Chapter 55: Illusion Sword (2/2)

First, the handsome and calm-looking Bora nodded at his opponent. Then, dazzling arcane particles suddenly flowed out of his fingertips on his right hand.

These arcane particles flowed along his fingers and down to the ground like running water. However, when they neared the surface of the ground, they first shaped into a light blue sword point, then very quickly extended upward along with the flow, extending all the way into his hand, forming a crystal-like light blue sword.

“Swish!”

The moment this light blue sword shaped inside his hand, two stone spikes ferociously pierced up under his opponent’s feet, stabbing at the bottom of his feet!

“He used the skill so fast!”

“As soon as he used the materialization skill, arcane particles already flowed from his feet and launched an attack!”

Kybaver’s face paled at the spectacle. He realized the rumors weren’t empty rumors. If he were to face Bora, it would definitely be a straight road to hell.

“Hm?”

A tsunami of shouts and exclamations suddenly went through through the stands.

The bloody scene of pierced feet didn’t appear. Two blue masses of air suddenly appeared on the bottom of the short student’s feet the very instant the two stone spikes smashed them, just like two air cushions that wouldn’t leak no matter what. The sting of the two stone spikes on the air cushions made the short student leap up at an extreme speed instead.

“Wind Escape!”

This short and stout student obviously had a counter-plan ready in advance. Cold light flashed inside his eyes the moment he jumped up. Raging winds suddenly blew around his entire person. His body vanished inside the raging winds; when he reappeared, he was already behind Bora.

Bora turned around.

“Air Blast!”

A mass of white air surged out from the short student’s hands. This short and stout student had little renown, but he unexpectedly had the strength of a master!

It seemed Bora’s sword wouldn’t be fast enough to follow the speed of the air blast. Bora still stayed calm at this time however. He didn’t move his sword.

“Puff!” “Puff!”

Another two stone spikes fiercely stabbed up from the ground in a flash, and stung the bottom of the short student’s feet.

The feet were still wrapped by air cushions, and with the force of the impacts from the stone spikes, his body jumped upward.

“Boom!” A tremendous explosive sound.

A mass of air exploded on top of Bora’s head. The mere scattered streams of wind born from the explosion left several red traces on his fair face. He’d certainly have been blown away and heavily injured if the mass of air had struck him full on.

His expression was still extremely calm. He stood there, not moving an inch from his spot. He merely slashed the sword in his right hand at the short student.

“Ah!”

A shout of surprise came from the short student. At this critical juncture, his rough- and heavy-looking body actually reacted like lightning. He slapped his hands together, actually trying to clasp this sword between his palms with pinpoint accuracy.

But just when his palms were about to come into contact with the surface of the blade, Bora’s sword melted as if it were made of frozen snow, disappearing at alarming speed from his right hand inch by inch. Instead, it “grew” out again from his left hand!

“Hiss…” A collective intake of cold breath.

The next second, the sword in Bora’s left hand already rested against the short student’s neck, pressing his body back to the ground.

The short student’s face went snow white, cold sweat dripping down from his face, drop by drop.

“My loss!” Several seconds went by before this short student managed to speak, willingly conceding defeat.

“Amazing!”

Ayrin let out his breath. He turned his head around and asked Kybaver beside him, very confused, “How did he do this last move of his? I don’t think I saw any arcane particle come out of his hands. Also, why was it so fast…”

“That’s Illusion Sword!” Kybaver said, his face covered in sweat.

“Elusion Sword1? Huh, I know his sword was elusive, I’m asking how he did it.”

“Idiot, I’m talking about Illusion Sword, not eluding and evading’s elusion!” Kybaver cursed him, depressed. “This is a special materialization skill. You think this sword is formed in his right hand, but in reality that’s an illusion reflected by the arcane skill. In fact, the sword was in his left hand all along, and the sword in his right hand was fake from the beginning, just an illusory image of the sword in his left hand! His arcane particles were also gushing on his left hand. Otherwise, he can’t spray out arcane particles and condense another sword like that in such a short time.”

“It’s the type of arcane skill that deceives the eyes?” Ayrin finally understood. He said, astonished, “The sword at the beginning was only an illusion, the real sword was in his left hand, but it was actually hidden?”

“Correct.” Kybaver wiped off some cold sweat, his expression easing off a little. “But this Illusion Sword… The most important thing about it is, it’s very difficult to tell which sword is the real one when you’re facing him. This time the sword in the right hand was fake, but the next time around it might be the real sword from the beginning. Especially, when things move fast in a real battle, its even harder to tell which sword is real. This is an outstanding materialization skill that combines well with physical abilities!”

“I didn’t expect there were people already this strong outside the school team.” Ayrin nodded, then cheered immediately.

“This guy, what’s he happy for. The opponent’s so strong, isn’t he worried at all he might have to face him in the selection?” Kybaver turned his head around, gloomily watching Bora walking back to the rest area. His confidence was waning by the minute.

1. The skill is literally translated as Illusion Sword Flow. Ayrin mistakes it as Change Sword Flow, because the characters for Illusion and Change sound the same here. Sorry couldn’t come up with a better way to translate the wordplay. XD