mynovelweb Chapter 304 - 259: 6-Star Combat
Chapter 304 - 259: 6-Star Combat
It was an ordeal.
Fang Yun sighed in relief as the scorching heat subsided.
"What rotten luck."
For the unprepared Fang Yun, the sudden upgrade of his Combat Talent was hardly a stroke of good fortune.
After so many years of drawing for talents, he never expected that this draw for his Sword Type talent would yield over two hundred and sixty fragments.
Across seven hundred thirty-one draws, the average was just over two hundred forty-three.
Normally, the number of fragments for each of the three talents would fall somewhere between two hundred thirty-odd and two hundred fifty-odd.
Clearly, this time was an exception.
As the Combat Talent draw concluded and his Sword Type talent upgraded, his Combat Talents panel changed:
[Gear] Sword Type Talent ★★★★★★ (1/40320)
[Gear] Shield Talent ★★★★★ (5003/5040)
[Gear] Shoe Talent ★★★★★ (4989/5040)
With his Sword Type Combat Talent upgraded to six stars, reaching seven stars would require over forty thousand fragments, which equated to over forty million Talent Points.
Upgrading all his Combat Talents to six stars and then upgrading them again would cost over one hundred twenty million Talent Points in total.
After closing the Combat Talent interface, Fang Yun decided to test the effects of his six-star talent.
His original plan was to take an Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill and begin raising his Cultivation after the draw, but he hadn’t expected one of his Combat Talents to actually upgrade.
’In that case, I should test the effects of the upgrade first.’
He couldn’t bear to wait to find out what it could do.
With a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, an Earth Yellow Sword, in hand, Fang Yun quickly began to control it.
’Activating a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact at full power costs less than two-tenths of the normal Spiritual Power.’
The six-star Combat Talent provided a direct reduction to the Spiritual Power cost of controlling Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts—a reduction of just over ninety-eight percent.
This meant he could control a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact at full power for fifty to sixty times longer than an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
The Spiritual Power reduction was the easiest aspect to test.
Since he had no one to fight, he couldn’t accurately judge the increase in the Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact’s power from the six-star talent. He could only make a rough estimate based on past experience.
He put away the Lower Grade Earth Yellow Sword and moved on to the Middle Grade one.
’The Spiritual Power reduction for a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact is also significant—close to ninety-six percent.’
He didn’t have an Upper Grade Earth Yellow Sword yet; he was still collecting the Spiritual Materials for its Refining. His strongest was a Middle Grade Earth Yellow Sword with six Spirit Patterns.
Next, he tested the maximum precise control distance for the Lower and Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts.
As for how many Lower or Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts he could control simultaneously, there was no need to test that for now.
Even when his Combat Talent was at five stars, he could already control all the Lower and Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts he owned with perfect precision. This proved he hadn’t reached his limit then, to say nothing of now with a six-star talent.
Besides, when testing the Control Limit of his five-star Combat Talent, he was also controlling a Profound Crystal Shield and Half-Hidden Spirit Boots. Since only his Sword Type talent had been upgraded to six stars, those two types of Spiritual Artifacts were irrelevant to this test.
Fang Yun left his residence and quickly departed from the sect.
A test like this required a spacious area, so he headed for a more remote location.
Soon, Fang Yun found a suitable place to conduct his tests.
It was a plain, large enough for his purposes.
"Go!"
Fang Yun pointed forward.
An Earth Yellow Sword, a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, shot forward.
It flew a great distance before stopping, where it began to circle continuously.
’With the six-star Combat Talent, the maximum precise control distance for a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact has exceeded three hundred zhang... It should be about three hundred thirty zhang.’
That was an incredible distance.
Fang Yun was very satisfied with this result.
The Middle Grade Earth Yellow Sword was next.
Its precise control range was considerably shorter, only about two hundred zhang.
’I’ll try an Upper Grade Magical Artifact.’
As Fang Yun thought this, a pale yellow Long Sword shot out from his Storage Pouch, flying an immense distance at an incredible speed.
From a great distance,
Fang Yun could only see a tiny dot.
That dot was the Upper Grade Magical Artifact he was controlling—the Yellow Iron Sword.
’That’s got to be almost Ten Li away.’
The distance was too great—well over fifteen hundred zhang—for Fang Yun to calculate precisely. He could only make a rough estimate.
At his command, the Yellow Iron Sword swiftly returned to his Storage Pouch.
Having completed his tests, Fang Yun returned to the sect to resume his original plan: cultivation.
Time flew by.
More than half a month later,
Fang Yun received a message from the Task Hall.
"The wing feathers of the Wind Elephant Eagle have finally been collected," Fang Yun murmured upon receiving the message.
The Wind Elephant Eagle’s wing feathers were one of the key auxiliary Spiritual Materials for refining the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots.
It was also the last auxiliary material Fang Yun needed; he had already gathered everything else.
After arriving at the Task Hall, a nearly transparent feather appeared in his hand. This was the wing feather of a Wind Elephant Eagle.
With all the Spiritual Materials collected, he could now refine the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots to the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact level.
He returned to his residence, immediately changed his status to ’In Seclusion,’ and then entered his Artifact Refining Room.
"Neither the Earth Yellow Sword nor the Profound Crystal Shield have reached the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact level yet. To think my first would be the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots."