The Four Seasons Sword Technique did not belong to Void Palace.
Instead, it was the unique skill of the Krone Clan, a comprehensive representation of their understanding of Ti Laws.
It was, as its na implies, split into four techniques, each with a power different from its peers.
Spring was the first of those techniques.
It represented the season of rising. A season of birth, a season of light, a season of life.
Spring was the start of the cycle, the blooming of all things that grew.
In relation to ti, spring represented the way ti allowed living beings to flourish.
The concepts were vague. They didn't really represent Ti Laws in the way most people viewed them, but it was absolutely powered by ti.
The surrounding flora ca to life, growing and thriving as if they'd been given loads of vitality they had never possessed before.
'Interesting…'
Damien didn't have a hard ti comprehending it. Ti was one of his main laws along with space. Even before he started pursuing the entirety of existence, he'd been looking to reach the peak of it.
'Is it being accelerated? It seems like it should be more complex than that.'
Damien could see how the environnt was being affected by the technique. He completely comprehended how it affected other things, but he didn't really get it.
'This doesn't seem like an offensive technique.'
Damien himself wasn't being targeted by the effects of the acceleration. If he was, it would have helped him rather than hard him.
So what was the technique supposed to be used for?
'Oh?'
It seed Damien didn't have to search very hard for the answer.
Within seconds, the area was filled with massive plants grown by the sword wind Dominic produced. These plants were far larger than their peers, and the powerful aura they radiated was beyond anything a plant without sentience could have.
Those plants were soon taken apart by the sword wind and incorporated, becoming a part of its power.
That was when the attack truly began.
'A blossoming wind…'
'I see.'
Damien smiled in understanding.
It was all an illusion.
The grandiose scene he was witnessing only existed to fool the enemy.
'While you sit around and wait, wary of the storm around you, the flora that is touched by accelerated ti becos a range of weapons that will attack you from the shadows.'
That was Spring.
It was the beginning of the year, a ti to understand how the remaining seasons would be.
It was a probe. If the enemy fell for this technique, they weren't worthy of facing the remaining seasons. However, if they could see through it, then the ti they took to do so and the way they responded could be used to determine how future combat would be done.
'Smart. He knows he has to go all-out against if he wants to stand a chance, but he refuses to rush in without any information. My last attack didn't give him anything besides a rough overview of my power, so he's using this to gain more information in that direction.'
Spring wasn't a weak technique. Just because it was illusionary didn't an it couldn't kill.
The sword wind that swirled in a tornado around Damien was filled with sharp blossoms of sword energy and Ti Laws that could cut down any weaker enemy. If they were struck by the laws and had their ti accelerated, their balance would be thrown off and Dominic would gain an opportunity to make a decisive move.
Unfortunately, Damien wasn't going to fall for any of it.
He dissected the technique and understood its essence.
'But since I'm testing you, I'll give you what you want.'
Unless the enemy was soone Dominic couldn't hope to defeat, they wouldn't react like Damien did, so it was better to see how Dominic would react if his plan succeeded.
VOOM!
Damien allowed his aura to flare, becoming a shield around his body.
His usual existence was sowhat separated from reality. Dominic wouldn't be able to strike him unless he allowed it.
Therefore, when the shield beca material, Damien was finally incorporated with the imaginary world.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The explosions were instant. Damien was finally being struck by the sword wind. The shield was sliced and scratched by countless petals of sword energy, and the longer Damien stood in the midst of the storm, the more energy that assailed him.
Since space and ti were the basis of Dominic's strength, Damien used those two laws to counter.
He separated Spaceti, pulling apart reality and banishing the sword energy into the void.
The storm began to die down, but before it could, Dominic had already rushed in.
'Attack.'
That was his thought.
Since Damien could block and banish his sword energy, it was useless to keep pushing with it, but he had to attack regardless.
This was the only opportunity he'd have, and he'd use it to set up an opportunity to unleash Sumr.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
The ground was blown to pieces first. Damien's vision was imdiately obscured by dust, and Dominic's aura disappeared.
'Sword of Severance.'
Once again, the Sword of Severance appeared.
BANG!
Massive fluctuations of space and ti crashed against Damien's shield, making it wobble and beco unstable,
'Sword of Hephaestus.'
Rather than a sword, the 5th of the 16 Swords of Heaven was more like a hamr, as per its na. It did blunt damage, shattering anything it ca in contact with into thousands of pieces.
Dominic appeared above Damien, in his blind spot, and slamd his sword down with all his strength.
BOOOOOOOM!
Damien's shield instantly shattered, leaving him prey for the countless forces trying to kill him.
However, Dominic didn't keep pushing inward.
He took a step back and prepared his blade once more.
'Four Seasons Sword Technique: Sumr.'
The ti had co for the second season.
Unlike spring, sumr was a ti when everything was in full season. It was a season of heat and vitality, and to follow up on spring's acceleration of ti, it bent the law and created a strange ti flow that not many could survive in.
VOOOOOOM!
The sword was unleashed. The storm created by spring didn't disperse, but it changed subtly, gaining a certain aura that couldn't be pinpointed.
When Damien took down his natural protections to feel the effects of the attack, he was swamped by a feeling similar to heatstroke. His mind went numb, and his body beca heavy.
'But if you see it as sothing simple like heatstroke, you'll die.'
It was another illusion, but this ti, it was used to hide a hidden blade.
The "heatstroke" feeling was actually a dissonance in the soul caused by the strange ti flow he'd been encompassed in.
If he wasn't able to solve it, his soul and body would be forced into disharmony, and if he didn't die to the Ti Laws assaulting him from every side, he'd beco a sitting duck for Dominic to behead.
'This isn't how I'm used to seeing ti be used. Even though the Krone Clan specializes in ti manipulation, they've created a sword technique where ti is actually more of a supporting elent rather than the main one.'
It was truly a sword technique, not a ti technique. Damien respected the ability to separate the two and know which should be prioritized at what mont.
'Most people would be dead by the ti these two techniques are finished.'
Dominic's sword was extrely powerful, and he was more than just adept at concealing the true intent of his techniques, which would catch most people by surprise.
If he was out in the world, he would be uncontested as a great genius.
'But we're not going against geniuses.'
Damien wasn't judging Dominic's techniques. Dominic was a good practitioner who didn't skimp on his training, so there was no need to judge him too heavily in that aspect.
The question was…
'...how will he do in a war situation?'
Damien was satisfied with Dominic's cautious yet domineering performance thus far, so he only had one more thing to test.
VOOM!
He instantly dispersed everything Dominic had thrown at him thus far.
And his body separated into countless clones.
A situation where Dominic had to fight against armies on his own…
How would he fare when facing it?
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