From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

This situation is often seen on the wheels of moving cars. When you see a car pass by on the road, sometimes it feels like the wheels aren't turning, and sometimes it even looks like they're spinning backward.

This is because the wheel speed has exceeded the observational frame rate limit of the human eye, leading to this phenomenon.

Lu Heng had activated the [Space-Time Stasis] skill for 5 seconds just now, but not all 5 seconds was spent switching mints.

In fact, the time taken to switch the mints was less than half a second. Under the effect of [Space-Time Stasis], the switch was completed in an equivalent of 0.005 seconds.

This has far surpassed the observational limit of the human eye, and even Lin Zeyu's Void Eye didn't observe it.

Lu Heng looked at Su Muyu and asked, "Did you see the process?"

Su Muyu furrowed her brows and said thoughtfully, "I sensed a momentary energy fluctuation just now, you definitely used a skill.

"Additionally, the positions of the two cups have undergone slight changes, indicating that you must have touched the two cups."

When Lu Heng was switching the mints, he needed to pick up both glass cups. To achieve the fastest speed, he didn't precisely calibrate them when putting them back, hence there was indeed a slight positional change.

However, this slight positional change could only be noticed by a perceiver like Su Muyu; Lin Zeyu didn't notice it.

"Anything else?" Lu Heng was curious whether she could figure out the truth behind the magic trick.

Su Muyu turned around, pointing to the electronic clock on the wall behind her, and said, "This clock now shows 22 seconds, which has changed."

Lin Zeyu widened his eyes looking at the electronic clock on the wall, puzzled, "What's wrong with the clock? The numbers are moving, it's 30 seconds now, 31, 32... Isn't that normal?"

Su Muyu pointed to the door of the room behind her, "The electronic clock in the last room is 5 seconds faster than the one in the living room."

Lin Zeyu was even more puzzled, "What's the problem? A few seconds difference in clock times is quite normal."

Su Muyu shook her head, explaining, "I personally calibrated the time on the electronic clock here, synchronized to the second. Now the electronic clock in the living room is 5 seconds slower than the one in the room.

"Based on this information, it can be deduced that Lu Heng just used a skill to slow down the time on the electronic clock in the living room by 5 seconds.

"Putting it all together, a conclusion can be drawn.

"This skill should be a time-stopping-like skill, lasting for 5 seconds, with a coverage range not exceeding 10 meters."

Lu Heng gave a thumbs up, praising, "You guessed right."

"Time-stopping skill? So strong, even able to stop an electronic clock for 5 seconds?" Lin Zeyu widened his eyes, shocked by the skill's effect.

Lu Heng smiled and explained, "It's not exactly time-stopping; it's more like space-time stasis, where the operational speed of things slows to one percent of the original."

"Slowing down that much, it's almost no different from time-stopping. What level is this skill?" Lin Zeyu's eyes were filled with envy.

"It's marked as S-Level, but the effect can be considered S+." Lu Heng replied.

On the skill data panel, there's no A+, S+ level, but such levels are often used in exchanges among Superpower Users.

S+ is actually equivalent to a relatively strong category within S-Level skills.

Of course, the judgement of skill strength by Superpower Users is subjective.

When superpower users bring out Crystal Cores for sale, they definitely exaggerate the strength, often using levels like B+, A+ to describe.

After Lu Heng finished upgrading his skills, it was Su Muyu's turn.

"How much Divine Energy have you saved? Is it enough to upgrade your skills?"

Due to her childhood growing environment, Su Muyu developed a hoarding personality, being the most enthusiastic about saving Divine Energy and would never spend it unless necessary.

"Yes, it's enough, I have over six thousand." Su Muyu nodded in reply.

"Which skill are you planning to upgrade?" Lu Heng continued to ask.

Su Muyu pursed her lips, muttering, "I haven't decided yet, my skill proficiency is almost fully trained, but I don't know which one to upgrade first. If I upgrade B-level skills, I can upgrade two or three. If I upgrade A-level skills, it's only enough for one."

Upgrading an A-level skill to S-level consumes significantly more Divine Energy, more than three times that of a B-level skill.

