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Chapter 277 - 277 276 Im Going to Use My Special Move Now

Chapter 277: Chapter 276 I’m Going to Use My Special Move Now Chapter 277: Chapter 276 I’m Going to Use My Special Move Now Blackgarden Mountain’s landscape was dominated by rugged terrain. As Rolin was heavily pregnant and found it inconvenient to move around, her brother-in-law Cooper accompanied Russell on tours of the area.

They looked at mountains, admired the waters, and talked about the Second Falling.

With the remaining time, Russell did not idly await the birth of his niece or nephew; instead, he took the opportunity to continuously cultivate his Prime Breath.

Fighting Spirit Sword Control, Fighting Spirit Armor, and Beast Fusion Shadow were all techniques that a first-stage Phantom Beast Knight urgently needed to practice.

In addition, Russell needed to work with Unicorn Polly to develop the Prime Breath Greatsword Skill.

Wraithwalk, relying on the Little Dream Dragon’s Dragonflame, had already evolved to the second phase, the Ethereal Dream Escape Skill. Whether it could evolve further and develop more related magic required long-term exploration.

As for the Wind Walking Skill, Russell felt there was still potential for further development.

“Hyah! Hah!”

In the courtyard of Heiting Castle, Russell and Grof crossed swords in a relentless bout, neither yielding an inch. It was mostly Grof on the offensive, with Russell being forced to defend.

Back and forth they went, for dozens, hundreds of rounds.

Grof was unable to find any flaws in Russell’s defense and eventually, due to a lapse in controlling his Prime Breath, he snapped his fine steel longsword.

Crack!

Clutching the broken sword and panting, Grof said, “Sir, I’ve reached my limit and still can’t break through your network of swords.”

“Sigh,” Russell sighed, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, “it’s not enough—this level of intensity is far from sufficient.”

Grof replied sheepishly, “Your swordsmanship has reached its peak; I see nothing in it that needs improvement.”

“But it’s still not enough,” Russell shook his head, his gaze fixed on his fine steel longsword, “My current mastery of swordsmanship has only reached the pinnacle in technique, but I haven’t broken through the technique itself. Swordsmanship can be stronger.”

“Maybe this is the strongest swordsmanship already,” Grof suggested.

“No, there has to be a higher realm. I just haven’t grasped it yet… One day, I will seize the opportunity and break through the limits of swordsmanship,” Russell asserted confidently, not just because of his diligent practice, but also because of his insight.

And because he had the Sword Butterfly Amber Bug, an odd elf that fed on swordsmanship and was growing alongside him.

Waiting for a qualitative transformation!

“What are you talking about, sword technique?” Cooper approached at some point, “Russell, how’s your swordsmanship?”

“I feel I am on the verge of a breakthrough, but there’s still a bit missing,” Russell replied with a smile. “Cooper, care for a sparring match?”

“Haha, last year, you barely managed to defeat your sister, and now you dare to challenge me?” Cooper usually had a gentle demeanor, but now his fighting spirit was evident, clearly full of self-confidence.

He drew a fine steel longsword from the weapon rack, “Although I’m better in combat with my partner, the Rugged Wolf Spider Kushi, my skills in swordsmanship and battle are already refined, Russell, be careful.”

“Fine!” Russell prepared to give his all.

Cooper Thistlegrass, two years senior to Roland, had recognized the reality early on. He couldn’t ride the family’s black iron dragon, so he had contracted with a Fantasy Beast very early on.

It was very possible that he had now reached the peak of a first-stage Phantom Beast Knight, any time he could achieve perfect synchrony in heart and mind, thus opening the door to the second stage.

Clang!

A testing strike, and the two fine steel longswords gently tapped against each other.

Big Dumb Bear Grof stood to one side, observing the fight between the two men with earnest; having recently been promoted to Phantom Beast Knight, he was eager to absorb the experience of his predecessors to enhance his own abilities.

“Your Prime Breath is robust, Russell—I’ll not hold back any longer.”

“Please do use all your strength!”

