Zombie Bodyguard -
Chapter 777 - 774 Continue Teaching
Chapter 777: Chapter 774 Continue Teaching
Xiao Manxue looked up in awe, amid the fluttering leaves, the silver orb was incomparably beautiful, inspiring wonder. Yet beneath this beautiful exterior, sharpness and danger lurked.
As the silver orb reached its brightest, it suddenly exploded, and numerous sword shadows shot out from the silver orb, striking the falling leaves in mid-air with precision.
Within the spherical space of five meters in diameter, each leaf was split in two, with not the slightest error, as if they had been meticulously cut.
The silver glow suddenly retracted and vanished; Lin Tian now stood with his sword in hand, on the ground, as if nothing had happened.
Xiao Manxue looked at the leaves scattered around her, the expression of amazement on her face lingering for a long time. She couldn’t imagine how Lin Tian, whose combat style was so rough, could execute such an astonishingly exquisite blade technique.
This was despite the fact that he didn’t know how to use Sword Qi. Had he known, the technique "Thousand Illusion Breaking Sky Dance" he had just performed would have been many times more dazzling, she thought to herself in disbelief.
Xiao Manxue’s mind suddenly flashed with her master’s "Sword Energy Cross," and although the techniques were different, they seemed to share something in common, and her face slowly showed a look of enlightenment.
"Don’t space out. Watch my next move, Thousand Illusion Sky Wolf Kill!" Lin Tian roared lowly, shaking his longsword.
The longsword issued a "woo woo woo" howl like that of a wolf, the tip gathering moonlight as if it were the eye of a hungry wolf. Lin Tian charged forward like an arrow and thrust his sword; at the instant the longsword struck, the air was vibrationally sliced at high speed, emitting a deep wolf howl as if a Sky Wolf was howling at the moon.
Hearing this eerie wolf howl, Xiao Manxue felt a momentarily dizziness in her head. Alert, she quickly circulated her True Qi to stabilize her mind. By the time she recovered, Lin Tian had already sheathed his sword and stood, looking at her with a light gaze.
"That sound just now... so eerie," said Xiao Manxue, puzzled.
"Indeed it’s eerie, and had I attacked you just now, you would have been in danger, especially if an Ancient Martial Artist capable of unleashing sword light had attacked. In the moment you were distracted, how much of the power of Sky Wolf Kill could you have withstood?" Lin Tian said with a faint smile.
Xiao Manxue’s face changed as she finally grasped the essence of it; perhaps the attack power of "Sky Wolf Kill" wasn’t as great as "Breaking Sky Dance," but the howling could affect an opponent’s mind. In the moment of the opponent’s distraction, anything could happen.
Those with weaker spiritual power might not have the chance to regain their senses before being decapitated, and even those with strong spiritual power would be affected to some degree, immediately falling into a disadvantage in combat.
"Such a devilish blade technique," Xiao Manxue exclaimed in surprise.
"This is a technique of Japan; Japanese Martial Arts have integrated the strategic principles of our Huaxia. The so-called art of war is also an art of deception—attack where the enemy is unprepared, strike where they are not expecting it."
"Waging war involves a myriad of tactics that may disregard all methods, with the goal of winning battles. After the strategic principles of Huaxia were introduced to Japan, Japanese Martial Arts blended that thinking very well, embedding cunning within their Martial Arts."
"On the surface, Japanese professedly admire the spirit of the Samurai, valuing seven virtues—integrity, loyalty, courage, propriety, frugality, kindness. But in actual combat, Japanese don’t practice the so-called propriety, righteousness, or benevolence; they will do anything for victory. Hence, their martial techniques also fully display this," Lin Tian explained.
"There’s no such thing as right or wrong in this matter, battle is about killing the enemy, and if you’re still concerned with etiquette and honor, then there must be something wrong with the brain," Lin Tian said. Even though he was not an Ancient Martial Artist, the principles were all the same.
Xiao Manxue listened quietly to Lin Tian’s explanation. She was well aware that Lin Tian was not a Sword Cultivator, yet his words enlightened her, a Sword Cultivator, giving her sudden clarity and understanding of many things.
"Alright, there’s not much time left. Some things you’ll have to think over on your own later. Now watch the final move, Thousand Illusion Thousand Layers Kill!" Lin Tian roared, raising the longsword in his hand.
A lethal intent immediately permeated the air, with Lin Tian, sword in hand, as its source. Suddenly, he slashed out with his sword, drew it back, and then another slash—his cutting became faster and faster until all that could be seen were overlapping shadows of the sword.
Lin Tian didn’t actually hit anything, he was just slashing at the air, but the air seemed to have substance, splitting apart at his strokes. Under the moonlight, the ripples in the disturbed air kept spreading, lifting the leaves from the ground. These leaves, drawn by the airflow, gathered around the sword.
As the sword shadows grew denser, more leaves were drawn in. Where Lin Tian’s longsword struck, it was as if there were a vortex, shredding everything that got pulled in.
With a "boom," the final slash was unleashed, and the leaves burst apart—no, they could no longer be called leaves. They were completely pulverized, floating about like fine dust.
Under the moonlight, the fluttering leaf fragments were as beautiful as snow, a sight that would amaze anyone unaware of what had just happened. But Xiao Manxue, who had witnessed Lin Tian’s entire sequence of slashings, felt a chill in her heart.
Because the "Thousand Layers Kill" was unlike the "Sky Wolf Kill"’s deceitfulness. "Thousand Layers Kill" was truly like a thousand waves, relentless and powerful. Xiao Manxue could already imagine even a tank being torn to pieces.
"I’ve completed the demonstration of the Thousand Illusion Blade Technique. As for its completeness, I’m not sure, because the Demon Blade Muramasa only used that many techniques," Lin Tian put away his longsword and said with ease, not out of breath at all, as if the "Thousand Layers Kill" hadn’t exerted him in the least.
"Whether it’s complete or not is not important; what I need is the essence of the techniques. Having so many moves is already terrific," Miss said, satisfied, not minding whether the blade technique was complete.
"Good. I don’t cultivate the Sword Arts, so I don’t understand the essence as clearly as you do. Just now, I was merely forcing the sword momentum with sheer strength. If you incorporate the Sword Arts’ essence and infuse sword light into it, I think this set of blade techniques’ power could increase manifold," Lin Tian returned the sword to Xiao Manxue, speaking honestly.
He was just a zombie, not an Ancient Martial Artist, and certainly not a Sword Cultivator. Whether it was the blade or the sword, he didn’t grasp their essence, but he was able to perform them for others to see, relying on the powerful memory of the Eye of Clarity.
Moreover, Lin Tian believed that the true power of the Thousand Illusion Blade Technique would only be revealed when combined with sword light or blade light. He had also tried using the "Sword Energy Cross" taught by Miss’s master, but sadly, compared to the woman in white, it was far from matching in power.
"Lin Tian, thank you. If it was someone else, such profound blade techniques would surely not be shared so freely. Today, I have gained enormously," Xiao Manxue said sincerely.
"That bastard Demon Blade’s techniques, what’s to keep them secret? Is he going to bite me? Thinking back to when I was controlled by him, I suffered a lot. This set of blade techniques is merely collecting a bit of interest; it’s already lucky I don’t use it as a firewood-chopping knife," Lin Tian said with a scoff, indifferent.
"Haha, you, you make it seem as if the Thousand Illusion Blade Technique, which is clearly a formidable martial skill, is worthless in your eyes. I can’t even imagine what would be worthy in your view," Xiao Manxue laughed helplessly and said.
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