Free Web NovelChapter 51: Chapter51-Sudden Enemy Attack
[You have consumed 10,000 EXP. Your level has increased to Lv.11!]
[You have consumed 120,000 EXP. Your level has increased to Lv.12!]
[You have consumed...]
Only after the last portion of experience was used up did the system notification ring beside John’s ears.
[You have consumed 230,000 EXP. Your level has increased to Lv.23!]
After this wave of leveling, John’s level rose directly from Lv.10 to Lv.23.
The changes brought by several consecutive level-ups were extremely exaggerated.
Boom!
Terrifying energy erupted from John’s body, surging upward like an invisible pillar of light toward the top of the manor.
If he had leveled up in an ordinary area, the terrifying fluctuations caused by such consecutive level-ups would have been enough to shake an entire district.
But in the next moment, the barriers outside the manor automatically lit up.
One witch rune after another appeared across the black walls.
The runes linked together, forming a massive shielding energy barrier that suppressed all the leaking energy back into the underground training field.
From beginning to end, no one outside detected anything unusual inside the manor.
John looked at the steadily operating barriers, and satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
This manor had indeed been worth choosing.
After finishing his level-up, John did not rush to test the skills of All-Class Magus.
Instead, he took out the Sword Art Crystal that Shyron had given him earlier inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
Looking at the golden-orange inheritance stone, John’s eyes flickered.
For NPCs in the game, learning this kind of inheritance required meditation, digestion, and repeated practice before it could be gradually mastered.
At best, it would take several days.
At worst, several months.
It was impossible for them to instantly master it just because they possessed an inheritance stone.
But players were different.
As long as the required conditions were met, the information inside the inheritance stone would be directly analyzed by the system and converted into skills.
John reached out and crushed the inheritance stone.
The next moment, a large amount of sword art information surged into his mind.
A system notification rang out.
[Congratulations! You have obtained the S-Rank Sword Art: Voidblade Gale!]
[Voidblade Gale]
[Type]: Active Sword Art
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John gained a deep understanding of the various insights related to the sword art.
This sword art did not pursue complicated moves.
Instead, it combined sword aura, spatial pressure, and slashing trajectories into one.
In close combat, the sword wind could carry a spatial tearing effect.
When used at range, a single slash could unleash sword wind that cut through the target with void pressure.
Against a single target, it could break armor.
Against groups, it could tear apart formations.
Most importantly, this sword art was extremely compatible with John’s Spatial Authority.
John immediately took out the S-Rank longsword he had received from the City Lord.
The sword’s entire body was dark silver, and along its spine were seven nearly imperceptible sealing patterns.
John immediately cast a detection spell on it.
[Unknown Longsword]
...
Aside from this information, he obtained nothing else.
But as a faint light once again emerged in John’s eyes, True Sight activated.
Under the effect of True Sight, John could clearly see seven invisible layers of seals deep within the blade.
Each layer was like a sleeping door, suppressing the sword’s true power within.
After pondering for a moment, John picked up the longsword and tried injecting the power of Spatial Authority into it.
Buzz!
As the sword trembled, blue cracks appeared across the dark silver blade.
It looked as if a tiny spatial fissure had been embedded into the spine of the sword.
The system notification sounded instantly.
[Spatial Authority Fragment detected. Current weapon has extremely high compatibility with Spatial Authority!]
[Consume a Spatial Authority Fragment to temporarily empower the weapon?]
Hearing the notification, John’s eyes lit up.
He had not expected this sword to be capable of carrying a Spatial Authority Fragment.
John immediately tried injecting the first Spatial Authority Fragment.
Zzzzt!
As the first layer of seal on the sword loosened slightly, its attributes instantly surged.
The blade emitted a silver-white radiance.
When John looked at the sword’s attributes again, the panel had completely changed.
[Seven-Sealed Sword: Space Sever]
[Traits]:
Spatial affinity increased by 50%!Attack power of the S-Rank Sword Art Voidblade Gale increased by 50%!Each physical attack has a chance to trigger a spatial cutting effect!The blade can carry Spatial Authority Fragments. Current capacity: 1/2.
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After reading the sword’s effects, John’s heart trembled.
This sword could actually carry up to two Spatial Authority Fragments?
That meant it was not an ordinary growth-type weapon.
It was a vessel specifically prepared for high-level Law power.
John did not rush to inject the second fragment.
Spatial Authority Fragments were far too precious. He had to leave himself some room.
But with just the first empowerment alone, the value of this sword had already far surpassed ordinary S-Rank equipment.
At least for now, it was more than enough for him.
Now, it was time to test its power.
John gripped the sword and slashed heavily through the air.
Whoosh!
A blue sword wind instantly swept across the training field.
There was no explosion.
No loud sound.
Everything was eerily silent.
But the training dummy in the distance suddenly split apart from the middle without a sound, the cut as smooth as if a portion of it had been erased by space itself.
One had to know that this training dummy could withstand a full-powered strike from a Lv.50 powerhouse.
Yet under John’s slash, it had been directly cut in half at the waist.
This destructive power was absolutely astonishing.
John was very satisfied with the result.
Just as he was preparing to continue testing the sword art, the entire manor suddenly shook violently.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The whole manor abruptly trembled with force.
It was as if some enormous creature outside was frantically ramming into the manor’s barrier.
The three layers of protective runes outside the manor lit up at the same time. In just a few breaths, the originally pale silver barrier dome was struck until it glowed red all over.
Seeing this, John’s expression changed slightly.
This was the inner district of the Witch Council.
It was also a manor personally arranged by the Crowned Witch.
Any existence that dared to forcibly attack the barrier here could not possibly be an ordinary enemy.
But what was even stranger was that in the very next moment, all the sounds of impact suddenly vanished.
It was not that the enemy had retreated.
Rather, it was as if the entire interior of the manor had been muted by some higher-level power.
The sound of wind, the flowing of runes, the hum of the magical circuits in the training field—
All of it disappeared.
The world became so quiet that it was almost deathly still.
"Hm?"
The instant John sensed that something was wrong, an icy sting came from the back of his neck.
His figure flickered, and he rapidly pulled away before turning his head to look behind him.
There, he saw a figure wearing a tattered cloak and a blank white mask standing behind him at some unknown point.
The other party had not shattered the barrier.
Nor had he passed through the door.
It was as if he had directly bypassed the concept of "distance" itself, moving from some nonexistent interlayer to appear behind John.
The mysterious figure’s body flickered, and his speed was actually not inferior to John’s in the slightest. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
The hunting knife in his hand descended silently.
It looked as if it carried no power at all, but wherever it passed, even space itself faintly showed signs of shattering.
A terrifying killing intent rushed toward John head-on!
