Born Sacred-Chapter 41: Skill Breakthrough, Rare Level

The sword light was like a rainbow. At this moment, it seemed as if several Noah appeared on the rooftop at the same time. The first four infected to arrive were suddenly split in half, and blood gushed out.

Four kills with one sword.

Seeing Noah easily kill the infected in an instant, Rose and the others were full of envy.

They envied both his powerful strength and the sharpness of his weapon.

If Blue Star had an equipment ranking list, they had no doubt that the two-handed greatsword in Noah’s hand would definitely rank first.

The infected had no fear. The instant death of their companions didn’t scare them. The thick blood instead stimulated them to climb faster, scrambling to climb up from all sides of the building.

With Noah’s current agility of nearly 1200 and Level 9 Magic Shadow Step, no matter how many of these infected came, they would die.

However, Noah didn’t take on all of them, but left a few of the infected for Smith and Rose.

By the time the two had dealt with these few infected, Noah had already finished off all the infected that had been attracted.

After resting for a while, the team continued to move forward.

Just like that, while jumping forward and eliminating all the attracted infected, although the speed was very slow, it was extremely stable.

This path, which took twenty minutes in Ordinary difficulty, took more than an hour in the Difficult dungeon and was still not finished. In fact, in the latter half, it was basically all Noah taking action.

Smith and Rose had consumed a lot of energy and had to save some stamina and spirit for the more severe Boss battle later.

Noah was like streaks of phantoms, crisscrossing on the rooftop. Every time a cold light flashed, an infected person died a violent death. After dealing with all the infected, Noah stopped and said, "Let’s rest for a while."

"Okay."

Rose and the others naturally had no objections.

With a gentle flick, Noah shook off the blood stained on the two-handed greatsword and sat down.

He chose to pause and rest not because he was tired and needed to rest, but because Noah’s two skills, Swordplay Proficiency and Magic Shadow Step, had their experience points rapidly increasing under his frequent use. Coupled with the effect of his talent that made him stronger just by breathing, at this time, they had already reached max level.

The answer to whether talent could allow skills to break through the upper limit was right before his eyes.

Noah first checked the current attributes of the two skills.

[Swordplay Proficiency Lv10]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Type: Passive Skill]

[You can skillfully use various sword-type weapons, increasing swordplay power by 20%]

At max level, Swordplay Proficiency’s swordplay power increased from 10% at Level 0 to 20%, directly doubling.

[Magic Shadow Step Lv10]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Type: Active Skill]

[Your figure changes unpredictably, increasing speed by 60%]

Magic Shadow Step’s enhancement effect also doubled, from 30% to 60%.

This made Noah understand that these skills doubled their effect from Level 0 to Level 10. By seeing the Level 0 effect, he could infer the max level effect.

"And then?"

Noah frowned slightly. He didn’t know if skills could still gain experience points after reaching max level, how much experience was needed to break through, or if this was the limit. Everything was unknown and needed him to explore on his own. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He tried to focus his attention on the Skills’ row in the attribute panel, specifically on the words ’Swordplay Proficiency’.

Gradually, streams of information surged in, and Noah quickly understood.

His eyes revealed a look of ecstasy.

EX-Grade talent was indeed heaven-defying. Just as attributes could easily break through the scope of the current order and increase without limit, his skills were the same.

After skills reached max level, they could break through the upper limit. This process didn’t require accumulating experience points. As long as Noah was willing, he could break through immediately. The reason there was no change now was because he hadn’t determined the direction of the breakthrough.

In general, there were two development directions: vertical and horizontal.

Taking Swordplay Proficiency as an example, choosing a vertical breakthrough was equivalent to continuing down the path of swordplay. What was below Proficiency? Specialization, Master, Grandmaster?

His swordplay power would become stronger and stronger.

Choosing a horizontal breakthrough, the skill would become Blade and Sword Proficiency, Multi-weapon Proficiency, All-weapon, Close Combat Grandmaster?

The skill power would remain unchanged, but it would no longer be limited to swordplay and could use more weapons.

One improved depth, the other improved breadth.

"How should I choose?" Noah fell into deep thought. Of course, this wasn’t a one-time deal; he could change his choice after making it.

When the skill reached max level again, he could re-select the breakthrough direction.

After thinking for a while, Noah made a decision.

With a slight thought, the two max-level skills immediately changed.

[Swordplay Specialization Lv0]

[Quality: Rare]

[Type: Passive Skill]

[Your swordplay is consummate, any sword is like an extension of your arm, increasing swordplay power by 25%]

...

[Thunder Shadow Step Lv0]

[Quality: Rare]

[Type: Active Skill]

[Your figure changes unpredictably, like a flash of lightning, increasing speed by 50%]

Both skills broke through the upper limit, their quality becoming the higher Rare-Grade. Their skill effects also improved significantly.

Level 0 Swordplay Specialization increased by 15% compared to Swordplay Proficiency of the same level, and Thunder Shadow Step increased by 20%.

Although Thunder Shadow Step was slightly weaker than max-level Magic Shadow Step, it was only Level 0 now. Once it reached Level 3, it could surpass max-level Magic Shadow Step. In comparison, the improvement of Swordplay Specialization was greater; it was stronger than max-level Swordplay Proficiency even at Level 0.

"As expected of a Rare-Grade skill."

After the two skills successively broke through, Noah closed his eyes, and countless memories of practicing swordplay and footwork flooded into his mind. In an instant, it felt like decades had passed.

When Noah calmed down, he looked at the two skills, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curving upwards.

Rare-Grade was a quality that could only be produced in Tier 2 and Three-order dungeons, yet he had obtained it in the First Order.

Now, not only his attributes, but his skills had also broken through the scope of the order.

Noah really wanted to shout loudly, "Who else is there!"