Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2226: Chapter 1047: Sakura and the Waning Moon

The same move cannot be used twice against a Saint Seiya.

This statement is actually quite inaccurate. For instance, once Aiolia...

Ahem, let’s get back to the topic.

Although it doesn’t display dazzling visual effects, and the initial flourish isn’t as charming as [Shock Thunder] or [Spine Thrust] previously, all the discerning observers at the scene could tell that Liya Delin was about to unleash a combat technique with immense power. Though it can’t be said to be overwhelmingly potent, for a High-Level Knight who has yet to reach the threshold of the Epic Tier, just this opening sword alone, Liya Delin’s skill and foundation already stood at the pinnacle of this tier.

[Knight’s Technique - Shattered Sunset] is the signature move of the current family head, Darian Diesel, and Liya Delin, able to execute [Faux·Broken Sunset], can undoubtedly use it to defeat any opponent of the same profession whose strength has yet to reach the Epic Tier.

Everyone around the training ground thought this way, even Gavinrad Diesel, who had clearly noticed that Motan had turned the spar into a teaching battle, also believed at that moment that Liya Delin was very likely to secure victory.

Until he heard Motan’s soft sigh—

"It just had to be this move... What a pity..."

With these inexplicable words, Motan once again activated [Waning Moon], which had no cooldown time, lightly moving half a step to the left, gracefully avoiding Liya Delin’s first sword strike.

This did not surprise the latter, as through their previous confrontations, Liya Delin knew well that her opponent indeed possessed some technique capable of dramatically increasing movement speed in a short time, emphasizing defensive counterattacks.

The previous [Shock Thunder] and [Spine Thrust] had both been dodged by him using this technique.

However, this move [Faux·Broken Sunset] is different!

From a God’s Eye View, we can see that this skill allows Liya Delin to make five to seven slashes within five seconds, and her actual limit is precisely a six-strike combo.

Five seconds, six slashes.

[I can win!]

The moment Motan avoided the first sword, Liya Delin immediately swung the second sword, slashing obliquely upward from bottom to top towards Motan’s side.

According to the female Knight’s guess, the opponent’s reactive technique that requires sheathing the sword should have significant limitations, and the most likely possibility is that he cannot make large movements during this process or perform wide-range actions. In this way, in at most three swords, she can force her opponent into a direct confrontation!

In a head-on clash of the last three moves, whether in speed or potency, unless this guy can step into Half-step Epic, even if his constitution is stronger than hers, he will certainly be disarmed or the second-to-last strike will disarm him.

Liya Delin, long immersed in the knight’s path, thought so.

Even Gavinrad Diesel, with Epic Peak strength, made a similar judgment.

That Silent Brother could most likely dodge the first three swords, then be forced by Liya Delin into an attacking state, taking the last three rounds of Broken Sun!

[He shouldn’t be able to manage, right...]

Gavinrad thought this and instinctively turned to look at his granduncle but found Jadka’s expression remained calm, without any change.

The reason is simple, just as Liya Delin and Gavinrad thought Motan couldn’t withstand this move, Jadka and Ya Ya firmly believed that Motan could definitely withstand this round of [Faux·Broken Sunset], whether it’s three swords, five swords, even if seven or ten swords, Motan would be able to manage it.

This is not blind confidence but the certainty from Jadka and Ya Ya, who have long adventured with Motan, knowing he still has a skill that can thoroughly enhance physical fitness unused.

[Reverse Scale Transformation]!

It doesn’t even require the full Dragon Transformation displayed during their face-off against the [Viper] Chamber of Commerce executives back at the Caselo Prairie; even using the less effective, lesser side-effect First Stage Reverse Scale, Motan would be enough to withstand the forthcoming onslaught.

However, he didn’t resort to this...

The reason is simple; despite Motan not being a Saint Seiya or having some incredible eighth sense, having observed the genuine [Broken Sun] demonstrated personally by Darian Diesel on the Caselo Prairie, he still had enough confidence to counter this move without activating [Reverse Scale Transformation] and without needing Wang Badan’s support.

It’s also not that Liya Delin was unlucky; even if she chose another technique of the same level that Motan hadn’t seen, it would still be impossible for her to secure victory over the one who promised to go ’all out.’

Bang!

Accompanied by a harsh clang of swords clashing, instead of sidestepping or retreating to evade, Motan unexpectedly swung a sword, precisely hitting Liya Delin’s sword tip, abruptly stopping this strike.

Without time to think, Liya Delin immediately twisted her body to slash the third sword, whistling as it cleaved down.

The result was Motan moved this time, but the movement was minimal; just a slight shift of his body dodged this strike.

By now, three swords had passed, and the scenario Liya Delin had originally expected did not transpire, not only failing to break Motan’s [Waning Moon], but not even forcing him to move two steps.

Fourth sword, a heavy downward slash!

Clang—

The result was that just halfway through the slash, it was abruptly halted in mid-air by a sword thrown down by Motan, unable to advance further.