Way of the Heavenly Sword

**1st Sword Form:** (Ch.112)

Skill Name: First Sword Form: Converging Paths

Skill Creator: Izroth

 Skill Level: 2/4 (Ch.140)

 Skill Rank: B

 Requirements: Sword Equipped

 Passive: After successfully striking a target with a sword, the user's next sword attack can be used instantaneously. The sword attack executed using this sword form has a 100% critical hit chance. This effect can only occur once every 1 minute.

 Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

 Cooldown: 1 minute

**2nd Sword Form:** (Ch.127)

Skill Name: Second Sword Form: Returning Wave

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 2/4 (Ch.150)

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Passive: After you successfully evade an attack, your next sword strike gains the temporary ability <<Sword Counter>> and <<Sword Return>>.

Sword Counter(Active): Immediately launches an instant counter attack with the user's sword at the opponent dealing 180% of the user's attack as damage and ignoring all the opponent's physical defenses.

Sword Return(Active): Counter the next attack or skill used against you with your sword and redirect it towards a target of your choice. This skill cannot return attacks that are too far above the user's total attack damage. The cooldown on this skill is doubled if this skill is used.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 2 minutes 30 seconds

**3rd Sword Form:** (Ch. 160)

Skill Name: Third Sword Form: Collapsing Thunder

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4 (Ch. 237)

Skill Rank: A

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Passive: +10% Attack Speed

Active: Empowers the user's next basic sword attack against an enemy target, dealing 280% of the user's attack as physical damage. The user has their attack speed increased by 100% during the execution of this skill. If the user possesses a sword with the lightning attribute attached to it, the damage of this attack is converted into lightning damage and the attack speed boost is increased by an additional 100%. The skill has a 25% chance to <<Paralize>> its target for 2 seconds.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 4 minutes 30 seconds

**4th Sword Form:** (Ch. 356)

Skill Name: Fourth Sword Form: Dipping Valley

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 2/4

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Passive: +6% Armor Piercing

Active: The user creates a fissure that travels 10 meters out from the position of their sword. Any enemies caught within this fissure take 125% of the user's attack as physical damage. Enemies affected by the fissure have their movement speed reduced by 65% for 3 seconds. If any enemies remain within 10 meters of the fissure after 3 seconds, they will take an additional 250% of the user's attack as physical damage that ignores 100% of all defenses.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 1 minute 45 seconds

**5th Sword Form:** (Ch. 364)

Skill Name: Fifth Sword Form: Receding Tides

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Passive: Executing attacks with a sword provides the user with a 2.5% chance to freely use the Fifth Sword Form: Receding Tides, ignoring its cooldown time. If the skill is already on cooldown, the remaining cooldown time on the skill is not affected and ramains unchanged. The user has 5 seconds to resolve this effect before it automaticallt ends. The chance of this occurring is doubled to 5% while the active to this skill is on cooldown. Using Fifth Sword Form: Receding Tides throught this effect does not cause the skill to go on cooldown.

Active: The user releases a wave of sword intent in the direction of their sword swing that travels outward 5 meters from the tip of the user's sword dealing 120% of their attack as physical damage. When the wave of sword intent reaches the maximum distance of 5 meters, it recedes and travels back towards the direction it came from dealing 156% of the user's attack as physical damage to enemies in its path.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 4minutes 25 seconds

**6th Sword Form:** (Ch. 385)

Skill Name: Sixth Sword Form: Double Blooming Lotus

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: ¼

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Active: Instantly mimics the last sword skill executed by the user. Depending on the rank of the skill, its power and effect(s) may be decreased by up to 95%. This skill cannot be activated if the user has not used a sword skill within the last 10 seconds.

Damage Reduction: [SSS-ranked: 95%][SS-ranked: 90%][S-ranked: 80%][A-ranked: 50%][B-ranked and lower: 0%]

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 5 minutes

**7th Sword Form:** (Ch. 463)

Skill Name: Seventh Sword Form: Motionless Killing Stroke

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: A

Requirements: Sword Equipped, Sheathed Sword

Active: The user's attack speed is increased by [1 Percent Per 6 Agility] (360%) for the duration of this skill. The user quickdraws their sword from its sheath as it releases a high-pitched screech and cuts its target, dealing 120% of the user's attack as lightning damage after a 1 second delay. If the user hits a vital point, the target is stunned for 1.5 seconds, the damage of this skill is increased from 120% to 600% of the user's attack, the damage delay is decreased from 1 second to 0.5 seconds, and the cooldown is reduced by 75%.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 20 minutes

**8th Sword Form:** (Ch. 549)

Skill Name: Eighth Sword Form: Formless Sway

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: A

Requirements: Sword Equipped

Passive: Parry damage reduction is increased from 25% to 35%.

Active: For the next 10 seconds, the user's parry damage reduction is increased to 100%. Every time the user successfully parries a strike, the user gains 1 stack of «Sway». Upon reaching 3 or more stacks of «Sway», the user can activate «Formless Reflection». If «Formless Reflection» has not been used, it will automatically activate when this skill ends.

«Formless Reflection» - Consumes all active stacks of «Sway». A thin protective aura that resembles water forms around the user and absorbs all incoming damage up to 20% + (10% per «Sway» stack consumed) of the user's maximum HP. Can only be used once per activation of «Eighth Sword Form: Formless Sway». Protective aura lasts 1 minute or until it is destroyed.

Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 30 minutes

**9th Sword Form:** (Ch. 574)

Skill Name: Ninth Sword Form: World Quelling Ripple

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: S

Requirements: Sword Equipped.

Passive: The user has a 1% chance to create a «Quelling Ripple» and lasts for 5 seconds with every sword attack, invoking the active effect of «Ninth Sword Form: World Quelling Ripple» and dealing 50% reduced damage, as well as ignoring its cooldown time. If the skill is on cooldown, the remaining cooldown time on the skill is not affected and remains unchanged.

Active: Creates a «Quelling Ripple» on the surface beneath the user that sends out a rippling effect of sword intent in every direction, briefly deafening everyone in range for 2 seconds and damaging all hostile enemies in 20 meters (+5 meters every second following its initial activation) once for 10,000 fixed pure damage. In addition, for the next 20 seconds that «Quelling Ripple» is in effect, all incoming projectiles that enter into its effectiveness range will be destroyed or obstructed, and any hostile magic or mana in the area will be disrupted.

Special Note: This skill can only be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 2 hours 30 minutes

**10th Sword Form: Life Closing Raze** (821)

Skill Name: Tenth Sword Form: Life Closing Raze

Skill Creator: Izroth

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: SS

Charges: 1/3

Requirements: Sword Equipped.

Active: Releases a powerful sword intent in a 35-meter radius that affects all enemies, hostile forces, and objects with «Disintegration». All enemies struck by this sword intent will receive 750% of the user's attack as physical damage. The effects of this skill can be amplified up to [500%] depending on how strong the target's attachment to life is. Restores 1 charge every 12 hours. [MAX: 3]

«Disintegration» - For the next 10 seconds, the target's movement speed and healing are reduced by 50%, and all shields and defenses are reduced by 100%. In addition, every second over the next 10 seconds, the target will receive 1% of their maximum HP as pure damage. This damage increases by 1% every second until the end of this effect's duration. The target can be affected by multiple stacks of Disintegration.

Special Note: This skill can only be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.

Cooldown: 0.25 seconds