101: Get the five unique skills and pass the tenth level!
Inside the Beggar Clan manor, after the fierce battle concluded, the scouts from various forces who had been observing from the periphery quickly departed to report the news back to their masters.
This Mount Hua Sword Competition had completely changed.
A peerless divine being had appeared, effortlessly eliminating the leaders of the three major sects: Rakshasa Palace, Sun Moon Divine Cult, and Blazing Fire Sect.
Such a person was someone they could absolutely not contend with; they had to avoid him and choose a different arena.
Lin Fei paid no mind to the departure of those scouts.
Taking down the three bosses, plus a host of elders and miscellaneous minions, had brought him a nearly three thousand increase in magic power.
“Endless Source is truly amazing!
The further I go, the more I can feel the power of this talent.”
Since entering this world, Lin Fei had already increased his magic power by nearly 5,000.
One must know that in the level 20 range, an epic-grade equipment only provides a few hundred or a little over a thousand magic power.
Subsequently, Lin Fei rummaged through the chests dropped by players, but unfortunately, there was nothing good.
He sat cross-legged, holding four martial arts manuals in his hands.
As long as he spent 1 skill point, he could learn and master the martial arts.
His consciousness sank into the system panel.
He still had 4.981 billion experience points remaining.
It should last for a long time.
“Learn them all!”
Experience points were consumed like a tide, as the three martial arts secret manuals—Blazing Fire Leg, Eight Steps Catching Cicadas, and Rakshasa Soul Searching Art—
lit up sequentially in the skill bar, followed by the consumption of nearly 10 million experience points.
The three skills were quickly raised to Lv10, their maximum level.
A large amount of experienced memories flooded into his mind, and Lin Fei achieved perfect mastery of the three skills.
【Blazing Fire Leg Lv10: A powerful leg technique imbued with the power of blazing fire. Each strike carries a burning and explosive effect. Kicks are as swift as wind and unstoppable.】
【Eight Steps Catching Cicadas Lv10: An exquisite light body martial art. Steps are nimble and quick as a ghost. Within eight steps, one can move like a shadow.】
【Rakshasa Soul Searching Art Lv10: A bizarre mental secret art that can forcibly search the target's memories and impact their soul. If the target's will is not firm, they might even be directly annihilated.】
Lin Fei felt the three distinct yet harmoniously integrated powers that had been added to his body, and nodded with satisfaction.
The explosive damage of Blazing Fire Leg, the ultimate movement technique of Eight Steps Catching Cicadas, combined with the mysterious and unpredictable Rakshasa Soul Searching Art, made his combat methods more diverse and versatile.
As for the Sunflower Manual, Lin Fei merely glanced at it before tossing it aside.
Although his legendary magic talent allowed him to ignore most learning prerequisites, cultivating this martial art would lead to reversed meridians, endocrine disorders, and subsequently, internal shrinkage of the male organ, making one neither male nor female.
He had no fetish for becoming an eunuch.
Immediately after, Lin Fei pressed the dark gold dragon subduing symbol stone onto the skill icon of Monument Breaking Hand.
Buzz—!
The symbol stone transformed into a stream of light and merged into the skill. The formerly unadorned palm print icon suddenly gained a lifelike ice-blue dragon shadow coiled around it.
【Monument Breaking Hand (Dragon Subduing) Lv10: Activates internal energy, palm strikes like a dragon, immensely powerful.
Unleashes dragon-shaped true energy, causing area-of-effect penetrating damage, and greatly enhances armor penetration and tendon severance effects.】
“This Monument Breaking Hand is getting stronger and stronger,” Lin Fei clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power in his palm that could control a giant dragon.
Qiao Qiao watched as Lin Fei, in just a short moment, comprehended the profound meanings of the three martial arts and the dragon subduing symbol stone, even subtly emanating an aura that was more unfathomable than before, and couldn't help but exclaim again.
“Brother Lin is truly a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand!
I, Qiao, have practiced martial arts for decades, and have never seen anyone as uniquely talented as Brother Lin!”
The Beggar Clan disciples behind him also looked on with reverence and shock.
This Benefactor Lin was simply a deity descended from the heavens!
