# Chapter 1615: Playing Dirty! Calling in a Substitute?
Jiangnan struggled to his feet, murderous intent flaring in his eyes as he locked onto Rui Sen!
Even with the Godslayer Blade in hand, a Bose Body wasn't so easy to kill!
One or two slashes simply wouldn't cut it!
But with his current abilities, just managing to land a hit on the Bose Body took everything he had!
Let alone actually killing Rui Sen!
Could he only fight a war of attrition? Drain the Bose Particles from his body?
Grind Rui Sen down slowly, one slash at a time?
But if he did that, what if Rui Sen found a chance to escape? This golden opportunity would go to waste!
Jiangnan's expression darkened. "Guess I'll have to pay a price, huh? Mila!"
Mila on the side was already prepared!
She patted her chest and nodded seriously.
(๑•̀～•́) "Copy that!"
Jiangnan took a deep breath and was about to charge forward with his blade when Wu Zang's big hand pressed down on his shoulder!
Jiangnan was startled: (๑◔～◔ิ) "What's wrong?"
Wu Zang raised an eyebrow: (•̆口•̆๑) "Kid, do you even know how to use a sword? Your slashes are way too rough. You're wasting all your strength!"
"I can't stand watching you!"
Jiangnan: ∑(°口°๑)
I... I've maxed out my sword skill, okay? Grandmaster level, a damn fine swordsman if I say so myself!
And today someone's complaining I don't know how to use a blade?
But recalling Wu Zang's Iaido Slash, Jiangnan's expression froze.
=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)…
He really did have the right to criticize!
His own sword skill, maxed out through the system, wasn't even as fierce as Wu Zang's!
This guy had been cutting people down since childhood, training one slash at a time!
His mastery of the blade had even surpassed the max-level system skill!
It was terrifying! Even Jiangnan couldn't match him!
Jiangnan swallowed hard.
୧(๑･᷄～･᷅) "How should I do it?"
In learning, there's no order of seniority—the one who achieves it is the teacher!
Wu Zang grinned. "You're left-handed, right? For a full-power two-handed strike, your grip is wrong!"
"The left hand should be in front, right in back! Like this!"
Wu Zang grasped empty air—there was no sword in his hand—but at that moment, Jiangnan oddly felt as if he were holding one!
He stepped forward and slashed down, his speed leaving afterimages. The hard lunar rock in front of him was split in two!
Jiangnan's eyes went wide.
O(ଵ口ଵ|||)O "Holy crap!"
Was it that mystical? Cutting through lunar rock by just grasping air?
How supremely skilled was this guy in the way of the blade?
I've used a sword for so long, but I never thought there was so much nuance to how you grip it. I just hold it however feels comfortable!
Jiangnan quickly imitated Wu Zang, switching to a left-hand-forward grip!
He stepped forward and slashed hard!
With a "shua," the lunar rock underfoot was suddenly split open with a huge gash!
Both power and speed were vastly greater than his own full-power strikes before!
Jiangnan was stunned. "Damn! Just changing the grip increases it that much? That's absurd!"
Wu Zang rolled his eyes. "Power originates from the ground and transfers into the blade. The grip is the most important thing, got it?"
"Also! When you do high-speed consecutive slashes, you're too impatient. I know you want to land more slashes, but the more you rush, the slower you get!"
"Once you chain slashes, you're dealing with changing cutting angles. Each slash has inertia. If you're too eager to change direction for the second slash, you end up fighting against your own force!"
"So don't rush! To achieve ultra-high-speed consecutive slashes, you have to follow your own momentum, loop it around and come back. One continuous force, slash all the way through!"
As he spoke, Wu Zang began demonstrating for Jiangnan. Starting slow, then faster, until it was so fast that Jiangnan's naked eye couldn't keep up!
Jiangnan quickly activated Soul Engraving, etching every frame of Wu Zang's movements into his mind, following along!
Wu Zang demonstrated while explaining.
"This way, it becomes very smooth, faster with each slash. No matter how many consecutive slashes you do, each one is your full-power strike. It's a thousand slashes, but also one slash!"
"As for how fast you can slash, that depends on your physical condition and willpower!"
Jiangnan's scalp tingled, feeling as if he had suddenly awakened.
[Skill Learned: Ultra-High-Speed Consecutive Slashes!]
[Sword Technique (Grandmaster MAX) Level Breakthrough: Great Grandmaster! Peak Attainment!]
[Reward Skill Points: 10,000,000!]
Jiangnan: ∑(°口°๑)
Ho... holy crap!
So Grandmaster MAX wasn't the limit of the skill level?
You could break through the cap? But only through personal enlightenment?
And there were even skill point rewards?
Wu Zang's eyes bulged: ‼(ଵ口ଵ۶)۶ "Hiss... you... you fucking learned it just like that?"
"I've spent my whole life practicing this, and you learn it right after I tell you!"
Sweat poured down Jiangnan's forehead. It wasn't that he was smart—it was just that Soul Engraving was too broken. He could still copy by rote!
(￢ㅂ￢٥) "Eh~ I... I'm a genius, it's normal!"
But Jiangnan obviously said that with a guilty conscience.
However, Qian Benying on the battlefield was completely exasperated!
Her pink hair had been set on fire by Rui Sen's laser, and she frantically patted it out.
She turned to look at Jiangnan and almost dropped dead on the spot!
(ง#ᵒ̌口ᵒ̌)ง "Hey hey hey! Boss Jiang, what are you doing?! We're fighting here! Killing a god, you know!"
"Not only are you not helping, you're over there learning?!"
They were in the middle of a heated battle, and he went to learn sword techniques from Wu Zang?
Could he be so leisurely? Was learning on the spot really in time?
Jiangnan turned to look at the battlefield. Rui Sen was being ganged up on by numerous Space System users and had become nearly transparent!
