Chapter 496: 496, [Swordsmanship Aptitude 10: Natural Sword Embryo]
 

A gentle breeze blew, stirring Lu Xiaoyu’s long black hair.

Her eyes trembled slightly, and she unconsciously clenched her small hands.

Lu Xiaoyu tried several times to speak, but each time the words seemed to get stuck at her lips, refusing to come out.

The next moment, she saw the figure of the man in a black robe in front of her fade into the distance, then suddenly appear before her again. His warm hand lightly stroked her hair, tousling it into a mess.

This was a gesture that Lu Xun loved to make. Usually, Lu Yu would scowl at him and immediately reach up to smooth her ruffled hair.

But now, Lu Yu simply let her hands hang loosely by her sides, unable to stop herself from bowing her head slightly.

For a moment, she didn’t know if this was a dream or reality.

But no matter whether it was the situation in the Heavenly Dust or the safety of her master, neither of them afforded Lu Xun the luxury to linger here any longer.

His voice was a little hoarse as he spoke softly, “Little Yu, wait for me for a while. It won’t be too long.”

Having said that, he lightly tapped Lu Xiaoyu’s head and disappeared from sight.

In the small forest, Lu Xiaoyu stood in silence for a long time.

It was only after a while that she finally moved.

Raising her right foot, she kicked a small stone on the road with all her might. With her hair hanging down, her face was hidden from view.

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There were numerous ancient altars in West State, and just in Lu Xun’s memory, there were seven whose location he knew for sure.

Lu Xun traveled back-and-forth in West State within a day, quickly demolishing all seven altars.

In the process of dismantling them, he also effortlessly killed a large number of lower-level creatures from the Foreign Race.

In the end, he gained 21 Random Special Attribute Points.

“Fourth sister, I need to retreat for a while. You’ll protect me, okay?” Lu Xun said to Mao Nanbei.

“Alright!” Mao Nanbei said as she sat on Lu Xun’s shoulder.

She’d become somewhat numb to her Little Junior Brother’s rapid increase in power.

At first, when Lu Xun was about to surpass her, Mao Nanbei was very nervous.

She trained harder than ever to maintain her dignity as a Senior Sister.

But now that Lu Xun had surpassed her by so much, she kind of gave up.

Whatever Little Junior Brother wants to do, let him do it. No more resistance.

Resigned, Mao Nanbei chose to let it be.

Moreover, she knew well how perilous the current situation was. The decisive battle with the Foreign Race might commence in just a few days.

Under such circumstances, the more powerful Little Junior Brother was, the better.

After Lu Xun sat down in a quiet spot, he began to draw the Random Special Attribute Points.

He had no expectations of drawing “Swordsmanship Aptitude”, as he had enough Contribution Points to exchange for it, so his mood was quite good.

The luck system truly met Lu Xun’s expectations by not letting him draw it.

Out of the 21 Random Special Attribute Points, he drew the following attributes:

“Stick Aptitude+3”

“Gun Aptitude+2”

“All-Around” was a standard operation, each time it had to come in a wave, like a regular program.

“Charm+3”

This made Lu Xun a little speechless because with this, “Charm” would be as high as 8 points! It’s terrifying!

“Knife Dao Talent+2”

“Array Aptitude+3”

“Endurance+3”

“Spiritual Power+2”

“Detection+1”

“Hidden Weapon+2”

Among these attributes, some were quite practical, like “Endurance” and “Spiritual Power”. These could indeed assist in boosting Lu Xun’s overall strength.

At this moment, he actually already has various attributes reaching 7 points or even 8 points!

In the past, this was something beyond even his wildest dreams!

If he had even one attribute reaching as high as 8 points, he could strut around the forum, post a screenshot, and even sneer at people with disdain.

When these special attributes were added to his character panel, Lu Xun closed his eyes and felt a noticeable leap in his own strength!

Keep in mind the skill,[One Sword], extracts all the strength from within the body.

This includes physical strength, divine sense, and so on.

Therefore, the increase in special attribute points provides a particularly obvious enhancement to the skill[One Sword].

After doing all this, Lu Xun opened the Contribution Points Mall and found the category[Designated Special Attribute Points].

He didn’t hesitate and directly chose to exchange.

After consuming 40,000 contribution points, Lu Xun directly added this 1 point of designated special attribute point to his Swordsmanship Aptitude.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes.

In an instant, the entire Heavenly Dust Continent—the heavens and earth—changed color!

Everyone was shocked to find that the clouds in the sky had suddenly started to churn!

“It’s as if the sky has lowered!” This was everyone’s subconscious perception.

But they soon realized that it wasn’t that the sky had lowered, but the clouds in the sky were hanging lower!

They churned and surged towards the earth!

A faint fog suddenly emerged all over the Heavenly Dust Continent.

The fog was not dense, but it engulfed the entire continent!

Just at the moment when the clouds and fog met, all the swords on the continent began to tremble.

Immediately after, the sound of swords began to resonate everywhere!

In this bewilderment, Lu Xun raised his right hand, his index finger and middle finger joined together, then lightly pointed towards the sky.

The small sword in his Sword Heart violently vibrated.

Immediately after, the converging clouds and fog started churning and coalescing, and in an instant, they formed a unimaginably gigantic sword made of cloud and fog, spanning across the entire continent!

A sword hovering under the sky, visible to anyone on the entire continent, just by raising their heads to see this sword made from clouds and fog!

At this moment, Lu Xun, with his[Swordsmanship Aptitude 10], became a Natural Sword Embryo!

At this moment, he achieved the Great Perfection in Sword Dao!

In every corner of the Heavenly Dust Continent, numerous sword cultivators raised their heads to gaze at the cloud and fog sword hanging in the sky.

Those with better comprehension abilities, such as Lin Chan, Ji Li, and Ye Sui’an, instantly gained insights and their understanding of the Sword Dao was reinforced!

Those with poorer comprehension skills were also inevitably plunged into deep contemplation, gaining some enlightenment.

In a sword cultivator assembly like West State, such scenes were even more frequent.

At a certain place on One Sword Mountain, a sword cultivator of great talent, after witnessing this sword, finally broke through his previous bottleneck.

He held his sword with both hands, performed a sword salute, and loudly said,

“Thank you, senior, for your guidance!”

In a certain place on Ten Thousand Sword Mountain, an elder stuck in a certain realm for a full ten years, felt his bottleneck finally loosen, similarly performed a respectful sword salute, and said, “Thank you, senior, for pointing out the way!”

Similar things were happening everywhere on the Heavenly Dust Continent.

“Thank you, senior, for teaching!”

“Thank you, senior, for pointing out the maze!”

“Thank you, senior, for giving me this fortune!”

Today, it turned out to be a feast for all sword cultivators!

Or it might be better to say, today, most of the sword cultivators in the world received a full-blown lesson!

This cloud and mist sword does not hold back anything, it openly reveals all the understanding of a lifetime for everyone to see.

As for how much one could comprehend, that depends on the individual.

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——I have a sword, I lend it to all the sword cultivators in the world to witness!

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