On the other side, Luo Zhen naturally recognized the sword skill Sasha was using at that moment.
"Did you use 'Stardust Splash' without the system's assistance?"
Luo Zhen continued retreating rapidly while constantly deflecting the streaks of light flying toward him at incredible speed with the dagger in his hand, blocking Sasha's thrusts.
However, Sasha's 'Stardust Splash' seemed endless. After the eight-hit combo ended, a new eight-hit combo immediately followed. Combo after combo, it never stopped from beginning to end.
This technique had already surpassed Asuna's, and even Kirito's.
But that was only to be expected.
"During the time I was locked up in Iron Palace's prison... all those days... I... thought about... taking revenge on you... every moment!"
Sasha swung countless streaks of sword light while letting his low, hoarse voice reach Luo Zhen's ears.
"I couldn't increase my money or experience... I couldn't kill anyone... and I couldn't obtain any items... I... could only swing my sword... endlessly in the darkness...!"
This was Sasha's only entertainment, and the only thing he could do.
For half a year, or even nearly a full year, Sasha had done nothing but sleep and practice his sword skills without pause in Iron Palace's prison, just as he was doing now.
Thus, Sasha had practiced every sword skill usable with a thrusting sword thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of times. Every movement, every trajectory, and every ounce of force had been completely fused into his body and memorized by his brain and nerves.
That was why Sasha said he was no longer the person he had once been.
By now, Sasha's sword skills were several, or even dozens, of times stronger than before. Even without the system's assistance, he could effortlessly use every sword skill he had once