Chapter 235: Last Breath!
Fatigue, this was the truest feeling of Mikoto and the others. Because Liam was conducting special training for all the Lv2s, including Lili, and Ais and Ryuu, who were pursuing strength, couldn't help but join this special training.
In the end, it became Liam alone, conducting high-pressure special training for the other eight people.
He just stood where he was, and then controlled three flying swords to attack the eight people present in turns.
While he was attacking, he would also instruct each person's movements.
Wien and Ais simultaneously released sword aura slashes at Liam, and then were both defended by Liam's flying swords.
In Liam's view, these adventurers' development of their own power was too basic.
These Familia dependants, from Liam's perspective, only had the following few directions for enhancement.
Ability scores, development abilities, skills, magic, ultimate skills, and armed armor.
In Liam's view, the most important cultivation methods, and the relatively secondary ones like pugilism or swordsmanship, were almost non-existent.
Cultivation methods and moves, these were hidden abilities not on the Familia list, but they were very crucial.
Of course, some skills had a replicable effect, which could barely allow the corresponding dependant to transform it into their own skill.
But cultivation methods, simply no one had tried. Or rather, they didn't even have this idea.
"Not bad, but this level of attack is not enough. The improvement of ability scores only happens when the relevant abilities are trained at high intensity."
Liam would even launch a sword intent attack on everyone present, so that their spirits and bodies would receive dual training.
"Lili's head is going to explode!"
"My head hurts so much!"
Ais and Ryuu only felt their spirits were a little dazed, while the members of the second team felt as if their temples had been fiercely struck by a hammer.
Liam looked at everyone present, "You can't stand it at just this level? It seems you are still too fragile."
"Wien can still continue to fight!"
"Please continue to guide me!"
Ais and Ryuu both had the bloodline of elves, and Ais even had a connection with spirits. Her bloodline was much nobler than Ryuu's, Hedin's, and Hogni's.
Liam sized up everyone present, "In my view, everyone still has a lot of room for development.
Then how about this, while you are all learning the Secret Sword Art, try to learn the Secret Sword Art breathing method as well."
Just as martial arts has a heart method in addition to moves, the Secret Sword Art, after he had mastered it, he had a lot of insights in his heart.
For example, a specific breathing could amplify the Secret Sword Art, and at the same time, could also improve physical strength.
Combining the anime he had watched and his current strength improvement, he had a deeper understanding of the Secret Sword Art.
Liam came before Ais and Ryuu, "Ais, Ryuu, both of you have wind-attribute magic.
So I believe your adaptability to the Wind Breathing method is the highest.
By the time you have mastered the Wind Breathing, you can try to circulate the wind-attribute magic power in your own blood vessels."
Ryuu's heart tightened, "Doesn't magic power generally circulate in the magic circuits?"
"Yes. But only circulating in the magic circuits will only expand your magic capacity, magic circulation efficiency, and the like.
This will not improve your own physical fitness."
Ryuu's heart was shocked. To circulate magic power in the blood vessels was really a bold and desperate cultivation method.
Liam thought for a moment, "If that really doesn't work, then just carry out the breathing method and the magic circuit circulation at the same time.
It seems my own cultivation method is still too dangerous for you."
He held Sloth in his hand, and then circulated the Wind Breathing.
If the Wind Breathing only used the body's stamina, then during an attack, a profound Wind Breathing would make the onlookers have the illusion of a storm sweeping through.
He could even directly use the blade to cut the air and release sword aura.
Other breathing methods were also like this during an attack. For example, the Flame Breathing would make the enemy have the illusion of being enveloped in high-temperature flames.
And if it was coordinated with various elemental magics for battle, these illusions would turn into real elemental attacks.
And it could efficiently improve the power of the magic.
"Watch carefully, this is the Wind Breathing!"
"What Wind Breathing?"
Just as Liam was preparing to demonstrate the Wind Breathing, Allen and the others came over again.
Allen directly came over, "You boy, you're really the topic of Orario every day.
I've come to ask you for some cultivation manuals. You know, I really want to become stronger."
Liam smiled, "Just right. Since you and Hedin are both here, then I'll demonstrate the Thunder Breathing first."
"Thunder Breathing?"
Allen and Hedin immediately became serious. They were both adventurers who used thunder magic.
Therefore, if they could go a step further on the path of thunder magic, they would be overjoyed.
