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nZhao Luo who had warned Wu Yang threw his fist at Wu Yang's face

nZhao Luo wasn't seriously trying to hurt him with his punch as there was almost no power behind his fist but the speed of that punch was fast. Way faster than what a disciple in the trainee hall could handle.

nEspecially Wu Yang who had been in the trainee hall for a long time.

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"Eat this for fooling with me.

"

nZhao Luo shouted with a grin on his face.

nBut soon that grin vanished as Zhao Luo was surprised.

n'Swoosh.'

nWu Yang had dodged Zhao Luo's punch by bending downwards faster than the speed of the punch itself.

nZhao Luo pulled his arm back and looked at Wu Yang who was falling backward after dodging his punch with a questioning face.

nHe was now suspecting Wu Yang even more than before.

nThud!

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"Why did you throw a punch at me?

"

nWu Yang gave a slightly late reaction as he fell hitting his back on the ground after dodging Zhao Luo's punch.

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"Why did you dodge it?

"

nZhao Luo questioned Wu Yang as he walked towards him.

nIt was like Zhao Luo was complaining that Wu Yang didn't get hit by his punch.

nAs Zhao Luo reached Wu Yang, he extended his arm towards him which caused Wu Yang to close his eyes.

nWu Yang was getting ready to get hit by Zhao Luo but he never felt anything hitting him.

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"What are you doing?

"

nZhao Luo asked Wu Yang who still had his eyes closed and teeth clenched.

n'This guy.'

nZhao Luo thought as he waited for Wu Yang to take his hand and get up from the ground.

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"I thought you were to throw a punch at me again.

"

n'Pat.'

nWu Yang grabbed Zhao Luo's hand as he told Zhao Luo the reason why he had his eyes closed.

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"I will punch you but not now.

"

nZhao Luo declared his intention while pulling Wu Yang up.

nThere was a mysterious smile on his face which caused Wu Yang's heart to drop.

n'Did he finally found out?'

nWu Yang was nervous but that nervousness daded away when Zhao Luo started walking again without asking anything from him.

nSoon the two had reached Zhao Luo's hut.

nZhao Luo turned around to look at Wu Yang and showed him a grind.

nThis grin was enough to make Wu Yang go away.

nHe clasped his hands in front of Zhao Luo and said his farewell before running away from there.

n'He knows.'

nWu Yang's mind was covered with only this thought as he was going towards his room.

nZhao Luo watched Wu Yang's back disappearing as he turned around to go inside his room.

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"Let's train.

"

nZhao Luo said to himself.

nHe couldn't wait to practice again against his apparitions.

nHis hands were itching for some action as Zhao Luo had already started loving this current lifestyle of his.

nEven Zhao Luo himself didn't know that he would be carving challenges with such intensity. This was indeed a new and fun feeling for him.

nZhao Luo lied down on the bed.

nBefore closing his eyes, Zhao Luo thought about his fights against the puppets.

nTheir abilities which he had already learned.

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"I should call them, Three Style Sword Arts.

"

nZhao Luo announced with a smile while lying on his bed.

nThe three styles he was thinking about were related to the nature of the puppets that he had to fight.

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"Wood arts: Wood Drop, Double Wood Drop

"

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"Fire Arts: Burst Slash, Cross Burst Slash.

"

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"Dual Arts: Dual Burst Drop.

"

nZhao Luo was putting his thoughts together as he categorized the techniques that he had learned from the puppets.

nAfter recollection of his techniques, Zhao Luo closed his eyes to fall into a calm and undisturbed state of meditation.

nThe next moment.

nZhao Luo opened his eyes inside his mental world, the dark space.

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"Let's do this.

"

nZhao Luo puffed up as he started stretching.

nAfter doing the basic things he looked ahead seriously.

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"Summon.

"

nZhao Luo shouted.

n'Poof.'

nNine apparitions appeared at the same time, standing in front of Zhao Luo.

n'They look better than before.'

nZhao Luo thought while looking at his apparitions which looked even more realistic than even the last ones.

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"Swords.

"

nZhao Luo shouted again as two black swords appeared in the hands of each apparition.

nAfter his apparitions were ready to go, Zhao Luo brought out his swords simultaneously.

nThe dark space of Zhao Luo was now shining with two different lights.

nIn his right hand was ifrit which shined like a miniature sun in his hand. The crimson light of Ifrit was oozing out from its blade.

nWhile Blackey was in his left hand.

nThere were times when the dark space would experience a white twinkling of stars. This was coming from Blackey's blade.

