Whilst Alchimie was guarding their second point after securing the first with enough golems, he looked at the far side of the trial site. The grasslands had became a mess over there but because they are so far away, he could only see bits of the action happening. However, right now Yuuki was being gang up on over there and even though he could see it, he was hesitant to do anything.

"Should I help?" Alchimie whispered to himself. He was seated comfortably atop a golem's shoulder as over a dozen of them stood guard around the point and himself. "Meh… Samurai could handle that."

…

Explosions occured everywhere as numerous variants of fireballs were thrown around and about. Bullets and arrows pass by and around Yuuki, never once landing on their intended target. The ridiculous scene made Yuuki seem as if he was dancing as he weaved in and out of combat to deal with these players. Despite them being High-tiers, with the Top-tiers—those within top 100—being the only ones above them, Yuuki made it seem as if they were newbies who were fighting for the first time against an experienced player.

The surrounding soil were turned upside down as the wave of destruction ran rampant all in the effort to eliminate an individual.

Yuuki's skills utterly made a fool out of the players all around him. Aside from the old man and DokuNeko, none of them had managed to hit him even once.

Yuuki smiled as he casually dodges an arrow and a spear stab, taunting them even when he was completely outnumbered. "The heck?! Is this all you could do?!" Yuuki then simply returned the favor by landing a spinning kick square on the spear user's chest.

Right before he recovers from his action, three more others quickly surrounded him and attacked him at the same time.

"Crescent Moon…"

Yuuki hopped back then slashed around him, prompting them to block as he left an afterimage. He escaped the trio's sight and quickly retaliated.

[Second Form: Slash]

His blade rapidly ignited into blue flames as he slashed towards the trio, eliminating all of them immediately but before they die from the AoE damage, a bright light enveloped their entire body and they disintegrated into blue pixels.

The first four forms, namely: Thrust, Slash, Parry, and Kill are actually passives, but turning it into active skills by pouring mana as he does the motions, it will ignite his blade with Aura, or the blue-flames that he wielded. It is what provided him the knowledge and technique on how to fight with this sword technique from during Eternal World's height. Think of it as being AI-assisted movements when he first acquired the skill [Everlasting Sword]. But over time, it became a second nature for him and he had became even better here in Tower of Eternity than during the time when he achieved his legendary feats in Eternal World. All of these without AI-assistance to correct his movements this time.

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Yuuki brandished his weapon as he taunted once more. "What's this? Show me more! Be competitive dammit!"

Just as quickly, his demand was answered. The earth rumbled as a large vines burst out of it.

Boom—!

He immediate jumped high as the vines completely missed him, but instead of being amused, his face hint disappointment.

"Just those two…" He looked to search for the two as a bullet came flying towards his head. He quickly sliced it with his katana and leapt from the top of the vines as soon as he landed on it.

Whoosh—!

He calmly searched for them when players had surrounded him once again.

He was initially calm and doesn't care, but he quickly realized. "A trap… huh?"

A barrage of projectiles again quickly bombarded him from all direction, adding among them were DokuNeko's poisoned knives and the old man's bullets.

"Annoying as shit…" He dodges most of them skillfully, but unlike the other players, the two's projectiles are not to be underestimated. Out of most of them, only these two's projectiles are mostly the ones Yuuki had to parry so he wouldn't get hit.

Once the bombardment stopped, the melee players quickly advanced towards him to pressure him once again.

He wasn't able to spot the two, after all, the two of them are good at ambushes. Even if this location is a clear field, he still wasn't able to. "If that's the case… I'll just have to clear up the clutter…"

Yuuki began engaging all of them simultaneously, making sure not even a single one of their attacks even graze his clothing.

"Gramps…" DokuNeko called out. The two of them hid atop another hill, a place of higher elevation where Yuuki wouldn't be able to spot them while they have a clear vision of him.

"Why is he not using aura?" He asked to the one beside him who's busy firing calculated shots during the engagement.

"No idea…" The old man answered with a collected tone.

"Wait… he's preparing…!" As DokuNeko realized what the enemy was planning to do, he quickly shouted from their vantage point, disregarding the consequence of Yuuki spotting them.

"Get away! He'll use Judgement Cut!"

Just as soon as he said that. Yuuki sheathed his katana after dodging an overhead attack. Preparing to draw his sword after some time, the surrounding players quickly tried fleeing.

"Why are they running!?" One of the melee players thought to himself. "He's defenseless!" He was well aware of the legend that is Samurai_HeroHero, but seeing that he had sheathed his weapon to use a skill that required charging it, he instead opted to gamble his life instead of running cowardly. "Samurai will leave none of us alive! So why don't you guys just swing your weapons?!"

He swung down his weapon. However, before it landed, his vision was filled with ethereal lines. Bit by bit, despite how quickly, the surroundings, the other players, even space itself were progressively surrounded by these lines.

"Beautiful—" The player uttered with an expression that borders awe and horror. As soon as Yuuki drew his blade, every space that were occupied by these lines were immediately cut. It generated no overwhelming force nor shockwaves, just a swift, quick end to everything.

The Moderator's protective measures were of no use at all, giving it no time to activate as Yuuki severed every living being within the range of these lines. In an instant, the once lush, green scenery were transformed into a horrible sight akin to a sea of blood. The dismembered body parts littered the surroundings, turning it into a hellscape in an instant.

Yuuki, with blood all over his body quickly turned towards the hill where the two were hiding.

In an instant. The 17:1 difference in number was quickly turned into something Yuuki wouldn't even need to draw his weapon if not for these two Top-Tier Players.

He gracefully sheathed his weapon once again and spoke with a wicked smile. "Just six more…"

The spaces and areas which were once surrounded by lines had now been replaced by gaping ethereal blue tears. After Yuuki had sheathed his sword, particles seemed to disintegrate from these spatial tears as they quickly evaporated into nothingness, quickly resolving the anomaly all around the area that's filled with deafening silence.