There wasn’t really any way for Randidly to actually tell which was which but when he looked at them he just knew Then he looked down at the strange clear energy in his hand and it seemed like an empty snow globe waiting for a scene to fill it Breathing slowly Randidly focused on what he wanted
It was rather simple and direct one but for a quick attack that was best It was the image of a clock its hands still Then powerfully the hands moved
Tock
The image was short and sweet but the powerful echoes filled that clear energy shard With his Battle Intent Randidly made those echoes resonate thrumming with power Then very gently he pressed the shard of energy into the sky and felt something inside of him click
Congratulations Your skill has been upgraded from Ghastly Slash Lvl 59 to Idiosyncratic Cut (Un) Lvl 59 You have absorbed the two golden spheres of energy Stamina +100 Stamina Regen +15 per minute
The golden energy spheres didn’t disappoint either Although his Stamina pool was becoming rather difficult to keep track of regeneration was always useful for prolonged fights Randidly then produced a training spear and used his new move
Randidly blinked Then he tried it again
When he swung as soon as he activated the skill his spear would resonate with those echoes and a powerful ticking noise would be created His spear would basically complete ? of the swing instantly which was impossible but it happened Randidly grinned slightly Which meant that he only needed to swing the spear ?’s of the usual distance for a slash As Randidly experimented it seemed that the power was decreased in a proportionate fashion but this wasn’t his power move This was a move that he would rely on to set up his finishers
But after several Cuts Randidly found himself exhausted his chest heaving Curious he waited until he recovered some stamina which was very quickly now and used the move Then he grimaced 75 stamina was a rather hefty price tag to pay Well Randidly supposed that was why the reward also included pretty big gains to his Stamina pool and regeneration Although he gained over 3 stamina per second and a pool of over 1400 Randidly still wouldn’t be able to regenerate through using this move very much
Randidly’s available paths hadn’t really changed although he wondered about that Most of the Spear Phantom moves must really be at a high level before he could get a path in them He supposed this made sense as they were likely part of a skillset that was definitely not common in rarity
Between Engraving and the Weeping Rain Path neither would have much of a concrete effect on his current performance Well Randidly did want to make himself some personal armor with Engravings on them but that was for later And besides the Weeping Rain had a lot to do with his success in Engraving anyway Really hard to tease apart which would be more useful
But ultimately he chose to put points into the Weeping Rain Path for a very simple reason It was an uncommon rarity skill
So Randidly was very pleased to discover that after he put 5 points in he received a point in Willpower After another 5 he received a point in Resistance This continued until he put the 25th point in
Then he froze his whole body trembling A small burn started in his chest which rapidly expanded into an inferno
Chapter 170
Warning Your Soul Skill has become unstable If you continue to feed it the effects will worsen Calculating effects
Error unrecognized Soul Skill Adjusting Parameters
Expanding Search
Isolating comparable Soul Skills
Match found Adjusting Parameters Calculating Effects
Warning death may result from the usage of an unapproved Soul Skill Consult with a Village spirit for further assistance
While the notifications appeared before Randidly the pain in his chest continued to worsen Gritting his teeth he closed his eyes and rode through the pain refusing to fight against it but also refusing to lose consciousness He just let the experience flow through him
He did this because he could see what was occurring within him and was worried that cracking down too forcefully would worsen the situation In his image of what was occurring with his Soul Skill the constant rotation of grass rot and heat burning it all to ash had produced a thick layer of those small emerald crystals which now filled the soil At the moment those crystals were glowing emitting a strange green light seeming furiously hungering for something
That power they emitted excited the forces of rot and ash causing them to rotate faster almost attempting to give those green crystals what they wanted As they rotated faster a powerful suction force was created drawing nearby items in Randidly’s consciousness towards the Soul Skill Fortunately his actual skills seemed to be immune to the strange happening Randidly looked wildly around inside himself but both the small golden pellet he had gotten from the lonesome spear style and that strange murderous death energy were completely still locked in place by familiar tiny gold chains
Randidly expression turned grim Someone was forcing him a certain direction He wasn’t quite sure exactly was but he abruptly regretted choosing the Rain Path Because if they were trying to get him to do something very specific
Because if they were trying to strong arm him down a path that he didn’t feel was of his own choosing
Well Randidly wouldn’t be able to help himself After all he did not negotiate with terrorists His stubbornness wouldn’t let him
But for now he could only stand still and bite his lip to keep himself from screaming This was an entirely different sort of pain than Shal’s tortures one that stemmed from the fact that the two forces that made his Soul Skill were rotating so fast that it was threatening to tear him apart from the inside out They pulled and pulled an pulled and the suction grew and grew
But nothing was shaken free Randidly’s consciousness was relatively clean So after a time the suction passed the energy and light faded from those emerald shards The forces of rot and ash slowed in their rotation until they returned to something like their normal speed Sighing Randidly relaxed slightly
Whoever had caused this well he kept his face carefully casual in the aftermath in case that individual could spy on him After all he had felt those hands within his body If those hands were related to the golden chains that had forced him to the reward for the Carnage path and had caused the reward to turn into a strange energy that currently hovered within him
It would lead him somewhere And with gleaming eyes Randidly hoped that at the end of the road that individual was ready to play hardball because he wouldn’t hold back He would break their plans and burn their carefully prepared path to the ground
But he needed to let that burning resentment go and carefully added the remaining 14 PP to the path There was some activity as the emerald shards seemed to pulse slightly but it didn’t set off a chain reaction which relieved Randidly At least for now he wouldn’t have to experience that mental anguish again
After adding all of the PP he relished in the fact that Randidly had gained 1128 Skill Levels in his time in the Prison It had been two years so any less than that might be embarrassing but it meant that he experienced a huge amount of progress both in terms of skill levels and stats Most of that was in his combat oriented Skills but he also had a large amount of improvement in the passives as well
Randidly looked over his status screen pleased
Health(/R per hour) 556/1307 (+8) (470 (+12
Mana(/R per hour) 12/1439 (130 75)
Stam(/R per min) 601/1450 (201 (+4
Vit 137 (+4)
End 66
Str 105 (+12)
Agi 126 (+12)
Perception 100
Reaction 90
Resistance 74
Willpower 115
Intelligence 100
Control 185
Focus 140
Skills (Soul Skill) Cycle of Rot and Ash Lvl 1514
Combat Spear Mastery Lvl 108 The Inevitable Phantom Arrives Lvl 68 (Un) Spear Phantom’s Footwork Lvl 92 Eyes of the Spear Phantom Lvl 74 Phantom Half Step Lvl 43 Heavy Blow Lvl 59 Dagger Mastery Lvl 10 Iron Skin Lvl 47 Dodge Lvl 56 Fighting Proficiency Lvl 81 Block Lvl 45 Haste Lvl 69 Phantom Onslaught Lvl 37 Sweep Lvl 54 Spear Deflect Lvl 10 Empower Lvl 77 Calculated Blow Lvl 64 Roundhouse Kick Lvl 36 Edge of Decay Lvl 39 Idiosyncratic Cut (Un) Lvl 59 Pierce the Skies Shatter the Earth Lvl 33 Battle Intent Lvl 61 Struggle Lvl 39 Body Control Freeze Lvl 6 The Golden Roots of Yggdrasil Lvl 4