Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2270: Chapter 1068: Mor VS Snow Bathing Sword (IV)

That’s right, a training battle.

A very straightforward, literal training battle that anyone with a bit of insight could tell was a training battle.

Unlike the accidental training battle during Motan’s match with Liya Delin at the White Oath Knight Academy, this Showering Snow Sword’s style is typically passive. It waits until Motan makes a move, then immediately counters with a more excellent response. Not only can people like Gavinlade and Marla see the instructional nature of this, but even those middle and low-rank young ones can perceive the guidance intent.

As the person involved, Motan wasn’t confused about this. In fact, he understood it more clearly than anyone else. Yet, due to his personality, he didn’t feel ashamed about it, considering the opponent is prominent on the personal power rankings. It wasn’t surprising to be pushed around. It would have been strange if he was evenly matched without Wang Badan’s courage or Reverse Scale Transformation.

But even though he didn’t feel shame and was aware of the huge gap between their levels, his mindset was calm; it didn’t mean Motan was happy right now.

The sense of powerlessness converging from all directions, almost emitting from within, left him uncomfortable.

To be precise, it was very bothersome... extremely bothersome...

"Flaw."

A gentle voice sounded nearby, and unknowingly distracted during battle, Motan saw only a flicker before his chest was hit by a cold gleam blossoming quietly before him. His already unhealthy Health Points plummeted to below sixty percent under the intense sword intent coursing within, and his status bar showed an effect named [Breath Disruption].

[Charge]+[Impact Piercing Attack]

Without a hint of hesitation, Motan raised his weapon and consecutively used two short-distance displacement skills, seemingly trying to distance himself from Showering Snow Sword, yet forcibly paused before the first skill could fully play out. Then quickly switched back to his opponent’s side, aiming to ’press’ the longsword in front towards the white-haired girl’s chest.

It wasn’t that he had improper intentions toward the girl whose figure was slender, just slightly more curvy than Double Leaf. Nor was he attempting to distract Showering Snow Sword with a low-level corrupt psychological tactic that only Wang Badan might use. It was simply a theoretical optimal choice that would cause trouble for the opponent.

Previously mentioned, the longsword wrapped with linen bandages that the girl wielded might look narrow and light, but its length was comparable to most two-handed heavy swords, reaching nearly two meters even excluding the hilt. Even if Showering Snow Sword could effortlessly wield it, even maneuver it mid-air, the optimal combat distance would still be around 1 to 2 meters.

Even if Showering Snow Sword, evidently not lacking ranged tactics, could transform into a Mage-like turret using top-tier methods like [Myriad Sword Technique], regardless of grandeur or force, when someone is within half a meter of her, such a nearly two-meter weapon could become cumbersome.

At least, the angles of force and striking would be somewhat affected.

And when Motan chose the attack angle, it wasn’t intentionally aiming at her chest but instinctively targeting the spot most uncomfortable for Showering Snow Sword!

"A wise decision."

As if capable of foreseeing, Showering Snow Sword gracefully retreated, narrowly avoiding Motan’s ’brake kill’, and in the next moment, she precisely tapped Motan’s [Sharp Sword - Wind Slash] sword, calmly stating, "But here lies the problem, your decisions are simply too wise, and against a strong opponent, such ’excellent but brilliant answers’ are easily predictable."

Due to [Breath Disruption], making it difficult for Motan to speak during the fight, he deeply sighed, turning sideways as if skating to follow the girl’s longsword with large strides, gripping the hilt tightly with his right hand and supporting the sword with his left, attempting to brute-force restrict the enigmatic longsword. Contrary to his visually unattractive entanglement, the opponent didn’t try to escape. Instead, she stepped forward actively.

"If every strike selects the optimal solution, if the optimal solution is truly ’optimal’, then so-called ’maneuvers’ have no significance."

Showering Snow Sword said, while lightly circling the longsword that Motan was forcefully pinning against, effortlessly dismissing all the pressure on the sword, then the beloved sword [Frostless] softly shook, pushing Motan, who was attempting to close in again, effortlessly to the side: "Actually, you’ve already well-integrated maneuvers (skills) with your judgment, but it’s still not enough."

[Tai Chi Sword·Covering the Moon]

With exaggeratedly raised arms, Motan struggled to maintain balance, retreating several steps, even though he hadn’t suffered any harm. Showering Snow Sword merely made a light circle with strength that wasn’t particularly strong, yet his Physical Strength Value directly fell nearly twenty percent.