Liam nodded, "Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash."
His two feet were in a lunge position, his right hand gripping the hilt of his sword, while his left hand held the scabbard.
Although he hadn't released any magic power and was purely using his stamina to perform the preparatory action.
But everyone present had an illusion, as if something terrifying was brewing.
"BOOM!"
A large amount of smoke and dust was kicked up from the ground where Liam was. Then a dazzling light flashed and was gone.
Liam had already flashed twenty meters away, and behind him, a violent thunder and storm was kicked up.
The path he had passed along the way seemed to have also been destroyed by this astonishing thunder.
"Was that thunder?"
Allen's two hands couldn't help but clench tightly, and then his heart beat violently.
"No, it was just that the move was too swift, so it produced the illusion of thunder."
Hedin pushed up his glasses, his expression serious as he looked at Liam.
Liam sheathed his blade, "Next is Thunderclap and Flash, Sixfold, and Thunderclap and Flash, Godspeed!"
Liam's figure stood in place, and then six violent roars of thunder almost simultaneously appeared in the original place.
He only saw an astonishing thunder flash six times on the ground, and the seventh slash was like heavenly thunder descending.
"Godspeed!"
This one slash's speed was at its ultimate. On the ground, it seemed as if a dazzling thunder light, almost invisible to the naked eye, was flashing.
In an instant, it had disappeared from a distance of a hundred meters.
Liam's feet stepped on his sword and flew back, "This is Thunder Breathing!"
Allen's eyes were bloodshot with excitement, "Liam, I want to learn! This breathing method, in coordination with my magic, my strength can still be improved!"
Liam nodded, "No problem!"
Ais and Ryuu came over, "We want to learn Wind Breathing!"
"No problem!"
Even Ottar came over, "Liam, I want to learn the breathing method."
Liam smiled, "No problem. I won't be selfish just because your current strength is stronger than mine."
In Liam's view, these core dependants of Freya would eventually join Hestia in the future.
So providing them with the breathing method now was completely fine.
Not to mention, regarding his improved Secret Sword Art breathing method, the chapters on the various types of breathing methods had already been handed over to Fels.
This was also a feedback for the dozen or so grimoires that Fels had selflessly gifted to him and the Hestia Familia. "While everyone is here, then after you've memorized the breathing method formula that suits you, let's start actual combat directly!"
As for Ottar, Liam assigned him the Beast Breathing method.
In the original work, the Beast Breathing method was a branch of the breathing schools.
It combined various functions such as dashing, scouting, assaulting, and defending.
The strength gap of the breathing method itself was not too large. It mainly depended on one's own comprehension and physical fitness.
For Ottar, a more suitable breathing school would allow his combat power to rise to another level.
Ottar memorized all of the Beast Breathing, then looked at Liam and bowed slightly.
"Liam, I owe you a favor."
"I see. Then in the future, if the Hestia Familia is in danger, if you can help, you must lend a hand."
"Mmm."
Former rivals, now competing partners.
This feeling was really strange for Ottar.
And after Liam led everyone present to memorize the breathing method, the number of flying swords he could control at the same time had once again doubled.
Now he could already control six flying swords at the same time.
...
Inside the Orario Guild.
A group of Guild staff let out gasps of surprise.
"A cultivation method! You can increase your strength just by changing your breathing? What kind of magical power is this?"
Eina piled a large stack of parchment in front of her. She looked at the discussing staff and urged them:
"Everyone, these are the cultivation methods selflessly provided by Mr. Liam. Instead of marveling, it's better to find a way to distribute them to all the adventurers in Orario."
Eina remembered the instructions from the higher-ups, "Remember, we are only publicly releasing the Water Breathing method chapter of the Secret Sword Art breathing method.
Afterward, according to the contributions and character of these adventurers, after a comprehensive evaluation, we will continue to grant the subsequent breathing methods."
The Water Breathing method chapter was the one with the best compatibility among all the Secret Sword Art breathing methods.
Although it was not necessarily the most powerful, it was the easiest to get started with, and could most efficiently improve the survival rate of Dungeon adventures.
What Eina and the staff were holding in their hands were the cultivation methods of the Water Breathing method.
And according to the higher-ups' words, even the most ordinary town residents, even without the divine Falna, could still cultivate!
Eina could already predict Liam's future influence.
It could be said that as long as these breathing methods were distributed, all the people in Orario would benefit.
