Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

Moreover, the Sword Step was an offensive attack. Every step stifled the airflow and in turn created cyclones containing one's sword intent, and the one performing the skill could volley them straight toward his enemies.

Crack, crack, crack...

Rocher took soft steps. He had practiced the Sword Step to small success, and because of his sword intent, the air under his foot was pushed down to create crisp vibrations.

With the aid of the Sword Step, he managed to escape Kim's attacks easily.

Zen was moved when he saw Rocher displaying his Sword Step skill.

In the past few days, Zen had practiced at the Seven Star Sword Light Platform a number of times to temper his own sword intent, which had contributed to a better understanding of it. He perceived Rocher's comprehension of the sword intent to be impressive, as exemplified by his fluid body movements. Yet, Zen didn't consider his own understanding of the sword intent any worse.

Before today, he had not realized that step skills could be influenced by one's sword intent.

All the swordsmen in the world held the same dream: to create their own Sword Step. In itself, it was not difficult to practice.

The biggest difficulty lay in blending the sword intent with one's step skill. From a certain point of view, the Sword Step was the primary form of unity of a swordsman and his sword.

between Rocher and Kim continued. As Rocher avoided Kim's spear, the former jumped up toward the sky and somersaulted into a headstand position. He kicked his feet, creating

his spear rapidly. Rocher's cyclones of sword intent collided into the spinning spear, making a shrill noise.

Clang, clang, clang...

was as tall as a mountain and had managed to resist the cyclones, still, he was forced to

fixed on Rocher and Kim, including that of the personal disciples. As for the other simultaneous battles on the stage, they went unseen, dismissed as impertinent.

it had forced the personal

all, Rocher had not even drawn his sword till now. Even so, he still had the upper hand

them didn't deserve it. But now, faced with someone who might potentially be a threat, they would have to be on

glued to the stage. Zen, however, seemed to be making a series of strategic steps behind

to discover that he moved in the exact same manner as Rocher did on

difference between the two was that Zen didn't fuse his sword intent into the steps. Lacking of sword

two steps,

to imitate the skill step-by-step, watching it as he was for the very first

sword intent. Zen was able to commit the steps to memory because of his understanding of the sword

as he deduced the

out and taken note of the relevant tricks, his speed increased—from one step in a breath, to two. As his understanding of the sword intent grew deeper, as he grew more familiar with the Sword Step, he could perform more steps in