Chapter 105: A Contest Between Teacher and Student! Swordsmanship Maxed! |
After all, he was flying in the sky—this skill’s experience might be related to the tracking distance.
This was a huge gain for Leo.
Originally, he had almost given up on this Tracking skill.
But now, through the Beast Tamer’s 【Beast Taming】 skill, this Tracking skill seemed to have regained new life.
This was an important skill that could independently increase Agility.
If he could grind this skill up—
His speed and flexibility would improve.
Leo didn’t want to be a clumsy meat shield. Killing a man in ten steps and leaving no trace in a thousand miles—that was his pursuit.
After taking a sip of the Excitement Potion—
However, upon arriving at the entrance, he saw a figure he hadn’t seen in a long time.
Eve Sova, dressed in tight training attire, suddenly appeared at the Dungeon entrance.
“Teacher Eve.” Upon seeing her, Leo greeted her politely as usual.
Eve Sova nodded and asked, “Have you seen my mother?”
“No.” Leo knew that after Lady Manta successfully made the Tier 3 potion—
She had been completely relaxed these days, mostly tending flowers in her back garden.
Eve Sova was going out on a search mission today, so Lady Manta had asked her to come over.
“Alright, she told me to come, yet she’s not here.” Seeing her student whom she hadn’t met in a while, Eve Sova casually asked, “Leo, you haven’t attended a single one of my swordsmanship lessons. So, how has your sword training been recently?”
“Hehe, thanks to Teacher recommending me to Lady Manta earlier, I’ve been able to practice swordsmanship here in peace.”
“Tch, looks like you’re quite confident in your swordsmanship now. Want to give it a try?” Eve Sova had been training diligently lately and felt her swordsmanship had improved again. Seeing Leo made her hands itch for a spar.
More importantly, when she used swordsmanship lessons as an excuse to train, those Quasi-Knights always held back and never displayed their full strength.
Among all of them, only sparring with Leo gave her some real feeling.
Hearing about sparring, Leo also became interested. Ever since becoming a Sword Master, he had lacked a suitable opponent to test his current combat level.
Now that Eve Sova was here, it was perfect.
The two immediately hit it off and walked together into Eve Sova’s training room.
Leo sniffed lightly and sensed a strong medicinal scent.
Previously, he hadn’t been very sensitive to such smells.
But after unlocking Alchemy, he could immediately recognize them.
It seemed that Eve Sova had been using potent potions on herself during training recently.
“Stop spacing out. Come.” Eve Sova removed the sword at her waist and placed it aside.
Then she went to the rack to pick up a practice iron sword.
But Leo’s eyes were fixed on the long sword beside her, which emitted a chilling aura.
“Teacher, why don’t you use that sword?”
“Frost?” Eve Sova pointed at the high-quality longsword her father had given her. “Use this? No, I’m afraid I might hurt you.”
Leo was speechless. His teacher was still the same—showing off at every moment.
Although he wasn’t absolutely confident he could defeat her, saying she might hurt him—
‘Do all my attributes and swordsmanship count for nothing?’ Leo thought, but said nothing.
Everything would be decided by strength.
With a clang, the Starfall longsword was unsheathed.
Leo had no intention of using a practice sword either. He wanted to see just how powerful the “Frost” she mentioned really was.
Then—
Clang!
The two exchanged their first strike.
Eve Sova’s iron practice sword snapped instantly.
“Wait, wait—this sword was broken before and wasn’t properly repaired.” Eve Sova tossed aside the broken sword.
Her expression immediately turned serious.
The power behind Leo’s strike just now was no joke.
Even though Leo used the Starfall longsword—
It still proved that in terms of sword momentum, he was already on par with her.
This time, Eve Sova honestly picked up her Frost longsword.
As the blade was drawn, a flash of cold light appeared.
It was a uniquely shaped greatsword—wide blade, fierce curvature, with jagged edges near the tip.
