Sword Techniques of Neo were made of three parts: Incantation, action/attack, landing of attack.
As soon as the Eighth stance's Incantation was completed, the attack had landed.
No one saw Neo strike because he never did.
That was the Eighth Stance.
The action of swinging the sword was erased from time.
Only its effect remained.
After injuring the maggots, Neo stepped over their remains.
His shoes left scorched prints on the ruined ground.
He approached Zeus' broken corpse.
"You okay?"
The corpse stood up, headless, and left without responding.
Then again, it was not like it could talk without a head.
Screens appeared before Neo's eyes.
[You have inflicted a wound on the Angel of S@!$W.]
[Quest 'Inflict a wound on the Angel of S@!$W' completed.]
[Reward: Life Affinity.]
Neo felt a foreign yet familiar power budding inside him.
The power of Life.
