Chapter 383: Ancient Ruin Covered In Snow (1/2)

“Bastard......”

Rinloran glared at the sword-wielding light silhouette before him. His hands held onto his knees for support. He was panting heavily, sweat mixed with blood dripped down from the corner of his clothes onto the black stone floor.

The words carved on the stone floor were ‘Peerless Sword: Third Style’.

Rinloran only took about two days to see through and grasp the first two styles. However, after seeing the two holes left by the Thousand Storms Sword, he was stuck at the third style in the cultivation hall without being able to see through it for the past few days.

The speed of the sword was similar to the second style. However, the third style clearly had stronger slashing power. It was definitely not a simple throw, many other techniques were involved.

After examining the holes made by Thousand Storms Sword, two professors from River Bend Academy also told him more about Peerless Sword. Peerless Sword not only pursued absolute speed and sharpness, it also pursed absolute control over the materialized sword.

Absolute control over the materialized sword also meant continuous striking from start to end. It was also the advantage of close-ranged combat compared to long-range.

If such an advantage was lost, there would be no meaning.

Although he understood in his mind that even if he could not learn the Thousand Storms Sword, he must not be affected in his training. After all, before Redwin mentioned Thousand Storms Sword, even the elite teacher team in Holy Dawn Academy also believed that Peerless Sword was the strongest sword skill and most suitable for him.

In fact, if Thousand Storms Sword could no longer be passed down, Peerless Sword was certainly the most suitable for him. And there was bound to be differences between the two, he still had to learn Peerless Sword first.

However, the two holes had too much of an impact on him. He could not avoid being affected by that in his training the following days.

He would occasionally think about the two holes and imagine how it would look like when Thousand Storms Sword made the holes.

His concentration was insufficient.

Rinloran was not convinced.

He wanted to free himself from that influence, but there was not enough time. As they had to leave the next day, he probably would not be able to grasp the third style. He could only return to train Peerless Sword after the tournament.

“No, even if there’s not enough time, I can’t give up!”

“I must be like Ayrin, never give up!”

Suddenly, Rinloran straightened his back again and picked up his sword.

......

“Anderson, are you certain that Swordmaster Gideon stayed inside here longer than in his house?”

In a cave with water dripping down, the bunch of Brotherhood gathered many torches together. Redwin looked at the obedient-looking short-haired man suspiciously and asked.

“I’m certain.”

The obedient-looking short-haired man named Anderson held a magnifying glass and carefully looked through the few scrolls in his hand. Then he confidently told Redwin, “According to records, after he lost to Thousand Storms Sword Rhodes, he secluded himself here. In his later years, he had been refining his sword skills here.”

“Then how did it turn out like this?”

Redwin pointed at the water surface before them.

The cave ahead had been completely submerged in water, and it seemed to be very deep. It was dark and could not see anything inside even with a torch. It looked like a black gem.

“The records mentioned that there was one time when Swordmaster Gideon made the underground spring gush out during training. It submerged the inner half of the cave.”

The obedient-looking short-haired Anderson clearly did his homework as he quickly answered, “It is the same on different records. It was said that to commemorate Swordmaster Gideon, this area has been granted to Swordmaster Gideon as his private land. There were originally some facilities inside, but after getting completely submerged, Swordmaster Gideon was very happy instead of grieving. He seemed to have stopped researching afterwards, and passed away two years later.”

“Feeling happy that it was submerged, and stopped researching afterwards? If that’s the case, I have to check the inside.” Redwin instructed, “Get a coil of rope to tie around me. Also, get me some underwater lighting.”

“Boss, are you really going? It’s been submerged for so long and might have connected with underground currents. It’s also very deep, who knows what might be inside.”

They looked at the pitch black water surface and felt scared.

“Nonsense, I must go down and take a look. I’m actually suspecting that he might have grasped the Thousand Storms Sword. When he was experimenting, he accidentally pierced too hard and drilled through into some underground spring or current. The water gushed out and submerged this place. Not to mention, he was very happy despite this place being submerged. Then he stopped researching and died not long afterwards. That gives a strong sense of fulfilment feeling.” Redwin spoke with excitement, “It sounds more and more like a secret to Thousand Storms Sword. And it’s just a submerged cave, what danger can there be? This is not a demon forest.”

“Umm boss, why don’t we go down with you?”

“Enough blabbering. If there is danger, more going down means more sacrifices.”

“Didn’t you say there’s no danger......”

“Enough, give me that. Luckily there are no outsiders. If other people saw us Brotherhood going for a swim like this, they are going to mock us.”

“Then be careful, boss.”

The group reluctantly reminded Redwin as he was determined to go down.

“I’m coming, Thousand Storms Sword!”

Redwin shouted in excitement and dove into the water with a glowing stone in his hand.

“We haven’t tied the rope on boss!”

A Brotherhood member holding a coil of rope shouted with a pale face.

“What!?”