Chapter 358 Stringed Hidden Weapons: Defensive Forms (2/2)

Irwin stood up, and said ”Then what are we waiting for? Let's practice!”. We all went outside. I asked Nathan to be the first person. After all, the Ring Form was the First Form. I said ”Just go easier in the beginning. You are much stronger than me, and this is only practice”. He smiled, and said ”Don't worry boy, I will not kill you”.

I released my daggers, and positioned them in a Ring Form. A ring of daggers floated around me, rotating all the time. Nathan smiled, and said ”I already saw it, but not bad. Let us start then”. Nathan threw one dagger after the other. I wasn't able to block most of them, even though he wasn't serious. We practiced like this for hours, before I stopped him. ”I need some rest, and treat my injuries. This is much harder than I thought”.

Nathan cheered me up ”Boy, you have something good on your hands. As long as you practice that well, your defence against such attacks, will be very good. This Form also covers your back, I'm not sure how you will cover that, but who knows”. I was already prepared, and took out some meat. I had to use my energy, in order to regenerate my body. This required loads of food.

A while later, I stood up with my injuries mostly healed, and said to Irwin. ”It's your turn now. Don't go overboard though. Just start slow, and if need be, you can increase the power”. Irwin nodded, and took out his sword. He said ”I will use the weakest attack, I learned. It should be alright”. I released my daggers again, but this time assuming the Second Form.

A shield of ten daggers, closely packed together in a circular pattern, appeared in front of me. I had to constantly control them, to keep the Shield Form intact. Irwin's blade suddenly lit with fire, and a Fire Element air slash sped towards me. As the attack was about to arrive, I pulled and released all the strings, with a motion akin to a wave on the sea. I was too quick though, and my Shield Form broke apart. I quickly covered myself with my right arm. I managed to block it, while the damage I sustained was minimal.

We tried that for a while, until my right hand was unable to move. I was also spent. I had to use my energy, in order to regenerate my right arm faster. After I rested some more, and ate even more food, I said to Yater ”Let's try with illusions now”. Yater nodded, and said ”I will do some simple ones, let's see if you can break them”. I nodded, and again released my daggers.

This time, all of the daggers pointed at me. My daggers were placed at specific locations around my body. This was to hit my own pressure points, and wake me up from the illusion. I also attached my Aura to them, just to give myself higher chances. Yater just stood there, and did nothing. He didn't swipe his hand in any gesture, or made any weird moves. He simply looked at me.

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After a while, I saw two Yaters, then three, four and finally five of them. All had different weapons, and all of them walked towards me. I first tried my usual method, but it didn't work. 'Time to test it out, I guess' I thought, and pulled all the strings towards me. I didn't pull too hard, as I didn't want to kill myself. Just enough for my daggers to penetrate my skin.

”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”, ”Pak!”.

Ten daggers stabbed into different parts of my body, while I released an audible groan. Soon all five Yaters disappeared, while the real one stood in his original spot. I exclaimed ”It worked! This actually worked!”. Yater said ”I know, I can feel when the illusion is broken. This was the easiest one I could do. Wanna try harder one now?”. I nodded, and said ”Yes, but wait a minute. I need to regenerate myself a bit”.

After a while, we resumed our practice. I could break through the simple illusion, but the harder ones were still too difficult. I said ”If this was able to wake me up even from the weakest of your illusions, it means that the Form works. I just have to adjust it, and figure out how to break stronger illusions”. Yater nodded, and said ”I'm still impressed that you achieved it. Not bad kid”.