Chapter 29 - Bloody Spiders (2/2)
His eyes were closed. His countenance was calm. His mind was clear.
So far, I count nearly 10000 spiders. They must be the reason this sector is devoid of high-ranking creatures... which means the Sector Boss probably is a spider with a D rating! Sigh... With my current ability, I can at most kill only a thousand or so, but that should be enough!
Will sheathed his sword into its icy-blue scabbard. He had made this scabbard from water and he kept its form through sheer willpower.
”Suijin no Ikari: Shuriken!!!” Will quickly released his sword from its sheath.
The art of striking the instant one unsheathes their sword is known as iaido, and it is a powerful tool from Japanese swordsmanship. The large sphere disintegrated into thousands of pieces, each sharp and extremely quick as they suddenly attacked the immediate area near Will and the spot where the water sphere had been previously.
Will had now reached a level of control with water that allowed him to somewhat direct the brunt of the attack in a certain direction. As he expected, his rain of mini water-blades completely shredded the surrounding environment as they made their way towards the sieging spiders. It was as if a torrent of hundreds of shuriken had been flung out at Will's surroundings!
The spiders which were closest to Will, standing by the bank, were turned into Swiss cheese without even having the chance to understand what happened. In a single instant, their body had been riddled with holes from head to toe!
Will didn't need to look with his eyes to see the damage he had done: through his Water Sense, he knew full well what his attack had managed to achieve. As everything was roughly within his calculations, he wasn't either excited or disappointed when he saw the extent of the damage done to the spider army:
Sigh, only a thousand, as I expected. Quite a few more have been injured, so there is a chance that they will die after some time...
But how did he achieve this? Simple, water can be very sharp if used properly, however, Will didn't only use water in his attack...
Sword intent is truly amazing... it can turn anything into a sword!
Indeed: Will had infused his sword intent into his Suijin no Ikari!
He had made this realization some time ago: his original Suijin no Ikari already held a small wisp of sword intent! This also was why it was so powerful and rated so high.
Martial arts had many aspects to it, now when you mix in the fantastical tools Will had at his disposal, it became a minefield of variations.
Now that he was aware of what he was doing with sword intent, he was able to take the attack power of the technique to a whole new level!
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