Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder drove its sword down, piercing the assassin squarely.
The assassin finally understood what that earlier strike had been.
That single blow was no longer merely sword shattering. Through its own efforts, Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder had elevated the purple equipment technique to an entirely new level.
That strike had, in truth, already embarked on the path of shattering space.
Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder had shown such tendencies before. For example, a casual strike of its could resemble a cavalry charge, or its shattered sword could slice through every position in front of it.
But those had only been tendencies; it had not truly achieved it.
Yet now, Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder had taken that step.
Perhaps before long, Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder would raise this purple equipment to the Orange tier on its own.
However, after completing that strike, Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder loosened its grip. Both it and its sword vanished from the spot like melting ice and snow.
The assassin, deprived of the longsword supporting him, lowered his head to look at the wound in his chest. He tossed aside his weapon and tried to press the wound shut, at least to stop the bleeding.
But after fumbling with it for quite some time, he discovered something.
There was no blood coming from his wound.
What was going on?
When the assassin looked down again, he found that his body was tearing apart from the wound outward, breaking into fragments of various sizes.
By then, the assassin had no chance to piece those fragments back together. Not long after Vanguard Power - Shattered Formation Holder vanished, the assassin's body also turned into scattered fragments, which the wind blew into the soil.
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