Chapter 325
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Chapter 325
Everywhere outside of the structures set up by the Million Sword Vault was more or less equivalent in terms of terrain. While there were gradual rises and falls in the dunes, none of them would make much difference for a Life Transformation cultivator.
Thus, the actual locations made little difference. Even Anton securing a position atop a rise would only make a slight difference- but he still made the choice because it would allow him to demonstrate a larger portion of his strength.
Elder Wardah, meanwhile, walked to a position exactly five kilometers away. Anton didnt see any tactical value of that exact position, but the ring around him that formed the other options were all quite similar. Between them, Chikere stood and waited for their signals. Once they both indicated they were ready she amplified her voice to shout, Begin!
As the voice reached Antons ears, he knew Elder Wardah would be moving at the same time. However, he always had to redirect his arrows in flight. Most opponents were just slower. His first arrows were tests, aimed straight at Elder Wardahs core. As he planned, he was using his normal bow. The other wanted to form blades with his energy, and fighting against that would not help his situation.
Wardah appeared to only have a single sword in hand, though Anton knew that wasnt something that limited a swordmaster. It was simply a matter of style, but he could still try to take advantage of it. His first shot was cleanly chopped in two by a one-handed chop. The next pair came from opposite directions at slightly offset times, but a single sweep dealt with both of them.
Anton had already begun to form his energy bows, a handful of them solidifying in the air around him. Anton found that he could sustain his maximum output of energy on several at once along with his main weapon. Attempting to condense denser energy resulted in instability that ultimately had little increase in power. Thus, the extra bows were good not just for purposes of distraction but to match his power. An exception was calling upon ascension energy, which had its own natural density that it was comfortable at.
Over a dozen volleys of arrows were launched at Elder Wardah before he got close to Anton. Anton had arrows fly in simultaneously on opposite sides and at oblique angles, attempting to take advantage of the mans single weapon. It wasnt necessary for him to directly slice apart the attacks, but that was all he had done so far. Anton would consider it a win of sorts if he could at least force the man to dodge, though in such a case his arrows could be turned around to attack the man again with minimal loss in power. His barrage seemed about to work when Wardah swept his other hand towards the ground, forming a sword of sand that he used to fend off a trio of arrows he couldnt with just one hand.
For a brief moment Anton wondered why the man didnt simply carry a second sword, but then the sword was tossed at him, spinning and slicing through the air. He dodged out of the way, his energy bows spreading further apart so they would not be simultaneously destroyed. The sword left a visible trail in the dust in the air and the sand beneath, one that did not collapse for more than a second.
After confirming that the temporary sword had turned once more into sand with no link of energy connecting it to Wardah, he focused his efforts back to attacking. At the closer range his arrows reached Wardah more quickly, but while he had less time to react Anton also had less time to set up complicated volleys. Taking careful stock of where the man held his arm and how he would have to reach down to the sands below to form a secondary weapon, Anton implemented a new plan of attack to compensate for it.
It almost worked, until Wardah formed a blade simply from the dust in the air. Abundant as the mirror sands were, only a small amount of mass was close to his hand in an instant. The blade was extremely thin, but was held together by natural energy while serving as a structure for it becoming a cutting edge at the same time. Freestanding energy like Antons bows had some disadvantages that the ability could overcome. Anton found the idea intriguing, but he needed attributes that were more than just thin to have a good bow, so the wrong materials would disadvantage him.
As the blade spun by him, spinning to cover the widest area it could, he knew that swords simply had different requirements but he had no doubt Elder Wardah would be effective in more than just the Scorching Mirror Sands.
With all that said, it wasnt as if Anton was miraculously better after he was stitched up. His left hand would be unusable for more than a week, and his chest reminded him how many movements involved the muscles on his torso. In a way those were miraculous results, since a normal person couldnt have recovered from the damage to his wrist at all. Even with his experience recovering from wounds and encouraging healing in a proper manner, it was the sort of thing that would take many months to recover without special medicines.
Elder Wardahs wounds took little more than a few stitches and a bandage. Even so, he looked down at it and nodded. Not bad. I wasnt ready for that at all.
But you would be now, Anton pointed out.
So? I previously saw your archery and in a real battle, the first encounter with a specific opponent is often your last. Anything that only works once still worked once. Elder Wardah nodded. And your target was good. If you had aimed for my neck I would have caught on, but aiming for my hand as it moved to deflect the other attacks was good. It was only a little bit short of causing serious damage. Likewise, your ability to avoid my attacks was also sufficient. As long as you are cautious, you should be able to survive even in the most harrowing remnants of the ancient sects.
