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    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Amid the barrage of attacks that players from the Seven Seas Alliance were suffering, Helisung, who was the first to confront them was unable to hold his ground for that long.

    He was a skilled Maverick God himself and possessed a very peculiar swordsmanship that he had learned from the real world. But despite all the tricks that he had under his sleeves, he was still unable to withstand the vicious barrage coming from the whip sword that seemed to be being waved by Shin in a very casual manner.

    Due to Shin only focusing on testing all the tricks and techniques that he could use with the whip sword, the force from his attacks was rather ’weak’ compared to his regular attacks.

    But as time went by, he was getting used to these techniques and even polished most of them along with his familiarity with the other sword and whip techniques that he had ’learned’ from that certain World Serpent that used the same type of weapon within that Trial of the Primordial Waters.

    He combined everything with the Heavenly Black Tortoise Method of the Four Symbol Scripture, further enhancing the Mentalism Method, which was also making himself stronger.

    After testing a variety of techniques related to the whip swords, Shin flipped his wrist retracted the extended blade of his sword, and returned it to his regular appearance.

    At the same time, he released the ’Abyssal Form’ of Mondi’s Style Legacy Skill while maintaining the ’Depths Devourer Possession’.

    He then switched the form of the sword into a rapier, which still had the stunning and exquisite design of the current possession despite being in a different form.

    Moreover, the current appearance of this rapier looked more noble, especially with such a complicated yet elegant guard that was protecting the hand holding its hilt.

    The thin blade was so slender that it looked more like a huge needle rather than a sword. If not for the cold blue light that it was regularly emitting, then it would be hard to notice the blade as it was closer to being transparent and incorporeal.

    It was a different version of ’Depths Devourer Possession’, which had two different forms just like the ’Summit Shaper Possession’ that could switch between a greatsword and a longsword.

    Shin held the [Yamato] with his right hand, but he was not planning to use it yet as he wanted to focus more on the new possessions that he had.

    He placed the [Yamato] behind him, holding it firmly and horizontally. It was straight and parallel to his back while maintaining a decent distance from his body.

    In the meantime, the rapier form of the ’Depths Devourer’ was placed before him, mimicking how an honorable knight of a noble house held their swords while saluting to their lord.@@@@

    Maintaining this posture for a couple of seconds, the air around Shin suddenly changed, making Helisung wear an even grimmer expression on his face.

    Naomi and Aliya, who were busily supporting both Helisung and Jorick to the best of their abilities, also sensed the sudden change in the atmosphere.

    The moment when they turned their heads toward the source of this change, their perspective saw a pair of serpentine eyes staring at them.

    Their bodies froze as they felt that their souls were being stared upon by a cold-blooded monster.

    Not long after, Aliya sensed a strong fluctuation in the surrounding water as Shin made his move.

    Not only the difference in stats was huge, but even their respective foundation in martial arts had an imaginable gap, which made the opposing side unable to keep up with him.

    Leonard originally had terrible martial fundamentals as he had started learning martial arts quite ’late’. He was quite far from the likes of Shin and Arthur, who had been training since a very tender age.

    All he knew was his barbaric method of fighting that he had learned from the streets when fighting some delinquents and grownups with evil intentions for him and his little sister.

    But after being together with Shin and Arthur, he started building up his foundation and made it stronger as time went by, especially after training with the two regularly.

    Then he had awakened his bloodline after that terrible incident with the Shadow Alliance, which was immediately followed with him leaning under the tutelage of his master.

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    He had also accepted some inheritance during the incident with the Black Serpent Mafia, the Thunder Lord, and that mysterious priestess.

    When all of these came together, his martial arts would no longer be weaker compared to those geniuses who had powerful backgrounds.

    This was what made his Reality Manifestation much stronger compared to the others, rivaling Shin and Arthur’s levels.

    Looking back, Leonard could not help but feel some pity for his current opponent. He could somewhat see his previous self in Jorick, who seemed to have a similar background as him in the real world.

    He could see how terrible he was during that time and why Shin and Arthur always joked around about his Barbarian Style of fighting.

    At the same time, fighting Jorick also made Leonard aware of the hidden flaws that he had failed to notice.

    It was similar to the bad habits that he had built up during his ’younger’ years when he was still barely surviving in the streets along with his little sister.

    "Master has mentioned that the best habit for martial artists is not to have any habits at all," he mumbled as he pushed Jorick once again before continuing. "While the best way to study one’s habit by themselves is to look at their ’reflection’ in the ’mirror’."

    He then looked at Jorick before sweeping his gaze at the entire battlefield. "No wonder Shin Bro likes to ’play’ around when fighting anyone. Aside from it being the ’side effects’ of his Battle Genius Talent, he also discovers a lot of things through battle. They can either be intentional or unintentional discovery."

    With such ’dangerous’ thoughts, Leonard suddenly felt a little more motivated for this battle, which put his opponent an immense pressure pressing on him.

    Jorick felt that the current fighting spirit that Leonard had just ignited was something someone of his level felt suffocated.

    Leonard might only be emitting such an aura passively through the battle, but Jorick could sense that he was currently in a terrible situation that he would be unable to escape from.

    It felt like the sleeping beast was suddenly woken up by something and was now ready to slaughter whoever had disturbed it.

    "Tsk! Tsk! Let’s see how bad my ’reflection’ back then," mumbled Leonard as he clanged his war axes while making his aggressive nature further awakened.

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