Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 563 "The Sword is My Way" [6.3k words]

Finally I have waited till this moment...

In the exclusive room, Xin Lailai looked at the two "Talent Awakening Potions (Miracle)" in front of her, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of heat in her eyes.

The source of these two potions was naturally the product he had promised to make using the fruit of the World Tree.

In fact, Xin Lailai had already been thinking about a second talent as early as the first time he confirmed that his "complete substitution" had been developed to its limit and had no potential for further awakening.

According to the information and statements he had found, Paradise's requirement for awakening the second talent has always been to fully develop the first talent, rather than awakening the first talent to the SSS level. This means that if he can get props specifically for awakening the second talent, he can completely skip the "full substitution" and directly embark on the road to his second or even third talent.

Of course, if it was just based on one's own guesswork, it would still be somewhat unreliable no matter how confident one was. What really made Xin Lailai fully confident was the result of his query to Paradise using his authority:

[Tip: Detection completed. Since the Pioneer has broken the real attribute barrier and the first talent is fully developed, the second talent awakening process can be safely carried out.]

"Second talent... Ling Yuzi, what do you think my second talent will be like?"

"Hmm... since Paradise said it would be related to our abilities, I think it should be a talent in magic or technique, right? Maybe Lailai, you also have a chance to get a talent in swordsmanship like Dao Ji?"

"Well, forget about Dao Ji. Although 'Sword of Ultimate' is good, it requires too high a talent and character in swordsmanship. I can't be as pure as him."

When Xin Lailai heard Ling Yuzi's answer, she smiled and shook her head, but the burning look in her eyes did not change at all.

——Although he did not expect to awaken a top-level talent like Dao Ji whose characteristics were too extreme, to be honest, if he really had to choose, he would naturally hope that he could get a talent with a strong enough effect.

"Anyway, you'll know the outcome once you wake up. Ling Yuzi, I'll leave this to you."

"Well, it's finally someone else's turn to wait for Lai Lai."

"Yeah, finally..."

Ling Yuzi said with a smile. Xin Lailai smiled when she heard it, then looked at the medicine in her hand, took a deep breath, unplugged the bottle, drank it all in one gulp, and then...

[Hint: You have consumed the "Talent Awakening Potion (Miracle)" and have begun to awaken your second talent! ]

Om-! !

In an instant, an invisible wave spread out from Xin Lailai's soul, and then Xin Lailai's eyes turned black and he fainted. Only an unconscious empty shell was left in Ling Yuzi's arms.

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Om-! !

When Xin Lailai opened his eyes again, the first thing he felt was the buzzing sound echoing in his mind.

He opened his eyes and saw a special platform shrouded in white mist. Four stone tablets stood quietly on the platform, and behind each stone tablet there was a road with no end in sight.

"Is this the so-called 'Origin Illusion'?"

Xin Lailai looked at the scene in front of him and talked to himself in his mind.

The origin of illusion.

This is the general term used within the academic sect to refer to the special area that can only be seen when the first talent is awakened for the first time, as well as the second and third talents.

There is still no detailed definition of its specific appearance. It can only be roughly determined that depending on the individual's potential qualifications, there will be slight differences in the process of each person's experience of the origin illusion.

For example, when awakening the second talent, some people only need to touch the talent stone tablet generated by the Paradise Notarization effect in front of them to complete the awakening, while some people need to walk a short distance after making the choice, and some people may even find that the road suddenly breaks halfway through, causing their second talent awakening to fail...

However, although there is no absolute conclusion, there is one rule that is extremely obvious based on a large amount of research data:

——That is, the better the aptitude, the shorter the 'road' you need to go through when awakening, and the 'faster' the awakening process.

“I don’t know how many steps I need to take to reach the end.”

Xin Lailai looked at the four stone tablets in front of him, squinted his eyes, and looked at the patterns on the four stone tablets.

Sword, shield, staff, eye.

The four concise and clear patterns directly outlined all his abilities. After observing for a while, Xin Lailai ignored the two stone tablets of "Shield" and "Eye", and thought between "Sword" and "Staff". Then he took the initiative to walk to the stone tablet engraved with the heavy sword pattern and put his hand on it.

If it were before, he might have hesitated between the heavy sword and spells, but after learning about the situation of the Dead Sea ruins, Xin Lailai knew very well that compared to spell talents that would most likely take a certain amount of time and effort to develop, what he needed now was technical talents that could immediately enhance his combat power.

"Are you... sure... no."

An ancient and distant voice sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. Upon hearing it, Xin Lailai chuckled, looked at the stone tablet in front of him, and without any hesitation, he took a step forward and stood on the road paved with stone steps.

