Vision and hearing flicker in and out. When he comes to his senses, Ian’s body is already tumbling across the ground.
However, Ian is also a skilled expert who has awakened his mental image.
There was no way he would be defeated so helplessly. His hand plunged into the ground in an instant, attempting to decelerate, and the time needed until he planted his feet on the earth and rose up was but a split second.
In that brief moment, the man had already closed in right before his eyes.
Ian’s body unconsciously assumes a stance.
The Ban-cheon of the sword circle.
Normally, the man would have countered with another secret technique, but this time was different.
His sword traces a circular trajectory, slamming through the air like a wall.
Just like Ian, it was the form of ‘Ban-cheon,’ and when the two sword arts clashed, the one pushed back was Ian.
One step, as Ian staggers backward, the man pursues with one step.
Ian’s sword drops to the lower left before surging upward, and the man responds by drawing his Golden Lion Sword.
Seven strands against twelve strands.
There was no need to even discuss victory or…