[Skill Book · Eight Forms of God-Slaying: It is said that during the ancient mythological war, the gods slaughtered humans at will. In order to protect humanity, the Sword God created these eight sword forms targeting the weaknesses of the gods. Every move carries extremely powerful sword intent.]
[PS: Because the Eight Forms of God-Slaying are extremely difficult, and the later forms become increasingly harder to learn, the Sword God strictly divided the eight forms. If the first form is not trained to great perfection, it is absolutely impossible to unlock the second form. Therefore, the practitioner must focus on one form and train it diligently.]
After reading the contents of the skill book, Ethan revealed a knowing smile.
'Heh!'
For ordinary warriors, the Eight Forms of God-Slaying might be an enormous challenge.
After all, who could endure this kind of boring, repetitive training, and one that only gets harder with each level? Most people would probably give up after practicing a few moves.
But for someone like Ethan, who cheats the system, it's nothing.
After all, no matter which move he uses, he gains experience points.
So for him, focusing on one form and grinding it out? That kind of hard training simply doesn't exist.
'Learn!'
[Learned: Eight Forms of God-Slaying, First Form, Draw Sword Form (EXP 0/10000)]
[PS: Drawing the sword is the first step of executing all sword techniques, therefore it is the first form of the Eight Forms of God-Slaying. Draw the sword, and it kills!]
As expected of the Eight Forms of God-Slaying, even the starting experience requirement was unusually high.
This was only the first form, yet it already required ten thousand experience points.
'When will I ever reach the second form at this rate? But forget it!'
'Can't be too greedy.'
Back when he used the Dragon-Slaying Saber, he didn't even have any saber techniques, and it still worked just fine.
Thinking of this, Ethan relaxed.
'Just go with the flow.'
"For now, I should deal with this giant monster first and get out of its stomach."
Ethan gripped the sword hilt.
After learning the Draw Sword Form, even the feeling of holding a sword became completely different. There was a certain special sensation, something hard to describe.
But it raised his understanding of the sword by several levels, as if he had been born for the sword.
Especially the moment he held it, in Ethan's mind, the angle, speed, and detailed movements of drawing the sword instantly appeared. Every step became extremely clear.
It felt like he had done this countless times before. There was no need to think at all.
He only needed to draw the sword, and his body's reflexes would complete the countless remaining steps for him.
"Eight Forms of God-Slaying, First Form, Draw Sword Form!"
Standing before the stomach wall as large as a wall, Ethan tightly gripped the hilt, and then, drew the sword in one motion.
Whoosh!
Sword energy burst out wildly from the tip of the God-Slaying Sword.
That sword energy seemed to become an extension of the blade itself, slicing from top to bottom across the monster's entire stomach sac.
"ROAR!"
The monster let out another weak scream.
But the rolling and struggling Ethan had expected didn't happen. Because at the very moment the Draw Sword Form ended, he looked up and actually saw the gray mist above his head, along with countless Cockroach Immortals hovering nearby.
BOOM!
The giant monster split apart from the middle and collapsed to both sides.
'Just one draw of the sword... and the monster is done?'
Ethan stared at the scene in front of him, completely stunned.
[Discovered corpse of Giant Cockroach Immortal. Collect?]
'Collect!'
[Five-Colored Beast Core +1]
[Earth Beast Core +87]
[Wood Beast Core +69]
[Water Beast Core +1]
[Metal Beast Core +16]
[Wind Beast Core +21]
[Giant Cockroach Immortal Meat +1000]
[Giant Cockroach Immortal Carapace +2]
[Giant Cockroach Immortal Antennae (segments) +200]
So the so-called cave he had been thinking about all along was actually the mouth of a giant cockroach.
'What the hell!'
'But…'
'Something's not right.'
'Because the prompt clearly said cave.'
'The prompt shouldn't be wrong.'
[South: 50 meters ahead, there is a cave containing a large amount of premium sludge.]
"Hm?"
'Still to the south?'
Ethan quickly looked south, only to see a cave several times larger than before, opening like a pitch-black maw, as if ready to devour anything that entered.
Around the cave were scattered stones of various sizes.
Only now did Ethan finally understand.
That direction really did have a cave, but it had also been turned into a nest by the Giant Cockroach Immortal. It deliberately opened its mouth wide, waiting for creatures that mistakenly entered the cave to become its food.
'What a sly trick.'
Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!
However, right after Ethan killed the Giant Cockroach Immortal, those smaller Cockroach Immortals went completely mad, surging toward him.
Countless of them even landed on the remains of the giant one, gnawing wildly at the corroded internal organs and the scraps of flesh that had no value for collection.
In the blink of an eye, the giant corpse was covered with countless small Cockroach Immortals.
And many that couldn't find a spot to feed, or weren't interested in the corpse at all, formed a dark swarm and flew straight toward Ethan, trying to feast on this fresh "Monk meat".
"Draw Sword Form!"
Whoosh!
Ethan used Draw Sword Form on the nearest group of Cockroach Immortals.
Sword energy burst out from the tip once again.
This time, because of the gray mist outside, Ethan could finally clearly see the shape of the sword energy produced by Draw Sword Form.
It formed a sharp airflow with a massive arc, slicing open the surrounding gray mist. The farther toward the tail end of the arc, the wider the area it covered.
Though the sword energy looked wide, it didn't reduce its sharpness at all.
Any Cockroach Immortal that touched the edge of the sword energy was cut into several pieces, while those within the center were directly shredded to bits.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Countless cockroach corpses fell from the air like rain.
Ethan didn't even bother collecting these trash-tier Cockroach Immortals. There was nothing valuable, and picking them up would just be a waste of time.
"As expected, in a place where I can't use Great Fireball, physical attacks are way better."
Watching the sky filled with falling corpses, and not having to deal with disgusting splashes of pus, Ethan felt quite satisfied.
But even though one strike killed nearly a hundred Cockroach Immortals, the number of them in this poisonous mist area seemed endless. No matter how many he cut down, they just kept coming.
It was getting irritating.
[Draw Sword Form: EXP 133/10000]
Ethan got curious about how much experience one use of Draw Sword Form would give.
But after taking a glance, he realized something surprising, the experience gain was actually calculated based on the number of monsters he killed.
'Which means, the more I kill, the faster my experience will grow.'
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