Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 488 - 273: Twilight Flow Battle Technique and Blood Fury Blade

Chapter 488: Chapter 273: Twilight Flow Battle Technique and Blood Fury Blade

The Evening Sun Stream, as a relatively unique style among the Nine Swords, like the Shadow Hand Stream, features a large amount of unarmed martial techniques.

This is precisely why Louis doesn’t really use this style.

Unarmed fighting is a helpless choice made in the absence of suitable weapons.

For a typical practitioner, these things are not too concerning.

But what about Louis’s situation?

Since his debut, he has never truly possessed cheap equipment.

Even the wooden sword he used at the beginning of his training was made of wood as hard as iron stone.

The first time he went into the sewers to fight, the equipment he carried was standard issue left by the royal family.

Don’t be fooled by the large quantity of standard issue equipment; due to mass production and reduced costs for military use, they actually far surpass the so-called "custom weapons" produced by ordinary blacksmith shops.

Later, he acquired the Natal Knife specially used to deal with undead creatures, a special weapon whose worth couldn’t simply be measured in terms of money.

Then he received the Celestial Heart Sword, one of the Nine Swords heritage weapons, from Princess Consort Diana.

As one of the prototype Nine Swords, it’s no exaggeration to say that this weapon alone could provoke a war between a great nation and a small country.

Later on, he successively acquired the Lonely City Sword, also one of the Nine Swords legacy weapons, and the Hero’s Sword used by the previous generation’s hero.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are almost no equals to him in terms of weaponry across the entire continent.

Even the Demigods would be envious of such wealth.

As of now, Louis still hasn’t used the Lonely City Sword.

Just the Celestial Heart Sword alone is dazzling enough.

In such an explosion of equipment, expecting him to choose unarmed combat without relying on external power is indeed difficult.

But Jino told him:

"You, learning weapons has become so easy for you that you’ve lost your sense of reverence for them."

"Combined with the excessively good equipment, it naturally leads to extraneous thoughts."

Louis did not deny it:

"I’m not completely relying on external power, but in circumstances where I have the means to exert greater strength, choosing unarmed combat is too hard for me."

Jino wanted to nod in agreement, but after a moment he sensed something was off.

He vaguely remembered years ago, it seemed he had said similar words to someone.

The teacher’s wife, who was smiling as she prepared snacks for the two of them, suddenly said:

"In other places it doesn’t matter, but His Highness and you had similar temperaments back then."

"Huh?"

Louis showed a confused expression.

The teacher’s wife said: "Do you know the origin of the conflict between your teacher and Master Kulin?"

Louis shook his head and said: "I’ve heard of it, but I haven’t gone into details."

The teacher’s wife said:

"Jino’s physique is naturally stronger than ordinary humans, and after practicing the Jino Breathing Method and stabilizing it, the growth rate of his physical potential far exceeds normal people."

"And Master Kulin became a Sword Saint with a physique similar to that of a normal human."

"In his dictionary, human strength is limited, and every ounce of effort must be precisely focused in appropriate places."

"But Jino doesn’t think that way."

"Your teacher feels that abandoning one’s advantages to choose another path is forsaking what’s near to pursue what’s far."

"With grand and fluid swordsmanship, coupled with multiple changes, he chose a path that uses a powerful sense of oppression to force the opponent into making mistakes."

The teacher’s wife chuckled and said:

"So indeed, back then he did say to Master Kulin, ’Why use brainpower on needless precision when you can use muscle strength?’"

Jino’s face revealed an awkward expression. The disputes between him and his master had lasted not just a year or two; it had been so long that he had forgotten the root cause of their initial disagreements.

He now felt as if a boomerang he had thrown out vigorously in his youth had finally, after many years, been returned to him by his own student, slapped right across his face.

He saw through it; the kid didn’t have discrimination against unarmed fighting, but lacked interest in it.

That reflection gave Louis a moment of contemplation on his actions.

Every style of the Nine Swords has historically produced top-tier warriors.

The martial techniques of the Evening Sun Stream are somewhat like a synthesis of various close-range combat skills.

It also has a strong wrestling flavor.

The tactics of flipping opponents and throwing them away are actually quite interesting.

It’s just that he doesn’t particularly like this kind of fighting that easily leads to self-injury.

But he quickly regained his composure.

Neither Teacher Jino nor Kulin Sword Saint’s understandings were wrong, actually.

Teacher Jino’s approach is clearly a typical longboard effect.

Maximizing one’s advantages to accommodate a higher ceiling.

But Kulin Sword Saint’s understanding wasn’t wrong either.

Since Teacher Jino’s main opponents at present are humans, not other species.

Teacher Jino’s physique is very strong, sometimes even making him doubt whether his teacher is truly human.

But this physique wouldn’t provide as much of an advantage against some other species.

For example, against something like the Sapphire Dragon, which isn’t known for physical prowess, Teacher Jino’s advantages diminish a bit.

Not to mention those top predators like Black Dragons, Giants, and Titans.

Facing such apex predators, even for Teacher Jino, the advantage of physical strength would completely vanish.

Evidently, Kulin Sword Saint had faced enemies from different species in the past.

He knew very well that trying to dominate purely with physical talents in a wider world would indeed invite punishment.

Of course...

The funniest part is, given Louis’ understanding of Teacher Jino, it’s unlikely he doesn’t understand this.

But perhaps his teacher thinks that he hasn’t reached the limit of his own longboard yet, why bother looking at the shortboard; it’s only after reaching the limit of his longboard that gradually addressing shortboard deficiencies is the right path.