77: Chapter 77 First Attempt at Flight, Battle Saint Technique

Zhou Bai took a deep breath, then slowly released his mental power to pour into the heaven-escaping shuttle.

As Zhou Bai's mental power poured in, he indeed felt a faint trace of Thunder Power.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Bai himself possessed top-tier lightning talent and his body and spirit had significant immunity to Thunder Power, his surging mental power would have likely been instantly torn apart the moment it approached.

But even so, Zhou Bai still felt a slight tearing sensation as his mental power drew near.

"My mental power is still not strong enough!"

Zhou Bai immediately understood the reason.

However, Zhou Bai did not give up; soon, his mental power was completely injected into the heaven-escaping shuttle.

Before long, Zhou Bai's mental power drove the heaven-escaping shuttle to take flight.

"Can I fly now too?"

Zhou Bai jumped onto the heaven-escaping shuttle, then drove it to carry him as it took off within the room.

Since it was his first time using it, Zhou Bai was a bit wobbly and not very steady.

Lan Ling, watching from not far away, saw that Zhou Bai could already fly preliminarily, her eyes full of envy.

Ordinary martial artists can only fly after stepping into the Eighth Grade.

While other martial artists can only rely on other tools, such as airships and flying cars.

Although Tianbing Tower could already refine A-rank heaven-escaping shuttles, they were currently undergoing internal testing and had not yet been released to the market.

After adapting a bit, Zhou Bai immediately drove the heaven-escaping shuttle outside the room.

Zhou Bai also brought Zhao Shiyu onto the heaven-escaping shuttle, and the two of them flew slowly upon it.

Ten-odd minutes later, Zhou Bai's mental power was completely exhausted, and he stepped down from the heaven-escaping shuttle.

"No, the consumption is too high; I cannot fly as I please!"

Zhou Bai had already consumed a large amount of physical strength in the Soul Condensation Forest, and now, after consuming a large amount of mental power, he was even more weak.

Zhao Shiyu immediately took out a spiritual liquid for restoring mental power and physical strength from her bracelet space for Zhou Bai to recover.

Zhou Bai did not refuse; after taking the spiritual liquid, his state rapidly recovered.

For the next two hours, Zhou Bai spent his time playing with and testing the heaven-escaping shuttle.

Although Zhou Bai's mental power had reached 40,000 Hertz and the Great Sun Visualization Method had a powerful recovery effect in sunlight, in his current state, he could only fly for twenty-odd minutes at most when flying alone.

If he brought Zhao Shiyu along, it was further reduced to ten-odd minutes.

And the heaven-escaping shuttle could not only fly, but it could also transform into pieces of Rhombus-shaped Flying Daggers.

There were a full 365 Rhombus-shaped Flying Daggers, each one extremely sharp and containing immensely powerful lethality.

Zhou Bai tested them; they were much stronger than his blood shadow battle saber.

In other words, these flying daggers had all reached S-rank level.

"Not bad, as expected of a cosmic weapon, it truly is extraordinarily mysterious!"

Looking at the incredibly precise and marvelous heaven-escaping shuttle before him, Zhou Bai's eyes were filled with joy.

Although the flight capability of this heaven-escaping shuttle had limitations now, this could be completely resolved as his mental power improved.

This kind of flight capability could truly reverse a situation in certain circumstances.

Moreover, the lethality of these heaven-escaping shuttle flying daggers was also terrifying, capable of easily killing an ordinary Fourth-Rank Martial Artist in an instant.

"Junior Brother Zhou Bai, the people from Tianbing Tower said there's also a secret method meant to be used in conjunction with this heaven-escaping shuttle, but that secret method is not in our Xia Country, but in Sakura Country!"

Lan Ling continued from the side.

"In Sakura Country?"

Zhou Bai raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, the people of Sakura Country want us to exchange the heaven-escaping shuttle technology before they are willing to hand over the secret method. Naturally, the people from Tianbing Tower would not agree!"

Lan Ling added.

Zhou Bai nodded; the relationship between Sakura Country and Xia Country had always been very poor, so this situation was only natural.