Russell surged his body’s Prime Breath, a power stronger than Battle Qi, coursing through his limbs and bones, bringing his body to an unprecedented level of strength. The surging power gave him an illusion of invincibility.

With a sword slashing westward, the blade’s radiance rippled through the air like waves.

Cooper twisted his body, dodging the sword energy, ready to counter with a strong hit.

But the move just now was only Russell’s feint. As Cooper was preparing to counterattack, Russell’s fine steel longsword was already swinging from another angle, a tricky trajectory aimed directly at Cooper’s abdomen.

Just as Cooper reluctantly gave up on the counter and prepared to block, Russell lunged with another thrust, with the sword energy and the blade’s edge appearing almost simultaneously.

Straight at Cooper’s face.

This strike seemed casual and relaxed, but it was actually dangerously unpredictable, scaring Cooper so much that he hastily activated his Fighting Spirit Armor, protecting his face.

Clang!

The Prime Breath sword energy silently struck the Origin Breath Armour, a faint light blossomed, and both Prime Breaths extinguished at the same time.

But before Cooper could catch his breath, Russell’s offensive surged like a tide, without any broad or flashy swordsmanship, just the fine steel longsword flying up and down, then the Battle Qi sword energy attacking from all kinds of tricky angles.

Often, before Cooper could respond to one move, another would already be starting.

And by the time Cooper realized it, the new move would be in concert with the old move, sometimes even with the third move before.

The network of sword moves that formed seemed not the work of one person, but as if countless opponents were attacking Cooper simultaneously.

“Ah!” Cooper exclaimed in a low voice.

He had never faced swordsmanship as strong as Russell’s; his own Battle Qi martial skills were completely unable to parry, forcing him to desperately rely on his Fighting Spirit Armor. Had he not been a seasoned Phantom Beast Knight, with strong resilience, he would have fallen long ago.

At this moment, Cooper could hardly understand why Russell’s strength had improved so terrifyingly.

Just last year, Russell was only able to beat Rolin, and when Rolin asked for his help, he even felt embarrassed to take advantage of Russell.

But now, Russell’s combat power was making him break out in a sweat.

No longer concerned with the earlier confidence of a seasoned Phantom Beast Knight, he shouted in a panic, “Kushou, aid me!”

In an instant.

From the distant Phantom Beast enclosure, a wolf spider the size of a washbasin rushed out. Its body was covered in fur sharp as steel spikes.

Charging onto the training field, it turned into a black light and collided into Cooper’s body.

In a flash of darkness, when one looked again at Cooper, he was shrouded by the enormous shadow of a wolf spider. Its eight spider legs stood erect, waving in sync with the fine steel longsword in Cooper’s hand, finally blocking Russell’s network of sword moves.

Even then, he was only managing a draw with Russell, relying on the “Beast Fusion Shadow.”

Russell’s swordsmanship was so sharp that it made him nearly invincible among his peers – a Level 1 Phantom Beast Knight was no match for him.

However, the Beast Fusion Shadow was also very strong. Cooper, in collaboration with his contract partner, the Rugged Wolf Spider Kushou, using this move, instantly stabilized the previously precarious situation, and could barely contend with Russell’s sword network.

“Cooper, I’m about to use my big move!” Russell laughed.

Suddenly, he reached out and yelled to Grof, who had switched to a new fine steel longsword, “Sword, come!”

Grof was stunned.

But quickly reacting, he threw his fine steel longsword at Russell.

Russell leaped into the air and caught the second fine steel longsword in his hand, one in each hand now.

With his left hand executing an unending stream of swordsmanship, and his right hand using broad and sweeping sword energy strikes, the two swords, as if coordinated by two individuals, once again took the upper hand in the duel, suppressing Cooper, who was using the Beast Fusion Shadow.

“Not enough, still not enough!” Russell, growing more ferocious, bellowed again, “Another sword!”

Without another word, Grof rushed to the weapon rack, pulled out another fine steel longsword, and threw it over. Russell caught it using Sword Control.

In an instant, with divided attention, he began to unleash his unique mastery “Three Swords Style” with the enhancement from Sword Butterfly Amber Bug on his swordsmanship!