Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1723 1695. Ninety-nine Weapons [Wild Flow]

Facing the increasingly violent vengeful ghost, the expressions of anger and fear on its vertically split face became more and more intense.

This time, Lan En broke with his usual behavior and did not adopt the strategy of wandering, pestering, and delaying that he had been using since he confirmed that this was a cursed creature.

Instead, he stood there, not moving an inch.

The sword of the Lady of the Lake in her right hand had been unsheathed and was resting on the right side of her body.

But his left hand had already slid to the alchemical leather bag at his lower back.

The opening of the space expansion pack was opened skillfully, and then an arm reached in and pulled out with a sword.

It was an exquisite half-hand sword with tattered white cloth wrapped around the handle and a small section of the sword.

Whether it is the counterweight ball, the hilt, or the inverted V-shaped guard, the carvings and shapes on them are exquisite to the extreme.

But for some reason, when paired with the tattered cloth, this exquisiteness took on a decadent and gloomy texture.

【Holy Moonlight Sword】!
Earlier, Lan En handed over the deformed soul of [Lothric Demon King] Osloais to [Lord of Fire] Rhodos in the Fire World, and obtained the Moonlight Greatsword in the soul smelting furnace.

Later, in the deepest nightmare of Yharnam, Lan En killed Ludwig, the first hunter of the church, who had fallen into a deep beast transformation, with the Moonlight Greatsword. He also held a greatsword like the Moonlight.

The two swords merged into one, becoming the sword that Lan En is holding now.

"Om~"

A light and ethereal sound came from the [Holy Moonlight Sword], like light powder falling.

Some small elves like moonlight spots rose from the ordinary sword blade. Then these spots became denser and brighter!

Until it wrapped the original sword body, and also widened and extended it! The original slightly longer half-sword was turned into a real big sword!

"bump!!!"

In the dead silence of the dark world, a dull but harsh collision sound suddenly broke out.

The huge fist that could have grasped Lan En's upper body with one hand was blocked directly by two crossed swords!

This time, even the vengeful ghost's face, which was twisted with half fear and half anger, froze for a moment.

"Roar!"

From the very beginning, he was fearless and never retreated. Even though Lan En's advanced skills had drained all his filthy power, he didn't show any abnormality at all.

After being forced to block the fist this time, he felt as if an ordinary person was suddenly electrocuted, and he suddenly wanted to pull his hand back!

This is the instinct of the monster.

Although its current composition is more of a curse, its base is still a monster.

And Lan En crossed his two swords to block the ghost's fist.

A ray of khaki flame began to burn on the gracefully curved blade of Arondite from where Lan En was holding it, and then quickly spread to the entire sword!
The purifying power of [Thick Earth and Pure Air] even caused the normally dark space around the blade to reappear in various colors as it shook.

The yellow of the earth, the red of the blood, and the various colors of the cloth covering the corpses on the ground all flashed by, and were then dyed black and white by the dark color.

[Guardian Spirit·Qilin], He briefly appeared behind Lan En on the right side holding the Sword of the Lady of the Lake.

Different worlds, different realms of death, but this sacred beast just turned its head and glanced calmly.

His windless mane fluttered like a cloud of flames.

Around his neck, the Three Purities Bell, the Yin-Yang Bagua Token, and the wooden plaque with the words "Su Wang" inscribed on it all made slight noises as the Guardian Spirit·Qilin turned his head.

But it was this slight sound that brought a sense of freshness out of nowhere in the filthy and lifeless darkness.

"Huchi~"

Only a stream of hot air came out of the dragon head's nose, and then he seemed neither surprised nor disturbed.

The outward image naturally disappeared, and it turned back into a guardian spirit that even the possessed person could not detect under normal circumstances.

Behind Lan En's left side, a black and white black tortoise with a turtle body and a snake tail was also floating in the air and flashed away.

It seemed far less special than the [Guardian Spirit·Qilin], and vaguely appeared to possess intelligence.

After all, this is just the spirit that Lan En obtained from Mitsuhide Akechi, and it was preserved after being engraved on the [Body Light] to regulate the five elements and balance yin and yang.

But even so, the power of [Guardian Spirit·Xuanwu] still starts from Lan En's left hand, causing a misty blue vapor to linger above the [Holy Moonlight Sword]!
[Double Guardian Spirits·Ninety-nine Weapons]!
This is the symbol of the ultimate martial arts achieved by Lan's martial arts in the magical world of the Japanese Warring States Period.

If a martial artist who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts can also be blessed by a guardian spirit, he can liberate the power of the guardian spirit from his soul, luck, destiny and other "inner things in the mystical sense" and release it into the external objective world.

If the power of the guardian spirit is not consumed in the external objective world, the blessed host will not be harmed.

