I regressed and became the Sword Ice King-Chapter 195 - - Trip to the East 14

A cascade of darkness hovered over Raph as he looked up at the horde of snakes that rushed towards him in a frenzy.

With his sword grabbed tightly against his sword, he glanced at them, perhaps making a count of the number of beasts or maybe doing something else. His thoughts were arranged in order as he did so.

’This….is going to be difficult’.

From what he could observe, nearly thirty of these beasts were charging at him, each as tall and large as a train, with their heads held high in the sky. Their colorful scales shimmered with the light, making a temporal colorful hue like a rainbow, only that this rainbow spelt death.

He could contemplate how to react, but the sixty per cent of his abilities that he decided to use were becoming an issue. ’I can’t use my ice traits; I can’t use my ocular traits either, thanks to the cloak. I can’t use the Jun techniques….either’.

It slowly dawned on him that he may have overestimated himself. After all, the abilities he decided not to use would make up nearly 70% of his actual abilities.

With that in mind, he slowly took a stance. ’Oh, please. Are you trying to say I’m nothing without the Jun name? In a world like this where one must be careful in revealing their familial identities’. He couldn’t have that. No, not at all. Instead, he would do something crazy, something that had never before thought of. Something only he could do.

’Alright, let’s make use of what we’ve learnt so far in the Academy!’.

His body erupted in a blue aura, dancing and flickering with the intensity of his intricate control. The aura spread through his sword, igniting it into a blue blade. ’Concentration of Aura gives you Soul Aura’

A high-intensity application of aura that shows control over one’s aura. This was merely an imitation, but the 9th star, which represented Resonance, had this one core principle. The use of Soul Aura.

Raph remained fixed on his position, his feet widened apart, and his longsword stretched behind him. His left hand was opened slightly and pointed forward while he focused on the task at hand. His senses began to shut off, one by one.

Starting with his sight and then his hearing, and slowly, he was losing his perception of the human world.

Instead, he appeared in a dark void, devoid of Earthly principles, stuck in an endless flow of time which accounted for a single second.

It was in that moment that a blue energy suffused around him, and his surroundings. Illuminating the darkness, stitching his senses, and expanding his focus. ’Yes…this is it…this is part of it’.

He could feel it, he was nearly there. He was nearly at the point of breakthrough, but sadly, there was not enough time.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and a thrust of energy blasted out of his being as Concentrated Aura suffused him like a cloak of warmth.

He stumped his feet and charged forward, causing a large crater as he jumped into the air with a sonic explosion.

’There’s a reason why 9th stars and above are respected as powerhouses in every kingdom’

He smashed into three in a row, causing a human-sized hole to form in the serpent’s slender throat.

They screeched in pain as they fell to their deaths. The other snakes became faster in their attempt to eat him up as they launched themselves at him at different positions to bring him dead.

It was quick and precise, and his sword had become an Instructor baton, and his movements, his musical notes.

With precise and quick slashes and stabs, he massacred the giant snakes, leaving a trail of greed, blood and a blue aura in his wake.

Raph’s movement led to a deadly accuracy that caused one or two of the giant snakes to fall to the earth, while green venomous blood oozed out from their ghastly wounds.

He would appear and reappear like a flick of a torch, but still far from reaching the speed of sound. Breaking and tearing their hardened scales like they were paper.

The aura around his sword would enlarge when he willed it and sliced through their heads, causing an irreversible wound that would cause its head to descend to the ground with a loud thud.

The air was filled with their beastly cries, and hollow hisses as they fell while their preparator roamed free like an executioner.

Malicia and Raja watched the event play out with widened eyes and stupefied expressions. Though they were surprised by the scene, what they felt personally about the event was far from being the same.

Raja felt a deep burning sensation in his guts, almost like excitement. Fight scenes like this were considered rare, not to mention how he fought. As a warrior from the east, he had been taught many things and a few of those teachings included Western battle style and ways of countering it.

From his quick visual prowess, he was able to easily pick up Western fighting styles and stances and what he saw boggled his thoughts.

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’The Knight Dragon Footwork, the Flying Crane footwork and the Jade Flower Swordsmanship….he’s using them in sync, to the point that the counter techniques won’t work’.

It was well known that swords, feet, fists, guns, and all other forms of weapon techniques tend to have openings. Finding these openings and exploiting them are qualities of a veteran Knight or warrior. Raph may have showcased some openings, but Raja wasn’t skilled enough to notice them.

The very thought scarred him, but more than that, it excited him.

Malicia on the other hand, was having mixed feelings at the moment.

She had expended her mana points and energy, but it seemed like their opponent had not even tapped into it. The thought that their opponent was using merely 60% of his abilities was a cause for concern, but at the moment, she didn’t care about how powerful he was.

"We need to leave". She said in a whisper as she turned away from the massacre and attempted to walk away.

"Huh? What do you mean, Malicia? We made a deal" Raja asked in confusion as he grabbed her by her arm.

"How dumb can you be?! Now is not the time to let your love for battle cloud your judgment!" She glanced at Raph. "that man is killing my summons like their child’s play. I will not stand here and let him disgrace us. We had a goal, we had a mission".

"We did, but things changed. We met someone that knows about us from the West. We can use this for the Empire". His brows furrowed as he stared at her. "We have to stay and see what he has to offer".

’Why? Can’t you see what he’s doing?! Have you ever heard of a system user capable of killing my whole army of forty serpents?! No! You haven’t. Do you know why?!" her voice lowered into a rushed whisper while sounds of gushing blood and cutting of flesh echoed in the air.

With each shriek of death, she heard, there was a repercussion of pain in her third eye. It enabled her to control beasts and demons of all kinds, especially those related to the serpentine bloodline.

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It was why she was able to control such a multitude of 7th-tier Great Demons.

She felt the pain her summons went through as they died, and their deaths were recorded in her third eye.

’It’s going to take a while before I can use it again’, she thought, but she could have lived with that. ’If only Raph had lost’.

They were still standing in their position when the last sound of a sword slice echoed, followed by a shriek that slowly fell silent, and footsteps that approached them soon after.

"What’s this? A lover’s quarrel?". Silence followed after his voice, but they soon turned towards him in unison, their eyes slowly dilating from the sight.

Raph’s cloak was riddled with holes and green blood that dripped down to the ground. A hissing sound echoed as the poisonous portion dried up while the holes began to patch up itself.

His hoodie was still on, and the darkness that hid his face remained the same, but the rest of his cloak was far from its original appearance.

They could have seen his worn-out expression if his face wasn’t hidden.

What went through the minds of Raja and Malicia as they stared at him was far from how he felt. It seemed like he had not even felt the fight against the snakes, but Raph thought differently.

’Fuck, that was crazy. I’m insane for doing that. My muscles are sore all over. How the fuck do you even control those wild snakes. They were after my fucking head’. He thought as a sigh escaped his lips.

His reaction caused a stir in Malicia and Raja as they thought in unison. ’Just a sigh? After all that?’. It has become painfully clear to them now. ’We can’t escape him’.