Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 4: The Sword Manual of Light and Shadow

Seeing Lu Jin momentarily distracted during the battle, Li Tao frowned, twirled his longsword, and lashed out at Lu Jin's right arm with the spine of the blade.

"Snapped!"

"Hi~!"

Just as he was about to see the words next to the gray progress bar, a crisp sound rang out. In pain, Lu Jin clutched his right arm and gasped.

"Humph!"

Li Tao snorted coldly and said without any politeness, "You were distracted during the battle. If I were the enemy, you would be dead by now!"

"My fault."

Lu Jin's expression turned serious, and he quickly apologized, ignoring the pain in his arm.

If you make a mistake, you must admit it; if you are beaten, you must stand at attention!
He's only been slapped now, but if he were to fight a monster or enemy, the price he would likely pay would be his life.

"Ten-minute break, we'll continue later."

"Strict teacher Li Tao said coldly."

'You little rascal, I've finally caught you! I'm going to give you a real blast today!'

Li Tao thought to himself.

When a student is so outstanding that they seem perfect, the teacher often feels helpless.

After all, if students haven't made any mistakes, teachers shouldn't nitpick and find opportunities to criticize and educate them.

Coincidentally, for some unknown reason, Lu Jin made a silly mistake, giving him an opportunity to make a scene.

Only when you fall and get hurt will you learn a lesson, and the more painful the fall, the deeper the memory.

Today we'll give this kid a good beating so he'll remember it and not make the same mistake again. That way, I won't waste the generous treatment I've received as his instructor.

Nodding, Lu Jin stepped aside, seemingly to rest, but actually began studying the cheat software.

Lu Jin glanced at Li Tao discreetly and noticed the words next to the gray progress bar above his head.

— [Cooldown Time: 1 years]

Through feedback from the cheat program, Lu Jin understood the meaning of this cooldown time.

—【There is a cooldown period of varying length before you can obtain any dropped items from any target. During the cooldown period, you cannot obtain any dropped items from that target.】

With a quick thought, Li Tao immediately hid the gray progress bar and text above his head to avoid making it look strange.

Subsequently, Lu Jin's consciousness sank into the white, boundless external space.

At this moment, within the infinitely large external space, a dazzling golden orb of light was suspended.

When Lu Jin's thoughts touched the golden light, the golden light dissipated and transformed into a platinum metal book.

At the same time, a pale golden light screen appeared above the platinum book.

[Dropped Item: The Sword Manual of Light and Shadow]

[Location of the item: Li Tao (from "Mist Sword")]

[Drop Tier: Ascended Drop]

[Item Description: Common-level swordsmanship manual, including a method to increase power by a hundredfold]

Lu Jin: "!!!"

Ordinary secret manuals are not actually ordinary. Secret techniques in the universe can be roughly divided into levels from low to high: unranked, ordinary, top-tier, peak, ultimate, and strongest. "Mist Sword" is an S-rank sword technique manual on Earth. "Light and Shadow Sword Manual," which was sublimated and dropped from "Mist Sword," may seem to be only ranked in the second tier, but in reality, it is at an extremely high level.

Gun techniques like "World Destroyer" and sword techniques like "Ninefold Thunder Blade," which are touted as being at the 'ultimate' level, are not even mediocre; they can only be considered children's scribbles.

After all, secret manuals that can be rated as second-rate in the universe are generally created by ordinary world lords and mediocre immortal gods.

Ordinary-level secret manuals are generally created by genius realm masters and immortal marquises, which shows the high value of "The Light and Shadow Sword Manual".

At this moment, Lu Jin was overjoyed.

Give me a pillow when you feel sleepy!
I was wondering where to find exquisite sword manuals, but unexpectedly, my own cheat code delivered them to me.

In other words, Earth is a special planet with life, and it also contains many valuable things. Otherwise, even if you sold the entire Earth, you still wouldn't have enough money to buy a regular-level secret manual.

Is this a launch bonus, or is the drop rate for cheaters really high?

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Shaking his head inwardly, Lu Jin had a thought and directly began to examine the "Light and Shadow Sword Manual" in the external space.

Perhaps due to the fact that it was produced by a cheat program, this "Light and Shadow Sword Manual" does not have the restriction that those who are not strong enough cannot view it.

Moreover, the text on it was Chinese, which he was familiar with, rather than some incomprehensible universal language.

After a cursory glance, Lu Jin had a general understanding of the contents of "The Sword Manual of Light and Shadow".

This is a manual of sword techniques based on the laws of light. In addition to the complete method of exerting power a hundredfold, it also records six sword techniques: Floating Light, Fleeting Shadow, Light's Passage, New Shadow, Judgment, and Holy Judgment, collectively known as the 'Six Styles of Light and Shadow'.

Other techniques include the movement technique 'Illusory Body of Light and Shadow', the defensive secret technique 'Shield of Light and Shadow', and the method of cultivating the Force 'Source of Light and Shadow'.

As for the guiding techniques that most secret manuals on Earth also include, the proper secret arts in the universe don't have this. The "Light and Shadow Sword Manual" is no exception; it is directly incorporated into the Force cultivation method "Source of Light and Shadow".

With the "Light and Shadow Sword Manual" in hand, if one were to advance to the planetary level and one's own Force attribute were also light, then the Realm Lord would not need to consider changing to other sword manuals for cultivation.

Moreover, with the "Light and Shadow Sword Manual" as guidance, his power exertion techniques will be correct.

It can not only apply force application techniques to power amplitude and speed amplitude, but also to defensive amplitude.

Why do most planetary-level politicians on Earth dare not hunt down king-level monsters of the same rank?

Besides the lack of guidance and the relatively low force multiplier, it is also related to the fact that martial artists failed to apply their force multiplier to defensive amplitude.

Otherwise, even with only three or four times the defensive amplitude, with the Black God Set, which can reduce the material attack of a King-level monster to one-tenth, everyone would basically have no need to fear King-level monsters of the same rank.

At this point, the ten-minute break was over, and Li Tao said, "Break time is over, let's continue!"

Lu Jin wanted to continue reading "The Sword and Shadow Manual," but after seeing the stern expression on Li Tao's face, she ultimately didn't say anything to refuse.

"Dang!" "Dang!" "Dang!"

Soon, in the spacious training hall, the light of swords flashed and the metallic clang of longswords clashing was deafening.

Two hours later, the morning training session ended, and Li Tao walked out of the training hall feeling refreshed.

Inside the training hall, Lu Jin, feeling like he was about to be worn out, was so tired that he didn't want to move and simply lay sprawled on the floor.

After a while, having regained some strength, Lu Jin sat cross-legged on the ground and, referring to the "Source of Light and Shadow" method of cultivating the original force in the "Light and Shadow Sword Manual," began to cultivate the original energy of genes.

Although you may have external advantages, your own hard work is still essential.

After exhaustion, it is undoubtedly the best time to cultivate genetic energy.

(End of this chapter)