After Roja murmured, his eyes flickered, he threw all these speculations behind his mind, and decisively chose to strengthen the sword soul again.
Golden light flashed, and the attribute bar changed again.
Stage 2: Ancient Sword Soul +8
Attributes: Attack +85, Strength +24
Special attribute: Everything in the universe is reduced to ashes! —You can freely add fire damage when attacking with swordsmanship (evolution conditions are not met)
Enhanced energy: 66/9o
In the past three days, the increase in strengthening energy was undoubtedly huge. Not only did Roja directly strengthen the sword soul to +8, but it was also very close to +9.
"It seems that in another half month, the Sword Soul should be able to be strengthened to +1o, but I don't know if it will be the same as before this time. Certain strengthening conditions need to be met in order for it to evolve to the third level. Three stages.”
Roja looked at the attribute column, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then gathered his thoughts.
Anyway, it hasn't been reached yet, so there's no point in thinking about it in advance. Let's wait until it is actually strengthened to +1o.
The most important thing now is practice.
After understanding the state of concentration, Roja's strength has indeed improved a bit, but there is still a huge gap between him and a true peak powerhouse like Garp.
When I think of Garp, I think of the four emperors who rule the sea, and I think of the admiral.
Roja knew in his heart that his current improvement was nothing at all. He was still far away from the peak of the sea. Perhaps after strengthening the sword soul to the third stage, this distance could be truly shortened. one time.
…
After crossing the threshold of becoming a swordsman, what lay before Roja was a clearly visible but thorny road to the sword.
Swordsman.
This title can be regarded as a realm, but it can also be regarded as a title.
An honorific title for a strong swordsman.
Like Roja now, although he has reached the starting point of a swordsman in terms of realm, he still cannot bear the title of 'swordsman'.
Among swordsmen, what measures the strength is not 'concentration', because all swordsmen know it. What measures the strength of a swordsman is sword energy...or sword pressure.
There is a huge gap between sword masters and sword masters, even a huge difference. This gap comes from the strength of sword energy.
For the weak, one swing of the sword can only cut off the house.
A strong man, with one swing of his sword, the sky will collapse and the earth will shatter!
Strictly speaking, Roja can now release some sword energy, but the distance of the sword energy is less than one foot. Compared with the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye, who can easily blow away an iceberg with one swing of his sword. The power of being divided into two, the difference is simply incalculable.
Sword energy comes from sword pressure.
Anyone who swings a sword can produce sword pressure, and by using the state of 'concentration' to condense speed and strength into a line, and guide and extend it, sword energy is formed.
The power and speed of the slash have nothing to do with the state of 'concentration', but are closely related to the sword pressure.
At least until you become a great swordsman and understand the true meaning of 'cutting', the power and speed of the cut are the decisive factors that affect the sword pressure and sword energy.
In addition to the power and speed of the slash, which are the decisive factors of sword pressure, the understanding of the power of sword pressure itself is also a decisive factor. There is a mutually reinforcing relationship between the two.
If strength and speed are nine, and the understanding of sword pressure is one.
Then the power of the sword energy that explodes is nine.
However, if the strength and speed are five, and the understanding of sword pressure is also five, then the power of the sword energy exploded is twenty-five!
In other words, the most perfect state is when the two complement each other.
"It's just that if you can become a great swordsman, speed and strength will no longer be the decisive factors in slashing. Slashing will become another realm. I am still far away from that realm now."
Roja couldn't help but feel leisurely fascinated when he thought of a peak swordsman like Hawkeye who could split an iceberg in two with a single swing of his sword.
After coming back to his senses, Roja continued to look back while holding the sword essence.
Among the strong swordsmen, in addition to sword energy being a criterion, sword intention is also a criterion. Not all swordsmen can understand the sword intention, but those who can understand the sword intention are almost all top swordsmen. .
Different swordsmen follow different swordsmanship. When they have a deep understanding of their own swordsmanship and fully understand the path they should take, they will derive their own sword intent.
Focusing on the speed of slashing, the speed system that makes people unable to avoid it, focusing on the strength of the slashing, the strength system that can cut everything, etc., are all very common sword intentions.
"I see, the ability that I used to add fire damage was mistaken for being born with a fire-based sword intent?"
Roja had made a guess when he heard Garp talk about a natural swordsman and a flaming sword intent. Now it seems that it is indeed the same as his guess.
After turning over the part that records the sword's intention, the next step is the realm of the great swordsman. This part has the least recorded information. After Roja flipped through it for a while, he turned back to the part that recorded the sword's pressure.
The realm of a great swordsman is still too far away from him. What he needs to do now is to practice sword pressure. The essence of swordsmanship records the simplest and most practical method of practicing sword pressure.
That's the stacking of slashes.
The shaving in the Sixth Marine Style is to strike the ground more than ten times in an instant, producing explosive movement speed to move. The speed is so fast that it is even difficult for ordinary people to catch it with the naked eye.
The training of superimposing slashes is similar to the method of shaving, except that stepping strikes are replaced by slashes.
If in an instant, two completely overlapping swords can be struck and completely overlapped, then the sword pressure will naturally be doubled, and the sword energy will be almost doubled.
Moreover, this kind of practice is a practice that simultaneously develops the speed and strength of slashing, as well as a deeper understanding of sword pressure.
"It doesn't require any special skills, just make the two swords completely overlap. When you can do this, the two swords are actually equal to one sword."
Looking at the training methods recorded in the essence of swordsmanship, Roja nodded slightly. He always preferred this kind of simple and rough training.
Roja hates things that require calculation. He prefers to simplify complex things.
If you cannot simplify complex things, pursue the power that can simplify everything.
This is what Roja had in mind.
After the courtyard wall was repaired, Roja began the practice of sword pressure.
The practice of sword pressure seems to be much more substantial than the somewhat illusory spiritual practice of the 'concentration' state.
It's just a real sword swing!
Luo Ya first started training with the simplest sword swing method recorded in the sword pressure training.
Although it is the simplest method, it is also the most tiring, because it means maintaining a single movement and swinging the sword an unlimited number of times until your arms become stiff, sore, lose consciousness, and can no longer swing the sword.
For ordinary people, this kind of practice is extremely painful. However, for Roja, Garp's month of hell-like training did not make him feel anything. This kind of practice is also easy for him. .
Swing the sword a thousand times,
Swing the sword two thousand times,
Swing the sword ten thousand times...
Luo Ya tirelessly maintained such a simple movement and continued to practice until his arm was so sore that he became numb and unconscious, then he stopped to rest. After the rest, he continued to practice.
A few days later.
As he did this simplest movement of swinging the sword more and more, the feeling of chopping seemed to gradually integrate into every muscle and every bone in the body.
gradually.
I don't know since when, Roja suddenly felt that every time he swung the sword, it seemed that all the power in his body was perfectly mobilized, all of which was used to support the sword's slashing.
In other words, every movement of swinging the sword seems... to be exactly the same!
"It seems that the first stage of practicing sword pressure should have been completed, so the next step is the second stage of practice... try to fuse the two swords!"
Feeling that his sword-swinging state seemed to have reached the essence of swordsmanship, Roja murmured in his heart about the completion of the first stage of sword pressure training.
After taking a short rest, Luo Ya continued to start the second stage of practice.