The surface of the cut on each piece of metal was red hot. It was as if the metal had been placed in a kiln. But only the cut was glowing and looked ready to melt, not the other part of the metal rod.
This result pleased him. He had cut the metal rod to shreds without exerting any physical effort. This is the power of a divine skill.
He estimated his condition using power assessment. His condition appeared in his mind. What he noticed was that the white light representing his spiritual energy had dimmed. This area was white because it perfectly reflected the white light of spiritual energy that he used to scan his body back to him.
He thought to himself, “The expenditure is 10%. It is probably related to the strength of the target I used the skill on. Even so, at this rate, I will only be able to use this ten times before I bottom out.”
The skill Sever is strong. With it, he can sever and cut anything he touches. This skill is one of the reasons why godclads of the pathway of killing are feared.
But activating the skill comes at a cost. He needs spiritual energy to activate it.
As long as he has the spiritual energy to cut the target, he can cut the target. If he doesn’t have spiritual energy, then the skill will be useless.
He has an advantage in the aspect of spiritual energy. A rank 1 godclad should have a spiritual energy capacity of 10 units. But he has four consciousnesses, so he has four times that amount of spiritual energy.
Apparently, using the Sever skill costs 4 units of spiritual energy. A normal godclad would be able to use the skill twice before they run out of spiritual energy to activate it. But he can use the skill 10 times.
The cost of 4 units of spiritual energy per activation is expensive. Some skills cost just 1 unit of spiritual energy, and they last long.
But Sever doesn’t last long at all. It activates and performs its effect instantly.
However, in exchange for its high cost, the skill is very powerful. All he needs to kill someone is to touch them.
He bent down to examine the smooth cuts and said, “I still need to practice, though. I’m sure I can do better than this.”
Activating the skill is not difficult. Any fool with spiritual energy can activate it. But what makes the difference is in the control of the skill.
Right now, he can only cut along the point of contact with his fingers, but he has seen other killers cut someone into cubes of flesh with just a touch.
The person that was cut appeared to have been diced into cubes. Their whole body looked like it was processed into meat cubes. No one who saw the corpse would think their injury was caused by contact with a hand.
In that vein, he should have been able to cut the metal rod into equal pieces, not just along the places that his fingers were touching it. So he still has a lot to practice.
The good news is that even though he has never been a killer, he knows the key to mastering a skill. That key is control.
As long as he can gain control of the red light that his hands produce when the skill is activated, he will be able to control the effects of the skill.
Gaining control is easy for him due to his innate ability. All he needs is constant usage of the skill. His body and mind will get used to it after they become familiar with it. This will grant him control.
So all he needs to gain mastery of the skill is practice. It is something he is familiar with and should be able to accomplish easily.
The bad news is that practicing needs spiritual energy. And in the case where the cost of using a skill is so high, he will need a lot of spiritual energy.
A normal person will have 10 units of spirituality and can regenerate one unit of spirituality every hour. Such a person will be able to produce 24 units of energy every day, so they will be able to practice the skill only 6 times.
That is if they practice nonstop every day. If they don’t, they won’t be able to practice the skill so much. But if they practice nonstop throughout the day, they will become fatigued, which will make it easy for the divine flesh to take over their body.
Being mentally tired for long periods of time means divine flesh doesn’t need the host to fall into temptation. The divine flesh can just forcefully take over their existence if they are too weak to resist it.
He doesn’t have that problem. Even if he is so tired that he can’t think straight for years, the divine flesh won’t try to take over his existence. He is confident of that because he was able to survive the Authority of the Path of the Undying even though he couldn’t walk.
But the problem of lacking spiritual energy is still there. He has a maximum of 40 units of spiritual energy. He used one unit each time he activated the power assessment technique. Then he used 4 units when he activated the Sever skill.
In total, he has spent 6 units of spiritual energy, which leaves him with 34 units left. With those 34 units, he can still practice the Sever skill 8 times with a leftover of 2 units of spiritual energy.
After that, he will have to rely on his regeneration. Since he regenerates 4 units of spiritual energy per hour, he can practice the skill 24 times in 24 hours.
24 times in a day is a lot of times. With this, he is sure to gain initial control of the skill within a maximum of a month. If given more time, he will surely be able to master the skill completely in one year.
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