Anton had almost forgotten that goal in the combat, but not quite. It also made him wish he could bring along someone trained in healing arts. His own efforts were sufficient to hold his body together, but he couldnt get anywhere close to the precision displayed by the healers here. Not that he even had the tiny needles. Now that he thought about it, was that diamondsilk thread stitching him together? Something quite similar, at least. How opulent.
Im glad to hear it. Where do you suggest I start?
That depends on what you want, Wardah explained, If youre looking for potential equipment, most have been pretty thoroughly cleared out, though there are a few that may still have useful gear that we were less interested in obtaining.
In short, things that werent swords. Though they clearly would take anything if there was not too much danger involved. Im more interested in information. Which sects seem to have done the best in the previous invasion?
Thats a tough question, Wardah admitted. In a way, those that are destroyed more thoroughly might have been more successful and received retaliatory judgment. But there was one Wardah nodded. Yes. They were uncovered at the base of a volcano, the entire sect almost frozen in time. Many died there, and not just their own people. It was postulated that nobody survived the battle on either side. The armory was what we found first, but the rest was slowly uncovered from there. I think that might be what you want.
I am interested in that, Anton agreed. I suppose most records would be gone, but any information on the invaders, even just ancient corpses, that is also potentially useful.
Very well. I shall arrange for passage to the area. Lets hope its not eruption season, hmm? Elder Wardah grinned, which made Anton wonder how often eruption season was. But chances were, he would see what it meant unless the place was so uninteresting that he didnt stay long.
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Chapter 325
Everywhere outside of the structures set up by the Million Sword Vault was more or less equivalent in terms of terrain. While there were gradual rises and falls in the dunes, none of them would make much difference for a Life Transformation cultivator.
Thus, the actual locations made little difference. Even Anton securing a position atop a rise would only make a slight difference- but he still made the choice because it would allow him to demonstrate a larger portion of his strength.
Elder Wardah, meanwhile, walked to a position exactly five kilometers away. Anton didnt see any tactical value of that exact position, but the ring around him that formed the other options were all quite similar. Between them, Chikere stood and waited for their signals. Once they both indicated they were ready she amplified her voice to shout, Begin!
As the voice reached Antons ears, he knew Elder Wardah would be moving at the same time. However, he always had to redirect his arrows in flight. Most opponents were just slower. His first arrows were tests, aimed straight at Elder Wardahs core. As he planned, he was using his normal bow. The other wanted to form blades with his energy, and fighting against that would not help his situation.
Wardah appeared to only have a single sword in hand, though Anton knew that wasnt something that limited a swordmaster. It was simply a matter of style, but he could still try to take advantage of it. His first shot was cleanly chopped in two by a one-handed chop. The next pair came from opposite directions at slightly offset times, but a single sweep dealt with both of them.
Anton had already begun to form his energy bows, a handful of them solidifying in the air around him. Anton found that he could sustain his maximum output of energy on several at once along with his main weapon. Attempting to condense denser energy resulted in instability that ultimately had little increase in power. Thus, the extra bows were good not just for purposes of distraction but to match his power. An exception was calling upon ascension energy, which had its own natural density that it was comfortable at.
Over a dozen volleys of arrows were launched at Elder Wardah before he got close to Anton. Anton had arrows fly in simultaneously on opposite sides and at oblique angles, attempting to take advantage of the mans single weapon. It wasnt necessary for him to directly slice apart the attacks, but that was all he had done so far. Anton would consider it a win of sorts if he could at least force the man to dodge, though in such a case his arrows could be turned around to attack the man again with minimal loss in power. His barrage seemed about to work when Wardah swept his other hand towards the ground, forming a sword of sand that he used to fend off a trio of arrows he couldnt with just one hand.
For a brief moment Anton wondered why the man didnt simply carry a second sword, but then the sword was tossed at him, spinning and slicing through the air. He dodged out of the way, his energy bows spreading further apart so they would not be simultaneously destroyed. The sword left a visible trail in the dust in the air and the sand beneath, one that did not collapse for more than a second.
After confirming that the temporary sword had turned once more into sand with no link of energy connecting it to Wardah, he focused his efforts back to attacking. At the closer range his arrows reached Wardah more quickly, but while he had less time to react Anton also had less time to set up complicated volleys. Taking careful stock of where the man held his arm and how he would have to reach down to the sands below to form a secondary weapon, Anton implemented a new plan of attack to compensate for it.
