Chapter 184 Abyss

As soon as Shi Feng clicked on the system prompt, the silver-white Abyss Blade let out a dragon's roar.

The enormous sound made it seem like a real dragon was standing nearby.

Even the birds flying across the sky were frightened by the roar and plummeted from mid-air.

As the dragon's roar subsided, the Abyss Blade broke free from Shi Feng's hand and soared into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the silver-white Abyss Blade transformed into a swirling cloud of black mist that devoured the eleven sacrificed weapons.

As the weapons were consumed, Shi Feng heard a violent heartbeat within the black mist, as if some ancient creature was being awakened. A terrifying aura washed over him, and the lush grass around him withered.

"How can the difference in pressure be so great compared to before?" Shi Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the black mist in the sky. "Is it going to start backlashing?"

Shi Feng had never seen what a backlash from a demonic weapon looked like.

In his previous life, players who obtained demonic weapons never provided any information about it. All they told everyone was to avoid demonic weapons.

The pressure he felt now was incredibly terrifying. If the pressure when he was promoted to level 25 allowed him to move with ease, now even moving was a luxury. He could only stand still and watch everything unfold.

After a moment, the heartbeat grew louder, and the black mist formed a giant black heart. Centered on the black heart, a translucent black dragon phantom appeared.

The black dragon's blood-red eyes stared down at Shi Feng, a hint of human-like amusement in its gaze. Then, it dissipated, turning back into a silver blade that fell in front of Shi Feng.

"Each time it's upgraded, the black dragon's phantom becomes more and more real, and the pressure increases with it. No wonder many players who get demonic weapons don't dare to use them again," Shi Feng muttered, his brow furrowed as he looked at the Abyss Blade stuck in the ground.

No one could say for sure when or how a backlash would occur.

Constantly increasing the power of the demonic weapon was the same as increasing the power of its backlash. At his current level, he already felt apprehensive. If he were to further enhance the Abyss Blade's power, he might not be able to withstand the backlash.

It was like the saying, the higher you stand, the harder you fall…

"Never mind, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it," Shi Feng said, shaking his head. He picked up the Abyss Blade and began to examine it.

Abyss Blade, One-Handed Sword, Demonic Weapon.

Attack Power +633

All Attributes +42

Attack Speed +15

Ignores Monster Level +15. 50% chance to deal double damage on hit, 25% chance to deal triple damage. Attack speed increases by 2% after each damage dealt, up to a maximum of 20%.

For sword users, all skill levels +3, and gains 2 additional free attribute points per level.

Equipment Level 30, Upgradeable (Devour twenty Level 35 Fine-Gold Weapons and three Level 35 Dark-Gold Weapons to upgrade to Level 35), Evolvable (Unknown).

Attached Skill 1, Phantom Kill: Instantly creates a clone with 70% of the user's attributes and all skills. Lasts for 1 minute, Cooldown 5 minutes.

Attached Skill 2, Abyss Shackles: Immobilizes the enemy, reduces defense by 100%, lasts 4 seconds, Cooldown 1 minute.

Attached Skill 3, Nine-Headed Dragon Slash: Instantly creates twelve Abyss Blade phantoms for the user to wield. Each phantom blade deals 50% damage. Lasts 30 seconds, Cooldown 5 minutes.

Attached Skill 4, Abyss Curse: Prevents targets within 30 yards from moving or attacking for 5 seconds, then reduces their attributes by 20% for 10 minutes. Effect doubles when there is only one target in range, Cooldown 40 minutes.

Attached Legacy Black Emperor's Mystical Art: Critical hits will accumulate a layer of death energy. Each layer of death energy can be used to increase all attributes by 2% and attack speed and movement speed by 1% for 10 seconds, or reduce a skill's cooldown time by 3 seconds. Stacks up to 30 times, lasts 10 minutes, Cooldown 15 hours.

Forged by the master craftsman Olixis using the Black Dragon King's fangs, it is one of the thirty-six famous swords of God's Domain, ranked thirty-first. However, the sword is cursed by the Black Dragon King. In addition to giving the wielder amazing power, it will periodically backlash against the wielder. However, it was modified by Jack, who added starlight stones to greatly reduce the power of the backlash. If the backlash cannot be suppressed, the wielder will suffer the Black Dragon King's curse, permanently reducing all attributes by 50%, and cannot be dropped, traded, or destroyed.

"Such high attack power; a level 30 Epic two-handed weapon is nothing compared to this," Shi Feng exclaimed.

The attack power at level 25 was only around 400. Now that it had been upgraded to level 30, the attack power immediately increased by more than 200 points. Not to mention the changes in skills, Dark Heaven's Frenzy became Abyss Curse, which was a very powerful control and weakening skill, whether dealing with one target or a group.

But that wasn't the biggest change.

Shi Feng simply swung the Abyss Blade, and it felt like an extension of his arm. He could even feel the blade cutting through the air.

"What exactly is going on?" Shi Feng stared at the Abyss Blade in his hand in disbelief.

It was often said that when you mastered a weapon, it would feel like your own limbs.

But that was just a saying.

It was already remarkable if a weapon could match one's attack habits and style.

In the early stages of God's Domain, the attributes of weapons and equipment were very important, but as players got better and better equipment, they would customize their weapons and equipment. Even if the attributes of the two were exactly the same, more people would prefer custom-made ones.

Why was that?

The reason was simple: to match their habits and style, even if it cost more money.

A weapon with a high degree of compatibility could not only make the attack movements smoother, but more importantly, it could better improve skill completion. This was why so many players in the later stages would rather spend a lot of money to find a forging master or a forging grandmaster to make weapons instead of using readily available Epic weapons.

It was all because the weapons and equipment they made had a higher degree of compatibility.

Thinking of this, Shi Feng immediately began to wield the Abyss Blade to experiment, finding a level 35 Demonic Hound to test the sword.

Chop!

Shi Feng could usually achieve more than 85% completion with this move, allowing him to unleash 100% of the skill's power. In his previous life, his best performance was only 87%. Although this skill was simple, it was very difficult to master.

The three crescent-shaped sword lights merged into one, maximizing the damage. But now, the three crescents had turned into three full moons converging at one point, and the space at that point seemed to be pierced, faintly revealing a wisp of black space crack.

System: Chop Completion 92%, Skill Proficiency +4, Skill Effect 125%.

Then came a move of Fiery Thunderstorm. Originally, it should have been a combination of thunder and fire, like a large fireball crashing down, but now it had turned into a sharp sword, descending from the sky.

System: Fiery Thunderstorm Completion 90%, Skill Proficiency +3, Skill Effect 110%.

"What's going on? How can the skill completion increase so much at once!" Shi Feng stared at the system notification bar in astonishment.

His current strength was stronger than in his previous life, but his best Chop score before was only 90%. It seemed like there was only a 2% difference between 90% and 92%, but this was a world of difference.

Because in the system's judgment, the completion rate of 81% to 90% was classified as one category, which could increase 3 points of proficiency and maximize the skill effect to 110%. But after reaching 91%, the skill effect would directly increase to 120%, which could increase 4 points of skill proficiency.

The Fiery Thunderstorm improved even more significantly, originally less than 85%, now directly 90%.

It only took two moves to kill a level 35 Demonic Hound.

"No wonder they say demonic weapons possess terrifying power, making many player experts love them so much that they can't extricate themselves. So this is what it's all about!" Shi Feng thought, a monstrous wave rising in his heart as he looked at the level 35 Demonic Hound being slaughtered.

This near-perfect fit and this feel, who could resist?