Chapter 527 - 252: Blood Moon Celestial Rush
Chapter 527: Chapter 252: Blood Moon Celestial Rush
[Blood Qi Blade] Skill Level +20!
[Blood Qi Blade] Skill Level +30!
...
A series of Skill Level notifications kept appearing before his eyes.
The skill had already been close to leveling up, and this influx of Skill Level points was just enough to fill the progress bar.
"Skill [Blood Qi Blade] Level 6 (300/300) has been upgraded!"
"Current Skill: [Blood Qi Blade] Level 7 (Max)"
This old Excellence Level skill, which he had acquired quite some time ago, had finally reached its full Level.
"Gained Basic Attribute Points: Strength +5"
"Automatically evolved into a New Skill—Blood Moon Celestial Rush!"
"Skill Comprehension: [Blood Moon Celestial Rush]! Gained Basic Attribute Points: Strength +5!"
[Blood Moon Celestial Rush] Level 1 (0/20): Consumes a large amount of Qi and Blood, condensing it into a crescent-shaped, blood-colored Sword Qi to strike the enemy and inflict massive damage.
Note: Casting this skill will inflict 10% of its damage back on the user!
Another new Epic Skill.
Normally, even an Elite Level expert like Flora would have very few Epic Skills. In fact, many Elite Level experts don’t possess a single one.
Even if they did, it would typically be just one. Those with two or more were as rare as a phoenix feather.
Yet Lin Mo now possessed a total of five Epic Skills!
That was a number comparable even to some Extraordinary Level experts.
Returning to the new skill he had just acquired, [Blood Moon Celestial Rush], based on its description alone, seemed highly similar to its predecessor, [Blood Qi Blade].
The skill’s form was almost identical—a blast of blood-colored Sword Qi. However, compared to [Blood Qi Blade], the Sword Qi from [Blood Moon Celestial Rush] seemed fuller, taking on a crescent shape.
Also similar, or rather, retained, was the self-damage effect that came with [Blood Qi Blade].
And compared to the original [Blood Qi Blade], the new skill’s self-damage effect seemed to have been intensified, becoming even more severe.
When casting this skill, he would also take damage equal to 10% of the skill’s power.
The greater the Skill Power, the higher the self-inflicted damage.
Of course, the trade-off for such a self-damaging effect was bound to be immense power.
Lin Mo estimated that in terms of raw power, this skill might even surpass [Demon Light Piercing Kill], which he had just obtained not long ago!
However, the two skills likely had their own unique characteristics. [Demon Light Piercing Kill] possessed greater piercing strength, with its power being more concentrated.
[Blood Moon Celestial Rush], on the other hand, was superior in total damage and perhaps had a larger area of effect... As for that, he would have to see it in action to know for sure.
Without testing it in actual combat, this was, after all, just Lin Mo’s speculation.
Compared to the original’s slight and relatively fixed self-damage, which could basically be ignored, the new skill’s 10% self-damage was something he definitely had to take into consideration.
After all, Lin Mo’s total Strength Attribute was now 172 points, while his total Physique Attribute was only 111 points—a difference of a full 61 points.
Adding to that the Strength bonus from the Frost Dragon Scale Sword, plus various other damage-boosting effects...
’Using it once probably won’t injure me outright, but it definitely won’t feel good.’
All in all, this skill was a double-edged sword.
’I should take a look at the Evolutionary Path choices first.’
Please select an Evolutionary Direction—
Evolutionary Path 1: Prudence I: Reduces the self-damage of Blood Moon Celestial Rush by 50%, power remains unchanged.
Evolutionary Path 2: Violence I: Increases the self-damage of Blood Moon Celestial Rush by 100%, power is enhanced to 120% of the original.
’Even the Evolutionary Path choices are highly similar to Blood Qi Blade’s... but they’re also more extreme.’
Back with Blood Qi Blade, Lin Mo had always chosen the second evolutionary path to increase the skill’s power. That included the final Evolutionary Path choice he made just now when Blood Qi Blade reached its full Level.
But with the new skill [Blood Moon Celestial Rush], he had to be more cautious.
It already had a 10% self-damage effect. Increasing that by 100% would make it 20%. If he used it then, Lin Mo feared he would suffer a significant injury.
However, thinking long-term, if he eventually chose both evolutionary paths, it would be equivalent to keeping the self-damage unchanged while getting a free 20% boost to Skill Power.
In any case, regardless of which evolutionary path he chose, the enhancement effect from the second upgrade would not be as direct or generous as the first.
In the end, Lin Mo chose Evolutionary Path 1 first.
He had the Priest Profession and knew the Healing Technique, so even if he got injured, he could heal himself.
But honestly, ’was it really necessary?’
’It’s not like he was short on Epic Skills; he had several. Even if this skill was slightly more powerful, how much stronger could it be than his other Epic Skills?’
’He’d been fighting monsters for so long and had rarely gotten hurt. It would be far too frustrating to injure himself with his own skill.’
’Better to wait until the second Evolutionary Path choice to add the "Violence" effect.’
Once he raised his Physique Attribute and the Level of his Knight Profession, he wouldn’t have to worry about the 10% self-damage. At that point, he could use the skill without any reservations.
After selecting the skill’s Evolutionary Path, Lin Mo took a moment to check his current Panel Attributes.
After consecutively gaining a total of 10 points in his Basic Strength Attribute, his Basic Strength Attribute had now reached 112, only 8 points shy of advancing to the Elite Level.
On the other hand, his Basic Magic Attribute was currently only 108 points.