Heaven-Sundering Sword Draw, Born Toward Death!

"..."

Stellar Force Secret Arts were laid out before him, one after another.

Every one of them contained the crystallized wisdom of their predecessors and possessed unimaginable power.

Even ordinary Stellar Force Secret Arts represented a deep analysis and application of Stellar Force, with destructive power far beyond its primitive uses.

Especially those high-grade Stellar Force Secret Arts—just reading their descriptions, one could sense their boundless power, making one yearn for them.

"Sure enough, they say that only after mastering Stellar Force Secret Arts can one truly be considered a Starry-Sky Warrior."

Lin Yuan murmured, a spark of fervor appearing deep within his clear eyes.

Wielding energy, tearing apart heaven and earth.

Opening the heavens with a single sword, piercing the void with a single finger!

Those were the methods of a Starry-Sky Warrior.

"Stellar Force Secret Arts are special resources. They can't be bought with Azure Coins and can only be exchanged for Contribution Points."

After glancing at the Contribution Point requirements listed behind the various Stellar Force Secret Arts, Lin Yuan looked at the clear number displayed in the upper-right corner of his personal account—Contribution Points: 0!

He could not help but laugh.

"Fortunately, newly advanced warriors have a special privilege. They can exchange for one Stellar Force Secret Art for free, and..."

"There's no rank limit!"

This was also part of the Star-Martial incentives, and it was the most precious opportunity of all.

After all, Stellar Force Secret Arts were difficult to obtain, hard to learn, and expensive to exchange for, requiring a large number of Contribution Points.

Even among ordinary-grade ones, the cheaper options might only cost ten or twenty Contribution Points, while the expensive ones required a full hundred!

Earth-Grade Stellar Force Secret Arts started at three digits, and four-digit prices were not uncommon.

An ordinary Starry-Sky Warrior might not be able to save enough to exchange for an Earth-Grade Stellar Force Secret Art even after several years...

That was why a newly advanced warrior's first free exchange opportunity was especially precious.

For most Starry-Sky Warriors, this was practically their only chance to obtain a high-grade Stellar Force Secret Art above Earth Grade!

So the choice had to be made with the utmost caution.

They had to choose a Stellar Force Secret Art that truly suited them and that they had hope of mastering.

The guides in various forum posts repeatedly warned newly advanced warriors not to blindly choose Sky-Grade Stellar Force Secret Arts simply because they were more valuable and powerful.

After all, choosing one was useless if you could not master it...

Sky-Grade Stellar Force Secret Arts were indeed immensely powerful, but their cultivation difficulty was notoriously high as well.

Failing to learn one would mean wasting this nearly one-of-a-kind precious opportunity. It simply was not worth it.

So nearly all newly advanced warriors chose Earth-Grade Stellar Force Secret Arts!

After all, Earth-Grade Stellar Force Secret Arts were already far stronger than ordinary-grade ones. They were sufficient for the early stages, when one's strength was still limited, and their difficulty was not quite so outrageous. If one chose a suitable art and put in enough time, there was still a chance of mastering it.

And what was Lin Yuan's choice?

"This one..."

"Sky Grade—Heaven-Sundering Sword Draw!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he chose a Sky-Grade sword-type Stellar Force Secret Art worth ten thousand Contribution Points.

What a joke.

Could he be compared to ordinary newly advanced warriors?

Leaving aside his prodigy-level martial aptitude, with the swordsmanship Divine-Grade Talent Trait, "Swordsmanship Mastery," there was no way he would settle for a lower-grade Stellar Force Secret Art.

"Swordsmanship Mastery—you possess near-divine comprehension of the sword and sword-type skills!"

That sentence alone explained everything.

Lin Yuan had great confidence in his Talent Traits. Since it was described as "near-divine comprehension," then a mere Sky-Grade Stellar Force Secret Art should not be enough to stump him, right?

Not to mention the boost from "Transcendent Comprehension." He could not say the same for anything else, but when it came to cultivating Stellar Force Secret Arts, Lin Yuan was absolutely confident.

"The highest rank available in the free Stellar Force Secret Art list for newly advanced warriors is only Sky Grade. There isn't anything stronger, like Star-Shattering Tier..."

"Otherwise, I'd definitely have to see whether this claim of 'possessing the power to shatter stars upon reaching mastery' is true!"

Lin Yuan muttered regretfully, his features filled with youthful vigor and powerful confidence.

He truly had reason to be confident.

"Martial Prodigy" + "Swordsmanship Mastery" + "Transcendent Comprehension"...

With the support of those three talents, as long as it was a sword-type Stellar Force Secret Art, he would dare to give even the highest Star-Shattering Tier a try!

"Sky Grade..."

"It's not bad either. Even powerful Third Realm Skyflight Realm Starry-Sky Warriors only use Stellar Force Secret Arts of this rank."

Lin Yuan was already quite satisfied.

Heaven-Sundering Sword Draw was the sword-type Stellar Force Secret Art best suited to him.

Its description was equally domineering—

Gather Stellar Force and transform it into sword qi.

Open the heavens with one sword, suppress souls with one sword.

Draw the Heaven-Sundering Sword, and be born toward death!

It was an exceptionally pure offensive Stellar Force Secret Art, and it had only one move: draw the sword and sunder the heavens.

Its power depended on how much Natal Stellar Force the user gathered. It could be used with a single strand of Stellar Force, or with a hundred strands for even greater power. There was no upper limit!

"No upper limit?"

"Doesn't that mean that if my realm is high enough and I temper enough Natal Stellar Force, I could even shatter a star with one sword?"

Lin Yuan grinned.

Wasn't that basically a Star-Shattering Tier Stellar Force Secret Art?

Though it was only theoretical, there was still hope.

As an early-stage method, it was more than enough.

"With that, my early preparations are almost complete..."

Lin Yuan exited the Star-Martial Marketplace and let out a faint sigh of relief.

The equipment he had bought, including the Star-Iron Battle Weapon, would probably arrive tomorrow. Next, he only needed to learn Heaven-Sundering Sword Draw. Then, he should have enough confidence to visit the legendary Astral Realm.

After all, the foundation of his survival—his level on the Game Panel—had been stagnant for quite some time.

He urgently needed new experience monsters and leveling grounds to raise his level and obtain new Talent Traits!

"The more Talent Traits, the better."

"I wonder how much experience Star Beasts can give me..."

Moving into a new home should have called for a small celebration.

But Lin Yuan was alone and had no close friends, so there was naturally no need for one.

Still, Zhonghai Sky City was an upscale residential district for Starry-Sky Warriors. Nearly everyone who moved in was a newly advanced Starry-Sky Warrior, so it naturally had its own circle.

That same day, Lin Yuan was added to a communications group. The group owner was a veteran Starry-Sky Warrior from Zhonghai Sky City and was extremely welcoming. Not only did he personally come to offer congratulations, but he also introduced Lin Yuan to quite a few nearby neighbors and friends.

Lin Yuan did not resist. They were all part of the same circle, after all, and since they lived nearby, it never hurt to make more connections.

At the very least, he could learn more about the Astral Realm from these seasoned veterans. Many details were not discussed on the forums and could only be learned through experience.

Sure enough, not long after getting acquainted, Lin Yuan received a piece of information that surprised him somewhat—

"Have you heard?"

"A lot of new faces have moved into our community recently, and some of them are remarkable geniuses."

"I heard there's even a young girl who awakened a Special Constitution..."

A Special Constitution?