Chapter 53: Half Grandmaster!

There are people who can use the left-handed sword, but there are not many who can use it well.
After all, most martial arts are based on the foundation of right-handed swordsmanship.
Changing to the other hand is not just a matter of changing direction.
However, for Fang Mo, there is actually not much difference between the left-handed sword and the right-handed sword.
Yes, the attack power is reduced by half.
But the fighting style remains unchanged.
After all, Fang Mo's expertise in drawing and slashing is just too simple.
Self-created skills are like this, simple, convenient, and effective.
So even if you change direction and your attack power is reduced by half, that's all there is to it.
This is because Fang Mo doesn't often exercise his left-hand sword.
This time, Fang Mo directly took six steps back, while Li Mingsi finally stopped trying to be strong and took two steps back.
However, before he could react, Fang Mo swiftly switched his knife to his right hand and launched another attack with a knife slash.
Li Mingsi: "..."
"Bastard! Don't underestimate me!" Li Mingsi became angry, and the speed of his Willow Catkin Sword Technique increased.
Densely packed and like catkins, the sword aura swept towards Fang Mo.
The power of entering the state of microcosm reached its peak at this moment.
Fang Mo's whole body's magical power became more concentrated.
He relaxed his whole body and gently touched the ground with his divine-slaying blade.
In the next moment, a shocking blade aura instantly illuminated everything around.
Blood Flame Strengthening Technique activated!
Terrifying blood-red color enveloped Fang Mo, and the next moment, endless golden light flew towards Li Mingsi from bottom to top.
Not good!
No escape!
Li Mingsi's heart sank, and the long sword in his hand instantly slashed out countless sword lights colliding with the blade.
However, the razor-sharp blade, condensed to its extreme, shattered countless sword rays in an instant, rushing towards Li Mingsi.
What does the attribute enhancement of 10% for all attributes for the next ten minutes mean for Fang Mo at this moment?
It means that Fang Mo's power has reached a terrifying 480!
The maximum power in this world is only 300 points.
Fang Mo's slash unleashes this immense power.
At the moment when Zifang Mo made this slash.
In Li Mingsi's eyes, Fang Mo's figure suddenly became infinitely elevated.
That stunning blade edge was no longer a simple attack, but a strike that seemed to shatter the void!
"I... I surrender!" Li Mingsi gritted his teeth and spit out a mouthful of blood, falling backwards.
But unfortunately, at this moment, Fang Mo's blade arrived.
Just as Fang Mo's blade was about to cut Li Mingsi in half, a figure appeared lightly in front of Li Mingsi.
Then the figure gently grabbed.
Fang Mo's terrifying attack, which was enough to kill a normal early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, was quietly caught between two fingers by the figure.
"Thank you." Fang Mo withdrew his Divine Slaughter and saluted with a fist.
Just now, he couldn't control that strike even if he wanted to, if it wasn't for the other person, he would have unintentionally killed them.
"Not bad." The figure revealed itself to be the referee.
The referee waved his hand and someone naturally carried Li Mingsi away.
Fang Mo bowed and saluted as he left the arena.
"Heavens! Did Elder Yan really smile? Am I seeing things?"
"Who knows what just happened? Why did Li Mingsi suddenly stand still like an idiot and embarrassingly shout that he surrendered? Didn't they just start the fight?"
"If someone calls you a noob, you have to admit it. Didn't they start fighting? You just didn't see it! Look at those at the ninth and tenth levels of Qi Cultivation."
Ignoring the exclamations and admiration from the surrounding crowd.
Fang Mo sat down in the contestant's seat and quietly opened the game log.
【Ding! Congratulations to the Sleeping Tiger Swordsmanship for advancing further and successfully reaching the Grandmaster level.】
【Your mastery of one-handed weapons has increased from level 9 to level 10.】
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One-handed weapons mastery level 10
Current proficiency categories: Swordsmanship 100%, Knife skills 100%.
Skill effect: Increase attack power of sword/knife one-handed weapons by 240% (+40%), increase neural reflex speed by 3%, immune to mental control, immune to mental manipulation such as temptation and induction.
Simultaneously, sword/knife skills with one-handed weapons have greatly improved, and proficiency with sword/knife one-handed weapons has greatly increased.
(Note: Proficiency exists independently and every additional activation of a one-handed weapon mastery increases the requirement consumption by 100%).
lv.10 Additional Ability:
Breath of all things (lv.max), through observation, you have gained the ability to understand the unique rhythm of everything in the world. This special rhythm is called the Breath of all things. This ability cannot be enhanced in the War Paradise and can only be improved through self-perception.
lv.30 Additional Skill:
Sword/Blade Intent (Intermediate): Advanced skill of Sword/Blade Aura, +100% physical damage, this damage has absolute priority, can perform medium-range attacks, sharpness corresponds to the level of Sword/Blade Art, no power attenuation within ten meters, no usage interval, blade aura flight speed +150%, sharpness value +30, armor penetration +25, blade aura is an energy-based entity.
Cutting with the Blade (Advanced): Obtained by fusing cutting techniques, this special form of the sword/knife has many uses. This ability cannot be strengthened in the War Park and can only be comprehended by the user's own understanding.
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Finally...
Under the oppression of Li Mingsi, Fang Mo finally unleashed the maximum potential that had been suppressed for a long time.
His knife skills have been completely elevated to the level of a grandmaster!
Of course, in this world, it is also called the Microrealms.
But what makes Fangmo somewhat frustrated is that his knife art has reached the master level while his sword art has not.
Fortunately, under the influence of the 72 techniques of earthly demons, his sword art has already gained sufficient experience, and he only needs to continuously break through his limits to easily make a breakthrough.
Quickly, within a few breaths, Fang Mo's swordsmanship completely stabilized.
What does reaching the Grandmaster level/entering the Profound Realm imply?
Fang Mo only had a vague feeling before.
After reaching this state, Fang Mo was surprised to find that the whole world had completely changed in his eyes.
Slow, quiet, and more vivid.
Just by listening, he knew that the jade around him had been indulging in alcohol and women for a long time, resulting in serious physical weakness and the need to replenish his kidneys.
And he can also distinguish the player next to him, because he has been using the sword for years, so the callus on his right hand is slightly thicker than his left hand.
And all of these are the wonderful experiences brought by the state of immersion.
However, soon Fang Mo found himself somewhat helpless.
To be precise, he is not yet in the Grandmaster realm.
Of course, his combat power has already reached the Grandmaster level.
His skills have also reached the Grandmaster level.
Even his body has reached the level of a grandmaster.
But he still hasn't reached the level of a grandmaster.
Why?
It should be said that he is currently at the level of a semi-grandmaster.
That is, he has partially entered the realm.
But he hasn't taken the half-step into the realm.
What does that mean?
As a grandmaster, one enters into a peculiar microstate.
For ordinary individuals, this microstate does not last for too long.
Generally speaking, for cultivators who reach the microstate for the first time, it usually only lasts for one or two seconds.
However...
Fang Mo has been in a state of paralysis for a minute!
As a result, everything in his field of vision is as slow as a snail!
This is absolutely maddening!
But Fang Mo has read about this situation in the apprenticeship book given to him by Mu Yun.
The longer the duration of this microstate, the greater the potential.