Chapter 403 - Chapter 403: Chapter 372: Escape_1 (1/2)

Chapter 403: Chapter 372: Escape_1

The Water Dragon Summoning Skill is an extremely common tier ten skill, akin to the Fireball and Wind Blade skills practiced during the Qi Cultivation Stage. Though such skills appear immensely powerful, they are in fact highly unstable and can easily dissipate once hit at a spiritual power node.

Moreover, they have a relatively slow attack speed, putting them at a disadvantage in duels among cultivators of the same stage.

Recognizing these flaws, Yun Mengyao couldn’t understand why Xu Mu would bother using such a clumsy skill.

But the scene before her shattered her previous understanding. Her full-force attack didn’t manage to destroy even two of the magical giant dragons.

In the following moment, something even more unexpected occurred. The attacking speed of the two water dragons far exceeded her expectations, and they leapt toward her in the blink of an eye, spitting out fierce water bullets that covered a radius of nearly a hundred feet. Yun Mengyao had no choice but to defend herself with her own magical artifact.

The unimaginable strength of these two magical giant dragons shocked Yun Mengyao, but she quickly recovered.

“Could this Sea Race member have refined this elementary skill to an incredibly profound level?” Yun Mengyao pondered in disbelief.

Aside from this explanation, there is none. Otherwise, the two magical giant dragons couldn’t be this powerful.

If even such basic skills are this strong, then who would bother laboriously collecting materials to refine a magic artifact?

During the Qi Cultivation Stage, the number of cultivators practicing skills is at its peak since they can still use them in battle. But as one advances to the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Golden Core Stage, usage diminishes due to the high level of difficulty in cultivation. To practice to the point where it can be implemented in battle would consume too much time.

With such time, it would be better to earn more spirit stones and purchase a suitable magic artifact or buy a few more talismans.

Moreover, the power of a skill is fixed. After achieving peak cultivation, it cannot be further enhanced. It can, at most, rely on one’s realm to boost some power.

With such considerations, the return on investment in cultivating a skill is even lower.

Despite these limitations, the main reason for the existence of skills is their applicability during times of war.

For instance, the Water Dragon Summoning Skill that Xu Mu used could entirely be prepared by a few Golden Core Stage practitioners working in cooperation. Its effect would then significantly increase, especially in times of war.

Using it like Xu Mu did in a fast-paced individual battle is indeed rare.

As for the Water Arrow Skill that Yun Mengyao used, it is not a skill but a divine talent inherent in her bloodline. It can be instantaneously invoked and timely used in battle.

“How did this Sea Race member cultivate? We’re both at the same initial stages of Nascent Soul, yet he managed to cultivate a skill to this level. Could it be that he spent all his time only on this skill after advancing to Nascent Soul?”

Yun Mengyao found this quite absurd because it seemed like something abnormal people would do.

Even if one cultivates this skill to a high level, at most it can just withstand more attacks. But it isn’t likely to cause her any trouble.

But the next moment, Yun Mengyao abandoned this thought.

From afar, she observed Xu Mu, who was again casting his skill, summoning two more magical giant dragons that flew toward Yun Mengyao out of the light screen. And this was not the end. Xu Mu continued to summon another eight water dragons in the same manner, surrounding Yun Mengyao completely and entirely blocking her within a bounded area.

Xu Mu gave her a slight smile before disappearing from her sight, transformed into an escape light.

Yun Mengyao was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she was powerless. Unless she used some desperate moves that consumed her potential, it was impossible for her to break through the blockade of so many water dragons in a short time.

Paying the price of consuming her own potential just for the sake of trapping the opponent, which would impact her future cultivation, couldn’t be justified.

Meanwhile, she also couldn’t understand Xu Mu’s actions. Expending so much spiritual power just to trap her seemed somewhat unworthy.

This place is a dangerous secret realm. Recklessly using up a large amount of spiritual power could pose a risk to life.

Yun Mengyao’s thoughts were quite reasonable, given her ignorance of Xu Mu’s circumstances. If she knew that Xu Mu’s spiritual power was several times hers, she wouldn’t have had such thoughts.

“I’ll remember you! You’d better hope not to run into me again!”