Chapter 465 – Academy’s Final Exam (7)

After a short break, the professor entered the sparring room holding a practice sword.

“Are you using a sword against Xian…”

As Vulcan spoke with a frown, Chris Loanna and Asui Miyama explained the reason why the professor held a physical sword.

“Because Xian has a skill that destroys mana. She could be dangerous if she only uses the sword steel like when she fought Asui before.”

“My technique destroyed the sword steel, but Xian’s sword can cut the sword steel itself.”

‘Is it? I think you know better than me.’

I put a protective shield on my body and stood in front of the professor.

To be honest, I thought it would be a good idea to just use Afterflame Breakthrough right from the start and recover mana with Origin Absorb to fight a little more, but looking at it roughly, the atmosphere seemed to want me wearing a shadow device to fight the professor.

“Student Han Xian, I’m ready.”

“Yes. Professor, then… I will go all out from the start.”

So, in order to dampen everyone’s expectations, we decided to move forward as originally planned.

It created a ring of shadow and a ring of heat within its body, forming a black and white double wheel.

I lowered my posture slightly and stretched out my arms.

The union of the black and white twin wheels and the breaking through of the aftereffects of the island.

The moment I held my two hands, mixed with black and white energy, they were completely colored gray, and, accelerated by the white wheel, I shot out like light to pierce the professor.

“Hoo… !”

I was unable to pierce through like a flash of light, and instead of the blue sword that Professor Jeon Yeon-nam showed me earlier, I created a white sword and blocked my afterflame breakthrough.

However, the professor was pushed back so far that his back was against the mana barrier, and I thought this was enough for a technique aimed at a one-hit kill.

Origin Absorb.

‘Then you should taste more follow-up hits.’

When 30% of the blow that consumed all mana was recovered, vitality returned to the body that had run out of mana.

After stepping back slightly, he formed a black and white pair again and held the shadow sword in both hands.

Skill Link-Boost

Yeonhwanryu (連環流) Chamjeol (斬切). Shadow energy.

When I swung the two shadow swords, which gave me the power to cut and destroy mana, the professor moved quickly and secured space to dodge.

I repeated destruction and restoration to see if it had the power to resist the black shading machine with white sword steel, and the fact that it could cause mana consumption to the professor seemed like a very good thing.

‘The problem is that my swordsmanship is quite sloppy.’

I thought that compared to the katana wielded by Asui Miyama, me swinging the sword of shadow with both hands looked very awkward.

By throwing the sword in his left hand, he emptied his hand and swung the sword in his right hand, throwing a shadowy sword into his left hand at every opportunity.

Skill Link-Boost

Ring-shaped flow spiral. Shadow energy.

Kang! Kakakak!

The professor’s somewhat anxious expression seemed to clear up when the shadow’s secret weapon, which was loaded with rotational power and the power to destroy mana, targeted the professor further.

Thanks to the increase in mana recovery after learning Material Recharge, I felt like my mana was replenishing a little even when I fought while using Shade, Spiral, and Crush.

‘Should we try to break through the spiral?’

Currently, I don’t think I can do anything to the professor with Spiral Breakthrough since Afterflame Breakthrough, the strongest attack I’ve practiced the most, is blocked, but I thought it would be much better than continuing to use attacks that don’ t work like this.

He took a large step back while throwing a sword along with the sword of shadow.

As I stood there, where I had used Afterflame Breakthrough to push the professor to the mana barrier, I was able to absorb some heat from the traces of the collision between the professor’s weapon and my gray power.

Skill Link – Unlimited

Yeomwanggi (炎王氣). Shadow energy. Breaking through the spiral flow.

I ran towards the professor with my right hand filled with energy that could be said to be a descendant of Afterflame Breakthrough.

The professor was slightly lowering the white sword, and taking advantage of that opportunity, he used white wheel acceleration at a slightly different timing.

Tuk! Kwaang!

“Ugh?!”

Because the professor moved quickly enough to leave an afterimage, my attack missed, and right after that, I was hit on the back of the neck and rolled on the floor.

The spiral breakthrough that I had used with all my remaining strength dissipated into the air, and after rolling a few times, I sat down.

“It was nice to be able to use everything I had in an instant. However, compared to other students, I feel a little more drawn to skills. Didn’t you train with me on that before?”

“Yes. That happened once.”

When using Perception to read an attack, there was an issue where multiple trajectories appeared when an expert higher than me used Heocho.

To overcome that, I trained with Professor Jeon Yeon-nam, and the number was reduced considerably, so I was able to use it as I originally used it.

