Chapter 172 (1/2)

Chapter 172: Flaw

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

In an advance class for sword techniques in Kirst Royal Academy, everyone present were all expert Knights who had transitioned for fifteen years or more.

A senior female instructor looked and nodded at the seven students who were working hard in their cultivation.

If one were to take a closer look at these students, they would be able to tell that each of their movements were extremely slow. Each thrust, slash, and block were slow as ordinary people performing a sword dance. After they completed each action, they would stop to carefully think it through, reflecting expressions of being deep in thought before carrying on with the next move.

Although their movements were extremely slow as they swung about their swords, the muscles and longswords would compress the air, which caused explosive sounds to ring out in a display of extremely strong power.

The female instructor nodded in satisfaction and said, “That’s right. Whether it’s the Nurturing, Training, Amassing, or Killing technique, the accuracy of the actions and the flow of the force are very important at the start of every martial technique. One must practice repeatedly to increase the mastery level of the technique and temper the attributes.

“At your stage, however, you will come across bottlenecks. During this time, you must slow down and practice steadily. Experience it carefully before thinking about the flaws present.

“Remember, a high level in martial arts can not be achieved by pure brute effort but rather through careful thinking through.

“Those Garcia’s wild beasts know only how to pursue the limits and temper their bodies. They do not know the laws of the world, nor how profound the human body is. This is why the highest level they are able to attain in their life would only be second transition, level 20. Even those of the same level are far from being a match for the Empire’s Knights.

“And so, this is all the more reason why you guys cannot be like those wild beasts who only knows how to act according to their instincts.

“You guys must learn to think. Thinking is the most important aspect of practicing martial arts. Those who only know how to devote effort in training, who do not know how to think, could never dream of becoming an expert in all their lives.”

Hearing what she said, everyone present nodded in agreement. They put more effort in their thoughts, slowly appreciating their movements, as well as the weaknesses and flaws in their techniques.

Hylong was one of them. As one of the most senior students in the whole academy, he was considered one of the strongest students in this sword techniques class.

Four arms extended from his back, and in total, his six arms were each holding onto a longsword. It was the Six Armed Asura’s ability. It was obvious that he had the same job as Kaunitz.

He performed sword techniques concurrently with all his six arms, but each of of them were all performing the same set of Nurturing technique. It was just that each of his arm displayed slight differences and he was slowly appreciating the differences between each of them, hoping to discover the strength exertion most compatible to himself.

‘As I expected, the force passes through the bones and flows to the ends. This is how this set of Six Armed Divine Sword should be performed. With this, I’ll only need to cultivate my Nurturing technique for half an hour a day to fill up my potential points.’

There was a limit to the amount of potential points each set of sword technique could increase each day. Therefore, second transition Knights would constantly study about ways to practice more effectively within a shorter timespan.

Moreover, the many stances in Nurturing techniques were the basic sword stances. They were the building blocks to a series of other sword techniques.

After studying this Six Armed Divine Sword for half a month, Hylong had finally reached a higher level today. He broke out into a satisfied smile.

At that moment, the female instructor clapped her hands to gather everyone’s attention. She then shouted, “There’s three and a half more months to the Regional Selection. All of you are senior students in the academy, and all of you have hopes of participating in the Regional Selection.

“In the Regional Selection, other than having the Pantheon Monument Observation to test a person’s talent and potential, what’s most important is the various arena and hunting battles. Those require extremely tough Killing techniques.