Of course, those who would benefit more from it would be these adventurers.
The principle of improvement of the Water Breathing method chapter, to put it bluntly, was to change the breathing rhythm, and thus to temper and strengthen one's own qi and blood.
But for an ordinary human, no matter how much they cultivated, without a body with a divine Falna, the ultimate they could reach in their cultivation was only the strength of a Lv1 adventurer.
But even so, it was very astonishing.
An ordinary person might sprain their ankle just by jumping down vertically from a height of three meters, while a Lv1 adventurer could easily jump down from a height of twelve meters!
And for an adventurer themselves, the stronger their physical fitness, the more exaggerated the physical improvement they would get through Liam's Water Breathing method, which was combined with the Secret Sword Art.
For adventurers who only used the most simple basic attacks in actual combat.
To have a cultivation method that combined attack moves and improved physical fitness was really a qualitative leap in improvement.
...
At night.
Today, the entire day, all the adventurers in Orario were in a carnival because of Liam's Water Breathing method.
Adventurers were limited by their own talent, comprehension, and other reasons. Many adventurers had no magic or skills at Lv1 at all.
They were so-called blank-slate passersby.
And the Water Breathing, it was clear that it had given these adventurers an attack means similar to a skill.
Liam finished washing up. He sat on the ground and began to meditate, comprehending the power of the Extreme Ghost Sword Art.
And just at this time, Ais and Ryuu knocked on Liam's door.
Liam stood up, and then saw the two at the door.
"What are you two doing?"
Ryuu and Ais were already fully armed. It seemed they were preparing to do something.
"We want to go to the Dungeon with you to fight!"
Ais walked over, "The training intensity during the day is not enough. We need a stronger training intensity."
Liam nodded, "Just right. The three of us now can just happen to carry out a high-intensity Dungeon expedition."
After speaking, Liam led the two women to the entrance of the artificial labyrinth.
"I've already left a letter for the Lady Goddess. Next, let's explore the Dungeon for a day, okay?"
Liam's current squad, although only three people, this rule configuration was more than enough to fight even on the fifty-second floor.
Even when facing the fireball bombardment of the fifty-eighth floor, they had enough strength to dodge.
After reaching the artificial labyrinth, the three of them began to run all the way.
"Ryuu, Ais, I've now thought of a new move on the basis of the Wind Breathing.
That is, Wind Breathing, Tenth Form: Last Breath!
This is a move that can only be performed with the power of elemental magic!"
An excited expression appeared on Ais's face, "Liam, let's hurry up and try it in actual combat in the Dungeon?"
"Mmm!"
After reaching the eighteenth floor, the three of them each carried a day's worth of adventurer's backpacks.
Afterward, from the nineteenth floor, they began actual combat!
In Liam's view, the attack methods of Ryuu and Ais were too monotonous.
Relatively speaking, Ryuu could still use the magic of her former comrades.
And Ais only had two magics and two skills in total.
For Liam, it was really pitifully few.
But it didn't matter. The limited number of magics could be supplemented with skills, and also with swordsmanship!
On the nineteenth floor, Liam's entire body carried an astonishing sword aura. He formed a tornado of sword aura and sent a large number of monsters flying.
Afterward, his figure shuttled through the air at high speed, and the sharp blade in his hand continuously flashed in the air.
And so the monsters that had been sent flying all turned into magic stones and were killed by Liam.
"Because I don't have wind magic, I'm temporarily using sword aura as a substitute. If it were you, as long as you can master it, you will have a decent power."
Last Breath, to put it bluntly, was a bit like a youth edition of Extreme Ghost Sword Art - Tempest Style.
And you only needed to use magic to temporarily levitate and release a super-strong slash.
Ais saw it very clearly. The power of this Last Breath was very astonishing.
Apart from the high-speed movement in the air, this slash that carried a storm, every slash's sharpness was abnormally exaggerated!
Ryuu was full of admiration in her heart. Liam's understanding of swordsmanship really surpassed her imagination.
It had only been a short time, yet he had thought of so many genius ideas on the path of swordsmanship again.
Liam cleared the way in front. Ryuu looked at Ais, "Ais, do you think Liam's swordsmanship talent has a limit?"
"I don't know. I only know I have to continue to become stronger by following Liam! No matter how fast his growth speed is, I have to risk my life to keep up with his pace!"
(End of this chapter)
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