funbook-pk Chapter 474 Starlight Dissipates
Chapter 474 Starlight Dissipates
The first strike missed, but the second was already upon them.
With a backward kick, another sword light flashed, as if the Sword Demon could use his entire body as a sword.
Fortunately, Xu Si was already familiar with this fighting style, so it wasn't too difficult for him to deal with it.
Moreover, his star-like eyes caught it, and his premonition also caught it, even before he launched that attack.
Therefore, he had ample time to react.
Sword Demon's entire body is driven by combat instincts, and Xu Si is also transforming his entire body into combat instincts at this moment.
Thus, in today's battle, Xu Si even felt a sense of ease and control.
Xu Si smiled.
Sword Demon also smiled.
This battle lasted longer than the previous days.
Xu Si stopped relying solely on teleportation to dodge and escape, and instead began trying to find openings to counterattack amidst the sword demon's continuous thrusts.
He even started imitating the sword demon's moves.
It's not a clumsy copy, but rather the integration of that "free-flowing" fighting instinct into one's own fighting style.
"Could it be that there isn't enough pressure?" Xu Si wondered to himself.
After several moves, the Sword Demon still hadn't used the clone technique.
This made Xu Si a little anxious.
However, immediately afterward, Jian Gui's attack suddenly escalated to a higher level.
It is no longer a repetition of a single thrust, but rather a fusion of eight basic sword techniques: thrust, slash, flick, wipe, point, collide, intercept, and twist.
Each strike was perfectly coordinated, like a never-ending killing symphony composed of eight notes.
This guy is getting serious.
Xu Si's Star Pupil was operating at high speed, and Star Evolution was automatically analyzing the data.
In his vision, the sword demon's movements were no longer a continuous sequence, but rather dissected into countless static slices.
The angle of the slight movement of the scapula, the arc of the elbow extension, the trajectory of the fingertips—every slice of the movement was captured, analyzed, and predicted by his consciousness.
This gave him a better opportunity to learn and analyze the sword techniques.
His own changes, deductions, and growth represent the best progress of Sequence 7.
The sword demon's attacks surged like a tide, one wave higher than the next.
Xu Si's star-like eyes captured the trajectory of each strike, and his body was already able to keep up with it, albeit with difficulty.
This was absolutely not the case in the previous few days.
Today, the number of jumps he makes has decreased exponentially.
After several dozen rounds, he had only used jumps twice.
Sidestep, slide, tilt head back, turn neck—every inch of dodging is precise to the millimeter.
Today, Xu Si's progress is almost visible to the naked eye.
Sword Demon's fingertips brushed across his cheek, leaving a shallow bloodstain on his cheekbone from the sharp sword intent, which was quickly smoothed away; his sword-like toes swept across his calf, cutting a thin slit in the hem of his spatial cloak, which was also quickly smoothed away.
He didn't seem to be fighting; he was dancing on the edge of a knife.
"Not bad." The sword ghost's voice came from the crack without lips, carrying a rare hint of approval.
"Your progress has far exceeded my expectations." Every time Jian Gui inflicted a wound on Xu Si, it seemed that if he went any further, he could take away Xu Si's life force.
However, Xu Si narrowly escaped each time.
It wasn't that Jian Gui was holding back; rather, a slight mistake could lead to a huge error.
Xu Si did not respond.
He was focused entirely on dealing with the relentless onslaught before him and had no energy left to speak.
All his attention was focused on dealing with the sword demon's attacks, yet he still bled from time to time.
At this point, Xu Si was no longer focused on offense; he was even somewhat obsessed with defense.
Because he found that defense seemed to be able to develop his sequence better than offense.
For the first time, Xu Si experienced a vague "rhythm" or "flavor" in the battle.
It wasn't a rhythm he actively controlled, but rather an inherent rhythm inherent in the sword demon's offensive, or rather, in Xu Si's response to the sword demon's offensive.
His defense was no longer rushed, panicked, or overwhelmed.
Instead, it is about composure, foresight, and trust.
Even the Sword of Kingship seemed to sense something, ceasing its dance with Xu Si and instead floating aside to watch Xu Si respond.
"Not bad! You've learned to control the rhythm of battle so quickly? But you still have a long way to go!" Wan Liuchun clearly didn't expect Xu Si to improve so fast.
Xu Si never expected that he would become so engrossed in defense and actually reap the rewards.
This actually contradicts his purpose today.
But at least the result looks excellent now.
Xu Si's progress also seemed to have piqued Jian Gui's interest.
The more they resist, the more excited they become—that's probably what it means!
After Xu Si adapted to the current rhythm, Jian Gui's offensive suddenly escalated again.
This time, it didn't hold back.
The silver-white figure left three afterimages in the dawn light. These were not the simple speed residues of before, but actual clones with independent attack trajectories, which Xu Si could see clearly with his star-like eyes.
Each clone was identical to the original, with silvery-white sword intent flowing within them, like three activated energy pathways.
This reminded Xu Si of the dark Xu Si clone in the illusion. Why were they both able to do it, and why could Xing Tong not distinguish between the real and the fake?
It could be that all of them are true, or all of them are false.
Four figures simultaneously drew their swords—
No, it's not a sword, it's a finger.
But for the Sword Demon, there is no difference between the fingers and the sword blade.
Four thrusts were delivered simultaneously from four directions, each with a different angle and speed, yet they still precisely sealed off all of Xu Si's space to dodge.
Xu Si recalled that he had used the [Heavy Shoes - Left] jump to escape this blockade last time, and he didn't want to use it this time.
Starfield · Delay Field
Sword Demon's activities within the Starfield are almost unrestricted, which is probably related to the fact that he is a sword body. Perhaps the Starfield itself regards him as an inanimate object.
Therefore, Xu Si directly imbued all the starlight in the star field with the characteristics of a stagnation field.
The results are obvious.
Now he finally realized that things were different. He was different; his sequence was different; and his starlight seemed different too.
Xu Si felt that the energy of Sequence 7, or rather the starlight, was no longer a tool, but a part that he could mold and sculpt at will.
Or rather, it is the sequence energy itself. Before the higher-order sequence, the sequence energy still needed a container, but now there is no difference.
When the sword demon's attack arrives in the stagnation field.
Xu Si didn't move at all, but his body was actually blown apart by this attack.
Astral Realm - Starlight Dispersion
"I get it now, so this is what a Star Lord is all about!"
Although Xu Si has not yet mastered the Sword Demon's clone, he seems to have mastered something even more extraordinary.
This reminded him of the Logia-type Devil Fruits in a certain anime from his previous life, which granted them immunity to physical attacks.
Isn't that the ability he's demonstrating right now?
Of course, this is only the most superficial external manifestation.
The real internal manifestation is that his life structure has truly changed.