The Way of the Sword is one of the highest-rank sword technique in my realm that the swordsman will acquire when they pass the stage of enlightenment and attain its deepest principles and power.

However, you can only use that technique if you have entered the ranks of Sword Lord Realm which only a few attained even in my past world.

And the enlightenment that you will have to pass on is named as One with the Sword.

It is considered one of the most difficult challenges in the sword path. Due to the risk of losing yourself in the technique that you created.

This technique is created based on your aspirations.

Whether it's for slaughter, to protect, to get revenge, or to enter the peak of the world.

Anything can be achieved with this technique with your goals and ambition.

Also, this difficult technique is based on the swordsman's instincts, experience and intuition with the sword.

You can make your desired sword whether it's for good or bad purposes.

This sword technique will make you feel that your sword is just another part of your body and it will protect you in your direst situations.

"Though my...dearest sword before is one of the weapons that pierced my heart too."

I felt an encroach of pain and sadness in this realization but still continued to contemplate about my own technique.

This sword technique is known for its robot-like movement that automatically moves in precise and systematic ways to protect the swordsman or kill and injure the opponent.

As the Heavenly Demon, I practiced my sword to its utmost limit until I reached the level of the Sword God.

However, I can't use any of the techniques and abilities that I've learned. Even the lowest ones due to my weak body constitution and frail durability.

There's also a high probability that I will die or sustain a serious injury if I use my low-level sword techniques in this body due to the qi energy that it requires and the essential durable body that it needs.

However, The Way of the Sword served as a passive skill that you will acquire through enough experience, intuition and instincts of the swordsman, the One with the Sword enlightenment of the sword and the level of a Sword Lord.

That I obtained in my Heavenly Demon Era.

This means that even if I don't have the necessary level and awakening. I can use this technique.

Due to the enlightenment of the deepest principles in my variation of technique coupled with my supreme instincts, god-like intuition and enormous experience will do as this sword will protect me.

"Miss...we should go to the dim street."

I whispered to her and pointed out a dark no-man part of the street as we walked side by side together.

"Okay...I understand" she said as she moved along with my side too.

And then, I noticed that the shadow and the assassin continued to follow us.

"The Way of the Sword, 1st Form, Equilibrium."

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"Is that her- Marquis Fredo's daughter?"

I calmly said when I observed these two people walking side-by-side as I talked to my shadow buddy near my location in this no-man street.

"Yes, yes...she looks really beautiful, I want her body when we kill her- Leave her body to me okay?"

"Alright...okay...she is yours after we complete this task," I said in a cool tone.

Because I know what he will do with her body if the mission is completed. Though, I don't give a shit about it because it's a common thing in the underworld.

We followed the two people until we got to the part of the street where there were no people around. Also named by people as a no-man street.

"Looks like they are trapped, aren't they?" I said when I looked at the beautiful lady in a beautiful shiny dress.

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"We should...finish the mission as fast as possible."

My buddy shadow excitedly said. Probably excited about the notion of playing with this beautiful girl's dead body.

We appeared after the two in this no-man street. And the duo seemed to sense us and they immediately brandished their weapons.

The woman is nervously grasping a weapon that looks like more than a dagger compared to a sword as she readied herself for the impending fight.

The man in dirty clothes on the other hand held his weapon in his hand as calmly as possible and directly stared at us.

Probably to see our movements, but I felt that something was wrong with this dirty man.

"Hey... miss, please don't resist too much you know. I don't want to hurt you that badly."

The shadow said as he licked his lips looking at the delicious girl in front of him.

We also brandished our weapons.

As I looked at the opponents before me.

This beautiful girl is a known Peak Tier 1 Sword newbie in the Council of Augustus. A knight council. And a progidy that is known to be as one of the future swordmaster in this world.

Though that's not our problem. We're just here to do our job.

This boy on the other hand looks like a dirty beggar. Due to his worn-out jeans and shirt. I don't even know if he can even hold as I look at his weak body. He's a Low Tier 1 swordsman.

Holding my dagger poisoned with the Aventega Flower, I leaped out.

And my buddy remained in the shadows to threw some shadow daggers in our opponents to deal damage and distract our target.

We completely disregarded that beggar due to how weak he was as he couldn't do anything harmful to us.

For reference, I used a poisoned dagger poisoned with the Aventega Flower which is one of the most poisonous flowers in this world in my life-and-death battles.

As I immediately attacked and swung my poisoned dagger trying to hit the girl's side.

The stunning girl launched her short sword on the other hand, to me in an attempt to parry it.

She parried it successfully but that led to her being open in our fight.

My buddy leaps out from the shadow and throws shadow daggers to benefit from the opening I did to this pitiful girl.

He launched an attack behind the back of the girl to paralyze her.

The shadow daggers were thrown at the girl in a difficult position that led to her being in a precarious situation.

And a creepy smile bloomed on my buddy's face.

However, when the shadow dagger is near to this oblivious girl.

Something unexpected really happened.

The beggar suddenly swings his sword in the most simplest way possible deflecting my buddy shadow's daggers that are thrown at the girl.

Leading to us being in a dangerous situation. Albeit, we didn't anticipate that this beggar could hold a sword and at a high level of that.

The beggar man just simply swings again. No flashy moves, no misdirections and fakes.

Just the simplest swing and my buddy's shadow dagger is deflected again.

On the other hand, this girl used all of her strength to fight with me in this equal fight as she deflected my attack...again.

"Shit...this is getting annoying."

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"I shouldn't...be a burden on this or we will die on this."

She said that when she saw the boy simply deflecting the attacks used by the shadow assassin by using simple unsophisticated swings.

No fakes, no extravagant form and no flashy moves unlike her. Just a simple swing with no wasted move to attack and counter the opponent he's on.

She was as shocked as the assassin who was fighting with her.

They both feel the simpleness of that swing yet, it deflects one of the most difficult weapons to avoid with. Shadow daggers that could end a life if not avoided.

The dirty man swings his sword again. Just a simple swing and-

"Ahhhhhhhh...Fuckk."

A boisterous shout appeared in the no-man street.

The assassin looks shocked at his buddy bleeding as his arm is cut off from his body by a simple swing of a beggar man.

"Ahhhh...Fuck it hurts" he shouts grimingly.

The gasping shadow looked at his arm.

It's bleeding so much due to it being cut.

As he looked at his assassin and called him through gestures. Nevertheless, the gestures are taught to them and used in the underworld.

And they employ this movement because of how dire the situation is.

The dirty man that they thought was harmless and pitiful is one of the most dangerous people they have to deal with.

As they disregarded the beautiful woman panting for her breath due to the difficult fight she had.

Because they wanted to kill the beggar man.

The man who looked like a beggar used a stance that they had never seen before.

A stance of using his sword with one hand and pointing it up in his body.

Looking so majestic and deadly in this stance even though he looks like a beggar due to the dirty patches of dirt on his face and that shabby shirt and jeans.

"It's a do...or...die I guess."

The shadow said heavily panting for his breath.

As he calmed himself and grasped his weapon.

The shadow daggers.

The assassin brandished his poisoned weapon too, and leaped to attack the man.

"Dieeee!"

He said as he used a maneuvering shadow technique to appear in the back of the beggar.

"Dieee, fucker!" The assassin performed a downward slash to the man.