Chapter 275: Talent for the Sword!
The instant Edelweiss finished speaking, her aura suddenly surged by a large margin.
An indescribably enormous presence radiated from her body.
The sword energy bursting out from her was like a storm of light.
In the blink of an eye, it overwhelmed the violent sword energy released by Luke.
Unlike Luke's extremely sharp sword intent, Edelweiss's sword intent contained a trace of bone-chilling cold.
Crushed stones flew.
Trees collapsed.
The small mountain beneath the two of them could no longer be recognized in its original shape.
Then, in the next instant, Luke and Edelweiss disappeared from where they stood at the same time!
Clang—!
The sound of sword clashing against sword resounded into the sky!
However, this strike was only the beginning.
Whether it was Luke or Edelweiss, neither of them revealed their figure.
If someone had been watching from the side at this moment, they would have discovered that aside from the flashing sword light and sparks produced when the two swords collided, nothing else could be seen.
Edelweiss, who had truly gone all out, directly brought the battle into an invisible realm of divine speed.
However, what shocked her was that Luke had actually kept up!
Luke, who had clearly been suppressed by Edelweiss just now and had not even been able to defeat her while she was holding back—
At this moment, while dragging along his heavily injured body, he had forcibly kept up with Edelweiss's speed.
Clang, clang, clang, clang—!
During the series of fierce exchanges, the shock in Edelweiss's heart not only did not weaken, it instead grew even stronger.
The gradually disappearing sound, movements as silent and traceless as the wind, and the extreme switching between motion and stillness.
With swordsmanship that gradually began to become flawless, Luke showed Edelweiss what unparalleled sword talent truly meant.
Clang—!
An identical sword strike!
Clang—!
An identical acceleration!
Clang—!
An identical silence!
In this short period of exchanging blows with Edelweiss, Luke was sublimating at an utterly terrifying speed.
So what if it was the world's strongest swordsmanship? So what if it was inhuman swordsmanship beyond the range of ordinary understanding?
As long as it was related to the "sword," there was nothing Luke could not do!
Luke and Edelweiss continued to exchange countless blows while using the same swordsmanship.
With each collision, Luke's swordsmanship became a little more perfected.
From unfamiliar to skilled, from skilled to mastered, from mastered to proficient.
Right in front of Edelweiss herself, through several hundred sword strikes, Luke unceremoniously learned this original swordsmanship she was proud of.
However, even so, Luke still slowly fell into a disadvantage.
Pfft—!
The sound of his body being cut open mixed into the clear sounds of sword clashing against sword.
This was no longer the first time.
Large and small wounds appeared on Luke's body.
In contrast, aside from the wound on her left arm at the beginning, Edelweiss had not suffered any further injuries.
Even if he had learned the swordsmanship of the world's strongest swordsman, that did not mean Luke could replace Edelweiss and leap to the peak of the world.
Edelweiss's Device was a pair of twin swords with completely identical forms. Even if Luke used Ser-Veresta together with Starfall Sword to form twin swords, that would still be quite different from two perfectly identical swords.
Not to mention, right now, he was only using Starfall Sword alone and had not used Ser-Veresta.
He had learned it, but before he could transform it into something of his own, no matter how well he used this inhuman swordsmanship, it would be impossible to surpass Edelweiss, its creator.
And this was not the only reason behind Luke's enormous disadvantage.
Power, realm, technique—Edelweiss surpassed Luke in every aspect.
This kind of all-around strength was not something that could be made up for by learning one or two new sword styles.
Moreover, Luke was injured. Although it could not be considered a serious injury to him, with such intense movement, the blood flowing from his wounds was taking away a large amount of his stamina.
His speed gradually slowed bit by bit. His mind silently began to scatter. Gradually, Luke was already somewhat unable to keep up with her attacks.
Edelweiss immediately noticed this change.
Calling it "noticed" was actually not quite accurate, because this was a result she had predicted from the very beginning.
Rather, before this result arrived, Luke had given Edelweiss far too much shock.
Whether it was learning her swordsmanship during the exchange, or crossing swords with her while dragging along a heavily injured body—
Even now that his condition was beginning to decline, the force of Luke's sword and the sword intent he emitted did not distort or weaken in the slightest.
If she had not expected this in advance and sensed the changes in Luke, Edelweiss might have begun to wonder whether she had fallen under some kind of illusion.
Even as the world's strongest, she could not possibly do better than Luke under injuries like this.
She was not even confident whether she could persist until now like he had.
However, shock was shock.
This time, Edelweiss did not intend to hold back.
Luke, whose condition had declined, could no longer perfectly intercept the sword strikes of "Twin Wings" like he had at the beginning.
Edelweiss spread the wing-like twin swords in her left and right hands and suddenly launched an assault forward!
She had acknowledged Luke and admitted that the young man before her was a swordsman who needed to be treated with respect.
Therefore, she would crush him here!
Not only her blades, even Edelweiss herself seemed to transform into a flash of light in this instant.
The sharp platinum sword instantly cut into Luke's body.
Pfft—!
Blood splattered!
A second enormous wound, enough to be fatal, appeared on Luke's chest, crossing with the wound formed at the very beginning when he had exchanged injuries.
Edelweiss, who had gotten serious, was no longer thinking about whether Luke would be killed by her.
However, just as she was about to withdraw her sword, a smug smile appeared on Luke's face.
Using every bit of strength in his body to firmly trap the platinum sword that had cut into him, Luke, at the same time, swung Starfall Sword in his right hand in an arc, instantly slashing toward Edelweiss!
Facing this sudden attack, although Edelweiss was surprised, she did not panic.
She had already experienced being wounded through an injury-for-injury exchange once before, so of course she was on guard against his surprise attack.
Wanting to gain an advantage against her with the same move was far too naive.
With her right hand trapped, she indeed could not evade.
But do not forget—she used twin swords!
The longsword in her left hand immediately met Starfall Sword as it slashed toward her.
At the same time, Edelweiss's right hand also exerted force.
Using one's body to trap a weapon was indeed an unexpected move, but it was not an excellent choice.
At the same time she broke free from the restraint, it would also cause a second injury to Luke.
Judging by Luke's current injuries, this surprise move could be said to be bringing about his own destruction.
However, the sudden change that appeared next caused the situation to undergo a complete reversal.
The instant Starfall Sword collided with the platinum sword—
Crack—!
A crisp sound echoed beside Luke and Edelweiss's ears.
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