Antonio was a Twenty-third Order Mist Knight. Like Charlotte, he had graduated from Sheffield University, but unlike Charlotte, he had followed the orthodox inheritance of Lady Black Moon. He cultivated not only the Dark Breathing Technique and Black Moon Meditation Art, but also the Dark Moon Sorcerer path. After advancing to Saint Rank, Lady Black Moon's two great inheritances would merge, allowing him to advance into a Mist Knight.
Only layers upon layers of mist could conceal Lady Black Moon's true form!
Antonio's staff technique likewise originated from Lady Black Moon's inheritance. During this period, as he grew familiar with the Dragon-Beating Staff, he comprehended a staff art from the Dark Spear Technique. Though it had been created in haste, its power was already considerable.
After all, Antonio was a practical man. He had not intended to create an entirely new martial art, merely adapting spear techniques into staff techniques to suit his weapon. Thus, most of its moves were connected to the Dark Spear Technique, with only some staff applications added.
Facing Emisfida, the King of Ten Thousand Lions, a Lionheart Berserker also at the Twenty-third Order, he was exceedingly cautious. He thrust out with his staff, his bearing as solemn as a mountain. Roars of countless beasts rang from the staff, making Emisfida's heart pound in alarm. The lion hastily drew a gigantic cleaver from his back and met the Dragon-Beating Staff.
Charlotte's eyes lit up as he watched from the side. "A High-Order Transcendent Weapon."
Staff and blade collided. Antonio held back not in the slightest. With a crisp crack, Emisfida's gigantic cleaver shattered into dozens of fragments.
Emisfida had never expected Antonio to wield the Dragon-Beating Staff so effortlessly only days after acquiring it, fully unleashing the Saint Rank weapon's might. Watching the gigantic cleaver in