r18novel Chapter 47 mission complete!
Chapter 47 mission complete!
Chen Yan held the knife in one hand, standing to the side of Zhanlong. A wisp of sand flowed from the blade. He spread his legs slightly and lowered his center of gravity with each breath.
He wielded his katana, the blade moving with his will. His left foot touched the ground diagonally, drawing a circle, while his right foot remained as steady as a mountain. As his breathing became increasingly rapid, the muscles in his half-body trembled slightly, and a massive amount of physical strength flowed into the blade like wisps of silk.
"The knife has become heavier."
Chen Yan gripped the knife handle tightly, trying his best to keep the blade from touching the ground.
When he realized he was nearing his limit, he quickly reached up with his other hand and switched to holding the knife with both hands.
As he further poured his strength into it, the blade began to hum and vibrate. Though thin, the pure blade energy flowed along the blade's lines. When the cycle was established, a faint, shimmering edge of light condensed at the edge of the blade.
"Is this the empty air-charging blade groove?"
Chen Yan tried swinging his sword, and a few afterimages followed the blade. The sharp sword energy whistled, and a bit of sand in front of him was split in two.
However, this attempt also consumed a quarter of the air blades.
"It looks like its power is roughly equivalent to the Yellow Blade, but the stamina consumption is far greater than that of the Red Blade... You've put in so much effort, don't disappoint me later."
He took another deep breath, and the missing white light from the blade filled in, while the flowing light began to spread along his arms until it engulfed them.
Chen Yan's arm muscles were taut as he slowly sheathed his sword at his side. The simple movement caused beads of sweat to roll down his face. As he lowered his body and slightly parted his feet, the standard Iaijutsu stance was revealed.
The power accumulated in the katana had reached its limit, like a mountain pressing down on the blade. In order not to crush his body, he had to strike out immediately.
His gaze swept around and locked onto a huge rock in front of him.
As Harley rubbed her tail, the Grimsword quietly opened one eye.
Just as he was about to draw his knife, he suddenly realized that he had a tightness in his throat. He couldn't let the air go up or down. If he shouted it out, he might get a stitch in his side. If he swallowed it, he was afraid of upset his stomach.
Just as Chen Yan was caught in a dilemma and was about to suppress his anger and stab the knife without uttering a word, his younger brother Long suddenly turned his head and stared at his older brother Long, who was nearly a hundred meters away, with a death stare.
That's why these two brothers are so in sync.
When its younger brother, Long Yiyi, glanced at it, the older brother, Long Yiyi, felt extremely uncomfortable from a distance. It had been lying on the ground resting its legs, but when it turned around, it saw its younger brother staring at it with a provocative gaze, and it immediately became angry.
This anger made its back and legs stop hurting, and even its eyes became much more spirited.
It suddenly stood up, took a deep breath, and with all its might, let out a deafening roar at its younger brother, Long.
At this crucial moment, Chen Yan naturally heard Zhanlong's sudden roar, and his sword strike paused slightly.
Having witnessed their fights many times, Chen Yan naturally knew that this kind of roar was only used when they unleashed their ultimate move, the Iai Slash.
Suddenly, Chen Yan understood!
He understood how to use that breath!
Since the third move involves slashing the enemy through the air with sword energy, and the target is a rock, let's name it—
"Flying Blade Rock-Splitting Slash!"
A deep, furious roar exploded amidst the lingering echo of the Dragon Slayer. Chen Yan unleashed tremendous strength, forcefully breaking free from the mountain pressing down on his blade. He swung his blade horizontally at an incredible speed, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and the flowing blade energy on the blade suddenly shone brightly.
He flipped his wrist, changing the sword's momentum from a horizontal sweep to a diagonal slash. Visible sword energy detached from the blade along a perfect arc. The sword energy, infused with most of Chen Yan's strength, burst forth like an extremely narrow crescent moon, slashing towards the rock with a wailing sound.
The moment the blade energy left his body, Chen Yan let out a low groan. Every part of his body ached, and his still-healing wounds burst open and gushed blood. But he didn't care about his injuries; he just watched the flying blade energy with anticipation.
As the blade energy swept across the path, ripples were squeezed out of the air, and all the pebbles along the way were split in two by the blade energy.
Half a second later, the largest rock at the end of the road, which may have existed for decades or even centuries, finally met its unfilial descendant's strike.
There was no earth-shattering explosion. A few seconds after the blade's energy passed, half a rock slid down the sloping edge, crashed down with a thud, and kicked up dust. The cut surface was smooth and flat, as if it had been sculpted by a master.
