Chapter 225: Sword of Ash Destruction and Annihilation
“As expected of Little Fei… However, Miss Ophi, you don’t have to worry about hurting me.”
The black-haired young man retreated as he rapidly raised his sword edge, cutting through a cluster of spear auras. However, the rebound force transmitted from the ice spear made Igert’s wrist sore.
Igert spoke earnestly to the Ice Dragon Girl opposite him, who had clearly reined in her attack.
“Is that so? Then, Igert, be careful!”
The Ice Dragon Girl nodded a little confusedly. She flicked the cold spear in her hand, and wisps of frost dyed the spear shadows as she attacked Igert.
Igert didn’t dare to relax his nerves in the slightest. His activated “Appraisal” talent rapidly captured the traces of every cold spear strike from the Ice Dragon Girl. He clasped the sword edge in his hand, meeting the increasingly sharp spear auras.
As the cold spear descended, the sound of collision with the long sword grew more intense.
Ever since passing through Duke Oran’s ruins, Igert had not only gained the swordsmanship that shook the world possessed by the Blood Race Duke, but his own sword skill level and the sword techniques he had learned had also greatly improved!
Various different sword stances were displayed on Igert’s steel sword.
Blade Unsheathing Light, Breaking Edge, White Sword Revolving Light, Steel Breaking Sword Technique, Flowing Shadow…
Ophi’s big eyes also brightened. A slight blush appeared on her pure white little face. The tip of the spear, held by one hand, drew beautiful lines in the air, shattering the various changes of Igert’s sword edge.
The hard sword struck the dragon spear, emitting a crisp clang. Igert’s sword momentum, which he had tightly held, suddenly changed. Although there was no Battle Qi enhancement, and the all-sweeping starlight could not exist, the trace of the sword edge, as it was horizontally slashed out, was still extremely gorgeous and magnificent!
“Is this the ‘Starflow Sword Qi Slash’ left by that person, Lord Lothel? Truly worthy of being a great legendary figure…”
Ophi blinked her big eyes, and her soft voice carried a hint of curiosity. On the Ice Dragon Girl’s pure and beautiful face, feeling the surging sword intent that swept towards her, she suddenly thrust her dragon spear straight forward, piercing through the continuously surging sword momentum.
Igert’s footsteps stomped on the ground, and the sword edge in his hand was raised high, descending like a gray-black line.
“Bang.”
The sword edges collided, emitting a crisp sound. However, what Igert’s sword edge struck was a steel sword that Verafia casually grabbed.
The girl turned her big eyes and stared at the black-haired young man in front of her with considerable displeasure.
“Igert, you idiot, the ‘Arm’s Reach Sky Splitting’ and the ‘Sword of Ash Destruction and Annihilation’ that this young lady taught you, are they meant to be used like that!”
“Young Lady?”
Igert’s pupils contracted. In front of Verafia’s extreme dissatisfaction and her obviously irritable gaze, he felt a bad premonition. Igert swallowed hard.
“Damn it, is this Miss Phoenix trying to use me as a sandbag to vent her anger!”
Verafia’s slender hand trembled, knocking down the sword edge that Igert had slashed down. She lightly lifted a wisp of hair that fell down, and then said angrily:
“Really, the sword skill that this young lady painstakingly taught you, to be used in such a manner, is truly unforgivable. Idiot Ice Dragon, move away! This young lady is going to teach this guy a few more rounds!”
“Young Lady!”
Igert wanted to cry out in protest, “Lord Lothel’s sword skills aren’t that easy to learn.” But at this moment, he had no time to care. While feeling a chill run down his spine, he shouted and hastily pulled out the sword he had just lowered.
Verafia swung her straight sword. Under the extremely fast sword momentum, the metal blade edge almost turned into a flash of white arc. Igert’s eyes twitched. While retreating rapidly, he swung the sword edge placed in front of him, but it merely caught the trace of the girl’s sword light.
The dazzling sword light, as if severing the distance, descended directly. Verafia lightly pressed down her sword momentum, causing the trace of the sword light to stall slightly, allowing Igert’s defense to catch up before she directly brought down the sword light!
“Watch carefully. This young lady will say it again. ‘Arm’s Reach Sky Splitting’ doesn’t require sword light created in a flashy way like you, nor does it involve finding shortcuts through the gaps in space.”
Verafia’s crisp, bell-like voice came from between the gaps of the sword light.
“Instead, it is like this, directly using the sword to tear apart the concept of ‘space,’ and finally returning to a single blade!”
The sword in Verafia’s hand struck the blade. Even relying solely on the fierce sword wind, Igert felt the illusion that his entire body, along with the sword and the space behind him, had been split into two.
Igert desperately blocked the sword in front of him. Suddenly, the girl lifted her wrist and stopped the still-unsheathed slash with her steel sword.
Igert knew that this Young Lady was holding back, but the young man didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He re-stirred his sword edge, attempting to launch a preemptive attack, and at the same time activated his “Appraisal” talent, consuming spiritual power in an attempt to understand the girl’s sword moves.
Igert was by no means hoping to defeat this Young Lady to regain his honor, nor to be able to resist under Verafia’s sword. Instead, he was only begging that in front of Flarn and Ophi, he wouldn’t be beaten so disgracefully by this Miss Phoenix again.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Verafia unleashed seven to eight sword lights, all of which were different variations of “Arm’s Reach Sky Splitting.” Moreover, the girl seemed to have deliberately exposed the traces of her sword edge very clearly so that Igert could see and learn properly.
However, even so, in Igert’s maintained “Appraisal,” every sword strike from Verafia was like breaking through the thick snow of the northern lands and the vast, starry sky. The sharpness was immense, and even the field of vision he maintained was cut open by its defense!
Igert held his sword, and his body retreated step by step. On the ground, deep sword marks were cut.
Verafia grabbed the sword edge in her hand, and an “annihilating” intent descended upon the steel sword.
“As for the ‘Sword of Ash Destruction and Annihilation,’ as far as I know, this sword skill, created with the meaning of ‘destruction,’ is the most destructive and offensive sword among all of Lothel’s sword skills.”
Verafia said, glancing sideways at the scarred and disheveled Igert with her golden eyes, and then suddenly pouted her delicate lips in annoyance.
“But this bright and fierce sword, you’ve turned it into a sewing needle, and you can’t even defeat a little Ice Dragon. If I were Lothel, I would have been angered to death by you… Forget it, fighting with you is really boring. Igert, use your Battle Qi too!”
“Use Battle Qi and fight this little phoenix?”
Igert clasped his sword with one hand, gritted his teeth, and showed a defiant expression. He would rather be beaten soundly by this spoiled Miss Phoenix than suffer such humiliation!
Verafia’s sword edge descended. The extinguishing sword light pulverized the young man’s parrying sword moves with ease. Igert was forced to retreat with no way out. Finally, with a determined heart, pure silver Battle Qi surged into his silver sword, erupting with a roar!
“Now that’s more like it… Really, if you had just listened to me, it would have been done. Alright, Igert, watch closely now, this is how the ‘Sword of Ash Destruction and Annihilation’ is used!”
Verafia raised her jade-like face. Feeling the geometric increase in power and speed of his sword moves as Igert’s Battle Qi surged in, her beautiful golden eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and she became excited.
As soon as the girl’s voice fell, the sword held in her fair jade hand turned into a straight diagonal line and descended!
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Verafia: Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
Igert: Then, Young Lady, can you leave me some dignity today… On New Year’s Day, I don’t want to be embarrassed!
Verafia (tilting her eyes, grabbing her sword): Hmm? What do you think, do you want me to do it myself?