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"Come at me.

"

nZhao Luo ordered his apparitions as he tightened his grip on the swords.

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"Let's get him, boys.

"

nOne of the apparitions said to the others raising the excitement in the air.

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"Good. Show me what you all can do.

"

nZhao Luo challenged them head-on.

nThe apparitions pounced at Zhao Luo with their swords one after another.

nEven though the apparitions weren't that intelligent enough but still they had the strength that resembled Zhao Luo's so it would prove to be a difficult match for Zhao Luo to fight all of them at once.

nSlash!

nThe first apparition swung his swords at Zhao Luo.

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"Wood Drop.

"

n'Clang, Clang.'

nZhao Luo blocked the swords with Ifrit easily by using the technique from his wood art sword style.

nAfter blocking this apparition's attack, Zhao Luo changed his form in less than a second.

nZhao Luo raised his left arm and pushed back his right leg while bending the knee of his left leg to bring down Blackey with an inhuman speed.

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"Dual Burst Drop.

"

n'Swoosh'

nZhao Luo shouted as Blackey sliced through the apparition who couldn't even leave a scream before falling.

nThe other apparitions had stopped in their tracks as they could see Zhao Luo's black sword embedded in their fellow ghost right in front of their eyes.

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"If you won't come at me then I will come at you.

"

nZhao Luo said with a delighted face feeling the increase in his strength.

nHe threw his defeated apparition aside who was now recovering on the ground while Zhao Luo went after his other apparitions.

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"Burst Slash, Burst Slash, Burst Slash.

"

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"Burst Slash.

"

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"Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang.

"

nZhao Luo who had leaped towards his apparitions was sent flying back.

nHis apparitions had started using his techniques too.

n'If they were puppets then it wouldn't have been this challenging.'

nZhao Luo felt troubled as now his apparitions were on the attack while he could only defend.

nZhao Luo started jumping backward whenever one of his apparitions would swing at him.

nOne after another they kept on swing their swords at him while Zhao Luo only dodged.

nHe didn't even block the attacks.

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"Double Burst Slash.

"

nOne of the apparitions brought both of his swords down on Zhao Luo while using the Fire arts.

nThere was no time to dodge its swords so Zhao Luo decided to block it.

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"Wood Drop.

"

nZhao Luo used his technique to block both of the apparition's swords and pushed him away with the collision of their swords.

nZhao Luo also moved back with a smooth sliding motion.

n'I see.'

nZhao Luo had learned something new in the last exchange.

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"Let's try it again.

"

nZhao Luo mumbled as he could see another apparition of his coming at him while using the same technique that the previous apparition had used.

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"Double Burst SLASH.

"

nThis apparition was louder than the last as it brought its swords on Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo didn't lift his swords to block the incoming swords of the apparition instead he waited for those swords to drop on his head.

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"Now.

"

nZhao Luo waited as right when the swords of the apparition were a hair away from slicing his head like a watermelon, Zhao Luo dodged the attack.

nHe dodged the apparitions attack by spinning his body with his arms wide open.

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"Counter Cut.

"

nZhao Luo shouted as he brought his ifrit and Blackey to slash through his apparition.

nZhao Luo was evolving as a sword warrior.

nHis eyes shined bright as his face looked clear after pulling off such a nice counter which would be hard to block for the others.

nZhao Luo directly aimed for the weakness of the Burst Drop.

n'If my speed is faster than the speed of enemy's sword then I can do this.'

nZhao Luo ascertained himself.

nAfter defeating another apparition, he moved towards the other apparitions.

nIn this dark space, both Zhao Luo and his apparitions were somewhat invincible.

nZhao Luo looked back at the two apparitions who were recuperating.

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"Train the techniques.

"

nAnd ordered them of their next tasks.

nThe swordfight between Zhao Luo and his apparitions continued for the whole night.

nWithout a single second of rest, Zhao Luo kept on fighting his apparitions.

nWhenever he would defeat an apparition, they would be given the task of practicing the sword techniques or train among themselves.

nSo 6 of the apparitions were training the techniques while Zhao Luo fought with the other three continuously throughout the whole night.

nThe dark space was filled with different noises. Most of them were swords colliding.

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"I can feel it.

"

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"Dual Burst Drop.

"

nZhao Luo excitedly said as he pushed all three of his apparitions backward.

nHe could feel the improvement in his sword skills.

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