776 Chapter 776

"The second manual, the last half of my inheritance, is the Void Splitting Manual!

The bulky man jumped directly into the mystical sea from the sword mountain while calmly holding the black blade in his hand. As he rushed against the current and cut ahead, his eyes gleamed brightly and the melancholy in them was gone, replaced by a keen glitter.

*Swoosh!*

The seawater was split to the side, creating an empty void in its wake.

With a single slash, the mighty wild mana itself was turned into the void, blank space!

At the same time, the Sword Emperor's voice resounded in Aiden's head.

"This is the first strike of the Void Splitting Manual, Creation. Do well to learn it, I will not repeat anything."

After Creation, the Sword Emperor circled his blade around his body whilst he was waving it around. Immediately, the mystical sea mixed up enormous waves that splattered everywhere!

"This is the second strike of the Void Splitting Manual, Formation."

Immediately after, the Sword Emperor retracted his sword and slashed forward once more.

The angle of this slash was slightly slanted, rather unique, as if it was striking thin air as it twisted and spun.

As the attack landed, the mystic sea started spinning, forming a gigantic vortex as though it was pulled by something!

"And the third strike of the Void Splitting Manual the Vortex."

Upon seeing this, Aiden suddenly had an epiphany. He had experienced those stances personally in the process of crossing the spirit sea.

This meant that crossing the mystic sea was not just a simple test, but also the inheritance on its own!

However, there was no time to rest, as the burly figure, the Sword Emperor continued onward. Striking and revolving his blade around, dancing to the tune of battle itself, each strike more and more majestic than the one before it.

In the end, he struck five times, each with its own unique style that complimented the one before it. Each strike, was actually a part of his journey itself.

"The fourth strike of the Void Splitting Manual, Ripple."

"The fifth and final strike of the Void Splitting Manual, Eternal Calm."

In the blink of an eye, all five stances were performed.

The Sword Emperor's voice continued ringing, "Although there are only five parts, five strikes to the Void Splitting Manual, my life's knowledge has been infused into them. It is the epitome of the Sword Mastery created by simplifying everything and returning it to the basics. If you are able to comprehend the first four strikes, that will be enough for you to roam freely in this mortal world."

The Sword Emperor smiled mysteriously as he paused for a moment and added one more sentence.

"If you can comprehend the final strike… even the very heavens will shake under your might!

"For the Way of the Sword, towards the path to the peak there are three distinct levels of mastery one needs to comprehend. They are the Form, the Force and lastly the Intent."

The Sword Emperor's voice continued sounding.

"By Form, it means the stance of the sword techniques. This is the most superficial of the mastery levels and as long as a sword fighter is willing to practice diligently, they will be able to attain proficiency and utilize it naturally over time. One might take longer than others but reaching this realm is a given.

"The second level and most abstract to understand of the three realms is the Force. It's not something that everyone can do and might be interpreted as the force of the blade, the aura, or the sound. Some people go through their entire life without comprehending the true meaning behind the concept of force. Still, upon reaching the realm of force, the might of your blade's technique will be even mightier, reaching a whole new tier of mastery."

,m The Sword Emperor took a moment before continuing.

"The third level is Intent. Similar to any other weapon intent, the sword has sword intent as well. Simply put, this is the realm of one's intent and it's formless and ethereal. A single slash can contain the might of the world! The obscurity of the intent realm can only be understood after one's Inner Energy reaches the peak of Mortality, at the edge of breaking into the higher realms."

Aiden couldn't help but furrow his brows at this information. So far, his understanding of the various stages of power was rather shallow. Him being who he is, he never came into contact with them.

Back on Eora, he mostly followed the Adventurer's Ranks and associated it with the person's True Power Level… Whilst it was crude and lacked a proper knowledge, it did work so far in his life.

With no meaning to properly communicate with this residue, which is more like a past recording than anything else, Aiden made a mental note to properly educate himself on the topic in the near future. Whilst this world's definition of Power Stages may not be an exact match to Eora, it would still be a proper baseline in the future.

Still, by following the Sword Emperor's words, one had to have reached this so called 'Peak of Mortality' realm at the very least if they wanted to achieve the third level of Sword Mastery.

Was Aiden already at this level perhaps? He honestly didn't know. For now, he did not have to think about that at all.

Right now, all he had to do was master the first two levels of properly learning and cultivating sword techniques.

Whipping out Rygintarth, Aiden recalled the five strikes performed by the Sword Emperor and began practicing on the mountain peak.

As the Sword Emperor had said, even though there were only five simple stances, executing a perfect version of even one of them was extremely difficult!

At the same time, Aiden finally understood why the Sword Emperor had to lay down a test as such.

The Void Splitting Manual's requirement on one's physique was way too high!

Although Creation was just the starting move, a person's arm would simply explode if their physique was not strong enough!

Even with his pure physical might, Aiden could only use it while channeling his Inner Force alongside with it and reinforced his body.

That single slash required every single muscle on his body to move!

Of course, that was not the only difficulty to executing a perfect version of the stance. There must not be any deviations to the degree of his motions, the timing and angle of his slash as well as the strength used. Any single mistake and the saber technique would not be able to be executed.

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