I stood up while rubbing the back of my neck, which was slightly stiff due to the protective layer.

First, I followed the professor who left the center, went outside, and sat down next to the professor who was standing in front of my three classmates.

“Hmm. You must have had a hard time honing your abilities for a year. Four years have passed since you came to Utopia, and a year has passed since you could have grown the most. I don’t know if you are satisfied with your growth. Those of you who have quest skills. “On average, they grow better than other students, but they also fall apart easily.”

Since you use quests to grow quickly, the feeling of helplessness is quite strong if the quest gets blocked.

I felt like I felt less stuck than others because I was able to complete quests multiple times through possession.

“Even if your growth slows down, I hope you keep in mind that you can keep moving forward if you don’t give up as long as you have a status window. Anyway, in Utopia, you can survive even if you choose a path other than combat, so for the remaining three years, including winter vacation, focus on your career path. I don’t know if I’ll be in charge of class Q next year, but I hope the final exams don’t decrease further.”

Professor Jeon Yeon-nam bowed his head to us, and we responded with light applause.

When the professor left the sparring room first, the other three people saw me and asked.

“Xian, what was that technique you used in the beginning?”

“The professor was quite confused as well. Is this the skill you said before that would require me to risk my life?”

“It seems like an attempt was made to mix the two properties, but the application is of that magnitude.”

“Yes, it can be said to be an enhanced version of the technique that was available at the time of Vulcan. It is a technique that consumes all the mana I had, and as Roanna guessed, it is an attempt to mix the two attributes.”

Instead of hiding it, I told my classmates about the breakthrough.

If you look at the principles, it’s a skill that has a strong feeling of being used because you can honestly use it.

Recently, while mixing with Shahemos, I used it in the sparring room when I was bored, so my skill level increased, but I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t use the power I used before because the ‘environment’ wasn’t ready.

If you’ve completed it, give it a shot to the professor today… Does it look like you ate it? If you listen to Vulcan’s story, even the professor said he was confused.

“I don’t have anything to see you for a while, so why don’t we have lunch together? You guys are finishing your exams anyway.”

Asui Miyama stood up and said, as if she had no intention of asking more questions about my skills.

“It won’t be bad. It’s early, but should we go to a restaurant?”

Chris Roanna agreed and stood up, and Vulcan and I followed the two women.

I decided to send a text message to Seoyeon saying that I was having lunch with my classmates.

*

Roanna and I brought a balanced meal compared to Vulcan and Asui, who eat mainly meat.

Roanna saw me like that and asked.

“I thought you belonged to the physical group like the two of you, but your diet is quite balanced, isn’t it?”

“It was like that, but the people I usually eat with eat like this.”

Seoyeon and Naen tended to put a little more emphasis on vegetables.

“I had a girlfriend. Hmm…”

Suddenly, Seoyeon seemed to come to mind, and Roanna looked at me and sat down first.

I thought Vulcans ate quickly considering their size, but Asui ate a lot even though she was the average height of a woman.

“So, you guys were in a club?”

I asked her classmates, recalling the second semester that went by in vain while trying to get into Upper Perth.

“I’m in. The World Snack Exploration Club. Utopia is where you can eat snacks from all over the world, so you eat them and evaluate them.”

As I remembered that Asui liked her so much that she would bring ice cream to the dungeon, I thought she was quite suitable.

“Soccer club. If you join there, you can watch all the soccer being played outside.”

Vulcan answered that he liked watching rather than doing.

Football, which has rules, is too fragile a sport for those of us with status window skills to play.

“I didn’t join the club. Don’t you either?”

Roanna asked me to tell her own story.

“That’s right. I tried to join the dungeon exploration club, but it fell apart when Olympus came along.”

When I took out Olympus, my classmates’ mood calmed down a little.

“It’s Olympus… I guess those guys have grown up too, right?”

Asui spoke carefully.

“I guess so. I may sharpen my sword even more as I leave Utopia. Furthermore, I’m looking forward to it.”

“Let’s work hard. We shouldn’t be seen as being pushed back.”

Vulcan and Roanna also promised not to be pushed back, and finally I spoke.

“I want to have another bowl.”

Asui smiled and responded to the remark that broke the slightly serious atmosphere.

“Should I get some ice cream too? Everyone admits that winter is the season for ice cream, right?”

“It’s already dessert. I have a small stomach.”

“Well, this means we’re left in Utopia.”

Roanna chuckled when she saw us getting up from her seat.