Chapter 152 Slash
The final skill of the Sword Saint――[Dragon-Slaying Slash: Ruin].
It was a technique that not even [God's Body], [Chaos Strength], or [God's Armor] could defend against or withstand. The moment it hit, it would surely be fatal. In the midst of a rapid exchange of blows, Aaron instinctively sensed it the instant he saw the white-silver sword.
At that point, Aaron had no way to defend against it. His only chance of survival was to dodge Logan's attack.
――But.
It wasn't just Logan who had surpassed his limits multiple times in this battle.
It wasn't just Logan who had been enjoying this fight.
Like a child who becomes completely absorbed in a game and rapidly improves, Aaron was experiencing his first real battle and his senses were being honed to an unprecedented level.
――Awakening. Or, the blossoming of his Talent.
As for pure combat, it could be said that Aaron's true potential was finally blooming at this very moment.
――He can see.
A strange sense of time that felt like it was being sliced into even finer pieces.
――He understand.
His senses have become so sharp that he can grasp the flow of every single particle of aura, and he can even comprehend Logan's thoughts through his aura's movements.
Aaron Gale's sword is being sharpened by a whetstone named Logan
Sharply. Ever sharper.
His endless hatred towards him. The sorrow of losing his friends. The anxiety of not being able to stop the Stampede. His concern for his comrades. His murderous intent towards the villains. His intense anger towards Logan, who had deceived him.
All of these emotions were being whittled away as he narrowly escaped death.
At this moment, for the first time, he has become a pure Swordsman.
――So.
As death loomed before him, Aaron laughed fearlessly.
"――――!!"
His god-like, extremely sharp sense had detected the variation that had visited Logan in the midst of their rapid exchange of attacks.
The flow of aura, its density, and the behavior of aura particles were all teaching Aaron something.
The silver-white sword was formed, and what it was for was clear.
With precision rivaling future prediction, Aaron predicted the techniques that would be unleashed.
Predicting them, Aaron poured aura into the sword.
It was an unprecedented way of pouring aura into the sword, a perfect fusion of sword and aura. The first attempt. But the possibility of failure didn't even cross his mind.
CLANK―― A sharp sound rang out.
"Black Radiance" was reborn as a platinum sword.
――[Flash Strike]
Logan and Aaron closed in on each other almost simultaneously, the distance between them vanishing in an instant, their speed now rivaling our thoughts.
They faced each other, their swords mere inches apart.
"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAANNNN―――!!!"
He shouted, unleashing his sword.
Imitation Sword Saint Technique――――[Dragon-Slaying Slash: Ruin]
Their swords clashed in mid-air.
CLANK―――― The sound was surprisingly light compared to the intensity of the technique, and their arms were flung backward.
""――――.""
In an instant, both swords disappeared from their hands.
Each sword had nullified the other.
Then, would there be no impact?
""――――.""
――No.
From the disappearance of the swords to the next action, in that moment, they saw.
The sword didn't disappear. It just seemed that way for an instant.
Their swords clashed, devouring each other, and in that fleeting moment, an incredible compression took place, making them shrink, shrink, and shrink.
Right after that.
In the empty space between them, where their swords had collided, a small, white, fiery orb was born.
The energy contained within the sword, which was fused with the material and aura, was compressed, condensed, and focused into a single point. When it reached its limit, it reversed its direction and released an enormous amount of heat energy in an instant.
In other words, an explosion.
"――――."
It turned into a white flash.
The sound became an enormous shockwave, and even from 1,500 meters (≈ 4,921 feet) underground, it shook the entire city of Necronia on the surface, albeit slightly.
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""――――.""
They weren't sure if they had lost consciousness or not.
The next instant, their vision turned white, and their body was blown away at an incredible speed. When they came to, they had smashed into a wall and was buried inside it.
There was a blank in their consciousness.
It wasn't because they had lost consciousness, but because the process of being blown away and buried in the wall was too fast to recognize.
So, when they regained consciousness, both of them simultaneously released an explosion of aura and burst out of the wall.
The damage was equally massive. It was a wonder they were still alive. In the instant before the explosion, both of them had done everything they could to defend themselves.
They jumped back, directed their aura to counter the shockwave of the explosion, and covered their entire bodies with a double layer of aura.
Both of them had instinctively taken the same defensive action to survive.
""――――.""
It didn't matter if they had that, the damage was still severe. They jumped out from the wall and landed on the floor, but something other than pain made their knees lose strength.
Their body was screaming that this was bad. Even if they ignored the pain, the fact that they ignored it was telling them that they were at their limit.
So the two of them...
――Shut up.
And they suppressed their instincts with their willpower.
The transformed [Temple] interior. Of the 5 pillars, 4 had already lost their shape and form. The ceiling, floor, and walls were all damaged beyond recognition. The air was scorching hot, and the atmosphere had turned into a hellish scene.
On opposite sides of the room, Aaron and Logan found each other.
They were still standing. They still intended to fight. Of course. Both of them thought so.
The two of them simultaneously drew their swords from their Storage Rings and grasped them.
Logan's fifth sword of the day. This was his last prepared sword. Aaron didn't know this, but both of them felt that this would be the final one.
The rapid healing from the "activator" and the damage nullification from [Chaos Strength] had already reached their limits.
Their bodies were already screaming in agony, and even if they ignored their instincts, their functions were on the verge of shutting down.
""――――.""
The two of them, without closing the distance, infused their swords with aura on the spot.
Logan...
Logan, at that moment, surpassed even his own self from ten seconds ago.
The final skill of the sword saint. But it wasn't a technique of an ancient hero. It was a localized, degraded version of Jobs and Skills, and he understood that without needing anyone to teach him.
So...
KKKK――The sword that fused with the aura in his hand lost its physical form, transforming into a sword that emitted a white-silver light, and he swung it.
He already knew he didn't need to close in on him anymore. Originally, it was absurd to try to get close to a dragon flying at high speeds and slash at it.
That's why this was the true Dragon-Slaying Sword, forged by the legendary hero of the ancient gods, the one and only.
Sword God Technique――First Rank [Dragon-Slaying Flash: Invisible Ruin]
No one could see the flash of the sword, and distance was meaningless. The blade slashed faster than the speed of light, reducing anyone to mere dust.
On the other hand, Aaron――.
He poured aura into the raised sword.
In a dreamlike state of mind, he selected that technique.
Basic Sword Technique――[Slash]
In the end, when Aaron was cornered to the limit, He knew he could only rely on this.
[Slash] infused with aura, [Slash] simply aimed to slash, [Slash] which he has used countless times, [Slash] the most basic skill, but it held the ultimate secret to all sword techniques.
――[Slash][Slash][Slash][Slash][Slash]!!
How many [Slash]es did he stack? No, maybe he didn't stack them at all.
Purely, he refined it.
KKKK――the sound echoed, and Black Radiance transformed into a sword emitting a platinum light.
My ultimate technique――[Slash (Separation)]
The two of them swung their swords simultaneously, without closing in, right there.
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