This means that if she uses this amount of Divine Energy to upgrade B-level skills, she can upgrade three, but if she upgrades an A-level skill, it's only enough to upgrade one.

Is the combat power increase from upgrading three B-level skills to A-level higher than upgrading to an S-level skill?

This is a question that needs consideration.

Su Muyu has two B-level skills, [Invisibility Field][Energy Wave Perception].

The only A-level skill is [Chongming Bird].

[Chongming Bird] is quite a special skill; its original skill level is indeed A-level, but it has been enhanced by the [Sky Eye] and [Sky Vault Lord] classes.

Many abilities of these two classes are embodied in [Chongming Bird], giving this skill a quasi-S-level actual effect at an A-level.

Besides, she has several C-level skills, [Prism Force Field][Elemental Arrow·Fire][Life Tree Vine Trap] are all C-level.

Su Muyu shared her thoughts for discussion, "If I don't upgrade Chongming Bird, my Divine Energy is enough to upgrade all the other skills once. Should I upgrade other skills or Chongming Bird?"

Lu Heng replied straightforwardly, "Upgrade Chongming Bird."

Su Muyu also hoped to obtain an S-Level skill in her heart because she had seen Lu Heng's S-Level skills, each being a trump card.

Lu Heng continued, "Chongming Bird is an A-level card face, with quasi-S-level effect. If it upgrades to S-level, it will have quasi-SS-level power. So upgrading this skill won't be wrong."

Suppressing her inner excitement, Su Muyu nodded in agreement, "Alright, I'll upgrade Chongming Bird then."

Lu Heng reached out, holding her hand, channeling Source Energy into her body to unlock the skill lock of Chongming Bird for her.

At the moment the skill lock was unlocked, it seemed like a mythical bird's cry piercing through the sky reverberated on the spiritual level.

Su Muyu quickly focused, channeling Divine Energy into the skill slot, merging it with Chongming Bird's energy.

This fusion took quite a while, a full half an hour passed before it was finally completed.

After the fusion was complete, Su Muyu exhaled a long breath, already showing a happy smile on her face, "Succeeded." This chapter was made possible by the community at MV|LEM|PYR.

"What's the effect after upgrading?" Lu Heng and Lin Zeyu were both curious and asked in unison.

"The upgraded name sounds impressive, it's called [Qingluan Divine Bird]." Su Muyu recited the name while keeping her eyes on the data from the skill panel.

[Qingluan Divine Bird]

[Skill Level: S-Level (Class Enhancement)]

[Skill Consumption: 200 points of Source Energy]

[Duration: Unlimited]

[Skill Effect: Summon a mythical Qingluan Divine Bird for reconnaissance, combat, calling the wind and rain, and controlling thunder in the sky. Qingluan Divine Bird can carry up to 2000kg, allowing the caster to fly in the sky with the bird's help.]

[Attributes: Detecting Invisibility Range = 30×Perception; Attack Damage = 20×spiritual power.]

[Chongming Bird Skills: Qingluan Stream Light, Solar Wind, Qingluan Cries to the Heavens]

[Qingluan Stream Light: In a weightless state, the Qingluan Divine Bird can transform into a stream of light, with a speed reaching X meters/second. Speed coefficient = 30×spiritual power.]

[Solar Wind: Qingluan Divine Bird raises a solar wind, illuminating a 50-meter range, causing X degrees high temperature. High temperature coefficient = 300×spiritual power.]

[Qingluan Cries to the Heavens: Qingluan Divine Bird emits a cry piercing the sky, releasing the divine bird's pressure, forming spiritual pressure on creatures hearing the cry. The closer the distance, the stronger the spiritual pressure. Creatures unable to withstand the spiritual pressure will faint. Maximum spiritual pressure intensity = 1×spiritual power.]

Su Muyu recited the skill effects of [Qingluan Divine Bird], and at the end, her face was filled with joy.

The upgraded [Qingluan Divine Bird] is much stronger than [Chongming Bird], with all abilities doubled and an additional powerful skill.