346 Sword of Retaliation (1/2)

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[ Basic Mastery Test: Use 'GreatSword of Retaliation' to counter and possibly defeat your opponent ]

[ Opponent: has achieved complete Basic mastery over 'GreatSword of Retaliation' ]

[ Test Results:

1. You will receive...

2. Completely defeating the opponent will reward you… ]

Just like earlier, my essence has been restricted to only sword essence and my elements to only Earth elements.

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As the name of the technique suggested once Ian.0023 materialized,  a greatsword also materialized in my hand.

This time, the weapon was actually crucial as it was the main body of this defensive-offensive technique.

The principle of 'GreatSword of Retaliation' was quite apparent from the name, it was the counter attacking type of a defensive technique.

At the same time, a wave of sand-like shield enveloped both my sword as well as Ian.0023's, this was the initiation of the technique.

Covering the sword with mixed earth elements and sword essence, not only gave the sword a great shell for parrying attacks, but it also sent the attack over back to the attacker!

As we clashed for the first time, both of us retreated as a part of both our swords' shell broke.

The exact part that parried the attack was the one that had its earth essence shell broken from the impact, as the broken shell gathered to form something similar to a bullet, shooting towards both of us using the power of that impact.

This was the meaning of 'Retaliation' in the technique!

Thankfully, this test seemed to have slightly less limitation as we could use sword essence indepently to destroy the counter earth bullet that bounced off the swords.

'This was a bit tricky…'

After clashing swords with Ian.0023 for a whole 10 minutes and repelling over 100 earth essence bullets, it seemed a bit harder to take this clone out due to the technique's defensive nature...

'But it's over.'

Due to the lower strength of Ian.0023's earth bullets, it was obvious that his essence and earth elements were already worn out after this clash!

That didn't mean that he was running out of essence or elements, it was actually the opposite, he had enough to last for an hour more just like I did, but the basic skeleton of the technique was the thing that was worn out.

The nature of the 'GreatSword of Retaliation' was that of a continuous technique, once one constructed its basic shell, it couldn't be changed before restarting the technique, only the outer shell would be replenished over and over after it was broken down constantly, which naturally had its own effect on the basic inner shell.

As a result, as long as the damage was stronger and too repeated like it was in the current case, the basic inner shell would…

Thud!