Seeing that his opponent was Anti-Psion Knight, Arcturus knew that he needed to completely adjust and change his battle strategy towards Jeniael, or else he would lose the sparring match.
Her swordsmanship was also very superb; from what he could tell, she was training in combat since she was little and had very strong talent and aptitude towards it. It was no wonder that weapon mastery was the only thing that remained for her.
In fact, she was in a rather particular position and diidn't have many other options for getting stronger because her Psyker Ability, while being at the Super-High Risk Grade, wasn't sothing that gave her high combat prowess out of nowhere.
Due to this, Jeniael needed to go through a lot of hardships to achieve the combat prowess that she had right now.
She chose the hardest thing one could do, which was to walk the Path of the Ancient Body Refiners, which has been almost non-existent for the Warrior Profession since the creation of the Gene Enhancent Serums.
Not many would go to the ancient thods of Body Tempering after the invention of the Gene Enhancent Serums because using the Genetic Enhancent Serums was extrely easy and straightforward.
Not to ntion, Warriors that were still using the old thods, even though it was generally accepted that the old thods of Body Tempering were far more superior to the Genetic Enhancent Serum, it was also sothing that just a tiny portion of people were able to complete.
It was very clear to the Arcturus, that for Jeniael to beco a Warrior using the ancient Body Tempering thods, ant that she was extrely talented in this area, and it also ant that she had extrely powerful willpower and was determined to succeed at any cost.
Obviously, many people, and even many geniuses, for the Warrior Professional were tired of walking through the Body Tempering thods and using the ancient thods to beco Warriors, but most of them gave up.
In the end, due to the arduousness and difficulties that one faced the problems when using the ancient Body Tempering thods, most of the people who attempted to use them would give up and switch to the Genetic Enhancent Serums due to their bonuses.
Even though the Genetic Enhancent Serums were categorically weaker than the ancient Body Tempering thods, they were far easier and more straightforward. There were no complicated situations or anything; one just needed to inject the Genetic Enhancent Serum into their body.
As easy as it could get.
So a certain part of him felt admiration for her because he knew that he himself wouldn't have such strong conviction to beco so dedicated to the ancient Body Tempering and even practice it since she was a child.
That was sothing that only a few people in each galaxy could boast about because it wasn't for everyone. Not to ntion, the ancient Body Tempering thods were rather costly, because they required a lot of resources and everything that was sothing that only the rich could shoulder.
"And you walked on the path of the ancient Body Tempering, till now?"
Arcturus asked as he looked at Jeniael, who gave him a nod of her head.
It wasn't any kind of secret, and any person with good brains and learned well would be able to tell that she was soone who was using the ancient Body Tempering thods on the pathway of the Warrior.
"Yeah, coupled with the Holy Judgent of God and my sword skills, I can basically beco a nightmare to any Psyker or Psionics. And against the other Warriors, I am physically far more superior to them, so I can outperform them and defeat them rather easily. With the basic Enhancent Techniques, I can boost my physical strength to match that of the Warriors one Grade higher than ."
Hearing what she said, it was indeed true that she was born with a rather unique situation that could be called Anti-Thesis to the Psionics and Psykers alike when she developed her abilities to greater heights.
Not only that, but she would also be much stronger than other Warriors of the sa grade, mainly due to the sheer fact that she was so skilled with the sword and was also learning to use the Holy Judgent of God in close combat.
However, though, that would be very problematic because the Holy Judgnt of God, while being incredibly powerful and especially versatile Super-High Risk Psyker Ability when it ca to pure non-psionic close combat, it was weak in that area.
"So, are we going to continue the fight or to talk?"
Jeniael asked as Arcturus gave her a nod, as he appeared in front of her faster than she predicted and swung at her the training sword he was using in his right hand. He was faster than previously, because he was using the Psionic Energy to strengthen his physical dinsions through the Nuclear Chaos Formula.
While, she was rather surprised initially at the burst of the power that he had showcased, but soon enough, she grinned because his physical power right now was even higher than that of her, but at the sa ti, that was only through the boost of the Psionic Energy.
Because of the trendous amount of Psionic Energy that Arctururus possessed when he temporarily strengthened his physical dinsions, it was rather a considerable boost to his physical dinsion and not sothing that was neglectable.
Even she was rather surprised by the result, but soon enough, she completely adapted to Arcturus's newfound strength in almost an instant. This was also the result of the superiority of the ancient Body Tempering thods and the fact that she was using really particular and unique.
Sothing that was personally obtained for her by the ancestor of the House Luxford, because the ancestor of the House Luxford was one of the few people in their family who saw the true value in Jeniael's efforts, determination and her willpower to move forward despite her disadvantages that many more conservative mbers of the House Luxford considered as ultimate disgrace.
With the sword in her hand, she started counterattacking as Arcturus was forcing her to use all of his power to keep up with her speed. Jeniael was stronger and faster than he was, especially when she, too, started using the Psionic Energy to strengthen her physical dinsions.
When that happened, Arcturus had rather a problem keeping up with her, and only due to the superiority of the Nuclear Chaos Formula was he able to keep up boosting his physical dinsions to not be instantly outperford by Jeniael, who was really a monster on the battlefield right now.
He didn't know what concrete sword style she was using, but it was clear that it was sothing profound and advanced, because she was able to keep up with him when he was using the Sardau Star Sword.
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 9%.]
The Sardau Star Sword was the swordsmanship style that he had mastered to a higher degree of mastery; even though it wasn't the most powerful one, it was specifically made to fight and kill humanoid opponents like right now.
