Chương 187: War God’s — Chapter 188 - I Told You, When No One's Around, Call Me Sis!

"Let's go. We won't need to disturb him for the next few days." Principal Luo waved her hand.

"I'll check on him in seven days."

"Okay!" Ye Miyue raised her fist, making a "you can do it" gesture toward Wang Xian. Wang Xian winked back. He watched them walk out the door. This older sister really is serious about teaching. After personally demonstrating Phantom Shadow Folding Step, she still wasn't satisfied. She even wanted to teach him the Phantom Shadow Sword Art herself. Though she only demonstrated one move, Sword Trace Nine Flashes. It was more than enough to show how earnest and considerate this older sister was.

Wang Xian had no idea what she was thinking. Maybe because of their time together at Tiger Roar Pool, she genuinely wanted to cultivate him, so she was this serious? As for anything romantic... Wang Xian didn't sense any of that. She taught earnestly. He learned earnestly. From start to finish, both their gazes stayed focused on martial arts. Especially Wang Xian's mind.

When Principal Luo demonstrated the techniques, he could almost perfectly perceive the shifts in her force application and the flow of her yuan energy. Personal demonstration did have its uses. It probably saved him some trial-and-error time. After they left, Wang Xian picked up the training sword Principal Luo had used. The hilt still held the lingering warmth of her palm, along with a faint fragrance. But under Wang Xian's perception, he only felt a unique sword resonance. Very subtle. He closed his eyes.

Phantom Shadow Folding Step and Sword Trace Nine Flashes flashed through his mind. Actually, to learn this move, the most important thing was to forget your own martial arts. Even forget yourself as a person. Forget all your habits. Truly achieve random attacks without any pattern. Only then could you perfectly execute Nine Flashes. The next second, Wang Xian transformed into an afterimage. The sword shadow swept through the void, leaving trail after trail of residual marks.

In the space, a glint of cold light flickered and vanished instantly. The afterimages multiplied, like flashes of light, appearing continuously in every corner of the training room. Until the afterimages connected into an irregular line, like twinkling star trails across the sky! After Nine Flashes, after the sword move concluded, the air erupted with surging sword qi! Like an explosion! Only then did the afterimage slowly materialize and return to its original position. This was Sword Trace Nine Flashes!

"Executed with Phantom Shadow Folding Step, it's just a template." Wang Xian looked at the fading afterimages and shook his head slightly. Without spatial force enhancement, being able to cultivate to this level was basically the limit for a normal swordsman. This was also the level Principal Luo required. After her demonstration, Wang Xian mastered it in one try. Nothing particularly impressive. Any swordsman with a bit of talent could reach this level with some time. But this was merely a template.

Further training would only strengthen the move's intensity.

"What if I use my foot star bone's spatial force to execute Phantom Shadow Folding Step..." Wang Xian mused. The next second, his figure vanished. No afterimage remained. Only star traces! Swish swish swish! Seven consecutive star traces appeared in the starry void in an instant. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Only when the eighth star trace appeared did it slowly fade.

As the sword move concluded, Wang Xian's figure returned to its original position. He looked at the lingering star traces and the terrifying sword qi within each one.

"Now that's more like it... As expected, special spatial force is the correct method to unlock this sword art." Especially the spatial force of the foot star bone. For Phantom Shadow Folding Step, it was the most perfect enhancement. Wang Xian practiced several more times. Until he perfectly manifested nine star traces. Only then did he nod in satisfaction.

"Like this, this move is at its most perfect intensity."

"Having a star bone really is powerful... no threshold to learning these martial arts anymore."

"Though my foot star bone's spatial force can't be cultivated and strengthened like a talent, as long as I have it, that's enough." Having completely mastered this move, Wang Xian wasn't satisfied.

"Though Phantom Shadow Folding Step is the supporting martial art, this movement technique still has room for improvement."

"A movement technique formed through bodily changes and folding. Even if enemies can't discern the pattern, if they have certain talent enhancements, superhuman perception, or extraordinary spiritual power, they can still sense it."

"But what if I execute it with 'Star Trace Step'?" Star Trace Step didn't rely on bodily folding. It was a terrifying movement technique that truly achieved short-distance spatial folding for instantaneous displacement! Wang Xian smiled faintly. This time, his figure vanished again. The next moment, in just a single instant— Swish swish swish! Nine consecutive sword traces appeared in the void in a flash. Every sword trace contained destructive sword qi!

The sword qi intensified with each successive trace, until the final one seemed ready to tear the void itself apart! At the original position, Wang Xian's figure appeared. He gazed at the sword traces in the void and the star trails flickering within them.

"As expected, I knew it. This movement technique is actually even more suited for the Phantom Shadow Sword Art..." Wang Xian smiled. As a half-step Martial God with countless battle experiences in his past life, he had fought several swordsmen who cultivated the Phantom Shadow Sword Art. He was quite familiar with this sword art.

