Chapter 272 - 192: [Infinite Sword Soul], the Second Silver Talent

Chapter 272: Chapter 192: [Infinite Sword Soul], the Second Silver Talent

’How about it? Should I try adding a bit of Innate Qi?’

This wasn’t Yu Fei trying his luck; it was guidance from his martial instincts.

’It’s working!’

With the addition of the Innate Qi, he found he could slowly refine the light-form Primordial Energy Sword Lotus and absorb it into the core of his divine soul, making it his own power.

Comparing this to the speed at which his body was being tempered, Yu Fei gritted his teeth and drew out another large surge of Innate Qi. The speed of refinement and absorption immediately increased significantly. However, this meant he had used up about twenty percent of his Innate Qi. Even though it was all for his own benefit—nothing was truly lost—he still felt a little annoyed.

After he had completely devoured the Primordial Energy Sword Lotus, wisps of a green aura surprisingly remained floating there. Yu Fei decisively manipulated his Sword Intent to annihilate them completely.

’That old dog just won’t stay dead. He’s supposedly been gone for ten years, yet he still pops up to mess with me. Damn him!’

His guess was correct. Sima Hong had indeed left a contingency plan inside the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus.

Immediately, Yu Fei felt a wave of relief, as if Damocles’ Sword had been removed from over his head. His divine soul became incredibly active.

On the Fate-Reversing Pearl, the red talent [Primordial Qi (Symbiotic)] suddenly shattered, turning into motes of stardust. Yu Fei swept it with his divine soul; there were exactly two hundred motes, no more, no less.

At the same time, the orange talent [Formless Sword Master] began to flicker and change color. Its hue quickly turned crimson and rapidly intensified.

"Ah... this!"

This was a completely unexpected joy. Who would have thought there would be such a reward?

That old dog Sima had truly tricked everyone. The Primordial Qi Sword Lotus Seed shouldn’t have been refined into a symbiotic secret treasure. It was meant to be devoured and refined, completely transformed into one’s own fundamental ability!

The [Formless Sword Master] talent itself was born when he first refined the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus Seed in the first realm. He hadn’t followed the Tribulation Sword Dao Foundation Secret Skill’s instructions and had accidentally absorbed its essence. Now that Yu Fei had completely refined the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus, the quality of this talent began to rapidly improve.

The Primordial Qi Sword Lotus was a rare treasure of heaven and earth to begin with. Aided by the incomparably miraculous Innate Qi, its quality continued to climb.

When the refinement was complete, it had actually upgraded into a silver-quality talent.

[Infinite Sword Soul]

Quality: Silver

Description: Do you believe in light?

Effect: Infinite light, infinite swords, infinite possibilities!

After a long while, the transformation ended.

Yu Fei came back to his senses and began to take stock of his changes. This breakthrough had been one accident after another: the strange transformation of his divine soul, the resurgence of Sima Hong, and the refinement of the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus.

It was a case of one wave crashing before the last had even subsided. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the outcome was perfect.

After his emotions settled, Yu Fei began to calculate his gains and changes.

First, he had obtained the ability of "micro-perception." It was Yan Sea who had first told him about this ability.

Inner Qi Realm Martial Artists possessed the ability of micro-perception. Now, when he looked at the world around him, he could instinctively notice much more information.

It was like before, he could only lock onto one point of information. He could see a dog and notice all its details, but if there was a pack of twenty or thirty dogs in front of him, he couldn’t keep track of the immediate status of every single one.

The ability of micro-perception allowed him to pay attention to all the information, without missing a single detail.

This meant an enhancement to a Martial Artist’s fundamental abilities. When facing an enemy, they could perceive all of their opponent’s minor movements and react instinctively. It’s like if one dog rushes at you, you can decide whether to dodge left or right. But if a whole pack rushes at you at once, you’d just freeze up, your brain would instinctively shut down, and then you’d run.

This was the powerful instinct of an Inner Qi Martial Artist.

The reason Yu Fei could fight against Inner Qi Martial Artists and even gain the upper hand was thanks to the support of [Super Speed Reaction]. This talent had now upgraded to [A Fleeting Moment’s Life], with an even stronger effect.

Again, if a pack of dogs rushed over, but their speed was reduced sevenfold, then Yu Fei would have enough time to think and judge the movements of every single dog. That was how he could always handle things with ease.

The passive instinct of micro-perception wouldn’t necessarily make the correct choice every time. But after careful consideration, Yu Fei at least wouldn’t make a mistake.