"nature."

Om-! !

The next second, the stone tablet and platform behind him were suddenly swallowed up by a huge amount of fog. At the same time, a huge energy sword with colorful light appeared in his hand. Wherever the sword touched, all the fog would automatically retreat to both sides.

"Do you mean to let me do it myself?"

Xin Lailai looked at the colorful energy sword in his hand, his eyes moved, then he smiled confidently, looked forward firmly, swung the sword, and cut through the fog in front of him, revealing the road hidden behind it.

Well, after all——

——His path should be paved by himself!
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One hundred days later.

Zheng——! !

The clanging sound of swords exploded in the foggy space, and then the fog wall that was originally so thick that it was almost material was instantly split into two, revealing the road hidden in it.

"Is this the end?"

On the steps, Xin Lailai looked at the platform at the end of the road and the stone tablet on the platform that exuded a strong sword aura. He walked towards it calmly with the colorful sword in his hand.

He thought it was very far, but in the end, it turned out to be just tens of millions of stone steps?
Xin Lailai walked step by step to the stone tablet emitting strong sword energy, and there was no sign of fatigue in his dark pupils.

For an ordinary contractor, marching for hundreds of days without sleep in such an uninhabited place might be a test of one's will, but for him, this distance was far from enough to shake his will.

As for the time issue in the outside world, Xin Lailai was not too worried about it. According to the information he had read, the time flow rate in this origin illusion that awakens SSS-level talent in one breath is usually a hundred times faster than that in the outside world. In other words, although he had experienced a hundred days here, on Ling Yuzi's side, at most only a whole day had passed.

Then, Xin Lailai calmly placed his hand on the stone tablet in front of him, and waited patiently, and then...

Nothing happened.

"Ok?"

Xin Lailai was slightly startled when he saw this, but he did not rush to grope around. Instead, he carefully sensed the sword force on the stone tablet for a while, then looked at the colorful energy sword in his hand, laughed, and realized what he had overlooked.

Then, he raised the energy sword in his hand, held the hilt with both hands, took two steps back to create enough distance, took a deep breath, and finally -

Cut down heavily!

boom--! !

The next second, the colorful light collided heavily with the stone tablet, and a ray of grayish-white color bloomed from Xin Lailai's pupils, instantly engulfing his entire field of vision, causing his sight to fall into darkness again.

When he opened his eyes again, what came into view was the extremely familiar snow-white ceiling and Ling Yuzi's face with a gentle smile.

"Welcome back, Lailai."

A gentle voice sounded in Xin Lailai's ears. Xin Lailai smiled, closed her eyes, and enjoyed the quietness of the moment. Only the cold reminder echoed in their minds:
[Prompt: It is detected that the pioneer has awakened the second talent: Sword is my way]

[Tip: Unrecorded talent detected, has been included in the Sanctuary Paradise database, Pioneer Sanctuary Paradise reputation +100]

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【Talent Interface】

Title: The Sword is My Way

Category: Growth Talent

Grade: SSS
Talent effect 1, Sword Force Enters the Body (Passive): Sword aptitude level +1, and when you have the ability of a grandmaster of sword techniques, the efficiency of sword moves development increases by 80% (1% × current sword potential rank × current grandmaster level of sword techniques).

Talent effect 2, Sword Forge My Soul (Passive): The energy immunity rank of sword force is +1, and when you have the master ability of sword skills, the sword force accumulation speed is increased by 80% (1% × current sword skill potential rank × current sword skill master level).

Talent effect 3, Sword Realm Descends (Active): Can immediately consume soul energy equivalent to a maximum of 8000% sword power (100% × current swordsmanship potential rank × current swordsmanship technique grandmaster level), convert it all into sword power and release it, forming a "sword barrier" with a maximum radius of 80m (1 × current swordsmanship potential rank × current swordsmanship technique grandmaster level).

The maximum duration of "Sword Barrier" is 0.8 seconds (0.01×current swordsmanship potential rank×current swordsmanship technique grandmaster level). During the duration, "Time Stagnation" will be applied to all objects within the barrier that are not wrapped in one's own sword energy. When inside the barrier, one's own sword energy accumulation speed will be temporarily increased by 800% (10%×current swordsmanship potential rank×current swordsmanship technique grandmaster level). At the same time, the sword energy stimulated within the barrier will be delayed until the barrier ends and dissipates.

*Tip: This talent will grow according to the Pioneer's current "Heavy Sword Master" skill level, and the strength level of "Heavy Sword Master" will have a greater impact on the burden of the active effect of this talent. *Warning: "Sword Realm Advent" itself has no skill cooldown, but after the release, it will produce a super-huge physical load on itself. According to the Pioneer's current physical strength, if this ability is activated to the maximum extent, the stable use interval is 37 days.

*Warning: If you use "Sword Realm Advent" continuously within the interval between uses, it will cause a permanent decline in your physical attributes, a reduction in your upper limit of life, severe weakness, death... and other backlash effects.

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"..."

Inside the room, the two people who were originally enjoying each other's tenderness were stunned at the same time when they saw the talent introduction interface pop up in front of them.

"Lai Lai, um, I seem to be hallucinating. I see that your new talent has a time-related ability..."

"It seems the same here, haha, Paradise is really good at joking now, and even specially gave us a holiday talent effect to make us happy..."

"Right, so we must be hallucinating, haha..."

The two of them were mumbling to each other, talking nonsense like hysterics, and finally they fell silent together, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then...

"Long live Lailai!!"

Two figures, one big and one small, suddenly jumped up from the bed, hugged each other and cheered excitedly.

“Haha, hahahaha! It’s taking off. This time it’s really taking off!!”

"That's right, from now on no one can say that your talent is useless, Lailai! Otherwise, just freeze him and teach him a lesson!"

Xin Lailai was seen holding Ling Yuzi's petite body, so excited that she turned around twice on the spot, her face full of excitement.

took off.

This time they really took off!

Complete substitution? What is that? Does it have anything to do with him?!
Do you understand that any talent you pick can have a huge impact on the game? Do you understand what a time lag field with a radius of 80m is?
From now on, the sword is my way and this is his first talent! Complete substitution? Sorry, I don't know!

“Haha, haha ​​...!”

Excited laughter echoed from the exclusive room, and Xin Lailai looked at the talent interface in front of him with shining eyes, sensing his own incomparably smooth thoughts, and felt extremely happy.

After being excited for more than ten minutes, Xin Lailai finally calmed down. She and Ling Yuzi looked at the talent effects in front of them, with a thoughtful look in their eyes.

Although he was very excited to awaken this top-notch SSS-level swordsmanship talent, after calming down, Xin Lailai quickly realized a problem:
——Why did his talent of "Swordsmanship Tendency" inexplicably have the additional characteristic of "Time"?
Xin Lailai knew very well that the awakening of talent was always based on one's own potential, from the first talent to the third talent. Otherwise, this thing should not be called "talent" but "superpower".

And they had been tested by 83203 a long time ago. According to the test results at that time, their qualifications in the space-time system were as low as the shocking E+ level, which meant that they had no talent in the space-time system at all. In this case, it would be impossible for his second talent to inexplicably have an extra time-stop effect.

"Is it possible..."

Xin Lailai looked at the talent interface in front of him, and a vague guess emerged in his mind. Then, he opened the branding interface and sent a message to 83203 without hesitation, attaching a screenshot of the talent effect of "Sword is My Way".

[Ding~! You have a new message reminder, sender: 83203]

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83203: "Your guess is very accurate. The space-time ability in your talents is indeed related to the anomaly that your magic master encountered when he broke through."

83203: "If my speculation is correct, the being you saw at that time probably said something to you in the "Original Language" related to time and space, which gave your origin a trace of time and space characteristics and indirectly affected the effect of your second talent."

83203: "You are lucky. Normally, you cannot bear the complete space-time characteristics now, but the origin symbiosis has allowed you to successfully split the space-time characteristics into two halves. From the results, the side belonging to "time" is obviously on your side, and the side belonging to "space" is most likely on Ling Yuzi."

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The original words related to time and space, the characteristics of time and space...

Xin Lailai looked at the reply from 83203 and her breathing quickened. While she felt relieved, she also felt an indescribable sense of insignificance.

——He originally thought that he was given something specially by the space-time master in the vision, but in the end, it turned out to be just because the other party said "one word" to them.

Just one sentence made them realize the true meaning of magic, and their second talent had the characteristics of time and space. This level of existence was completely beyond his comprehension. Xin Lailai even felt that he could not feel any envy or desire for the other party, but only endless awe. It was not until the message prompt sounded again on the communication channel that he suddenly came back to his senses:
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83203: "If nothing unexpected happens, when Ling Yuzi awakens her second talent, there will be additional space-related features in the talent effect. For safety reasons, I personally suggest not letting her choose features related to spells. Doing so will likely lead to a far more intense phenomenon than when your spell master breaks through to LV.MAX, and you guys can't handle that now."