Fighting alone was a losing battle!
Jiangnan waved his hand dismissively.
(︶～︶O)ﾉ "Soon! Almost done!"
Then he quickly looked back at Wu Zang, eyes sparkling.
(ง✧∇✧)ง "If I give you one second, how many slashes can you land?"
Wu Zang was taken aback and scratched his head.
(•︠～•︡)୨ "Not many. Just a few hundred slashes. Can't break a thousand, or I'll ruin my arm."
Jiangnan's mouth twitched.
"Just a few hundred slashes"?
Even though he had learned Ultra-High-Speed Consecutive Slashes, he was worlds apart from Wu Zang!
Jiangnan patted his shoulder and turned to charge at Rui Sen.
"Wait!"
With the new grip, Jiangnan's slash power became even more terrifying, learning on the fly!
Using the spatial tear Baldr had ripped open, Jiangnan landed another slash on Rui Sen's back!
Bose Particles gushed out from the wound, and Rui Sen's expression was ferocious and weak.
He turned his head toward the void: (ꐦ°᷄益°᷅) "Don't come out! Stay hidden in there!"
Clearly, Ruiya, whose head had been cut off, hadn't left.
Rui Sen roared and rushed recklessly toward Piers, trying to break out!
Piers's eyes widened. "Who do you think I am? Spatial Imprisonment—Confinement!"
Rui Sen's charging body was abruptly fixed in the void!
"Spatial Cube!"
In an instant, Jiangnan and Piers switched positions!
Rui Sen glared, red lasers beginning to radiate from his body!
Meanwhile, Jiangnan raised the Godslayer Blade high and roared.
"Now!"
"Displacement!"
The next moment, Jiangnan vanished, replaced by Wu Zang, who had been standing outside the battle!
This displacement was micro-operational, leaving the Godslayer Blade behind!
But the one holding the sword had changed—it was now Wu Zang!
And just as Jiangnan performed the displacement, Mila released her own skill!
"Instant of Time!"
In an instant, a golden-glowing sundial appeared beneath Wu Zang's feet!
The hand rapidly rotated clockwise!
The world stopped, and Mila accelerated Wu Zang's time, giving him a second that didn't exist in this world!
At that moment, Wu Zang finally understood what Jiangnan meant by giving him one second!
"Die! God!"
"Ultra-High-Speed Consecutive Slashes!"
His eyes blazed with astonishing light, murderous intent surging!
Gripping the Godslayer Blade with both hands, Wu Zang unleashed a frenzy of slashes on Rui Sen!
The blade created afterimages; streaks of white lines extended and froze in the void, cutting into Rui Sen's body!
One second passed in a flash, and in that brief second, Wu Zang landed hundreds of slashes. Rui Sen was completely unable to resist!
He didn't even realize he was being cut!
Wu Zang reached his peak in that one second!
The hand returned to zero, and the world's time flowed again!
And Jiangnan, after successfully executing one displacement, performed another micro-operational displacement!
After all, that second didn't exist for Jiangnan!
Wu Zang, who had just finished hundreds of slashes, was instantly displaced away, leaning on his knees and gasping for breath!
Exhausted me to death!
And the one who took the sword was Jiangnan!
Seeing Rui Sen's body cut into a thousand pieces, Jiangnan was stunned!
ﾞ━=͟͟͞͞(Ŏ◊Ŏ‧̣̥̇) Holy shit?
That was too ruthless?
One slash couldn't kill a Bose Body. But what about hundreds?
At this moment, Rui Sen was also dumbfounded—just moments ago he was fine, now he was chopped to pieces!
His body was on the verge of collapse!
How is that possible!
Was this Jiangnan's doing? He hadn't even swung his blade yet!
But Jiangnan, who had taken the sword, roared again!
Let me add a few hundred more slashes!
"Ultra-High-Speed Consecutive Slashes! Ora ora ora~"
The two series of slashes seamlessly connected!
At this moment, Jiangnan stood before Rui Sen, slashing so fast that afterimages formed, slash after slash!
He landed over a hundred slashes per second, determined to cut Rui Sen down here!
And Qian Benying, Baldr, and the others all stared at Rui Sen in horror!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪﹏꒪‧̣̥̇(ºДº*)…
This isn't a Bose Body anymore—it's fucking dumpling filling!
Even dumpling filling isn't this minced!
In just an instant, how many slashes did Jiangnan land?!
Every slash was real damage!
Rui Sen was utterly helpless, unable to even reassemble his body!
His body, cut into tens of thousands of pieces, turned into Bose Particles!
They slowly dissipated in the void!
But Jiangnan still didn't stop slashing, continuing to cut at the remaining Bose Particles!
Now only a sliver of consciousness remained in Rui Sen. His unbroken eye stared at Jiangnan.
ଵ… "You fucking cheated! Hacked! Called in a substitute~"
These were Rui Sen's last words before death.
[Rui Sen's Resentment +1007!]
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"I don't give a damn!"
Jiangnan slashed across the void, exploding Rui Sen's eyeball!
And at that moment, a pitch-black star gate vortex three hundred meters in diameter suddenly appeared in the void!
(✡︶～︶✡) "I said, Rui Sen! Why the hell can't I get through on your horn communication? I had a hell of a time locating you…"
Igor stepped out of the star gate vortex as he spoke!
And the moment he came out, he witnessed Jiangnan delivering the final slash, Rui Sen dissipating in the void!
At that moment, Igor and Jiangnan's eyes met in the air, time seeming to freeze!
?(|||⚆_⚆)━✦━(•́ω•̀٥)
The little fire jar that had been stuck on Rui Sen's head fell to the ground!
Inside it, a crystalline unicorn horn collided with the jar, making a crisp clinking sound…
Igor: !!!