The Grand Prize in the Swordsmanship Chests

Chapter 30: The Grand Prize in the Swordsmanship Chests

Shen Mo had not tricked Sasuke this time.

He had been telling the truth; he simply had not expected things to turn out this way.

The system's description of this jade was:

A Ruthless Sword Aptitude Bearer can use this sword intent to enter the path of swordsmanship. A small number of those without the aptitude will be enslaved by the sword intent and become Sword Servants for a set period of time.

If Sasuke could truly become heartless, this would be incredible.

He could directly enter the path of swordsmanship through the sword intent and become a Sword Master from then on.

But as things stood now,

Sasuke not only lacked the aptitude for the Ruthless Sword, he might even have the exact opposite.

He really was a tsundere.

"You don't need to be disappointed, either." Shen Mo helped Sasuke up and reached out to pat the dust from his shoulder. "Hatred isn't heartlessness. On the contrary, it belongs to having feelings. The fact that you were enslaved by the sword intent was actually the result of your inner resistance. There isn't only one path of swordsmanship. Besides, don't you still have the chests?"

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Sasuke seemed to have recovered somewhat, but fear still lingered in his eyes.

So that was what the Ruthless Sword was like.

To turn oneself into a sword as well, that feeling—

Sasuke, who was still only a child, could not help shivering.

As for cultivating it,

he did not even want to experience it again.

Fortunately, there were other paths of swordsmanship.

Some color finally returned to Sasuke's eyes. He looked at Shen Mo again, and the bit of smugness he had shown had already vanished without a trace.

"May I ask, are the other paths of swordsmanship also this powerful?" he asked.

Although that heartless feeling was frightening, its power was truly formidable.

Sasuke had to admit it.

At present, he had not even entered the gateway to swordsmanship. His current strength was merely the beginning, and he still had to become stronger!

"Didn't I tell you already?" Shen Mo gave him a gentle smile. "The Ruthless Sword is only one of countless paths of swordsmanship, though—"

"Though what?" Sasuke grew nervous.

"All powerful forces cannot be cultivated simply. Like the Ruthless Sword, they require the corresponding aptitude." Shen Mo seemed somewhat helpless.

"Aptitude?" Sasuke was stunned.

"That's right. For swordsmanship, aptitude is—" Shen Mo spoke two words: "Sword Body."

At last, he had reached the part he had painstakingly arranged.

One of the greatest appeals of opening chests was having a grand prize that made customers look forward to it immensely.

For Tsunade, the grand prize was resurrection.

For Sasuke, the grand prize Shen Mo had arranged was a Sword Body.

This was a truly excellent thing.

"A Sword Body?" Sasuke repeated, somewhat confused, but honestly waited for an explanation.

"It represents one's aptitude for practicing swordsmanship." Shen Mo summarized it in a few simple words. "Those who possess a Sword Body cultivate the corresponding swordsmanship faster, wield it with greater power, and face lower requirements. Take the Heartless Sword Intent as an example: if you were born with a Heartless Sword Body, you wouldn't even need to reach a heartless state of mind to wield an even stronger Heartless Sword Intent. These are people born for the sword."

Actually, if Sasuke had been a modern person, Shen Mo could have explained it even more simply.

It was a cheat.

In games, it was usually prepared for big spenders—a physique buff that combined insight buffs, attack buffs, and cultivation buffs.

It was practically a perfect tool for tricking players into spending money, something every game planner had to understand as basic knowledge.

Sure enough,

Sasuke's eyes lit up after hearing this. Although he had not fully understood it yet, merely hearing that cultivation would be faster and power greater had already filled him with longing.

"Under normal circumstances, a Sword Body is a person's destiny, just like how you were born a member of the Uchiha Clan." Shen Mo was quite satisfied with Sasuke's reaction. Then he raised his voice and said, "But my chests can change destiny. If you can obtain a Sword Body from one, even the weakest kind, you will be able to advance faster and farther along the path of swordsmanship."

"Gulp."

Sasuke swallowed.

He asked eagerly, "Is it possible to get one from a Level 2 Chest?"

There were still more than a hundred Level 2 Chests left on the ground!

"This..." Shen Mo looked troubled. "There is one—the weakest kind, the Heavy Sword Embryo Body. Its owner can comprehend the Heavy Sword Intent through day after day of heavy-sword training, but it is extremely rare. However, the types and strengths of Sword Bodies in Level 3 Chests are much greater. A Sword Soul-level Sword Body might even appear. Saying that cultivating swordsmanship would advance a thousand miles in a day would not be an exaggeration."

Although Sasuke did not quite understand the levels of Sword Bodies Shen Mo had mentioned,

he understood the general meaning.

Higher-level chests contained better things.

Once obtained, they would be incredibly powerful.

A Sword Body...

Even something like an innate aptitude could be obtained from a chest. Itachi Uchiha, you genius—just wait for me!

Sasuke took a deep breath.

"Continue opening chests!"

His horizons had now been set much farther. He had begun looking forward to the Level 3 Chests that came later.

Shen Mo knew

that his goal had been achieved.

After today, Sasuke would not become so inflated that he thought he was already strong enough. Instead, he would continue working hard to buy chests. At the very least, he would have to wait until he obtained a Sword Body before indulging in his next bout of self-satisfaction.

Speaking of which,

even if Sasuke opened all the remaining chests and went to find Itachi afterward, he would still be beaten up badly before returning dejectedly.

Shen Mo narrowed his eyes and decided to give his customer a better experience after all.

He replaced the grand prize he had originally prepared among the remaining chests.

He changed it to something even better—a true grand prize worth twenty thousand Trading Points.

What a conscience.

Shen Mo praised himself.

With this,

Sasuke might be able to give Itachi a surprise. He still would not win, but at least he would have even more motivation to open chests, right?

With a smile on his face, Shen Mo watched Sasuke open one chest after another. Perhaps he had used up all his luck at the beginning; it was not until the sky began to lighten and only the final twelve chests remained that Sasuke finally obtained the grand prize.

It was another orb of light.

Sasuke was already familiar with it and reached out to touch it.

But he was stopped.

"This..." Shen Mo took a deep breath and slapped Sasuke hard on the shoulder. As if he were excited on Sasuke's behalf, he suddenly raised his voice. "It's a Skill Orb! Sasuke, you've hit the jackpot! There may not even be one Swordsmanship Skill Orb among five hundred Level 2 Chests."

Sasuke seemed surprised by Shen Mo's reaction as well.

He had opened so many chests.

Although Shen Mo had mentioned good luck several times, this was by far his biggest reaction.

Could it really be something incredible?

Sasuke's heart began to burn with anticipation.

"What is a Skill Orb?" he asked.

"Simply put, they are sword-intent techniques created by powerful Sword Masters. Even if you haven't comprehended sword intent, you can still master these techniques. At your current level, any one of them would become a tremendous aid." Shen Mo explained.

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