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If you choose a spell talent, it is likely to cause a much more intense phenomenon than when you break through the Spell Master LV.MAX? !
This time, after reading the message sent by 83203, Xin Lailai broke out in a cold sweat. The joy that originally came from awakening her talent suddenly turned into fear and relief for surviving a disaster.

——You know, when he was choosing his talent, he almost chose a spell talent.

- To be more precise, if he had not learned the secrets in the Dead Sea ruins, which increased his need for immediate combat power improvement, he probably would not have considered choosing talents other than spells when making his choice.

According to 83203, if he had really made that choice at the time, the consequences would have been disastrous.

After all, after several contacts, Xin Lailai gradually realized that the unknown big man who had a causal connection with them in time and space might not have any ill intentions, but the other party's existence was too far away for their current life level. Once they came too close, perhaps just a breath emitted by the other party could crush them to death countless times in an instant.

This is not an exaggeration. Take himself as an example. When he deliberately indulges in his own strength, a breath of hot air he exhales can burn the skin of ordinary people, and a casual movement can shatter the opponent's eardrum with a sonic boom. It can be said that just standing next to an ordinary person is already a catastrophic experience for the other party.

This is the gap caused by too great a level of life. An unintentional move by the strong can be a blow comparable to a natural disaster to the weak.

Therefore, even if the other party has no ill intentions, rashly contacting a being whose life level is far higher than one's own will always involve risks far greater than benefits.

"Why do I feel like we are a little too close to the gates of hell?"

Xin Lailai looked at the chat content on the screen, then looked at her new talent, and joked to Ling Yuzi helplessly.

——Although it is said that opportunities are often accompanied by risks, the risks associated with the opportunities they have obtained along the way are a bit too great no matter how you look at it.

"Hmm... Could it be that Lailai, you also asked Paradise for a loan for your opportunity?"

"This... maybe this is really possible?"

When Xin Lailai heard Ling Yuzi's teasing, she inexplicably felt that this possibility was quite high.

"Forget it. There's no point in thinking about this now. Your second talent is more important, Ling Yuzi."

"Ok!"

Ling Yuzi nodded slightly, looked at his talent interface, took a deep breath, and a look of determination appeared in his ruby-like eyes. He took out the remaining "Talent Awakening Potion (Miracle)" and drank it up in one gulp, imitating Xin Lailai's previous behavior.

Om-! !

[Hint: You have consumed the "Talent Awakening Potion (Miracle)" and have begun to awaken your second talent! ]

The next second, the prompt sound of paradise flashed before his eyes, and then Ling Yuzi felt his consciousness go black and he fell into Xin Lailai's arms.

Upon seeing this, Xin Lailai gently picked up the girl and sat down with her on the bed. Looking at the girl's peaceful sleeping face, he smiled gently, took out the [Alchemy Imitation Codex] from the storage space, and began to read it carefully.

Considering that only one hour had passed for Ling Yuzi when he awakened his talent, the difference in the speed of time flow between the origin illusion and reality when they awakened their second talent was much more exaggerated than he expected, which was a good thing for them.

Otherwise, if the awakening of talent really delayed them for two days, the impact on them would be extremely obvious.

Especially since Xin Lai'er and Hei Jian's interview and Xin Lai'er's comeback performance will be in two days. Although it is not impossible to postpone Yamu's performance, doing so will inevitably have a certain impact on the final revenue.

You have to know that they are already poor people among the five masters. If their income is reduced by another 18 million due to this reason, he probably will wake up in the middle of the night and slap himself...

[Ding~! You have a new email to receive, sender: Quan Momo]

Suddenly, just when Xin Lailai's mind had been completely immersed in the spiritual imprints, a cold reminder sounded, bringing him back to his senses briefly. After glancing at the source of the information, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.

I almost forgot that today is the time I agreed with Quan Momo to transfer money.

Xin Lailai looked at the mailbox in front of her, without thinking too much, and directly pressed the receive button, with a glimmer of anticipation in her eyes.

Because he was in a coma for a month, the profit this time was the output of the Dark Aluminum Mine for three months combined. In addition, Ling Yuzi also specifically added a request that he hoped Quan Momo would increase some mineral resources. He was still looking forward to this transfer...

boom--! !

The next second, a deafening roar exploded in Xin Lailai's eardrum, and a mine as big as a hill fell heavily beside him. The strong wind blew his hair into a mess.

[Tip: All mails have been received and the following items have been obtained]

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Soul Coin*300 pieces

Refined cobalt metal *3560 tons (non-trading notarized item)

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(End of this chapter)