"After the three consecutive moves, you need to pause and switch techniques. It can't flow smoothly here."
"There's no way to seamlessly connect any move."
After defeating over a dozen monsters, taking the time to restore mana, Su Yu began to review the previous battle.
It's undeniable that real combat indeed increases experience quickly and helps swiftly identify one's shortcomings.
It was only a short while before Su Yu already discovered issues in the swordsmanship techniques stored in the Memory Stone.
To be precise, the Memory Stone noted this issue, but it wasn't very noticeable before real combat; now it's very evident.
The Memory Stone didn't provide a solution, only alternatives.
One could use another flying sword, simultaneously controlling two flying swords, to cover the delay after a move by using another sword move with one mind controlling two tasks.
Alternatively, use a Thunder system magical treasure or Thunder Skill to strike when the sword moves are exhausted, which can also cover the delay.
But the former is something he can't do; he only has one Flying Sword slot.
There are pieces of equipment that increase extra Flying Sword slots, but those cost tens of gold, which he certainly can't afford.
The latter can solve the issue, but Su Yu is not very satisfied.
This method only works on minor monsters; high-level monsters and bosses with high resistance can't be dealt with by Thunder Skills.
"There must be a solution."
"I don't believe top swordsmanship experts are only at this level."
"Perhaps the Memory Stone I bought isn't of high enough quality; there might be better grade Swordsmanship Memory Stones. I'll ask when I return."
Su Yu didn't immediately return, as that wasn't urgent. He decided to master this first.
After resting for a while, he continued to fight.
Three hundred meters away on the shore, Qiao Bin had been staring at Su Yu for almost five minutes. It wasn't until a companion led another batch of monsters over, and a companion slapped his shoulder, asking:
"What are you staring at for so long?"
He snapped back to reality, pointed his chin toward Su Yu's direction, and said:
"That kid is something else."
The companion glanced over, puzzled, and asked:
"What's so special?"
Qiao Bin pursed his lips and said:
"I just watched him for five minutes, saw him skillfully kill one monster after another with his swordsmanship."
"That's nothing, right?"
"But if in just these brief five minutes, he went from only handling one monster to skillfully dealing with two Fish Spirits?"
"Really? Did he just learn that?"
"Learned on the spot. I saw him go from unskilled to skilled with my own eyes."
"Moreover, I remember he hadn't learned swordsmanship a week ago, and it's only been a week now. Not only can he skillfully fight with Sword Control, but he also grows rapidly in battle."
He looked at his companion and asked:
"Do you remember how long it took you to learn swordsmanship and what your final results were?"
"I studied for half a year and wasn't even smooth in changing moves, so I just gave up later."
"Wow!"
"Is this kid's talent in swordsmanship that strong?"
"Yes!"
"Isn't he a top expert seed?"
"Captain, while he's still not famous, quickly add him as a friend."
"It's too deliberate now, let's wait a bit."
...
Su Yu was unaware of their amazement. At this moment, he was focused on honing his swordsmanship.
The Flying Sword slipped along the blue-black back of a Fish Spirit into the water. After exhausting a move, instead of changing moves, it skimmed along the bottom to cut across the belly of another Fish Spirit, emerged from the belly of a third Carp Spirit with a splash of blood, circled upwards into the air, and quickly encircled the three Fish Spirits with another move.
As his movements became more proficient, Su Yu began to attempt handling more monsters simultaneously to increase efficiency.
He had seen on one of the Memory Stones a swordsmanship expert who, with a single Flying Sword, could easily encircle over a dozen monsters, trapping them firmly in one area, effortlessly slaying them like cattle and sheep, which he greatly admired.
From initially trying to handle two simultaneously to now attempting three, he intended to slowly increase as he became more adept.
With his skills continuously growing, Su Yu was confident that he would be able to achieve that one day.
"But the quality of my Flying Sword is still a bit lacking, too slow to encircle so many monsters quickly."
"To meet the standards in the Memory Stone, a very high level of basic Sword Formulas and a better Flying Sword are needed."
"But high-level Sword Formulas and Flying Swords are very expensive!"
"I have to find a way to earn money."
Even though he still had 5 gold left, it was completely insufficient.
"In a few days is the guild activity. Let's prepare to earn money after participating in the guild activity."
"Before that, I'll raise my basic Sword Formulas to make do."
"After all, with the Golden Finger enhancement, the tenth level of basic Sword Formulas is equivalent to the twentieth level, or no less than the tenth level of a refined basic Sword Formulas."
That night, Su Yu decisively used the remaining two First-Grade Cultivation Manuals.
The basic effect could increase the primary Qi Refining Heart Skill or basic Sword Formulas by five levels, doubled by the Golden Finger to ten levels. The two manuals precisely raised the Cyan Mountain Sword Scripture's level cap to thirty levels.
Then he spent a total of 3 gold, purchasing 30 First-grade Dao Heart Elixirs.
Each elixir increased Dao by 3 points, doubled by the Golden Finger to 6 points. 30 elixirs amounted to 180 Dao points. With the existing 13 points, he had 193 remaining Dao points.
Then he spent 3.97 million cultivation points and 50 Dao points to boost the Cyan Mountain Sword Formulas directly to thirty levels.
Flying Sword damage +900, attack speed +600, Sword Control speed +600 km/h.
His thirty levels were equivalent to others' sixty levels.
Additionally, when the Cyan Mountain Sword Formulas reached twenty levels, it finally derived the Sword Control Technique.
Sword Control Technique: Controls flying sword, entering and exiting the Cyan Nether.
Attributes: Sword Control speed is Flying Sword speed + Flying Sword basic Sword Formulas enhancement, each level of Sword Formulas +40 meters altitude, mana consumption of 10 points per second, this is the enhanced attribute.