108 The Seventh Realm (1/2)
When Thunderous Battle returned to the main hall in the ancient tomb, he heard the sound of something slicing the air, and the sound was as loud and hoarse as a violent gust of wind.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
The sound was incredibly motivating. It was relaxing, composed, but gave off the feeling that the attacks were closely connected to each other. The attacks came one after another, and they were very clear-cut and clean.
When he looked up, Thunderous Battle was instantly stunned!
He saw Happy happily fighting against a Stone Giant alone.
He still wore that inconspicuous attire that made him look like a hunter. The weapon he used was also the Hundred-battle Saber, which was a weapon that was below a masterpiece. Even though they had not seen each other for half a day, a faint blue light had already appeared on the Hundred-battle Saber.
A halo!
The others might not be able to tell what it was, but over the past few days, Thunderous Battle had practiced his high-tier martial art, Infinite Sword Technique, hard, and he knew clearly what this meant. This was the sign that the martial art was about to enter the seventh realm!
All high-tier martial arts would have different signs signalling their realms, and those signs were all different from low-tier martial arts starting from the first realm itself. Saber techniques would have saber glows, saber glares, and saber halos, and the color would move from faint to bright.
The first three realms would only show on the weapon itself and make the weapon shine even brighter while also making it appear even livelier and more intimidating.
During the fourth to the sixth realm, the weapon would begin to show faint signs of a glare, and it would increase the attack radius and lethality of the martial art from its very essence, causing the damage to increase exponentially.
Starting from the seventh realm to the ninth realm, not only would the weapon gain an even brighter glare, a halo would appear between the execution of each skill, and the brightness would turn from faint to bright depending on the realm as well. Not only would it dazzle the enemy's vision and throw him into chaos, it could also hide trajectory of the attack.
Thunderous Battle remembered that when his Infinite Sword Technique reached the seventh realm, he had been excited for a long period of time, because that was the result of him working hard for more than a week.
However, he did not expect that Happy would be able to push Flowering Knights' Song into the seventh realm in just three days. At the same time he was shocked, he also felt incredibly depressed.
For the time being, he stood in the distance and watched quietly.
As time passed, Thunderous Battle gradually had an inkling of the situation. He frowned slightly, and he would occasionally put on a contemplative or enlightened expression.
Clearly, Happy had already discovered the Stone Giant's set attack trajectory through its attacks. He made use of the Stone Giant's rigid attack patterns to increase the effects of his dodging, and not only did he cut down on the time needed to rest and recover, the frequency in which he attacked was also very astonishing once he got used to its chained attacks. He could now attack several times faster than before, so it was no wonder that he could increase the realm for his martial arts so quickly. The EXP for martial arts was given to the user using the times the user effectively attacked and defended as the basis.
Once Flowering Knights' Song reached the seventh realm, its damage increased by leaps and bounds, and in just a few minutes, Happy dealt with the Stone Giant in front of them. Then, he noticed Thunderous Battle walk toward him not too far from the distance.
”Brother Thunder, you're done with your task?”
”Yup.” Thunderous Battle clicked his tongue in admiration[1] as he walked over. He looked at the Stone Giant's mangled corpse and smiled wanly before he punched Happy's shoulder. ”Not bad, boy. In just half a day, you reached another realm. You're about to leave me far behind you.”
Happy smiled faintly and rubbed his shoulder.
”I've been following you over the past few days, and I witnessed many things, so I managed to figure out the Stone Giant's attack trajectory, otherwise, it would have been impossible for me to have my current achievements.”
”Enough with it, stop flattering me.” Thunderous Battle rolled his eyes. ”I've trained with my friends for a long time, and none of us managed to figure out its attack trajectory. You're just putting me to shame, right?”
Happy smiled and explained. ”That's different. If you have a few people with you, the Stone Giant will react according to the person closest to him, and its actions will be rather complicated. Why don't you stand by the side and watch?”