Chen Yan leaned on his sword, panting heavily. The power of the Flying Blade Rock-Breaking Slash was beyond his imagination, equivalent to concentrating the sword energy of a Crimson Blade Ascending Dragon into a single point and unleashing it all.
Although it is very physically demanding, the blade's energy is narrow, swift, and highly accurate, making it a rare single-target melee and ranged attack technique among the many slashing styles of the katana.
"It's a pity there were no spectators..."
Chen Yan glanced behind him. The younger brother dragon still had his eyes closed, and Harley was still sharpening its tail blade. The older brother dragon opposite him had regained its strength and started jumping around. As for Flower Cat, it was busy using the scales from the dragon-slaying weapon to shave its fur.
"Yesterday it was half-burned by fire, and today it got spit out by a dragon-slaying beast. Ugh, this fur is useless..."
Chen Yan sheathed his knife, sat cross-legged on the ground, and gestured with broken grass roots on the sand.
"If you had lifted your hips and compressed your breathing a bit more just now, would that attack have been even more powerful?"
Still enjoying Harley's tail-wiping attack, the Grimragon slightly opened its eyes, and frame by frame, it saw Chen Yan using the Flying Blade Rock-Breaking Slash.
Gradually, Chen Yan's figure, wielding the knife, blurred and gradually transformed into the afterimage of its tail blade falling.
Chen Yankong's air-storing blade groove, which connects to the tail and makes it red-hot.
Chen Yan tensed its muscles, gathering strength as it gripped its tail blade tightly with its teeth.
Chen Yan's blade drew a diagonal arc from the upper right to the lower left, releasing its tail blade before first executing a horizontal slash with Iaijutsu followed by a vertical slash with his greatsword, creating an even more terrifying cross-shaped arc of blade energy.
Chen Yan's single strike was enough to split a rock in two.
One strike from it was enough to cut four or five older dragons or a dozen or so flower cats plus Chen Yan into four pieces.
The image disappeared from its sight, and it breathed a satisfied sigh.
It learned this trick.
Chen Yan scratched his head, suddenly having a very strange feeling.
It feels like...
"How dare you! I'm the one who always gets freebies from others, how could I possibly be the one getting freebies from others!"
As the sun set, Chen Yan, grilling skewers of herbivorous dragon meat he'd gotten for free, watched two dragons facing off in the sunset.
Harley looked with delight at the large bag full of various ores at her feet. Just this bag of refined ore stripped from the Dragon Slayer's Tail Blade alone made the trip to the Anthill Wasteland worthwhile.
Even the usually food-obsessed Flower Cat couldn't care less about grabbing the meat skewers. It looked at its eager older brother Dragon and felt a little nervous.
This was the first monster student it had taught with all its knowledge and placed high hopes on!
"Chen Yan, who do you think will win?"
Chen Yan, busy grilling skewers, shrugged. Hua Miao's monster student was practically a reincarnation of his own diligence, while his own monster student was practically a reincarnation of Hua Miao's laziness. Who won and who lost? Of course it was—
"Holy crap!"
The cat was dumbfounded.
The two dragon-slaying swords simultaneously drew their blades, leaped into the air, and unleashed their Dragon Ascension Techniques at the same time!
The older brother, Long, looked on in despair as his younger brother, Long, stepped on his head and climbed up another step.
It clearly used the standard posture and jumping method taught by Flower Cat, and didn't even dare to breathe more than Flower Cat taught it. It put in so much effort, so why did it jump lower than it?!
Until it saw how its younger brother, the dragon, jumped.
Very casual!
So natural!
I can jump however I want!!!
Brother Long is relieved.
So this is the true Dragon Ascension Technique for slaying dragons...
All the swordsmen knew what "airborne" meant: it meant closing their eyes and waiting for death.
But instead of pain, I received a light, painless tap on the top of my head.
The older dragon opened its eyes and saw its younger brother gently patting its head with its gleaming tail blade, just like when their father dragon was still alive.
Dragon's Tears fall.
It rammed into its younger brother Long's arms and snuggled close to him.
Chen Yan dropped the kebab in his hand with a thud, then quickly picked it up and spoke casually while Hua Miao was still in a daze.
"Of course... my students will win!"
[Task completed.]
【Flying Blade Rock Slash (Enhanced Version)】: With the help of the Ember Blade Dragon Slayer, you have gained a deeper understanding of this move, and its power has increased exponentially, seemingly touching some kind of boundary.
"Holy crap!"
Chen Yan stared in disbelief as his younger brother, Long, gently licked the corner of his older brother's eye, and the meat skewer in his hand fell to the ground once again.