It almost worked, until Wardah formed a blade simply from the dust in the air. Abundant as the mirror sands were, only a small amount of mass was close to his hand in an instant. The blade was extremely thin, but was held together by natural energy while serving as a structure for it becoming a cutting edge at the same time. Freestanding energy like Antons bows had some disadvantages that the ability could overcome. Anton found the idea intriguing, but he needed attributes that were more than just thin to have a good bow, so the wrong materials would disadvantage him.
As the blade spun by him, spinning to cover the widest area it could, he knew that swords simply had different requirements but he had no doubt Elder Wardah would be effective in more than just the Scorching Mirror Sands.
With all that said, it wasnt as if Anton was miraculously better after he was stitched up. His left hand would be unusable for more than a week, and his chest reminded him how many movements involved the muscles on his torso. In a way those were miraculous results, since a normal person couldnt have recovered from the damage to his wrist at all. Even with his experience recovering from wounds and encouraging healing in a proper manner, it was the sort of thing that would take many months to recover without special medicines.
Elder Wardahs wounds took little more than a few stitches and a bandage. Even so, he looked down at it and nodded. Not bad. I wasnt ready for that at all.
But you would be now, Anton pointed out.
So? I previously saw your archery and in a real battle, the first encounter with a specific opponent is often your last. Anything that only works once still worked once. Elder Wardah nodded. And your target was good. If you had aimed for my neck I would have caught on, but aiming for my hand as it moved to deflect the other attacks was good. It was only a little bit short of causing serious damage. Likewise, your ability to avoid my attacks was also sufficient. As long as you are cautious, you should be able to survive even in the most harrowing remnants of the ancient sects.
Anton had almost forgotten that goal in the combat, but not quite. It also made him wish he could bring along someone trained in healing arts. His own efforts were sufficient to hold his body together, but he couldnt get anywhere close to the precision displayed by the healers here. Not that he even had the tiny needles. Now that he thought about it, was that diamondsilk thread stitching him together? Something quite similar, at least. How opulent.
Im glad to hear it. Where do you suggest I start?
That depends on what you want, Wardah explained, If youre looking for potential equipment, most have been pretty thoroughly cleared out, though there are a few that may still have useful gear that we were less interested in obtaining.
In short, things that werent swords. Though they clearly would take anything if there was not too much danger involved. Im more interested in information. Which sects seem to have done the best in the previous invasion?
Thats a tough question, Wardah admitted. In a way, those that are destroyed more thoroughly might have been more successful and received retaliatory judgment. But there was one Wardah nodded. Yes. They were uncovered at the base of a volcano, the entire sect almost frozen in time. Many died there, and not just their own people. It was postulated that nobody survived the battle on either side. The armory was what we found first, but the rest was slowly uncovered from there. I think that might be what you want.
I am interested in that, Anton agreed. I suppose most records would be gone, but any information on the invaders, even just ancient corpses, that is also potentially useful.
Very well. I shall arrange for passage to the area. Lets hope its not eruption season, hmm? Elder Wardah grinned, which made Anton wonder how often eruption season was. But chances were, he would see what it meant unless the place was so uninteresting that he didnt stay long.
Chapter 325Everywhere outside of the structures set up by the Million Sword Vault was more or less equivalent in terms of terrain. While there were gradual rises and falls in the dunes, none of them would make much difference for a Life Transformation cultivator. Thus, the actual locations made little difference. Even Anton securing a position atop a rise would only make a slight difference- but he still made the choice because it would allow him to demonstrate a larger portion of his strength. Elder Wardah, meanwhile, walked to a position exactly five kilometers away. Anton didnt see any tactical value of that exact position, but the ring around him that formed the other options were all quite similar. Between them, Chikere stood and waited for their signals. Once they both indicated they were ready she amplified her voice to shout, Begin!As the voice reached Antons ears, he knew Elder Wardah would be moving at the same time. However, he always had to redirect his arrows in flight. Most opponents were just slower. His first arrows were tests, aimed straight at Elder Wardahs core. As he planned, he was using his normal bow. The other wanted to form blades with his energy, and fighting against that would not help his situation. Wardah appeared to only have a single sword in hand, though Anton knew that wasnt something that limited a swordmaster. It was simply a matter of style, but he could still try to take advantage of it. His first shot was cleanly chopped in two by a one-handed chop. The next pair came from opposite directions at slightly offset times, but a single sweep dealt with both of them.Anton had already begun to form his energy bows, a handful of them solidifying in the air around him. Anton found that he could sustain his maximum output of energy on several at once along with his main weapon. Attempting to condense denser energy