Now, Yu Fei also possessed the ability of micro-perception. And based on his stronger Spiritual Power, his micro-perception was stronger than others’.

In terms of physical fitness, it had increased about fivefold compared to before he reached the Inner Qi Realm. Even after consuming twenty percent of his Innate Qi, what remained was still more than double that of Li Jueyin. This was thanks to him having strengthened all his acupoints and meridians. The foundation he had laid in the third realm had become the key to his soaring advancement in the Inner Qi Realm.

Yu Fei walked eagerly to the sword rack and effortlessly lifted [Zhanming] with one hand.

He held [Zhanming] and executed a few sword moves. Wielding it felt as simple as using a normal longsword.

’Excellent!’

Through introspection, the complex energy circuits were intoxicatingly intricate. As he focused his mind downward, he immediately noticed that the twice-strengthened main meridians and his Qi Sea were a deeper color. This represented greater resilience, capable of withstanding more powerful bursts.

In the area of his lower abdomen, his Qi Sea was as dark as the deep ocean and boundlessly vast. He had used at least eighty percent of the excess Qi Blood to repeatedly temper this area. His Qi Sea was already far more expansive than others’ to begin with, and Yu Fei had tempered it again and again.

Furthermore, the greatest changes were to his divine soul.

The Innate spiritual light, which had been a product of creation, had collapsed into mysterious golden particles. This was completely different from the descriptions; it was even more miraculous than the Innate spiritual light. With the help of the Fate-Reversing Pearl, it had opened up a sea of consciousness about a zhang wide.

In reality, when he closed his eyes, everything within a one-zhang radius around him was reflected in his sea of consciousness. Even things behind him were clearly visible.

He estimated this was related to the golden particles that the Innate spiritual light in his soul had collapsed into. With the help of the Fate-Reversing Pearl, these golden particles had expanded his sea of consciousness from three chi to one zhang. And the range he could perceive was, fittingly, one zhang.

Within that one-zhang radius, nothing could escape his perception, and everything was under the control of his micro-perception ability.

Yu Fei opened his eyes, a smile touching his lips. And let’s not forget the 15x neural reaction speed granted by [A Fleeting Moment’s Life]. Combining the two, he would become the absolute master of this one-zhang radius.

Within this area, Yu Fei was invincible in close combat.

After absorbing the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus, Yu Fei obtained the second silver talent of his life. This talent, combined with the [Star Soul Forging Scripture] and aided by Innate Qi, had completely squeezed dry and absorbed the potential of the light-form Primordial Qi Sword Lotus, forming a unique divine soul talent.

Yu Fei pondered for a moment. He raised his hand, and a colorless, transparent strand of Sword Qi appeared at his fingertip. As his thoughts changed, the color of the Sword Qi shifted constantly. He could imbue the Sword Qi with extra attributes: the azure of ice, the crimson of flame, a gold that seemed tangible, a green full of life, a solid and heavy brown, a cyan as nimble as the wind—the transformations were endless.

He could attach any light attribute he had absorbed in that fantastical sea of light to his advanced Formless Sword Qi. However, at present, the power of these attributes was extremely weak. They could barely cause any effective damage and, in fact, would reduce the inherent Sharpness of the Sword Qi itself.

Yu Fei pointed a finger, and the Sword Qi returned to being transparent. It zipped through the air like a ripple in water, actually letting out a faint sword hum.

He adjusted his state, imbuing it with all three characteristics: [Sharpness], [Durability], and [Illusory]. The killing power of the transparent, water-colored Sword Qi surged dramatically.

The Sword Qi shot forth, then suddenly vanished mid-air, entering a concealed state.

’This thing is ridiculously insidious!’

Yu Fei’s expression was ecstatic. With a thought, the Sword Qi shot into the distance, not dissipating until it had traveled 15 meters. Its effective range had increased by a full 11 meters—a qualitative leap.

’Not only that, but my Illusory Sword Intent devoured that formless thing Sima Hong left behind. It was a spatial characteristic transformed from Innate Qi.’

He silently perceived the difference in his Sword Intent.

’I see!’

His Sword Intent had gained the ability to pass through space. He found a table, and with a thought, he sent the Sword Qi stabbing toward the tabletop.

Normally, a hole should have been poked through the tabletop. But in reality, the Sword Qi opened a minuscule spatial channel between the top and bottom surfaces of the table. Without damaging the table, it appeared underneath.

’This ability... is just too bizarre!’