CHAPTER 730: 572 UNUSUAL PHENOMENA

It has been said before that it is rare for someone to practice two special-grade sword techniques at the same time.

Because special-grade sword techniques generally have varying conditions for cultivation, it is already remarkable for swordsmen to meet the conditions of one special-grade sword technique, let alone two. That is undoubtedly a matter of low probability.

It follows that swordsmen usually only practice one special-grade sword technique. Those who practice two are even scarcer, and there are many more who cannot practice even one, effectively severing any possibility of ascending to a higher realm.

Even among Sword Saints, it is extremely rare to see someone practicing two special-grade sword techniques unless the other technique they find is stronger than the one they currently practice and they happen to meet its conditions. Otherwise, Sword Saints typically stick to one special-grade sword technique and do not utilize a second.

Thus far, the Sword Saints Reiger has encountered have all only practiced one type of special-grade sword technique.

The Shadow Strike Sword Skill known to Shadow Sword Saint Rom.

The Ulan Sword Skill known to Border Guardian Sword Saint Revin.

And Sgranot, who also only knows one special-grade sword technique.

Unexpectedly, Reiger, a newly become Sword Saint, had mastered a second special-grade sword technique, and it seemed rather extraordinary, causing Sgranot’s heart to sink and his expression to turn grave.

He did not know whether the sword technique Reiger was using at the moment was stronger than the Thunder Light Sword Skill which was rumored to be Reiger’s usual.

All he knew was that seeing the blade wind which deflected all the Magic Arrows, an alarm was sounding wildly in his heart.

What did this mean?

It meant that the overly young Sword Saint... could pose a threat to himself!

This fact made murderous intent surge uncontrollably within Sgranot.

He could not accept it.

Although Reiger was also a Sword Saint, he was so young and had just entered this level; he was supposed to be the weakest among the Sword Saints. How was he able to threaten him, who had strived on this level for over a decade?

Sgranot himself naturally had exceptional talents to have stepped into the realm of Sword Saints from a background of a minor nation.

He was older than Revin but younger than Rom, and his talent surpassed both of them.

Revin had been a Sword Saint for ten years, but Sgranot had already reached this status twenty years ago.

In other words, Sgranot was an even more veteran Sword Saint than Revin and Rom and was also more powerful.

Once, because of Reiger’s age, Revin did not think he would lose to him, and Sgranot felt the same, acknowledging Reiger as a Sword Saint on par with himself but not believing he could do anything to him.

The reason why he previously got kicked away and landed in an embarrassing state by Reiger was, firstly, because he had indeed been careless and had not taken Reiger seriously, and secondly, because Reiger had used magic.

This overly young Sword Saint was both a swordsman and a magician, and not just any magician but one who had already achieved Tactical Level.

A Sword Saint who can use magic naturally has a great advantage when facing other Sword Saints.

Sgranot took this seriously and thus ordered the activation of multiple obstructive barriers to reduce Reiger’s magical power, but he did not anticipate that aside from magic, this man had also mastered a second special-grade sword technique.

"What sort of talent is this?"

Sgranot could not come to terms with it.

"Becoming a Sword Saint at 17, such an achievement is already unrivaled."

"And while becoming a Sword Saint, he’s also a Tactical Level Magician and has mastered a second special-grade sword technique?"

"Can humans really possess such a level of potential?"

This potential, this talent, might it be even more formidable than that woman who had stealthily snuck into his room last time?

Thinking of that woman who was equally young but already on the same level as himself, Sgranot felt jealousy virtually spewing out of him.

Impulsively, Sgranot issued a command.

"Throw the magic bombs!"

Upon hearing this command, the knights who were preparing to continue drawing their bows took out the magic bombs and threw them at Reiger.

"This thing again?"

Reiger’s brows twitched, and he finally drew his sword.

"Moon Breathing·Fourteenth Form·Fierce Transformation·Heavenly Faint Moon!"

Accompanied by the whirl of his black blade, countless gigantic crescent-shaped blade winds were released from the small black sword, sweeping like a storm that levels all in its path, bringing with it numerous huge crescent moon blades, slashing in every direction.

"Boom!!!"

With a massive explosion, the sweeping blade winds not only blew away the multitude of magic bombs, causing them to detonate mid-air and form bursts of flame, but also struck at the oasis knights surrounding Reiger, causing them to widen their eyes in panic and scramble to dodge.

But faced with Moon Breathing sword technique, known among all Breathing Styles for its high attack speed and broad range, where could they possibly flee in such a rush?