resulted in instability that ultimately had little increase in power. Thus, the extra bows were good not just for purposes of distraction but to match his power. An exception was calling upon ascension energy, which had its own natural density that it was comfortable at. Over a dozen volleys of arrows were launched at Elder Wardah before he got close to Anton. Anton had arrows fly in simultaneously on opposite sides and at oblique angles, attempting to take advantage of the mans single weapon. It wasnt necessary for him to directly slice apart the attacks, but that was all he had done so far. Anton would consider it a win of sorts if he could at least force the man to dodge, though in such a case his arrows could be turned around to attack the man again with minimal loss in power. His barrage seemed about to work when Wardah swept his other hand towards the ground, forming a sword of sand that he used to fend off a trio of arrows he couldnt with just one hand. For a brief moment Anton wondered why the man didnt simply carry a second sword, but then the sword was tossed at him, spinning and slicing through the air. He dodged out of the way, his energy bows spreading further apart so they would not be simultaneously destroyed. The sword left a visible trail in the dust in the air and the sand beneath, one that did not collapse for more than a second.After confirming that the temporary sword had turned once more into sand with no link of energy connecting it to Wardah, he focused his efforts back to attacking. At the closer range his arrows reached Wardah more quickly, but while he had less time to react Anton also had less time to set up complicated volleys. Taking careful stock of where the man held his arm and how he would have to reach down to the sands below to form a secondary weapon, Anton implemented a new plan of attack to compensate for it. It almost worked, until Wardah formed a blade simply from the dust in the air. Abundant as the mirror sands were, only a small amount of mass was close to his hand in an instant. The blade was extremely thin, but was held together by natural energy while serving as a structure for it becoming a cutting edge at the same time. Freestanding energy like Antons bows had some disadvantages that the ability could overcome. Anton found the idea intriguing, but he needed attributes that were more than just thin to have a good bow, so the wrong materials would disadvantage him. As the blade spun by him, spinning to cover the widest area it could, he knew that swords simply had different requirements but he had no doubt Elder Wardah would be effective in more than just the Scorching Mirror Sands. With all that said, it wasnt as if Anton was miraculously better after he was stitched up. His left hand would be unusable for more than a week, and his chest reminded him how many movements involved the muscles on his torso. In a way those were miraculous results, since a normal person couldnt have recovered from the damage to his wrist at all. Even with his experience recovering from wounds and encouraging healing in a proper manner, it was the sort of thing that would take many months to recover without special medicines.Elder Wardahs wounds took little more than a few stitches and a bandage. Even so, he looked down at it and nodded. Not bad. I wasnt ready for that at all.But you would be now, Anton pointed out.So? I previously saw your archery and in a real battle, the first encounter with a specific opponent is often your last. Anything that only works once still worked once. Elder Wardah nodded. And your target was good. If you had aimed for my neck I would have caught on, but aiming for my hand as it moved to deflect the other attacks was good. It was only a little bit short of causing serious damage. Likewise, your ability to avoid my attacks was also sufficient. As long as you are cautious, you should be able to survive even in the most harrowing remnants of the ancient sects.Anton had almost forgotten that goal in the combat, but not quite. It also made him wish he could bring along someone trained in healing arts. His own efforts were sufficient to hold his body together, but he couldnt get anywhere close to the precision displayed by the healers here. Not that he even had the tiny needles. Now that he thought about it, was that diamondsilk thread stitching him together? Something quite similar, at least. How opulent.Im glad to hear it. Where do you suggest I start?That depends on what you want, Wardah explained, If youre looking for potential equipment, most have been pretty thoroughly cleared out, though there are a few that may still have useful gear that we were less interested in obtaining.In short, things that werent swords. Though they clearly would take anything if there was not too much danger involved. Im more interested in information. Which sects seem to have done the best in the previous invasion?Thats a tough question, Wardah admitted. In a way, those that are destroyed more thoroughly might have been more successful and received retaliatory judgment. But there was one Wardah nodded. Yes. They were uncovered at the base of a volcano, the entire sect almost frozen in time. Many died there, and not just their own people. It was postulated that nobody survived the battle on either side. The armory was what we found first, but the rest was slowly uncovered from there. I think that might be what you want.I am interested in that, Anton agreed. I suppose most records would be gone, but any information on the invaders, even just ancient corpses, that is also potentially useful.Very well. I shall arrange for passage to the area. Lets hope its not eruption season, hmm? Elder Wardah grinned, which made Anton wonder how often eruption season was. But chances were, he would see what it meant unless the place was so uninteresting that he didnt stay long.
