Shi Feng tried out various skills more than ten times in a row using the level 35 demon dogs.
In the hands of the Abyssal, each skill felt like a toy that could be casually squeezed and reshaped. He effortlessly shattered his previous skill completion records.
Skill completion in the Divine Realm could be considered one of the most important indicators of a player's strength.
Countless players, in order to push their skill completion up by even a single percent, would constantly practice and deliberate, training hard for days or even tens of days. Especially once skill completion reached 85%, gaining another 1% required enormous amounts of grueling practice — and sometimes even that wasn't enough.
But in front of the Abyssal, this ironclad rule was instantly broken.
Anyone who wanted to improve their combat techniques first had to learn to control themselves. If you couldn't even control your own body properly, forget about controlling the weapon in your hands.
Shi Feng's control over his own body had long since reached a very high level. But even so, his control over his weapons still couldn't match the precision of his own body — he couldn't feel every tiny detail the way he could feel a single hair falling on a blade.
However, the near-perfect compatibility of the Abyssal made it feel like an extension of his own body, allowing his skill completion to hit new highs again and again.
Among these, the basic skill Slash once again broke records, achieving a 95% completion rate.
A 95% skill completion rate could amplify a skill's effect to 135% — meaning over 30% more damage compared to the 85% completion rate. The boost in combat power was extremely significant.
Moreover, as he continued to wield the Abyssal, this constant sensation of growing stronger was utterly intoxicating. He wished he could keep going forever, never stopping.
After killing dozens of level 35 demon dogs, Shi Feng still hadn't had enough and wanted to keep using them to push his completion rate even higher. But time was limited, and he had to prioritize completing his mission.
"In my previous life, so many people who obtained Magic Artifacts warned others not to touch them, saying they'd be consumed by the artifact's power. I never realized that 'power' didn't refer to its stats," Shi Feng looked at the Abyssal in his hand, his mind racing with realizations. "In my previous life, countless experts would pour their hearts and souls into improving their skill completion by even a fraction — often in vain. Yet a Magic Artifact could accomplish this effortlessly. And as the artifact grew stronger, this compatibility would likely increase too. That's why its bearers kept feeding it, completely lost in the ocean of skill completion, unable to pull themselves free."
He had only been practicing for about half an hour, and skills that had been stuck for ages had already made huge leaps. Shi Feng could clearly feel that he was nowhere near his limit.
This kind of power was truly terrifying.
For any expert, it would be an irresistible temptation — because no expert didn't want to refine their technique, especially in a world like the Divine Realm, brimming with all manner of opportunities.
Even Shi Feng, who had played the Divine Realm for over a decade, now desperately wanted to advance the Abyssal again, to push its compatibility even higher. Maybe that would allow him to improve his skill completion even further.
Just a 95% completion rate had already boosted his combat power by over 30%. Once skill completion passed 90%, every additional percent would amplify a skill's effect by a significant amount — let alone after 95%. The gains beyond that point would be even more terrifying.
Forget a 30% boost in combat power — doubling it would be entirely possible.
This was far, far superior to simply mastering a single Forbidden Skill. After all, a Forbidden Skill was only one move. Sure, it packed more punch than a skill of the same tier, but what happened after that one move?
You were right back to square one.
In actual combat, players relied on a wide array of basic skills to attack. If every basic skill could reach 100% completion, you could effortlessly crush anyone who had learned a Forbidden Skill of the same tier.