"However, even without the secret method, this heaven-escaping shuttle is still quite strong!"

Zhou Bai didn't care too much as he spoke slowly.

After becoming familiar with the heaven-escaping shuttle, Zhou Bai returned to his apartment and checked the Ling Family's compensation.

The Ling Family's compensation consisted of 100,000 blood crystals, the Ling Family's [Battle Heaven Sacred Art], and a cultivation slot for the Heavenly Thunder Valley.

Zhou Bai directly put away the blood crystals and the Heavenly Thunder Valley token.

Zhou Bai focused on the Ling Family's [Battle Heaven Sacred Art]; this was a combat sacred method created by Martial Saint Ling Tian and was not easily shared with outsiders.

If not for Ling Xiao's stupid actions, Ling Tingan would have certainly refused to give it up for the sake of the Ling Family's reputation.

After receiving the electronic document of the [Battle Heaven Sacred Art], Zhou Bai immediately entered the cultivation chamber.

"System, upgrade the Battle Heaven Sacred Art for me!"

After entering the Battle Heaven Sacred Art into the system, Zhou Bai immediately used a skill upgrade card to improve it.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for consuming one skill upgrade card. S-rank Battle Heaven Sacred Art has been upgraded to SS-rank Battle Saint Method. Currently remaining skill upgrade cards: 2]

[Battle Saint Method]: An SS-rank combat secret method. Fighting with the Battle Saint Method can condense Battle Intent, significantly increasing attack power by up to ten-fold. It can also be stacked with other martial skills. When cultivated to the Great Success stage, one can manifest the Battle Domain, exerting powerful suppression on enemies and breaking through the ten-fold limit of attack power increase, reaching up to twenty-fold.

Before long, the system's prompt sounded in Zhou Bai's mind.

Zhou Bai's eyes lit up; condensing Battle Intent to significantly increase combat power, and it can even be stacked with other martial skills, this...

The highest level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Saber can stack up to ten-fold, and with the ten-fold increase from the Battle Saint Method, wouldn't that be a hundred-fold increase in attack power?

Not just the Nine Heavens Thunder Saber, but other ordinary martial skills would also undergo a qualitative leap after receiving the enhancement of the Battle Saint Method.

There was also the Battle Domain, which could break through the ten-fold limit...

"This is too heaven-defying; as expected of something upgraded from the secret method created by Martial Saint Ling Tian. With this effect, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this an SSS-rank combat secret method!"

Seeing the brand-new Battle Saint Method, Zhou Bai's eyes were filled with joy.

The original Battle Heaven Sacred Art, although it could also provide a ten-fold increase when cultivated to its peak, could not be stacked with other martial skills at all, and the domain it manifested was merely ordinary suppression.

After the upgrade, it was simply too heaven-defying...

"System, add points to the Battle Saint Method!"

Zhou Bai didn't hesitate and immediately began adding points to the Battle Saint Method.

[Ding! Consumed 500 learning points. Battle Saint Method upgraded to beginner level. Currently remaining learning points: 11,600].

As Zhou Bai added points, a large amount of comprehension and memories of the Battle Saint Method appeared in his mind.

The beginner level of the Battle Saint Method can increase attack power by twofold.

Indeed, there are differences even among SS-rank Martial Skills; the Profound Spirit Soul Extinguishing Seal, upgraded from the Qin Family's Heavenly Saint Soul Extinguishing Seal, only required 300 points for the beginner level.

To a certain extent, the cost in learning points can reflect the strength of a martial skill.

"Continue adding points!"

[Ding! Consumed 800 learning points. Battle Saint Method upgraded to intermediate level. Currently remaining learning points: 3,600]

In a short while, after another round of memory fusion, Zhou Bai successfully raised the Battle Saint Method to the intermediate level.

The intermediate level of the Battle Saint Method can increase attack power by fourfold and allows for battle intent manifestation, which has many wonderful uses.

"Now, if I were to face Ling Xiao again, it would only take one strike!"

Feeling the wealth of information in his mind, Zhou Bai's eyes were full of confidence.

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