What did it feel like to become a super genius?
Zhou Qi experienced it firsthand. His mind had never been clearer, his memory had never been better, and his control over his body had never been more effortless.
Koshiro opened his family's inherited sword manual. Zhou Qi learned a page for every page he turned, and four hours later, he had actually mastered the entire book!
Isshin-ryu swordsmanship naturally consisted of more than just those five basic sword forms. It also included ready-made techniques created by those who came before.
There were the most sword techniques of all: direct offensive techniques like Lion Song and Tiger Hunt; techniques like Annoyance Wind, which could endlessly increase in power through layered force and be trained from level one to max level.
There were also Deer Run, which specialized in footwork; Fish Scales, which focused on defense; and Crane Wing Style, which specialized in mowing down weak opponents on the battlefield.
Daggers, spears, and hidden weapons likewise had different methods of use. Because the contents were so varied and extensive, the entire book was vast as an ocean. It had never been intended for one person to learn it all.
The proper approach was to choose suitable moves based on one's own physical traits. For example, Zoro was a power-type fighter with speed as well, so he centered his style around iaijutsu, Tiger Hunt, and Lion Song. Later, he created his own swordsmanship based on those techniques.
But Zhou Qi was simply too much of a genius. Ordinary people could score ninety points when learning swordsmanship that suited them, but only forty or fifty points when it did not.
Zhou Qi could score a hundred points with techniques that suited him, and ninety even with those that did not!
"I have nothing left