NOVEL NEXT Chapter 45 - 8-directional Cleave
Chapter 45: 8-directional Cleave
The moment the meat entered Lu Yu’s mouth, the aroma spread everywhere and the juice from the meat burst forth, inundating his whole mouth.
What was initially an unbelievably tough muscular piece of Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat had now turned into an incredibly tender and scrumptious delicacy after long hours of exquisite roasting.
Even some of the tendons were easily torn off with a single bite.
Lu Yu didn’t expect this meat to be so delicious. The special cooking method certainly lived up to its hype, and the rare precious Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat was the perfect candidate for it.
The food that was prepared with this method was way more delicious than anything Lu Yu had ever tasted before. It was of a completely different level all together.
Lu Yu’s appetite was triggered, and he began wolfing down the meat ravenously.
Before long, Lu Yu had finished gobbling down the big chunk of Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat.
Burp! Lu Yu belched in satisfaction, and sat back, feeling the changes that were now going through his body.
His mop of black hair had now become more dense, and his skin had become more youthful looking.
Lu Yu looked at himself in the mirror. He had turned younger by a lot. His body bulged with muscles and sinews, brimming with strength.
Compared to what he was earlier, which was a middle-aged man in his 40s, he now looked like someone in his 30s.
At this rate, Lu Yu would probably end up looking like someone in his 20s soon. It was remarkably fast.
At the same time, Lu Yu also felt his body undergoing a tumultuous upheaval internally.
Firstly, his body, already full of power to begin with, now felt even more powerful. It was as if his body contained infinite strength.
In particular, his 5 sense organs like vision and hearing, had become more sensitive and alert.
Lu Yu was currently on the 10th floor, yet he could hear very clearly the voices of the people involved in the recruitment drive on the 1st floor.
His other sense organs had also become very much sharper.
At this moment, a series of notifications appear before Lu Yu.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten A-class Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat. Received: Strength +502, Constitution +427, Agility +330, 8-directional Cleave (A-class)!]
After obtaining so many upgrades, every aspect of his body functions advanced to great heights.
Besides that, he had also obtained another skill, and it was an A-class type no less.
Out of surprise and curiosity, Lu Yu hurriedly began to look through it.
[8-directional Cleave]
Level: A-class
Introduction: It uses health vitality in tandem with the saber or sword and slashes out, causing big-scale wide-spread destruction and damage.
In a nutshell, it was extremely powerful.
This was the first A-class purely attacking skill that Lu Yu had obtained. Previously, although he had also obtained the Red Lotus Battle Energy, which was also A-class, it involved manipulating flames and could be used for defense as well.
However, this 8-directional Cleave was different. It was a purely attacking, offensive skill, and apparently, it could also be used for group attacks.
At present, Lu Yu had in his possession the all-powerful Blood Emperor Battle Saber. After that last battle with the city-attacking Fearsome Beasts, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber had absorbed a large amount of Fearsome Beasts’ blood and had become a lot more powerful.
In particular, after it had absorbed the blood of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber improved by a big margin. It had risen from D-class to C-class, and its power had multiplied many times.
In addition to his newly obtained skill, used in tandem with the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, Lu Yu would be able to exhibit tremendous terrifying power.
Lu Yu wanted to test out the power of his new skill, as well as to test how much his strength had increased.
He had advanced a lot recently, but because he had been busy with so many things, he did not have any chance to test himself properly, to understand his actual strength.
Lu Yu came down to the 8th floor. This was the training hall. The whole building had been constructed using special materials that could withstand great impact from martial arts practitioners.
At the same time, there were also many types of weapons kept here.
Take for example the testing equipment. It was the most high-end model in the entire building. It was a green hued testing stone. It could give test results for any level below Grand Master. For levels above Grand Master, it could still barely detect the levels up to junior Grand Masters.
Anything higher than that, there were no testing stones in this building that could do the job.
Lu Yu walked to the empty spot, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber in his hand.
