Alone and Infinite

A faint white stream of air flowed along the blade the instant the gunpowder barrel exploded.

He suddenly flung the blade away and crouched on the ground.

"boom--"

Amidst the violent explosion of the gunpowder, the sword master's body suddenly flashed with alternating blue and white light, accompanied by an extremely crisp sound:

"Ding"

As if losing all friction, the whole person suddenly spun backward.

When he stood up again, he was completely unharmed!

"This is the essence of 'seeing through'—" the sword master said in a deep voice, hoisting his longsword onto his shoulder.

"First, use an attack to guide the internal energy to the blade. In the instant before being attacked, use the return of the blade to spread the energy throughout the body."

When attacked, the airflow covering the body is dissipated, creating a backlash that provides a very brief period of safety.

The 'ding' sound you just heard was the sound produced when air currents collide.

The force of the collision will cause the body to shift backward, avoiding further damage.

So that’s it!

Li Xia nodded; he understood. It was probably the principle behind explosive reactive armor.

Although the amount of air wasn't very strong, it was enough to provide a very short period of safety during the explosion, and it also propelled the body to rotate.

Seeing through something doesn't mean there's no harm; it's just that the body is strong enough that the damage from the reaction is absorbed by the body.

"But there are two more points to note—"

The sword master raised his finger:

"First, the Foresight Slash can avoid most damage, but some damage is extremely powerful and cannot be blocked by Foresight Slash."

Yes, explosive reactive armor definitely has a strength limit, that's for sure.

"Secondly, its reaction time is extremely short. It can only be seen when the fighting spirit on the blade flows back into the body to form a large passage, which is less than 0.2 seconds."

Therefore, you can only use Foresight Slash freely when you are very skilled. Remember, never use Foresight Slash casually. Many hunters use this move carelessly.

This resulted in damage that could have been easily avoided by rolling landing squarely on him, and he was pushed back to camp by the Palico in a cart.

Li Xia almost burst out laughing. Isn't this just 'Mijuto Cat'?

The term "見居登猫" refers to "見切", "一合", "登龙", and "猫車".

"Remember what I said, and never attempt to cut without being proficient!"

The sword master gave another warning, then picked up his sword again and walked to the wooden stake.

"drink!"

He suddenly thrust forward with his knife, then swung it left and right twice, before stepping forward and slashing upwards, causing the pillar to crackle and crumble.

Li Xia noticed that as the sword master moved, his longsword was slowly glowing.

As he cleaved the pillar and sheathed his sword with a graceful, gymnastic Thomas spin, the entire blade was covered in a shimmering, milky-white light, like water.

"Alright!"

The sword master let out a low roar, gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, and charged forward a few steps as if thrusting, stabbing straight into the wooden pillar.

He stomped his feet on the pillar several times in quick succession, leaped into the air, and then raised his long sword high.

"brush----"

A blinding beam of light drew a shimmering vertical line in the air as he fell.

Immediately afterwards, a dense array of slash marks and the sound of slashing erupted from the pillar.

The wooden pillars exploded in an instant.

"This is the Air Blade Cut!"

The sword master sheathed his sword: "Use the backflow of battle aura generated by striking monsters to condense it on the blade, and guide the aura blade to explode with a sufficiently long slashing distance."

This creates multiple slashes—also known as the Rising Dragon Slash!

Handsome!

The hall's notification popped up at just the right time.

The sword master has taught you new techniques—See-cut and Rising Dragon.

[Related techniques that cannot be developed into skills will be incorporated into the Skill Limits system, which can be viewed in the Skill Limits details.]

These two are not skills?

Li Xia thought about it carefully and it seemed to make sense, since those two could only be considered techniques.

It's not difficult to use; the key is timing.

Just as he was about to check the details, he heard the sword master calling out to him.

"This is the result of the New World Survey Team's research over the years, and we should make good use of it."

Let's go, there's something very important waiting for us.

The two walked towards the door, when the sword master suddenly remembered something and casually asked:

"These two techniques require a blade that is long enough to create a large channel for battle qi."

The potential of the katana is unmatched by other weapons.

By the way, what kind of katana are you using? A ore katana or a bone katana?

"Oh, I'm using a spear."

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Chapter 143 This isn't a spear!

The sword master suddenly stopped, as if he hadn't heard clearly.

"What katana?"

“A spear—the kind with a long handle—and a blade at the front.”

