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Shin immersed himself in his current state, trying his best to familiarize himself with it. He then turned toward the army of ice golems and frost puppets before knitting his brow.
Given the opposing side's numbers, he knew it would take a lot of trouble before he could wipe them out. Moreover, he could also tell that they were much more powerful than the ones he had fought earlier.
Adding their perfect coordination and seamless synchronized attacks, Shin fully understood that this was not going to be easy.
There was also Leviathan in his demonic transformation, giving off a dangerous feeling.
Thinking about this, Shin decided to 'call' some reinforcements. Using the skills attached to his mask, he summoned the Sun and Moon Clones before fusing them.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
At the same time, he also summoned the Phantom Clone through the 'Phantom Apparition' Skill.
The two clones stood on each side of Shin while releasing a very dangerous air. The Eclipse Clone was emitting a purple glow that was flowing upwards continuously while the Phantom Clone was shrouded with a black mist that was making its body flicker repeatedly.
The strength of these clones had reached a whole other level after Shin had been promoted to Tier 3 Class. Their stats were slightly stronger than Shin while their respective skills represented different styles that their summoner had.
Even Shin was slightly confused as he found that these clones were somewhat different from what he remembered when he had summoned them. They were also starting to resemble the ones that he had fought during his promotion quests.
Or more like a fusion of the two phantoms and two clones at that time?
He now realized that there was something more to these clones that he was unaware of. "I guess I have to investigate more about them later when I have the time."
He had a vague suspicion that this might be related to his secondary combat class, the Phantom Swordsman Class. After all, he was repeatedly hinted that Kentas, the creator of his class, was someone on equal terms to the NPCs with the title of a 'Hero'.
He might even be a hero himself.
From what Berlin had said, Kentas was known as the Phantom King. Meanwhile, Longinus had casually mentioned Kentas being the 'First Fallen'.
These clues were already pointing to something, so all he needed to do was to follow it and reach the end.
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Shin was not planning to manually control these clones just like how he usually did. After all, keeping his current state active was already putting a heavy burden on his mind. He could not afford to divide his attention in this current state since it would instantly collapse even with the slightest slip in concentration.
He would be living them to the Battle AI of the System. Given his strength and combat prowess, these clones would be strong enough to fight the majority of the Peak Titled Rankers or even a couple of the unranked lesser Godlike Players in the bottom ranking.
It might not be enough to clash against someone of Leviathan's caliber in a head-on battle, but it was more than enough to deal with these ice golems and frost puppets.
Even Leviathan himself could sense that he would be having a hard time suppressing these clones with his current puppets.
Regardless, he could easily distinguish which was the real body given the different auras that they were emitting, so it was much easier to focus on the real target.
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Not long after that thought crossed his mind, Leviathan suddenly saw Shin and his clones summon nine phantoms each, resembling each other. Even if the 'main' bodies were releasing different types of auras that made them distinguishable from the other two, these phantoms were greatly identical to each other.
Leviathan was quite familiar with this skill since he had seen it from their database about Shin, especially when Shin was still known for being a famous Maverick Ranker with the moniker of 'Emperor of the Night'.
This was the very first signature skill that made that persona well-known to everyone.
'Phantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Dance' x3
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The phantoms scattered in every direction blending in one another to cover the tracks of the other phantoms.
Leviathan was wearing a solemn expression as he knew what these phantoms could do. They could not attack nor could be attacked, but the 'main' bodies could switch with them whenever they wanted to. This made it hard to predict the attack patterns that they could choose.
Understanding his current position, Leviathan knew that he could not let his guard down even for a single moment.
Then, all of a sudden, something seemed to have clicked inside him as he continued to use the combination of all the abilities he possessed, particularly the sword principles that he had learned from the real world and the two in-game skills such as Elemental Unification, Mondi's Style, and Demonic Telekinesis.
The Sword Heart and the Heavenly Fighting Physique had resonated with one another before fusing into one. The somewhat foreign 'Sword Heart' had fully become part of his body.
Then the seed inside him seemed to have spouted and spread in every direction before turning into a field of swords that was carrying every sword insight and technique that he practiced.
*Ding*
What followed was the familiar sound from the notification given to him by the system.
System: Congratulations! Your Sword Heart had evolved from entry-level to intermediate-level!
System: The Sword Seed had transformed into a Sword Graveyard!
*Ding*
System: A new ability under the 'Sword Heart' ability was generated!
System: Congratulations! You have learned 'Domain Skill (Tier 3): Graveyard of Swords'.
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Shin was caught completely off guard by the sudden notification. He did not have to look at it to know what it could give him. The name itself was already giving him a rough idea about the effects of the skill.
Briefly disengaging from the battle to glance at the description of the skill.
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Skill Name: Graveyard of Swords
Skill Level: Tier 3
Skill Rank: Special
Skill Type: Domain
Skill Details:
-All stats will be doubled within the entire duration of this skill while all resistances will receive a boost of 30%.
-Increase all the ranks of your sword-related skills by 2 levels within the range of this skill and all their cooldown would reduce by 50% and cost by 100%.
-Sword Techniques executed within this domain skill will receive a massive boost in might and power, particularly under the conditions of a 'special combat state'.
Range: 100 meters (mobile with you as the center)
Mana Cost: 50,000
Cooldown: 6 hours
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"Sweet~!" He could not help but raise his brows when he skimmed through the effects of the skill. What surprised him more was it being a Tier 3 Domain Skill on top of everything.
He could not say that it was weaker or stronger than the other Tier 3 Domain Skill that he received after clearly his promotion quest since both skills had their respective advantages.
But this one was meant for a solo battle while the other was more of a team-oriented skill.
What made him like this more was he felt like he could use this one right away compared to the other domain skill as he currently met all the conditions for its activation.
Seeing that the 'Phantom Dance' was already about to end and so was the duration for his clones, he started preparing for the final exchange.
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