Requiem started tapping his feet to form a beat. Then the flames of his katana started to flicker accordingly. Moving his right foot forward, he started to slash to the rhythm of the flickering fire. A few seconds in and a fire crescent started to form at the "chest" of the training dummy.
"Burning Crescent!"
Requiem yelled as he started a rhythmic diagonal strikes left and right. He followed it up by spinning like a top with his katana positioned horizontally.
"Winding Ring of Fire!"
The ring of fire became more visible as he spinned longer, and the flames grew hotter too. He then blinked away from the dummy and produced clones from four directions with the dummy as the center.
"Axis of Death!"
Requiem repeated the axis while increasing his speed, resulting in a simultaneous quadruple strike per second within 10 seconds. He then jumped up and pointed his katana downward while spinning.
"Fire Helix!"
The tip of the katana started to glow and a spinning barrier of fire started to coat the tip of the katana. Requiem then thrusted the katana to reduce the air resistance and thrusted it the second time to propel himself downward. He then drilled the head of the dummy and slashed the dummy from the head down to the crotch, dividing the dummy into two.
"Your swordsmanship is really amazing no matter how many times I see it.", Astrielle commended Requiem.
"I needed to give it all so that I can see my replay and check what areas I can improve. I feel like I can't perfect my rhythm, esp. when I executed my ring of fire."
"BAKAtana is really a perfectionist. Is this what a combination of a bard and a samurai really looks like?", Astrielle started poking Requiem's soft spots.
"This kitten is starting to piss me off again.", Requiem spoke to himself as he sheathed his katana.
"I think we had enough exercise. Let's go eat first before going to the test area. We still have 45 minutes."
"Hai!!!", answered Astrielle as her cat ears twitched.
(ANXEL POV)
A few minutes ago. . .
"Aaaaaaaggghhhhh!!! STOP STOP STOP!!!! I might die if you keep slashing me!!! Please! Spare me! I am begging you! Aaahhhhhh!!!"
"My consciousness is fading. I feel immense pain all over my body."
Slash Damage Resist +5
Slash Damage Resist +5
Slash Damage Resist +5
Slash Damage Resist LVL UP!
Slash Damage Resist LVL UP!
Slash Damage Resist LVL UP!
Slash Damage Resist LVL UP!
Slash Damage Resist Evolved!
Scabbard Skin Acquired!
Skill Effect: 10% of slash damage received will be converted to 10 armor. Stackable. Undispellable.
Anxel then felt immense pain traveling from his head down to his manliness. He lost his consciousness afterwards.
Skill Acquired - Fire Helix
Skill Description: Usable with 1 handed swords, 2 handed swords, dual wielded 1 handed swords, katanas, spears, knives and polearms. Jump 10 feet to the air and spin downwards while thrusting the weapon to create a drill of death. Damage is proportional to the speed of fall + number of rotations per second. Damage dealt by the fire barrier is stacked and is combined to the final damage output.
POOR CREATURE. GETTING CIRCUMCISED THE SECOND TIME AROUND. DO NOT WORRY, WEAK-KUN. YOU WILL NOT DIE, EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO. AFTER ALL, I AM A SADIST. HAHAHA!!!
The dummy then regenerated and returned to its original form, as if nothing happened. Little did Anxel know at this time that Tra-khun was the one who kept fixing him from the inside.