Kamisato Ayaka faced Rita with utmost caution. Though, in her teachers' eyes, Ayaka's swordsmanship had already surpassed theirs.
But when facing Rita... she felt like an apprentice who had only just entered [Basic Transmission].
The Kamisato style of swordsmanship was gorgeous and elegant, yet carried lethal killing power, making it rather similar to Rita's martial arts.
While ensuring lethality, Rita's movements also had to preserve a lady's grace and splendid style. This made their battle look more like a beautiful performance.
A feast for the eyes!
Yet this pleasing performance was filled with deadly slaughter! Rita was merely controlling her strength to ensure she did not truly hurt Kamisato Ayaka.
Some of Rita's techniques and movements were simply not something humans could accomplish.
The movements of other Valkyries could still be imitated in reality, but ordinary people could hardly perform the latter portions of Rita's normal attacks without training. Shadow Iron was the most extreme example, followed by Umbral Rose, while Moon Soul was the easiest.
After all, who could clamp a scythe between their legs, perform two and a half midair rotations, then bring the scythe down in a cleaving strike?
"Careful! This is Bloom of the Ice Moon..."
Rita gave a warning as frost gathered slightly along her scythe's blade. In an instant, Kamisato Ayaka seemed to see countless icy crescent-shaped blade energies rushing toward her.
What...
Kamisato Ayaka's expression changed slightly! Rather than continuing her attack, she used an ability impossible for humans to perform.
"Dripping droplets vanish upon wet feathers; why resent the egret treading water?"
----Kamisato Art: Senho!
As the blade energies encircled her, Kamisato Ayaka instantly condensed Cryo energy beneath her feet, sank into the ground amid shattered ice, and transformed into a rushing current that moved swiftly at the cost of stamina.
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