Dimension Slash

After closing the Information Panel that only he could see, Richard practiced his superpowers while waiting for his mana to recover.

He now possessed a total of eight X-Gene Superpowers.

Of them, Plunder, Super Strength, Super Constitution, Super Self-Healing, and Mental Isolation required no practice.

As for the remaining Blink, Mental Charm, and Repulsion Ability, only Blink and Repulsion Ability needed practice.

Although Mental Charm also required practice to use proficiently, he currently had no suitable target to practice on.

More importantly, Mental Charm was not suited for direct combat.

After giving it some thought, Richard decided to begin with Repulsion Ability.

He had already used Blink in battle, and he was fairly proficient with it.

Even if he did not practice it now, it would not have much of an impact.

Without any hesitation, he immediately began practicing Repulsion Ability.

He started with egg-sized stones, then fist-sized ones, and finally large boulders weighing dozens of pounds.

Besides solid stones, the river water and the ever-present air also became his practice targets.

As he repeatedly used Repulsion Ability, the stones, river water, leaves, air, and everything else around him were constantly pushed away.

After practicing for over half an hour, he found that compressing and repelling air was the most convenient method.

Not only was air everywhere, but he could also adjust the force of the repulsion at will according to his needs.

Time flew by.

Several hours passed before he knew it.

Glancing up at the sun gradually descending behind the mountains, he opened the system panel and checked his mana.

Mana: 19

Five mana points recovered per hour?

After discovering that his mana recovery speed was roughly what he had expected, he smiled in satisfaction.

At his current mana recovery rate, he would be able to raise Octaslash to Level 2 tomorrow.

Although his mana had not fully recovered, he did not hesitate. He summoned Masamune again and continued practicing Octaslash.

"Octaslash Proficiency +1"

"Octaslash Proficiency +1"

Before long, he had exhausted all 19 points of mana.

After using up the mana that had just recovered, he checked Octaslash’s current proficiency.

Skill: Octaslash (Level 1, 55/100)

Its proficiency had passed the halfway mark!

Excellent!

Putting away Masamune, Richard used Blink to leave the forest.

After several Blinks, he returned directly to the RV.

He briefly washed up in the RV’s small bathroom, then began preparing dinner for himself.

Before long, he had made himself a steak and pasta.

Although the steak and pasta did not look, smell, and taste perfect, he was still quite satisfied with them.

As a complete beginner at cooking, it was already good enough that he could make this much. What more could he ask for?

After dinner, he began resting.

Once his mana had fully recovered, he Blinked out of the RV, arrived in the forest, and continued practicing Octaslash.

The next day at noon.

"Octaslash Proficiency +1"

As the system’s voice rang out in his mind, Octaslash’s level-up information appeared before his eyes.

Octaslash leveled up!

Octaslash (Level 2, 0/500)

It finally leveled up! Richard remarked inwardly as he looked at the level-up information before him.

Then, he used the now Level 2 Octaslash.

"Octaslash Proficiency +1"

Although the system had not explained in detail what changed after Octaslash reached Level 2, he immediately understood the difference after using it once.

It was faster, and more powerful too!

Not only that, it also consumed more mana.

After using Level 2 Octaslash just once, Richard found that he had lost 3 mana points.

However, due to Octaslash leveling up, his total mana had increased considerably.

Mana: 18/50 (recovers 8 points per hour)

His mana cap had originally been 30, but it had now risen to 50.

Besides his mana cap increasing to 50, his mana recovery rate had also risen from 5 points per hour to 8 points per hour.

Although his mana cap had increased, all things considered, the number of times he could use Octaslash had nearly been cut in half.

Level 1 Octaslash only consumed 1 mana point, allowing him to use it up to 30 times, while he could now only use Level 2 Octaslash 16 times.

If he were in combat, he could freely choose whether to use Level 1 or Level 2 Octaslash.

Not only that, as its level continued to rise, he would also be able to freely control his mana output.

For example, he could use 2 mana points to unleash an Octaslash with power somewhere between Level 1 and Level 2.

But for now, he could not do that.

Skill proficiency worked differently. He had to use the skill at its corresponding level.

To put it simply, even if he used Level 1 Octaslash thousands of times, Octaslash’s proficiency would not continue increasing.

If he wanted to keep leveling it up, he could only use Level 2 Octaslash.

After thinking it over, he decided to temporarily suspend his Octaslash practice.

With a total of 50 mana points, he could only raise Level 2 Octaslash’s proficiency by 16 points at most.

But if he practiced other Level 1 skills, such as Earth Shake, Zanshin, Sky Tremor, and so on, he could gain 50 proficiency points.

He would first raise his other skills to Level 2 and continue increasing his total mana.

Once all his skills had reached Level 2 and he possessed enough total mana, he would continue raising Octaslash’s level.

Having planned out his next training regimen, Richard began practicing Zanshin, which could unleash Crescent Moon Sword Qi.

"Zanshin Proficiency +1"

"Zanshin Proficiency +1"

"Zanshin Proficiency +1"

Time flew by.

Three days passed before he knew it.

Over those three days, Richard was either practicing Sephiroth’s skills or practicing Repulsion Ability.

Skills: Octaslash (Level 2, 1/500), Earth Shake (Level 2, 1/500), Sky Tremor (Level 1, 0/100), Zanshin (Level 2, 1/500), Iai Slash (Level 1, 86/100), Great Lightning (Level 2, 1/500), Great Blizzard (Level 2, 1/500)

Mana: 54/150 (recovers 25 points per hour)

Compared to when he had first transmigrated here, he now possessed not only five Level 2 skills, but five times as much total mana.

Besides leveling up his skills and increasing his mana, he had also undergone several other changes.

After only three days, his short silver hair had become long silver hair.

Though it was still nowhere near Sephiroth’s length, it fully met the standard for men’s long hair.

If his hair growing so quickly had taken him by surprise, then the increase in Template Fusion Degree was entirely within his expectations.

Current Template: Sephiroth (Fusion Degree 10%)

As his skills and mana increased, his Template Fusion Degree had risen from the initial 5% to 10%.

Though 100% was still far away, this rate of improvement was not bad.

At the very least, he was quite satisfied with it! "Iai Slash Proficiency +1"

"Iai Slash Proficiency +1"

Iai Slash leveled up!

Iai Slash (Level 2, 0/500)

After consuming 16 mana points and raising Iai Slash to Level 2 as well, Richard prepared to end that morning’s training.

Other than Sky Tremor, the Four Consecutive Slashes performed in midair, which was still Level 1, he had raised all his other skills to Level 2.

For someone who had only transmigrated into this world a few days ago, that was already very good progress.

Just as he was about to use Level 2 Iai Slash and see what had changed after its upgrade, a new System Message appeared before his eyes.

Task: Son of the Devil (I)

Task content: Kill all Mutant Agents in the RV Camp

Task reward: Dimension Slash

Task deadline: 1 hour