about breaking through it—unless there were more of them.
At this point, Lu Ye slowed the rate at which he nurtured the Crag Mountain Saber, because he needed to retain sufficient Dao Power reserves. Nurturing