Like a tempest, the blade winds swept towards these oasis knights, about to engulf them.

At the critical moment, Sgranot made his move.

"Haaaahhhhhhhhh!"

The sinister-looking Sin Yele City Lord suddenly leaped up, emitting an enraged roar. The jewels on the hilt of his amber blade lit up one by one, unleashing a massive amount of Magic Power.

Magic Power surged into Sgranot’s body and then exploded from within, causing his aura and presence to skyrocket exponentially with each passing moment.

"What’s this...?"

Seeing this, Reiger was also surprised.

He had no other choice.

Under the clear scrutiny of the transparent world, Reiger could clearly see that when the jewels on the amber blade released a large amount of Magic Power and poured it into Sgranot’s body, Sgranot’s entire musculature, organs, blood, and even his cells stirred to life in an instant, completely absorbing the incoming Magic Power.

Once the Magic Power was absorbed, every cell and every part of Sgranot’s body suddenly began to pulsate violently, becoming even more powerful and intense.

Sgranot had suddenly become much stronger; in Reiger’s perception, his aura and presence had quickly surpassed Revin’s and even broken through the boundaries of Lv.7.

"Boom!!!"

The next second, Sgranot slashed down with his sword, the amber blade seemingly releasing a dazzling sword light. A massive slash fell upon the sweeping blade wind, colliding and exploding upon impact.

The shockwave immediately turned into a violent blast of air, swirling and surging in all directions.

Beneath this blast, the flying dust turned into a sandstorm, the floor was flung up like trash; greenery and flowerbeds were shredded and pulverized in the storm, and the surrounding buildings shook violently as if hit by a category ten typhoon, nearly having their roofs blown away.

"Interesting."

Reiger was now intrigued.

"Moon Breathing·Sixth Style·Long Night Solitary Moon·Abyss!"

With no hesitation, Reiger continually slashed at Sgranot, who had leaped into the air, sending crisscrossing blade winds carrying crescent moon blades toward him like a furious storm.

But Sgranot was unfazed, hefting the amber blade high and bringing it down directly onto an oncoming blade wind to meet it head-on.

"Boom!"

The blade wind collided with the amber blade and was immediately sliced through.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"......

Sgranot continuously wielded his amber blade, blasting through swathes of blade wind after blade wind, weaving a barrier of sword light in front of him that blocked all incoming blade winds.

His strikes were neither sophisticated nor mystical; in fact, they were quite rough, with wide swings that looked nothing like swordplay and more like someone swinging a club.

But his strength was immense, and not a single blade wind managed to breach his defenses to touch him; he forcibly blocked them all.

"Bang!"

After blocking all the blade winds, Sgranot fell from midair, landing heavily on the ground, kicking up dust and debris while shooting out with a whistling force and sonic boom, bearing down on Reiger.

"Clang!!!"

The next instant, the black blade collided with the amber blade; one raised high to block, the other chopping down, creating a bell-like clashing sound of metal on metal, and sending out a shaking wave of force that cracked the ground beneath Reiger and Sgranot’s feet.

In this clash, the upper hand unexpectedly went to Sgranot.

After a brief standoff, Reiger was repelled, his toes tapping the ground as he exploded back some distance.

"Hmph!"

Sgranot snorted coldly, not wanting to let Reiger get away, and once again stomped on the ground, shooting forward like a murderous tempest to chase after Reiger.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"......

The black blade and amber blade struck each other repeatedly, letting the sound of clashing metal resound, shattering the ground over and over.

The two Sword Saints began their fierce battle; one with eyes gleaming a transparent luster observed the opponent calmly, swinging the black blade to block the heavy blows, while the other kept swinging the amber blade, pounding the opposing black blade time and again, sending sparks flying and shockwaves out, ravaging the entire City Lord’s mansion.

In such an intense battle, the Knights holding Magic Arrows could not keep up with Reiger’s movements, not daring to shoot, and even the Oasis Knights could only strain their eyes, catching glimpses of two afterimages flying through the air, crashing down with a boom, chasing like shooting stars, or colliding with each other in a pit, unable to intervene.

"Is this, is this what a battle between Sword Saints is like?"

The Knights who had never seen a battle between Sword Saints trembled.

Only now did they understand what a Sword Saint was.

Only now did they understand what the highest level of Swordsman entailed.

Such a caliber of fight was simply beyond their means to interfere.

Even for those veteran True Swordsmen who were just a step away from the realm of Sword Saint, it was the same.