Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 238 - 8: The Misfortune of the Ugly Star (Fourth Release, Please Vote and Subscribe)

After completing today’s swordsmanship, Zhou Bai said to the old serpent, "Thank you again for today, elder serpent. Tomorrow I’d like to learn Celestial Swordsmanship, Meteor Sword Technique, Invisible Slash, Ruyi Sword Qi, and Avici Sword Skill."

The old serpent nodded, "These are all Sword Techniques that can be learned in the first and second realms. I can teach all but the Invisible Slash, for which I will find another teacher."

Zhou Bai expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, elder serpent."

"There’s no need to thank me; it’s you who are learning quickly," reflected the old serpent. He thought for a moment, then provided a reminder, "Zhou Bai, you’ve learned so many Sword Techniques. You must be aiming to cultivate the ’All Techniques Nurture My Sword’?"

"All Techniques Nurture My Sword is indeed a unique path in Sword Dao, but now with Heavenly Dao twisted, each time you cultivate the Twilight Taoist Skill, you draw closer to Heavenly Dao, closer to the distortion."

"So when you cultivate ’All Techniques Nurture My Sword,’ you must be very careful in selecting which Sword Techniques to infuse into your sword."

Speaking from experience, the old serpent said, "Based on over a hundred years of accumulation from our seniors, it has been observed that Sword Techniques that are more compatible in nature and similar in style can enhance the power of ’All Techniques Nurture My Sword’ within a limited number."

Zhou Bai replied, "I understand, elder serpent. I’ve learned so many Sword Techniques precisely because I want to carefully select them, not to infuse all of them."

The old serpent responded, "As long as you understand."

Zhou Bai gave a slight smile. Of course, he was just giving a perfunctory agreement to the old serpent. The fact was, with the help of Laziness Acceleration to heal the negative effects on his mind, he could directly infuse a large number of Sword Techniques into the Chengying Sword.

With the vast quantity of Sword Techniques at his disposal, he could cultivate a peerless set of Swordsmanship within Chengying.

In fact, that’s exactly what he had been doing. The 38 sets of Sword Techniques he had learned these days had all been integrated into the Chengying Sword.

After sending the old serpent away, Zhou Bai sat cross-legged in mid-air, holding Chengying in his hands, and began infusing the five sets of Sword Techniques he had just learned into it. With each infusion, Zhou Bai used Laziness Acceleration to treat his mental state, quickly spending over a thousand Laziness points.

Zhou Bai could feel that, as he infused each of the five Sword Techniques, Chengying began to vibrate violently.

It was as if six swordsmen were battling inside it, five representing the Sword Techniques he had just infused, with the sixth representing the synthesized Swordsmanship that had come from integrating countless Sword Techniques in the past days.

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The six swordsmen each performed different Sword Techniques, and as their battle intensified, the swordsman each represented grew stronger, and their swordplay evolved by gradually incorporating various advantages from other Sword Techniques.

Whenever a swordsman was defeated and ’died,’ the Sword Technique he represented seemed to burst apart and merge into all the other Sword Techniques present.

As these swordsmen were successively defeated, the remaining Sword Technique was the integration of all injected Sword Techniques.

’Sword Techniques of the same type and style merge together more swiftly and easily.’

’But merging completely different types and styles of Sword Techniques is more challenging.’

’Such a merger results in a more comprehensive Sword Technique that can adapt to various situations.’

’Counting today’s five, there are now 43 sets of Sword Techniques merged within the Chengying Sword.’

Feeling the condition of the Sword Techniques within, Zhou Bai then began to communicate with otherworldly forces, starting the enhancement of the Chengying Sword.

One could see specks of starlight appearing on the body of Chengying Sword, the otherworldly forces contained within incrementally increasing its power.

Zhou Bai estimated quietly, "The results of over a week of cultivation are very clear. The power of the Chengying Sword driven by the otherworldly forces is almost comparable to its power driven by 1000 points of Primordial Spirit force, it’s just that the Laziness points spent are a bit excessive."

Zhou Bai’s main advantage over others, besides his high-quality appearance which brought high aptitude, was that as long as he had enough Laziness Value, he could cultivate the Twilight Taoist Skill without any side effects.

Although it cost nearly 100 points of Laziness Value per hour to heal his mental state, with the Laziness Value he earned from incinerating waste, Zhou Bai now had an income of ten to twenty thousand Laziness Value daily. Spending a few hours at night with his study group to cultivate the Twilight Taoist Skill was entirely sufficient.

Ever since he started incinerating waste, Zhou Bai had been rapidly increasing his strength every day.

Of these, the Twilight Taoist Skill and his own swordsmanship saw the quickest progress, followed by his own physical body. After obtaining multiple fleshly talents from the star points, his body became stronger bit by bit each day. However, the improvement to his combat abilities wasn’t as obvious as with the Twilight Taoist Skill and would require more time to accumulate.

Time quickly approached midnight. In front of Zhou Bai, the Chengying Sword, fully encapsulated by starlight, seemed to breathe with each rise and fall. With each movement, faint, sharp sounds seemed to rise from the air, leaving fine marks on the ground.

With Zhou Bai’s control, the extraterrestrial force within the Chengying Sword became increasingly powerful and robust, comparable to the propulsion of his 1100-point Primordial Spirit.

Now, the Chengying Sword was almost equivalent to a first-realm cultivator who was extremely adept in swordsmanship.

"However, under the Tianhe Star Explosion sword technique, the first three layers of sword movements, the middle three layers of the sword and my progress in both are quite noticeable. The last three layers of Sword Intent are a bit slower though. The last three layers of Sword Intent grow by deciphering sword movements, through slaughter, and destruction."

"What a pity that I can only study Sword Dao to decipher sword movements now, which has slowed down the growth of my Sword Intent."

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai looked towards his sea of consciousness and could feel a sharp force lurking within his Primordial Spirit, ready to be transformed into this sharp force whenever he desired.

’This is Sword Intent, the stronger the Sword Intent, the greater the power. Similarly, the stronger the Primordial Spirit’s force, the more powerful the unfolding Sword Intent.’

’Only when the first three layers of sword moves, the next three layers of the sword, and the last three layers of Sword Intent under the Tianhe Star Explosion technique are all cultivated to a certain degree and balanced with each other, can I perform the Galaxy Sword Song. Otherwise, there’s a risk of backlash.’

Zhou Bai contemplated his current strength, which mainly consisted of three parts.

One was the defensive power bonus brought by the Laziness Talisman, resulting in incredibly strong physical defense when lying or sitting down.

The next was the speed bonus provided by the Poverty Talisman, particularly when barefoot and topless, and after Laziness Acceleration, achieving very high speeds.

The last was the swordsmanship from the Twilight Taoist Skill. Although it was still somewhat immature due to the short time, as long as he had time to continue growing, he could improve rapidly, especially in combination with his defense and speed, making it even more powerful.

Right then, Qian Wangsun said, "Zhou Bai, I’m heading out first."

Jing Xiu added, "Big Brother Zhou, I’ll be leaving as well."

Seeing that everyone was ready to leave, Zhou Bai smiled and stood up, "Let’s go together, I’ve also finished my work for today."

As they walked out of the training room, Zhou Bai glanced at his auxiliary training system’s panel.

Dao Conversion Rate: 20.0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 3000

Divine Talisman: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man

Laziness: 106,000

"Now I can activate the eighth star point. After the eighth star point is activated, I should be able to see the ninth star point of the Ugliness Talisman, which should be the Ugly Calamity, right?"