Nobilis of War novel Chapter 69

Darren stared at the creatures in the lake that resembled a sword and sunk into deep thought. He tried to think about the best course of action to take next.

"These Sword Type Creatures seem to be more powerful than the ones I saw a while ago. I must kill one of them to assimilate the sword intent it carries. Things should be easier after that." Darren murmured to himself as he evaluated the situation.

Darren scanned his surroundings carefully. He made sure that he didn't do anything impulsive. He knew that initiating an attack would make him a solid threat and target for the creatures.

"I'm so stupid!" Darren exclaimed as he candidly palmed his head in frustration. "I almost forgot! These sword-shaped creatures are dumb. Deceiving them would be easy. They have no way of knowing that I also have blade skills. I can use my sword skills to lure them in and then finish them off with my blade!" Darren murmured with excitement.

After setting up his plan, Darren swung his sword to launch a faint aura of sword intent and directed it towards the creatures. Although it was a weak aura, it was enough to drive the creatures in a frenzy. Their rabid eyes turned towards Darren, ready to attack.

"Amazing!" Darren shouted with glee. "The icy sword intent is fantastic. It's so powerful!" Darren slowly and steadily retreated to keep himself at a safe distance when the creatures attacked. Then, one of them dashed towards him. With a wide smile, he exclaimed in jest, "And we found our winner! Our first lucky contestant who will get to taste my sword!"

Darren swung his sword swiftly to launch the nine steps of the Profound Nine Sword Skills at the same time. That was the most powerful strike the skill could achieve.

Just as Darren expected, it seemed to not affect the sword-shaped creature. It continued to rush towards him at full speed, unharmed and undaunted. Darren then kept his sword and took out his blade, wielding it with both hands. He swung to attack with the Grand Thirteen Blade Skills.

A loud noise filled the air. It sounded as if something broke.

The creature shaped like an ice sword was cut into pieces with Darren's blade. With a sharp sound, it blew up into tiny pieces of sword intent.

"Absorb!" Darren concentrated as he shouted. He immediately assimilated the sword intent that the creature turned into. He wasted no time in doing this.

After consuming it, he stepped forward. He then swung his sword fiercely to initiate a mighty force of sword intent. It was a direct hit towards the two creatures on the front lines. Both of them broke into pieces as soon as they were hit, similar to their fallen companion. The power of Darren's sword intent seemed to have grown exponentially.

Mathew's shadow stayed in the bank, watching the fight attentively the whole time. Seeing how Darren's force multiplied stunned him. The boy's comprehension of sword intent was indeed better than what he ever could have imagined. What astonished him the most, however, was seeing Darren use a blade.

"Hey, girl, how did he do it? The boy is a swordsman, but he used his blade just as excellently as he did his sword. How is that possible?" Mathew turned to ask Elsa.

"Sir, he was deceived by his enemies. As a result, he was made to absorb the seeds of both blade intent and sword intent. He was just at the ninth stage of the Primary Realm back then. Everybody thought he was doomed to be useless, unable to practice any martial arts. To be honest, I believed them. But to our surprise, he recovered in just six months. What's even more impressive is that his martial arts skills even improved. He could even fight a warrior at the Mysterious Realm!" Elsa explained to Mathew patiently.

"What?" Mathew's shadow exclaimed in shock. His eyes displayed a hint of bitterness. "Practicing the sword skill and the blade skill at the same time is one of the most difficult things one could ever do. Even that guy didn't get to do it. I'm afraid that Darren..."