Meanwhile, in various inns and taverns at the foot of Mount Hua, countless players also learned through various channels that the “Masked Emperor,” who had caused a massive stir in New Jeju, had also arrived in this Sword Roaring Jianghu world.
“Holy crap! The Masked Emperor is here too? What's the point of fighting then?!”
“It's over, it's over, the title of Central Supreme is definitely not for us.”
“With him here, we can only compete for the other four.”
“Sigh! How unlucky!”
A widespread wail of lament spread among the player community; Lin Fei's previous god-like performance had left too great a psychological shadow on them.
...
The next day, as the morning sun first shone, golden light bathed the peak of Mount Hua.
The “Mount Hua Sword Competition,” symbolizing the highest honor in the martial arts world, officially began.
At the peak of Mount Hua, five large arenas had already been set up, corresponding to the five titles of “East, West, South, North, and Central.”
Thousands of martial artists and players surrounded the various arenas, making them impassable, and the atmosphere was both enthusiastic and tense.
According to the rules, those holding Hero's Name Cards could choose to place their cards into the ballot box of any arena. Each arena would ultimately hold a competition based on the Name Cards submitted.
Lin Fei naturally walked without hesitation towards the “Central Supreme” arena, which represented the head of the Five Supreme.
He casually dropped the Hero's Name Card he had obtained from the old man into the box.
In an instant, the entire peak of Mount Hua fell silent.
Countless gazes focused simultaneously on Lin Fei and the Central Supreme arena, which symbolized the highest honor.
Those players who had originally intended to contend for other titles, or try their luck in some relatively less popular arenas, upon seeing Lin Fei's choice, turned ashen-faced.
Some top-tier NPC masters who had originally wanted to contend for the Central Supreme title, such as the Kunlun Sect Leader and the Wudang Mountain Elder, also gave up their desire to compete after seeing the terrifying Ice Dragon Twister and fire meteor from yesterday.
They shook their heads with bitter smiles, silently casting their Name Cards into other arenas.
What a joke?
Contend with a monster like this?
Isn't that an old man hanging himself—asking for death?
And so, a dramatic scene unfolded.
When the notary responsible for counting the Name Cards tremblingly opened the ballot box for the Central Supreme arena, a single Hero's Name Card lay there, all alone.
It was the one Lin Fei had cast.
The vast Central Supreme arena had only Lin Fei participating!
The entire peak of Mount Hua fell into an eerie silence.
A highly respected elder, who was presiding over this sword competition, cleared his throat and announced in a somewhat dry voice: “Ahem... Since only young hero Lin Aniu is participating in the challenge for the Central Supreme arena.
Then, according to the rules!”
He took a deep breath and shouted with all his might: “I announce!
The winner of this Mount Hua Sword Competition's Central Supreme title is—young hero Lin Aniu!!!”
After the silence, there was a deafening roar of cheers and discussions!
“No way? He just won just like that!”
“Getting the reward directly, that's too awesome!”
“Is there really no one who dares to challenge him? This generation of heroes are all cowards, with no backbone at all.”
“Then you go?”
“I! I'm just a spectator.”
“Then what are you talking about?”
“Young hero Lin is truly too domineering! Just by standing there, no one dares to challenge him!”
“This is the true demeanor of a peerless master!”
Xiao Lan jumped excitedly in the crowd, her face flushed red, looking at the proud figure standing on the arena, her eyes full of little stars.
Qiao Qiao also stroked his beard and laughed heartily, feeling honored.
Lin Fei, however, remained calm, having long anticipated such a result.
As he obtained the “Central Supreme” title, a golden light descended from the sky, bathing him, and the system prompt sounded accordingly.
【Congratulations on completing the main quest: Famous Throughout the World!】
【You have obtained the title: Central Supreme (Head of the Five Supreme)】
【Central Supreme Title Effect: All attributes increased by 20%, your reputation with all NPCs in this world is elevated to 'Revered'.】
【You have received quest reward: Golden Skill Treasure Chest x1!】
A treasure chest, flowing with golden runes and emanating immense energy, appeared in Lin Fei's system inventory.