Li Xia simply drew his spear, the long, cold Night Silence appearing in his hand.

The sword master stared at Ye Ji for a long time without saying a word, and even through the helmet, one could feel the inexplicable sorrow in him.

Actually—what you're doing is—

His voice was hesitant and strained.

"That's not a spear!"

The sword master finally spoke, turning back to the weapon rack and taking out a huge, cone-shaped object.

"This is what a spear should be!"

As a graceful and powerful swordsman, the master swordsman always believed that the best hunters should use a greatsword.

What is a spear?! A coward hiding behind a shield, poking and prodding, that armor is so heavy that even rolling over is difficult.

A monster that can be killed in a few minutes takes them half an hour to kill!

Li Xia looked at the Night Silence in his hand, and then at the 'thing' in the sword master's hand that looked like an enlarged awl.

I have to admit that, according to their definition, what I have in my hand is indeed not a spear.

"Then what is my weapon?"

The sword master stared at Ye Ji for a while. Ye Ji's spearhead was actually quite long, almost like a 'spear'.

It would be more appropriate to call it a 'spear', as the spearhead is not diamond-shaped, but rather eight-sided, like a short sword.

The sword master hesitated before speaking:

"Perhaps this is a long-handled, short-bladed, kodachi?"

"?"

"Okay, I think yours looks more like an Insect Glaive, but..."

The sword master then took out a long-handled weapon, except that both ends of this weapon were covered with air holes.

"The Insect Glaive has a built-in gas jet device, which allows you to fly into the sky and ride monsters."

You don't have this.

Insect Glaive? Li Xia looked at the spear in his hand and then at the Insect Glaive.

You know what, it really does look quite similar.

The Insect Glaive can fire special decoy slugs. Once a monster is hit, the Kinsect will continuously attack the part of the monster that was hit by the decoy slug.

The problem is... I don't seem to have any predator insects either—

Hmm? Li Xia's gaze shifted to Aowu, the little dragon floating in mid-air. Noticing Li Xia looking at it, it asked curiously:

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

No way! Awoo is a good partner, how can he be a bug hunter!

The sword master left dejectedly, even though his Insect Glaive techniques on the ground were remarkably similar to those of his longsword.

For example, the upward slash and spirit slash, and the kasa slash, but you can't use "seeing cut" or "rising dragon" when using the Insect Glaive.

Both of these require the weapon and the body to form a 'pathway for qi,' meaning that qi must flow back and forth between the body and the weapon.

The Insect Glaive contains a special creature that can exhale compressed air, giving it exceptional mobility.

However, it can also interfere with the flow of air.

However, Li Xia didn't care, because even with a spear, he could use these two techniques.

As a weapon with some unique characteristics of Zanpakuto, it would be ridiculous if Night Silence couldn't circulate true qi.

First, I went to the receptionist on the first floor to collect the hunter's standard equipment.

It is primarily a projectile launcher.

You can throw various items such as stones you find, exploding fruits, and flashbangs, and you can even throw 'dung'.

Throwing the hardened excrement of a higher-ranking monster can frighten lower-ranking monsters and make them leave.

It can also be used to throw grappling hooks; in short, it's a very practical tool.

Unfortunately, the supplies provided by the Hunter's Guild cannot be taken out of this world; you have to acquire the equipment yourself.

There are also some recovery items, such as:

[Nutritional Supplements]

[Quality: blue]

[Type: Recovery Items]

[Effect: Mixed with a small amount of life force, it can restore approximately 25% of health (at the current rank) and can heal injuries caused by internal wounds.]

[Special Restriction: Must be consumed completely; effects will be slow and last for 1 minute.]

[Review: A very classic healing potion with impressive recovery capabilities]

This potion is a specialty of the Monster Hunter world, in addition to other nutrient solutions and secret medicines.

The large healing potion is twice the amount of the healing potion and can restore about 50% of the body.

As for the secret medicine, that's amazing; it guarantees a 100% recovery.

However, like Senzu Beans, this thing has a limit on the number of times you can hold it, with a maximum of one.

In addition, there is an ancient secret medicine, which is a very precious purple consumable.

It's said to directly increase physical attributes, but I've never seen anyone sell it; people usually just eat it themselves once they get it.

"Xia, have you seen the commander?"

Alvin was still holding the whiteboard, constantly shouting and directing the logistics personnel to unload the supplies, which were the wreckage of the Fifth Fleet that the powerful hunters had salvaged from the sea.