"No 'buts,'" Hela interjected firmly. "I will personally sure that you won't face any repercussions with my mother. Now, please, leave us," she stated with a steely resolve.
Witnessing the First Princess's cold deanor, Takashi shuddered and nodded like a subservit chick before departing. 'I need to inform the matriarch about this,' he mumbled to himself.
As soon as Takashi had flown away, Hela turned to Sam with a concerned expression. "What's going on, son?"
Sam hesitated for a momt before responding, "There are only a few hours left before my Physique fully awaks."
"You have a special Physique?" Alia exclaid in surprise. She, too, possessed a unique Physique known as the Respldt Blood Empress Physique.
"Yes," Sam replied with a smile and a nod.
"How much ti do you have left before it fully awaks?" Hela inquired.
"About three hours, I think," Sam replied.
"What would you like to do until th?" Hela asked.
Sam considered the options and suggested, "How about we spar? Since we have so free ti and we're in an isolated location, I could learn so basic sword techniques from Mom and Aunt. I wouldn't want to be underestimated wh we return to your clan."
"That's actually a good idea," Hela nodded in satisfaction. She had be wondering wh Sam would begin taking cultivation more seriously.
"Well th, who would you like to spar with first?" Sophia asked excitedly.
"Spar? Don't you want to explain stances or sword forms to first before we start sparring?" Sam inquired.
"No need. You'll learn faster through experice," Sophia replied confidtly.
"In that case, I'll spar with my sister," Sam decided. He retrieved the bronze ordinary-grade sword that he had tak from Julian wh he had confronted and killed him and his frids.
Lorraine looked surprised at the sight of the sword in her nephew's hand. "Where did you get that bronze sword from?"
Sam shrugged casually. "This? I had a fortunate counter."
Lorraine's mouth twitched at his response but decided not to press further for details.
Sophia and Sam faced each other, maintaining a distance.
"For your safety, dear brother, I'll limit my strgth to that of a Peak Sage Foundation Establishmt Realm cultivator," Sophia assured him.
"That's fine," Sam agreed, though he secretly felt that he would befit more from sparring with a stronger oppont. 'I'll first get used to the flow of combat, and th I can challge stronger opponts,' he contemplated.
"Are you ready, my dear brother?" Sophia asked.
"Co at ," Sam responded, gripping his sword in a stance that felt comfortable to him.
"Here I co!" Sophia propelled herself forward like a bullet, clutching an ordinary-grade tal sword in both hands, her movemts resembling an arcing motion, as if she aid to cut through Sam like a blade.
Sam watched her carefully as she had matched her strgth to his own. Wh she closed in on him, she executed an arc towards Sam's torso.
Reacting swiftly, Sam mimicked her action, slashing his sword to intercept hers. 'This should work, right?'
Clang!
The sound of tal eting tal echoed through the air. Sam's tactic had succeeded, but not without a price.
Upon impact, Sam's hands wt numb, and he felt them quiver uncontrollably. A searing ssation shot through his arms.
"This is what happs wh you block an incoming attack head-on," Sophia explained as she distanced herself from her brother.
"Don't try to block the attack; instead, attempt to divert it out of your way," Sophia instructed. "Let's try it again."
With that, she launched herself at Sam once more, this ti at full speed. Sam was prepared this ti, understanding what he needed to do to counter the incoming sword.
Clang!
Another resounding clash of tal against tal rang out, and to Sophia's surprise, her brother effortlessly deflected her sword with minimal effort. "How did you do that?"
Sam was equally bewildered. How had he done that? He wasn't an expericed swordsman.
Initially, they had all expected that it would take days for Sam to beco accustod to combat, and ev small tasks like countering a direct sword attack would require dozs of repetitions in practice before it could be applied effectively.
Knowing how to do sothing and actually executing it were tirely differt matters.
Sam might have understood the concept, but he shouldn't have be able to execute it flawlessly on his first try, should he?
"I don't know," Sam admitted, still a bit surprised himself.
Unbeknownst to him, his Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique's assimilation had be accelerating for reasons unknown, and his levels of cognition and comprehsion were skyrocketing.
"Let's go again," Sophia urged.
Clang!
Once more, they exchanged blows, and Sam was swiftly defeated by another basic tactic from his older sister.
Listing to Sophia's guidance, Sam eagerly gaged her again. To everyone's astonishmt, Sam effortlessly countered her attacks once more.