So technically speaking, even in the sparring match, the Sardau Star Sword was technically speaking invaluable. However, he was rather pleased because he was already getting better in the Sardau Star Sword, as Jeniael was indeed pushing him beyond his limits, and that was always a welcod thing.
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 11%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 10%.]
He even received several notifications from the system as right now he was only a tad away from reaching the Level 6 Apprentice Mastery in the Sardau Star Sword, and with the tempo of the improvent he was receiving from the fight, it wouldn't be actually that far.
As his master tended to say, experience was the best teacher.
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 10%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has reached Level 6 Apprentice - 8%.]
Even though he was already becoming a bit tired, he could clearly see that Jeniael was okay and she could fight more without any problems. At least problems for her, but for him, the situation looked bleak, because it seed that fighting in the close quarters was deadlock.
At the sa ti, he couldn't use any Psionics because that would be entirely useless due to the Holy Judgent of God.
Usage of the Psyker Ability Dinsion Empyrean was equally problematic because even though the Dinsion Empyrean was also a Super-High Risk Psyker Ability of the Primal variation, in the clash between two abilities, the Holy Judgent of God would be victorious in most of the cases.
In the end, though, there wasn't much of a choice aside from using the Dinsion Empyrean because it was the only way to win.
Obviously, there was also another way he could still use the Godslayer Sword Style, but that was sothing that Arctururus refrained from because using the Slayer Force in the sparring match against Jeniael seed to be pretty dangerous.
While he didn't really hesitate to use it against Master Nassain during his Admission Tests, the main reason for that was the fact that Master Nassain was already a peak Sigma-Grade Warrior and master combatant who could deal with it if sothing went wrong.
Jeniael wasn't, and he wasn't betting on so trump cards to deal with it. Thus, the Dinsion Empyrean seed to be a bit safer option compared to the Slayer Force, which was too aggressive and volatile to be used in the sparring match.
So, he used the Dinsion Empyrean's ability, Dinsion Lost as he summoned the Empyrean Mist all around the sparring ring.
The Empyrean Mist had strong weakening effects on anyone that was in its vicinity, but at the sa ti, due to the presence of the Holy Judgent of God, Jeniael was able to create a protective layer around her body, which was blocking the Empyrean Mist and thus the weakening effect.
At the sa ti, this was also the goal that he wanted to see. Arcturus knew that the Empyrean Mist would be technically speaking ineffective on Jeniael, yet at the sa ti, it would force her to be constantly using the Holy Judgent of God to protect herself from the Empyrean Mist.
That would an she would be tired very soon, and it wouldn't be long before she started running out of Psionic Energy. And once she ran out of the Psionic Energy, she wouldn't be able to sue the Holy Judgent of God at all, and that would result in her imdiate defeat.
The greatest downside of the Super-High Risk Psyker Abilities was the consumption of Psionic Energy, which was trendous. So of the unlucky Psykers, especially those from common backgrounds that were not bred to be perfect, like the generation and generation of the Psykers before they were doing, found themselves in this predicant.
One of the worst things that could happen to a Psyker was to be born with powerful Psyker Ability, yet at the sa ti, being born with small reserves of the Psionic Energy and thus not being able to support the output of the Psionic Energy that was needed by the Psyker to maintain usage of the Psyker Ability for the prolonged amount of ti.
Even for the Psykers with huge reserves of the Psionic Energy, it often represented a problem.
Thus, when the plan started forming, Arcturus switched to the saving mode, as the only thing that he was doing was preserving his power while trying to drag out the fight for as long as possible so Jeniael would use all of her Psionic Energy.
Obviously, the young white-haired woman realized what Arcturus's plan was, but unfortunately for her, there were really not many ways for her to counter it, if there were any.
Unfortunately for her, it was more than clear that his Physical Dinsions, albeit inferior to hers, were not that inferior to the point so she could just push him down.
At the sa ti, his combat skills, were even superior to her own, so she couldn't use her own martial skills to obtain an advantage in the combat.
This was a really precarious situation for Jeniael because it indeed seed hopeful, and she knew that unless she managed to defeat Arcturus as soon as possible, she would either die from exhaustion or from being defeated by Arcturus directly.
Not only did Jeniael realize this, but Arcturus was also aware of this fact and knew that in the upcoming monts, she would do everything in her power to defeat him as soon as possible, and thus, she imdiately started moving toward him at a really fast speed.
At the sa ti, she decided to bet all of her chances on the upcoming offensive of hers and thus decided to use the Holy Judgent of God. With the Holy Judgent of God brimming with the golden color, she started slashing her sword toward him at a faster rate than any ti before.
Arcturus grinned a bit, as he was rather entertained by it, as he kept increasing the density and amount of the Empyrean Mist through the Dinsion Lost, which in turn forced Jeniael to spend more and more of her Psionic Energy on the Holy Judgent of God as she needed to negate the Empyrean Mist.
He could see with visible eyes that her Psionic Energy was being burned at a very fast pace because the Empyrean Mist wasn't so ordinary Psyker Ability or Psionic Art, but it was sothing that was made from the Super-High Risk Psyker Ability.
Arcturus vaguely understood how the Holy Judgnt of God worked, and he knew that the stronger the Psionic Art or the Psyker Ability was, the harder it beca to use the Holy Judgent of God to Judge and dispose of the attack.
Obviously, Judging, sothing that was made from the Dinsion Empyrean, wasn't easy to destroy. Arcturus mostly defended while occasionally counterattacking Jeniael, who was becoming weaker with each passing mont due to the lack of Psionic Energy.
According to his calculations, he would still need a few more minutes until her Psionic Energy reserves were entirely exhausted, and she would be essentially on his rcy because he would be able to use the Psionics and Dinsion Empyrean without fear of it being destroyed.
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