A faint white mist constantly surrounded it—that was the cold aura from thousand-year cold iron.
The moment Leo saw the sword, a name surfaced in his mind.
“Frostmourne.”
He instinctively recalled the name of a sword from a game in his previous life.
The design was almost identical.
“What did you just say?” Eve Sova heard him. “Frostmourne?”
She looked at the Frost sword in her hand. That name sounded far more imposing than its original one.
“Good name. Didn’t expect you to be good at naming. Then thank you for the name—I’ll use this Frostmourne to properly instruct you.” Eve Sova’s lips curved upward uncontrollably.
That casual name felt incredibly fitting to her.
In the next instant, their swords clashed again.
Sparks flew.
For the opening test, both chose the Power of Dark Tide.
“Be careful—your sword is no match for my Frostmourne.” Eve Sova stepped forward.
But in the next moment, she saw the Starfall longsword trace a strange trajectory mid-air.
With a swift upward motion, it stabbed toward her chest.
Eve Sova’s eyes widened.
That move just now—
It was from the Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword.
What a cunning technique—directly exploiting the fleeting opening she had just revealed.
Eve Sova relied on her agility to step back, then used the Power of the Vortex to neutralize the attack.
But Leo immediately changed his move again.
Feinting one direction and striking another! Breaking defense!
This was a classic variation.
Leo’s blade slid along her hilt like a venomous snake, slipping inward.
Eve Sova instinctively circulated her Breathing Technique, barely dodging again with agility.
Compared to last time, Leo’s improvement in strength astonished her.
Facing his ever-changing sword techniques, she could only rely on her superior physical speed from her knight realm.
“Not bad. As expected of someone I taught. I know you’ve also learned Stacked Waves—come, let me see it.”
This time, Eve Sova did not give Leo the initiative.
In an instant, waves of force surged from her blade.
Stacked Waves!
Leo immediately felt the pressure.
For a moment, he had the urge to unleash his ultimate move.
But he restrained himself.
He didn’t know what the consequences of using Tsunami would be. Since Eve Sova used Stacked Waves, he would respond in kind.
In an instant, waves of force surged around both of them.
As the sound of clashing blades rang out—
Their sword intents collided violently.
Like two raging tides crashing against each other.
Each clash grew fiercer than the last.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Both exchanged four strikes.
Though both used Stacked Waves, Leo integrated techniques from the Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword.
The first three strikes were evenly matched, but on the fourth—
Leo used a cunning sidestep to bait an opening.
Caught off guard, Eve Sova’s fourth strike lacked power and was directly forced back several meters.
She panted heavily, astonished that Leo’s swordsmanship had reached such a level in such a short time.
More importantly, his techniques were highly variable.
Eve Sova had also trained in the Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword, but after focusing on the Tide Cross Sword, she had grown accustomed to overwhelming opponents with force and momentum.
Now she faced Leo—who was equally skilled in the Tide Cross Sword.
Yes.
At this moment, Eve Sova was willing to call Leo a swordsmanship expert.
Or rather, purely in terms of swordsmanship, he had already surpassed her.
Of course, she still hadn’t used her Black Aura.
But this was only a contest of swordsmanship.
Relying on her realm advantage would be somewhat bullying.
The exchange ended there.
Eve Sova slowly sheathed her sword. “The ground was a bit slippery just now. But your swordsmanship progress is indeed beyond my expectations.”
Leo didn’t expose her excuse.
He himself had many trump cards left unused.
In terms of strength alone, he had only used seventy percent.
And he still held an ultimate move in reserve.
But after all, she was his teacher—he had to leave her some dignity.
Especially since this female teacher cared greatly about face.
Moreover, after this spar—
The final bit of experience for his Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword had been fully maxed.
【Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword Level 5 100/100 (Effect: Level 5 Armor Break)】
The effect had also upgraded to Level 5 Armor Break.
From this point on, his sword techniques had reached perfection—there was nothing left to refine.
Very good.