Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1665

Chapter 1665: Battle

For the first time in more than a decade, Atticus saw the darkness far too many times.

The last time he had been killed this much was during his first trial, when the avatar had severed his head an incalculable number of times.

But at least then, he had an inkling of what the avatar was doing. Now, he had no idea.

He braced himself each time, watching the mana, watching for even the slightest displacement around him. However, every single time, Atticus would only catch a fleeting streak... and then darkness.

His head had been severed so many times he had already grown used to the pain. The darkness.

Even so, the shift came when he finally realized something important. This was a trial about controlling Solvath’s power. So why the hell hadn’t he been using it?

As he came back to life once more, Atticus instantly reached deep within himself and summoned Solvath’s power.

The world suddenly lit up like a canvas in his mind.

He felt... everything. The countless energies in the air, drifting silently through space. Their nature. Their weight. Their power.

Suddenly, the avatar’s gaze flashed. Again, Atticus saw a streak. However, this time, something else slipped into his senses.

A small, almost imperceptible distortion just before him. As he focused on it, Atticus realized it was simply multiple energies harmonizing into the shape of a lethal slash.

’I see.’

Mana surged through Atticus’ body as he blurred to the side, catching sight of a streak that tore through the space where his head had been.

Another slash came from behind, and he shifted again, evading. Then another from the side, another from above, another from below.

Atticus became a phantom, his figure blurring as he weaved through the attacks, barely slipping past each one.

His thoughts never stopped moving.

’I can’t keep this up.’

If this was like any of the other trials, then his purpose was clear, to defeat the avatar using whatever he was being taught. He couldn’t do that if all he did was evade.

Regardless, after analyzing the attacks, Atticus quickly determined what it was.

’Still blade.’

It wasn’t a new art, but the fifth katana art. Only this time, instead of will, the avatar was using the surrounding energies to manifest it toward him.

But to have such control over the energies...

Atticus’ eyes flashed.

’Absolute domain.’

The sixth art wasn’t the attacks themselves, but what made them possible, the medium.

The relentless attacks abruptly stopped.

’Hm?’

Atticus had already begun to frown when a sudden flash of light drew his gaze upward. His expression hardened.

The avatar had suddenly appeared in the sky, his katana blurring into an endless cascade of slashes that seemed to swallow the heavens.

The avatar’s gaze flashed, and it all came crashing down.

"Endless blade."

Atticus vanished into an incalculable number of afterimages.

Slashes erupted all around him, colliding with the descending barrage in a continuous storm of booming force that engulfed the area in a thick haze.

In the middle of the chaos, Atticus moved like a machine, slashing, slashing, and slashing. Yet the attacks were relentless, seemingly endless.

Even after several seconds, there was no sign of them stopping.

’Not just that.’

Atticus’ gaze sharpened as one slash passed straight through his blade. He twisted at the last instant, narrowly avoiding it from severing his body.

As he met another, it detonated on contact, the explosion blasting him backward.

Atticus gritted his teeth and spun, flowing with the motion as his katana blurred, intercepting the slashes rushing toward him.

His mind churned.

’They’re all different.’

The slashes... each one was formed from a different energy. One detonated on contact. Another slipped through matter as though it didn’t exist. One carried a crushing weight, like a mountain pressing down.

The only reason he was still holding on was because Solvath’s power allowed him to perceive each one’s nature before it struck.

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a presence surfaced behind him, and he whirled around. The avatar stood there, slowly sliding his katana into its sheath.

"What—"

His world went dark.

...

"Absolute Domain."

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