Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 696 678. Limitations of technology integration

“The real core knowledge of tachi technique is the precise use of external pressure, right?”

Lan En's words seemed to be asking for the sword master's opinion, but the focus of his eyes did not look at the sword master. Instead, he seemed to focus on some of the more 'inner' aspects of his body. Just murmuring to myself.

“Continuous ordinary slashing, these actions are only used to activate [Fighting Qi]. And the most important key that affects the so-called blade opening is actually the large gyration of the air blade after the fighting Qi continuous slashing.”

“As long as the last step of the air blade’s giant whirlwind does not hit the target, the ordinary [Fighting Qi] originally attached to the blade cannot form a unique [Air Blade].”

“Because the air blade’s giant whirlwind only hits something, the reaction force of the hit object will compress the blade, prompting the original ordinary [Fighting Qi] to complete its sublimation.”

“And the quick sharpening technique you just demonstrated.”

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ively, the name of that technique.'

The sword master's dull voice came from the helmet, interjecting into Lan En's speculation.

 Lan En accepted it with good intentions.

“As for the [Mikiri] you just demonstrated, on the surface, it seems that the essence is to use clever steps and keen insight to see through the enemy’s attack in advance, then dodge, connect the air blade to the big gyration, and open the edge. But in fact.”

“When you used [Mikiri] to dodge my attack just now, I vaguely heard a soft ‘ding’ sound, but I am very sure that the two of us did not have any contact that was enough to make a sound.”

“And the sound is indeed not caused by the collision of objects”

 Lan En looked at the sword master with determination.

“That’s the sound made when your [Fighting Qi], which is ready to attack, automatically senses my attack and takes you away.”

“It’s like reaching out to catch the soft and fluttering dandelion, but the wind brought by the hand always pushes the dandelion away from the palm first.”

"Your [Fighting Qi] makes the 'wind' I bring when I attack stronger, at least in your senses, right?"

“So, not only can my attack not touch you, but it can also enable you to accumulate [Fighting Qi] activity earlier, reaching the standard for using the air blade giant spin, and then the regular air blade upgrade.”

“Unexpectedly, the tachi technique, which seems to be pressing forward step by step and cutting every opportunity, is actually a technique that relies heavily on external pressure.”

As he spoke, Lan En even felt a little bit dumbfounded.

“You guys are hunters who use tachi. I guess you won’t even accept El Cat as an aid in hunting, right?”

"Because El Cat may distract the monsters during hunting. Unless you have cooperated to an extremely familiar level, the pressure from the monsters will not be able to focus on you all the time. And the less you have With external pressure, it becomes more difficult for Tachi to perform at its best."

 At the end of the sentence, Lan En's eyes turned out to be somewhat pitiful.

 In a world where humans and cats can communicate with each other, the Taito Hunters turned out to be a group of people who rejected cats and were rejected by cats at the same time.

 The sword master remained silent.

 After a long time, he put his sword back into its sheath with a 'clop' sound.

“Actually, I am quite good at using a great sword. I am here to give you the knowledge of how to use a great sword. Are you ready, Lan En? [Zhuoliu] is a good sword, don’t let it down!”

 I don’t know why, but the sword master seems to have lost his memory.

 Hand did not mention a word about Tai Dao at all, as if this was just the first meeting between him and Lan En in the training area.

Some time ago, his practice and explanation of Tai Sword techniques seemed to have been edited out.

 And he, the man with the sword on his back, came here just to teach the techniques of the great sword.

For this reason, he even admitted that [turbid current] is a big sword! —

 When I came out of the exercise area, it was already noon. When Lan En learns new knowledge, he arranges his time very tightly.

For example, he would spend two hours in the morning learning the techniques of hunting weapons.

 And in just two hours a day, he has almost finished learning fourteen hunting weapons.

 Leave aside the level of application, timing, and situation judgment in actual combat. Anyway, he has memorized these techniques.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the hunters’ technology is relatively simple and rough.

The development of [Fighting Qi] by hunters in this world has not gone in the direction of Ashina Country, where waterfall-like airflow blades can be split with the wave of a hand.

However, they gave up on expanding the killing distance and instead sought to break through the solid flesh and tenacious vitality of monsters, which made hunters more comfortable when facing large and powerful creatures.

From the perspective of Lan En, an outsider, it was the battlefield environment and tactical needs that their world faced that became the soil for the birth of these technologies.

 What shapes these esoteric technologies is the enemy these technologies face.

 But Lan En did not want to absorb all the hunting skills of the hunters.

 He is already a fighter with a mature combat system. When faced with novel and effective techniques, he tends to selectively absorb them rather than copy them entirely.

 And this idea was probably seen by the swordsman in the two hours he just taught Lan En.

Although he is not the kind of warrior who fights with others, as a hunter who fights with nature, he can understand a warrior's "ambition" for power.

 He did not stop Lan En from absorbing the skills of the hunters and integrating them into his own system. He only gave some reminders, or warnings.

“Fourteen hunting weapons, I think you must feel that the technologies of many of these weapons are complementary.”

Once again, Lan En saw through the core technique of the great sword in less than an hour. The swordsman held the sword in front of him and spoke calmly.

“Just like the spear and shield’s ‘strengthened defense, and the counterattack power is greatly increased after the defense is successful’, it can be combined with the ‘use of external pressure’ of the tachi.”

"On the other hand, the [Three Stages of Dou Qi Charge] at the core of the great sword, which relies on [Iron Mountain Kyo] to hedge the enemy's offensive and cross one stage of charge, seems to be able to be paired with 'strengthened defense'. Similar. There are many complementary technologies among the fourteen weapons."

 “But no, Lan”

 Speaking of this, the swordsman's tone was serious and solemn.

“Don’t try to expand the technical scope of a weapon easily, because many hunters have failed before.”

“Various applications of [Fighting Qi] are accompanied by internal pressure on the body. The current weapon technology is already the ‘optimal parameter’ adjusted by hunters after long exploration.”

"If you mix techniques, the internal pressure of [Fighting Qi] on the body will soar to an unbearable range. Although hunters rely on their physical constitution, most of them will not die or be disabled as a result. At most, they will have to drink many bottles of recovery medicine, or even secret medicine."

“But just like punching too hard will damage the fist bones, this behavior will actually reduce the fighting ability, and the gain will not be worth the loss.”

"The core of combat is 'fit', not the accumulation of skills. I think people like you can understand this concept, right?"

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