"Kill!!" Anakin Skywalker charged forward with a wild roar, his body almost completely shrouded in Dark Side Force. At that instant, he seemed like a demon king breaking through the darkness and emerging from hell!
Darth Malthael's expression grew ever more excited. Wielding the black Soul Reaver, he met the charge head-on. This time, he held nothing back. Death Force surged forward like raging waves, and in an instant, ghosts wailed, sinister winds howled, and countless rotten, withered hands seemed to stretch out from the void, grasping at Anakin from every direction.
Their Lightsabers slammed together, and so did their Force! Darkness and death, tsunami and sandstorm, nearly split the entire sky in two!
Anakin Skywalker's power had become astonishing, terrifyingly so!
The gap between them had once been enormous. Not quite heaven and earth apart, perhaps, but at least like an adult beating a child. Yet now, Anakin Skywalker's incomparably violent Force could steadily stand against Darth Malthael on equal footing!
"It was you! You took everything from me!! It was you! You hurt everything I had!! I hate you! I hate you!!!" Anakin Skywalker roared, his eyes blood-red as the Lightsaber in his hand grew increasingly ferocious!
Throughout this war, Anakin's strength had also been steadily growing. Though he still could not compare to Darth Malthael, he was nevertheless among the finest Jedi Knights. Building upon the Form IV Ataru he had once practiced, he had further trained in Fifth Form Swordsmanship.
Fifth Form Swordsmanship had been created by combining Third Form lightsaber combat and Fourth Form lightsaber combat. It was divided into two styles—defense-oriented Shien and offense-oriented Djem So. But unlike Third Form lightsaber combat, Shien contained offense within defense; unlike Fourth Form lightsaber combat, Djem So contained defense within offense.
In other words, Fifth Form Swordsmanship