Relying on his extraordinary combat experience, when he learned Star Trace Step, besides the Martial God ultimate technique Grand Void Divine Travel Spear that perfectly matched this movement technique, Wang Xian also thought of several other highly compatible martial arts. Among them, this Phantom Shadow Sword Art was the most special.

"Sword Trace Nine Flashes executed with Star Trace Step... it's like it was tailor-made..." Wang Xian sighed. Even stronger than the 'Phantom Shadow Folding Step' the original creator had tailor-made. This was the embryonic form of a martial arts school. Very often, the movement techniques and martial arts designed by the original creator weren't the most perfect. Today's various Martial God schools were actually formed through continuous fusion of various martial arts.

Then, through countless improvements, adaptation of secret skills, and iteration of moves, they finally achieved perfect fusion. This formed a 'martial arts school'. This was also the origin of Nation-Guarding-level martial arts!

"There's still plenty of time. Next, I'll learn all the remaining moves." This sword art didn't have martial arts realms in the conventional sense. Instead, it depended on how much you could bring out of the sword moves yourself. For example, the second move, Phantom Shadow Thousand Layers. How many sword shadows you could stack depended purely on you. The current record was a thousand shadows. Wang Xian didn't set his requirements too high. Currently at the third realm, his own limit.

"Executed with Star Trace Step, I should be able to stack about 500 shadows..."

"That's roughly my body's limit."

"And then the final move." A single sword shadow was essentially the combination of Sword Trace Nine Flashes. Condensing nine sword traces created one sword shadow. So the first move was the foundation of the second. As for the final move, 'Sword Prison Shadow Kill Art,' it fused sword shadows to form a kind of killing formation. This kind of killing formation was already akin to the embryonic form of a field domain. Therefore, this martial art, though seeming progressive, was actually beyond high-tier.

If you could stack over a thousand sword shadows in the snap of a finger, that would be a true Thousand Shadow Killing Formation. The power of a high-tier sword art was only about that much. If you were even more incredible and could stack 10, 000 sword shadows, it was even harder to say. But sword shadows required a full execution of Sword Trace Nine Flashes to condense each one. Each shadow condensed placed enormous drain on the user.

Coupled with the assistance of a secret skill like 'Stacking Wave Force,' the power would reach terrifying levels. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it could rival Nation-Guarding level. But it probably could only be executed by those above the eighth realm. However, compared to the complete schools of Nation-Guarding martial arts, a Martial God wasting yuan energy to stack these things might as well just use one spear, one sword, one move of Nation-Guarding martial art to annihilate you.

At that point, this martial art's cost-effectiveness wasn't very high. But at this realm, the power of this martial art was beyond doubt. Not to mention, Wang Xian's Star Trace Step and Stacking Wave Force were currently the most perfectly suited movement technique and secret skill for this sword art. And so... Seven days later. In the training room. Hundreds of sword shadows filled the air, nearly packing half the training room. Sword shadows condensed in the air, like over a hundred sword qi volleys.

As if they moved at will. Forming a subtle field. Giving one the illusion that trespassing meant instant death. Until Wang Xian's figure slowly manifested. Only then did those sword shadows gradually fade.

"The sword art itself isn't difficult..."

"I've completely mastered it..."

"572 sword shadows... roughly the limit I can condense with my current strength..." Wang Xian exhaled lightly. To fully master it in 7 days and cultivate to this extent could be considered his limit. These 7 days, he hadn't rested. His mind and spirit were completely immersed in cultivation. Every day, apart from eating the meals Ye Miyue delivered twice, he paid no attention to anything else. Immersive martial training was also enrichment for one's own martial journey.

Wang Xian didn't have much interest in sword arts. Learning this sword art was purely to validate his deep contemplation on Star Trace Step. Even without the Grandmaster Banquet, he would have found an opportunity to learn this sword art. At this moment, as the sword shadows vanished, Principal Luo walked in from outside the door. She was alone.

"How's the training going?" she asked.

"I've mastered Sword Trace Nine Flashes." Wang Xian thought for a moment.

"It might not be perfect yet. Would Teacher Luo like to assess it?" Principal Luo frowned.

"I've told you, when no one's around, just call me Sis."

"... Sister Luo, would you like to assess it?"

"No need." Principal Luo nodded slightly.

"As long as you've got it, that's enough. It doesn't need to be perfect." Since he said he'd mastered it, and she'd taught him personally, she knew his martial talent was very high. Plus, she knew him quite well. He wouldn't lie, so there was no need for an assessment. Moreover, he was only going on stage to support Xiao Yue. If he could learn it decently in such a short time, she was already very satisfied. She wouldn't demand too much. The difficulty and pressure were still on Xiao Yue.

"Let's go. Follow me." Wang Xian followed behind Principal Luo and walked out. Today, the Grandmaster Banquet officially began! ➤ Next: Grandmaster Grand Banquet, Ten Thousand Stars Platform