As his health vitality churned, Lu Yu gripped the Blood Emperor Battle Saber tightly as a glint of viciousness flashed through his eyes.
Under the pulsating power of health vitality, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber emitted flashes of blood-red radiance, as if it was responding to Lu Yu’s intention.
Following that, Lu Yu swung out in one mighty slash forward.
[8-directional Cleave]
In the surrounding air, 8 shots of saber energy materialized and flew forward, ending up on the floor.
Despite the special reinforced construction materials, the floor barely managed to sustain the blow.
The 8 shots of saber energy left 8 distinct, deep gashes on the floor.
Based on Lu Yu’s estimation, they were half a meter deep at least.
In the end, this specially reinforced floor was still unable to withstand this force..
The floor slab was only 1 meter thick after all, and now it had half-meter gashes cleaved into it.
Thankfully, Lu Yu did not activate his Furnace skill. With the multiplication of health vitality and power, he might have sliced through the whole floor slab.
He had just spent 7 days renovating this building. If the floor collapsed, he would have to rebuild it again.
Under that one mighty slash, the whole building trembled slightly for a while.
The people queuing up to sign up in the hall on the 1st floor all felt the tremor and were stunned.
“Did you guys feel that tremor just now? What’s going on?”
“I felt it too. Is it an earthquake?”
“How can it be? Earthquakes don’t just tremble once.”
“I felt the whole building shake a bit. Is it because someone is practicing on the upper floors?”
“That’s not possible. There are 10 floors in this building, and the whole building is constructed using special, reinforced materials. Even a Great Grand Master’s single full-strength strike could not possibly make the building shake like this.”
“…”
Meanwhile, on the 8th floor, Lu Yu had completed testing the 8-directional Cleave, and he was very pleased with the result.
It certainly lived up to his expectations of an A-class purely attacking skill. It was unbelievably powerful.
Coupled with his own Blood Emperor Battle Saber, the force unleashed was even more terrifying.
On top of that, this 8-directional Cleave was a group attack skill as well. In future battles, it would offer Lu Yu tremendous convenience.
Unlike the last battle in which the Fearsome Beasts attacked the city, although Lu Yu was able to dispatch the Crimson Haired Warthogs effortlessly, he had to slay them one by one. It was somewhat time-consuming.
Furthermore, this 8-directional Cleave benefited from the injection of health vitality. The stronger the health vitality, the more powerful it became.
In future, as Lu Yu advanced further in his abilities and his health vitality increased, this skill would become more and more powerful.
Even right now, Lu Yu could have utilized the Furnace skill to multiply his health vitality and straightaway increased the power of the 8-directional Cleave many times.
By Lu Yu’s estimate, with his Great Martial Master’s abilities, if he were to execute this 8-directional Cleave using full strength, even junior Grand Masters might not be able to withstand his full-strength strike. It might even be able to duke it out with an Intermediate Grand Master!
Following this, Lu Yu looked toward the high-end green testing stone, intending to test his own strength.
Lu Yu walked over and stood firmly in front of the testing stone.
As the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill swung into action, level 9 of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill brought with it a staggering 18-fold increase!
The Furnace skill activated, igniting health vitality, strength was doubled!
At the same time., Lu Yu had just eaten a full belly of food and could trigger the Satiety State. That added roughly another 2-fold increase.
Lu Yu took a deep breath, got his Crushing Punch ready. He then shot out a full-force punch right on the green testing stone.
Critical Hit Enhancement was triggered, increase by 30%!
After all the increases were stacked up, the total increment was nearly a mind-boggling 100-times!
In order to stabilize the green testing stone, all such testing equipment was securely attached to the floor slab. They could not be moved at all, so that they could dissipate the force through the building structure.
Otherwise, in the face of such terrifying powers, the testing stone would simply be sent flying by one punch.
With Lu Yu’s single punch, the 10-storey building shook several times in that instant…