The vengeful ghost threw a fist as big as half of Lan En's body at him, but Lan En didn't even show any sign of being pushed back.

Because the attack of the vengeful ghost did not touch Lan En at all. But now, Lan En was not in a critical moment and had to use the power of the guardian spirit released by the [Ninety-nine Weapons] to protect his body.

The vengeful ghost in front of him doesn’t have this ability yet.

What he wants to use now is an additional feature of the [Ninety-nine Weapons] technology.

——The power of the guardian spirit is released onto the weapon, and it will carry the attribute power of the guardian spirit.

Specifically speaking of Lan En’s current situation, it is the central earth power of [Guardian Spirit·Qilin] and the northern water power of [Guardian Spirit·Xuanwu].

He holds two swords, each of which has an attribute power from one of the five elements.

And Lan En's next move was even more powerful than thunder!

He instantly appeared in front of the vengeful ghost who had just subconsciously retreated. He turned his wrists and swung the two weapons that were flashing different lights, and slashed at the vengeful ghost's thick thighs from bottom to top at the same time.

The cut was shallow and the wound was light.

It almost made Lan's two magnificent weapons look like toys.

But this is exactly what he needs.

He didn't dare to cut too deep. After all, his main purpose now was to buy time and wait for information related to the curse so that he could think about how to break the curse.

Instead of killing the vengeful ghost again now, let it revive quickly to full health.

He had just killed this guy twice, and it would take less than twenty seconds for it to revive!

The wounds caused by the two swords were very shallow, but the earthy yellow flames and bluish mist on them clung to the body of the vengeful ghost at the same time, like fire meeting oil.

Furthermore, the two forces began to twist and blend within it.

Without waiting for the vengeful ghost to react, after raising his two swords, Lan En's body spun and kicked very smoothly. Then, using the inertia of the spinning and kicking, the two swords turned to the vengeful ghost like wheels.

"Bang! Swish!"

[Wind God·Third Stage]!
This advanced martial art from the magical Japanese Warring States period can direct the vitality and strength in one's own body at will, and can also drive the vitality and strength in the enemy's body, which are originally invisible and intangible, out of the body as if they were real objects.

It is the precise control of physical and mental strength.

A filthy force like black smoke was knocked out from behind the vengeful ghost and dissipated in the air.

However, just one use of [Wind God·Third Stage] was far from enough to eliminate its power, and it only made the vengeful ghost stumble back two steps.

But these two steps are exactly what Lan En wants!

As the vengeful ghost staggered, two gorgeous and powerful weapons were already in unique postures in Lan's hands.

Warriors who can use dual swords well are usually very careful and skilled, because the most important thing to pay attention to when using dual swords is to make sure that the weapons do not hinder each other.

However, all the warriors who use double swords in this world, or even in the magical Japanese Warring States world, will no longer dare to brag about their skills after seeing Lan En's current posture.

He twisted his waist and pulled his hands back in different positions, and there was no influence between the two weapons, like a taut spring!

Then the spring releases and the power pours out!

The sharp sound of wind was generated in an extremely short period of time, almost like an explosion!
This symbolizes that Lan En's movement acceleration is amazing! He went from being still to extremely fast almost instantly!
When his arms swung, due to the visual afterimage, it almost looked like two whips!

He held the long sword that was flashing with ochre-colored flames and the aqua-blue broadsword in one hand, and their speed was soared to a terrifying speed by his arms!
But speed is speed, and technically Lan still maintains near-perfect precision.

The movement route of each weapon has been calculated and predicted, and the movement efficiency of one's own body is no exception.

The long knife and the big sword looked like two streams of light with different colors, sweeping and flowing wantonly!

And as the swing of the hands intensifies, inertia and body strength are coordinated by complex and profound techniques, and they are constantly added up! It keeps getting faster!

The halo in front of Lan En looked like a mixture of aqua blue and khaki!
This is the highest achievement that a samurai wielding dual swords can achieve in the magical world of Japan's Warring States Period.

Only the most outstanding masters in each school, who can carry on the school and expand it, can achieve this.

I don’t know if it was fate or coincidence.

This martial art of wielding two swords faster and stronger, but with only the hands to focus on and the feet to ignore, and the movement being very rigid, is called [Water Shaped Sword].

It is very similar to Lan's own martial arts philosophy: advocating the use of natural movement like flowing water to exert strength.

When Lan En integrated this martial art into his own [Water-Shaped Sword] system, he named this single move [Wild Flow].

This is a martial art that becomes extremely terrifying in Lan En's hands.

It will continue to speed up, speed up, and speed up again! As long as the caster's physical strength can support it and continue to cast it, inertia and speed can continue to accumulate.

(End of this chapter)