In the Versus Instance, activating Storm Style had been almost laughably easy.
Once the sword formation appeared, players only had to leap forward. Their bodies practically took over from there.
The system granted them tremendous hang time and unbelievable agility, letting them become afterimages within the formation as they unleashed a dizzying flurry of slashes. It also gave those slashes a powerful area effect.
When Lu Xiu had designed the skill, she had deliberately left room for players to make fine adjustments and vary their moves using their own abilities, preserving its potential for skilled play.
But the system still did most of the work. A player could hardly dart around that fast on their own.
Now she had to do all of it without the system's help.
That was going to be hard.
As for speed,
Lu Xiu felt she could just about manage it with Rampage active.
But what about the slashes? Without the system, how was she supposed to produce that effect when she swung? She couldn't just hit things with her sword. Was she supposed to turn a skill that gathered enemies, dealt area damage, and launched everyone into the air with its finishing blow into a one-on-one attack?
She couldn't quite accept that.
"...I need to think."
Lu Xiu lowered her hand.
There was no need to rush.
First, she had to understand what a sword wave was.
So what was it?
Lu Xiu activated Rampage. As her blood surged, she felt her strength multiply. She loosely clenched her fist and threw a casual punch.
Whoosh.
The air shuddered briefly, and the sound of her fist cutting through it rang out in the quiet woods.
That was nothing more than physical force compressing the air.
But the skills she had used with the system's help—Dragon