He still remembered when he was in training, the teacher specifically warned that the commonly used sword techniques of paladins were most effective against humanoid enemies, but when encountering opponents that were particularly huge, had many arms, or had bizarre forms, one should not rely on swordsmanship to prevail and should use Divine Arts directly instead!
Now, he entirely understood what the teacher meant. When you face a non-human opponent, many sword techniques lose their significance and can instead become deadly vulnerabilities.
After just two or three exchanges, the paladin had already been struck by several blows. Had his armor not been sturdy enough, he might have been hacked to pieces. Unrestrained, the Living Mercury became like a child with a new toy, attacking with even more excitement, gradually abandoning the adherence to swordsmanship and transforming its body into unimaginable shapes to attack from directions the paladin couldn't even fathom.
