"Captain, may I go home early today? I want to train on this new sword technique I got."

"Alright. Here, this is a comprehension potion. It increases the clarity of your mind and you ability to understand stuff. I wanted to give you one back during the sensory deprivation training, but it's incompatible with the sense numbing potion."

"I see. Thanks. See you tomorrow."

"Ah, wait. Let me heal that wound on your shoulder." Eve used her Holy Energy and healed Henry, and he left soon,

Once he was home, he opened the martial arts manual for the Asura's Wrath Sword Technique. Once he did, he got a system message.

You have acquired the "Asura's Wrath Sword Technique". It has been added to the techniques menu.

He then opened this Techniques menu, which was in the Weapon Mastery menu.

Techniques:

1-Severin Empire Military Swordsmanship

Mastery level 7/7 (Mastered)

2-Asura's Massacre Sword Technique

Mastery level: 0/11

"Interesting. Should I do my 10000 slashes quest first, or train in this?"

After thinking for a while, Henry decided to do the ten thousand slashes first, so that he would not feel rushed while practicing the sword technique.

He grabbed Dawnbringer and unsheathed it, and started slashing.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

As he kept slashing, Henr started to lose track of time. He only focused on the slashes, and would look at the quest counter every once in a while. Soon though, Henry was completely in a trance, no longer even looking at the quest counter. He kept slashing and slashing, and his sword now felt like an extension of his body, swinging his sword now became like breathing to him, simply an idle motion he did not notice. He only snapped out of it when the system gave him a "Quest Complete" message.

'Woah, I totally got lost there. However, I can't help but feel like my sword feels a lot lighter now.'

You have entered a trance while doing the sword saint's training method. You have gotten a little closer to the legendary state of Body-Sword Unity. +100 Sword Mastery Exp. Current level: Advanced Squire level, 1060/1500 Exp.

'Damn, Body-Sword Unity? The legendary state of Sword Emperors? Captain Eve really wasn't lying when she said this was the training recommended by the Sword Saint. Anyways, let's begin training the sword technique now.'

Henry opened the Techniques tab and chose the Asura's Massacre Sword Technique.

Asura's Wrath Sword Technique

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A technique taught only to each generation's "Executor" in the Heavenly Demonic Cult of Esheria. It is said to have been created by the first Heavenly Demon for his loyal headhunter, the first generation Executor. This is an excellent technique for a demon slayer as it works best in one against many situations, and has a total of eleven unique forms, making it very flexible.

Forms:

First form: Cycle of Death (Unlearned)

Second form: Asura's Charge (Unlearned)

Third form: Asura's Descent (Unlearned)

Fourth form: Asura's Cry (Unlearned)

Fifth form: Hundred Strikes of Asura (Unlearned)

Sixth form: Asura's Echo (Unlearned)

Seventh form: Avatar of Vengeance (Unlearned)

Eighth form: Killer of Immortals (Unlearned)

Ninth form: Festival of Destruction (Unlearned)

Tenth form: Undying Killer (Unlearned)

Eleventh form: Asura Transformation (Unlearned)

Henry thought the form names sounded pretty cool, especially that last one. He knew that an Asura was mythical creature in Esheria that had three heads and six arms, and was also very powerful. Would this last form somehow turn him into one?

'Well, no matter. I need to learn the first form first.'

He chose the first form.

Demonstrating First form: Cycle of Death. You may choose to speed up, slow down, explain, or pause at any time.

A strange phantom like clone of Henry then appeared. The phantom's mana circulatory system was visible, so Henry could see how he moved his aura around his body. He started performing the first form in a very clear way. Henry watched in detail until the move was over. From what he understood, Cycle of Death was a spin based move, similar to those of the military sword technique. After three tries, he managed to do it on the fourth, as he was already a master of spin based moves.

You have learnt the first form of the Asura's Wrath Sword Technique. Would you like to proceed to the second form?

'Yes.'

Demonstrating Second form: Asura's Charge. You may choose to speed up, slow down, explain, or pause at any time.

The phantom clone then started performing the second form. It seemed like a rather simple charge based move, so Henry let the clone finish, then started to do it himself.

'Let's see... Put your right leg forward and the left one backwards, grab your sword with both hands in front of your stomach, then put all your aura in your feet and push yourself forward. Then, mid charge, move all your aura into your shoulders and arms, then slash. Finally, right before contact with the target, move the aura into your sword.'

Henry tried to perform this himself, but he couldn't move his energy fast enough. He was used to the casual aura distribution where you'd put 35% in your arms, 35% in your legs, and 30% in the rest of your body. He had always heard of this method of putting all your aura where it is currently needed, which depended on the law of physics where even if you removed all the forces, an object in motion would stay in motion. However, he had never tried it.

'I need to get used to moving my Demon Slaying Energy quickly while also performing the movements.'

Henry kept practicing all night, hoping to master the control of his aura, but he didn't manage to get to that point yet. At about midnight, he went to sleep, as he would fight a mage in the first time in forever tomorrow.

'Actually, aren't mages the masters of mana manipulation and control and all that other stuff? Maybe I could ask that mage for some help.'