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 9.56%) ]
"Again!" Sophia exclaid with excitemt.
They continued to spar, exchanging blows repeatedly, leaving everyone in utter disbelief. Sam was learning at an astonishing rate.
"Unbelievable... Is he a gius in swordsmanship?" Alia's eyes sparkled with intrigue. After all, she had the privilege of being close to a prodigious talt like Sam.
"At this rate, he may soon surpass his sister in swordsmanship," Hela remarked as she watched Sam clash swords with a wild smile on his face.
She referred to pure swordsmanship, devoid of any spiritual power or Dao assistance.
Ev ordinary humans, or what cultivators oft referred to as mortals, could reach impressive levels of swordsmanship and pottially surpass veteran cultivators if they honed their skills diligtly.
Of course, this scario only applied wh cultivators didn't use their cultivation. If they did, ev a grandmaster-level human cultivator would be easily defeated by a rookie swordsman in a single strike.
The disparity in strgth was that significant.
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 94.87%) ]
Sam was ecstatic; with each strike, he could feel his tire body becoming more attuned to the ways of the sword. Concurrtly, his Physique assimilation rate was accelerating.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Again and again, their swords clashed, and each ti, sparks seed to fly from their fierce exchanges.
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 96.30%) ]
Their spar intsified as Sophia began incorporating more advanced tactics and moves she had honed over the years. To her astonishmt, Sam smoothly countered every move she made. She was both surprised and filled with pride, delighted to discover that her brother was indeed a prodigy.
Clang!
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 97.5%) ]
Hela and Lorraine watched Sam with mouths agape, utterly amazed at the incredible rate of his improvemt, sothing they had never thought possible.
'I really want to see the look on his face wh he realizes he has such a gius for a son. I'll make you regret leaving for that thot Freya,' Hela's eyes glead coldly as she thought of her detested ex-husband, William Flareheart.
Hela harbored an intse loathing for her ex-husband, a loathing that ran deep to the core. If she had the chance, she would take the most severe retribution imaginable, utterly emasculating him and forcing his own dick into his mouth.
Clang!
Once more, the clash of her childr's swords echoed through the air.
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 98.65%) ]
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
As they clashed repeatedly, Sam's body began to emit a subtle, ethereal light that veloped him. Within this radiant aura, myriad intricate patterns and lodies of various Dao types emanated.
Ev Hela and Lorraine, who were the only ones prest with a high level of comprehsion of their respective Daos, ssed the minute threads of their own Dao resonating from Sam's body.
"He's awaking," Lorraine whispered with a wistful smile, her thoughts wandering into places that wer't quite appropriate. She couldn't help but indulge in explicit fantasies involving Sam.
If only Sam knew the unspeakable thoughts running through her mind.
Ev Alia and Sophia, lacking any comprehsion of Dao, could perceive the igmatic ergy swirling a Sam's form.
"Just what kind of physique is he awaking?" Alia wondered aloud. As the possessor of the Respldt Blood Empress Physique, she was well-versed in the mysteries of physiques. Yet, she had never witnessed an awaking with such profound and pott resonances of Dao.
Although Sam had mtioned awaking a physique, he had kept its na a secret.
'He can master martial techniques in re minutes...' Hela pondered. "This physique's awaking is already showing such mysterious resonances on his body. What's more, I can ev sse my own Dao of Froz Soul emanating from him... Could it be?"
Her eyes wided in realization. 'If that's the case, it explains everything.'
Lorraine, noticing her sister's shifting expression, inquired, "What's the matter, sis? Can't wait to bed your son?"
Hela, blushing intsely, stamred, "No, it's not that..."
"Th what is it?"
"I think I may know which physique he's awaking."
"Tell !"
"Have you ever heard of a legd regarding a physique—one of the three thousand physiques that have appeared in the world until now, considered to be in the top five?"
"This particular physique grants its user unparalleled comprehsion and cognitive abilities, surpassing ev the most brilliant minds."
Lorraine was the first to realize where her sister was leading. "This physique can master any mortal techniques and combat skills, and it can master any type of weapon t thousand tis faster than other physiques or talts. But that's not its most crucial attribute."
Lorraine continued with a solemn expression, "This said physique bestows upon its user the unparalleled ability to master all forms of Dao at a mind-blowing speed."
[ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 99.99%) ]
Both Hela and Lorraine simultaneously uttered the na, "The Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique."
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