Luo Zhe's Blade (2)

late at night.

Inside the Jiangnan Pavilion, the lights in the middle and western pavilions had long been turned off, except for the eastern pavilion where Luo Zhe was located, which was still emitting a bright light.

Luo Zhe remained seated in front of his laptop, watching an instructional video explaining sword techniques.

"Teacher, I practice my knife diligently every day, but why can't I feel that sense of effortless control, like I can move my arms and fingers with ease? No matter how hard I try, I can only feel that the knife is just a knife, and I am just myself."

In the video, a young white man asks a question, and since Luo Zhe switched the video to Chinese, there is naturally no language barrier.

In the video, a burly man of East Asian descent smiles and says, "When practicing with a knife, one must not become rigid or dull. To achieve 'unity of man and knife,' one cannot simply let one's thoughts remain at the superficial level of the knife. Rigidly copying forms, using techniques mechanically, and practicing without understanding are the greatest taboos in knife practice!"

"To practice swordsmanship, one must first understand the essence of the sword. What is a sword? A sword is a weapon renowned for its powerful, bold, and tiger-like style; similarly, it is also a weapon for killing! Your swordsmanship will reflect your personality!"

"Moreover, swordsmanship is closely related to hand feel, wrist feel, body posture, footwork, overall momentum, speed, strength, spirit, reaction, instinct, and so on. It is not something that can be achieved by simply practicing sword techniques to the point of perfect harmony between man and sword."

"Remember, techniques are static, but the person is dynamic. The body moves with the blade, and the blade moves with the mind! When the two are united, mastery of subtle techniques is achieved."

"The body moves with the blade, and the blade moves with the mind!"

Boom!

Luo Zhe, sitting in front of the laptop, seemed to have been struck by lightning. He sat there dumbfounded, his eyes wide open, muttering the words "body moves with the knife, knife moves with the mind." Then, he revealed a look of wild joy, slapped his head, and jumped up.

"Right!"

"True swordsmanship should be about the body moving with the sword, and the sword moving with the mind, not being constantly constrained by the swordsmanship techniques. The <Nine-Fold Thunder Blade> only gave him a technique for generating power. What I need is my own swordsmanship."

"I'm such an idiot, so incredibly stupid! I kept thinking about how to imitate the moves of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, but I never realized that the essence of swordsmanship needs to be experienced firsthand. Only what suits you best is truly the best!"

"I should have realized this problem when I first mastered the second level. Those senior Fighter who had cultivated the Nine- Nine-Fold Thunder Blade had already reminded me to start cultivating the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade again and not to rush into the third level of swordsmanship. In essence, they were enlightening me and helping me find my own path in swordsmanship."

"How foolish of me to think they were just advising me to solidify my foundation!"

Luo Zhe was both amused and exasperated.

Even the best Nine-Fold Thunder Blade has its limits. No matter how talented he is in swordsmanship, even if he can master the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade to the ninth level and reach the level of the Thor, it is still just the Thor's swordsmanship, the Thor God's Nine-Fold Thunder Blade. No matter how well Luo Zhe practices it, he cannot surpass the Thor God himself.

This is a very simple principle, something every student at Dojo knows. However, Luo Zhe has failed to grasp it for so long, and has been stubbornly clinging to the sword techniques of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

"Mastering the second level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade means I've achieved some success in swordsmanship. My next step is to incorporate the elements that suit me into my own swordsmanship, creating a unique style of my own!"

As sparks of thought ignited in Luo Zhe's mind, more and more brilliant ideas flashed through his brain, and Luo Zhe's eyes gradually brightened.

"Creating a sword technique from scratch is undoubtedly a very difficult task, but the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade is the strongest sword technique in the world, and there are many things in it that I can learn from, especially its unique method of generating power."

Thinking of this, Luo Zhe couldn't sit still any longer. He didn't bother watching the tutorial videos anymore, so he closed his notebook, grabbed the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, and rushed downstairs.

Each student's residence has a secret underground chamber, the walls of which are constructed of Kro Alloy, allowing the students to freely explore and experiment.

The secret underground chamber of Luo Zhe's residence.

"Smack!"

When the lights were turned on, the light shone through the pinholes in the alloy steel plates, illuminating the entire underground chamber. This underground chamber was about two and a half meters high, five meters long, and five meters wide. The walls and floor were dark green, indicating that the alloy was not pure Kro Alloy but also contained other materials.

On the alloy floor and walls, one could see slightly dented fist marks and footprints, all left by past students.

However, Luo Zhe had no intention of admiring the great achievements of his senior fellow students and went directly into the Dimensional Space.

Since Luo Zhe rediscovered the cyan threads deep within the virtual space Trial Tower and realized that there seemed to be some mysterious connection between the cyan threads and the Perfect Level movement technique, Luo Zhe has been trying to figure out the commonalities between the two.

Clearly, Luo Zhe has not made any progress so far.

Furthermore, to prevent the cyan threads from disappearing again, Luo Zhe strategically chose to temporarily refrain from experimenting with activating their power. Simply put, current progress in the research on the cyan threads is essentially zero...

This time, Luo Zhe entered the Dimensional Space not for the sake of the cyan silk threads.

This is mainly because the flow of time in the Dimensional Space is much faster than in the outside world, and the abundant Universe Energy can continuously flow into the body, enabling the body to spontaneously refine and generate Genetic Origin Energy, maintaining the body's vitality. This allows Luo Zhe to have stronger endurance, thus allowing him to better study his swordsmanship.

Laugh!

Luo Zhe, wielding the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, swung it forward. During War Blade swing, the War Blade's speed surged twice, making it seem as if it had transformed into a bolt of lightning, swiftly cutting through the air in front of him.

This is the current characteristic of Luo Zhe wielding his War Blade!

Fast! So fast that the opponent can't even react before the War Blade has already slit their throat! When the speed reaches its limit, a single strike shakes the heavens and earth, obliterating everything in its path!

This was a passage learned from the opening of "Nine-Fold Thunder Blade," which Luo Zhe had always regarded as his bible! However, during his Trial Tower of Trials and during his earlier mental explosion, Luo Zhe discovered its flaws.

Admittedly, whether from the perspective of attacking weaknesses or from the perspective of absolute strength, making the War Blade faster is the best way to fight the enemy!

The vast majority of Fighter in human society firmly believe that only by pushing oneself to the limit can one become invincible!

Luo Zhe also firmly believed this, and there was nothing wrong with the statement itself.

However, the human body has its limits. The physical limits of Junior War General are completely different from those of a beginner War God.

No matter how powerful a single strike is, it can only kill one enemy at a time!

In the past, Luo Zhe always pursued the strongest power of a single strike. Although the power was very strong, he couldn't unleash many strikes at the same time when facing group attacks!

Generally, the stronger the strike, the longer it takes to retract the blade.

This also explains why, during the A-level assessment that day, despite Luo Zhe's speed and strength far surpassing those of the Elementary Beast General Level Reckless Bull monsters, he was still chased by fifty Reckless Bull.

"If I could unleash ten, twenty, or fifty strikes in the blink of an eye! The combined power of dozens of strikes would definitely not be less than the power of pursuing the strongest single strike," Luo Zhe thought to himself.

"In other words, my future research on swordsmanship will primarily focus on the speed of my strikes."